Isimbonono ngeTire
Isimbonono ngeTire njengenqanawa ebalaseleyo, eneeplanga zemisipres, isibonda somsedare neseyile yelinen yaseYiputa, igcwele abasebenzi nempahla evela kubarhwebi abachaziweyo ngamagama bendawo zonke. Umoya wasempumalanga uyiphula embindini wolwandle, aza amatiloshe elunxwemeni agalele uthuli ezintlokweni zawo, acule le ngoma.
27 1Lafika kum ilizwi likaBawo wethu, lisithi:
2“Ngoku wena, nyana womntu, phakamisa isimbonono ngeTire, 3uthi kwiTire, ehleli emasangweni olwandle, umrhwebi wezizwe eziqithini ezininzi: Utsho iNkosi uBawo, ukuthi: ‘Tire, wathi wena: “Ndigqibelele ebuhleni.” ’ 4Imida yakho isembilinini yeelwandle; abakhi bakho babugqibelelisa ubuhle bakho. 5Zonke iiplanga zakho bazenza ngemisipres yaseSenire; bathabatha umsedare eLebhanon ukuba bakwenzele isibonda. 6Izigwedlo zakho bazenza ngemioki yaseBhashan; ibhodi lakho balenza ngeempondo zeendlovu ezifakwe emisipresini evela elunxwemeni lwamaKiti. 7Iseyile yakho yayiyilinen ecikizekileyo, eyimfakamfele, evela eYiputa, isebenza njengebhanile yakho; isisitheliso sakho sasisemsi nemfusa, sivela elunxwemeni lwaseElisha. 8Abemi baseTsidon nabaseArvadi babengabagwedli bakho; izilumko zakho, Tire, zazikuwe zingabaqhubi bakho. 9Amadoda amakhulu aseGebhali nezilumko zayo ayekuwe, evingca imifantu yakho; zonke iinqanawa zolwandle namatiloshe azo zeza kuwe ukuba zanane ngempahla yakho. 10AmaPersi, namaLudi, namaPuti ayesemkhosini wakho, engamadoda akho okulwa. Axhoma amakhaka awo neminqwazi yawo ezindongeni zakho, akunika ubungangamela. 11Amadoda aseArvadi kunye nomkhosi wakho ayesezindongeni zakho ngeenxa zonke, aze amaGamadi abe sezinqabeni zakho. Axhoma amakhaka awo ezindongeni zakho ngeenxa zonke; abugqibelelisa ubuhle bakho.
12“ITarshishe yarhweba nawe ngenxa yobuninzi bobutyebi bakho bohlobo lonke; ihlawula impahla yakho ngesilivere, nangesinyithi, nangetin, nangelothe.
13“UYavan, noTubhali, noMesheki barhweba nawe ngemiphefumlo yabantu nangezitya zobhedu.
14“AbaseBhete-togarma bahlawula impahla yakho ngamahashe, namahashe okulwa, noondlebende.
15“Amadoda aseDedan arhweba nawe; amazwe amaninzi aselunxwemeni ayengabathengi bakho, ehlawula ngeempondo zeendlovu nangebhoni.
16“UAram warhweba nawe ngenxa yobuninzi bempahla yakho, ehlawula impahla yakho ngekalikedo, nangemfusa, nangomsebenzi oyimfakamfele, nangelinen ecikizekileyo, nangekorale, nangeerubhi.
17“UYuda noSirayeli barhweba nawe: ingqolowa yaseMiniti, umgubo, ubusi, ioli, namafutha aqholiweyo.
18“IDamasko yarhweba nawe ngenxa yobuninzi bempahla yakho, nobutyebi bakho obukhulu bohlobo lonke; iwayini yaseHelbhon noboya baseTsahari. 19UVedan noYavan abavela eUzali barhweba ngempahla yakho; isinyithi esikhandiweyo, ikasiya, nekalamo zaziphakathi kwempahla yakho.
20“UDedan warhweba nawe ngeengubo zokukhwela.
21“IArabhi nabathetheli bonke baseKedare babengabathengi bakho, berhweba ngamatakane, neenkunzi zezimvu, neebhokhwe.
22“Abarhwebi baseShebha nabaseRama barhweba nawe, behlawula impahla yakho ngobona bulawu bubalaseleyo, nangalo lonke ilitye elinqabileyo, nangegolide.
23“IHaran, neKane, ne-Eden, abarhwebi baseShebha, neAsuri, neKilemadi barhweba nawe. 24Aba barhweba nawe ngeengubo ezihle, ngelaphu elimsi neliyimfakamfele, nangeekhaphethi zelaphu elinemibala elibotshwe ngezintya laqiniswa, endaweni yakho yorhwebo. 25Iinqanawa zaseTarshishe zayithwala ingqwebo yakho ngomkhoko. Ngoko wazala waba nzima kakhulu embilinini yeelwandle. 26Abagwedli bakho bakusa emanzini amakhulu; umoya wasempumalanga wakwaphula embilinini yeelwandle. 27Ubutyebi bakho, impahla yakho, nengqwebo yakho, namatiloshe akho nabaqhubi bakho, abavingci bakho, nabarhwebi bakho bempahla, namajoni akho onke akuwe, kunye nabo bonke abasenqanaweni yakho, baya kuzika embilinini yeelwandle ngomhla wokuwa kwakho. 28Ngesandi sesikhalo sabaqhubi bakho amathafa ayagungqa. 29Bonke abaphatha isigwedlo, amatiloshe nabaqhubi bonke bolwandle, behla ezinqanaweni zabo; beme emhlabeni, 30baphakamise ilizwi labo ngawe, balila ngokukrakra. Baphosa uthuli ezintlokweni zabo bazibhuqe eluthuthwini; 31Benza impandla ngenxa yakho, babhinqe ezirhwexayo, balila ngawe ekukrakreni komphefumlo, ngesililo esikrakra. 32Esililweni sabo bakwenzela isimbonono, balila ngawe: “Ngubani na owakha wanjengeTire, njengedakileyo phakathi kolwandle?” 33Xa impahla yakho yaphuma ezilwandleni, wazihluthisa izizwe ezininzi; ngobutyebi bakho obuninzi nangentengiso yakho, watyebisa ookumkani behlabathi. 34Ngoku waphukiswe ziilwandle ebunzulwini bamanzi; intengiso yakho nabo bonke abantu bakho bazulumbeke kunye nawe. 35Bonke abemi beziqithi bamangaliswa nguwe, ookumkani babo bathuthumele luloyiko; ubuso babo bujijekile. 36Abarhwebi abaphakathi kwezizwe benza umsondlo ngawe; usuke waba ngummangaliso, akusayi kuba sabakho naphakade.’”