1 Verder het die woord van die HERE tot my gekom en gesê:
2 Maar jy, mensekind, hef 'n klaaglied oor Tirus aan,
3 en sê aan Tirus, wat woon by die ingange van die see, wat handel drywe met die volke na baie kuslande toe: So spreek die Here HERE: o Tirus, jy sê: Ek is volmaak in skoonheid.
4 In die hart van die seë is jou gebied; jou boumeesters het jou skoonheid volkome gemaak.
5 Van sipresse uit Senir het hulle vir jou al die plankwerk gebou; 'n seder uit L¡banon het hulle geneem om op jou 'n mas te maak.
6 Van eikebome uit Basan het hulle jou roeispane gemaak; jou dek het hulle gemaak uit ivoor, ingelê in dennehout uit die kuslande van die Kittiërs.
7 Veelkleurige fyn linne uit Egipte was jou seil, om vir jou as vlag te dien; pers en purper stowwe uit die kuslande van El¡sa was jou hutbedekking.
8 Die inwoners van Sidon en Arwad was jou roeiers; jou wyse manne was in jou, o Tirus, hulle was jou stuurmanne.
9 Die oudstes van Gebal en sy wyse manne was in jou om jou lekplekke reg te maak; al die skepe van die see en hulle seevaarders was in jou om jou koopware te verhandel.
10 Perse en Ludiete en Put,ërs was in jou leër, jou krygsmanne; skild en helm het hulle in jou opgehang; hulle het aan jou glans gegee.
11 Die kinders van Arwad en jou leër was op jou mure rondom, en die Gammadiete was op jou torings; hul skilde het hulle aan jou mure rondom gehang; hulle het jou skoonheid volkome gemaak.
12 Tarsis het handel gedrywe met jou weens die menigte van allerhande goed: silwer, yster, tin en lood het hulle as handelsartikels aan jou gelewer.
13 Jawan, Tubal en Meseg, hulle was jou koopmans; slawe en kopergoed het hulle as koopware aan jou gelewer.
14 Uit die huis van Togarma het hulle perde en ryperde en muilesels as handelsware aan jou gelewer.
15 Die kinders van Dedan was jou koopmans, baie kuslande die handelsgebied wat tot jou beskikking gestaan het; olifantstande en ebbehout het hulle aan jou as betaling gebring.
16 Aram het met jou handel gedrywe weens die menigte van jou kunswerke: karbonkel, purper en veelkleurige stowwe en fyn linne en korale en robyne het hulle as handelsartikels aan jou gelewer.
17 Juda en die land Israel, hulle was jou koopmans; koring van Minnit en meel en heuning en olie en balsem het hulle as koopware aan jou gelewer.
18 Damaskus het met jou handel gedrywe weens die menigte van jou kunswerke, weens die menigte van allerhande goed: wyn van Helbon en wit wol.
19 Wedan en Jawan het uit Usal aan jou smee-yster as handelsartikel gelewer; kassie en kalmoes was onder jou koopware.
20 Dedan het met jou handel gedrywe in saalkleedjies om op te ry.
21 Arabië en al die vorste van Kedar, hulle was die koopmans wat tot jou beskikking gestaan het; lammers en ramme en bokke -- daarin het hulle met jou handel gedrywe.
22 Die koopmans van Skeba en Raëma, hulle was jou koopmans; die fynste van allerhande speserye en allerhande edelgesteentes en goud het hulle as handelsartikels aan jou gelewer.
23 Haran en Kanne en Eden, die koopmans van Skeba, Assur en Kilmad het met jou handel gedrywe.
24 Hulle was jou koopmans in pragtige klerasie, in mantels van pers stof en veelkleurige goed en in bont geweefde tapyte, in gevlegte en gedraaide toue, op jou mark.
25 Die skepe van Tarsis het jou koopware vir jou aangevoer, sodat jy vol en baie heerlik geword het in die hart van die seë.
26 Die wat jou geroei het, het jou op groot waters gebring; die Oostewind het jou verbreek in die hart van die seë.
27 Jou goed en jou handelsartikels, jou koopware, jou seevaarders en jou stuurmanne, die wat jou lekplekke reggemaak het en die wat jou koopware verhandel het, en al jou krygsmanne wat in jou is, saam met jou hele menigte wat in jou is -- hulle sal val in die hart van die seë op die dag van jou val.
28 Van die harde geskreeu van jou stuurmanne sal die oop velde bewe.
29 En almal wat die roeispaan hanteer, sal van hulle skepe afklim; die seevaarders, al die stuurmanne van die see, sal op die land gaan staan.
30 En hulle sal hul stem oor jou laat hoor en bitterlik skreeu; en hulle sal stof op hul hoofde gooi, hulle wentel in die as.
31 En hulle sal om jou ontwil 'n kaal plek skeer en rouklere aangord en oor jou ween met bitterheid van siel, in 'n bitter rouklag.
32 En hulle sal in hul weeklag oor jou 'n klaaglied aanhef en oor jou sing: Wie was soos Tirus, die doodstille daar in die see?
33 Toe jou handelsware uit die see voortgekom het, het jy baie volke versadig; met die menigte van jou goed en jou koopware het jy die konings van die aarde ryk gemaak.
34 Nou is jy verbreek van die see af in die dieptes van die waters; jou koopware en jou hele menigte het saam met jou weggesink.
35 Al die inwoners van die kuslande staan verbaas oor jou, en hulle konings huiwer van skrik, met donker aangesigte.
36 Die handelaars onder die volke spot oor jou; jy het 'n verskrikking geword en sal daar nie meer wees tot in ewigheid nie.
1 The word of the Lord came to me again, saying,
2 And you, son of man, make a song of grief for Tyre;
3 And say to Tyre, O you who are seated at the doorway of the sea, trading for the peoples with the great sea-lands, these are the words of the Lord: You, O Tyre, have said, I am a ship completely beautiful.
4 Your builders have made your outlines in the heart of the seas, they have made you completely beautiful.
5 They have made all your boards of fir-trees from Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make the supports for your sails.
6 Of oak-trees from Bashan they have made your driving blades; they have made your floors of ivory and boxwood from the sea-lands of Kittim.
7 The best linen with needlework from Egypt was your sail, stretched out to be a flag for you; blue and purple from the sea-lands of Elishah gave you shade.
8 The people of Zidon and Arvad were your boatmen; the wise men of Zemer were in you; they were guiding your ships;
9 The responsible men of Gebal and its wise men were in you, making your boards watertight: all the ships of the sea with their seamen were in you trading in your goods.
10 Cush and Lud and Put were in your army, your men of war, hanging up their body-covers and head-dresses of war in you: they gave you your glory.
11 The men of Arvad in your army were on your walls, and were watchmen in your towers, hanging up their arms on your walls round about; they made you completely beautiful.
12 Tarshish did business with you because of the great amount of your wealth; they gave silver, iron, tin, and lead for your goods.
13 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your traders; they gave living men and brass vessels for your goods.
14 The people of Togarmah gave horses and war-horses and transport beasts for your goods.
15 The men of Rodan were your traders: a great number of sea-lands did business with you: they gave you horns of ivory and ebony as an offering.
16 Edom did business with you because of the great number of things which you made; they gave emeralds, purple, and needlework, and the best linen and coral and rubies for your goods.
17 Judah and the land of Israel were your traders; they gave grain of Minnith and sweet cakes and honey and oil and perfume for your goods.
18 Damascus did business with you because of the great amount of your wealth, with wine of Helbon and white wool.
19 ... for your goods: they gave polished iron and spices for your goods.
20 Dedan did trade with you in cloths for the backs of horses.
21 Arabia and all the rulers of Kedar did business with you; in lambs and sheep and goats, in these they did business with you.
22 The traders of Sheba and Raamah did trade with you; they gave the best of all sorts of spices and all sorts of stones of great price and gold for your goods.
23 Haran and Canneh and Eden, the traders of Asshur and all the Medes:
24 These were your traders in beautiful robes, in rolls of blue and needlework, and in chests of coloured cloth, corded with cords and made of cedar-wood, in them they did trade with you.
25 Tarshish ships did business for you in your goods: and you were made full, and great was your glory in the heart of the seas.
26 Your boatmen have taken you into great waters: you have been broken by the east wind in the heart of the seas.
27 Your wealth and your goods, the things in which you do trade, your seamen and those guiding your ships, those who make your boards watertight, and those who do business with your goods, and all your men of war who are in you, with all who have come together in you, will go down into the heart of the seas in the day of your downfall.
28 At the sound of the cry of your ships' guides, the boards of the ship will be shaking.
29 And all the boatmen, the seamen and those who are expert at guiding a ship through the sea, will come down from their ships and take their places on the land;
30 And their voices will be sounding over you, and crying bitterly they will put dust on their heads, rolling themselves in the dust:
31 And they will have the hair of their heads cut off because of you, and will put haircloth on their bodies, weeping for you with bitter grief in their souls, even with bitter sorrow.
32 And in their weeping they will make a song of grief for you, sorrowing over you and saying, Who is like Tyre, who has come to an end in the deep sea?
33 When your goods went out over the seas, you made numbers of peoples full; the wealth of the kings of the earth was increased with your great wealth and all your goods.
34 Now that you are broken by the seas in the deep waters, your goods and all your people will go down with you.
35 All the people of the sea-lands are overcome with wonder at you, and their kings are full of fear, their faces are troubled.
36 Those who do business among the peoples make sounds of surprise at you; you have become a thing of fear, you have come to an end for ever.