Hesekiel 27
1 Awurade asɛm baa me nkyɛn sɛ:
And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying:
2 “Onipa ba, ma kwadwom a ɛfa Tiro ho so.
And thou, son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre,
3 Ka kyerɛ Tiro a ɔda ɛpo aboboano, na ɔne adwadifoɔ bebree a wɔwɔ mpoano nkuro so di edwa sɛ, yei ne asɛm a Otumfoɔ Awurade seɛ: “‘Woka sɛ, Ao Tiro, “Me ho yɛ fɛ yie.”
and say unto Tyre: O thou that art situate at the entries of the sea, and traffickest with the peoples in many isles, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Thou, Tyre, hast said, I am perfect in beauty.
4 Wo tumidie wɔ ɛpo so akyirikyiri; wʼadansifoɔ maa wʼahoɔfɛ wiee pɛyɛ
Thy borders are in the heart of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty.
5 Wo nnua a wɔpaeɛ nyinaa yɛ pepeaa a ɛfiri Senir. Wɔde Lebanon ntweneduro na ɛyɛɛ ahyɛn so nnua maa woɔ.
They made all thy double boards of cypress-trees of Senir; they took cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.
6 Odum nnua a ɛfiri Basan na wɔde yɛɛ wʼatabono; Kwabɔhɔrɔ nnua a ɛfiri Kipro mpoano na wɔde yɛɛ wʼahyɛn abrannaa, a wɔde asonse asɛ so.
Of the oaks of Bashan did they make thine oars; they made thy benches of ivory, inlaid in box-wood, out of the isles of Chittim.
7 Misraim nwera papa bi a wadi mu adwini na wɔde yɛɛ wʼahyɛn so mframatoma a ɛyɛɛ wo frankaa nso; wʼapono ɛne ntokua ano ntoma yɛ bibitoma ne beredumtoma a ɛfiri Elisa mpoano.
Byssus with broidered work from Egypt was thy sail, to serve thee for a banner; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was thine awning.
8 Sidonfoɔ ne Arwadfoɔ na wɔhare wʼahyɛn; wo mmarima anyansafoɔ, Ao Tiro na wɔyɛ adwumayɛfoɔ wɔ wʼahyɛn mu.
The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy rowers; thy wise men, O Tyre, who were in thee, were thy pilots.
9 Gebal adwumfoɔ adadafoɔ tenaa wʼahyɛn mu sɛ dua dwumfoɔ a wɔtuatua ahyɛn no mu ntokuro. Ɛpo so ahyɛn ne wɔn hyɛn mufoɔ nyinaa baa wo nkyɛn ne wo bɛdii nsesadwa.
The elders of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee repairing thy leaks; all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee, to barter with thee.
10 “‘Persia, Lidia ne Put mmarima someeɛ sɛ asraafoɔ wɔ wʼakodɔm mu. Wɔde wɔn akokyɛm ne dadeɛ ɛkyɛ sensɛnee wʼafasuo ho, de hyɛɛ wo animuonyam.
Persia and Lud and Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged shield and helmet in thee; they gave splendour to thee.
11 Arwad ne Helek mmarima wɛnee wʼafasuo ho nyinaa. Gammad mmarima tenaa wʼaban atentene mu. Wɔde wɔn akokyɛm sensɛnee wʼafasuo ho maa wʼahoɔfɛ dii mu.
The children of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadim were on thy towers: they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they made thy beauty perfect.
12 “‘Wʼadwadideɛ a ɛmaa wo nyaa wo ho bebree enti, Tarsis ne wo dii edwa. Wɔde dwetɛ, dadeɛ, sanya ne sumpii sesaa wʼadwadideɛ.
Tarshish dealt with thee by reason of the abundance of all substance; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they furnished thy markets.
13 “‘Helafoɔ, Tubalfoɔ ne Mesekfoɔ ne wo dii edwa. Wɔde nkoa ne kɔbere nneɛma sesaa wʼadetɔndeɛ.
Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy traffickers: they bartered with thee the persons of men, and vessels of bronze.
14 “‘Bet Togarma mmarima de adwumayɛ apɔnkɔ, ɔsa apɔnkɔ ne mfunumu mma bɛsesaa wʼadwadideɛ.
They of the house of Togarmah furnished thy markets with horses, and horsemen, and mules.
15 “‘Roda mmarima ne wo dii edwa, na mpoano nkuro bebree yɛɛ wʼadetɔfoɔ a wɔde asonse ne duaboɔ nnua tuaa wo ka.
The children of Dedan were thy traffickers; many isles were the mart of thy hand: they rendered in payment horns of ivory, and ebony.
16 “‘Aram ne wo dii edwa ɛsiane wo nneɛma bebrebe a woyɛ nti; wɔde nsrammaboɔ, ntoma a ɛberedum, deɛ wɔadi mu adwinneɛ, nwera pa, nnenkyenema ne bota bɛsesaa wʼadwadideɛ.
Syria dealt with thee for the multitude of thy handiworks: they traded in thy markets with carbuncles, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and corals, and rubies.
17 “‘Yuda ne Israel ne wo dii edwa; wɔde ayuo a ɛfiri Minit ne krakase, ɛwoɔ, ngo ne aneneduhwam sesaa wʼadwadideɛ.
Judah and the land of Israel were thy traffickers: they bartered with thee wheat of Minnith, and sweet cakes, and honey, and oil, and balm.
18 “‘Damasko ne wo dii edwa wɔ nsã a ɛfiri Helbon ne nnwan ho nwi a ɛfiri Sahar mu, ɛsiane nneɛma a woyɛ ne wʼadwadideɛ a ama woanya wo ho bebree enti.
Damascus dealt with thee because of the multitude of thy handiworks, by reason of the abundance of all substance, with wine of Helbon, and white wool.
19 Danfoɔ ne Helafoɔ a wɔfiri Usal tɔɔ wʼadwadideɛ na wɔde dadeɛ a wɔaboro, bɛwewonua ne mmɛtire sesaa wʼadetɔndeɛ.
Vedan and Javan of Uzal traded in thy markets: wrought iron, cassia, and calamus were in thy traffic.
20 “‘Dedan de apɔnkɔ so adwatoma ne wo dii edwa.
Dedan was thy trafficker in precious riding-cloths.
21 “‘Arabfoɔ ne Kedar mmapɔmma nyinaa yɛɛ wʼadwadifoɔ a wɔde nnwammaa, nnwennini ne mpapo ne wo dii edwa.
Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were the merchants of thy hand: in lambs, and rams, and goats, in these did they trade with thee.
22 “‘Seba ne Raama adwadifoɔ ne wo dii edwa; wɔde nnuhwam ahodoɔ a ɛte apɔ, aboɔdemmoɔ ne sikakɔkɔɔ ne wo bɛdii nsesadwa.
The merchants of Sheba and Raamah were thy traffickers: they furnished thy markets with all the choice spices, and with all precious stones and gold.
23 “‘Haran, Kane ne Eden, adwadifoɔ a wɔfiri Seba, Asur ne Kilmad ne wo dii edwa.
Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad traded with thee:
24 Wo dwaaso hɔ, wɔde ntoma a ɛyɛ fɛ, ɔpɔwtam a ɛyɛ tuntum, adwinneɛ ahodoɔ ne ntiasoɔtoma a ɛwɔ ahosu ahodoɔ a wɔde nhoma a wɔakyinkyim abobɔ no apɔɔpɔ na ayɛ ne wo bɛdii edwa.
these traded with thee in sumptuous clothes, in wrappings of blue and broidered work, and in chests full of variegated stuffs, bound with cords and made of cedar-wood, amongst thy merchandise.
25 “‘Tarsis ahyɛn yɛ adwuma sɛ asoafoɔ ma wʼadwadideɛ. Adesoa duruduru ayɛ wo ma wɔ ɛpo no mfimfini.
The ships of Tarshish were thy caravans for thy traffic; and thou wast replenished, and highly honoured, in the heart of the seas.
26 Wʼaharefoɔ no fa wo de wo kɔ ɛpo so akyirikyiri nanso apueeɛ ahum bɛbubu wo mu nketenkete wɔ ɛpo no mfimfini.
Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters; the east wind hath broken thee in the heart of the seas.
27 Wʼahonya, adwadideɛ ne adetɔndeɛ wʼahyɛn kwankyerɛfoɔ, wʼahyɛn mufoɔ ne wɔn a wɔtuatua wʼahyɛn mu ntokuro, wʼadwadifoɔ ne wʼasraafoɔ nyinaa, ne obiara a ɔwɔ ɛhyɛn no mu bɛmem akɔ ɛpo ase tɔnn ɛda a wo hyɛn no bɛbɔ.
Thy substance, and thy markets, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, they that repair thy leaks, and they that barter with thee, and all thy men of war that are in thee, along with all thine assemblage which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the heart of the seas in the day of thy fall.
28 Mpoano asase bɛwoso ɛberɛ a wo hyɛn mufoɔ no reteateam.
The open places shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots.
29 Wɔn a wɔkurakura atabon no nyinaa bɛgya wɔn ahyɛn hɔ; hyɛn akwankyerɛfoɔ ne hyɛn mufoɔ nyinaa bɛgyinagyina mpoano.
And all that handle the oar, the mariners, all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships; they shall stand upon the land,
30 Wɔbɛma wɔn ɛnne so asu osu yaaya ama wo; wɔbɛpete mfuturo agu wɔn tiri so na wɔayantanyantam nsõ mu.
and shall cause their voice to be heard over thee, and shall cry bitterly; and they shall cast up dust upon their heads; they shall wallow themselves in ashes.
31 Wo enti wɔbɛbobɔ tikwa na wɔafirafira ayitoma. Wɔde ɔkra mu ahoyera ne awerɛhoɔ a emu yɛ den bɛgyam wo.
And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird themselves with sackcloth; and they shall weep for thee in bitterness of soul with bitter mourning.
32 Ɛberɛ a wɔretwa adwo redi awerɛhoɔ no, wɔbɛma kwadwom bi a ɛfa wo ho so sɛ: “Hwan na wama no atɔre mumu te sɛ Tiro a ɛpo atwa ne ho ahyia yi?”
And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, [saying, ] Who is like Tyre, like her that is destroyed in the midst of the sea?
33 Ɛberɛ a wʼadwadideɛ kɔɔ ɛpo ahodoɔ so no woboaa aman bebree; Wʼahonyadeɛ ne wʼadwadideɛ maa asase so ahemfo nyaa wɔn ho.
When thy wares went forth over the seas, thou filledst many peoples; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the abundance of thy substance and of thy merchandise.
34 Afei ɛpo abubu wo mu nketenkete wɔ nsuo no bunu mu wʼadwadideɛ ne wʼadwumayɛfoɔ nyinaa ne wo amem kɔ nsuo ase.
In the time [when] thou art broken by the seas, in the depths of the waters, thy merchandise and all thine assemblage in the midst of thee have fallen.
35 Wɔn a wɔtete mpoano nyinaa ho adwiri wɔn wɔ wo ho; ehu ma wɔn ahemfo ho popo na wɔn anim sinsiam.
All the inhabitants of the isles are amazed at thee, and their kings are horribly afraid, [their] countenance is troubled.
36 Aman no mu adwadifoɔ bɔ nsɔm gu wo so woaba awieeɛ a ɛyɛ hu na wɔrenhunu wo bio.’”
The merchants among the peoples hiss at thee; thou art become a terror, and thou shalt never be any more.
