Niwaborogere, Mato yo mu Tarushishi
Icambu ca Tiro carazimanganye, abo bari basangiye urudandazwa bakabwirwa kuboroga; abadandaji bambika abami ingoma bakagira ikiyaga isoko baraceceka. Data wacu ni we yabitegekanije, kugira acishe bugufi ubwibone bwose bw'ubuninahazwa. Inyungu zayo zo hanyuma zihinduka nyeranda.
23 1Ubutumwa bwerekeye Tiro: Niwaborogere, mwa mato yo mu Tarushishi, kuko ikivuko canyu casangangutse, gisigaye nta nzu canke ubuhungiro. Bava mu gihugu c’Ikiproso, inkuru yabashikiyeko. 2Nimuhore ryoherere, mwebwe muba ku nkombe, mwa badandaza bo mu Sidoni, abo intumwa zanyu zambuka ikiyaga. 3Haciye mu mazi manini haza intete zo muri Shihori, ivyimburwa vyo kuri Nili—ryari ryo rindero ryayo; iba isoko ry’amahanga. 4Niwamware, wa Sidoni, kuko ikiyaga cavuze, igihome c’ikiyaga, kivuga giti: “Sinakoranye umuruho canke ngo mvyare, sinareze abasore canke ngo ndonke abigeme.” 5Igihe inkuru izoshikira Misiri, bazokwinyinyana n’intuntu kubera iyo nkuru yerekeye Tiro. 6Nimwambuke muje mu Tarushishi; niwaborogere, mwebwe muba ku nkombe. 7Mbega ico ni co gisagara canyu kirangwa n’akanyamuneza, cahereye kuva kera na kera, ca kirungikwa n’amaguru yaco gushinga ibirindiro mu bihugu bya kure? 8Ni nde yagize uwo mugambi wo kugwanya Tiro, ca gisagara gitanga amakamba, ico abadandaza baco bari abaganwa, abacuruzi baco bubahwa mw’isi? 9Data wa twese, Umwami w’ingabo z’ijuru, ni we yawugize— kugira ngo ahumanye ubwishime bwose bw’ubwiza, no gutetereza abubahwa bose bo mw’isi. 10Nusese mu gihugu cawe nka Nili, wa mukobwa wa Tarushishi; nta kivuko gisigaye. 11Yaramporosheje ukuboko kwiwe hejuru y’ikiyaga; yanyiganyije ubwami. Data wa twese yatanze itegeko ryerekeye Kanani kugira ngo asangangure ibihome vyayo.
12Avuga ati: “Ntuzosubira kunezerwa, wa mukobwa w’isugi yahumanishijwe wa Sidoni. Haguruka wambuke uje mu Kiproso; n’ngaho ntuzoronka akaruhuko.”
13Raba igihugu c’Abanyababiloni! Aba ni bo bantu batakiriho; Ashuri yagihaye ibikoko vyo mu bugaragwa. Bubatse iminara yabo y’intambara, basesagura amazu yaco y’abami, bagisanganya. a a v13 Mu giheburayo: Abakaludaya — abantu bategeka Babiloni ya kera. 14Niwaborogere, mwa mato yo mu Tarushishi, kuko igihome canyu casangangutse. 15Kuri uwo musi Tiro izokwibagirwa imyaka mirongo irindwi, nk’ubuzima bw’umwami umwe. Mu mpera y’imyaka mirongo irindwi, Tiro izoshikirwa nk’uko ururirimbo rw’umumaraya ruvuga: 16“Fata inanga, uzunguruke igisagara, wa mumaraya wibagiwe; ucuranire neza, uririmbe indirimbo nyinshi, kugira ngo wibukwe.” 17Mu mpera y’imyaka mirongo irindwi, Data wa twese azoraba Tiro, maze izosubira ku vyo yinjiza, isambana n’ubwami bwose bwo mw’isi hose kw’isi. 18Ariko ivyo yungutse n’ivyo yinjije bizokwezwa kuri Data wa twese. Ntibizobikwa canke ngo bituririzwe; ivyo yungutse bizoja ku babaho imbere ya Data wa twese, kugira ngo baronke ibifungurwa vyinshi n’impuzu nziza.