¹Zvino negore regumi nerimwe, nezuva rokutanga romwedzi, shoko raJehovha rakasvika kwandiri, richiti,

¹And 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,

²Mwanakomana womunhu, Tire zvarakati pamusoro peJerusaremu, Toko waro ! Raputsika, iro raiva suwo ramarudzi; roringira kwandiri, zvino ini ndichazadzwazve, iro zvaraitwa dongo.

²Son 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:

³Naizvozvo zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Tarira, ndine mhaka newe, iwe Tire, ndichauyisa marudzi mazhinji kuzorwa newe, sezvinouyisa gungwa mafungu aro.

³Therefore 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.

⁴Vachaparadza masvingo eTire, nokukoromora shongwe dzaro; ndicharipara guruva raro, riite soruware rusine chinhu.

⁴And 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.

⁵Richava nzvimbo panonikwa mimbure pakati pegungwa, nekuti ndakazvitaura ini, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Jehovha; richava kumarudzi sechinhu chakapambwa.

⁵It 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.

⁶Vakunda varo vari kuruwa vachaurawa nomunondo; zvino vachaziva kuti ndini Jehovha.

⁶And her daughters which are in the field shall be slain by the sword; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

⁷nekuti zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Tarirai, ndichauyisira Tire Nebhukadhirezari mambo weBhabhironi, mambo wamadzimambo, achibva kurutivi rwokumusoro ana mabhiza nengoro navatasvi vamabhiza, nehondo navanhu vazhinji.

⁷For 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.

⁸Iye achauraya nomunondo vakunda vako vari kuruwa, achakuvakira nhare dzokurwa newe, nokukututira murwi wokurwa.

⁸He 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.

⁹Achamisa migwara pamasvingo ako, achakoromora shongwe dzako nematombo.

⁹And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers.

¹⁰Nokuwanda kwamabhiza ake guruva rawo richakufukidza; masvingo ako achadengenyeka nomutsindo wavatasvi vamabhiza, namakumbo engoro, nengoro, panguva yaachapinda pamasuwo ako, somupindirwo weguta rakakoromorerwa rusvingo.

¹⁰By 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.

¹¹Achatsika nzira dzako dzose dzomuguta namahwanda amabhiza ake, achauraya vanhu vako nomunondo, neshongwe dzinoratidza simba renyu dzichawira pasi.

¹¹With 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.

¹²Vachapamba fuma yako nokukutorera zvokushambadzira zvako, vachakoromora masvingo ako, nokuparadza dzimba dzako dzinofadza; vachaisa mabwe ako namatanda ako neguruva rako mukati memvura zhinji.

¹²And 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.

¹³Ndichagumisa manzwi enziyo dzako, kurira kwembira dzako hakungazonzwiki.

¹³And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard.

¹⁴Ndichakuita ruware rusine chinhu, uchava nzvimbo panonikwa mimbure; hauchazovakwizve, nekuti ini Jehovha ndakazvitaura, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

¹⁴And 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.

¹⁵Zvanzi naIshe Jehovha kuTire, Ko zviwi hazvingadengenyeki here nokutinhira kokuwa kwako, kana vanhu vako vakakuvadzwa vachigomera, kana vanhu vachiurawa mukati mako here?

¹⁵Thus 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?

¹⁶Nenguva iyo machinda ose okugungwa achaburuka pazvigaro zvawo zvovushe, vachaisa pasi nguvo dzavo dzovushe nokubvisa zvokufuka zvavo zvakarukwa; vachafuka kudedera, vachagara pasi vachingodedera vachishamiswa pamusoro pako.

¹⁶Then 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.

¹⁷Vachaita mariro pamusoro pako, vachiti kwauri, Aiwa, wakaparadzwa sei, iwe wakange wakagarwa navanhu vaiziva kufamba negungwa, iro guta rakanga rine mbiri, rakanga rine simba pagungwa, iro navanhu varo, vaityisa vose vagereko.

¹⁷And 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!

¹⁸Zvino zviwi zvichadengenyeka nezuva rokuwa kwako; zvirokwazvo, zviwi zviri mugungwa zvichavhunduka nokubviswa kwako.

¹⁸Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that are in the sea shall be troubled at thy departure.

¹⁹nekuti zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Nenguva yandichakuita guta dongo, sezvakaita maguta asina vanhu, nenguva yandichauyisa gungwa rakadzika pamusoro pako, ukafukidzwa nemvura zhinji;

¹⁹For 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;

²⁰nenguva iyo ndichakuburusa pamwechete navanoburukira mugomba, kuvanhu vekare; ndichakugarisai panzvimbo dziri pasi dzenyika, pakanga panamatongo kare nakare, pamwechete navanoburukira mugomba, kuti urege kugarwa navanhu; asi ndichaisa mufaro munyika yavapenyu.

²⁰When 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;

²¹Asi iwe ndichakuita chinhu chinotyisa, haungazovipo; kunyange ukatsvakwa, haungawanikwizve nokusingaperi, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Jehovha.

²¹I 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.