Jezekiel 27
1 And the word of the Lord came to me saying,
Awurade asɛm baa me nkyɛn se:
2 And you, son of man, take up a lamentation against Sor;
“Onipa ba, ma kwadwom a ɛfa Tiro ho so.
3 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.
Ka kyerɛ Tiro a ɔda po abobow ano, na ɔne aguadifo bebree a wɔwɔ mpoano nkurow so di gua se, eyi ne asɛm a Otumfo Awurade ka: “‘Woka se, Tiro, “Me ho yɛ fɛ yiye.”
4 In the heart of the sea your sons have put beauty upon you for Beelim.
Wo tumidi wɔ po so akyirikyiri; wʼadansifo maa wʼahoɔfɛ wiee pɛyɛ.
5 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.
Wo nnua a wɔpaee nyinaa yɛ ɔpepaw a efi Senir. Wɔde Lebanon sida na ɛyɛɛ ahyɛn so nnua maa wo.
6 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.
Odum nnua a efi Basan na wɔde yɛɛ wʼatabon; Kwabɔhɔre nnua a efi Kipro mpoano na wɔde yɛɛ wʼahyɛn abrannaa, a wɔde asonse asɛw so.
7 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.
Misraim nwera papa bi a wɔadi mu adwini na wɔde yɛɛ wʼahyɛn so mframatam a ɛyɛɛ wo frankaa nso; wʼapon ne mfɛnsere ano ntama yɛ abibitam ne beredum ntama a efi Elisa mpoano.
8 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.
Sidonfo ne Arwadfo na wɔhare wʼahyɛn; wo mmarima anyansafo. Tiro, na wɔyɛ adwumayɛfo wɔ wʼahyɛn mu.
9 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.
Gebal adwumfo adedaw tenaa wʼahyɛn mu sɛ dua dwumfo a wotuatua ahyɛn no mu ntokuru. Po so ahyɛn ne wɔn hyɛnmufo nyinaa baa wo nkyɛn ne wo bedii nsesagua.
10 Persians and Lydians and Libyans were in your army: your warriors hung in you shields and helmets; these gave [you] your glory.
“‘Persia, Lidia ne Put mmarima somee sɛ asraafo wɔ wo nsraadɔm mu. Wɔde wɔn nkatabo ne dade kyɛw sensɛn wʼafasu ho, de hyɛɛ wo anuonyam.
11 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.
Arwad ne Helek mmarima wɛn wʼafasu ho nyinaa Gammad mmarima tenaa wʼabantenten mu. Wɔde wɔn nkatabo sensɛn wʼafasu ho maa wʼahoɔfɛ dii mu.
12 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.
“‘Wʼaguade a ɛma wonyaa wo ho bebree nti, Tarsis ne wo dii gua, wɔde dwetɛ, dade, sanyaa ne sumpii sesaa wʼaguade.
13 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.
“‘Helafo, Tubalfo ne Mesekfo ne wo dii gua, wɔde nkoa ne kɔbere nneɛma sesaa wʼaguade.
14 Out of the house of Thogarma horses and horsemen furnished the market.
“‘Bet Togarma mmarima de adwumayɛ apɔnkɔ, ɔsa apɔnkɔ ne mfurum mma bɛsesaa wʼaguade.
15 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,
“‘Roda mmarima ne wo dii gua, na mpoano nkurow bebree yɛɛ wʼadetɔfo a wɔde asonse ne duabo nnua tuaa wo ka.
16 [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.
“‘Aram ne wo dii gua esiane wo nneɛma bebrebe a woyɛ nti; wɔde nsrammabo, ntama a ɛberedum, nea wɔadi mu adwinni, nwera pa, nnɛnkyerema ne bota bɛsesaa wʼaguade.
17 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].
“‘Yuda ne Israel ne wo dii gua; wɔde awi a efi Minit ne brodo, ɛwo, ngo ne ahyehyesrade sesaa wʼaguade.
18 [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.
“‘Damasko ne wo dii gua wɔ nsa a efi Helbon ne nguan ho nwi a efi Sahar mu, esiane nneɛma a woyɛ ne wʼaguade a ama woanya wo ho bebree no nti.
19 Out of Asel [came] wrought iron, and there is the sound of wheels amongst your trading [population].
Danfo ne Helafo a wofi Usal tɔɔ wʼaguade na wɔde dade a wɔaboro, sesadua ne ahunuanyankwa sesaa wʼaguade.
20 [The people of] Daedan were your merchants, with choice cattle for chariots.
“‘Dedan de apɔnkɔnguasotam ne wo dii gua.
21 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.
“‘Arabfo ne Kedar mmapɔmma nyinaa yɛɛ wʼaguadifo a wɔde nguantenmma, adwennini ne mpapo ne wo dii gua.
22 The merchants of Sabba and Ramma, these were your merchants, with choice spices, and precious stones: and they brought gold to your market.
“‘Seba ne Raama aguadifo ne wo dii gua; wɔde nnuhuam ahorow a ɛte apɔw, aboɔden abo ne sikakɔkɔɔ ne wo bedii nsesagua.
23 Charra, and Chanaa, these were your merchants: Assur, and Charman, were your merchants:
“‘Haran, Kan ne Eden, aguadifo a wofi Seba, Asur ne Kilmad ne wo dii gua.
24 bringing [for] merchandise blue, and choice stores bound with cords, and cypress wood.
Wo gua so hɔ, wɔde ntama a ɛyɛ fɛ, nnɛmmatam a ɛyɛ tuntum, adwinne ahorow ne ntama fɛfɛ a ɛwɔ ahosu ahorow a wɔde nhoma a wɔakyinkyim abobɔ no apɔwapɔw na ayɛ ne wo bedii gua.
25 Ships were your merchants, in abundance, with your trading [population]: and you were filled and very heavily loaded in the heart of the sea.
“‘Tarsis ahyɛn yɛ adwuma sɛ asoafo ma wʼaguade. Adesoa duruduru ayɛ wo ma wɔ po no mfimfini.
26 Your rowers have brought you into great waters: the south wind has broken you in the heart of the sea.
Wʼaharefo no fa wo de wo kɔ po so akyirikyiri nanso apuei ahum bebubu wo mu nketenkete wɔ po no mfimfini.
27 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.
Wʼahonya, aguade ne adetɔnnne wʼahyɛn akwankyerɛfo, wʼahyɛn mufo ne wɔn a wotuatua wʼahyɛn mu ntokuru, wʼaguadifo ne wʼasraafo nyinaa, ne obiara a ɔwɔ hyɛn no mu bɛmem akɔ po ase tɔnn, da a wo hyɛn no bɛbɔ.
28 At the cry of your voice your pilots shall be greatly terrified.
Mpoano asase bɛwosow bere a wo hyɛn mufo no reteɛteɛ mu.
29 And all the rowers and the mariners shall come down from the ships, and the pilots of the sea shall stand on the land.
Wɔn a wokurakura atabon no nyinaa begyaw wɔn ahyɛn hɔ; hyɛn akwankyerɛfo ne hyɛn mufo nyinaa begyinagyina mpoano.
30 And they shall wail over you with their voice, and cry bitterly, and put earth on their heads, and spread ashes under them.
Wɔbɛma wɔn nne so asu osu yaayaw ama wo; wɔbɛpete mfutuma agu wɔn ti so na wɔayantayantam nsõ mu.
Wo nti wɔbɛbobɔ tikwaw na wɔafurafura atweaatam. Wɔde ɔkra mu ahoyeraw ne awerɛhow a mu yɛ den begyam wo.
32 And their sons shall take up a [lament] for you, even a lamentation for Sor, [saying],
Bere a wɔretwa adwo redi awerɛhow no wɔbɛma kwadwom bi a ɛfa wo ho so se: “Hena na wama no atɔ mum te sɛ Tiro a po atwa ne ho ahyia yi?”
33 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.
Bere a wʼaguade kɔɔ po ahorow so no woboaa aman bebree; Wʼahonyade ne wʼaguade maa asase so ahemfo nyaa wɔn ho.
34 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.
Afei po abubu wo mu nketenkete wɔ asu no bun mu wʼaguade ne wʼadwumayɛfo nyinaa ne wo amem kɔ asu ase.
35 All the dwellers in the islands have mourned over you, and their kings have been utterly amazed, and their countenance has wept.
Wɔn a wɔtete mpoano nyinaa ho adwiriw wɔn wɔ wo ho; ehu ma wɔn ahemfo ho popo na wɔn anim sinsiam.
36 Merchants from the nations have hissed at you; you are utterly destroyed, and shall not be any more for ever.
Aman no mu aguadifo bɔ ntwɔm gu wo so woaba awiei a ɛyɛ hu na wɔrenhu wo bio.’”
