Ezekiel 3
1 And he said to me: Son of man, eat all that thou shalt find: eat this book, and go speak to the children of Israel.
Awurade ka kyerɛɛ me sɛ, “Onipa ba, di deɛ wohunu wɔ wʼanim no, di saa nwoma mmobɔeɛ yi, na afei kɔ na kɔkasa kyerɛ Israelfoɔ.”
2 And I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that book:
Enti mebuee mʼanom na ɔde nwoma mmobɔeɛ no maa me diiɛ.
3 And he said to me: Son of man, thy belly shall eat, and thy bowels shall be filled with this book, which I give thee. And I did eat it: and it was sweet as honey in my mouth.
Afei ɔka kyerɛɛ me sɛ, “Onipa ba, di saa nwoma mmobɔeɛ a mede rema wo yi. Fa hyɛ wo yafunu ma.” Enti mediiɛ, na na ɛyɛ dɛ te sɛ ɛwoɔ wɔ mʼanom.
4 And he said to me: Son of man, go to the house of Israel, and thou shalt speak my words to them.
Na ɔka kyerɛɛ me sɛ, “Onipa ba, afei kɔ Israelfoɔ hɔ kɔka me nsɛm kyerɛ wɔn.
5 For thou art not sent to a people of a profound speech, and of an unknown tongue, but to the house of Israel:
Ɛnyɛ nnipa bi a wɔn kasa mu nte anaa ɛyɛ dene nkyɛn na meresoma woɔ, mmom meresoma wo Israelfoɔ hɔ.
6 Nor to many nations of a strange speech, and of an unknown tongue, whose words thou canst not understand: and if thou wert sent to them, they would hearken to thee.
Ɛnyɛ nnipa bebree a wɔn kasa mu nteɛ na ɛyɛ den. Ɛnyɛ wɔn a wonte wɔn kasa ase nkyɛn. Ampa, sɛ mesomaa wo nnipa a wɔnte wo kasa a, anka wɔtiee wo.
7 But the house of Israel will not hearken to thee: because they will not hearken to me: for all the house of Israel are of a hard forehead and an obstinate heart.
Nanso Israelfoɔ mpɛ sɛ wɔtie wo, ɛfiri sɛ wɔmpɛ sɛ wɔtie me. Israel nyinaa ayɛ akoma pirim ne asoɔden.
8 Behold I have made thy face stronger than their faces: and thy forehead harder than their foreheads.
Ɛno enti, mɛma woayɛ asoɔden ne akomapirim te sɛ wɔn.
9 I have made thy face like an adamant and like flint: fear them not, neither be thou dismayed at their presence: for they are a provoking house.
Mɛyɛ wo aniɔden te sɛ ɛboɔ, deɛ ɛyɛ den sene twerɛboɔ. Nsuro wɔn, na mma wɔmmɔ wo hu, ɛwom sɛ wɔyɛ atuatefoɔ deɛ.”
10 And he said to me: Son of man, receive in thy heart, and hear with thy ears, all the words that I speak to thee:
Na ɔka kyerɛɛ me sɛ, “Onipa ba, tie me nsɛm a meka kyerɛ wo no yie na dwene ho wɔ wʼakoma mu.
11 And go get thee in to them of the captivity, to the children of thy people, and thou shalt speak to them, and shalt say to them: Thus saith the Lord: If so be they will hear and will forbear.
Afei, kɔ wo nkurɔfoɔ a wɔwɔ nnommumfa mu na kasa kyerɛ wɔn. Ka kyerɛ wɔn sɛ, ‘Sei na Otumfoɔ Awurade seɛ,’ sɛ wɔbɛtie oo, sɛ wɔrentie oo.”
12 And the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me the voice of a great commotion, saying: Blessed be the glory of the Lord, from his place.
Na Honhom no pagyaa me kɔɔ soro na metee sɛ nnyegyeeɛ denden bi reworo so wɔ mʼakyi sɛ, Nhyira nka Awurade animuonyam wɔ deɛ ɔteɛ hɔ!
13 And the noise of the wings of the living creatures striking one against another, and the noise of the wheels following the living creatures, and the noise of a great commotion.
Na ɛyɛ nnyegyeeɛ a ɛfiri ateasefoɔ no ntaban a ɛtwitwi ho ne ntwahonan a ɛwowɔ wɔn ho no. Nnyegyeɛ denden a ɛworo soɔ.
14 The spirit also lifted me, and took me up: and I went away in bitterness in the indignation of my spirit: for the hand of the Lord was with me, strengthening me.
Honhom no pagyaa me kɔɔ soro de me kɔɔ baabi. Mekɔɔ no nwononwono mu ne honhom mu abufuo so, a na Awurade tumi yɛ kɛse wɔ me so.
15 And I came to them of the captivity, to the heap of new corn, to them that dwelt by the river Chobar, and I sat where they sat: and I remained there seven days mourning in the midst of them.
Mebaa nnommumfoɔ a wɔtete Tel Abib a ɛbɛn Asubɔnten Kebar no nkyɛn. Na ɛhɔ, me ne wɔn tenaa nnanson, na me ho dwirii me.
16 And at the end of seven days the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
Nnanson akyi no, Awurade asɛm baa me nkyɛn sɛ:
17 Son of man, I have made thee a watchman to the house of Israel: and thou shalt hear the word out of my mouth, and shalt tell it them from me.
“Onipa ba, mayɛ wo ɔwɛmfoɔ ama Israel; ɛno enti tie asɛm a meka no, na bɔ wɔn kɔkɔ a ɛfiri me.
18 If, when I say to the wicked, Thou shalt surely die: thou declare it not to him, nor speak to him, that he may be converted from his wicked way, and live: the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but I will require his blood at thy hand.
Sɛ meka kyerɛ omumuyɛfoɔ sɛ, ‘Ampa ara wobɛwu’ na sɛ woammɔ no kɔkɔ anaasɛ woankasa ankyerɛ no amma wantwe ne ho amfiri nʼakwammɔne ho annya nkwa a, saa omumuyɛfoɔ no bɛwu wɔ ne bɔne mu, na mɛma woabu ne mogya ho akonta.
19 But if thou give warning to the wicked, and he be not converted from his wickedness, and from his evil way: he indeed shall die in his iniquity, but thou hast delivered thy soul.
Nanso sɛ wobɔ omumuyɛfoɔ no kɔkɔ na sɛ wansakyera amfiri nʼamumuyɛ anaa nʼakwammɔne ho a, ɔbɛwu wɔ ne bɔne mu, nanso na woagye wo ho nkwa.
20 Moreover if the just man shall turn away from his justice, and shall commit iniquity: I will lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die, because thou hast not given him warning: he shall die in his sin, and his justices which he hath done, shall not be remembered: but I will require his blood at thy hand.
“Bio, sɛ ɔteneneeni dane firi tenenee ho kɔyɛ bɔne a, mede suntidua bɛto nʼanim ama no ahwe ase, na wawu. Sɛ woammɔ no kɔkɔ enti, ɔbɛwu wɔ ne bɔne mu. Adetenenee ahodoɔ a ɔyɛeɛ no, wɔrenkae, na mɛma woabu ne mogya ho akonta.
21 But if thou warn the just man, that the just may not sin, and he doth not sin: living he shall live, because thou hast warned him, and thou hast delivered thy soul.
Nanso sɛ wobɔ ɔteneneeni no kɔkɔ sɛ ɔnnyae bɔneyɛ na ɔgyae a, ɔbɛnya nkwa, ɛfiri sɛ ɔtiee kɔkɔbɔ, na wo nso wobɛgye wo ho nkwa.”
22 And the hand of the Lord was upon me, and he said to me: Rise and go forth into the plain, and there I will speak to thee.
Na Awurade tumi baa me so wɔ hɔ, na ɔka kyerɛɛ me sɛ, “Sɔre na kɔ ɛserɛ no so, na ɛhɔ na mɛkasa akyerɛ wo.”
23 And I rose up, and went forth into the plain: and behold the glory of the Lord stood there, like the glory which I saw by the river Chobar: and I fell upon my face.
Enti mesɔre kɔɔ ɛserɛ no so. Na Awurade animuonyam te sɛ deɛ mehunuu wɔ Asubɔnten Kebar ho no gyina hɔ, na mede mʼanim butuu fam.
24 And the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet: and he spoke to me, and said to me: Go in; and shut thyself up in the midst of thy house.
Afei, Honhom no bɛhyɛɛ me mu na ɔpagyaa me gyinaa me nan so. Ɔka kyerɛɛ me sɛ, “Kɔ na kɔto wo ho ɛpono mu wɔ wo efie.
25 And thou, O son of man, behold they shall put bands upon thee, and they shall bind thee with them: and thou shalt not go forth from the midst of them.
Na wo, onipa ba, wɔde ntampehoma bɛkyekyere wo sɛdeɛ worentumi mpue nkɔ nnipa no mu.
26 And I will make thy tongue stick fast to the roof of thy mouth, and thou shalt be dumb, and not as a man that reproveth: because they are a provoking house.
Na mɛma wo tɛkrɛma atare wʼanomu sɛdeɛ wobɛmua wʼano a worentumi nka wɔn anim, ɛfiri sɛ wɔyɛ atuatefoɔ
27 But when I shall speak to thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say to them: Thus saith the Lord God: He that heareth, let him hear: and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a provoking house.
Nanso sɛ mekasa kyerɛ wo a, mɛbue wʼano ama waka akyerɛ wɔn sɛ, ‘Sɛdeɛ Otumfoɔ Awurade seɛ nie!’ Deɛ ɔbɛtie no, ma no ntie, na deɛ ɔmpɛ sɛ ɔtie no, mma no nntie; na wɔyɛ atuatefoɔ.
