Hezekiel 26
1 Le ƒe wuiɖekɛlia me, le ɣletia ƒe ŋkeke gbãtɔ dzi la, Yehowa ƒe nya va nam be,
And it happened that, in the eleventh year, on the first of the month, the word of the Lord 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 about Jerusalem: ‘It is Well! The gates of the peoples have been broken! She has been turned toward me. I will be filled. She will be deserted!’
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.
because of this, thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against you, O Tyre, and I will cause many nations to rise up against you, just as the waves of the sea rise up.
4 Woagbã Tiro ƒe gliwo, eye woamu eƒe xɔ tsralawo. Makplɔ eƒe gli gbagbã kakɛawo ɖa, eye mana wòazu agakpe ƒuƒlu
And they will break apart the walls of Tyre, and they will destroy its towers. And I will scrape her dust from her, and I will make her into the barest rock.
5 Le atsiaƒu me la, azu ɖɔsiaƒe. Nyee ƒo nu; Aƒetɔ Yehowae gblɔe. Azu nuhaha na dukɔwo,
She will be a drying place for nets from the midst of the sea. For I have spoken, says the Lord God. And she will be a spoil for the Gentiles.
6 eye eƒe duwo le anyigba la dzi me tɔwo atsi yinu. Ekema woanya be nyee nye Yehowa.”
Likewise, her daughters who are in the field will be slain by the sword. And they shall know that I am the Lord.
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 God: Behold, I will lead into Tyre: Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, a king among kings, from the north, with horses, and chariots, and horsemen, and companies, and a great 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.
Your daughters who are in the field, he will kill with the sword. And he will surround you with fortifications, and he will put together a rampart on all sides. And he will lift up a shield against you.
9 Atrɔ eƒe gligbãnuwo ɖe wò gliwo ŋu, eye wòatsɔ eƒe aʋawɔnuwo agbã wò xɔ tsralawo.
And he will combine moveable shelters and battering rams before your walls, and he will destroy your towers with his armaments.
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.
He will cover you with the inundation of his horses and with their dust. Your walls will shake at the sound of horsemen and wheels and chariots, when they will have entered your gates, as if through the entrance of a city that has been broken open.
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 will trample all your streets. He will cut down your people with the sword, and your noble statues will fall 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.
They will lay waste to your wealth. They will despoil your businesses. And they will tear down your walls and overturn your eminent houses. And they will put your stones and your timber and your dust into 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 multitude of your songs to cease. And the sound of your stringed instruments will no longer 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 you like the barest rock; you will be a drying place for nets. And you will no longer be built up. For I have spoken, says the Lord God.”
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 God to Tyre: “Will not the islands shake at the sound of your ruin and at the groans of your slain, when they will have been cut down in your midst?
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.
And all the leaders of the sea will descend from their thrones. And they will cast aside their outer garments and their colorful clothing, and they will be clothed in stupor. They will sit on the ground, and they will wonder with astonishment at your sudden downfall.
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 taking up a lamentation over you, they will say to you: ‘How could you have perished, you who live in the sea, the famous city that was strong in the sea, with your inhabitants, of whom the whole world was in dread?’
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 ships will be stupefied, in the day of your terror. And the islands of the sea will be disturbed, because no one goes out from you.
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 God: When I will have made you a desolate city, like the cities that are uninhabited, and when I will have led the abyss over you, and many waters will have covered you,
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.
and when I will have dragged you down with those who descend into the pit to the everlasting people, and when I will have assembled you in the lowest parts of the earth, like the desolate places of antiquity, with those who have been brought down into the pit, so that you will be uninhabited, and moreover, when I will have given glory to 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 reduce you to nothing, and you shall not be, and if you are sought, you will no longer be found, in perpetuity, says the Lord God.”
