ʻIsikieli 27

1 Naʻe toe hoko foki ʻae folofola ʻa Sihova kiate au, ʻo pehē,

The word of YHWH came again unto me, saying,

2 “Ko eni, ʻe foha ʻoe tangata, ke ke fai ʻae tangilāulau koeʻuhi ko Taia;

Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus;

3 Pea ke pehē ki Taia, ʻa koe ʻoku tuʻu taupotu ki tahi, ko e fai fakatau ki he kakai mei he ngaahi motu lahi, ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua; “ʻE Taia, ʻa koe kuo ke pehē ʻe koe, Ko au ʻoku ou toulekeleka haohaoa.

And say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, which art a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Sovereign YHWH; O Tyrus, thou hast said, I am of perfect beauty.

4 ‌ʻOku aʻu atu ho ngataʻanga ki he loto tahi, pea kuo fakasanisaniʻi koe ke haohaoa ʻe hoʻo kau tufunga.

Thy borders are in the midst of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty.

5 Kuo nau faʻu ho ngaahi vaka mei he ngaahi ʻakau ko e fea mei Sina: kuo nau taʻanga mei he ngaahi sita ʻo Lepanoni ke ngaohi ʻae ngaahi fanā kiate koe.

They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.

6 Naʻe ngaohi mei he ʻoke ʻo Pesani hoʻo ngaahi fohe tauʻaʻalo; naʻe ngaohi hoʻo ngaahi hekaʻanga ʻaki ʻae lei naʻe ʻomi mei he ngaahi motu ʻo Kitimi.

Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company of the Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory, brought out of the isles of Chittim.

7 Naʻa ke fuka ʻaki ʻae tupenu lelei naʻe tuitui fakasanisani mei ʻIsipite; ko e tupenu paʻuhiʻuhi mo e kulaʻahoʻaho mei he ʻotu motu ʻo ʻIlisa ko ia naʻa ke kofuʻaki koe.

Fine linen with broidered 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 Ko e kakai ʻo Saitone mo ʻAvate ko hoʻo kau toutai ʻakinautolu; pea ko hoʻo kakai poto ʻiate koe, ʻE Taia, ko e kau fakahao vaka ʻakinautolu.

The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots.

9 Ko e kakai mātuʻa ʻo Kepale mo hono kau poto ko e tufunga foʻu vaka ʻakinautolu: pea naʻe ʻiate koe ʻae vaka mei he tahi kotoa pē mo honau kakai, ko hoʻo kau fai fakatau ʻakinautolu.

The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy merchandise.

10 Ko hoʻo ngaahi matatau ko e kakai ia mei Peasia pea mo Soti pea mo Futi, ko hoʻo kau toʻa ʻakinautolu; naʻa nau tautau ʻiate koe ʻae pā pea mo e tatā ki he tau; naʻa nau fakatupu ongoongolelei kiate koe.

They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness.

11 Naʻe kau taha mo hoʻo kau tau ʻi hoʻo ngaahi ʻā ʻae kakai ʻo ʻAvate; pea naʻe ʻi ho ngaahi fale leʻo māʻolunga ʻae kau Kamatini, naʻa nau tautau takatakai pe ʻenau ngaahi pā ʻi he ngaahi ʻā; kuo nau fakahaohaoa ʻekinautolu ho toulekeleka.

The men of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they have made thy beauty perfect.

12 Naʻe fakatau meiate koe ʻe Tasisi, ko e meʻa ʻi he lahi ʻo hoʻo koloa kehekehe: naʻa nau fakatau ʻi hoʻo ngaahi fakatauʻanga ʻi he siliva, mo e ukamea, mo e tini, pea mo e pulu.

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 Ko hoʻo kau fakatau ʻa Savani, mo Tupale, pea mo Meseke, naʻa nau fakatau tangata, pea mo e ngaahi ipu palasa ʻi hoʻo fakatauʻanga.

Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market.

14 Naʻe fakatau ʻae hoosi mo e kau heka hoosi, pea mo e miuli, ʻekinautolu mei he fale ʻo Tokalama.

They of the house of Togarmah traded in thy fairs with horses and horsemen and mules.

15 Ko hoʻo kau fakatau ʻae kakai mei Tetani; naʻe fakatau mei ho nima ʻae ngaahi motu lahi; naʻa nau ʻomi meʻaʻofa kiate koe, ko e lei mo e ʻeponi.

The men of Dedan were thy merchants; many isles were the merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee for a present horns of ivory and ebony.

16 Naʻe fakatau meiate koe ʻa Silia, koeʻuhi naʻe lahi ʻae meʻa naʻe ngaohi ʻiate koe; naʻa nau fakatauʻaki ʻekinautolu ʻae maka koloa, mo e kulaʻahoʻaho, mo e tuitui fakasanisani, mo e tupenu lelei, mo e feo mo e makakikila.

Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.

17 Ko Siuta, mo e fonua ʻo ʻIsileli ko hoʻo kau fakatau ʻakinautolu: naʻa nau fakatauʻaki ʻae uite, mo e mula nanamu, mo e hana, mo e honi, mo e lolo, pea mo e paame.

Judah, and the land of Israel, they were thy merchants: they traded in thy market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm.

18 Naʻe fakatau ʻa Tamasikusi ʻiate koe, koeʻuhi koe lahi ʻae meʻa naʻe ngaohi ʻiate koe, lahi ʻaupito ʻa hoʻo koloa; ʻi he uaine ʻo Helipone, pea mo e fulufuluʻi sipi hinehina.

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 Naʻe feʻaluʻaki foki ʻi ho ngaahi fakatauʻanga ʻa Tani, pea mo Savani: naʻe fakatau ʻiate koe ʻae ukamea ngingila, mo e sinamoni, mo e ʻakau namu kakala.

Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market.

20 Naʻe fakatau ʻiate koe ʻe Tetani ʻae ngaahi kofu mahuʻinga ki he saliote.

Dedan was thy merchant in precious clothes for chariots.

21 Naʻe fakatau ʻiate koe ʻe ʻAlepea, mo e ngaahi ʻeiki ʻo Keta, ʻae fanga lami, mo e fanga sipitangata pea mo e fanga kosi: ko ʻenau meʻa fakatau ʻanautolu ia.

Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with thee in lambs, and rams, and goats: in these were they thy merchants.

22 Ko e kau fakatau ʻo Sipa mo Laama, ko hoʻo kau fakatau ʻakinautolu: naʻa nau fakatau ʻiate koe ʻae ngaahi ʻakau namu kakala mahuʻinga mo e ngaahi maka koloa, pea mo e koula.

The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they were thy merchants: they occupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold.

23 Ko hoʻo kau fakatau ʻa Halani, mo Kane, mo ʻIteni, mo e kakai fakatau mei Sipa, mo ʻAsilia, pea mo Kilimati.

Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Assur, and Chilmad, were thy merchants.

24 Ko hoʻo kau fakatau ʻakinautolu ni ʻi he ngaahi koloa kehekehe, ʻi he tupenu ki hoʻo meʻa fakatau.

These were thy 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 thy merchandise.

25 Naʻe taʻanga ʻaki koe ʻe he ngaahi folau mei Tasisi ʻi ho potu fakatau: pea naʻe fakakoloaʻi koe, pea naʻe ngaohi koe ke ke nāunauʻia ʻaupito ʻi he ngaahi potu tahi ko ia.

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 “Kuo ʻave koe ʻe hoʻo kau tauʻaʻalo ki he ngaahi vai lahi: kuo maumauʻi koe ʻi loto tahi ʻe he matangi hahake.

Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas.

27 Pea ko hoʻo koloa, mo ho fakatauʻanga, mo hoʻo meʻa fakatau, ko hoʻo kau toutai mo hoʻo kau fakahao vaka, mo e kakai foʻu vaka, mo e kau fakatau ʻiate koe, mo hoʻo kau tau kotoa pē ʻoku ʻiate koe, pea mo e kakai kotoa pē ʻoku ʻi ho lotolotonga, te nau ngalo ki loto tahi ʻi he ʻaho ʻe fakaʻauha ai koe.

Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the occupiers 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 ‌ʻE ngalulu ʻae ngaahi peau ʻi he pā mai ʻae tangi ʻa hoʻo kau fakahao vaka.

The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots.

29 Pea ʻe hifo mei honau vaka ʻakinautolu ʻoku tauʻaʻalo, mo e kau toutai, mo e kau fakahao vaka kotoa pē ʻi he tahi, pea te nau tutuʻu ai;

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 Pea te nau hiki honau leʻo ke ongo atu kiate koe, pea te nau tangi mamahi, pea te nau lī hake ʻae efu ki honau ʻulu, pea te nau olooloʻi ʻakinautolu ʻi he efuefu:

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 Pea te nau fakatelefua ʻaupito ʻakinautolu koeʻuhi ko koe, mo nau ʻai ʻae tauangaʻa, pea te nau tangi koeʻuhi ko koe ʻi he mamahi ʻo honau loto, pea fai mo e tangilāulau fakamamahi.

And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.

32 Pea ʻi heʻenau mamahi, te nau fai ʻae tangilāulau koeʻuhi ko koe, ʻonau tangi mamahi koeʻuhi ko koe ʻo pehē, ‘Ko e kolo fē ʻoku hangē ko Taia, kuo maumauʻi ʻi he loto tahi?

And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea?

33 Naʻa ke fakamahu ʻae kakai tokolahi ʻi he ngaahi meʻa naʻe fetuku meiate koe ki he ngaahi potu tahi; naʻa ke fakakoloa ʻae ngaahi tuʻi ʻo māmani, ʻi he lahi ʻo hoʻo koloa mo hoʻo meʻa fakatau.

When thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many people; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise.

34 ‌ʻI he ʻaho ko ia ʻe maumauʻi koe ʻe he ngaahi peau ʻi he loloto ʻoe ngaahi vai, ʻe hinga ai mo koe ʻa hoʻo koloa mo hoʻo kakai kotoa pē.’

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 “ʻE ofo ʻiate koe ʻae kakai kotoa pē ʻi he ngaahi ʻotu motu, pea ʻe manavahē lahi honau kau pule, te nau mata kehe ʻi heʻenau puputuʻu.

All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at thee, and their kings shall be sore afraid, they shall be troubled in their countenance.

36 ‌ʻE fakaʻiseʻisa ʻae kau fakatau koloaʻia ʻi he kakai kiate koe: te ke hoko koe ko e meʻa fakaʻulia; pea ʻe ʻikai te ke toe ʻi ai ʻo taʻengata.”

The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt be any more.