Ezekiel 28
1 BAWIPA e lawk kai koe bout a pha.
[Then] Yahweh gave me another message. [He said]:
2 Tami capa Taire bawi koevah dei pouh haw, Bawipa Jehovah ni hettelah a dei, na lungthin na kâpouk teh, Cathut lah ka o. Talî lungui vah cathut a tahungnae dawk ka tahung telah na ti, hateiteh, tami rumram lah doeh na o, cathut lungthin lah na kâpouk eiteh, cathut nahoeh.
“You human, give to the king of Tyre this message from [me], Yahweh the Lord: ‘You have very proudly claimed, “I am a god! I sit on a throne of a god [in a city on an island] in the sea!” You boast that you are a god; but you are only a man, not a god.
3 Thaihaw Daniel hlak na lunganghnawn, nang koe lawk hro thai kawi lah awm hoeh.
[You think that] you are wiser than Daniel was, [and you think that] you can understand every secret.
4 Na lungangnae hoi kho na poukthainae ni na bawi sak teh, na râw bawm dawkvah sui hoi ngun na pâkuem.
By being wise and understanding [a lot], you have become [very] rich; you have acquired much gold and silver for your treasuries.
5 Ka lentoe poung e na lungangnae hoi na yorannae lahoi, na mek poung teh na tawnta dawkvah na lungthin na kâoup.
[Yes, it is true that] by trading wisely, you have been enabled to become very rich, and because you are rich, you have become very proud.
6 Hatdawkvah, Bawipa Jehovah ni hettelah a dei, cathut lungthin ka sin e lah na kâpouk dawkvah,
Therefore, this is what Yahweh the Lord says: “Because you think that you are as wise as a god,
7 Khenhaw! takikatho poung e alouke miphunnaw hah nang koe ka patoun han, ahnimouh ni nange lungangnae ka lentoe e hah tahloi hoi a bouk vaiteh, na bawilennae a raphoe han.
I will [now] bring a foreign [army] to attack your [country], an army that causes other nations to be terrified. They will pull out their swords to strike you, [you who think that] [IRO] you have marvelous/great wisdom, and they will destroy all your beautiful things.
8 Ka dungpoung e tangkom thung na pabo awh vaiteh, talî lungui e ro patetlah na due han.
They will bring you down to your grave; you will die violently like [MET] those who died in the sea.
9 Na hringnae ka thet e hmaitung vah, cathut lah ka o na ti han rah na ou, a hmâ na ka paca e kut dawk teh cathut lah na awm hoeh, tami rumram lah doeh na o.
Then you will certainly not [RHQ] say to those who are killing you, 'I am a god!' [because they will know that] you are not a god; you are only a man.
10 Imyinnaw e kut dawk vuensom ka a hoeh e, due e patetlah na due han, bangkongtetpawiteh, lawk yo ka dei toe telah Bawipa Jehovah ni a dei.
You will die like other people who are unacceptable to me die, killed by foreigners.” [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said it.’”
11 Hothloilah, BAWIPA e lawk kai koe a pha teh,
Yahweh also gave me this message:
12 tami capa Taire siangpahrang khuinae kalungla hah phueng nateh, ahni koevah hettelah Bawipa Jehovah ni a ti, ahawinae ka kuep, lungangnae hoi ka kawi e, kamcupoung e meilam hoi ka kuep,
“You human, sing a sad/funeral song about the king of Tyre. Say to him, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: [“You thought that] [IRO] you were completely perfect, extremely wise and handsome.
13 Eden hmuen takha dawk na o toe, na i dawk talung aphu kaawm e aphunphun hoi na kamthoup. Sardis, topaz, diamon, beril, onyx, jasper, saphir, sarakdin, karbokul, phunphun hoi, sui hoi sak e cecak, vovit, naw haiyah na khe tahma vah nang hane sut rakueng e lah ao toe.
You [had a wonderful life, as though] you were in my [beautiful] garden in Eden. Your [clothes] were decorated with many [HYP] kinds of very valuable stones— ruby, topaz, emerald, chrysolite, onyx, jasper, turquoise, and beryl [stones]. Those stones were set/placed in gold [mountings]. They were prepared for you on the day that you were born.
14 Nang teh na karingkung cherubim hoi satui awi e lah na o. Cathut e mon kathoung dawkvah na o sak. hmaito hoi kâvan e talung phukaawm koe na kâhlai.
I appointed [DOU] you to be like [MET] a strong angel to guard the people. [It was as though I put] you on my holy mountain, and you walked among fiery stones.
15 Na khe hnin hoi na yonnae a kamnue hnin totouh, na sak e pueng dawk na kuep e lah na o,
You were completely good in all that you did, from the day that you were created/born, until you [started to] do wicked things.
16 Hatei na hno yorannae a pungdaw teh, hnokathout hoi a kawi, na yorannae dawk na rawp toe, hatdawkvah, tamikathout patetlah nang hah Cathut e mon dawk hoi kai ni na hrek toe, karingkung cherubim hmai ka tawk e talungnaw thung hoi kai ni na raphoe toe.
[Then] you became busy trading things, and you started to act violently, and you sinned. So I caused you to be disgraced; and the angel who was guarding you forced you to leave my holy mountain, forced you to leave your place among those fiery stones.
17 Nang teh na takthai meihawinae kecu dawk, kâoupnae lungthin na tawn teh, na bawilennae ni, nange lungangnae teh a raphoe toe. Kai ni nang teh talai totouh na pabo han. Siangpahrangnaw ni nang teh na khet awh teh, a lunghawisak nahanelah ahnimae hmaitung kai ni na hruek han.
You were extremely proud because you were very handsome. Because you loved beautiful things, you did things that wise people do not do. [So] I threw you to the ground, and allowed [other] kings who saw you to laugh at you.
18 Nange yonnae teh apappoung dawkvah, hno na yorannae a lanhoehnae ni, na hmuen kathoung hah a kamhnawng sak. Hatdawkvah, na thung hoi hmai a tâco sak. Koung a kak awh teh, na kahmawtnaw ni a mithmu vah vaiphu lah na coung sak.
By committing many sins and by trading things dishonestly, you caused your places of worship to become unacceptable to me. So I caused a fire [to burn down your city]. [Your city] was burned completely; the people who were watching it saw that only ashes remained on the ground.
19 Tamihu thung hoi nang ka panuek e pueng ni parap na khet awh teh, kângairu lahoi na kangdue sin awh. Bout kamnuek mahoeh toe telah ati awh.
All the people who knew what your [city was like previously] were appalled. Now [your city] has disappeared, and it will not exist any more.”’”
20 BAWIPA e lawk hah kai koe a pha teh,
[Then] Yahweh gave me another message. [He said],
21 Tami capa Sidon hah kangdout sin nateh, amae kong hah dei pouh.
“You human, turn toward Sidon [city], and declare the terrible things that will happen to it.
22 Hettelah Bawipa Jehovah ni a dei, Oe! Sidon, nang teh na taran, nang dawkvah ka bawilennae ka kamnue sak vaiteh, BAWIPA lah ka onae hah a panue awh han, ahni dawk lawk ka ceng toteh, kathounge hah ka hmu sak han.
Give [the people of Sidon] this message from [me], Yahweh the Lord: ‘I am your enemy, [you people of] Sidon, and by what I do to you, I will reveal that I am very great/glorious. When I punish you and reveal that I am holy, everyone who is watching that will know that it is I, Yahweh, [who have the power to do what I say that I will do].
23 Lamthungnaw dawk thipaling hoi lacik ka pha sak han, hmuen tangkuem tahloi ni hmâ a paca e naw hah, a rawp awh han, hat toteh BAWIPA lah ka o tie a panue awh han.
I will send a plague upon you, and I will send [enemies to come and] kill [MTY] you in your streets. They will attack you from every direction, and your people will be slaughtered inside the walls of your city. Then everyone will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].'
24 Hottelah, Isarelnaw hanelah, tami ka ruk e pâkhingkung awm mahoeh toe. Ahnimae tengpam e kadudamnaw thung hoi runae ka poe hane pâkhing awm mahoeh toe. Hahoi kai teh Bawipa Jehovah doeh tie a panue awh han.
No longer will those who live near you people of Israel [hurt you] like [MET] painful briers and sharp thorns [hurt people]. And then the Israeli people will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].”
25 Bawipa Jehovah ni hettelah a dei. Isarel imthung hah a kâkayeinae ram thung hoi, ka pâkhueng teh ahnimae hmalah miphunnaw e mithmu vah, ka thoungnae hah na hmu sak toteh, Jakop koe ka poe e amamae ram roeroe dawk kho a sak awh han toe.
And this is [also] what Yahweh the Lord says: “Some day the people of Israel will live in their own land [again], the land that I gave to Jacob, who [also] served me. I will gather them from [distant] countries where I have scattered them. And I will reveal to the nations that I am holy among my people.
26 Hottelah karoumcalah ao awh han, im a sak awh han. Misur takha a sak awh vaiteh, karoumcalah ao awh han, a tengpam e ahnimouh kadudamnaw e a lathueng lawk ka ceng torei teh, kai teh Bawipa Jehovah lah ka o tie a panue awh han telah ati.
My people will live safely in Israel; they will build houses and plant vineyards. And when I punish the nearby nations that despised them, they will know that it is I, Yahweh their God, [who has done it].”
