Ezekieli 27
1 Neno la Bwana likanijia kusema:
The word of the Lord came to me again, saying,
2 “Mwanadamu, fanya maombolezo kwa ajili ya Tiro.
And you, son of man, make a song of grief for Tyre;
3 Umwambie Tiro, ulioko kwenye lango la bahari, ufanyao biashara na mataifa mengi ya pwani, ‘Hili ndilo Bwana Mwenyezi asemalo: “‘Ee Tiro, wewe umesema, “Mimi ni mkamilifu katika uzuri.”
And say to Tyre, O you who are seated at the doorway of the sea, trading for the peoples with the great sea-lands, these are the words of the Lord: You, O Tyre, have said, I am a ship completely beautiful.
4 Mipaka yako ilikuwa katika moyo wa bahari, wajenzi wako walikamilisha uzuri wako.
Your builders have made your outlines in the heart of the seas, they have made you completely beautiful.
5 Walizifanya mbao zako zote kwa misunobari itokayo Seniri; walichukua mierezi kutoka Lebanoni kukutengenezea mlingoti.
They have made all your boards of fir-trees from Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make the supports for your sails.
6 Walichukua mialoni toka Bashani wakakutengenezea makasia yako; kwa miti ya msanduku kutoka pwani ya Kitimu wakatengeneza sitaha yako na kuipamba kwa pembe za ndovu.
Of oak-trees from Bashan they have made your driving blades; they have made your floors of ivory and boxwood from the sea-lands of Kittim.
7 Kitani safi kilichotariziwa kutoka Misri kilikuwa tanga lako, nacho kilikuwa bendera yako; chandarua chako kilikuwa cha rangi ya buluu na ya zambarau kutoka visiwa vya Elisha.
The best linen with needlework from Egypt was your sail, stretched out to be a flag for you; blue and purple from the sea-lands of Elishah gave you shade.
8 Watu kutoka Sidoni na Arvadi walikuwa wapiga makasia yako; watu wako wenye ustadi, ee Tiro, walikuwa ndio mabaharia wako.
The people of Zidon and Arvad were your boatmen; the wise men of Zemer were in you; they were guiding your ships;
9 Wazee wa Gebali pamoja na mafundi stadi walikuwa mafundi wako melini. Meli zote za baharini na mabaharia wao walikuja kwako ili kubadilishana bidhaa zako.
The responsible men of Gebal and its wise men were in you, making your boards watertight: all the ships of the sea with their seamen were in you trading in your goods.
10 “‘Watu wa Uajemi, Ludi na Putu walikuwa askari katika jeshi lako. Walitundika ngao zao na chapeo zao kwenye kuta zako, wakileta fahari yako.
Cush and Lud and Put were in your army, your men of war, hanging up their body-covers and head-dresses of war in you: they gave you your glory.
11 Watu wa Arvadi na wa Heleki walikuwa juu ya kuta zako pande zote; watu wa Gamadi walikuwa kwenye minara yako. Walitundika ngao zao kuzizunguka kuta zako; wakaukamilisha uzuri wako.
The men of Arvad in your army were on your walls, and were watchmen in your towers, hanging up their arms on your walls round about; they made you completely beautiful.
12 “‘Tarshishi walifanya biashara nawe kwa sababu ya utajiri wako mkubwa wa bidhaa, walibadilisha fedha, chuma, bati na risasi kwa mali zako.
Tarshish did business with you because of the great amount of your wealth; they gave silver, iron, tin, and lead for your goods.
13 “‘Uyunani, Tubali na Mesheki, walifanya biashara nawe, walibadilisha watumwa na vyombo vya shaba kwa bidhaa zako.
Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your traders; they gave living men and brass vessels for your goods.
14 “‘Watu wa Beth-Togarma walibadilisha farasi wa mizigo, farasi wa vita na nyumbu kwa mali zako.
The people of Togarmah gave horses and war-horses and transport beasts for your goods.
15 “‘Watu wa Dedani walifanya biashara nawe, watu wengi wa nchi za pwani walikuwa wachuuzi wako, walikulipa kwa pembe za ndovu na mpingo.
The men of Rodan were your traders: a great number of sea-lands did business with you: they gave you horns of ivory and ebony as an offering.
16 “‘Watu wa Aramu walifanya biashara nawe kwa ajili ya wingi wa kazi za mikono yako, wakibadilishana kwa almasi, vitambaa vya rangi ya zambarau, vitambaa vilivyotariziwa, kitani safi, matumbawe na akiki nyekundu.
Edom did business with you because of the great number of things which you made; they gave emeralds, purple, and needlework, and the best linen and coral and rubies for your goods.
17 “‘Yuda na Israeli walifanya biashara nawe, walibadilishana kwa ngano kutoka Minithi, mtama, asali, mafuta na zeri ya kuponyeshea.
Judah and the land of Israel were your traders; they gave grain of Minnith and sweet cakes and honey and oil and perfume for your goods.
18 “‘Dameski, kwa sababu ya wingi wa kazi za mikono yako na ukuu wa utajiri wa mali, walifanya biashara nawe wakibadilishana mvinyo kutoka Helboni na sufu kutoka Zahari.
Damascus did business with you because of the great amount of your wealth, with wine of Helbon and white wool.
19 “‘Wadani na Wayunani kutoka Uzali, walikuletea mali za biashara, nao wakabadilishana nawe chuma kilichofuliwa, mdalasini na mchaichai.
... for your goods: they gave polished iron and spices for your goods.
20 “‘Dedani alifanya biashara nawe kwa matandiko ya farasi.
Dedan did trade with you in cloths for the backs of horses.
21 “‘Arabuni na wakuu wote wa Kedari walikuwa wanunuzi wako waliobadilishana bidhaa zako na wana-kondoo, kondoo dume na mbuzi.
Arabia and all the rulers of Kedar did business with you; in lambs and sheep and goats, in these they did business with you.
22 “‘Wafanyabiashara wa Sheba na wa Raama walifanya biashara nawe, wakabadilishana bidhaa zako na aina zote za vikolezi, vito vya thamani na dhahabu.
The traders of Sheba and Raamah did trade with you; they gave the best of all sorts of spices and all sorts of stones of great price and gold for your goods.
23 “‘Harani, Kane na Edeni na wafanyabiashara wa Sheba, Ashuru na Kilmadi walifanya biashara nawe.
Haran and Canneh and Eden, the traders of Asshur and all the Medes:
24 Kwenye soko lako, walifanya biashara nawe kwa mavazi mazuri, vitambaa vya buluu, nguo za kutariziwa na mazulia ya rangi mbalimbali yenye kamba zilizosokotwa na kuwekwa mafundo imara.
These were your traders in beautiful robes, in rolls of blue and needlework, and in chests of coloured cloth, corded with cords and made of cedar-wood, in them they did trade with you.
25 “‘Merikebu za Tarshishi ndizo zinazokusafirishia bidhaa zako. Umejazwa shehena kubwa katika moyo wa bahari.
Tarshish ships did business for you in your goods: and you were made full, and great was your glory in the heart of the seas.
26 Wapiga makasia wako wanakupeleka mpaka kwenye maji makavu. Lakini upepo wa mashariki umekuvunja vipande vipande katika moyo wa bahari.
Your boatmen have taken you into great waters: you have been broken by the east wind in the heart of the seas.
27 Utajiri wako, bidhaa zako na mali zako, mabaharia wako, manahodha wako, mafundi wako wa meli, wafanyabiashara wako na askari wako wote, na kila mmoja aliyeko melini atazama kwenye moyo wa bahari siku ile ya kuvunjika kwa meli yako.
Your wealth and your goods, the things in which you do trade, your seamen and those guiding your ships, those who make your boards watertight, and those who do business with your goods, and all your men of war who are in you, with all who have come together in you, will go down into the heart of the seas in the day of your downfall.
28 Nchi za pwani zitatetemeka wakati mabaharia wako watakapopiga kelele.
At the sound of the cry of your ships' guides, the boards of the ship will be shaking.
29 Wote wapigao makasia wataacha meli zao, mabaharia wote na wanamaji wote watasimama pwani.
And all the boatmen, the seamen and those who are expert at guiding a ship through the sea, will come down from their ships and take their places on the land;
30 Watapaza sauti zao na kulia sana kwa ajili yako; watajitupia mavumbi juu ya vichwa vyao na kujivingirisha kwenye majivu.
And their voices will be sounding over you, and crying bitterly they will put dust on their heads, rolling themselves in the dust:
31 Watanyoa nywele zao kwa ajili yako, nao watavaa nguo za magunia. Watakulilia kwa uchungu wa moyo na kwa maombolezo makuu.
And they will have the hair of their heads cut off because of you, and will put haircloth on their bodies, weeping for you with bitter grief in their souls, even with bitter sorrow.
32 Watakapokuwa wanalia na kuomboleza juu yako, watafanya maombolezo kukuhusu wakisema: “Ni nani aliyepata kuangamizwa kama Tiro, katika moyo wa bahari?”
And in their weeping they will make a song of grief for you, sorrowing over you and saying, Who is like Tyre, who has come to an end in the deep sea?
33 Wakati bidhaa zako zilipotoka baharini, ulitosheleza mataifa mengi; kwa wingi wa utajiri wako na bidhaa zako ulitajirisha wafalme wa dunia.
When your goods went out over the seas, you made numbers of peoples full; the wealth of the kings of the earth was increased with your great wealth and all your goods.
34 Sasa umevunjavunjwa na bahari, katika vilindi vya maji, bidhaa zako na kundi lako lote vimezama pamoja nawe.
Now that you are broken by the seas in the deep waters, your goods and all your people will go down with you.
35 Wote waishio katika nchi za pwani wanakustaajabia; wafalme wao wanatetemeka kwa hofu kuu, nazo nyuso zao zimekunjamana kwa woga.
All the people of the sea-lands are overcome with wonder at you, and their kings are full of fear, their faces are troubled.
36 Wafanyabiashara miongoni mwa mataifa wanakucheka; umefikia mwisho wa kutisha nawe hutakuwepo tena.’”
Those who do business among the peoples make sounds of surprise at you; you have become a thing of fear, you have come to an end for ever.
