Hesekiel 28
1 Awurade asɛm baa me nkyɛn sɛ:
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
2 “Onipa ba, ka kyerɛ Tiro sodifoɔ no sɛ: ‘Yei ne deɛ Otumfoɔ Awurade seɛ: “‘Wofiri wʼahantan akoma mu ka sɛ, “Meyɛ onyame; mete onyame bi ahennwa so wɔ ɛpo mfimfini.” Nanso woyɛ onipa, wonyɛ onyame, ɛwom, wodwene sɛ wonim nyansa sɛ onyame bi.
And you, son of man, say to the prince of Tyrus, Thus says the Lord; Because your heart has been exalted, and you have said, I am God, I have inhabited the dwelling of God in the heart of the sea; yet you are man and not God, though you have set your heart as the heart of God:
3 Wonim nyansa sene Daniel anaa? Wonim kokoamsɛm biara anaa?
are you wiser than Daniel? or have not the wise instructed you with their knowledge?
4 Wonam wo nyansa ne nhunumu so anya ahodeɛ ama wo ho. Woapɛ sikakɔkɔɔ ne dwetɛ bebree agu wʼakoradan mu.
Hast you gained power for yourself by your [own] knowledge or your [own] prudence, and [gotten] gold and silver in your treasures?
5 Wonam wʼadwadie mu nyansa so ama wʼahonya adɔɔso, na wʼahonya enti wahoran wɔ wʼakoma mu.
By your abundant knowledge and your traffic you have multiplied your power; your heart has been lifted up by your power.
6 “‘Ɛno enti sei na Otumfoɔ Awurade seɛ: “‘Esiane sɛ wodwene sɛ wonim nyansa te sɛ Onyame enti,
Therefore thus says the Lord; Since you have set your heart as the hart of God;
7 mede ananafoɔ reba abɛtia wo, amanaman no mu ɔdesɛefoɔ pa ara; wɔbɛtwetwe wɔn akofena wɔ wʼahoɔfɛ ne wo nyansa so na wɔahwire wʼanimuonyam no.
because of this, behold, I [will] bring on you strange plagues from the nations; and they shall draw their swords against you, and against the beauty of your knowledge,
8 Wɔde wo bɛto amena no mu, na wobɛwu owu yaaya wɔ ɛpo mfimfini.
and they shall bring down your beauty to destruction. And they shall bring you down; and you shall die the death of the slain in the heart of the sea.
9 Afei wobɛka sɛ, “Meyɛ onyame,” wɔ wɔn a wɔkumm woɔ no anim anaa? Wobɛyɛ onipa na ɛnyɛ onyame wɔ wɔn a wɔkumm woɔ no nsam.
Will you indeed say, I am God, before them that kill you? whereas you are man, and not God.
10 Wobɛwu momonotofoɔ wuo wɔ ananafoɔ nsam. Me na maka, Otumfoɔ Awurade asɛm nie.’”
You shall perish by the hands of strangers among the multitude of the uncircumcised: for I have spoken it, says the Lord.
11 Awurade asɛm baa me nkyɛn sɛ:
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
12 “Onipa ba, ma kwadwom a ɛfa Tirohene ho a ka kyerɛ no sɛ: ‘Yei ne deɛ Otumfoɔ Awurade seɛ: “‘Na anka woyɛ pɛyɛ nhwɛsodeɛ, na wowɔ nyansa na woyɛ ahoɔfɛ dua.
Son of man, take up a lamentation for the prince of Tyre, and say to him, Thus says the Lord God; You are a seal of resemblance, and crown of beauty.
13 Na anka wowɔ Eden Onyankopɔn turo no mu. Wɔde abohemaa nyinaa siesie wo: bogyanamboɔ, akarateboɔ ne bɔwerɛboɔ sikabereɛboɔ, apopobibirieboɔ ne ahwehwɛboɔ, aboɔdemmoɔ, nsrammaboɔ ne ahahammonoboɔ. Wɔde sika kɔkɔɔ na ayɛ wʼahyehyɛdeɛ, wɔsiesiee ne nyinaa ɛda a wɔbɔɔ woɔ.
You were in the delight of the paradise of God; you have bound upon you every precious stone, the sardius, and topaz, and emerald, and carbuncle, and sapphire, and jasper, and silver, and gold, and ligure, and agate, and amethyst, and chrysolite, and beryl, and onyx: and you have filled your treasures and your stores in you with gold.
14 Wɔsraa wo ngo sɛ ɔhwɛfoɔ Kerub, ɛfiri sɛ saa na mehyɛɛ woɔ. Na wowɔ Onyankopɔn bepɔ kronkron no so; wonantee ogya aboɔ mu.
From the day that you were created you [was] with the cherub: I set you on the holy mount of God; you were in the midst of the stones of fire.
15 Na anka wʼakwan ho nni asɛm ɛfiri ɛda a wɔbɔɔ woɔ no kɔsii sɛ wɔhunuu amumuyɛ wɔ wo mu.
You were faultless in your days, from the day that you were created, until iniquity was found in you.
16 Wʼadwadie a emu trɛ no enti wɔde akakabensɛm hyɛɛ wo ma na woyɛɛ bɔne. Ɛno enti mepamoo wo firii Onyankopɔn bepɔ no so wɔ animguaseɛ mu, na meyii wo adi, Ao ɔhwɛfoɔ Kerub, firii ogya aboɔ no mu.
Of the abundance of your merchandise you have filled your storehouses with iniquity, and have sinned: therefore you have been cast down wounded from the mount of God, and the cherub has brought you out of the midst of the stones of fire.
17 Wo horanee wɔ wʼakoma mu wʼahoɔfɛ enti, na womaa wo nyansa porɔeɛ, wʼanimuonyam no enti. Enti metoo wo twenee fam; na mede wo yɛɛ ahwɛdea wɔ ahemfo anim.
Your heart has been lifted up because of your beauty; your knowledge has been corrupted with your beauty: because of the multitude of your sins I have cast you to the ground, I have caused you to be put to open shame before kings.
18 Wode wo nnebɔne ne adwadie mu nsisie agu wo kronkrommea ho fi, ɛno enti memaa ogya firii wo mu na ɛhyee wo, na mema wo danee nsõ wɔ wɔn a na wɔrehwɛ no nyinaa anim.
Because of the multitude of your sins and the iniquities of your merchandise, I have profaned your sacred things; and I will bring fire out of the midst of you, this shall devour you; and I will make you [to be] ashes upon your land before all that see you.
19 Aman a na wɔnim woɔ nyinaa ho adwiri wɔn wɔ wo ho: wʼawieeɛ ayɛ ahomete na wɔrenhunu wo bio.’”
And all that know you among the nations shall groan over you: you are gone to destruction, and you shall not exist any more.
20 Awurade asɛm baa me nkyɛn sɛ:
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
21 “Onipa ba, fa wʼani kyerɛ Sidon na hyɛ nkɔm tia no
Son of man, set your face against Sidon, and prophesy against it,
22 na ka sɛ: ‘Yei ne deɛ Otumfoɔ Awurade seɛ: “‘Me ne wo anya, Ao Sidon na mɛnya animuonyam wɔ wo mu. Wɔbɛhunu sɛ mene Awurade no, ɛberɛ a mede asotwe aba wo so na mada me ho adi sɛ ɔkronkronni wɔ wo mu.
and say, Thus says the Lord; Behold, I am against you, O Sidon; and I will be glorified in you; and you shall know that I am the Lord, when I have wrought judgments in you, and I will be sanctified in you.
23 Mɛma ɔyaredɔm aba wo so na mama mogya atene wɔ wo mmɔntene so. Apirafoɔ bɛtotɔ wɔ wo mu, ɛberɛ a akofena redi ahim wɔ wo ho nyinaa. Afei na wɔbɛhunu sɛ mene Awurade no.
Blood and death [shall be] in your streets; and [men] wounded with swords shall fall in you and on every side of you; and they shall know that I am the Lord.
24 “‘Na Israelfoɔ rennya ayɔnkofoɔ a wɔwɔ adwemmɔne, wɔn a wɔwowɔ yayaaya sɛ ɔhwerɛm ne nkasɛɛ bio. Afei na wɔbɛhunu sɛ mene Otumfoɔ Awurade no.
And there shall no more be in the house of Israel a thorn of bitterness and a pricking briar proceeding from them that are round about them, who dishonored them; and they shall know that I am the Lord.
25 “‘Yei ne deɛ Otumfoɔ Awurade seɛ: Sɛ meboa Israelfoɔ ano firi aman a wabɔ wɔn apete no so a, mɛda me kronkronyɛ adi wɔ wɔn mu, ama amanaman no ahunu. Afei wɔbɛtena wɔn ankasa asase a mede maa me ɔsomfoɔ Yakob no so.
Thus says the Lord God; I will also gather Israel from the nations, among whom they have been scattered, and I will be sanctified among them, and before the peoples and nations: and they shall dwell upon their land, which I gave to my servant Jacob.
26 Wɔbɛtena hɔ asomdwoeɛ mu na wɔbɛsisi adan, ayeyɛ bobe nturo; Wɔbɛtena ase asomdwoeɛ mu wɔ ɛberɛ a matwe nʼayɔnkofoɔ a wɔkasa tiaa no no nyinaa aso. Afei wɔbɛhunu sɛ mene Awurade, wɔn Onyankopɔn no.’”
Yes, they shall dwell upon it safely, and they shall build houses, and plant vineyards, and dwell securely, when I shall execute judgment on all that have dishonored them, [even] on those [that are] round about them; and they shall know that I am the Lord their God, and the God of their fathers.
