Hesekiel 27
1 Awurade asɛm baa me nkyɛn sɛ:
The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,
2 “Onipa ba, ma kwadwom a ɛfa Tiro ho so.
"You, son of man, take up a lamentation over 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 tell Tyre, 'You who dwell at the entry of the sea, who are the merchant of the peoples to many islands, thus says the LORD: "You, Tyre, have said, 'I am perfect in beauty.'
4 Wo tumidie wɔ ɛpo so akyirikyiri; wʼadansifoɔ maa wʼahoɔfɛ wiee pɛyɛ
Your borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders have perfected your beauty.
5 Wo nnua a wɔpaeɛ nyinaa yɛ pepeaa a ɛfiri Senir. Wɔde Lebanon ntweneduro na ɛyɛɛ ahyɛn so nnua maa woɔ.
They have made all your planks of fir trees from Senir; they have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.
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 have they made your oars; they have made your deck with cypress wood inlaid with ivory, from the islands of Kittim.
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.
Of fine linen with embroidered work from Egypt was your sail, that it might be to you for a banner; blue and purple from the islands of Elishah was your awning.
8 Sidonfoɔ ne Arwadfoɔ na wɔhare wʼahyɛn; wo mmarima anyansafoɔ, Ao Tiro na wɔyɛ adwumayɛfoɔ wɔ wʼahyɛn mu.
The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers: your wise men, Tyre, were in you, they were your 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 old men of Gebal and the wise men of it were in you your repairers of ship seams: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in you to deal in your merchandise.
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 Put 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 wɛnee wʼafasuo ho nyinaa. Gammad mmarima tenaa wʼaban atentene mu. Wɔde wɔn akokyɛm sensɛnee wʼafasuo ho maa wʼahoɔfɛ dii mu.
The men of Arvad with your army were on your walls all around, and valorous men were in your towers; they hanged their shields on your walls all around; they have perfected your beauty.
12 “‘Wʼadwadideɛ a ɛmaa wo nyaa wo ho bebree enti, Tarsis ne wo dii edwa. Wɔde dwetɛ, dadeɛ, sanya ne sumpii sesaa wʼadwadideɛ.
Tarshish was your merchant by reason of the multitude of all kinds of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded for your wares.
13 “‘Helafoɔ, Tubalfoɔ ne Mesekfoɔ ne wo dii edwa. Wɔde nkoa ne kɔbere nneɛma sesaa wʼadetɔndeɛ.
Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were your traffickers; they traded the persons of men and vessels of bronze for your merchandise.
14 “‘Bet Togarma mmarima de adwumayɛ apɔnkɔ, ɔsa apɔnkɔ ne mfunumu mma bɛsesaa wʼadwadideɛ.
They of the house of Togarmah traded for your wares with horses and war horses 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 men of Dedan were your traffickers; many islands were the market of your hand: they brought you in exchange 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.
Aram was your merchant by reason of the multitude of your handiworks: they traded for your wares with emeralds, purple, and embroidered work, and fine linen, and coral, 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, they were your traffickers: they traded for your merchandise wheat of Minnith, and confections, 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 was your merchant for the multitude of your handiworks, by reason of the multitude of all kinds of riches, with the 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 traded with yarn for your wares: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were among your merchandise.
20 “‘Dedan de apɔnkɔ so adwatoma ne wo dii edwa.
Dedan was your trafficker in precious cloths for riding.
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, they were the merchants of your hand; in lambs, and rams, and goats, in these were they your merchants.
22 “‘Seba ne Raama adwadifoɔ ne wo dii edwa; wɔde nnuhwam ahodoɔ a ɛte apɔ, aboɔdemmoɔ ne sikakɔkɔɔ ne wo bɛdii nsesadwa.
The traffickers of Sheba and Raamah, they were your traffickers; they traded for your wares with the chief of all 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 traffickers of Sheba, Asshur and Chilmad, were your traffickers.
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 were your traffickers in choice wares, in wrappings of blue and embroidered work, and in chests of rich clothing, bound with cords and made of cedar, among your merchandise.
25 “‘Tarsis ahyɛn yɛ adwuma sɛ asoafoɔ ma wʼadwadideɛ. Adesoa duruduru ayɛ wo ma wɔ ɛpo no mfimfini.
The ships of Tarshish were your caravans for your merchandise: and you were replenished, and made very glorious 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.
"'"Your rowers have brought you into great waters: the east wind has broken you 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.
Your riches, and your wares, your merchandise, your mariners, and your pilots, your repairers of ship seams, and the dealers in your merchandise, and all your men of war, who are in you, with all your company which is in the midst of you, shall fall into the heart of the seas in the day of your ruin.
28 Mpoano asase bɛwoso ɛberɛ a wo hyɛn mufoɔ no reteateam.
At the sound of the cry of your pilots the suburbs shall shake.
29 Wɔn a wɔkurakura atabon no nyinaa bɛgya wɔn ahyɛn hɔ; hyɛn akwankyerɛfoɔ ne hyɛn mufoɔ nyinaa bɛgyinagyina mpoano.
All who handled 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 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 you, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust on their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the 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 bald for you, and clothe them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for you 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?”
In their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for you, and lament over you, saying, 'Who is there like Tyre, like her who is brought to silence 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 your wares went forth out of the seas, you filled many peoples; you enriched the kings of the earth with the multitude of your riches and of your 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 that you were broken by the seas in the depths of the waters, your merchandise and all your company fell in your midst.
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 islands are astonished at you, and their kings are horribly afraid; they are troubled in their face.
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 you; you are become a terror, and you shall nevermore have any being."'"
