1 In the eleventh year, in the first of the month, Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, 2 "Son of man, because Tyre has said against Jerusalem, ‘Aha! She is broken! She who was the gateway of the peoples has been returned to me. I will be replenished, now that she is laid waste;’ 3 therefore the Lord Yahweh says, ‘Behold, I am against you, Tyre, and will cause many nations to come up against you, as the sea causes its waves to come up. 4 They will destroy the walls of Tyre, and break down her towers. I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her a bare rock. 5 She will be a place for the spreading of nets in the middle of the sea; for I have spoken it,’ says the Lord Yahweh. ‘She will become plunder for the nations. 6 Her daughters who are in the field will be slain with the sword. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.’

7 "For the Lord Yahweh says: ‘Behold, I will bring on Tyre Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, from the north, with horses, with chariots, with horsemen, and an army with many people. 8 He will kill your daughters in the field with the sword. He will make forts against you, cast up a mound against you, and raise up the buckler against you. 9 He will set his battering engines against your walls, and with his axes he will break down your towers. 10 By reason of the abundance of his horses, their dust will cover you. Your walls will shake at the noise of the horsemen, of the wagons, and of the chariots, when he enters into your gates, as men enter into a city which is broken open. 11 He will tread down all your streets with the hoofs of his horses. He will kill your people with the sword. The pillars of your strength will go down to the ground. 12 They will make a plunder of your riches and make a prey of your merchandise. They will break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses. They will lay your stones, your timber, and your dust in the middle of the waters. 13 I will cause the noise of your songs to cease. The sound of your harps won’t be heard any more. 14 I will make you a bare rock. You will be a place for the spreading of nets. You will be built no more; for I Yahweh have spoken it,’ says the Lord Yahweh.

15 "The Lord Yahweh says to Tyre: ‘Won’t the islands shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded groan, when the slaughter is made within you? 16 Then all the princes of the sea will come down from their thrones, and lay aside their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments. They will clothe themselves with trembling. They will sit on the ground, and will tremble every moment, and be astonished at you. 17 They will take up a lamentation over you, and tell you,

"How you are destroyed,

who were inhabited by seafaring men,

the renowned city,

who was strong in the sea,

she and her inhabitants,

who caused their terror to be on all who lived there!"

18 Now the islands will tremble in the day of your fall.

Yes, the islands that are in the sea will be dismayed at your departure.’

19 "For the Lord Yahweh says: ‘When I make you a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited, when I bring up the deep on you, and the great waters cover you, 20 then I will bring you down with those who descend into the pit, to the people of old time, and will make you dwell in the lower parts of the earth, in the places that are desolate of old, with those who go down to the pit, that you be not inhabited; and I will set glory in the land of the living. 21 I will make you a terror, and you will no more have any being. Though you are sought for, yet you will never be found again,’ says the Lord Yahweh."

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.