ʻIsikieli 27
1 Naʻe toe hoko foki ʻae folofola ʻa Sihova kiate au, ʻo pehē,
Again the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
2 “Ko eni, ʻe foha ʻoe tangata, ke ke fai ʻae tangilāulau koeʻuhi ko Taia;
“Now you, son of man, begin a lamentation concerning Tyre,
3 Pea ke pehē ki Taia, ʻa koe ʻoku tuʻu taupotu ki tahi, ko e fai fakatau ki he kakai mei he ngaahi motu lahi, ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua; “ʻE Taia, ʻa koe kuo ke pehē ʻe koe, Ko au ʻoku ou toulekeleka haohaoa.
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 ʻOku aʻu atu ho ngataʻanga ki he loto tahi, pea kuo fakasanisaniʻi koe ke haohaoa ʻe hoʻo kau tufunga.
Your borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders have perfected your beauty.
5 Kuo nau faʻu ho ngaahi vaka mei he ngaahi ʻakau ko e fea mei Sina: kuo nau taʻanga mei he ngaahi sita ʻo Lepanoni ke ngaohi ʻae ngaahi fanā kiate koe.
They have made all your planks with cypress from Mount Hermon; they took cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.
6 Naʻe ngaohi mei he ʻoke ʻo Pesani hoʻo ngaahi fohe tauʻaʻalo; naʻe ngaohi hoʻo ngaahi hekaʻanga ʻaki ʻae lei naʻe ʻomi mei he ngaahi motu ʻo Kitimi.
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 Naʻa ke fuka ʻaki ʻae tupenu lelei naʻe tuitui fakasanisani mei ʻIsipite; ko e tupenu paʻuhiʻuhi mo e kulaʻahoʻaho mei he ʻotu motu ʻo ʻIlisa ko ia naʻa ke kofuʻaki koe.
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 Ko e kakai ʻo Saitone mo ʻAvate ko hoʻo kau toutai ʻakinautolu; pea ko hoʻo kakai poto ʻiate koe, ʻE Taia, ko e kau fakahao vaka ʻakinautolu.
Those who were living in Sidon and Arvad were your rowers; the sages of Tyre were within you; they were your pilots.
9 Ko e kakai mātuʻa ʻo Kepale mo hono kau poto ko e tufunga foʻu vaka ʻakinautolu: pea naʻe ʻiate koe ʻae vaka mei he tahi kotoa pē mo honau kakai, ko hoʻo kau fai fakatau ʻakinautolu.
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 Ko hoʻo ngaahi matatau ko e kakai ia mei Peasia pea mo Soti pea mo Futi, ko hoʻo kau toʻa ʻakinautolu; naʻa nau tautau ʻiate koe ʻae pā pea mo e tatā ki he tau; naʻa nau fakatupu ongoongolelei kiate koe.
Persia, Lydia, and Libya were in your army, your men of war. they hung shield and helmet within you; they showed your splendor.
11 Naʻe kau taha mo hoʻo kau tau ʻi hoʻo ngaahi ʻā ʻae kakai ʻo ʻAvate; pea naʻe ʻi ho ngaahi fale leʻo māʻolunga ʻae kau Kamatini, naʻa nau tautau takatakai pe ʻenau ngaahi pā ʻi he ngaahi ʻā; kuo nau fakahaohaoa ʻekinautolu ho toulekeleka.
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 Naʻe fakatau meiate koe ʻe Tasisi, ko e meʻa ʻi he lahi ʻo hoʻo koloa kehekehe: naʻa nau fakatau ʻi hoʻo ngaahi fakatauʻanga ʻi he siliva, mo e ukamea, mo e tini, pea mo e pulu.
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 Ko hoʻo kau fakatau ʻa Savani, mo Tupale, pea mo Meseke, naʻa nau fakatau tangata, pea mo e ngaahi ipu palasa ʻi hoʻo fakatauʻanga.
Javan, Tubal, and Meshech—they traded slaves and in items made of bronze. They handled your merchandise.
14 Naʻe fakatau ʻae hoosi mo e kau heka hoosi, pea mo e miuli, ʻekinautolu mei he fale ʻo Tokalama.
Beth Togarmah provided horses, stallions, and mules as your merchandise.
15 Ko hoʻo kau fakatau ʻae kakai mei Tetani; naʻe fakatau mei ho nima ʻae ngaahi motu lahi; naʻa nau ʻomi meʻaʻofa kiate koe, ko e lei mo e ʻeponi.
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 Naʻe fakatau meiate koe ʻa Silia, koeʻuhi naʻe lahi ʻae meʻa naʻe ngaohi ʻiate koe; naʻa nau fakatauʻaki ʻekinautolu ʻae maka koloa, mo e kulaʻahoʻaho, mo e tuitui fakasanisani, mo e tupenu lelei, mo e feo mo e makakikila.
Aram was a dealer in your many products; they provided emeralds, purple, colored cloth, fine fabric, pearls, and rubies as your merchandise.
17 Ko Siuta, mo e fonua ʻo ʻIsileli ko hoʻo kau fakatau ʻakinautolu: naʻa nau fakatauʻaki ʻae uite, mo e mula nanamu, mo e hana, mo e honi, mo e lolo, pea mo e paame.
Judah and the land of Israel were trading with you. They provided wheat from Minnith, cakes, honey, oil, and balsam as your merchandise.
18 Naʻe fakatau ʻa Tamasikusi ʻiate koe, koeʻuhi koe lahi ʻae meʻa naʻe ngaohi ʻiate koe, lahi ʻaupito ʻa hoʻo koloa; ʻi he uaine ʻo Helipone, pea mo e fulufuluʻi sipi hinehina.
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 Naʻe feʻaluʻaki foki ʻi ho ngaahi fakatauʻanga ʻa Tani, pea mo Savani: naʻe fakatau ʻiate koe ʻae ukamea ngingila, mo e sinamoni, mo e ʻakau namu kakala.
Dan and Javan from Izal provided you with merchandise of wrought iron, cinnamon, and calamus. This became merchandise for you.
20 Naʻe fakatau ʻiate koe ʻe Tetani ʻae ngaahi kofu mahuʻinga ki he saliote.
Dedan was your dealer in fine saddle blankets.
21 Naʻe fakatau ʻiate koe ʻe ʻAlepea, mo e ngaahi ʻeiki ʻo Keta, ʻae fanga lami, mo e fanga sipitangata pea mo e fanga kosi: ko ʻenau meʻa fakatau ʻanautolu ia.
Arabia and all the chiefs of Kedar were traders with you; they provided you with lambs, rams and goats.
22 Ko e kau fakatau ʻo Sipa mo Laama, ko hoʻo kau fakatau ʻakinautolu: naʻa nau fakatau ʻiate koe ʻae ngaahi ʻakau namu kakala mahuʻinga mo e ngaahi maka koloa, pea mo e koula.
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 Ko hoʻo kau fakatau ʻa Halani, mo Kane, mo ʻIteni, mo e kakai fakatau mei Sipa, mo ʻAsilia, pea mo Kilimati.
Haran, Kanneh, and Eden were traders with you, along with Sheba, Ashur, and Kilmad.
24 Ko hoʻo kau fakatau ʻakinautolu ni ʻi he ngaahi koloa kehekehe, ʻi he tupenu ki hoʻo meʻa fakatau.
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 Naʻe taʻanga ʻaki koe ʻe he ngaahi folau mei Tasisi ʻi ho potu fakatau: pea naʻe fakakoloaʻi koe, pea naʻe ngaohi koe ke ke nāunauʻia ʻaupito ʻi he ngaahi potu tahi ko ia.
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 “Kuo ʻave koe ʻe hoʻo kau tauʻaʻalo ki he ngaahi vai lahi: kuo maumauʻi koe ʻi loto tahi ʻe he matangi hahake.
Your rowers have brought you into vast seas; the eastern wind has broken you in the middle of them.
27 Pea ko hoʻo koloa, mo ho fakatauʻanga, mo hoʻo meʻa fakatau, ko hoʻo kau toutai mo hoʻo kau fakahao vaka, mo e kakai foʻu vaka, mo e kau fakatau ʻiate koe, mo hoʻo kau tau kotoa pē ʻoku ʻiate koe, pea mo e kakai kotoa pē ʻoku ʻi ho lotolotonga, te nau ngalo ki loto tahi ʻi he ʻaho ʻe fakaʻauha ai koe.
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 ʻE ngalulu ʻae ngaahi peau ʻi he pā mai ʻae tangi ʻa hoʻo kau fakahao vaka.
Cities at the sea will tremble at the sound of your pilots' cry;
29 Pea ʻe hifo mei honau vaka ʻakinautolu ʻoku tauʻaʻalo, mo e kau toutai, mo e kau fakahao vaka kotoa pē ʻi he tahi, pea te nau tutuʻu ai;
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 Pea te nau hiki honau leʻo ke ongo atu kiate koe, pea te nau tangi mamahi, pea te nau lī hake ʻae efu ki honau ʻulu, pea te nau olooloʻi ʻakinautolu ʻi he efuefu:
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 Pea te nau fakatelefua ʻaupito ʻakinautolu koeʻuhi ko koe, mo nau ʻai ʻae tauangaʻa, pea te nau tangi koeʻuhi ko koe ʻi he mamahi ʻo honau loto, pea fai mo e tangilāulau fakamamahi.
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 Pea ʻi heʻenau mamahi, te nau fai ʻae tangilāulau koeʻuhi ko koe, ʻonau tangi mamahi koeʻuhi ko koe ʻo pehē, ‘Ko e kolo fē ʻoku hangē ko Taia, kuo maumauʻi ʻi he loto tahi?
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 Naʻa ke fakamahu ʻae kakai tokolahi ʻi he ngaahi meʻa naʻe fetuku meiate koe ki he ngaahi potu tahi; naʻa ke fakakoloa ʻae ngaahi tuʻi ʻo māmani, ʻi he lahi ʻo hoʻo koloa mo hoʻo meʻa fakatau.
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 ʻI he ʻaho ko ia ʻe maumauʻi koe ʻe he ngaahi peau ʻi he loloto ʻoe ngaahi vai, ʻe hinga ai mo koe ʻa hoʻo koloa mo hoʻo kakai kotoa pē.’
But when you were shattered by the seas, by deep waters, your merchandise and all your crew sank!
35 “ʻE ofo ʻiate koe ʻae kakai kotoa pē ʻi he ngaahi ʻotu motu, pea ʻe manavahē lahi honau kau pule, te nau mata kehe ʻi heʻenau puputuʻu.
All the inhabitants of the coasts were appalled at you, and their kings shuddered in horror! Their faces trembled!
36 ʻE fakaʻiseʻisa ʻae kau fakatau koloaʻia ʻi he kakai kiate koe: te ke hoko koe ko e meʻa fakaʻulia; pea ʻe ʻikai te ke toe ʻi ai ʻo taʻengata.”
The merchants of the people hiss at you; you have become a horror, and you will be no more forever.”
