Ezekiel 26
1 Almost twelve [after we had been taken to Babylonia], on the first day of the month, Yahweh gave me another message. He said to me,
Na mobu ya zomi na moko, na mokolo ya liboso ya sanza, Yawe alobaki na ngai:
2 “You human, [the people of] Tyre [city] shouted joyfully and said about Jerusalem, ‘[Jerusalem, ] the city from which many traders/merchants went to many nations, is now destroyed. And now people from all over the world will come to us to buy and sell things. Because Jerusalem has now been ruined, we will prosper!’
« Mwana na moto, lokola Tiri alobaki mpo na kotiola Yelusalemi: ‹ Ozwi! Ekuke ya bikolo ebukani! Bikuke na yango efungwami mpo na kotondisa ngai na bomengo! Lokola esili kobebisama, Ngai sik’oyo, nakofuluka! ›
3 Therefore, this is what [I, ] Yahweh the Lord, say: ‘I am now the enemy of [you people of] Tyre. I will [the armies of] many nations to come and attack your [city], like the waves of the sea beat against the shores.
Mpo na yango, tala liloba oyo Nkolo Yawe alobi: Oh engumba ya Tiri, natombokeli yo! Nakotindela yo bikolo ebele lokola mbonge ya ebale monene, mpo ete eya kobundisa yo.
4 Their soldiers will destroy the walls around Tyre and tear down its towers. Tyre will become a place where people from many nations steal valuable things, [and then the city will be completely destroyed]. Then they will scrape away the rubble and cause the city to become a bare rock.
Bakobuka bamir ya Tiri mpe bakokweyisa bandako na yango ya milayi; mpe Ngai, nakolongola putulu na yango nyonso mpe nakotika yango mabanga ya pamba.
5 Out in the sea, Tyre will become an island where men spread [their fishing] nets to dry them. [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh the Lord, have predicted it.
Engumba Tiri ekokoma, kati na ebale monene, esika oyo balobi mbisi bakobanda kotanda minyama na bango mpo na kokawusa yango. Ezali Ngai nde nasili koloba, elobi Nkolo Yawe; engumba Tiri ekokoma bomengo ya bitumba ya bikolo,
6 The people in small villages on the coast near Tyre will be killed [their enemies’] swords. Then people will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].’
mpe bakoboma na mopanga bamboka ya mike-mike oyo ezalaka pembeni ya ebale monene. Boye, bakoyeba solo ete Ngai, nazali Yawe.
7 This is what I, Yahweh the Lord, [is going to happen]: ‘From the north, I am going to bring the most powerful king [in the world], King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, [with his army] to attack Tyre. They will bring horses and chariots, and men who ride the horses [and men who drive the chariots]; it will be a huge army.
Pamba te, tala liloba oyo Nkolo Yawe alobi: Wuta na nor, nakotindela Tiri Nabukodonozori, mokonzi ya Babiloni, mokonzi ya bakonzi: akoya elongo na bampunda mpe bashar, basoda oyo batambolaka likolo ya bampunda mpe mampinga monene ya basoda;
8 [In the battles in the small villages] on the coast, their soldiers will kill [many] people with their swords. [Then] they will set up devices to batter the wall around the city of Tyre, and they will build a dirt ramp up to the top of the wall, and they will all hold up shields [to protect themselves from arrows being shot from the ground].
akobebisa na mopanga bingumba na yo, oyo ezalaka pembeni ya ebale monene, akozingela yo, akotimola mabulu ya kobombamela zingazinga ya bamir na yo mpe akotombola banguba na ye mpo na kobundisa yo.
9 The king will direct the soldiers who operate the (rams/things) to batter the walls, and who will use their iron bars to tear down the towers in the wall.
Akotindela bamir na yo makonga ya basoda na ye, oyo batambolaka likolo ya bampunda mpe akobuka bandako na yo ya milayi na nzela ya bibundeli na ye ya nguya.
10 The king will have a huge number of horses, [the stamping of their hooves will result in] the city being covered with dust. [It will be as though] the walls will tremble because of the noise made by the horses, the [supply] wagons, and the chariots when they enter the city where the walls have been broken down.
Bampunda na ye ekozala ebele penza kino putulu na yango ekozipa yo; bamir na yo ekoningana na makelele ya bampunda ya bitumba, ya bapine mpe ya shar, tango akokota na bikuke na yo ndenge bato bakotaka kati na engumba oyo bamir na yango ezali na madusu.
11 The horses will trample all of the [of the city] with their hooves. The soldiers will kill the people with their swords; and they will cause your strong pillars to (collapse/fall to the ground).
Makolo ya bampunda na ye ekokota na babalabala na yo nyonso, akoboma bato na yo na mopanga, mpe makonzi oyo esalaka makasi na yo ekokweya na mabele.
12 They will take away all the people’s valuable possessions and steal the things that the merchants sell. They will tear down the walls of the houses and destroy their fine houses. Then they will throw into the sea the stones [from the walls] of those houses and the timber and the rubble.
Bakobotola lokola bomengo ya bitumba bozwi mpe biloko na yo ya koteka, bakokweyisa bamir na yo, bakobuka bandako na yo ya kitoko mpe, na sima, bakobwaka nyonso na ebale: mabanga, mabaya mpe putulu na yo.
13 No longer will you sing noisy songs, and people will not play their harps any more.
Nakosukisa makelele ya banzembo na yo, mpe mindule ya lindanda na yo ekotikala koyokana lisusu te.
14 The enemy soldiers will cause the city to become a bare rock and [only] a place where men spread [their fishing] nets. And the city will never be rebuilt. [Those things will surely happen] because [I], Yahweh the Lord, have [that they will happen].’
Nakokomisa yo mabanga ya pamba, mpe okokoma esika oyo balobi mbisi bakobanda kotanda minyama na bango mpo na kokawusa yango; okotikala kotongama lisusu te, pamba te ezali Ngai Yawe nde nalobi, elobi Nkolo Yawe.
15 This is [also] what [I], Yahweh the Lord, say about [the people of] Tyre: ‘When the wounded [people in Tyre] groan and many people are slaughtered and the city is destroyed, [it will surely be as though] [RHQ] the areas along the coast will tremble.
Tala liloba oyo Nkolo Yawe alobi na Tiri: Boni, bisanga ekolenga te na lokito ya kokweya na yo, na kolela ya bato na yo, oyo bazokisi bango bapota minene mpe na kufa ya somo kati na yo?
16 Then all the kings [in the cities] along the coast will step down from their thrones and lay aside their robes and their embroidered clothes. They will be terrified, and they will sit on the ground, trembling. They will be appalled because of what has happened to the city of Tyre.
Bakambi nyonso ya bisanga bakotika bakiti na bango ya bokonzi, bakolongola banzambala na bango mpe bilamba na bango batonga bililingi na basinga, bakolata somo lokola elamba mpe bakovanda na mabele; bakokoma kolenga na somo mpe kobanga tango nyonso, mpo na yo.
17 Then they will sing a sad song about the city, and they will sing this: “The famous city [APO], in which many [who sailed on] the seas lived, is now destroyed! The people of that city had great power [because they had many ships that sailed] on the seas; they caused all the people who lived near them to be terrified.
Bakoyembela yo nzembo ya mawa mpe bakoloba: ‹ Oh engumba oyo ekenda sango, ndenge nini babebisi yo, engumba ya bato ya ebale monene! Yo mpe bato na yo, bozalaki na nguya kati na ebale monene, bozalaki kolengisa na somo bato nyonso oyo bazalaki kovanda kuna.
18 Now on the day when that city is destroyed, [it is as though the people in] the areas along the coast tremble and the [the people on the] islands in the sea are terrified because of that city being ruined.”’
Sik’oyo bisanga ekomi kolenga, na mokolo ya kokweya na yo, bisanga ya ebale monene ekomi na somo makasi mpo na suka na yo. ›
19 This is also what [I], Yahweh the Lord, say: ‘When I cause the city [of Tyre] to become desolate/empty, like [other] cities in which people no [longer] live, and when I cause the huge waves of the sea to cover it,
Tala liloba oyo Nkolo Yawe alobi: Tango nakokomisa yo engumba oyo ezalaka lisusu na bato te lokola bingumba oyo etikala nanu kozala na bato te, tango nakoyeisa epai na yo mayi ya mozindo mpe bambonge na yango ekozindisa yo,
20 then I will bring the people of that city down to be with those who have gone down to where the dead people are, people who lived long ago. I will cause them to remain in the place below the earth that is like old/ancient ruins, with those who have gone down to that pit [previously], and they will never return to the earth, to where people are alive.
nakozindisa yo kati na libulu ya mozindo esika moko na bato oyo bakitaka kuna, epai ya bato ya kala; nakovandisa yo kati na mokili oyo ezalaka na se ya mabele, lokola kati na libebi ya kala, mpe okozala elongo na bato oyo bakitaka kati na libulu ya mozindo, mpo ete okoma bisika oyo bato bakovanda lisusu te; mpe okozonga te to okozwa lisusu bisika te na mabele ya bato ya bomoi.
21 I will cause them to die in a horrible way (OR, people will be very afraid because of what happens to that city), and that will be the end of (them/their lives). People will search for that city but it will no longer exist. [That is what I, ] Yahweh the Lord, declare [will happen].’”
Nakokomisa yo eloko ya koyoka somo, mpe okokoma eloko pamba; bakobanda koluka yo kasi bakomona yo lisusu te, elobi Nkolo Yawe. »
