Ezekiel 28
1 [Then] Yahweh gave me another message. [He said]:
Yehowa ƒe nya va nam be,
2 “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.
“Ame vi, gblɔ na Tiro fia be, Ale Aƒetɔ Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: Le wò dzi ƒe dada me la, ègblɔ be, “‘Mawu aɖe menye, menɔ anyi ɖe fia aɖe ƒe fiazikpui dzi le atsiaƒu titina.’ Ke amegbetɔ ko nènye, menye mawu aɖekee nènye o, togbɔ be èbuna be yenya nu abe mawu aɖe ene hã.
3 [You think that] you are wiser than Daniel was, [and you think that] you can understand every secret.
Ɖe nènya nu wu Daniel mahã?
4 By being wise and understanding [a lot], you have become [very] rich; you have acquired much gold and silver for your treasuries.
Èwɔ wò nunya kple gɔmesese ŋu dɔ hekpɔ hotsui na ɖokuiwò, eye nèƒo ƒu sika kple klosalo ɖe wò nudzraɖoƒewo.
5 [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.
Le wò nunya gã tso asitsatsa ŋu ta la, èdzi wò hotsuikpɔkpɔ ɖe edzi, eye le wò hotsuikpɔkpɔ ta la, wò dzi dana.
6 Therefore, this is what Yahweh the Lord says: “Because you think that you are as wise as a god,
“Eya ta ale Aƒetɔ Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: “Be nèbu be yenya nu, yenya nu abe mawu aɖe ene ta la,
7 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.
makplɔ amedzrowo aƒu wò, dukɔ si me tɔwo mekpɔa nublanui na ame kura o. Woatsɔ woƒe yi ɖe wò nyonyo kple wò nunya ŋu, eye woagblẽ wò atsyɔ̃ gã la me.
8 They will bring you down to your grave; you will die violently like [MET] those who died in the sea.
Woatutu wò ade aʋlime, eye àku ku veve aɖe le atsiaƒuwo titina.
9 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.
Ɖe nàgblɔ le ɣe ma ɣi me be, ‘Mawu aɖee menye’ le ame siwo le wuwòm la ŋkumea? Amegbetɔ ko nènye, mènye mawu aɖeke o, le ame siwo le wuwòm la ƒe asi me.
10 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.’”
Àku abe aʋamatsomatsotɔwo ene le amedzrowo ƒe asi me. Nye Aƒetɔ Yehowae gblɔe.”
11 Yahweh also gave me this message:
Yehowa ƒe nya va nam be,
12 “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.
“Ame vi, dzi konyifaha aɖe ɖe Tiro fia ŋu, eye nàgblɔ nɛ be, ‘Ale Aƒetɔ Yehowa gblɔe nye si: “‘Ènye blibodede ƒe kpɔɖeŋu, nunya yɔ mewò, eye wò nyonyo de blibo.
13 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.
Ènɔ Eden, Mawu ƒe abɔ la me, kpe xɔasi ɖe sia ɖe ɖo atsyɔ̃ na wò, Kanelian, krisolit kple emerald, topaz, oniks kple yaspa, lapis lazuli, tɔkuɔs kple beril. Sikae wotsɔ ɖo to na wò, eye eya kee wotsɔ ɖo atsyɔ̃ na wò le gbe si gbe wowɔ wò.
14 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.
Wosi ami na wò abe kerubi, amedzikpɔla ene, elabena nenemae meɖo wòe. Ènɔ Mawu ƒe to kɔkɔe la dzi, eye nèzɔ le dzokpewo dome.
15 You were completely good in all that you did, from the day that you were created/born, until you [started to] do wicked things.
Vodada aɖeke menɔ wò zɔzɔme ŋu tso gbe si gbe wowɔ wò va se ɖe esime wokpɔ ŋutasesẽ le mewò o.
16 [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.
To wò asitsatsa yi teƒe geɖewo me la, ŋutasesẽ yɔ mewò, eye nèwɔ nu vɔ̃. Eya ta menya wò ŋukpedoametɔe le Mawu ƒe to la dzi; menya wò kerubi, amedzikpɔla, le dzokpeawo dome.
17 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.
Wò dzi de asi dada me le wò nyonyo ta, eye nègblẽ wò nunya le wò atsyɔ̃ ta. Ale metsɔ wò ƒu gbe ɖe anyigba. Mena nèzu nukpɔkpɔ le fiawo ŋkume
18 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.
To wò nu vɔ̃ geɖewo kple wò asitsatsa si me nuteƒewɔwɔ mele o me la, èdo gu wò Kɔkɔeƒewo. Eya ta mena dzo do tso mewò, fia wò, eye mena nèzu afi le anyigba, le ame siwo katã nye nukpɔlawo la ŋkume.
19 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.”’”
Dukɔ siwo katã nya wò la ƒe nu ku le ŋutiwò; wò nuwuwu dziŋɔ la va ɖo, eye màganɔ anyi akpɔakpɔ o.’”
20 [Then] Yahweh gave me another message. [He said],
Yehowa ƒe nya va nam be,
21 “You human, turn toward Sidon [city], and declare the terrible things that will happen to it.
“Ame vi, trɔ mo ɖo ɖe Sidon gbɔ. Gblɔ nya ɖi ɖe eŋu,
22 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].
eye nàgblɔ be, ‘Ale Aƒetɔ Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: “‘Metso ɖe ŋuwò, O! Sidon, eye makpɔ nye ŋutikɔkɔe tso mewò. Woanya be nyee nye Yehowa ne mehe to nɛ, eye mefia ɖokuinye kɔkɔe le eme.
23 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].'
Mana dɔvɔ̃ nadze edzi, eye ʋu nasi le eƒe ablɔwo dzi. Ame kukuwo adze anyi le eme, eye yi anɔ eŋu le eƒe axa ɖe sia ɖe dzi. Ekema woanya be nyee nye Yehowa.
24 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].”
“‘Eye ame vɔ̃ɖiwo maganɔ anyi aƒo xlã Israelviwo, ame siwo ƒe aɖewo nye ŋu tɔame kple aŋɔka wɔnuveviame o. Ekema woanya be nyee nye Aƒetɔ Yehowa.
25 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.
“‘Ale Aƒetɔ Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: Ne meƒo ƒu Israelviwo tso dukɔ siwo me wokaka wo ɖo me la, mafia ɖokuinye kɔkɔe le wo dome le dukɔwo ŋkume. Ale woanɔ woawo ŋutɔ ƒe anyigba si metsɔ na nye dɔla, Yakob la dzi.
26 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].”
Woanɔ dedie le afi ma, woatu xɔwo, eye woade waingble, woanɔ dedie ne mehe to na ame siwo katã ƒo xlã wo, eye wodoa vlo wo. Ekema woanya be, nyee nye Yehowa, woƒe Mawu.’”
