Hezekiel 28
1 Yehowa ƒe nya va nam be,
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
2 “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.
“Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre: Thus says the Lord God: Because your heart has been exalted, and you have said, ‘I am God, and I sit in the chair of God, in the heart of the sea,’ though you are a man, and not God, and because you have presented your heart as if it were the heart of God:
3 Ɖe nènya nu wu Daniel mahã?
Behold, you are wiser than Daniel; no secret is concealed from you.
4 Èwɔ wò nunya kple gɔmesese ŋu dɔ hekpɔ hotsui na ɖokuiwò, eye nèƒo ƒu sika kple klosalo ɖe wò nudzraɖoƒewo.
By your wisdom and prudence, you have made yourself strong, and you have acquired gold and silver for your storehouses.
5 Le wò nunya gã tso asitsatsa ŋu ta la, èdzi wò hotsuikpɔkpɔ ɖe edzi, eye le wò hotsuikpɔkpɔ ta la, wò dzi dana.
By the multitude of your wisdom, and by your business dealings, you have multiplied strength for yourself. And your heart has been exalted by your strength.
6 “Eya ta ale Aƒetɔ Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: “Be nèbu be yenya nu, yenya nu abe mawu aɖe ene ta la,
Therefore, thus says the Lord God: Because your heart has been exalted as if it were the heart of God,
7 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.
for this reason, behold, I will lead over you foreigners, the most robust among the Gentiles. And they will bare their swords over the beauty of your wisdom, and they will defile your beauty.
8 Woatutu wò ade aʋlime, eye àku ku veve aɖe le atsiaƒuwo titina.
They will destroy you and pull you down. And you will die the death of those slain in the heart of the sea.
9 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.
So then, will you speak, in the presence of those who are destroying you, before the hand of those who are killing you, saying, ‘I am God,’ though you are a man, and not God?
10 Àku abe aʋamatsomatsotɔwo ene le amedzrowo ƒe asi me. Nye Aƒetɔ Yehowae gblɔe.”
You will die the death of the uncircumcised at the hand of foreigners. For I have spoken, says the Lord God.”
11 Yehowa ƒe nya va nam be,
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: “Son of man, take up a lamentation over the king of Tyre,
12 “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.
and you shall say to him: Thus says the Lord God: You were the seal of similitudes, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
13 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.
You were with the delights of the Paradise of God. Every precious stone was your covering: sardius, topaz, and jasper, chrysolite, and onyx, and beryl, sapphire, and garnet, and emerald. The work of your beauty was of gold, and your fissures were ready in the day when you were formed.
14 Wosi ami na wò abe kerubi, amedzikpɔla ene, elabena nenemae meɖo wòe. Ènɔ Mawu ƒe to kɔkɔe la dzi, eye nèzɔ le dzokpewo dome.
You were a cherub, stretched out and protecting, and I stationed you on the holy mountain of God. You have walked in the midst of stones containing fire.
15 Vodada aɖeke menɔ wò zɔzɔme ŋu tso gbe si gbe wowɔ wò va se ɖe esime wokpɔ ŋutasesẽ le mewò o.
You were perfect in your ways, from the day of your formation, until iniquity was found in you.
16 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.
By the multitude of your business dealings, your interior was filled with iniquity, and you sinned. And I cast you away from the mountain of God, and I perished you, O protecting cherub, from the midst of the stones containing fire.
17 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
And your heart was exalted by your beauty; you have destroyed your own wisdom by your beauty. I have cast you to the ground. I have presented you before the face of kings, so that they may examine you.
18 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.
You have defiled your sanctuaries, by the multitude of your iniquities and by the iniquity of your business dealings. Therefore, I will produce a fire from your midst, which will consume you, and I will make you into ashes upon the earth, in the sight of all who are watching you.
19 Dukɔ siwo katã nya wò la ƒe nu ku le ŋutiwò; wò nuwuwu dziŋɔ la va ɖo, eye màganɔ anyi akpɔakpɔ o.’”
All who gaze upon you among the Gentiles will be stupefied over you. You were made out of nothing, and you shall not be, forever.”
20 Yehowa ƒe nya va nam be,
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
21 “Ame vi, trɔ mo ɖo ɖe Sidon gbɔ. Gblɔ nya ɖi ɖe eŋu,
“Son of man, set your face against Sidon, and you shall prophesy about it.
22 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.
And you shall say: Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against you, Sidon, and I will be glorified in your midst. And they shall know that I am the Lord, when I will have executed judgments in her, and when I will have been sanctified in her.
23 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.
And I will send a pestilence upon her, and there will be blood in her streets. And they will fall, slain by the sword, on every side in her midst. And they shall know that I am the Lord.
24 “‘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.
And the house of Israel will no longer be a stumbling block of bitterness, nor a thorn bringing pain everywhere around them, to those who turn against them. And they shall know that I am the Lord God.”
25 “‘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.
Thus says the Lord God: “When I will have gathered together the house of Israel, from the peoples among whom they have been dispersed, I shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the Gentiles. And they shall live in their own land, which I gave to my servant Jacob.
26 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.’”
And they shall live within it securely. And they shall build houses and plant vineyards. And they shall live in confidence, when I will have executed judgments upon all those who turn against them on every side. And they shall know that I am the Lord their God.”
