1 And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying:2 And thou, son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre,3 and say unto Tyre: O thou that art situate at the entries of the sea, and traffickest with the peoples in many isles, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Thou, Tyre, hast said, I am perfect in beauty.4 Thy borders are in the heart of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty.5 They made all thy double boards of cypress-trees of Senir; they took cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.6 Of the oaks of Bashan did they make thine oars; they made thy benches of ivory, inlaid in box-wood, out of the isles of Chittim.7 Byssus with broidered work from Egypt was thy sail, to serve thee for a banner; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was thine awning.8 The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy rowers; thy wise men, O Tyre, who were in thee, were thy pilots.9 The elders of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee repairing thy leaks; all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee, to barter with thee.10 Persia and Lud and Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged shield and helmet in thee; they gave splendour to thee.11 The children of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadim were on thy towers: they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they made thy beauty perfect.12 Tarshish dealt with thee by reason of the abundance of all substance; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they furnished thy markets.13 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy traffickers: they bartered with thee the persons of men, and vessels of bronze.14 They of the house of Togarmah furnished thy markets with horses, and horsemen, and mules.15 The children of Dedan were thy traffickers; many isles were the mart of thy hand: they rendered in payment horns of ivory, and ebony.16 Syria dealt with thee for the multitude of thy handiworks: they traded in thy markets with carbuncles, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and corals, and rubies.17 Judah and the land of Israel were thy traffickers: they bartered with thee wheat of Minnith, and sweet cakes, and honey, and oil, and balm.18 Damascus dealt with thee because of the multitude of thy handiworks, by reason of the abundance of all substance, with wine of Helbon, and white wool.19 Vedan and Javan of Uzal traded in thy markets: wrought iron, cassia, and calamus were in thy traffic.20 Dedan was thy trafficker in precious riding-cloths.21 Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were the merchants of thy hand: in lambs, and rams, and goats, in these did they trade with thee.22 The merchants of Sheba and Raamah were thy traffickers: they furnished thy markets with all the choice spices, and with all precious stones and gold.23 Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad traded with thee:24 these traded with thee in sumptuous clothes, in wrappings of blue and broidered work, and in chests full of variegated stuffs, bound with cords and made of cedar-wood, amongst thy merchandise.25 The ships of Tarshish were thy caravans for thy traffic; and thou wast replenished, and highly honoured, in the heart of the seas.26 Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters; the east wind hath broken thee in the heart of the seas.27 Thy substance, and thy markets, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, they that repair thy leaks, and they that barter with thee, and all thy men of war that are in thee, along with all thine assemblage which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the heart of the seas in the day of thy fall.28 The open places shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots.29 And all that handle the oar, the mariners, all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships; they shall stand upon the land,30 and shall cause their voice to be heard over thee, and shall cry bitterly; and they shall cast up dust upon their heads; they shall wallow themselves in ashes.31 And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird themselves with sackcloth; and they shall weep for thee in bitterness of soul with bitter mourning.32 And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, {saying,} Who is like Tyre, like her that is destroyed in the midst of the sea?33 When thy wares went forth over the seas, thou filledst many peoples; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the abundance of thy substance and of thy merchandise.34 In the time {when} thou art broken by the seas, in the depths of the waters, thy merchandise and all thine assemblage in the midst of thee have fallen.35 All the inhabitants of the isles are amazed at thee, and their kings are horribly afraid, {their} countenance is troubled.36 The merchants among the peoples hiss at thee; thou art become a terror, and thou shalt never be any more.

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.