1
Ufunuo juu ya Tiro. Toeni sauti za uchungu, enyi merikebu za Tarshishi, kwa maana umeharibika kabisa, hata hapana nyumba, hapana mahali pa kuingia; toka nchi ya Kitimu wamefunuliwa habari.
This is the burden against Tyre: Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor. Word has reached them from the land of Cyprus.
2
Tulieni, enyi mkaao kisiwani; wewe ambaye wafanya biashara wa Sidoni, wavukao bahari, walikujaza.
Be silent, O dwellers of the coastland, you merchants of Sidon, whose traders have crossed the sea.
3
Vitu vilivyopandwa, vya Shihori, mavuno ya Nile, yaliyokuja juu ya maji mengi, ndiyo pato lake, naye alikuwa soko la mataifa.
On the great waters came the grain of Shihor; the harvest of the Nile was the revenue of Tyre; she was the merchant of the nations.
4
Tahayari, Ee Sidoni; kwa maana bahari imenena, hiyo ngome ya bahari ilisema, Sikuona utungu, wala sikuzaa, wala sikulea vijana, wala sikulea wanawali.
Be ashamed, O Sidon, the stronghold of the sea, for the sea has spoken: “I have not been in labor or given birth. I have not raised young men or brought up young women.”
5
Habari itakapofika Misri wataona uchungu sana kwa sababu ya habari ya Tiro.
When the report reaches Egypt, they will writhe in agony over the news of Tyre.
6
Piteni mpaka Tarshishi, enyi mkaao kisiwani, toeni sauti ya uchungu.
Cross over to Tarshish; wail, O inhabitants of the coastland!
7
Je! Huu ndio mji wenu wa furaha, ambao mwanzo wake ulikuwako tangu siku za kale, ambao miguu yake ilimchukua akae mbali sana?
Is this your jubilant city, whose origin is from antiquity, whose feet have taken her to settle far away?
8
Ni nani aliyefanya shauri hili juu ya Tiro, uliotia watu taji, ambao wafanya biashara wake walikuwa wana wa wafalme, na wachuuzi wake ni watu wakuu wa dunia?
Who planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose traders are princes, whose merchants are renowned on the earth?
9
Bwana wa majeshi ndiye aliyefanya shauri hili, ili kuharibu kiburi cha utukufu wote, na kuwaaibisha watu wa duniani wote pia.
The LORD of Hosts planned it, to defile all its glorious beauty, to disgrace all the renowned of the earth.
10
Pita katika nchi yako, kama Nile, Ee binti wa Tarshishi, hapana tena mshipi wa kukuzuia.
Cultivate your land like the Nile, O Daughter of Tarshish; there is no longer a harbor.
11
Amenyosha mkono wake juu ya bahari, amezitikisa falme; Bwana ametoa amri katika habari za Kanaani, kuziangamiza ngome zake.
The LORD has stretched out His hand over the sea; He has made kingdoms tremble. He has given a command that the strongholds of Canaan be destroyed.
12
Naye akasema, Usizidi kufurahi, ewe bikira uliyeaibishwa, binti wa Sidoni, haya, ondoka, uende hata Kitimu; huko nako hutapata raha.
He said, “You shall rejoice no more, O oppressed Virgin Daughter of Sidon. Get up and cross over to Cyprus—even there you will find no rest.”
13
Tazama, nchi ya Wakaldayo; watu hao hawako tena; Mwashuri ameiweka tayari kwa hayawani wa jangwani; wamesimamisha buruji zao za vita, wameyaharibu majumba yake ya enzi, akaufanya kuwa uharibifu.
Look at the land of the Chaldeans—a people now of no account. The Assyrians destined it for the desert creatures; they set up their siege towers and stripped its palaces. They brought it to ruin.
14
Pigeni yowe, enyi merikebu za Tarshishi; maana ngome yenu imefanywa ukiwa.
Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for your harbor has been destroyed!
15
Basi, itakuwa katika siku ile, Tiro utasahauliwa miaka sabini, kadiri ya siku za mfalme mmoja; hata mwisho wa miaka sabini, Tiro utakuwa kama vile ulivyo wimbo wa kahaba.
At that time Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years—the span of a king’s life. But at the end of seventy years, it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the harlot:
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Twaa kinubi, tembea mjini, Ewe kahaba uliyesahauliwa; Piga vizuri, imba nyimbo nyingi, Upate kukumbukwa tena.
“Take up your harp, stroll through the city, O forgotten harlot. Make sweet melody, sing many a song, so you will be remembered.”
17
Hata itakuwa mwisho wa miaka sabini, Bwana ataizuru nchi ya Tiro, naye atarudi apate ujira wake, atafanya ukahaba pamoja na falme zote za ulimwengu juu ya uso wa dunia.
And at the end of seventy years, the LORD will restore Tyre. Then she will return to hire as a prostitute and sell herself to all the kingdoms on the face of the earth.
18
Na biashara yake na ujira wake utakuwa wakfu kwa Bwana, hautawekwa hazinani wala hautawekwa akiba; bali mapato ya biashara yake yatakuwa mali zao wakaao mbele za Bwana, wapate kula na kushiba, na kuvaa mavazi ya fahari.
Yet her profits and wages will be set apart to the LORD; they will not be stored or saved, for her profit will go to those who live before the LORD, for abundant food and fine clothing.