1 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, 2 Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus; 3 And say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, which art a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O Tyrus, thou hast said, I am of perfect beauty. 4 Thy borders are in the midst of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty. 5 They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee. 6 Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company of the Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory, brought out of the isles of Chittim. 7 Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee. 8 The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots. 9 The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy merchandise. 10 They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness. 11 The men of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they have made thy beauty perfect. 12 Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs. 13 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market. 14 They of the house of Togarmah traded in thy fairs with horses and horsemen and mules. 15 The men of Dedan were thy merchants; many isles were the merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee for a present horns of ivory and ebony. 16 Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate. 17 Judah, and the land of Israel, they were thy merchants: they traded in thy market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm. 18 Damascus was thy merchant in the multitude of the wares of thy making, for the multitude of all riches; in the wine of Helbon, and white wool. 19 Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market. 20 Dedan was thy merchant in precious clothes for chariots. 21 Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with thee in lambs, and rams, and goats: in these were they thy merchants. 22 The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they were thy merchants: they occupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold. 23 Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad, were thy merchants. 24 These were thy merchants in all sorts of things, in blue clothes, and broidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords, and made of cedar, among thy merchandise. 25 The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas.

26 Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas. 27 Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and all thy men of war, that are in thee, and in all thy company which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin. 28 The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots. 29 And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and 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 against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes: 31 And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing. 32 And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea? 33 When thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many people; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise. 34 In the time when thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of thee shall fall. 35 All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at thee, and their kings shall be sore afraid, they shall be troubled in their countenance. 36 The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt 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.