< Ezekiel 27 >
1 BOEIPA ol te kai taengla ha pawk tih,
And the word of the Lord came to me saying,
2 Nang hlang capa Tyre ham rhahlung phueih pah laeh.
And you, son of man, take up a lamentation against Sor;
3 Tyre te thui pah. Tuipuei khotlak kah khosa, khosa neh sanglak tom kah pilnam thenpom rhoek aw, ka Boeipa Yahovah loh he ni a thui. Tyre nang loh, “Kai tah sakthen boeih ni,” na ti.
and you shall say to Sor that dwells at the entrance of the sea, to the mart of the nations coming from many islands, Thus says the Lord to Sor; You have said, I have clothed myself with my beauty.
4 Tuipuei tuilung kah na thoh na khorhi loh na sakthen a soep sak.
In the heart of the sea your sons have put beauty upon you for Beelim.
5 Namah ham te Senir lamkah hmaical neh na sak tih, na cungkui la saii ham te Lebanon lamkah lamphai thingphael ni boeih a loh uh.
Cedar in Senir was employed for you in building: boards of cypress timber were taken out of Libanus, and wood to make you masts of fir.
6 Bashan lamkah thingnu na lawngkaih la a saii uh tih, na longlaeng khaw Kittim sanglak lamkah ta-aw vueino ni a saii uh.
They made your oars [of wood] out of the land of Basan; your sacred utensils they made of ivory, your shady houses of wood from the isles of Chetiim.
7 Egypt lamkah rhaekva neh hnitang na hniyan la om. Hni thim te nang ham rholik la om tih Elishah sanglak lamkah daidi te na dakda la om.
Fine linen with embroidery from Egypt supplied the couch, to put honour upon you, and to clothe you with blue and purple from the isles of Elisai; and they became your coverings.
8 Sidon neh Arvad khosa rhoek te nang aka tinghil puei la om uh. Tyre nang kah hlangcueih rhoek te nang soah na sangphoboei la om uh.
And your princes were the dwellers in Sidon, and the Aradians were your rowers: your wise men, O Sor, who were in you, these were your pilots.
9 Gebal patong neh a hlangcueih khaw nang sokah na puut aka bing la om uh. Tuipuei sangpho boeih neh a sangphobibi rhoek khaw na thenpomhno dongah rhikhang ham nang taengah om uh.
The elders of the Biblians, and their wise men, who were in you, these helped your counsel: and all the ships of the sea and their rowers traded for you to the utmost west.
10 Persia, Lud neh Put na caem la om uh. Na caemtloek hlang rhoek loh nang dongah photling neh lumuek a bang uh tih na rhuepomnah te a paek uh.
Persians and Lydians and Libyans were in your army: your warriors hung in you shields and helmets; these gave [you] your glory.
11 Arvad neh Helekh hlang rhoek loh na kaepvai kah na vongtung dongah, na rhaltoengim khuiah aka om Gammadim loh a photling te na vongtung dongah a bang uh tih a kaepvai ah na sakthen neh a soep sak.
The sons of the Aradians and your army were upon the walls; there were guards in your towers: they hung their quivers on your battlements round about; these completed your beauty.
12 Boeirhaeng boeih neh cak khaw, thi khaw samphae neh kawnlawk khaw na kum dongah Tarshish loh nang taengah thenpom tih na kawn te a thung uh.
The Carthaginians were your merchants because of the abundance of all your strength; they furnished your market with silver, and gold, and iron, and tin, and lead.
13 Javan, Tubal neh Meshek loh nang taengah hlang kah hinglu neh thenpom uh tih na thenpomhno te rhohum hnopai neh a thung uh.
Greece, both the whole [world], and the adjacent coasts, these traded with you in the persons of men, and they gave [as] your merchandise vessels of brass.
14 Togarmah imkhui lamkah marhang neh marhang caem khaw, muli-marhang khaw na kawn neh a thung uh.
Out of the house of Thogarma horses and horsemen furnished the market.
15 Dedan hlang rhoek khaw nang taengah thenpom uh. Na kut dongkah hnoyoih neh sanglak tom loh maeh ki vueino khaw, rhining thing khaw na kutdoe la ham mael uh.
The sons of the Rhodians were your merchants; from the islands they multiplied your merchandise, [even] elephants' teeth: and to them that came in you did return your prices,
16 Na bibi khaw a cung dongah Aram khaw nang taengah thenpom tih khocillung neh daidi khaw, rhaekva neh baibok khaw, maerhuhlung neh aithilung khaw na kawn neh a thung uh.
[even] men [as] your merchandise, from the multitude of your trading [population], myrrh and embroidered works from Tharsis: Ramoth also and Chorchor furnished your market.
17 Judah neh Israel khohmuen khaw nang taengah thenpom uh tih, Minnith cang neh cangtha khaw, khoitui neh situi, thingpi khaw na thenpomhno neh a thung uh.
Juda and the children of Israel, these were your merchants; in the sale of corn and ointments and cassia: and they gave the best honey, and oil, and resin, to your trading [population].
18 Na kutngo khaw cung tih Helbon misurtui neh tumul a bok dongkah boeirhaeng boeih khaw a khawk dongah Damasku khaw nang taengah thenpom coeng.
[The people of] Damascus were your merchants by reason of the abundance of all your power; wine out of Chelbon, and wool from Miletus; and they brought wine into your market.
19 Vedan neh Uzal lamkah Javan loh thi met te na kawn la han khuen uh tih valaeng neh singkaek khaw na thenpomhno la a om sak.
Out of Asel [came] wrought iron, and there is the sound of wheels amongst your trading [population].
20 Dedan loh leng dongkah baidok himbai neh nang taengah thenpom coeng.
[The people of] Daedan were your merchants, with choice cattle for chariots.
21 Arabia neh amih Kedar khoboei boeih loh na kut dongah thenpom uh. A khuiah tuca neh tutal neh kikong neh nang taengah thenpom uh.
Arabia and all the princes of Kedar, these were your traders with you, [bringing] camels, and lambs, and rams, in which they trade with you.
22 Aka thenpom Sheba neh Raamah khaw nang taengah thenpom uh. Thenkoek botui boeih neh lung vang boeih khaw sui khaw na kawn la m'paek uh.
The merchants of Sabba and Ramma, these were your merchants, with choice spices, and precious stones: and they brought gold to your market.
23 Haran neh Kanneh neh Eden kah aka thenpom Sheba, Assyria neh Kilmad khaw na thenpom.
Charra, and Chanaa, these were your merchants: Assur, and Charman, were your merchants:
24 Amih loh nang himbai then neh, hni-awn a thim, rhaekva neh, pangcik hniphaih rhuihet a hlin neh na hnoyoihhmuen ah a kuehluek la n'thenpom uh.
bringing [for] merchandise blue, and choice stores bound with cords, and cypress wood.
25 Tarshish sangpho nang na thenpomhno yiin vaengah na khawk coeng tih tuipuei tuilung ah muep n'thangpom.
Ships were your merchants, in abundance, with your trading [population]: and you were filled and very heavily loaded in the heart of the sea.
26 Nang aka kaih loh nang te tui len khuila m'pawk puei dae khothoeng yilh loh tuipuei tuilung ah nang n'rhek sak.
Your rowers have brought you into great waters: the south wind has broken you in the heart of the sea.
27 Na boeirhaeng neh na kawn khaw, na thenpomhno, na sangphobibi neh na sangphoboei khaw, na puut aka bing neh na thenpomhno rhi aka khang khaw, namah khuikah na caemtloek hlang boeih khaw, na laklung kah na hlangping boeih khaw na cungkunah khohnin ah tah tuipuei tuilung ah cungku uh ni.
Your forces, and your gain, and that of your traders, and your rowers, and your pilots, and your counsellors, and they that traffic with you, and all your warriors that are in you: and all your company in the midst of you shall perish in the heart of the sea, in the day of your fall.
28 Na sangphoboei kah pang ol ah na khocaak rhoek khaw hinghuen uh ni.
At the cry of your voice your pilots shall be greatly terrified.
29 Lawngkaih aka pom sangphobibi boeih khaw a sangpho lamloh suntla uh vetih tuipuei sangphoboei boeih khaw lan ah pai uh ni.
And all the rowers and the mariners shall come down from the ships, and the pilots of the sea shall stand on the land.
30 Nang te a ol neh n'yaak sak uh vetih bungbung pang ni. Laipi a lu soah a phul vetih hmaiphu dongah bol uh ni.
And they shall wail over you with their voice, and cry bitterly, and put earth on their heads, and spread ashes under them.
31 Nang kongah lungawng la kuet uh vetih tlamhni a yil uh ni. Hinglu kah khahing loh khahing rhaengsaelung neh nang soah rhap uh ni.
32 Nang soah amih kah rhahlung rhaengsaenah a phueih uh vetih nang te, 'Tyre bang neh tuipuei tuilung ah aka rhawp bang he unim?' tila rhaengsae uh ni.
And their sons shall take up a [lament] for you, even a lamentation for Sor, [saying],
33 Na kawn te tuipuei lamloh na khuen tih pilnam khaw muep na cung sak. Na boeirhaeng kah cangpai, na thenpomhno neh diklai manghai na boei sak.
How large a reward have you gained from the sea? you have filled nations out of your abundance; and out of your mixed merchandise you have enriched all the kings of the earth.
34 Tuipuei loh na thenpomhno neh tui dung ah n'khah coeng tih na khui kah na hlangping khaw boeih cungku uh.
Now are you broken in the sea, your traders are in the deep water, and all your company in the midst of you: all your rowers have fallen.
35 Sanglak kah khosa boeih nang soah hal uh tih a manghai rhoek khaw hlithae kah a yawn bangla maelhmai tal uh.
All the dwellers in the islands have mourned over you, and their kings have been utterly amazed, and their countenance has wept.
36 Mueirhih la na om dongah pilnam taengkah aka thenpom nang te n'hlip thil tih kumhal duela na phoe voel mahpawh,” a ti.
Merchants from the nations have hissed at you; you are utterly destroyed, and shall not be any more for ever.