Hesekiel 26
1 Afe a ɛto so dubaako no sram da a edi kan no, Awurade asɛm baa me nkyɛn se:
Almost twelve [after we had been taken to Babylonia], on the first day of the month, Yahweh gave me another message. He said to me,
2 “Onipa ba, esiane sɛ Tiro aka afa Yerusalem ho se, ‘Ɛhɛɛ! Amanaman no ano pon abubu na nʼapon no abuebue ama me; mprempren a kuropɔn yi asɛe yi, menya nkɔso.’
“You human, [the people of] Tyre [city] shouted joyfully and said about Jerusalem, ‘[Jerusalem, ] the city from which many traders/merchants went to many nations, is now destroyed. And now people from all over the world will come to us to buy and sell things. Because Jerusalem has now been ruined, we will prosper!’
3 Ɛno nti, sɛɛ na Otumfo Awurade se: Me ne wo anya, Tiro, mede aman bebree bɛba abetia wo te sɛ po a ɛrebɔ nʼasorɔkye.
Therefore, this is what [I, ] Yahweh the Lord, say: ‘I am now the enemy of [you people of] Tyre. I will [the armies of] many nations to come and attack your [city], like the waves of the sea beat against the shores.
4 Wɔbɛsɛe Tiro afasu na wɔadwiriw nʼabantenten no. Mɛpa so dɔte agu ama ayɛ ɔbotan kwaboo.
Their soldiers will destroy the walls around Tyre and tear down its towers. Tyre will become a place where people from many nations steal valuable things, [and then the city will be completely destroyed]. Then they will scrape away the rubble and cause the city to become a bare rock.
5 Obefi po mu abɛyɛ beae a wɔhata asau, efisɛ makasa. Otumfo Awurade asɛm ni. Ɔbɛyɛ amanaman no asade,
Out in the sea, Tyre will become an island where men spread [their fishing] nets to dry them. [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh the Lord, have predicted it.
6 na afoa bɛsɛe nʼatenae a ɛwɔ asase kesee so no pasaa. Afei wobehu sɛ, mene Awurade no.
The people in small villages on the coast near Tyre will be killed [their enemies’] swords. Then people will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].’
7 “Na sɛɛ na Otumfo Awurade se: Merekɔfa Babiloniahene Nebukadnessar, ahene mu hene, ne ne apɔnkɔ ne nteaseɛnam, ne apɔnkɔsotefo ne nsraadɔm kɛse afi atifi fam aba wo so.
This is what I, Yahweh the Lord, [is going to happen]: ‘From the north, I am going to bring the most powerful king [in the world], King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, [with his army] to attack Tyre. They will bring horses and chariots, and men who ride the horses [and men who drive the chariots]; it will be a huge army.
8 Ɔde afoa bɛsɛe wʼatenae a ɛwɔ asase kesee no so no pasaa; obesisi mpampim ayɛ mpempe wɔ wʼafasu ho na wama ne nkatabo so atia wo.
[In the battles in the small villages] on the coast, their soldiers will kill [many] people with their swords. [Then] they will set up devices to batter the wall around the city of Tyre, and they will build a dirt ramp up to the top of the wall, and they will all hold up shields [to protect themselves from arrows being shot from the ground].
9 Ɔde oburuw nnua bɛpempem wʼafasu no, na ɔde akode abubu wʼabantenten no asɛe no.
The king will direct the soldiers who operate the (rams/things) to batter the walls, and who will use their iron bars to tear down the towers in the wall.
10 Nʼapɔnkɔ no bɛdɔɔso yiye, na wɔbɛbɔ mfutuma akata wo so. Ɔsa apɔnkɔ no, nkyimii ne nteaseɛnam nnyigyei bɛma wʼafasu awosow, bere a wɔahyɛn wo apon mu, sɛnea mmarima hyɛn kuropɔn a nʼafasu mu adeda akwan no.
The king will have a huge number of horses, [the stamping of their hooves will result in] the city being covered with dust. [It will be as though] the walls will tremble because of the noise made by the horses, the [supply] wagons, and the chariots when they enter the city where the walls have been broken down.
11 Nʼapɔnkɔ no tɔte betiatia wo mmɔnten nyinaa so, ɔde afoa bekunkum wo nkurɔfo na wʼafadum dennen no bebubu agu fam.
The horses will trample all of the [of the city] with their hooves. The soldiers will kill the people with their swords; and they will cause your strong pillars to (collapse/fall to the ground).
12 Wɔbɛfom wʼahode na wɔawia wʼaguade, wobebubu wʼafasu, na wɔadwiriw wʼadan fɛfɛ no na wɔatotow wʼabo, wo nnua ne wo dɔte agu po mu.
They will take away all the people’s valuable possessions and steal the things that the merchants sell. They will tear down the walls of the houses and destroy their fine houses. Then they will throw into the sea the stones [from the walls] of those houses and the timber and the rubble.
13 Mɛma wo nnwonto gyegyeegye no aba awiei na wɔrente wo sanku so nnwonto no bio.
No longer will you sing noisy songs, and people will not play their harps any more.
14 Mɛyɛ wo ɔbotan kwaboo na wo so na wɔbɛhata asau. Wɔrenkyekyere wo bio.
The enemy soldiers will cause the city to become a bare rock and [only] a place where men spread [their fishing] nets. And the city will never be rebuilt. [Those things will surely happen] because [I], Yahweh the Lord, have [that they will happen].’
15 “Sɛɛ na Otumfo Awurade ka kyerɛ Tiro: Sɛ wo mpoano nkurow no te wʼasehwe ho apinisi ne akunkumakunkum a asi wɔ wo mu a, wɔn ho rempopo ana?
This is [also] what [I], Yahweh the Lord, say about [the people of] Tyre: ‘When the wounded [people in Tyre] groan and many people are slaughtered and the city is destroyed, [it will surely be as though] [RHQ] the areas along the coast will tremble.
16 Afei mpoano mmapɔmma no nyinaa befi wɔn nhengua so, ayiyi wɔn nguguso ne ntade a wɔadi mu adwinni agu hɔ. Ehu bɛbɔ wɔn ama wɔatenatena fam, wɔn ho bɛpopo na wɔn ho adwiriw wɔn wɔ wo nti.
Then all the kings [in the cities] along the coast will step down from their thrones and lay aside their robes and their embroidered clothes. They will be terrified, and they will sit on the ground, trembling. They will be appalled because of what has happened to the city of Tyre.
17 Afei wɔbɛma kwadwom a ɛfa wo ho so se: “‘Hwɛ sɛnea wɔasɛe wo, kuropɔn a woagye din, wo a po sofo na ɛte wo mu, na anka wowɔ tumi wɔ po so! Wo ne wo manfo; wode hu hyɛɛ wɔn a wɔte hɔ nyinaa mu.
Then they will sing a sad song about the city, and they will sing this: “The famous city [APO], in which many [who sailed on] the seas lived, is now destroyed! The people of that city had great power [because they had many ships that sailed] on the seas; they caused all the people who lived near them to be terrified.
18 Mprempren, mpoano nsase no ho popo wɔ wʼasehwe da no; asupɔw a ɛwɔ po mu no abɔ hu wɔ wʼasehwe no ho.’
Now on the day when that city is destroyed, [it is as though the people in] the areas along the coast tremble and the [the people on the] islands in the sea are terrified because of that city being ruined.”’
19 “Sɛɛ na Otumfo Awurade se: Sɛ mema woyɛ kuropɔn a ada mpan te sɛ nkuropɔn a nnipa ntete so, na sɛ mema po bun ba wo so na sɛ ne mu nsu bebrebe no bɛkata wo so a,
This is also what [I], Yahweh the Lord, say: ‘When I cause the city [of Tyre] to become desolate/empty, like [other] cities in which people no [longer] live, and when I cause the huge waves of the sea to cover it,
20 mede wo ne wɔn a wɔkɔ amoa mu no besian akɔ teteetefo no nkyɛn. Mɛma woatena asase ase hɔ te sɛ tete mmubui, wo ne wɔn a wosian kɔ amoa mu no, na worensan anaa worennya kyɛfa wɔ ateasefo asase so.
then I will bring the people of that city down to be with those who have gone down to where the dead people are, people who lived long ago. I will cause them to remain in the place below the earth that is like old/ancient ruins, with those who have gone down to that pit [previously], and they will never return to the earth, to where people are alive.
21 Mede wo bɛba awiei a ɛyɛ hu mu na worenhu bio. Wɔbɛhwehwɛ wo nanso wɔrenhu wo bio da, Otumfo Awurade asɛm ni.”
I will cause them to die in a horrible way (OR, people will be very afraid because of what happens to that city), and that will be the end of (them/their lives). People will search for that city but it will no longer exist. [That is what I, ] Yahweh the Lord, declare [will happen].’”
