1 En in die elfde jaar, op die eerste van die maand, het die woord van die HERE tot my gekom en gesê:

2 Mensekind, omdat Tirus oor Jerusalem geroep het: Ha, ha! die poort van die volke is gebreek, dit is na my toe gedraai; ,k sal vol word, dit is verwoes --

3 daarom, so sê die Here HERE: Kyk, Ek het dit teen jou, o Tirus! en Ek laat baie nasies teen jou optrek soos die see sy golwe laat optrek.

4 Hulle sal die mure van Tirus verwoes en sy torings afbreek; ja, Ek sal sy puin van hom af wegvee en hom 'n kaal rots maak.

5 Hy sal binne-in die see 'n droogmaakplek van nette wees; want Ek het dit gesê, spreek die Here HERE; en hy sal 'n buit vir die nasies wees.

6 En sy dogters wat op die land is, sal met die swaard gedood word; en hulle sal weet dat Ek die HERE is.

7 Want so sê die Here HERE: Kyk, Ek laat Nebukadr,sar, die koning van Babel, die koning van die konings, van die noorde af teen Tirus kom, met perde en strydwaens en ruiters en 'n menigte en baie mense.

8 Hy sal jou dogters op die land met die swaard doodmaak en forte teen jou opstel en 'n wal teen jou opwerp en die skilddak teen jou oprig.

9 En hy sal die stoot van sy stormram teen jou mure rig en jou torings met sy breekysters afbreek.

10 Vanweë die menigte van sy perde sal hulle stofwolk jou oordek; jou mure sal bewe vanweë die gedruis van ruiters en wiele en strydwaens as hy deur jou poorte intrek, soos 'n mens indring in 'n stad wat oopgebreek is.

11 Hy sal met die hoewe van sy perde al jou strate vertrap; jou mense sal hy met die swaard doodmaak, en jou trotse klippilare sal op die grond val.

12 En hulle sal jou rykdom buitmaak en jou koopware roof en jou mure afbreek en jou kosbare huise omgooi; en hulle sal jou klippe en jou houte en jou puin in die water slinger.

13 En Ek sal die geruis van jou liedere laat ophou, en die klank van jou siters sal nie meer gehoor word nie.

14 Ja, Ek sal jou 'n kaal rots maak, 'n droogmaakplek van nette sal jy wees en nooit herbou word nie; want Ek, die HERE, het dit gesê, spreek die Here HERE.

15 So sê die Here HERE aan Tirus: Sal die kuslande nie bewe van die geluid van jou val, as die gewondes kerm, as hulle 'n moord in jou aanrig nie?

16 Dan sal al die vorste van die see van hulle trone afklim en hulle mantels afhaal en hulle veelkleurige klere uittrek; met siddering sal hulle beklee word, op die grond sal hulle sit en elke oomblik sidder en oor jou verbaas wees.

17 En hulle sal 'n klaaglied oor jou aanhef en vir jou sê: Hoe het jy vergaan wat bewoon was uit die seë, hoog geroemde stad; wat sterk was deur die see, hy en sy inwoners, wat die skrik vir hulle ingeboesem het by al die kusbewoners.

18 Nou sal die kuslande sidder op die dag van jou val; en die kuslande wat aan die see is, sal verskrik word oor jou uiteinde.

19 Want so sê die Here HERE: As Ek jou 'n verwoeste stad maak, soos die stede wat nie bewoon is nie; as Ek die watervloed oor jou laat opkom en die groot waters jou oordek;

20 dan sal Ek jou laat neerdaal saam met die wat in die kuil neerdaal, na die mense van die voortyd; en Ek sal jou laat woon in die onderste plekke van die aarde, in ewige woestenye, saam met die wat in die kuil neergedaal het, sodat jy nie bewoon word nie; en Ek sal heerlikheid gee in die land van die lewendes.

21 Maar jou sal Ek tot 'n voorwerp van verskrikking maak, en jy sal daar nie wees nie; jy sal gesoek word, maar vir ewig nie meer gevind word nie, spreek die Here HERE.

1 Now in the eleventh year, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

2 Son of man, because Tyre has said against Jerusalem, Aha, she who was the doorway of the peoples is broken; she is turned over to them; she who was full is made waste;

3 For this cause the Lord has said, See, I am against you, O Tyre, and will send up a number of nations against you as the sea sends up its waves.

4 And they will give the walls of Tyre to destruction and have its towers broken: and I will take even her dust away from her, and make her an uncovered rock

5 She will be a place for the stretching out of nets in the middle of the sea; for I have said it, says the Lord: and her goods will be given over to the nations.

6 And her daughters in the open country will be put to the sword: and they will be certain that I am the Lord.

7 For this is what the Lord has said: See, I will send up from the north Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, king of kings, against Tyre, with horses and war-carriages and with an army and great numbers of people.

8 He will put to the sword your daughters in the open country: he will make strong walls against you and put up an earthwork against you, arming himself for war against you.

9 He will put up his engines of war against your walls, and your towers will be broken down by his axes.

10 Because of the number of his horses you will be covered with their dust: your walls will be shaking at the noise of the horsemen and of the wheels and of the war-carriages, when he comes through your doorways, as into a town which has been broken open.

11 Your streets will be stamped down by the feet of his horses: he will put your people to the sword, and will send down the pillars of your strength to the earth.

12 They will take by force all your wealth and go off with the goods with which you do trade: they will have your walls broken down and all the houses of your desire given up to destruction: they will put your stones and your wood and your dust deep in the water.

13 I will put an end to the noise of your songs, and the sound of your instruments of music will be gone for ever.

14 I will make you an uncovered rock: you will be a place for the stretching out of nets; there will be no building you up again: for I the Lord have said it, says the Lord.

15 This is what the Lord has said to Tyre: Will not the sea-lands be shaking at the sound of your fall, when the wounded give cries of pain, when men are put to the sword in you?

16 Then all the rulers of the sea will come down from their high seats, and put away their robes and take off their clothing of needlework: they will put on the clothing of grief, they will take their seats on the earth, shaking with fear every minute and overcome with wonder at you.

17 And they will send up a song of grief for you, and say to you, What destruction has come on you, how are you cut off from the sea, the noted town, which was strong in the sea, she and her people, causing the fear of them to come on all the dry land!

18 Now the sea-lands will be shaking in the day of your fall; and all the ships on the sea will be overcome with fear at your going.

19 For this is what the Lord has said: I will make you a waste town, like the towns which are unpeopled; when I make the deep come upon you, covering you with great waters.

20 Then I will make you go down with those who go down into the underworld, to the people of the past, causing your living-place to be in the deepest parts of the earth, in places long unpeopled, with those who go down into the deep, so that there will be no one living in you; and you will have no glory in the land of the living.

21 I will make you a thing of fear, and you will come to an end: even if you are looked for, you will not be seen again for ever, says the Lord.