Ezekieli 26
1 Hivyo ilikuwa katika mwaka wa kumi na moja, siku ya kwanza ya mwezi, lile neno la Yahwe likanijia, kusema,
And it came to pass in the eleventh year, on the first [day] of the month, [that] 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 Sor has said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is crushed: the nations are destroyed: she is turned to me: she that was full is made desolate:
3 Kwa hiyo Bwana Yahwe asema hivi, 'Tazama! Niko juu yako, Tiro, na nitayainua mataifa mengi juu yako kama bahari iiunuavyo mawimbi yake.
therefore thus says the Lord; Behold, I am against you, O Sor, and I will bring up many nations against you, as the sea comes up with its waves.
4 Wataziharibu kuta za Tiro na kuiangusha chini minara yao. Nitafagia mavumbi yake mbali na kumfanya kama jiwe tupu.
And they shall cast down the walls of Sor, and shall cast down your towers: and I will scrape her dust from off her, and make her a bare 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 shall be in the midst of the sea a place for repairing nets: for I have spoken [it], says the Lord: and it shall be a spoil for the nations.
6 Binti zake walioko mashambani watachinjwa kwa panga, na watajua kwamba mimi ni Yahwe.'
And her daughters [which are] in the field shall be slain with the sword, and they shall know 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 thus says the Lord; Behold, I [will] bring up against you, O Sor, Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon from the north: he is a king of kings, with horses, and chariots, and horsemen, and a concourse of very many nations.
8 Atawaua binti zako katika shamba. Ataweka kazi ya boma na kujenga ulaghai dhidi ya kuta zako na kuziinua ngao dhidi yao.
He shall kill your daughters that are in the field with the sword, and shall set a watch against you, and build forts around you, and carry a rampart round against you, and set up warlike works, and array his spears against you.
9 Ataweka vyombo vya kubomolea dhidi ya kuta zako, na vyombo vyake vitaanguka chini ya minara yako.
He shall cast down with his swords your walls and your towers.
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.
By reason of your multitude of his horses their dust shall cover you, and by reason of the sound of his horsemen and the wheels of his chariots the walls shall be shaken, when he enters into your gates, as one entering into a city from the plain.
11 Kwato za farasi zake zitaikanyaga mitaa yako yote. Atawaua watu wako kwa upanga na nguzo za uweza wako zitaanguka chini.
With the hoofs of his horses they shall trample all your streets: he shall kill your people with the sword, and shall bring down to the ground the support of your strength.
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.
And he shall prey upon your power, and plunder your substance, and shall cast down your walls, and break down your pleasant houses: and he shall cast your stones and your timber and your dust into the midst of your sea.
13 Nitaikomesha sauti ya nyimbo zako. Sauti ya vinubi haitasikika tena.
And he shall destroy the multitude of your musicians, and the sound of your lutes shall be heard no more.
14 Nitakufanya jiwe tupu, utakuwa mahali ambapo nyavu zitasambazwa kuzikausha. Hutajengwa tena, kwa kuwa mimi, Bwana Yahwe nimesema-hivi ndivyo Bwana Yahwe asemavyo.
And I will make you a bare rock: you shall be a place to spread nets upon; you shall be built no more: for I the Lord have spoken [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?
For thus says the Lord God to Sor; Shall not the isles shake at the sound of your fall, while the wounded are groaning, while they have drawn a sword in the midst of 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.
And all the princes of the nations of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and shall take off their crowns from their heads, and shall take off their embroidered raiment: they shall be utterly amazed; they shall sit upon the ground, and fear their [own] destruction, and shall groan over 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 shall take up a lamentation for you, and shall say to you, How are you destroyed from out of the sea, the renowned city, that brought her terror upon all her inhabitants.
18 Sasa fukwe zitatetemeka katika siku ya kuanguka kwako. Visiwa katika bahari vimeogofya, kwa sababu umekufa.'
And the isles shall be alarmed at the day of your fall.
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 thus says the Lord God; When I shall make the city desolate, as the cities that shall not be inhabited, when I have brought the deep up upon you,
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.
and great waters shall cover you; and I shall bring you down to them that go down to the pit, to the people of old time, and shall cause you to dwell in the depths of the earth, as in everlasting desolation, with them that go down to the pit, that you may not be inhabited, nor stand upon the land of life;
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 destruction, and you shall be no more for ever, says the Lord God.
