Izikiel 27
1 Okwu Onyenwe anyị ruru m ntị, sị,
Again the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
2 “Nwa nke mmadụ, bulie abụ akwa banyere Taịa,
“Now you, son of man, begin a lamentation concerning Tyre,
3 sị ya, gị oke obodo dị nʼọnụ oke osimiri, onye bụ onye ahịa nke mba niile dị nʼọnụ osimiri. ‘Ihe ndị a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwuru: “‘Gị onwe gị, bụ Taịa, na-asị, “Ezuru m oke nʼịma mma.”
and say to Tyre, who lives within the gates of the sea, merchants of peoples to many islands, the Lord Yahweh says this to you: Tyre, you have said, 'I am perfect in beauty.'
4 I meela ka oke ala gị dịrị nʼetiti oke osimiri. Ndị wuru gị emeekwala ka ịma mma gị zuo oke.
Your borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders have perfected your beauty.
5 Osisi e ji wuo ahụ ụgbọ gị sitere nʼosisi junipa nke si Senia; ọ bụkwa osisi sida nke si Lebanọn ka e ji jidesie ihu ụgbọ ahụ ike.
They have made all your planks with cypress from Mount Hermon; they took cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.
6 Osisi ook nke si Bashan ka e ji mee ụmara gị niile. Osisi e si Saiprọs bubata ka e ji wuo ala ụgbọ gị, jirikwa ọdụ machie ya nʼọnọdụ ịchọ ya mma.
They made your oars from the oaks of Bashan; they made your decks out of cypress wood from Cyprus, and they overlaid them with ivory.
7 Ezi akwa ọcha a kpara nke ọma, nke e si Ijipt bubata, ka e ji mee ọkọlọtọ gị. Akwa ndo gị bụkwa akwa na-acha anụnụ anụnụ, na odo odo, nke e si nʼobodo ọnụ mmiri Elisha bubata.
Your sails were made from colorful linen from Egypt that served as your banner; the colors of blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah are used for the awning on your boat.
8 Ndị ikom si Saịdọn na Avad bụ ndị na-akwọrọ gị ụgbọ mmiri gị. Ndị ǹka ndị ikom gị, gị Taịa, nọ nʼụgbọ dịka ndị ọka nʼịkwọ ụgbọ mmiri.
Those who were living in Sidon and Arvad were your rowers; the sages of Tyre were within you; they were your pilots.
9 Ndị okenye na ndị nka Gebal a maara aha ha nọ nʼime ụgbọ mmiri gị. Ọrụ ha bụ imechisi oghere ọbụla dị nʼụgbọ ahụ. Ụgbọ mmiri niile na ndị na-anya ha na-abata nʼọnụ mmiri gị nʼihi ịzụ ihe ahịa gị.
Highly experienced craftsmen from Byblos filled your seams; all the ships of the sea and their sailors among you were carrying your merchandise for trade.
10 “‘Ndị ikom Peshịa na Lidiya, na Put, jere gị ozi dịka ndị agha nʼusuu ndị agha gị. Ha kokwasịrị ọta ha na okpu agha igwe ha nʼaja ụlọ gị, na-ewetara gị ebube.
Persia, Lydia, and Libya were in your army, your men of war. they hung shield and helmet within you; they showed your splendor.
11 Ndị ikom Avad, na Helek bụ ndị na-eche mgbidi gị nʼakụkụ niile. Ndị ikom Gamad na-eche nche nʼụlọ elu gị niile e wusiri ike. Ha konyekwara ọta ha nʼusoro na mgbidi gị, ime ka ịma mma gị zuo oke.
The men of Arvad and Helek in your army were on your walls surrounding you, and the people of Gammad were in your towers. They hung up their shields on your walls all around you! They completed your beauty.
12 “‘Tashish bụ onye ahịa gị, nʼihi ịba ụba nke akụ gị. Ọ bụ ọlaọcha na igwe, na gbamgbam, na opu, ka ha ji akwụ gị ụgwọ ihe ha si nʼaka gị zụrụ.
Tarshish was a trading partner with you because of your abundant wealth of goods to sell: Silver, iron, tin, and lead. They bought and sold your wares!
13 “‘Ndị Griis, Tubal na Meshek, bụkwa ndị ahịa gị. Ha na-ebutere gị ndị ohu, na ihe e ji bronz kpụọ, iji kwụọ gị ụgwọ ihe ha si nʼaka gị zụrụ.
Javan, Tubal, and Meshech—they traded slaves and in items made of bronze. They handled your merchandise.
14 “‘Otu a kwa ndị ikom Bet Togama jikwa ịnyịnya ụgbọ, na ịnyịnya agha, na ịnyịnya ibu na-agbanwere ihe ha zụrụ.
Beth Togarmah provided horses, stallions, and mules as your merchandise.
15 “‘Ndị ahịa si na Dedan bụkwa ndị ahịa gị. Otu a kwa ọtụtụ ndị bi nʼọnụ mmiri bụkwa ndị ahịa gị. Ha ji ọdụ, na osisi eboni kwụọ gị ụgwọ ihe ha zụrụ gị.
The men of Rhodes were your traders on many coasts. Merchandise was in your hand; they sent back horn, ivory, and ebony as tribute!
16 “‘Ndị Aram ka gị na ha zụrụ ahịa nʼihi ọtụtụ ngwa ahịa gị. Ha na-ejikwa nkume dị oke ọnụ tọkwọisi na akwa e sijiri esiji odo odo, na akwa a kpara nke ọma, na ezi akwa ọcha, na koral, na nkume oke ọnụahịa rubi na-akwụ gị ụgwọ ihe ha zụrụ gị.
Aram was a dealer in your many products; they provided emeralds, purple, colored cloth, fine fabric, pearls, and rubies as your merchandise.
17 “‘Ndị Juda na ndị Izrel niile bụkwa ndị ahịa gị. Ha na-eji ọka wiiti nke si nʼobodo Minit, ya na shuga, na mmanụ aṅụ, na mmanụ, na mmanụ otite na-akwụ gị ụgwọ ihe ha zụrụ gị.
Judah and the land of Israel were trading with you. They provided wheat from Minnith, cakes, honey, oil, and balsam as your merchandise.
18 “‘Damaskọs bụkwa ndị ahịa gị, nʼihi ọtụtụ ngwa ahịa na ụba ihe ndị ị nwere ire ere. Ọ bụkwa mmanya si Helbon, na ajị anụ dị ọcha nke esi Zaha weta,
Damascus was a trader of all your products, of all your enormous wealth, and of the wine of Helbon and the wool of Zahar.
19 na mmanya a gbara nʼudu nʼudu nke si Ụzal, na igwe nwupụrụ enwupụ, na kashia, na kalamus, ka ha ji akwụ gị ụgwọ ihe ha zụrụ gị.
Dan and Javan from Izal provided you with merchandise of wrought iron, cinnamon, and calamus. This became merchandise for you.
20 “‘Dedan bụ onye ahịa gị nʼakwa a na-agbasa nʼelu ịnyịnya anọkwasị ọdụ.
Dedan was your dealer in fine saddle blankets.
21 “‘Arebịa na ụmụ eze niile nke Keda bụkwa ndị ahịa gị. Ọ bụ ụmụ atụrụ, na ebule, na mkpi, ka gị na ha nʼazụrịta na-erekwa.
Arabia and all the chiefs of Kedar were traders with you; they provided you with lambs, rams and goats.
22 “‘Ndị ahịa Sheba, na Raama, bụkwa ndị ahịa gị. Ha ji ụda dị iche iche na nkume dị oke ọnụahịa, na ọlaedo akwụ gị ụgwọ ihe ha zụrụ.
The traders of Sheba and Raamah came to sell you the best of every spice and in all kinds of precious gems; they traded gold for your merchandise.
23 “‘Ndị Haran, Kanne na Eden, na ndị ahịa Sheba, Ashọ na Kilmad, bụ ndị gị na ha zụkọrọ ahịa.
Haran, Kanneh, and Eden were traders with you, along with Sheba, Ashur, and Kilmad.
24 Ha na-eweta uwe mara mma dị iche iche, na akwa e tejiri anụnụ anụnụ, na akwa a kpara nke ọma, na kapeeti mara mma dị iche iche, nke e ji ụdọ kpazie nke ọma, nke e tejiri nʼụdị dịkwa iche iche nʼọma ahịa gị.
These were your dealers in ornate robes of violet cloths with woven colors, and in blankets of multicolored, embroidered, and well-woven cloth in your marketplaces.
25 “‘Ụgbọ mmiri niile nke Tashish bụ ndị na-ebu ihe ahịa gị. I jupụtara nʼihe ahịa, gị obodo dị nʼetiti mmiri.
The ships of Tarshish were the transporters of your merchandise! So you were filled up, heavily laden with cargo in the heart of the seas!
26 Ndị na-anyagharị ụgbọ mmiri gị na-ebuba gị nʼosimiri. Ma ifufe siri ike nke si nʼọwụwa anyanwụ ga-etiwasị gị nʼetiti osimiri.
Your rowers have brought you into vast seas; the eastern wind has broken you in the middle of them.
27 Akụ gị niile, na ngwa ahịa gị niile, na ihe ịzụ ahịa gị niile, na ndị niile na-arụ ọrụ nʼụgbọ mmiri gị, na ndị na-anya ụgbọ mmiri, ma ndị na-edozi ụgbọ mmiri gị, ma ndị na-azụ ahịa gị, ma ndị agha gị niile, ha na ndị niile nọ nʼime ụgbọ gị ka mmiri ga-eri nʼetiti mmiri, nʼụbọchị ahụ ụgbọ gị ga-emikpu.
Your wealth, merchandise, and trade goods; your sailors and pilots, and ship builders; your traders of merchandise and all the men of war who are in you, and all your crew—they will sink into the depths of the sea on the day of your destruction.
28 Ala niile dị nʼọnụ mmiri ga-ama jijiji mgbe ndị ọka ụgbọ mmiri gị ga-eti mkpu akwa.
Cities at the sea will tremble at the sound of your pilots' cry;
29 Ndị niile na-anya ụgbọ mmiri, na ndị ọka ụgbọ niile nke oke osimiri, ga-esitekwa nʼụgbọ ha rịdata guzo nʼelu ala.
All those who handle oars will come down from their ships; mariners and all the pilots on the sea will stand on the land.
30 Ha ga-eti mkpu akwa, ha ga-akwa akwa nke ukwuu, werekwa aja wụkwasị onwe ha nʼisi, na-atụrụkwa onwe ha na ntụ.
Then they will make you listen to their voice and will wail bitterly; they will cast dust up on their heads. They will roll about in ashes.
31 Ha ga-akpụchapụ agịrị isi ha, yirikwa akwa mkpe, kwaa akwa nʼihi ịdị ilu nke mkpụrụobi ha. Ha ga-etikwa aka ha nʼobi.
They will shave their heads bald for you and bind themselves with sackcloth, and they will weep bitterly over you and they will cry out.
32 Mgbe ha ga na-eti mkpu akwa na-erikwa uju nʼihi gị, nke a bụ abụ akwa a ga-abụ banyere gị, “Onye ka e mere ka o dere duu ka e si mee obodo Taịa, nke osimiri gbara gburugburu?”
They will lift up their wails of lamentation for you and sing dirges over you, Who is like Tyre, who has now been brought to silence in the middle of the sea?
33 Mgbe e si nʼime gị na-ebupụsị ihe ahịa gị, e ji ha na-enyeju mba dị iche iche afọ. E sitekwara nʼakụ gị dị ukwuu na ngwa ahịa gị mee ka ọtụtụ ndị eze nke ụwa bụrụ ọgaranya.
When your merchandise went ashore from the sea, it satisfied many peoples; you enriched the kings of the earth with your great wealth and merchandise!
34 Ugbu a, mmiri e riela gị, ọ bụ nʼokpuru osimiri ka ị tọgbọ. Akụ gị niile na ihe ahịa gị niile, na ndị niile nọ nʼime gị esorola gị laa nʼiyi.
But when you were shattered by the seas, by deep waters, your merchandise and all your crew sank!
35 Ihe ndị a niile ga-eju ndị bi nʼala ọnụ mmiri osimiri niile anya. Ndị eze ha niile tụkwara egwu nke ukwuu; ihu ha gbarụkwara agbarụ site nʼegwu.
All the inhabitants of the coasts were appalled at you, and their kings shuddered in horror! Their faces trembled!
36 Ndị ahịa nke mba dị iche iche na-efufe isi ha, nʼihi na ihe mere gị dị egwu. Ị laala nʼiyi ruo ebighị ebi.’”
The merchants of the people hiss at you; you have become a horror, and you will be no more forever.”
