Izikiel 27
1 Okwu Onyenwe anyị ruru m ntị, sị,
The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,
2 “Nwa nke mmadụ, bulie abụ akwa banyere Taịa,
Now, you son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus;
3 sị ya, gị oke obodo dị nʼọnụ oke osimiri, onye bụ onye ahịa nke mba niile dị nʼọnụ osimiri. ‘Ihe ndị a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwuru: “‘Gị onwe gị, bụ Taịa, na-asị, “Ezuru m oke nʼịma mma.”
And say to Tyrus, O you that are situate at the entry of the sea, which are a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus says the Lord GOD; O Tyrus, you have said, I am of perfect beauty.
4 I meela ka oke ala gị dịrị nʼetiti oke osimiri. Ndị wuru gị emeekwala ka ịma mma gị zuo oke.
Your borders are in the middle of the seas, your builders have perfected your beauty.
5 Osisi e ji wuo ahụ ụgbọ gị sitere nʼosisi junipa nke si Senia; ọ bụkwa osisi sida nke si Lebanọn ka e ji jidesie ihu ụgbọ ahụ ike.
They have made all your ship boards of fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for you.
6 Osisi ook nke si Bashan ka e ji mee ụmara gị niile. Osisi e si Saiprọs bubata ka e ji wuo ala ụgbọ gị, jirikwa ọdụ machie ya nʼọnọdụ ịchọ ya mma.
Of the oaks of Bashan have they made your oars; the company of the Ashurites have made your benches of ivory, brought out of the isles of Chittim.
7 Ezi akwa ọcha a kpara nke ọma, nke e si Ijipt bubata, ka e ji mee ọkọlọtọ gị. Akwa ndo gị bụkwa akwa na-acha anụnụ anụnụ, na odo odo, nke e si nʼobodo ọnụ mmiri Elisha bubata.
Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which you spread forth to be your sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered you.
8 Ndị ikom si Saịdọn na Avad bụ ndị na-akwọrọ gị ụgbọ mmiri gị. Ndị ǹka ndị ikom gị, gị Taịa, nọ nʼụgbọ dịka ndị ọka nʼịkwọ ụgbọ mmiri.
The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were your mariners: your wise men, O Tyrus, that were in you, were your pilots.
9 Ndị okenye na ndị nka Gebal a maara aha ha nọ nʼime ụgbọ mmiri gị. Ọrụ ha bụ imechisi oghere ọbụla dị nʼụgbọ ahụ. Ụgbọ mmiri niile na ndị na-anya ha na-abata nʼọnụ mmiri gị nʼihi ịzụ ihe ahịa gị.
The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in you your caulkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in you to occupy your merchandise.
10 “‘Ndị ikom Peshịa na Lidiya, na Put, jere gị ozi dịka ndị agha nʼusuu ndị agha gị. Ha kokwasịrị ọta ha na okpu agha igwe ha nʼaja ụlọ gị, na-ewetara gị ebube.
They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in your army, your men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in you; they set forth your comeliness.
11 Ndị ikom Avad, na Helek bụ ndị na-eche mgbidi gị nʼakụkụ niile. Ndị ikom Gamad na-eche nche nʼụlọ elu gị niile e wusiri ike. Ha konyekwara ọta ha nʼusoro na mgbidi gị, ime ka ịma mma gị zuo oke.
The men of Arvad with your army were on your walls round about, and the Gammadims were in your towers: they hanged their shields on your walls round about; they have made your beauty perfect.
12 “‘Tashish bụ onye ahịa gị, nʼihi ịba ụba nke akụ gị. Ọ bụ ọlaọcha na igwe, na gbamgbam, na opu, ka ha ji akwụ gị ụgwọ ihe ha si nʼaka gị zụrụ.
Tarshish was your merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in your fairs.
13 “‘Ndị Griis, Tubal na Meshek, bụkwa ndị ahịa gị. Ha na-ebutere gị ndị ohu, na ihe e ji bronz kpụọ, iji kwụọ gị ụgwọ ihe ha si nʼaka gị zụrụ.
Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were your merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in your market.
14 “‘Otu a kwa ndị ikom Bet Togama jikwa ịnyịnya ụgbọ, na ịnyịnya agha, na ịnyịnya ibu na-agbanwere ihe ha zụrụ.
They of the house of Togarmah traded in your fairs with horses and horsemen and mules.
15 “‘Ndị ahịa si na Dedan bụkwa ndị ahịa gị. Otu a kwa ọtụtụ ndị bi nʼọnụ mmiri bụkwa ndị ahịa gị. Ha ji ọdụ, na osisi eboni kwụọ gị ụgwọ ihe ha zụrụ gị.
The men of Dedan were your merchants; many isles were the merchandise of your hand: they brought you for a present horns of ivory and ebony.
16 “‘Ndị Aram ka gị na ha zụrụ ahịa nʼihi ọtụtụ ngwa ahịa gị. Ha na-ejikwa nkume dị oke ọnụ tọkwọisi na akwa e sijiri esiji odo odo, na akwa a kpara nke ọma, na ezi akwa ọcha, na koral, na nkume oke ọnụahịa rubi na-akwụ gị ụgwọ ihe ha zụrụ gị.
Syria was your merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of your making: they occupied in your fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.
17 “‘Ndị Juda na ndị Izrel niile bụkwa ndị ahịa gị. Ha na-eji ọka wiiti nke si nʼobodo Minit, ya na shuga, na mmanụ aṅụ, na mmanụ, na mmanụ otite na-akwụ gị ụgwọ ihe ha zụrụ gị.
Judah, and the land of Israel, they were your merchants: they traded in your market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm.
18 “‘Damaskọs bụkwa ndị ahịa gị, nʼihi ọtụtụ ngwa ahịa na ụba ihe ndị ị nwere ire ere. Ọ bụkwa mmanya si Helbon, na ajị anụ dị ọcha nke esi Zaha weta,
Damascus was your merchant in the multitude of the wares of your making, for the multitude of all riches; in the wine of Helbon, and white wool.
19 na mmanya a gbara nʼudu nʼudu nke si Ụzal, na igwe nwupụrụ enwupụ, na kashia, na kalamus, ka ha ji akwụ gị ụgwọ ihe ha zụrụ gị.
Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in your fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in your market.
20 “‘Dedan bụ onye ahịa gị nʼakwa a na-agbasa nʼelu ịnyịnya anọkwasị ọdụ.
Dedan was your merchant in precious clothes for chariots.
21 “‘Arebịa na ụmụ eze niile nke Keda bụkwa ndị ahịa gị. Ọ bụ ụmụ atụrụ, na ebule, na mkpi, ka gị na ha nʼazụrịta na-erekwa.
Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with you in lambs, and rams, and goats: in these were they your merchants.
22 “‘Ndị ahịa Sheba, na Raama, bụkwa ndị ahịa gị. Ha ji ụda dị iche iche na nkume dị oke ọnụahịa, na ọlaedo akwụ gị ụgwọ ihe ha zụrụ.
The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they were your merchants: they occupied in your fairs with chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold.
23 “‘Ndị Haran, Kanne na Eden, na ndị ahịa Sheba, Ashọ na Kilmad, bụ ndị gị na ha zụkọrọ ahịa.
Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad, were your merchants.
24 Ha na-eweta uwe mara mma dị iche iche, na akwa e tejiri anụnụ anụnụ, na akwa a kpara nke ọma, na kapeeti mara mma dị iche iche, nke e ji ụdọ kpazie nke ọma, nke e tejiri nʼụdị dịkwa iche iche nʼọma ahịa gị.
These were your merchants in all sorts of things, in blue clothes, and broidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords, and made of cedar, among your merchandise.
25 “‘Ụgbọ mmiri niile nke Tashish bụ ndị na-ebu ihe ahịa gị. I jupụtara nʼihe ahịa, gị obodo dị nʼetiti mmiri.
The ships of Tarshish did sing of you in your market: and you were replenished, and made very glorious in the middle of the seas.
26 Ndị na-anyagharị ụgbọ mmiri gị na-ebuba gị nʼosimiri. Ma ifufe siri ike nke si nʼọwụwa anyanwụ ga-etiwasị gị nʼetiti osimiri.
Your rowers have brought you into great waters: the east wind has broken you in the middle of the seas.
27 Akụ gị niile, na ngwa ahịa gị niile, na ihe ịzụ ahịa gị niile, na ndị niile na-arụ ọrụ nʼụgbọ mmiri gị, na ndị na-anya ụgbọ mmiri, ma ndị na-edozi ụgbọ mmiri gị, ma ndị na-azụ ahịa gị, ma ndị agha gị niile, ha na ndị niile nọ nʼime ụgbọ gị ka mmiri ga-eri nʼetiti mmiri, nʼụbọchị ahụ ụgbọ gị ga-emikpu.
Your riches, and your fairs, your merchandise, your mariners, and your pilots, your caulkers, and the occupiers of your merchandise, and all your men of war, that are in you, and in all your company which is in the middle of you, shall fall into the middle of the seas in the day of your ruin.
28 Ala niile dị nʼọnụ mmiri ga-ama jijiji mgbe ndị ọka ụgbọ mmiri gị ga-eti mkpu akwa.
The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of your pilots.
29 Ndị niile na-anya ụgbọ mmiri, na ndị ọka ụgbọ niile nke oke osimiri, ga-esitekwa nʼụgbọ ha rịdata guzo nʼelu ala.
And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand on the land;
30 Ha ga-eti mkpu akwa, ha ga-akwa akwa nke ukwuu, werekwa aja wụkwasị onwe ha nʼisi, na-atụrụkwa onwe ha na ntụ.
And shall cause their voice to be heard against you, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust on their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:
31 Ha ga-akpụchapụ agịrị isi ha, yirikwa akwa mkpe, kwaa akwa nʼihi ịdị ilu nke mkpụrụobi ha. Ha ga-etikwa aka ha nʼobi.
And they shall make themselves utterly bald for you, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for you with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.
32 Mgbe ha ga na-eti mkpu akwa na-erikwa uju nʼihi gị, nke a bụ abụ akwa a ga-abụ banyere gị, “Onye ka e mere ka o dere duu ka e si mee obodo Taịa, nke osimiri gbara gburugburu?”
And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for you, and lament over you, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the middle of the sea?
33 Mgbe e si nʼime gị na-ebupụsị ihe ahịa gị, e ji ha na-enyeju mba dị iche iche afọ. E sitekwara nʼakụ gị dị ukwuu na ngwa ahịa gị mee ka ọtụtụ ndị eze nke ụwa bụrụ ọgaranya.
When your wares went forth out of the seas, you filled many people; you did enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of your riches and of your merchandise.
34 Ugbu a, mmiri e riela gị, ọ bụ nʼokpuru osimiri ka ị tọgbọ. Akụ gị niile na ihe ahịa gị niile, na ndị niile nọ nʼime gị esorola gị laa nʼiyi.
In the time when you shall be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters your merchandise and all your company in the middle of you shall fall.
35 Ihe ndị a niile ga-eju ndị bi nʼala ọnụ mmiri osimiri niile anya. Ndị eze ha niile tụkwara egwu nke ukwuu; ihu ha gbarụkwara agbarụ site nʼegwu.
All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at you, and their kings shall be sore afraid, they shall be troubled in their countenance.
36 Ndị ahịa nke mba dị iche iche na-efufe isi ha, nʼihi na ihe mere gị dị egwu. Ị laala nʼiyi ruo ebighị ebi.’”
The merchants among the people shall hiss at you; you shall be a terror, and never shall be any more.
