Ezekieli 26

1 Hivyo ilikuwa katika mwaka wa kumi na moja, siku ya kwanza ya mwezi, lile neno la Yahwe likanijia, kusema,

Now in the eleventh year, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

2 “Mwanadamu, kwa sababu Tiro amesema juu ya Yerusalemuu, 'Aha! Malango ya watu waliovunjika! Amenigeukia; Nitajazwa kwa sababu ameharibika.'

Son of man, because Tyre has said against Jerusalem, Aha, she who was the doorway of the peoples is broken; she is turned over to them; she who was full is made waste;

3 Kwa hiyo Bwana Yahwe asema hivi, 'Tazama! Niko juu yako, Tiro, na nitayainua mataifa mengi juu yako kama bahari iiunuavyo mawimbi yake.

For this cause the Lord has said, See, I am against you, O Tyre, and will send up a number of nations against you as the sea sends up its waves.

4 Wataziharibu kuta za Tiro na kuiangusha chini minara yao. Nitafagia mavumbi yake mbali na kumfanya kama jiwe tupu.

And they will give the walls of Tyre to destruction and have its towers broken: and I will take even her dust away from her, and make her an uncovered rock

5 Atakuwa sehemu ya kuwekea nyavu kati ya bahari, kwa kuwa nimesema hilo-hivi ndivyo Bwana Yahwe asemavyo-na atakuwa mateka kwa ajili ya mataifa.

She will be a place for the stretching out of nets in the middle of the sea; for I have said it, says the Lord: and her goods will be given over to the nations.

6 Binti zake walioko mashambani watachinjwa kwa panga, na watajua kwamba mimi ni Yahwe.'

And her daughters in the open country will be put to the sword: and they will be certain that I am the Lord.

7 Kwa kuwa hivi ndivyo Bwana Yahwe asemavyo: Tazama, kutoka kaskazini namleta Nebukadreza mfalme wa Babeli, mfalme wa wafalme, dhidi ya Tiro, pamoja na farasi na magari ya farasi, na pamoja na waendesha farasi na watu wengi.

For this is what the Lord has said: See, I will send up from the north Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, king of kings, against Tyre, with horses and war-carriages and with an army and great numbers of people.

8 Atawaua binti zako katika shamba. Ataweka kazi ya boma na kujenga ulaghai dhidi ya kuta zako na kuziinua ngao dhidi yao.

He will put to the sword your daughters in the open country: he will make strong walls against you and put up an earthwork against you, arming himself for war against you.

9 Ataweka vyombo vya kubomolea dhidi ya kuta zako, na vyombo vyake vitaanguka chini ya minara yako.

He will put up his engines of war against your walls, and your towers will be broken down by his axes.

10 Farasi zake zitakuwa nyingi kwamba mavumbi yao yatawafunika. Kuta zako zitatikisika kwa mlio wa waendesha farasi, magurudumu, na magari ya farasi. Wakati atakapoingia malango yako, ataingia kama watu waingiavyo kwenye mji ambao kuta zimebomolewa.

Because of the number of his horses you will be covered with their dust: your walls will be shaking at the noise of the horsemen and of the wheels and of the war-carriages, when he comes through your doorways, as into a town which has been broken open.

11 Kwato za farasi zake zitaikanyaga mitaa yako yote. Atawaua watu wako kwa upanga na nguzo za uweza wako zitaanguka chini.

Your streets will be stamped down by the feet of his horses: he will put your people to the sword, and will send down the pillars of your strength to the earth.

12 Watauteka nyara utajiri wako na bidhaa iliyoporwa. Watabomoa kuta zako na kuziharibu nyumba zako za kifahari. Mawe yako, mbao zako, na kokoto watazitupa kwenye maji.

They will take by force all your wealth and go off with the goods with which you do trade: they will have your walls broken down and all the houses of your desire given up to destruction: they will put your stones and your wood and your dust deep in the water.

13 Nitaikomesha sauti ya nyimbo zako. Sauti ya vinubi haitasikika tena.

I will put an end to the noise of your songs, and the sound of your instruments of music will be gone for ever.

14 Nitakufanya jiwe tupu, utakuwa mahali ambapo nyavu zitasambazwa kuzikausha. Hutajengwa tena, kwa kuwa mimi, Bwana Yahwe nimesema-hivi ndivyo Bwana Yahwe asemavyo.

I will make you an uncovered rock: you will be a place for the stretching out of nets; there will be no building you up again: for I the Lord have said it, says the Lord.

15 Bwana Yahwe amwambia hivi Tiro, 'Je visiwa havitatetemeka kwa mlio wa kuanguka kwako, na pamoja na watakaogumia kwa jeraha wakati machinjio mabaya yatakapokuwa kati yako?

This is what the Lord has said to Tyre: Will not the sea-lands be shaking at the sound of your fall, when the wounded give cries of pain, when men are put to the sword in you?

16 Kisha wakuu wote wa bahari watakaposhuka kutoka kwenye viti vyao vya enzi na kuvua mavazi yao rasmi na kutupa mavazi yaliyonakshiwa. Watavaa wenyewe kwa kutetemeka, wataketi chini na kutetemeka kila wakati, na wataogopa kwa sababu yako.

Then all the rulers of the sea will come down from their high seats, and put away their robes and take off their clothing of needlework: they will put on the clothing of grief, they will take their seats on the earth, shaking with fear every minute and overcome with wonder at you.

17 Watainua maombolezo juu yako na kukwambia, umekuwaje, uliyekuwa umekaliwa na manahodha wa meli, umeharibika. Mji mashuhuri ulikuwa imara sana-sasa umetoka kwenye bahari. Wale wanaoishi ndani yake wanaotia hofu kuhusu wenyewe juu ya kila mmoja aliyeishi karibu nao.

And they will send up a song of grief for you, and say to you, What destruction has come on you, how are you cut off from the sea, the noted town, which was strong in the sea, she and her people, causing the fear of them to come on all the dry land!

18 Sasa fukwe zitatetemeka katika siku ya kuanguka kwako. Visiwa katika bahari vimeogofya, kwa sababu umekufa.'

Now the sea-lands will be shaking in the day of your fall; and all the ships on the sea will be overcome with fear at your going.

19 Kwa kuwa Bwana Yahwe asema hivi: wakati nitakapokufanya wewe mji kuwa ukiwa, kama miji mingine ambayo haikaliwi, wakati nitakapoviinua vilindi dhidi yako, na wakati maji makuu yatakapokufunika,

For this is what the Lord has said: I will make you a waste town, like the towns which are unpeopled; when I make the deep come upon you, covering you with great waters.

20 kisha nitakushusha chini kwenda kwa watu wa nyakati za zamani, kama wengingine walioenda chini kwenye shimo; kwa kuwa nitakufanya uishi katika falme za chini za dunia kama uharibifu wa nyakati za zamani. Kwa sababu hii hutarudi na kusimama katika nchi ya walio hai.

Then I will make you go down with those who go down into the underworld, to the people of the past, causing your living-place to be in the deepest parts of the earth, in places long unpeopled, with those who go down into the deep, so that there will be no one living in you; and you will have no glory in the land of the living.

21 Nitaweka janga juu yako, na hutakuwepo tena milele. Kisha utatafutwa, lakini hutapatikana milele tena-hivi ndivyo Bwana Yahwe asemavyo.”

I will make you a thing of fear, and you will come to an end: even if you are looked for, you will not be seen again for ever, says the Lord.