Ezekiel 27
1 And there is a word of YHWH to me, saying,
Ilizwi leNkosi laselifika kimi lisithi:
2 “And you, son of man, lift up a lamentation concerning Tyre, and you have said to Tyre:
Wena-ke, ndodana yomuntu, phakamisa isililo ngeTire,
3 O dweller on the entrances of the sea, Merchant of the peoples to many islands, Thus said Lord YHWH: O Tyre, you have said, I [am] the perfection of beauty.
uthi kiyo iTire, ehlezi ngasekungeneni kolwandle, ethengiselana labantu ezihlengeni ezinengi: Itsho njalo iNkosi uJehova: Tire, wena uthi: Ngiphelele ngobuhle.
4 Your borders [are] in the heart of the seas, Your builders have perfected your beauty.
Imingcele yakho isenhliziyweni yezinlwandle; abakhi bakho baphelelise ubuhle bakho.
5 They have built of firs from Senir all your double-boarded ships for you, They have taken of cedars from Lebanon to make a mast for you,
Benzile wonke amapulanka akho ngezihlahla zefiri eSeniri; bathatha imisedari eLebhanoni ukukwenzela insika yomkolo.
6 They made your oars of oaks from Bashan, They have made your bench of ivory, A branch of Ashurim from islands of Chittim.
Ngama-okhi eBashani benza amaphini akho okugwedla; indodakazi yamaAsiriya yenze amabhodi akho ngempondo zendlovu ezivela ezihlengeni zeKhithimi.
7 Your sail has been of fine linen with embroidery from Egypt, To be for your ensign, Your covering has been of blue and purple from islands of Elishah.
Ilembu elicolekileyo kakhulu elifekethisiweyo elivela eGibhithe laba yiseyili yakho ukuba yisiboniso sakho; okuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka lokuyibubende okuvela ezihlengeni zeElisha kwaba yisimbombozo sakho.
8 Inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad have been rowers for you, Your wise men, O Tyre, have been in you, They [are] your pilots.
Abakhileyo beSidoni leArvadi babengabagwedli bakho; izihlakaniphi zakho, wena Tire, ezazikuwe zingabatshayeli bakho bomkhumbi.
9 The elderly of Gebal and its wise men have been in you, Strengthening your breach; All ships of the sea and their mariners, Have been in you, to trade your merchandise.
Abadala beGebali lezihlakaniphi zayo baba kuwe, bengabalungisi bezikhala zakho; yonke imikhumbi yolwandle labatshayeli bayo yaba kuwe ukuthi bathengiselane ngempahla yakho yokuthengiselana.
10 Persia and Lud and Phut Have been in your forces—your men of war. They hung up shield and helmet in you, They have given out your honor.
AmaPerisiya lamaLudi lamaPuti asebuthweni lakho, amadoda akho empi; aphanyeka isihlangu lekhowa kuwe; wona aveza ubuhle bakho.
11 The sons of Arvad, and your force, [Are] on your walls all around, And short swordsmen have been in your towers, They have hung up their shields on your walls all around, They have perfected your beauty.
Amadodana eArvadi lebutho lakho ayephezu kwemiduli yakho inhlangothi zonke, lamaGamadi ayesemiphotshongweni yakho; aphanyeka izihlangu zawo phezu kwemiduli yakho inhlangothi zonke; wona aphelelisa ubuhle bakho.
12 Tarshish [is] your merchant, Because of the abundance of all wealth, They have given silver, iron, tin, and lead [for] your wares.
ITarshishi yathengiselana lawe ngenxa yobunengi benotho yonke; benana impahla zakho ngesiliva, insimbi, izenge, lomnuso.
13 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech—they [are] your merchants, They have given [the] soul of man, and vessels of bronze, [for] your merchandise.
IJavani, iThubhali, leMesheki babengabathengiselani bakho, benana impahla yakho ngabantu boqobo lezitsha zethusi.
14 Those of the house of Togarmah, They have given horses, and riding steeds, and mules [for] your wares.
Abendlu kaTogarima benana impahla zakho ngamabhiza labagadi bamabhiza lezimbongolo.
15 Sons of Dedan [are] your merchants, Many islands [are] the market of your hand, They sent back horns of ivory and ebony [for] your reward.
Amadodana eDedani ayengabathengiselani bakho; izihlenge ezinengi zazingezokuthengiselana zesandla sakho; abuyisela kuwe izimpondo zezindlovu le-eboni kube yisipho.
16 Aram [is] your merchant, Because of the abundance of your works, They have given emerald, purple, and embroidery, And fine linen, and coral, and agate for your wares.
ISiriya yayingumthengiselani wakho ngenxa yokwanda kwemisebenzi yakho; benana impahla zakho ngama-emeraldi, okuyibubende, lokufekethisiweyo, lelembu elicolekileyo kakhulu, lekorali le-agate.
17 Judah and the land of Israel—they [are] your merchants, They have given wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, And honey, and oil, and balm [for] your merchandise.
UJuda lelizwe lakoIsrayeli babengabathengiselani bakho, benana impahla yakho ngengqoloyi yeMinithi, lePanagi, loluju, lamafutha, lenhlaka.
18 Damascus [is] your merchant, For the abundance of your works, Because of the abundance of all wealth, For wine of Helbon, and white wool.
IDamaseko yayingumthengiselani wakho ngobunengi bemisebenzi yakho, ngenxa yobunengi benotho yonke; ngewayini leHeliboni loboya bezimvu obumhlophe.
19 Dan and Javan go about with your wares, They have given shining iron, cassia, and cane, It has been in your merchandise.
Njalo iDani leJavani yayihamba isiya le lale yazinikela empahleni zakho; insimbi ekhandiweyo, ikhasiya, lekalamu kwakuyimpahla yakho yokuthengiselana.
20 Dedan [is] your merchant, For clothes of freedom for riding.
IDedani yayingumthengiselani wakho ngamalembu aligugu ezinqola.
21 Arabia, and all princes of Kedar, They [are] the traders of your hand, For lambs, and rams, and male goats, In these your merchants.
IArabhiya lazo zonke iziphathamandla zeKedari babengabathengiselani besandla sakho, ngamawundlu lezinqama lezimbuzi, ngalezi babethengiselana lawe.
22 Merchants of Sheba and Raamah—they [are] your merchants, They have given the chief of all spices, And every precious stone, and gold [for] your wares.
Abathengiselani beShebha leRahama babengabathengiselani bakho, benana impahla zakho ngenhloko yawo wonke amakha, langamatshe wonke aligugu, legolide.
23 Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, merchants of Sheba, Asshur—Chilmad—[are] your merchants,
IHarani leKane leEdeni, abathengiselani beSheba, iAshuri, iKilimadi, babengabathengiselani bakho.
24 They [are] your merchants for perfect things, For wrappings of blue, and embroidery, And for treasuries of rich apparel, With cords bound and girded, for your merchandise,
Laba babengabathengiselani bakho ngezinto ezipheleleyo, ngezigqoko eziluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, lokufekethisiweyo, langamabhokisi omsedari elembu elifekethisiweyo, abotshwe aqiniswa ngezintambo, phakathi kokuthengiswayo kwakho.
25 Ships of Tarshish are journeying [with] your merchandise for you, And you are filled and honored greatly, In the heart of the seas.
Imikhumbi yeThashishi yayihlabelela ngawe ngenxa yempahla yakho yokuthengiselana; njalo wagcwaliswa, wadunyiswa kakhulu enhliziyweni yezinlwandle.
26 Those rowing you have brought you into great waters, The east wind has broken you in the heart of the seas.
Abagwedli bakho bakusa emanzini amanengi; umoya wempumalanga usukwephulele enhliziyweni yezinlwandle.
27 Your wealth and your wares, Your merchandise, your mariners, And your pilots, strengtheners of your breach, And the traders of your merchandise, And all your men of war, who [are] in you, And in all your assembly that [is] in your midst, Fall into the heart of the seas in the day of your fall,
Inotho yakho, lempahla zakho, impahla yakho yokuthengiselana, abemikhumbi bakho, labatshayeli bakho, abalungisi bezikhala zakho, labathengisi bempahla yakho, lawo wonke amadoda akho empi akuwe, kanye lalo lonke ixuku lakho eliphakathi kwakho, kuzawela enhliziyweni yezinlwandle ngosuku lokuwa kwakho.
28 At the voice of the cry of your pilots the outskirts shake.
Ngelizwi lokukhala kwabatshayeli bakho bomkhumbi amadlelo azamazama.
29 And all handling an oar come down from their ships, Mariners [and] all the pilots of the sea stand on the land,
Njalo bonke abaphatha isigwedlo, abemikhumbi, bonke abatshayeli bolwandle, bazakwehla emikhunjini yabo, beme emhlabathini.
30 And have sounded with their voice for you, And cry bitterly, and cause dust to go up on their heads, They roll themselves in ashes;
Bazwakalise ilizwi labo bemelene lawe, bakhale kabuhlungu, baphosele uthuli phezu kwamakhanda abo, bazigiqe emlotheni,
31 And they have made themselves bald for you, And they have girded on sackcloth, And they have wept for you, In bitterness of soul—a bitter mourning.
bazenze ompabanga ngokupheleleyo ngenxa yakho, bazibhince ngamasaka, bakukhalele inyembezi ngokubaba komphefumulo lesililo esibabayo.
32 And their sons have lifted up a lamentation for you, And they have lamented over you, Who [is] as Tyre? As the cut-off one in the midst of the sea?
Lekulileni kwabo bazaphakamisa isililo ngawe, bakulilele bathi: Ngubani onjengeTire, njengokuchithekileyo phakathi kolwandle?
33 With the outgoing of your wares from the seas, You have filled many peoples, With the abundance of your riches, and your merchandise, You have enriched [the] kings of earth.
Ekuphumeni kwezimpahla zakho zokuthengiselana ezinlwandle wasuthisa abantu abanengi; ngobunengi benotho yakho lempahla zakho wanothisa amakhosi omhlaba.
34 At the time of [your] being broken by the seas in the depths of the waters, Your merchandise and all your assembly have fallen in your midst.
Ngesikhathi okwephulwa ngaso ezinlwandle ezinzikini zamanzi, kwawa impahla yakho yokuthengiselana lexuku lakho lonke eliphakathi kwakho.
35 All inhabitants of the islands have been astonished at you, And their kings have been severely afraid, They have been troubled in countenance.
Bonke abakhileyo bezihlenge bazamangala ngawe, lamakhosi abo akwesabe kakhulu, ubuso babo bunyukumale.
36 Merchants among the peoples have shrieked for you, You have been terrors, and you are not—for all time!”
Abathengiselani phakathi kwabantu bayakuncifela; usuyisesabiso; kawusayikuba khona kuze kube nininini.
