1 Verder het die woord van die HERE tot my gekom en gesê:
2 Mensekind, sê aan die vors van Tirus: So spreek die Here HERE: Omdat jou hart hoogmoedig was en jy gesê het: Ek is 'n god, ek bewoon 'n godewoning in die hart van die seë -- terwyl jy tog 'n mens is en geen god nie -- en jou hart gemaak het soos die hart van 'n god;
3 kyk, jy is wyser as Daniël, alles wat verborge is, is vir jou nie te duister nie!
4 Deur jou wysheid en deur jou verstand het jy vir jou rykdom verkry, ja, jy het goud en silwer in jou skatkamers verwerf;
5 deur die grootheid van jou wysheid in jou koophandel het jy jou rykdom vermeerder, en jou hart het hoogmoedig geword deur jou rykdom;
6 daarom, so sê die Here HERE: Omdat jy jou hart gemaak het soos die hart van 'n god,
7 daarom, kyk, Ek bring vreemdes oor jou, die geweldigste nasies, en hulle sal hul swaarde trek teen die skoonheid wat jou wysheid verwerf het, en jou glans ontheilig.
8 In die kuil sal hulle jou laat neerdaal, en jy sal in die hart van die seë die bittere dood sterwe van een wat verslaan is.
9 Sal jy werklik sê, in die aangesig van hom wat jou doodmaak: Ek is 'n god! -- terwyl jy tog 'n mens is in die hand van hulle wat jou deurboor, en geen god nie?
10 Jy sal die dood van onbesnedenes sterwe, deur die hand van vreemdes; want Ek het dit gesê, spreek die Here HERE.
11 Verder het die woord van die HERE tot my gekom en gesê:
12 Mensekind, hef 'n klaaglied aan oor die koning van Tirus, en sê vir hom: So spreek die Here HERE: Jy was die seëlring van eweredigheid, vol wysheid en volmaak in skoonheid.
13 Jy was in Eden, die tuin van God; allerhande edelgesteentes was jou bedekking: karneool, topaas en jaspis, chrisoliet, oniks, sardoniks, saffier, karbonkel en smarag; en van goud was die werk van jou kassies en groewe aan jou; op die dag toe jy geskape is, is hulle berei.
14 Jy was 'n g,rub met uitgespreide vlerke wat beskut, en Ek het jou gestel op 'n heilige berg; 'n god was jy; jy het gewandel tussen vurige gesteentes.
15 Jy was volkome in jou weë van die dag af dat jy geskape is, totdat daar ongeregtigheid in jou gevind is.
16 Weens die grootheid van jou koophandel het hulle jou binneste met geweld gevul, en jy het gesondig; daarom het Ek jou as onheilige van die godeberg afgedrywe, en Ek het jou tussen die vurige gesteentes uit vernietig, o g,rub wat beskut!
17 Hoogmoedig het jou hart geword oor jou skoonheid; jy het jou wysheid verderwe weens jou glans. Ek het jou op die grond gewerp, Ek het jou oorgegee voor die aangesig van konings, dat hulle op jou neer kan sien.
18 Weens die menigte van jou ongeregtighede, deur die onreg van jou koophandel, het jy jou heiligdomme ontheilig; daarom het Ek 'n vuur uit jou binneste laat uitgaan; dit het jou verteer, en Ek het jou tot as gemaak op die aarde voor die oë van almal wat jou gesien het.
19 Al jou bekendes onder die volke is ontsteld oor jou; jy het 'n verskrikking geword en sal daar nie meer wees tot in ewigheid nie.
20 Verder het die woord van die HERE tot my gekom en gesê:
21 Mensekind, rig jou aangesig teen Sidon en profeteer teen hom
22 en sê: So spreek die Here HERE: Kyk, Ek het dit teen jou, o Sidon, en Ek sal My verheerlik in jou midde; en hulle sal weet dat Ek die HERE is as Ek in hom strafgerigte voltrek en My in hom as die Heilige laat ken.
23 En Ek sal die pes in hom stuur en bloed op sy strate, en die gewondes sal in hom val deur die swaard wat teen hom is van alle kante, en hulle sal weet dat Ek die HERE is.
24 En daar sal vir die huis van Israel geen steekdoring en smartlike distel meer wees onder almal wat rondom hulle is nie, wat hulle verag; en hulle sal weet dat Ek die Here HERE is.
25 So sê die Here HERE: As Ek die huis van Israel versamel uit die volke onder wie hulle verstrooi is, en Ek My in hulle as die Heilige laat ken voor die oë van die nasies, dan sal hulle in hul land woon wat Ek aan my kneg Jakob gegee het.
26 En hulle sal daarin veilig woon en huise bou en wingerde plant; ja, hulle sal veilig woon as Ek strafgerigte voltrek teen almal wat hulle van alle kante verag; en hulle sal weet dat Ek die HERE hulle God is.
1 The word of the Lord came to me again, saying,
2 Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, This is what the Lord has said: Because your heart has been lifted up, and you have said, I am a god, I am seated on the seat of God in the heart of the seas; but you are man and not God, though you have made your heart as the heart of God:
3 See, you are wiser than Daniel; there is no secret which is deeper than your knowledge:
4 By your wisdom and deep knowledge you have got power for yourself, and put silver and gold in your store-houses:
5 By your great wisdom and by your trade your power is increased, and your heart is lifted up because of your power:
6 For this cause the Lord has said: Because you have made your heart as the heart of God,
7 See, I am sending against you strange men, feared among the nations: they will let loose their swords against your bright wisdom, they will make your glory a common thing.
8 They will send you down to the underworld, and your death will be the death of those who are put to the sword in the heart of the seas.
9 Will you say, in the face of those who are taking your life, I am God? but you are man and not God in the hands of those who are wounding you.
10 Your death will be the death of those who are without circumcision, by the hands of men from strange lands: for I have said it, says the Lord.
11 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
12 Son of man, make a song of grief for the king of Tyre, and say to him, This is what the Lord has said: You are all-wise and completely beautiful;
13 You were in Eden, the garden of God; every stone of great price was your clothing, the sardius, the topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the emerald and the carbuncle: your store-houses were full of gold, and things of great price were in you; in the day when you were made they were got ready.
14 I gave you your place with the winged one; I put you on the mountain of God; you went up and down among the stones of fire.
15 There has been no evil in your ways from the day when you were made, till sin was seen in you.
16 Through all your trading you have become full of violent ways, and have done evil: so I sent you out shamed from the mountain of God; the winged one put an end to you from among the stones of fire.
17 Your heart was lifted up because you were beautiful, you made your wisdom evil through your sin: I have sent you down, even to the earth; I have made you low before kings, so that they may see you.
18 By all your sin, even by your evil trading, you have made your holy places unclean; so I will make a fire come out from you, it will make a meal of you, and I will make you as dust on the earth before the eyes of all who see you.
19 All who have knowledge of you among the peoples will be overcome with wonder at you: you have become a thing of fear, and you will never be seen again.
20 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
21 Son of man, let your face be turned to Zidon, and be a prophet against it, and say,
22 These are the words of the Lord: See, I am against you, O Zidon; and I will get glory for myself in you: and they will be certain that I am the Lord, when I send my punishments on her, and I will be seen to be holy in her.
23 And I will send on her disease and blood in her streets; and the wounded will be falling in the middle of her, and the sword will be against her on every side; and they will be certain that I am the Lord.
24 And there will no longer be a plant with sharp points wounding the children of Israel, or a thorn troubling them among any who are round about them, who put shame on them; and they will be certain that I am the Lord.
25 This is what the Lord has said: When I have got together the children of Israel from the peoples among whom they are wandering, and have been made holy among them before the eyes of the nations, then they will have rest in the land which is theirs, which I gave to my servant Jacob
26 And they will be safe there, building houses and planting vine-gardens and living without fear; when I have sent my punishments on all those who put shame on them round about them; and they will be certain that I am the Lord their God.