Hezekiel 26

1 Le ƒe wuiɖekɛlia me, le ɣletia ƒe ŋkeke gbãtɔ dzi la, Yehowa ƒe nya va nam be,

And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first day of the month, that the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,

2 “Ame vi, esi Tirotɔwo gblɔ le Yerusalem ŋu be, ‘Ahã! Dukɔwo ƒe agbo kaka, eye woƒe ʋɔtruwo ʋu nam. Azɔ esi eƒe dua gbã ta la, nuwo adze edzi nam’ ta la,

Son of man, because Tyre has said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken, the gate of the peoples. She has turned around to me. I shall be replenished, now that she is laid waste,

3 ale Aƒetɔ Yehowa gblɔe nye si: Metsi tsitre ɖe ŋuwò. O! Tiro, mana dukɔ geɖe naho ɖe ŋuwò abe ale si atsiaƒu naa eƒe ƒutsotsoewo dea dzi ene.

therefore thus says the lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, O Tyre, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causes its waves to come up.

4 Woagbã Tiro ƒe gliwo, eye woamu eƒe xɔ tsralawo. Makplɔ eƒe gli gbagbã kakɛawo ɖa, eye mana wòazu agakpe ƒuƒlu

And they shall destroy the walls of Tyre, and break down her towers. I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her a bare rock.

5 Le atsiaƒu me la, azu ɖɔsiaƒe. Nyee ƒo nu; Aƒetɔ Yehowae gblɔe. Azu nuhaha na dukɔwo,

She shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea, for I have spoken it, says the lord Jehovah. And she shall become a spoil to the nations,

6 eye eƒe duwo le anyigba la dzi me tɔwo atsi yinu. Ekema woanya be nyee nye Yehowa.”

and her daughters who are in the field shall be slain with the sword. And they shall know that I am Jehovah.

7 “Elabena ale Aƒetɔ Yehowa gblɔe nye si. Makplɔ Nebukadnezar, Babilonia fia, fiawo dzi fia tso anyiehe, wòaho aʋa ɖe Tiro ŋu kple tasiaɖamwo kple sɔwo kple sɔdolawo kple aʋakɔ gã aɖe.

For thus says the lord Jehovah: Behold, I will bring upon Tyre, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and a company, and many people.

8 Atsɔ yi awu wò du siwo le anyigba dzi la me tɔwo, atu dzɔlawo ƒe xɔ tsralawo ɖe ŋuwò, aƒu kpo ɖe ŋuwò, eye wòakɔ akpoxɔnu dzi ɖe ŋuwò.

He shall kill thy daughters in the field with the sword. And he shall make forts against thee, and cast up a mound against thee, and raise up the buckler against thee.

9 Atrɔ eƒe gligbãnuwo ɖe wò gliwo ŋu, eye wòatsɔ eƒe aʋawɔnuwo agbã wò xɔ tsralawo.

And he shall set his battering engines against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers.

10 Eƒe sɔwo asɔ gbɔ ale gbegbe be woana ʋuʋudedi natsyɔ dziwò. Aʋawɔsɔwo, kekewo kple tasiaɖamwo ƒe hoowɔwɔ ana wò gliwo naʋuʋu kpekpekpe, ne ege ɖe wò agbowo me abe ale si amewo gena ɖe du si ŋu gli gbã le la me ene.

Because of the abundance of his horses their dust shall cover thee. Thy walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wagons, and of the chariots, when he shall enter into thy gates, as men enter into a city in which a breach is made.

11 Eƒe sɔwo ƒe afɔkliwo agblẽ nu le wò ablɔwo katã dzi, awu wò amewo kple eƒe yi, eye wò sɔti sesẽwo amu adze anyi.

With the hoofs of his horses he shall tread down all thy streets. He shall kill thy people with the sword, and the pillars of thy strength shall go down to the ground.

12 Woaha wò kesinɔnuwo, alɔ wò adzɔnuwo, woamu wò gliwo, woagbã wò xɔ dzeaniwo, eye woalɔ wò kpewo, xɔtutuwo kple gli gbagbãwo akɔ ɖe atsiaƒu me.

And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise. And they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses, and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the waters.

13 Mana wò hadzidzi ƒe ɖiɖi sesĩe nu natso, eye womagase wò kasaŋkuwo ƒe ɖiɖi azɔ o.

And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease, and the sound of thy harps shall no more be heard.

14 Mana nàzu agakpe si le ƒuƒlu, eye nàzu teƒe si woasia ɖɔwo ɖo. Womagbugbɔ wò atu akpɔakpɔ o, elabena, nye Yehowae ƒo nu. Aƒetɔ Yehowae gblɔe.

And I will make thee a bare rock; thou shall be a place for the spreading of nets. Thou shall be built no more, for I Jehovah have spoken it, says the lord Jehovah.

15 “Ale Aƒetɔ Yehowa gblɔ na Tiroe nye si. ‘Ɖe wò ƒuta maʋuʋu kpekpekpe le wò anyidzedze ƒe ɖiɖi ta, ne abixɔlawo le hũu ɖem, eye amewuwu le edzi yim le mewò oa?

Thus says the lord Jehovah to Tyre: Shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall, when the wounded groan, when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee?

16 Ekema dziɖula siwo le ƒuta duwo me la aɖi le woƒe fiazikpuiwo dzi, eye woaɖe woƒe fiawuwo kple awu ŋɔŋɔewo ada ɖi. Vɔvɔ̃ aɖo wo, woanɔ anyigba, anɔ dzodzom nyanyanya ɣeawo katã ɣi, eye woƒe nu aku ɖe ŋuwò.

Then all the rulers of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lie aside their robes, and strip off their broidered garments. They shall clothe themselves with trembling. They shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble every moment, and be astonished at thee.

17 Ekema woadzi konyifahawo ɖe ŋuwò, eye woagblɔ nya siawo na wò. “‘Aleke ƒudzitɔwo gbã wò, o, du xɔŋkɔ! Ènye ŋusẽ nɔ ƒuwo dzi kpɔ, wò kple wò amewo, mienye ŋɔdzi na ame siwo katã nɔ afi ma.

And they shall take up a lamentation over thee, and say to thee, How thou are destroyed, who were inhabited by seafaring men, the renowned city that was strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, who caused their terror to be on all who dwelt there!

18 Azɔ la, wò ƒutanyigbawo le dzodzom kpekpekpe le wò anyidzegbe ta, eye vɔvɔ̃ ɖo ƒukpowo le atsiaƒu me le wò anyidzedze ta.’”

Now the isles shall tremble in the day of thy fall. Yea, the isles that are in the sea shall be dismayed at thy departure.

19 Alea Aƒetɔ Yehowa gblɔe nye esi. “Ne mena nèzu aƒedo abe du si me ame aɖeke megale o, ne mehe atsiaƒu ƒe gogloƒe tsyɔ dziwò, eye eƒe tsi gbawoo la ƒo xlã wò la,

For thus says the lord Jehovah: When I shall make thee a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited, when I shall bring up the deep upon thee, and the great waters shall cover thee,

20 ekema mana nàyi to kple ame siwo yi aʋlime, àyi gbe aɖe gbe tɔwo gbɔ. Mana nànɔ anyigba te, le aƒedo xoxowo me kple ame siwo yi aʋlime, màgatrɔ agbɔ alo axɔ wò teƒe le agbagbeawo ƒe anyigba dzi o.

then I will bring thee down with those who descend into the pit, to the people of old time, and will make thee to dwell in the nether parts of the earth, in the places that are desolate of old, with those who go down to the pit, that thou not be inhabited. And I will set glory in the land of the living.

21 Mana wò nuwuwu nadzi ŋɔ, eye màganɔ anyi o. Woadi wò, gake womagakpɔ wò akpɔ o. Aƒetɔ Yehowae gblɔe.”

I will make thee a horror, and thou shall no more have any being. Though thou be sought for, yet thou shall never be found again, says the lord Jehovah.