Hesekiel 27
1 Awurade asɛm baa me nkyɛn se:
The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,
2 “Onipa ba, ma kwadwom a ɛfa Tiro ho so.
Now, you son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus;
3 Ka kyerɛ Tiro a ɔda po abobow ano, na ɔne aguadifo bebree a wɔwɔ mpoano nkurow so di gua se, eyi ne asɛm a Otumfo Awurade ka: “‘Woka se, Tiro, “Me ho yɛ fɛ yiye.”
And say to Tyrus, O you that are situate at the entry of the sea, which are a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus says the Lord GOD; O Tyrus, you have said, I am of perfect beauty.
4 Wo tumidi wɔ po so akyirikyiri; wʼadansifo maa wʼahoɔfɛ wiee pɛyɛ.
Your borders are in the middle of the seas, your builders have perfected your beauty.
5 Wo nnua a wɔpaee nyinaa yɛ ɔpepaw a efi Senir. Wɔde Lebanon sida na ɛyɛɛ ahyɛn so nnua maa wo.
They have made all your ship boards of fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for you.
6 Odum nnua a efi Basan na wɔde yɛɛ wʼatabon; Kwabɔhɔre nnua a efi Kipro mpoano na wɔde yɛɛ wʼahyɛn abrannaa, a wɔde asonse asɛw so.
Of the oaks of Bashan have they made your oars; the company of the Ashurites have made your benches of ivory, brought out of the isles of Chittim.
7 Misraim nwera papa bi a wɔadi mu adwini na wɔde yɛɛ wʼahyɛn so mframatam a ɛyɛɛ wo frankaa nso; wʼapon ne mfɛnsere ano ntama yɛ abibitam ne beredum ntama a efi Elisa mpoano.
Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which you spread forth to be your sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered you.
8 Sidonfo ne Arwadfo na wɔhare wʼahyɛn; wo mmarima anyansafo. Tiro, na wɔyɛ adwumayɛfo wɔ wʼahyɛn mu.
The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were your mariners: your wise men, O Tyrus, that were in you, were your pilots.
9 Gebal adwumfo adedaw tenaa wʼahyɛn mu sɛ dua dwumfo a wotuatua ahyɛn no mu ntokuru. Po so ahyɛn ne wɔn hyɛnmufo nyinaa baa wo nkyɛn ne wo bedii nsesagua.
The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in you your caulkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in you to occupy your merchandise.
10 “‘Persia, Lidia ne Put mmarima somee sɛ asraafo wɔ wo nsraadɔm mu. Wɔde wɔn nkatabo ne dade kyɛw sensɛn wʼafasu ho, de hyɛɛ wo anuonyam.
They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in your army, your men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in you; they set forth your comeliness.
11 Arwad ne Helek mmarima wɛn wʼafasu ho nyinaa Gammad mmarima tenaa wʼabantenten mu. Wɔde wɔn nkatabo sensɛn wʼafasu ho maa wʼahoɔfɛ dii mu.
The men of Arvad with your army were on your walls round about, and the Gammadims were in your towers: they hanged their shields on your walls round about; they have made your beauty perfect.
12 “‘Wʼaguade a ɛma wonyaa wo ho bebree nti, Tarsis ne wo dii gua, wɔde dwetɛ, dade, sanyaa ne sumpii sesaa wʼaguade.
Tarshish was your merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in your fairs.
13 “‘Helafo, Tubalfo ne Mesekfo ne wo dii gua, wɔde nkoa ne kɔbere nneɛma sesaa wʼaguade.
Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were your merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in your market.
14 “‘Bet Togarma mmarima de adwumayɛ apɔnkɔ, ɔsa apɔnkɔ ne mfurum mma bɛsesaa wʼaguade.
They of the house of Togarmah traded in your fairs with horses and horsemen and mules.
15 “‘Roda mmarima ne wo dii gua, na mpoano nkurow bebree yɛɛ wʼadetɔfo a wɔde asonse ne duabo nnua tuaa wo ka.
The men of Dedan were your merchants; many isles were the merchandise of your hand: they brought you for a present horns of ivory and ebony.
16 “‘Aram ne wo dii gua esiane wo nneɛma bebrebe a woyɛ nti; wɔde nsrammabo, ntama a ɛberedum, nea wɔadi mu adwinni, nwera pa, nnɛnkyerema ne bota bɛsesaa wʼaguade.
Syria was your merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of your making: they occupied in your fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.
17 “‘Yuda ne Israel ne wo dii gua; wɔde awi a efi Minit ne brodo, ɛwo, ngo ne ahyehyesrade sesaa wʼaguade.
Judah, and the land of Israel, they were your merchants: they traded in your market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm.
18 “‘Damasko ne wo dii gua wɔ nsa a efi Helbon ne nguan ho nwi a efi Sahar mu, esiane nneɛma a woyɛ ne wʼaguade a ama woanya wo ho bebree no nti.
Damascus was your merchant in the multitude of the wares of your making, for the multitude of all riches; in the wine of Helbon, and white wool.
19 Danfo ne Helafo a wofi Usal tɔɔ wʼaguade na wɔde dade a wɔaboro, sesadua ne ahunuanyankwa sesaa wʼaguade.
Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in your fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in your market.
20 “‘Dedan de apɔnkɔnguasotam ne wo dii gua.
Dedan was your merchant in precious clothes for chariots.
21 “‘Arabfo ne Kedar mmapɔmma nyinaa yɛɛ wʼaguadifo a wɔde nguantenmma, adwennini ne mpapo ne wo dii gua.
Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with you in lambs, and rams, and goats: in these were they your merchants.
22 “‘Seba ne Raama aguadifo ne wo dii gua; wɔde nnuhuam ahorow a ɛte apɔw, aboɔden abo ne sikakɔkɔɔ ne wo bedii nsesagua.
The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they were your merchants: they occupied in your fairs with chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold.
23 “‘Haran, Kan ne Eden, aguadifo a wofi Seba, Asur ne Kilmad ne wo dii gua.
Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad, were your merchants.
24 Wo gua so hɔ, wɔde ntama a ɛyɛ fɛ, nnɛmmatam a ɛyɛ tuntum, adwinne ahorow ne ntama fɛfɛ a ɛwɔ ahosu ahorow a wɔde nhoma a wɔakyinkyim abobɔ no apɔwapɔw na ayɛ ne wo bedii gua.
These were your 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 your merchandise.
25 “‘Tarsis ahyɛn yɛ adwuma sɛ asoafo ma wʼaguade. Adesoa duruduru ayɛ wo ma wɔ po no mfimfini.
The ships of Tarshish did sing of you in your market: and you were replenished, and made very glorious in the middle of the seas.
26 Wʼaharefo no fa wo de wo kɔ po so akyirikyiri nanso apuei ahum bebubu wo mu nketenkete wɔ po no mfimfini.
Your rowers have brought you into great waters: the east wind has broken you in the middle of the seas.
27 Wʼahonya, aguade ne adetɔnnne wʼahyɛn akwankyerɛfo, wʼahyɛn mufo ne wɔn a wotuatua wʼahyɛn mu ntokuru, wʼaguadifo ne wʼasraafo nyinaa, ne obiara a ɔwɔ hyɛn no mu bɛmem akɔ po ase tɔnn, da a wo hyɛn no bɛbɔ.
Your riches, and your fairs, your merchandise, your mariners, and your pilots, your caulkers, and the occupiers of your merchandise, and all your men of war, that are in you, and in all your company which is in the middle of you, shall fall into the middle of the seas in the day of your ruin.
28 Mpoano asase bɛwosow bere a wo hyɛn mufo no reteɛteɛ mu.
The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of your pilots.
29 Wɔn a wokurakura atabon no nyinaa begyaw wɔn ahyɛn hɔ; hyɛn akwankyerɛfo ne hyɛn mufo nyinaa begyinagyina mpoano.
And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand on the land;
30 Wɔbɛma wɔn nne so asu osu yaayaw ama wo; wɔbɛpete mfutuma agu wɔn ti so na wɔayantayantam nsõ mu.
And shall cause their voice to be heard against you, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust on their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:
31 Wo nti wɔbɛbobɔ tikwaw na wɔafurafura atweaatam. Wɔde ɔkra mu ahoyeraw ne awerɛhow a mu yɛ den begyam wo.
And they shall make themselves utterly bald for you, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for you with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.
32 Bere a wɔretwa adwo redi awerɛhow no wɔbɛma kwadwom bi a ɛfa wo ho so se: “Hena na wama no atɔ mum te sɛ Tiro a po atwa ne ho ahyia yi?”
And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for you, and lament over you, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the middle of the sea?
33 Bere a wʼaguade kɔɔ po ahorow so no woboaa aman bebree; Wʼahonyade ne wʼaguade maa asase so ahemfo nyaa wɔn ho.
When your wares went forth out of the seas, you filled many people; you did enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of your riches and of your merchandise.
34 Afei po abubu wo mu nketenkete wɔ asu no bun mu wʼaguade ne wʼadwumayɛfo nyinaa ne wo amem kɔ asu ase.
In the time when you shall be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters your merchandise and all your company in the middle of you shall fall.
35 Wɔn a wɔtete mpoano nyinaa ho adwiriw wɔn wɔ wo ho; ehu ma wɔn ahemfo ho popo na wɔn anim sinsiam.
All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at you, and their kings shall be sore afraid, they shall be troubled in their countenance.
36 Aman no mu aguadifo bɔ ntwɔm gu wo so woaba awiei a ɛyɛ hu na wɔrenhu wo bio.’”
The merchants among the people shall hiss at you; you shall be a terror, and never shall be any more.
