Sida Bi A Ɛwɔ Lebanon
1Mfe dubaako mu, ɔsram a ɛto so abiɛsa no da a edi kan no, Awurade asɛm baa me nkyɛn se, 2“Onipa ba, ka kyerɛ Misraimhene Farao ne ne dɔm se:
“ ‘Hena ho na wɔde wo kɛseyɛ bɛtoto?
3Dwene Asiria ho, sida bi a bere bi na ɛwɔ Lebanon,
Ɔde mman a ɛyɛ fɛ, na ɛhyɛ kwae so
nyin kɔɔ soro yiye,
ma ne nkɔn mu boro nhaban a ayɛ kusuu no so.
4Nsu no maa no aduan,
mmura a mu dɔ ma enyin kɔɔ soro;
wɔn nsuwansuwa sen faa nʼase nyinaa
de kɔɔ mfuw no so nnua nyinaa ho.
5Enti ɛkɔɔ sorosoro
sen mfuw no so nnua nyinaa;
ne dubaa dɔɔso
ne mman nyin yɛɛ atenten,
na nsu dodow a enyaa no nti ɛdennanee.
6Wim nnomaa nyinaa
yɛɛ wɔn berebuw wɔ ne dubaa no mu,
wuram mmoa nyinaa
wowoo mma wɔ ne mman no ase
aman akɛse nyinaa
tenaa ne nwini ase.
7Na ne kɛseyɛ no yɛ fɛ,
ne dubaa a adennan no nti,
na ne ntin nyin kɔɔ fam
koduu nsu bebree mu.
8Sida a ɛwɔ Onyankopɔn turo mu
nto no,
na ɔpepaw nnua nso
dubaa ne no nyɛ pɛ,
na wontumi mfa ɔfo nnua nso
ntoto ne mman ho,
dua biara nni Onyankopɔn turo
no mu a nʼahoɔfɛ te sɛ no.
9Mebɔɔ no ahoɔfɛ
maa no mman bebree,
na nnua a ɛwɔ Eden nyinaa
Onyankopɔn turo no mu no
ani beree no.
10“ ‘Ɛno nti, sɛɛ na Otumfo Awurade se: Esiane sɛ enyin kɔɔ soro, maa ne nkɔn mu hyɛɛ nhaban a abunkam so, na afei ɔyɛɛ ahantan wɔ ne tentenyɛ ho nti, 11mede no hyɛɛ amanaman sodifo nsa, sɛ ɔne no nni no sɛnea nʼamumɔyɛ te. Mepoo no, 12na ananafo aman no mu anuɔdenfo twaa no hwee fam, na ogyaw no hɔ. Ne dubaa no hwehwee mmepɔw ne aku mu; ne mman mu bubuu wɔ subon mu. Asase so aman nyinaa fii ne nwini ase, na wogyaw no hɔ. 13Wim nnomaa nyinaa sisii dua a abu no so, na wuram mmoa kɔhyehyɛɛ ne mman mu. 14Ɛno nti, nnua a ɛwɔ nsu ho no mu biara renyɛ ahantan, nnyin nkɔ sorosoro, mmoro nhaban a abunkam so no so. Nnua afoforo biara a enya nsu bebree no rennyin nkɔ soro saa bio. Wɔahyɛ sɛ wɔn nyinaa bewu akɔ asase ase, wɔ nnipamma a wosian kɔ amoa mu no nkyɛn.
15“ ‘Sɛɛ na Otumfo Awurade se: Da a wɔde no too ɔda mu no, mede awerɛhow kataa nsuwansuwa a mu dɔ no so maa no, na amma ne nsuten no ansen, na misiw ne nsu dodow no kwan. Ne nti mede kusuuyɛ furaa Lebanon, na nnua a ɛwɔ sare no so nyinaa botowee. 16Memaa aman no ho popoo wɔ nʼasehwe nnyigyei no ho, bere a mede no baa ɔda mu ne wɔn a wɔasian kɔ amoa mu no. Afei Eden nnua nyinaa, nea ɛte apɔw na ɛyɛ papa wɔ Lebanon, nnua a enya nsu yiye nyinaa nyaa awerɛkyekye wɔ asase ase. 17Wɔn a wɔtenaa ne nwini ase, ne ne dɔm a wɔwɔ amanaman no mu nso ne no kɔ ɔda mu, akɔka wɔn a wɔtotɔɔ wɔ afoa ano no ho.
18“ ‘Nnua a ɛwɔ Eden no mu de, ɛwɔ he na ebetumi de ne ho atoto wo ho wɔ anuonyam ne kɛseyɛ mu? Nanso wo nso wobesian wo akɔ fam, wo ne Eden nnua no. Wobɛfra momonotofo mu, wɔn a wɔatotɔ wɔ afoa ano no.
“ ‘Eyi yɛ Farao ne ne dɔm no, Otumfo Awurade asɛm ni.’ ”
Pharaoh as a felled cedar of Lebanon
1In the eleventh year, in the third month on the first day, the word of the Lord came to me: 2‘Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his hordes:
‘ “Who can be compared with you in majesty?
3Consider Assyria, once a cedar in Lebanon,
with beautiful branches overshadowing the forest;
it towered on high,
its top above the thick foliage.
4The waters nourished it,
deep springs made it grow tall;
their streams flowed
all around its base
and sent their channels
to all the trees of the field.
5So it towered higher
than all the trees of the field;
its boughs increased
and its branches grew long,
spreading because of abundant waters.
6All the birds of the sky
nested in its boughs,
all the wild animals
gave birth under its branches;
all the great nations
lived in its shade.
7It was majestic in beauty,
with its spreading boughs,
for its roots went down
to abundant waters.
8The cedars in the garden of God
could not rival it,
nor could the junipers
equal its boughs,
nor could the plane trees
compare with its branches –
no tree in the garden of God
could match its beauty.
9I made it beautiful
with abundant branches,
the envy of all the trees of Eden
in the garden of God.
10‘ “Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: because the great cedar towered over the thick foliage, and because it was proud of its height, 11I gave it into the hands of the ruler of the nations, for him to deal with according to its wickedness. I cast it aside, 12and the most ruthless of foreign nations cut it down and left it. Its boughs fell on the mountains and in all the valleys; its branches lay broken in all the ravines of the land. All the nations of the earth came out from under its shade and left it. 13All the birds settled on the fallen tree, and all the wild animals lived among its branches. 14Therefore no other trees by the waters are ever to tower proudly on high, lifting their tops above the thick foliage. No other trees so well-watered are ever to reach such a height; they are all destined for death, for the earth below, among mortals who go down to the realm of the dead.
15‘ “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: on the day it was brought down to the realm of the dead I covered the deep springs with mourning for it; I held back its streams, and its abundant waters were restrained. Because of it I clothed Lebanon with gloom, and all the trees of the field withered away. 16I made the nations tremble at the sound of its fall when I brought it down to the realm of the dead to be with those who go down to the pit. Then all the trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, the well-watered trees, were consoled in the earth below. 17They too, like the great cedar, had gone down to the realm of the dead, to those killed by the sword, along with the armed men who lived in its shade among the nations.
18‘ “Which of the trees of Eden can be compared with you in splendour and majesty? Yet you, too, will be brought down with the trees of Eden to the earth below; you will lie among the uncircumcised, with those killed by the sword.
‘ “This is Pharaoh and all his hordes, declares the Sovereign Lord.” ’
