Ezekiel 31
1 And it cometh to pass, in the eleventh year, in the third [month], in the first of the month, hath a word of Jehovah been unto me, saying:
Le ƒe wuiɖekɛlia ƒe ɣleti etɔ̃lia ƒe ŋkeke gbãtɔ gbe la, Yehowa ƒe nya va nam be,
2 'Son of man, say unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and unto his multitude: To whom hast thou been like in thy greatness?
“Ame vi, gblɔ na Farao, Egipte fia kple eƒe ame gbogboawo be, “Ame kae woate ŋu atsɔ asɔ kple wò le fianyenye me?
3 Lo, Asshur, a cedar in Lebanon, Fair in branch, and shading bough, and high in stature, And between thickets hath its foliage been.
Bu Asiria ŋu kpɔ. Enye sedati kpɔ le Lebanon. Eƒe atilɔ dzeaniwo keke tsyɔ ave la dzi. Ekɔ nyuie, kɔ wu ati bubuawo
4 Waters have made it great, The deep hath exalted him with its flowings, Going round about its planting, And its conduits it hath sent forth unto all trees of the field.
Tsiwo na nunyiamewoe, tsitsetse goglowo na wòkɔ, woƒe tɔsisiwo tsa ƒo xlã ete, eye wodo eƒe alɔdzewo ɖe ati siwo katã le gbedzi la gbɔ.
5 Therefore higher hath been his stature than all trees of the field, And multiplied are his boughs, and long are his branches, Because of many waters in his shooting forth,
Ale wògakɔ ɖe edzi wu ati bubuwo katã le gbea dzi. Eƒe alɔwo sɔ gbɔ ɖe edzi, eye eƒe alɔdzewo didi hekla ɖe tsi ƒe agbɔsɔsɔ ta.
6 In his boughs made a nest hath every fowl of the heavens, And under his branches brought forth hath every beast of the field, And in his shade dwell do all great nations.
Dziƒoxeviwo katã wɔ atɔ ɖe eƒe alɔwo dzi, gbemelãwo katã dzi vi ɖe eƒe alɔwo te, eye dukɔ gãwo katã nɔ eƒe vɔvɔli te.
7 And he is fair in his greatness, In the length of his thin shoots, For his root hath been by great waters.
Eɖi fia le eƒe nyonyo me, le eƒe alɔwo ƒe keke ta, elabena eƒe kewo le tsi sɔgbɔ me.
8 Cedars have not hid him in the garden of God, Firs have not been like unto his boughs, And chesnut-trees have not been as his branches, No tree in the garden of God hath been like unto him in his beauty,
Sedati siwo nɔ Mawu ƒe abɔ me la mete ŋu ke ɖi kplii o, sesewu ƒe alɔwo mete ŋu de etɔwo nu o, eye womate ŋu atsɔ xetiwo ƒe alɔwo asɔ kple etɔwo o. Ati siwo katã nɔ Mawu ƒe abɔ me la, mede enu le nyonyo me o.
9 Fair I have made him in the multitude of his thin shoots, And envy him do all trees of Eden that [are] in the garden of God.
Mewɔe wònyo kple eƒe alɔdze geɖewo, eye wònye ŋubiã na ati siwo katã nɔ Edenbɔ, Mawu ƒe abɔ la me.
10 Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because that thou hast been high in stature, And he yieldeth his foliage between thickets, And high is his heart in his haughtiness,
“Ale Aƒetɔ Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: ‘Esi wòkɔ bobobo wu ati bubuwo, eye wòdana le eƒe kɔkɔ ta la,
11 I give him into the hand of a god of nations, He dealeth sorely with him, In his wickedness I have cast him out.
metsɔe de asi na dukɔwo dziɖula be wòatu nu kplii ɖe eƒe ŋutasesẽ ta. Meɖee ɖe aga,
12 And cut him off do strangers, The terrible of nations, and they leave him, On the mountains and in all valleys have his thin shoots fallen, And broken are his boughs at all streams of the land, And go down from his shade do all peoples of the land, and they leave him.
eye amedzro dukɔ si mekpɔa nublanui kura o la tsɔe ƒu anyi hedzo le egbɔ. Eƒe alɔdzewo dze towo kple balimewo katã dzi; eƒe alɔdzewo ŋe, kaka ɖe anyigba la katã dzi. Dukɔwo katã le anyigba dzi do le eƒe vɔvɔli te, eye wogblẽe ɖi.
13 On his ruin dwell do all fowls of the heavens, And on his boughs have been all the beasts of the field,
Dziƒoxeviwo katã dze ɖe ati si mu la dzi, eye gbemelãwo katã nɔ eƒe alɔdzewo dome.
14 In order that none of the trees of the waters May become haughty because of their stature, Nor give their foliage between thickets, Nor any drinking waters stand up unto them in their haughtiness, For all of them are given up to death, Unto the earth — the lower part, In the midst of the sons of men, Unto those going down to the pit.
Eya ta ati bubu siwo le tsiwo to la dometɔ aɖeke magada le eƒe kɔkɔ ta o, eye woƒe ɖɔme magakɔ wu avemeti bubuawo tɔwo o. Ati bubu siwo le tsiwo to la magade dzi nenema o. Ele na wo katã be woaku kokoko ayi tome, anɔ ame kukuwo dome kple ame siwo ayi aʋlime.’
15 Thus said the Lord Jehovah: In the day of his going down to sheol I have caused mourning, I have covered for him the deep, and diminish its flowings, And restrained are many waters, And I make Lebanon black for him, And all trees of the field have been covered for him. (Sheol h7585)
“Ale Aƒetɔ Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: ‘Gbe si gbe wokɔe de yɔdo me la, mena tsi dzidzi goglowo fa konyi ɖe wo ta. Eya ta meda viviti ɖe Lebanon dzi, eye ati siwo katã le gbedzi la ku. (Sheol h7585)
16 From the sound of his fall I have caused nations to shake, In My causing him to go down to sheol, With those going down to the pit, And comforted in the earth — the lower part, are all trees of Eden, The choice and the good of Lebanon, All drinking waters. (Sheol h7585)
Mena eƒe anyidzedze ƒe ɖiɖi na dukɔwo dzo nyanyanya, esi mena wòge ɖe yɔdo me kple ame siwo yi aʋlime. Ekema atiwo katã le Eden, Lebanon ƒe ati nyuitɔwo, ati siwo katã ŋu tsi nɔ nyuie, wofa akɔ na wo katã le aʋlime. (Sheol h7585)
17 Also they with him have gone down to sheol, Unto the pierced of the sword, And — his arm — they dwelt in his shade in the midst of nations. (Sheol h7585)
Ame siwo nɔ eƒe vɔvɔli te, ame siwo wòtsɔ aʋae le dukɔwo dome la, hã yi yɔdo me kplii, kpe ɖe ame siwo tsi yinu la ŋuti. (Sheol h7585)
18 Unto whom hast thou been thus like, In honour and in greatness among the trees of Eden, And thou hast been brought down with the trees of Eden, Unto the earth — the lower part, In the midst of the uncircumcised thou liest, With the pierced of the sword? It [is] Pharaoh, and all his multitude, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah!'
“‘Ati siwo nɔ Eden la dometɔ kae woatsɔ asɔ kpli wò le nyonyo kple fianyenye me? Ke woatsɔ wò hã akpe ɖe Eɖen ƒe atiwo ŋuti ade yɔdo me. Ànɔ aʋamatsomatsotɔwo dome, akpe ɖe ame siwo tsi yinu la ŋuti. “‘Ame siawoe nye Farao kple eƒe ame gbogboawo’ Aƒetɔ Yehowae gblɔe.”
