Bad Advice for Inside di City
For di city gate, Ezekiel call di names of twenty-five officials wey dia confident tok about safety na lie, and one of dem fall down die as e dey prophesy. Fear catch am, e ask whether anybody go survive. Our Papa promise go to di exiles wey scatter: heart of flesh instead of heart of stone.
11 1Di Spirit lift me up, carry me go di east gate of di house of our Papa, di one wey face east. For di entrance, twenty-five men dey, and among dem I see Jaazaniah pikin of Azzur, and Pelatiah pikin of Benaiah, wey be leaders of di people.
2E tell me say, "Pikin of Man, na dis men dey plan bad tin and dey give evil advice inside dis city, 3wey dey talk say, ‘E never near time make we build houses? Dis city na di pot, and we be di meat.’ 4So den prophesy against dem; prophesy, Pikin of Man."
5Den di Spirit of our Papa fall on top me, and tell me make I talk say: ‘Na dis tin our Papa dey talk: So na dis una dey talk, house of Israel; but I know wetin dey rise for una mind.’ 6Una don kill plenty people inside dis city, and una don fill im streets with dead body.
7So Sovereign Papa talk say: dem wey una kill and lay for inside di city na di meat, and di city na di pot; but I go drive una comot from inside am. 8Una don fear sword, and I go bring sword come on top una, na so Sovereign Papa talk. 9I go bring una comot from inside di city, hand una give strangers, and carry out judgment against una. 10Una go fall by sword. I go judge una for Israel border, and una go know say na I be una Papa. 11Dis city no go be pot for una, and una no go be di meat wey dey inside am. I go judge una for Israel border, 12den una go know say na I be una Papa—una wey no follow my laws or keep my rules, but una live according to di rules of di nations wey surround una.
Papa Promise New Heart
13As I dey prophesy so, Pelatiah pikin of Benaiah just die. I fall face down for ground and cry out with loud voice, "Ah, Sovereign Papa! You go wipe out di small people wey remain for Israel finish-finish?"
14Den di word of our Papa come meet me:
15Pikin of Man, your brothers—your brothers, your own family people, di whole house of Israel, all of dem—na dem di people of Jerusalem dey talk about say, ‘Make dem stay far from God; dis land na we dem give am make e be our own.’
16So den talk say, ‘Na dis tin Sovereign Papa dey talk: Even as I send dem go far among di nations and scatter dem among di countries, still I be sanctuary for dem for small time inside di countries wey dem go.’
17So talk say: ‘Sovereign Papa dey talk: I go gather una from di peoples, collect una from di countries wey dem scatter una, and give una di land of Israel.’
18Wen dem come reach there, dem go remove all im dirty idols and all im tin wey nasty from inside am. 19I go give dem one heart and put new spirit inside dem. I go remove di heart of stone from dem body and give dem heart of flesh, 20so dat dem go fit follow my laws and keep my rules and obey dem. And dem go be my pikin dem, and I go be dem Papa. 21But dem wey dem heart dey run after dem nasty tins and disgusting way—I go bring wetin dem do come down on top dem own head, na so Sovereign Papa talk.
22Den di cherubim raise dem wings, and di wheels wey dey beside dem, and di glory of di Papa of Israel dey on top dem. 23Di glory of our Papa rise comot from inside di city and stand for di mountain wey dey east of di city. 24Di Spirit lift me up and carry me for vision, by di Spirit of our Papa, go meet di people wey dem carry go exile for Babylonia. Den di vision wey I see comot from me. 25And I tell di exile people all di tins wey our Papa don show me.
