< Hesekiel 26 >
1 Afe a ɛtɔ so dubaako no bosome ɛda a ɛdi ɛkan no, Awurade asɛm baa me nkyɛn sɛ:
So it was in the eleventh year, on the first day of the month, that the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
2 “Onipa ba, Tiro aka afa Yerusalem ho sɛ ‘Ahaa! Amanaman no ano ɛpono abubu na nʼapono no abuebue ama me; seesei a kuropɔn yi asɛe yi, mɛnya nkɔsoɔ.’
“Son of man, because Tyre has said against Jerusalem, 'Aha! The gates of the people are broken! She has turned to me; I will be filled up because she is ruined.'
3 Ɛno enti, sei na Otumfoɔ Awurade seɛ: Me ne wo anya Tiro, mede aman bebree bɛba abɛtia wo te sɛ ɛpo a ɛrebɔ nʼasorɔkye.
Therefore the Lord Yahweh says this, 'Behold! I am against you, Tyre, and I will raise up many nations against you like the sea raises its waves.
4 Wɔbɛsɛe Tiro afasuo na wɔadwiri nʼaban tentene. Mɛtwerɛ ɛso dɔteɛ agu ama ayɛ ɔbotan kwawee.
They will destroy the walls of Tyre and tear down her towers. I will sweep her dust away and make her like a bare rock.
5 Ɛpo mu, ɔbɛyɛ beaeɛ a wɔhata asau, ɛfiri sɛ makasa. Otumfoɔ Awurade asɛm nie. Ɔbɛyɛ amanaman no afodeɛ,
She will become a place for nets to dry out in the midst of the sea, since I have declared it—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration—and she will become plunder for the nations.
6 na akofena bɛsɛe nʼatenaeɛ a ɛwɔ asase kesee soɔ no pasaa. Afei wɔbɛhunu sɛ, mene Awurade no.
Her daughters who are in the fields will be slaughtered by the swords, and they will know that I am Yahweh.'
7 “Na yei ne deɛ Otumfoɔ Awurade seɛ: Merekɔfa Babiloniahene Nebukadnessar, ahene mu hene, ne ne apɔnkɔ ne nteaseɛnam, ne apɔnkɔsotefoɔ ne akodɔm kɛseɛ afiri atifi fam abɛtia wo.
For this is what Yahweh says: Behold, from the north I am bringing Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, against Tyre, with horses and chariots, and with horsemen and a great many people.
8 Ɔde akofena bɛsɛe wʼatenaeɛ a ɛwɔ asase kesee no so pasaa; ɔbɛsisi mpampim ayɛ epie wɔ wʼafasuo ho na wama nʼakokyɛm so atia wo.
He will kill your daughters in the field. He will set up a siege work and build a ramp against your walls and raise up shields against you.
9 Ɔde obubuadaban nnua bɛpempem wʼafasuo no, na ɔde akodeɛ abubu wʼaban atentene no asɛe no.
He will place his battering rams to hit against your walls, and his tools will tear down your towers.
10 Nʼapɔnkɔ no bɛdɔɔso yie, na wɔbɛbɔ mfuturo akata wo so. Ɔsa apɔnkɔ no, nkyimiiɛ ne nteaseɛnam nnyegyeeɛ bɛma wʼafasuo awoso ɛberɛ a wɔahyɛne wɔapono mu, sɛdeɛ mmarima hyɛne kuropɔn a nʼafasuo mu adeda akwan.
His horses will be so many that their dust will cover you. Your walls will shake with the sound of horsemen, wagons, and chariots. When he enters your gates, he will enter as men come into a city whose walls have been broken down.
11 Nʼapɔnkɔ no ntɔte bɛtiatia wo mmɔntene nyinaa so. Ɔde akofena bɛkunkum wo nkurɔfoɔ na wʼafadum denden no bɛbubu agu fam.
The hooves of his horses will trample all of your streets. He will kill your people with the sword and your mighty stone pillars will fall to the ground.
12 Wɔbɛfom wʼahodeɛ na wɔawia wʼadwadeɛ, wɔbɛbubu wʼafasuo, na wɔadwiri wʼadan fɛfɛ no na wɔatoto wʼaboɔ, wo nnua ne wo dɔteɛ agu ɛpo mu.
They will plunder your riches and loot your merchandise. They will tear down your walls and destroy your luxurious homes. Your stones, your timber, and the rubble they will throw into the waters.
13 Mɛma wo nnwontoɔ gyegyeegye no aba awieeɛ na wɔrente wo sankuo so nnwontoɔ no bio.
I will stop the noise of your songs. The sound of your harps will be heard no more.
14 Mɛyɛ wo ɔbotan kwawee, na wo so na wɔbɛhata asau. Wɔrensi kuro no bio. Me Awurade na maka!
I will make you a bare rock, you will become a place where nets are spread out to dry. You will never be built again, for I, Lord Yahweh have spoken—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration.
15 “Yei ne deɛ Otumfoɔ Awurade ka kyerɛ Tiro: Sɛ wo mpoano nkuro no te wʼasehweɛ ho apinisie ne akunkumakunkum a asi wɔ wo mu a, wɔn ho rempopo anaa?
The Lord Yahweh says this to Tyre, 'Will not the islands quake with the sound of your downfall, and with the groans of the wounded when the terrible slaughter is in your midst?
16 Afei mpoano mmapɔmma no nyinaa bɛfiri wɔn nhennwa so, ayiyi wɔn ngugusoɔ ne ntadeɛ a wɔadi mu adwini agu hɔ. Ehu bɛbɔ wɔn ama wɔatenatena fam. Wɔn ho bɛpopo na wɔn ho adwiri wɔn wɔ wo enti.
Then all the princes of the sea will step down from their thrones and remove their robes and cast off their embroidered garments. They will clothe themselves with trembling, they will sit on the ground and tremble every moment, and they will be appalled because of you.
17 Afei wɔbɛma kwadwom a ɛfa wo ho so sɛ: “‘Hwɛ sɛdeɛ wɔasɛe woɔ, Ao kuropɔn a wagye din, wo a ɛpo sofoɔ na ɛte wo mu, na anka wowɔ tumi wɔ ɛpo so! Wo ne wo manfoɔ; wo de ehu hyɛɛ wɔn a wɔte hɔ nyinaa mu.
They will lift up a lament for you and say to you, How you, who were inhabited by sailors, have been destroyed. The famous city that was so strong—it is now gone from the sea. The ones living in her once spread a terror about themselves upon everyone who lived near them.
18 Seesei, mpoano nsase no ho popo wɔ wʼasehweɛ ɛda no; nsupɔ a ɛwɔ ɛpo mu no abɔ hu wɔ wʼasehweɛ no ho.’
Now the coasts tremble on the day of your downfall. The islands in the sea are terrified, because you are no longer in your place.'
19 “Yei ne deɛ Otumfoɔ Awurade seɛ: Sɛ mema woyɛ kuropɔn a ada mpan te sɛ nkuropɔn a nnipa ntete so, na sɛ mema ɛpo bunu ba wo so na sɛ ne mu nsuo bebrebe no bɛkata wo so a,
For the Lord Yahweh says this: When I make you a desolate city, like the other cities that are not inhabited, when I raise up the deeps against you, and when the great waters cover you,
20 mede wo ne wɔn a wɔkɔ amena mu no bɛsiane akɔ teteetefoɔ no nkyɛn. Mɛma woatena asase ase hɔ te sɛ tete mmubuiɛ, wo ne wɔn a wɔsiane kɔ amena mu no, na worensane anaa worennya kyɛfa wɔ ateasefoɔ asase so.
then I will bring you down to the people of ancient times, like the others who have gone down into the pit; for I will make you live in the lowest realms of the earth as in ruins of ancient times. Because of this you will not come back and stand in the land of the living.
21 Mede wo bɛba awieeɛ a ɛyɛ hu mu, na worentena asase so bio. Wɔbɛhwehwɛ wo nanso wɔrenhunu wo bio da, Otumfoɔ Awurade asɛm nie.”
I will place disaster on you, and you will be no more forever. Then you will be sought, but you will never be found ever again—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration.”