1Et factum est verbum Domini ad me,And the word of the Lord came to me,dicens:saying:
2Tu ergo,“You, therefore,fili hominis,son of man,assume super Tyrum lamentum:take up a lamentation over Tyre.
3et dices Tyro,And you shall say to Tyre,quæ habitat in introitu maris,which lives at the entrance to the sea,negotiationi populorum ad insulas multas:which is the marketplace of the peoples for the many islands:Hæc dicit Dominus Deus:Thus says the Lord God:O Tyre,O Tyre,tu dixisti:you have said,Perfecti decoris ego sum,‘I am of perfect beauty,
4et in corde maris sita. Finitimi tui qui te ædificaverunt,for I have been positioned at the heart of the sea!’ Your neighbors,impleverunt decorem tuum:who built you, have filled up your beauty.
5abietibus de Sanir exstruxerunt te cum omnibus tabulatis maris:They constructed you with spruce from Senir, with all the planks of the sea.cedrum de Libano tulerunt ut facerent tibi malum.They have taken cedars from Lebanon, so that they might make a mast for you.
6Quercus de Basan dolaverunt in remos tuos,They have formed your oars from the oaks of Bashan.et transtra tua fecerunt tibi ex ebore indico,And they have made your crossbeams from Indian ivory,et prætoriola de insulis Italiæ.and the pilothouse is from the islands of Italy.
7Byssus varia de Ægypto texta est tibi in velum ut poneretur in malo:Colorful fine linen from Egypt was woven for you as a sail to be placed upon the mast;hyacinthus et purpura de insulis Elisa facta sunt operimentum tuum.hyacinth and purple from the islands of Elishah were made into your covering.
8Habitatores Sidonis et Aradii fuerunt remiges tui:The inhabitants of Sidon and of Arwad were your rowers.sapientes tui,Your wise ones,Tyre,O Tyre,facti sunt gubernatores tui.were your navigators.
9Senes Giblii et prudentes ejus habuerunt nautas ad ministerium variæ supellectilis tuæ:The elders of Gebalomnes naves maris,and its experts were considered as sailors making use of your diverse equipment.et nautæ earum,All the ships of the seafuerunt in populo negotiationis tuæ.and their sailors were your merchants among the people.
10Persæ,The Persians,et Lydii,and the Lydians,et Libyes erant in exercitu tuo viri bellatores tui:and the Libyans were your men of war in your army.clypeum et galeam suspenderunt in te pro ornatu tuo.They suspended shield and helmet within you for your adornment.
11Filii Aradii cum exercitu tuo erant super muros tuos in circuitu:The sons of Arwad were with your army upon your walls all around.sedAnd even the Gammadim,et Pigmæi qui erant in turribus tuis,who were in your towers,pharetras suas suspenderunt in muris tuis per gyrum:suspended their quivers on your walls on all sides;ipsi compleverunt pulchritudinem tuam.they completed your beauty.
12Carthaginenses negotiatores tui,The Carthaginians, your merchants,a multitudine cunctarum divitiarum, argento,supplied your festivals with a multitude of diverse riches,ferro, stanno,with silver,plumboque repleverunt nundinas tuas.iron, tin, and lead.
13Græcia,Greece,Thubal,Tubal,et Mosoch,and Meshech,ipsi institores tui:these were your peddlers;mancipia,they traveled to your people with slaveset vasa ærea advexerunt populo tuo.and with brass vessels.
14De domo Thogorma,From the house of Togarmah,equos,they brought horses,et equites,and horsemen,et mulos adduxerunt ad forum tuum.and mules to your market.
15Filii Dedan negotiatores tui;The sons of Dedan were your merchants.insulæ multæ,The many islands were the marketplace of your hand.negotiatio manus tuæ:They traded teeth of ivorydentes eburneos et hebeninos commutaverunt in pretio tuo.and of ebony for your price.
16Syrus negotiator tuus propter multitudinem operum tuorum:The Syrian was your merchant. Because of the multitude of your works,gemmam, et purpuram,they offered jewels,et scutulata, et byssum,and purple, and patterned cloth,et sericum,and fine linen,et chodchod proposuerunt in mercatu tuo.and silk, and other valuables in your market.
17Juda et terra Israël,Judah and the land of Israel,ipsi institores tui in frumento primo:these were your peddlers of the best grain;balsamum,they offered balsam,et mel,and honey,et oleum,and oil,et resinam proposuerunt in nundinis tuis.and resins at your festivals.
18Damascenus negotiator tuus in multitudine operum tuorum,The Damascene was your trader in the multitude of your works,in multitudine diversarum opum,in greatly diverse wealth,in vino pingui,in rich wine,in lanis coloris optimi.in wool with the finest coloring.
19Dan,Dan,et Græcia,and Greece,et Mosel,and Mosel have offered works made of iron at your festivals.in nundinis tuis proposuerunt ferrum fabrefactum:Storax ointmentstacte et calamus in negotiatione tua.and sweet flag were in your marketplace.
20Dedan institores tui in tapetibus ad sedendum.The men of Dedan were your peddlers of tapestries used as seats.
21Arabia et universi principes Cedar,Arabiaipsi negotiatores manus tuæ:and all the leaders of Kedar,cum agnis,these were the merchants at your hand.et arietibus,Your merchants came to you with lambs,et hædis,and rams,venerunt ad te negotiatores tui.and young goats.
22Venditores Saba et Reema,The vendors of Sheba and Raamah,ipsi negotiatores tui:these were your merchants,cum universis primis aromatibus,with all the finest aromatics,et lapide pretioso,and precious stones,et auro,and gold,quod proposuerunt in mercatu tuo.which they offered in your marketplace.
23Haran,Haran,et Chene,and Canneh,et Eden, negotiatores tui;and Eden were your merchants.Saba,Sheba,Assur,Assur,et Chelmad venditores tui.and Chilmad were your sellers.
24Ipsi negotiatores tui multifariam,These were your merchants in many places,involucris hyacinthi,with windings of hyacinth and of colorful weavings,et polymitorum,and with precious treasures,gazarumque pretiosarum,which were wrapped and bound with cords.quæ obvolutæ et astrictæ erant funibus:Also,cedros quoque habebant in negotiationibus tuis.they had works of cedar among your merchandise.
25Naves maris, principes tui in negotiatione tua:The ships of the sea were important to your business dealings.et repleta es, et glorificata nimis in corde maris.For you were replenished and exceedingly glorified in the heart of the sea.
26In aquis multis adduxerunt te remiges tui:Your rowers have brought you into many waters.ventus auster contrivit te in corde maris.The south wind has worn you down in the heart of the sea.
27Divitiæ tuæ,Your riches,et thesauri tui,and your treasures,et multiplex instrumentum tuum:and your versatile equipment,nautæ tui et gubernatores tui,your sailors and your navigators,qui tenebant supellectilem tuam, et populo tuo præerant:who handle your goods and who were first among your people,viri quoque bellatores tui,likewise your men of war,qui erant in te,who were among you,cum universa multitudine tua quæ est in medio tui, cadent in corde maris in die ruinæ tuæ:and your entire multitude that is in your midst: they will fall in the heart of the sea on the day of your ruin.
28a sonitu clamoris gubernatorum tuorum conturbabuntur classes.Your fleets will be disturbed by the sound of an outcry from your navigators.
29Et descendent de navibus suis omnes qui tenebant remum:And all who were handling the oar will descend from their ships;nautæ et universi gubernatores maris in terra stabunt.the sailors and all the navigators of the sea will stand upon the land.
30Et ejulabunt super te voce magna:And they will howl over you with a great voice,et clamabunt amare,and they will cry out with bitterness.et superjacient pulverem capitibus suis,And they will cast dust upon their heads,et cinere conspergentur.and they will be sprinkled with ashes.
31Et radent super te calvitium,And they will shave their heads because of you,et accingentur ciliciis:and they will be wrapped in haircloth.et plorabunt te in amaritudine animæ,And they will weep for you with bitterness of soul,ploratu amarissimo.with a very bitter weeping.
32Et assument super te carmen lugubre,And they will take up a mournful verse over you,et plangent te:and they will lament you:Quæ est ut Tyrus,‘What city is like Tyre,quæ obmutuit in medio maris?which has become mute in the midst of the sea?’
33Quæ in exitu negotiationum tuarum de mari implesti populos multos:For by the going forth of your merchandise by sea,in multitudine divitiarum tuarum,you supplied many peoples;et populorum tuorum,by the multitude of your riches and of your people,ditasti reges terræ.you enriched the kings of the earth.
34Nunc contrita es a mari:Now you have been worn away by the sea,in profundis aquarum opes tuæ,your opulence is in the depths of the waters,et omnis multitudo tua quæ erat in medio tui, ceciderunt.and your entire multitude that was in your midst has fallen.
35Universi habitatores insularum obstupuerunt super te,All the inhabitants of the islands have been stupefied over you;et reges earum omnes tempestate perculsi mutaverunt vultus.and all their kings, having been struck by the tempest, have changed their expression.
36Negotiatores populorum sibilaverunt super te:The merchants of the peoples have hissed over you.ad nihilum deducta es,You have been reduced to nothing,et non eris usque in perpetuum.and you shall not be again, even forever.”