1 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Ikawa katika mwaka wa kumi na mmoja, siku ya kwanza ya mwezi, neno la Bwana likanijia, kusema,
2 Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be replenished, now she is laid waste:
Mwanadamu, Kwa sababu Tiro amesema juu ya Yerusalemu, Aha! Yeye amevunjika aliyekuwa lango la kabila za watu; amenigeukia; nitajazwa kwa kuwa sasa ameharibika;
3 therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come up.
basi Bwana MUNGU asema hivi; Tazama, mimi ni juu yako, Ee Tiro, nami nitaleta mataifa mengi kupigana nawe, kama bahari iinuavyo mawimbi yake.
4 And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock.
Nao wataziharibu kuta za Tiro, na kuibomoa minara yake; tena nitakwangua hata mavumbi yake yamtoke, na kumfanya kuwa jabali tupu.
5 It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea: for I have spoken it , saith the Lord GOD: and it shall become a spoil to the nations.
Naye atakuwa mahali pa kutandazia nyavu za wavuvi kati ya bahari; maana mimi nimenena neno hili, asema Bwana MUNGU; naye atakuwa mateka ya mataifa.
6 And her daughters which are in the field shall be slain by the sword; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Na binti zake walio katika mashamba watauawa kwa upanga; nao watajua ya kuwa mimi ndimi Bwana.
7 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring upon Tyrus Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and much people.
Maana Bwana MUNGU asema hivi; Tazama, nitamleta Nebukadreza, mfalme wa Babeli, mfalme wa wafalme, juu ya Tiro toka kaskazini, pamoja na farasi, na magari ya vita, na wapanda farasi, na jeshi, na watu wengi.
8 He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field: and he shall make a fort against thee, and cast a mount against thee, and lift up the buckler against thee.
Atawaua binti zako kwa upanga katika mashamba; naye atafanya ngome juu yako, na kufanya maboma juu yako, na kuiinua ngao juu yako.
9 And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers.
Naye ataweka vyombo vyake vya kubomolea mbele za kuta zako, na kwa mashoka yake ataiangusha chini minara yako.
10 By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall cover thee: thy walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wheels, and of the chariots, when he shall enter into thy gates, as men enter into a city wherein is made a breach.
Kwa sababu wingi wa farasi zake, mavumbi yao yatakufunika; kuta zako zitatetemeka kwa sababu ya mshindo wa wapanda farasi, na wa magurudumu, na wa magari ya vita, atakapoingia katika malango yako, kama watu waingiavyo katika mji uliobomolewa mahali.
11 With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thy streets: he shall slay thy people by the sword, and thy strong garrisons shall go down to the ground.
Kwa kwato za farasi zake atazikanyaga njia zako zote; atawaua watu wako kwa upanga, na minara ya nguvu zako itashuka hata nchi.
12 And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water.
Nao wataufanya utajiri wako kuwa mateka, na bidhaa yako kuwa mawindo; nao watazibomoa kuta zako, na kuziharibu nyumba zako zipendezazo; nao wataweka mawe yako, na miti yako, na mavumbi yako, kati ya maji.
13 And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard.
Nami nitaikomesha sauti ya nyimbo zako, wala sauti ya vinubi vyako haitasikiwa tena.
14 And I will make thee like the top of a rock: thou shalt be a place to spread nets upon; thou shalt be built no more: for I the LORD have spoken it , saith the Lord GOD.
Nami nitakufanya kuwa jabali tupu; utakuwa mahali pa kutandazia nyavu za wavuvi; hutajengwa tena; maana mimi, Bwana, nimenena neno hili, asema Bwana MUNGU.
15 Thus saith the Lord GOD to Tyrus; Shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee?
Bwana MUNGU amwambia Tiro neno hili; Je! Visiwa havitatikisika kwa mshindo wa kuanguka kwako, watakapougua waliojeruhiwa, yatakapofanyika machinjo kati yako.
16 Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put off their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble at every moment, and be astonished at thee.
Ndipo wakuu wote wa bahari watashuka kutoka viti vyao vya enzi, na kuweka upande mavazi yao, na kuvua nguo zao zilizotiwa taraza; watajivika matetemeko; wataketi na kutetemeka kila dakika, na kukustaajabia,
17 And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, which cause their terror to be on all that haunt it!
Nao watakufanyia maombolezo, na kukuambia, Imekuwaje wewe kuharibika, wewe uliyekaliwa na wana-maji, mji wenye sifa, uliyekuwa na nguvu katika bahari, mji huo, na hao waliokaa ndani yake, waliowatia hofu wote waliokaa ndani yake!
18 Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that are in the sea shall be troubled at thy departure.
Sasa visiwa vitatetemeka katika siku ya kuanguka kwako; naam, visiwa vilivyo katika bahari vitafadhaika, kwa sababu ya kuondoka kwako.
19 For thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall make thee a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep upon thee, and great waters shall cover thee;
Maana Bwana MUNGU asema hivi; Nitakapokufanya kuwa mji wa ukiwa, kama miji isiyokaliwa na watu; nitakapoleta vilindi vya bahari juu yako, na maji makuu yatakapokufunika;
20 when I shall bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, with the people of old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the earth, in places desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that thou be not inhabited; and I shall set glory in the land of the living;
ndipo nitakapokushusha pamoja nao washukao shimoni, uende kwa watu wa kale; nami nitakukalisha pande za chini za nchi; mahali palipokuwa ukiwa tangu zamani, pamoja nao washukao shimoni; ili usikaliwe na watu, wala usiweke utukufu wako katika nchi yao walio hai.
21 I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt be no more: though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith the Lord GOD.
Nitakufanya kuwa kitu cha kutisha, wala hutakuwako tena; ujapotafutwa, lakini hutaonekana tena kabisa, asema Bwana MUNGU.
