UHezekheli 27
1 Ilizwi leNkosi laselifika kimi lisithi:
Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:
2 Wena-ke, ndodana yomuntu, phakamisa isililo ngeTire,
'And thou, son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre,
3 uthi kiyo iTire, ehlezi ngasekungeneni kolwandle, ethengiselana labantu ezihlengeni ezinengi: Itsho njalo iNkosi uJehova: Tire, wena uthi: Ngiphelele ngobuhle.
and say unto Tyre, that dwelleth at the entry of the sea, that is the merchant of the peoples unto many isles: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Thou, O Tyre, hast said: I am of perfect beauty.
4 Imingcele yakho isenhliziyweni yezinlwandle; abakhi bakho baphelelise ubuhle bakho.
Thy borders are in the heart of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty.
5 Benzile wonke amapulanka akho ngezihlahla zefiri eSeniri; bathatha imisedari eLebhanoni ukukwenzela insika yomkolo.
Of cypress-trees from Senir have they fashioned all thy planks; they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.
6 Ngama-okhi eBashani benza amaphini akho okugwedla; indodakazi yamaAsiriya yenze amabhodi akho ngempondo zendlovu ezivela ezihlengeni zeKhithimi.
Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; thy deck have they made of ivory inlaid in larch, from the isles of the Kittites.
7 Ilembu elicolekileyo kakhulu elifekethisiweyo elivela eGibhithe laba yiseyili yakho ukuba yisiboniso sakho; okuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka lokuyibubende okuvela ezihlengeni zeElisha kwaba yisimbombozo sakho.
Of fine linen with richly woven work from Egypt was thy sail, that it might be to thee for an ensign; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was thine awning.
8 Abakhileyo beSidoni leArvadi babengabagwedli bakho; izihlakaniphi zakho, wena Tire, ezazikuwe zingabatshayeli bakho bomkhumbi.
The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were thy rowers; thy wise men, O Tyre, were in thee, they were thy pilots.
9 Abadala beGebali lezihlakaniphi zayo baba kuwe, bengabalungisi bezikhala zakho; yonke imikhumbi yolwandle labatshayeli bayo yaba kuwe ukuthi bathengiselane ngempahla yakho yokuthengiselana.
The elders 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 exchange thy merchandise.
10 AmaPerisiya lamaLudi lamaPuti asebuthweni lakho, amadoda akho empi; aphanyeka isihlangu lekhowa kuwe; wona aveza ubuhle bakho.
Persia and Lud and Put were in thine army, thy men of war; they hanged the shield and helmet in thee, they set forth thy comeliness.
11 Amadodana eArvadi lebutho lakho ayephezu kwemiduli yakho inhlangothi zonke, lamaGamadi ayesemiphotshongweni yakho; aphanyeka izihlangu zawo phezu kwemiduli yakho inhlangothi zonke; wona aphelelisa ubuhle bakho.
The men of Arvad and Helech were upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadim were in thy towers; they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they have perfected thy beauty.
12 ITarshishi yathengiselana lawe ngenxa yobunengi benotho yonke; benana impahla zakho ngesiliva, insimbi, izenge, lomnuso.
Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kinds of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded for thy wares.
13 IJavani, iThubhali, leMesheki babengabathengiselani bakho, benana impahla yakho ngabantu boqobo lezitsha zethusi.
Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy traffickers; they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass for thy merchandise.
14 Abendlu kaTogarima benana impahla zakho ngamabhiza labagadi bamabhiza lezimbongolo.
They of the house of Togarmah traded for thy wares with horses and horsemen and mules.
15 Amadodana eDedani ayengabathengiselani bakho; izihlenge ezinengi zazingezokuthengiselana zesandla sakho; abuyisela kuwe izimpondo zezindlovu le-eboni kube yisipho.
The men of Dedan were thy traffickers; many isles were the mart of thy hand; they brought thee as tribute horns of ivory and ebony.
16 ISiriya yayingumthengiselani wakho ngenxa yokwanda kwemisebenzi yakho; benana impahla zakho ngama-emeraldi, okuyibubende, lokufekethisiweyo, lelembu elicolekileyo kakhulu, lekorali le-agate.
Aram was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of thy wealth; they traded for thy wares with carbuncles, purple, and richly woven work, and fine linen, and coral, and rubies.
17 UJuda lelizwe lakoIsrayeli babengabathengiselani bakho, benana impahla yakho ngengqoloyi yeMinithi, lePanagi, loluju, lamafutha, lenhlaka.
Judah, and the land of Israel, they were thy traffickers; they traded for thy merchandise wheat of Minnith, and balsam, and honey, and oil, and balm.
18 IDamaseko yayingumthengiselani wakho ngobunengi bemisebenzi yakho, ngenxa yobunengi benotho yonke; ngewayini leHeliboni loboya bezimvu obumhlophe.
Damascus was thy merchant for the multitude of thy wealth, by reason of the multitude of all riches, with the wine of Helbon, and white wool.
19 Njalo iDani leJavani yayihamba isiya le lale yazinikela empahleni zakho; insimbi ekhandiweyo, ikhasiya, lekalamu kwakuyimpahla yakho yokuthengiselana.
Vedan and Javan traded with yarn for thy wares; massive iron, cassia, and calamus, were among thy merchandise.
20 IDedani yayingumthengiselani wakho ngamalembu aligugu ezinqola.
Dedan was thy trafficker in precious cloths for riding.
21 IArabhiya lazo zonke iziphathamandla zeKedari babengabathengiselani besandla sakho, ngamawundlu lezinqama lezimbuzi, ngalezi babethengiselana lawe.
Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they were the merchants of thy hand; in lambs, and rams, and goats, in these were they thy merchants.
22 Abathengiselani beShebha leRahama babengabathengiselani bakho, benana impahla zakho ngenhloko yawo wonke amakha, langamatshe wonke aligugu, legolide.
The traffickers of Sheba and Raamah, they were thy traffickers; they traded for thy wares with chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold.
23 IHarani leKane leEdeni, abathengiselani beSheba, iAshuri, iKilimadi, babengabathengiselani bakho.
Haran and Canneh and Eden, the traffickers of Sheba, Asshur was as thine apprentice in traffic.
24 Laba babengabathengiselani bakho ngezinto ezipheleleyo, ngezigqoko eziluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, lokufekethisiweyo, langamabhokisi omsedari elembu elifekethisiweyo, abotshwe aqiniswa ngezintambo, phakathi kokuthengiswayo kwakho.
These were thy traffickers in gorgeous fabrics, in wrappings of blue and richly woven work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords and cedar-lined, among thy merchandise.
25 Imikhumbi yeThashishi yayihlabelela ngawe ngenxa yempahla yakho yokuthengiselana; njalo wagcwaliswa, wadunyiswa kakhulu enhliziyweni yezinlwandle.
The ships of Tarshish brought thee tribute for thy merchandise; so wast thou replenished, and made very heavy in the heart of the seas.
26 Abagwedli bakho bakusa emanzini amanengi; umoya wempumalanga usukwephulele enhliziyweni yezinlwandle.
Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters; the east wind hath broken thee in the heart of the seas.
27 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.
Thy riches, and thy wares, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the exchangers of thy merchandise, and all thy men of war, that are in thee, with all thy company which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the heart of the seas in the day of thy ruin.
28 Ngelizwi lokukhala kwabatshayeli bakho bomkhumbi amadlelo azamazama.
At the sound of the cry of thy pilots the waves shall shake.
29 Njalo bonke abaphatha isigwedlo, abemikhumbi, bonke abatshayeli bolwandle, bazakwehla emikhunjini yabo, beme emhlabathini.
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 Bazwakalise ilizwi labo bemelene lawe, bakhale kabuhlungu, baphosele uthuli phezu kwamakhanda abo, bazigiqe emlotheni,
And shall cause their voice to be heard over thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall roll themselves in the ashes;
31 bazenze ompabanga ngokupheleleyo ngenxa yakho, bazibhince ngamasaka, bakukhalele inyembezi ngokubaba komphefumulo lesililo esibabayo.
And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee in bitterness of soul with bitter lamentation.
32 Lekulileni kwabo bazaphakamisa isililo ngawe, bakulilele bathi: Ngubani onjengeTire, njengokuchithekileyo phakathi kolwandle?
And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee: who was there like Tyre, fortified in the midst of the sea?
33 Ekuphumeni kwezimpahla zakho zokuthengiselana ezinlwandle wasuthisa abantu abanengi; ngobunengi benotho yakho lempahla zakho wanothisa amakhosi omhlaba.
When thy wares came forth out of the seas, thou didst fill many peoples; with the multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise didst thou enrich the kings of the earth.
34 Ngesikhathi okwephulwa ngaso ezinlwandle ezinzikini zamanzi, kwawa impahla yakho yokuthengiselana lexuku lakho lonke eliphakathi kwakho.
Now that thou art broken by the seas in the depths of the waters, and thy merchandise and all thy company are fallen in the midst of thee,
35 Bonke abakhileyo bezihlenge bazamangala ngawe, lamakhosi abo akwesabe kakhulu, ubuso babo bunyukumale.
All the inhabitants of the isles are appalled at thee, and their kings are horribly afraid, they are troubled in their countenance;
36 Abathengiselani phakathi kwabantu bayakuncifela; usuyisesabiso; kawusayikuba khona kuze kube nininini.
The merchants among the peoples hiss at thee; thou art become a terror, and never shalt be any more.'
