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, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre;
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 Tyre, O thou that dwelleth at the entrance of the sea, which art a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O Tyre, thou hast 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.
Thy borders are in the midst of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy 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 thy ship planks of fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.
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 thy oars; the company of the Ashurites have made thy 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 embroidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee.
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 thy mariners: thy wise men, O Tyre, that were in thee, were thy 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 her wise men were in thee thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to exchange thy 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 thy army, thy men of war: they hung the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy 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 thy army were upon thy walls on all sides, and the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hung their shields upon thy walls on every side; they have made thy 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 thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy 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 thy merchants: they traded in the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy 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 thy 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 thy merchants; many isles were the merchandise of thy hand: they brought thee 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 thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they traded in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and embroidered 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 thy merchants: they traded in thy market in 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 thy merchant in the multitude of the wares of thy 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 traded in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market.
20 “‘Dedan bụ onye ahịa gị nʼakwa a na-agbasa nʼelu ịnyịnya anọkwasị ọdụ.
Dedan was thy 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 traded with thee in lambs, and rams, and goats: in these were they thy 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 thy merchants: they traded in thy fairs with the best 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 thy 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 thy merchants in all sorts of things, in blue clothes, and embroidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords, and made of cedar, among thy 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 thee in thy market: and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the midst 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.
Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst 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.
Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the traders of thy merchandise, and all thy men of war, that are in thee, and in all thy company which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin.
28 Ala niile dị nʼọnụ mmiri ga-ama jijiji mgbe ndị ọka ụgbọ mmiri gị ga-eti mkpu akwa.
The waves shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy 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 upon 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 thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon 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 thee, and gird themselves with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee 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 thee, and lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyre, like the destroyed in the midst 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 thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou didst fill many people; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and of thy 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 thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of thee 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 thee, and their kings shall be terribly 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 thee; thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt be any more.
