Hiezechielis Prophetæ 27
1 Et factum est verbum Domini ad me, dicens:
And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying:
2 Tu ergo fili hominis assume super Tyrum lamentum:
'And thou, son of man, lift up concerning Tyre a lamentation, and thou hast said to Tyre:
3 Et dices Tyro, quæ habitat in introitu maris, negotiationi populorum ad insulas multas: Hæc dicit Dominus Deus: O Tyre, tu dixisti: Perfecti decoris ego sum,
O dweller on the entrances of the sea, Merchant of the peoples unto many isles, Thus said the Lord Jehovah: O Tyre, thou — thou hast said: I [am] the perfection of beauty.
4 et in corde maris sita. Finitimi tui, qui te ædificaverunt, impleverunt decorem tuum:
In the heart of the seas [are] thy borders, Thy builders have perfected thy beauty.
5 abietibus de Sanir extruxerunt te cum omnibus tabulatis maris: cedrum de Libano tulerunt ut facerent tibi malum.
Of firs of Senir they have built to thee all thy double-boarded ships, Of cedars of Lebanon they have taken to make a mast for thee,
6 Quercus de Basan dolaverunt in remos tuos: et transtra tua fecerunt tibi ex ebore Indico, et prætoriola de insulis Italiæ.
Of oaks of Bashan they made thine oars, Thy bench they have made of ivory, A branch of Ashurim from isles of Chittim.
7 Byssus varia de Ægypto texta est tibi in velum ut poneretur in malo: hyacinthus, et purpura de insulis Elisa facta sunt operimentum tuum.
Of fine linen with embroidery from Egypt hath been thy sail, To be to thee for an ensign, Of blue and purple from isles of Elishah hath been thy covering.
8 Habitatores Sidonis, et Aradii fuerunt remiges tui: sapientes tui, Tyre, facti sunt gubernatores tui.
Inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad have been rowers to thee, Thy wise men, O Tyre, have been in thee, They [are] thy pilots.
9 Senes Giblii, et prudentes eius habuerunt nautas ad ministerium variæ supellectilis tuæ: omnes naves maris, et nautæ earum fuerunt in populo negotiationis tuæ.
Elders of Gebal and its wise men have been in thee, Strengthening thy breach; All ships of the sea and their mariners, Have been in thee, to trade [with] thy merchandise.
10 Persæ, et Lydii, et Libyes erant in exercitu tuo viri bellatores tui: clypeum, et galeam suspenderunt in te pro ornatu tuo.
Persian and Lud and Phut Have been in thy forces — thy men of war. Shield and helmet they hung up in thee, They — they have given out thine honour.
11 Filii Aradii cum exercitu tuo erant super muros tuos in circuitu: sed et Pigmæi, qui erant in turribus tuis, pharetras suas suspenderunt in muris tuis per gyrum: ipsi compleverunt pulchritudinem tuam.
The sons of Arvad, and thy force, [Are] on thy walls round about, And short swordsmen in thy towers have been, Their shields they have hung up on thy walls round about, They — they have perfected thy beauty.
12 Chartaginenses negotiatores tui, a multitudine cunctarum divitiarum, argento, ferro, stanno, plumboque repleverunt nundinas tuas.
Tarshish [is] thy merchant, Because of the abundance of all wealth, For silver, iron, tin, and lead, They have given out thy remnants.
13 Græcia, Thubal, et Mosoch, ipsi institores tui: mancipia, et vasa ærea advexerunt populo tuo.
Javan, Tubal, and Meshech — they [are] thy merchants, For persons of men, and vessels of brass, They have given out thy merchandise.
14 De domo Thogorma, equos, et equites, et mulos adduxerunt ad forum tuum.
They of the house of Togarmah, [For] horses, and riding steeds, and mules, They have given out thy remnants.
15 Filii Dedan negotiatores tui: insulæ multæ negotiatio manus tuæ: dentes eburneos, et hebeninos commutaverunt in pretio tuo.
Sons of Dedan [are] thy merchants, Many isles [are] the mart of thy hand, Horns of ivory and ebony they sent back thy reward.
16 Syrus negotiator tuus propter multitudinem operum tuorum, gemmam, et purpuram, et scutulata, et byssum, et sericum, et chodchod proposuerunt in mercatu tuo.
Aram [is] thy merchant, Because of the abundance of thy works, For emerald, purple, and embroidery, And fine linen, and coral, and agate, They have given out thy remnants.
17 Iuda et terra Israel ipsi institores tui in frumento primo, balsamum, et mel, et oleum, et resinam proposuerunt in nundinis tuis.
Judah and the land of Israel — they [are] thy merchants, For wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, And honey, and oil, and balm, They have given out thy merchandise.
18 Damascenus negotiator tuus in multitudine operum tuorum, in multitudine diversarum opum, in vino pingui, in lanis coloris optimi.
Damascus [is] thy merchant, For the abundance of thy works, Because of the abundance of all wealth, For wine of Helbon, and white wool.
19 Dan, et Græcia, et Mosel in nundinis tuis proposuerunt ferrum fabrefactum: stacte, et calamus in negotiatione tua.
Vedan and Javan go about with thy remnants, They have given shining iron, cassia, and cane, In thy merchandise it hath been.
20 Dedan institores tui in tapetibus ad sedendum.
Dedan [is] thy merchant, For clothes of freedom for riding.
21 Arabia, et universi principes Cedar, ipsi negotiatores manus tuæ: cum agnis, et arietibus, et hœdis venerunt ad te negotiatores tui.
Arabia, and all princes of Kedar, They [are] the traders of thy hand, For lambs, and rams, and he-goats, In these thy merchants.
22 Venditores Saba, et Reema, ipsi negotiatores tui: cum universis primis aromatibus, et lapide pretioso, et auro, quod proposuerunt in mercatu tuo.
Merchants of Sheba and Raamah — they [are] thy merchants, For the chief of all spices, And for every precious stone, and gold, They have given out thy remnants.
23 Haran, et Chene, et Eden negotiatores tui: Saba, Assur, et Chelmad venditores tui.
Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, merchants of Sheba, Asshur — Chilmad — [are] thy merchants,
24 ipsi negotiatores tui multifariam involucris hyacinthi, et polymitorum, gazarumque pretiosarum, quæ obvolutæ, et astrictæ erant funibus: cedros quoque habebant in negotiationibus tuis.
They [are] thy merchants for perfect things, For wrappings of blue, and embroidery, And for treasuries of rich apparel, With cords bound and girded, for thy merchandise,
25 Naves maris, principes tui in negotiatione tua: et repleta es, et glorificata nimis in corde maris.
Ships of Tarshish [are] thy double walls of thy merchandise, And thou art filled and honoured greatly, In the heart of the seas.
26 In aquis multis adduxerunt te remiges tui: ventus auster contrivit te in corde maris.
Into great waters have they brought thee, Those rowing thee, The east wind hath broken thee in the heart of the seas.
27 Divitiæ tuæ, et thesauri tui, et multiplex instrumentum tuum, nautæ tui et gubernatores tui, qui tenebant supellectilem tuam, et populo tuo præerant: viri quoque bellatores tui, qui erant in te cum universa multitudine tua, quæ est in medio tui: cadent in corde maris in die ruinæ tuæ.
Thy wealth and thy remnants, Thy merchandise, thy mariners, And thy pilots, strengtheners of thy breach, And the traders of thy merchandise, And all thy men of war, who [are] in thee, And in all thine assembly that [is] in thy midst, Fall into the heart of the seas in the day of thy fall,
28 A sonitu clamoris gubernatorum tuorum conturbabuntur classes:
At the voice of the cry of thy pilots shake do the suburbs.
29 Et descendent de navibus suis omnes, qui tenebant remum: nautæ, et universi gubernatores maris in terra stabunt:
And come down from their ships have all handling an oar, Mariners, all the pilots of the sea, on the land they stand,
30 et eiulabunt super te voce magna, et clamabunt amare: et superiacient pulverem capitibus suis, et cinere conspergentur.
And have sounded for thee with their voice, And cry bitterly, and cause dust to go up on their heads, In ashes they do roll themselves.
31 Et radent super te calvitium, et accingentur ciliciis: et plorabunt te in amaritudine animæ ploratu amarissimo.
And they have made for thee baldness, And they have girded on sackcloth, And they have wept for thee, In bitterness of soul — a bitter mourning.
32 Et assument super te carmen lugubre, et plangent te: Quæ est ut Tyrus, quæ obmutuit in medio maris?
And lifted up for thee have their sons a lamentation, And they have lamented over thee, who [is] as Tyre? As the cut-off one in the midst of the sea?
33 Quæ in exitu negotiationum tuarum de mari implesti populos multos: in multitudine divitiarum tuarum, et populorum tuorum ditasti reges terræ.
With the outgoing of thy remnants from the seas, Thou hast filled many peoples, With the abundance of thy riches, and thy merchandise, Thou hast made rich things of earth.
34 Nunc contrita es a mari, in profundis aquarum opes tuæ, et omnis multitudo tua, quæ erat in medio tui, ceciderunt.
The time of [thy] being broken by the seas in the depths of the waters, Thy merchandise and all thy assembly in thy midst have fallen.
35 Universi habitatores insularum obstupuerunt super te: et reges earum omnes tempestate perculsi mutaverunt vultus.
All inhabitants of the isles have been astonished at thee, And their kings have been sore afraid, They have been troubled in countenance.
36 Negotiatores populorum sibilaverunt super te: ad nihilum deducta es, et non eris usque in perpetuum.
Merchants among the peoples have shrieked for thee, Wastes thou hast been, and thou art not — to the age!'
