A Prophecy Against Tyre
1Here is a prophecy against Tyre that the Lord gave me.
Men in the ships of Tarshish, cry out!
The city of Tyre is destroyed.
Its houses and harbor are gone.
That’s the message you have received
from the island of Cyprus.
2People on the island of Tyre, be silent.
Traders from the city of Sidon, be quiet.
Those who sail on the Mediterranean Sea have made you rich.
3Grain from Egypt
came across the mighty waters.
The harvest of the Nile River brought wealth to Tyre.
It became the market place of the nations.
4Sidon, be ashamed. Mighty Tyre out in the sea, be ashamed.
The sea has spoken. It has said,
“It’s as if I had never felt labor pains or had children.
It’s as if I had never brought up sons or daughters.
It’s as if the city of Tyre had never existed.”
5The Egyptians will hear about what has happened to Tyre.
They’ll be very sad and troubled.
6People of the island of Tyre, cry out!
Go across the sea to Tarshish.
7Just look at Tyre.
It’s no longer the old, old city that was known for its wild parties.
It no longer sends its people out
to make their homes in lands far away.
8Tyre was a city that produced kings.
Its traders were princes.
They were honored all over the earth.
So who planned to destroy such a city?
9The Lord who rules over all planned to do it.
He wanted to bring down all its pride and glory.
He wanted to shame those who were honored all over the earth.
10People of Tarshish, farm your land
as they do along the Nile River.
That’s because you don’t have a harbor anymore.
11The Lord has reached his powerful hand out over the sea.
He has made its kingdoms tremble with fear.
He has given a command concerning Phoenicia.
He has ordered that its forts be destroyed.
12He said, “No more wild parties for you!
People of Sidon, you are now destroyed!
“Leave your city. Go across the sea to Cyprus.
Even there you will not find any rest.”
13Look at the land of the Babylonians.
No one lives there anymore.
The Assyrians have turned it
into a place for desert creatures.
They built their towers in order to attack it.
They took everything out of its forts.
They knocked down all its buildings.
14Men in the ships of Tarshish, cry out!
Mighty Tyre is destroyed!
15A time is coming when people will forget about Tyre for 70 years. That’s the length of a king’s life. But at the end of those 70 years, Tyre will be like the prostitute that people sing about. They say,
16“Forgotten prostitute, pick up a harp.
Walk through the city.
Play the harp well. Sing many songs.
Then you will be remembered.”
17At the end of the 70 years, the Lord will punish Tyre. He will let it return to its way of life as a prostitute. It will earn its living with all the kingdoms on the face of the earth. 18But the money it earns will be set apart for the Lord. The money won’t be stored up or kept for Tyre. Instead, it will go to those who live the way the Lord wants them to. It will pay for plenty of food and fine clothes for them.
Ũrathi Ũkoniĩ Turo
123:1 Josh 19:29; 1Ath 10:22Ĩno nĩyo ndũmĩrĩri nditũ ĩkoniĩ itũũra rĩa Turo:
Atĩrĩrĩ, inyuĩ marikabu cia Tarishishi, ta girĩkai.
Nĩgũkorwo itũũra rĩa Turo nĩrĩanange,
rĩgatigwo rĩtarĩ nyũmba kana gĩcukĩro kĩa marikabu.
Ũhoro ũcio nĩũmakinyĩire marĩ o kũu bũrũri wa Kitimu.
223:2 Ayub 2:13; Atiir 1:31Atĩrĩrĩ, inyuĩ andũ a gĩcigĩrĩra,
na inyuĩ onjorithia a Sidoni,
ta kirai o inyuĩ mũtongetio nĩ andũ arĩa mageragĩra iria-inĩ.
3Kũu maaĩ-inĩ maingĩ
nĩkuo kwageragĩrio ngano ya Shihoru,
namo magetha ma Nili nĩmo maarĩ uumithio wa itũũra rĩa Turo,
narĩo rĩgĩtuĩka ndũnyũ ya ndũrĩrĩ.
423:4 Kĩam 10:15; Isa 54:1Atĩrĩrĩ wee Sidoni, o nawe, kĩĩhitho kĩrũmu kĩa iria-inĩ, conokai,
nĩgũkorwo iria nĩrĩarĩtie rĩkoiga atĩrĩ:
“Niĩ ndirĩ ndagĩa na ruo rwa kũrũmwo, kana ngaciara;
ndirĩ ndaarera aanake, kana ngarera airĩtu.”
5Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa ũhoro ũcio ũgaakinya bũrũri wa Misiri,
andũ akuo nĩmakaagĩa na ruo rũnene mũno maigua ũhoro ũcio wa Turo.
6Atĩrĩrĩ, ringai mũthiĩ mũrĩmo wa Tarishishi,
ta girĩkai inyuĩ mũtũũraga kũu gĩcigĩrĩra-inĩ.
723:7 Isa 32:13Rĩĩrĩ nĩrĩo itũũra rĩanyu inene rĩa ikeno cia ũrĩĩu,
itũũra inene rĩa kuuma tene, o tene mũno,
itũũra rĩrĩa andũ aarĩo maathiĩte na magũrũ
magatũũre mabũrũri ma andũ a kũraya mũno?
823:8 Nahu 3:16; Kũg 18:23Nũũ waciirĩire atĩ itũũra rĩa Turo rĩũkĩrĩrwo,
o itũũra rĩu rĩheanaga tanji cia ũthamaki,
o rĩo onjorithia a rĩo arĩ ariũ a athamaki,
na endia a rĩo marĩ igweta thĩ yothe?
923:9 Ayub 40:11; Isa 5:13Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe nĩwe waciirĩire ũndũ ũcio,
nĩgeetha aniine mwĩtĩĩo wa riiri wothe,
na aconorithie andũ arĩa othe marĩ igweta a gũkũ thĩ.
10Atĩrĩrĩ, wee mwarĩ wa Tarishishi,
thiĩ ũkarĩme bũrũri waku o ta ũrĩa kũrĩmĩtwo hũgũrũrũ-inĩ cia Rũũĩ rwa Nili,
tondũ rĩu ndũrĩ na gĩcukĩro kĩa marikabu rĩngĩ.
1123:11 Thaam 14:21; Isa 25:2Jehova nĩatambũrũkĩtie guoko gwake igũrũ rĩa iria,
na agatũma mothamaki marĩo mainaine.
Nĩathanĩte atĩ ciĩgitĩro iria nũmu cia Foinike cianangwo.
1223:12 Kũg 18:22; Zek 2:10Akoiga atĩrĩ, “Wee mwarĩ gathirange wa Sidoni
ikeno ciaku cia ũrĩĩu nĩ thiru, rĩu ũrĩ mũhehenje!
“Ũkĩra ũringe, ũthiĩ ũkinye Kitimu;
no rĩrĩ, o na kũu ndũkoona ũhurũko.”
1323:13 Jer 51:12; 2Ath 25:1Ta rora bũrũri wa Ababuloni,
andũ acio rĩu maagĩĩte kĩene!
Ashuri magũtuĩte gĩikaro kĩa nyamũ cia werũ;
nĩmaakire mĩthiringo mĩraihu na igũrũ ya kũrĩthiũrũrũkĩria,
na magĩtiga ciĩgitĩro ciao itarĩ kĩndũ,
magĩtũma bũrũri ũcio wanangĩke biũ.
1423:14 1Ath 10:22; Kĩam 10:4Atĩrĩrĩ, inyuĩ marikabu cia Tarishishi, ta girĩkai;
nĩgũkorwo gĩikaro kĩanyu nĩkĩanange.
15Hĩndĩ ĩyo itũũra rĩa Turo nĩrĩkariganĩra mĩaka mĩrongo mũgwanja, o ta ũrĩa matukũ ma mũthamaki ũmwe maigana. No mĩaka mĩrongo mũgwanja yathira-rĩ, Turo gũgaacooka kũhaana ta mũmaraya ũrĩa ũganagwo na rwĩmbo ta ũũ:
1623:16 Thim 7:10“Oya kĩnanda kĩa mũgeeto, ũtuĩkanie itũũra inene,
wee mũmaraya ũyũ ũtũũrĩte ũriganĩire;
Hũũra kĩnanda kĩa mũgeeto wega, ũine nyĩmbo nyingĩ,
nĩgeetha ũririkanwo.”
1723:17 Ezek 16:26; Kũg 17:1Mĩaka mĩrongo mũgwanja yathira-rĩ, Jehova nĩagacookerera Turo. Itũũra rĩu nĩrĩgacooka wĩra-inĩ warĩo ũcio ũrehaga uumithio ta rĩkũhũũra ũmaraya, rĩonjorithanagie na mothamaki mothe ma thĩ. 1823:18 Josh 6:17-19; Isa 60:5-9No rĩrĩ, wonjorithia warĩo na uumithio warĩo nĩikamũrĩrwo Jehova; itikaigwo igĩĩna-inĩ kana ihithwo. Uumithio warĩo ũgaatuĩka wa arĩa matũũraga marongoragia Jehova, moonage irio nyingĩ na nguo njega.
