Hiezechielis Prophetæ 27
1 Et factum est verbum Domini ad me, dicens:
Yahweh said this to me:
2 Tu ergo fili hominis assume super Tyrum lamentum:
“You human, sing a funeral song about Tyre.
3 Et dices Tyro, quae habitat in introitu maris, negotiationi populorum ad insulas multas: Haec dicit Dominus Deus: O Tyre, tu dixisti: Perfecti decoris ego sum,
[The city of] is located [on an island] at the edge of the sea, and their merchants (traded/bought and sold goods) with people-groups [who live] along many seacoasts. This is what [I], Yahweh the Lord, say [that you should tell them]: ‘You [people of] Tyre said that your [city] was very beautiful.
4 et in corde maris sita. Finitimi tui, qui te aedificaverunt, impleverunt decorem tuum:
You controlled what was bought and sold by people who lived along the sea. Those who built your [city] caused it to become very beautiful.
5 abietibus de Sanir extruxerunt te cum omnibus tabulatis maris: cedrum de Libano tulerunt ut facerent tibi malum.
You were like [SIM] a huge ship that was built from the from pine/cypress [trees] on Hermon [Mountain]. Then they took cedar [wood] from Lebanon to make a mast for the ship.
6 Quercus de Basan dolaverunt in remos tuos: et transtra tua fecerunt tibi ex ebore Indico, et praetoriola de insulis Italiae.
They carved your oars from oak trees from the Bashan [region]. They made the deck from cypress/pine wood from Cyprus [island], and they covered [the decks] with ivory.
7 Byssus varia de Aegypto texta est tibi in velum ut poneretur in malo: hyacinthus, et purpura de insulis Elisa facta sunt operimentum tuum.
The sails for the ship were made from fine embroidered linen from Egypt, and those sails were like flags that people could see [far away]. For shade they [hung pieces of] blue and purple cloth [brought] from [people living on] Cyprus [island].
8 Habitatores Sidonis, et Aradii fuerunt remiges tui: sapientes tui, Tyre, facti sunt gubernatores tui.
Men from Sidon and Arvad [cities] pulled the oars; the men who steered the boat were skilled men from Tyre.
9 Senes Giblii, et prudentes eius habuerunt nautas ad ministerium variae supellectilis tuae: omnes naves maris, et nautae earum fuerunt in populo negotiationis tuae.
Experienced craftsmen from Byblos [city on the coast] (did the caulking/filled the spaces between the planks in the sides) of the ship. Sailors from many countries came in their ships to buy and sell goods there.
10 Persae, et Lydii, et Libyes erant in exercitu tuo viri bellatores tui: clypeum, et galeam suspenderunt in te pro ornatu tuo.
Men from [as far away as] Persia, Lydia, and Libya were [soldiers] in your army. They hung their shields and helmets on [the walls of] your [city], and that caused people to admire your city.
11 Filii Aradii cum exercitu tuo erant super muros tuos in circuitu: sed et Pigmaei, qui erant in turribus tuis, pharetras suas suspenderunt in muris tuis per gyrum: ipsi compleverunt pulchritudinem tuam.
Men from Arvad and Helech [cities were watchmen] on the walls [of your city]; men from Gammad [town] were in your towers. They [also] hung their shields on your walls; they also caused your [city] to be very beautiful.
12 Chartaginenses negotiatores tui, a multitudine cunctarum divitiarum, argento, ferro, stanno, plumboque repleverunt nundinas tuas.
Because of the many things that you had [to trade], men from Tarshish [in Spain] sent merchants who brought silver, iron, tin, and lead to trade for things that you had.
13 Graecia, Thubal, et Mosoch, ipsi institores tui: mancipia, et vasa aerea adduxerunt populo tuo.
[Merchants from] Greece, Tubal, and Meshech brought slaves and things made from bronze to trade for things that you had.
14 De domo Thogorma, equos, et equites, et mulos adduxerunt ad forum tuum.
[Men from] Beth-Togarmah [in Armenia] brought work horses, war horses, and mules to trade for things that you had.
15 Filii Dedan negotiatores tui: insulae multae negotiatio manus tuae: dentes eburneos, et hebeninos commutaverunt in pretio tuo.
Merchants came to you from Rhodes [island]. [People from] nations along the coast traded with you; they brought (ivory/elephant tusks) and [valuable black] ebony [wood] to trade for things that you had.
16 Syrus negotiator tuus propter multitudinem operum tuorum, gemmam, et purpuram, et scutulata, et byssum, et sericum, et chodchod proposuerunt in mercatu tuo.
Because you had very many things [to trade], people from Syria brought to you valuable turquoise stones, purple [cloth], embroidered [cloth], fine linen [cloth], and [jewelry made from] coral and rubies to trade for your things.
17 Iuda et terra Israel ipsi institores tui in frumento primo, balsamum, et mel, et oleum, et resinam proposuerunt in nundinis tuis.
Men from Judah and Israel brought wheat from Minnith [city in Ammon], and figs, honey, [olive] oil, and ointment to trade for your things.
18 Damascenus negotiator tuus in multitudine operum tuorum, in multitudine diversarum opum, in vino pingui, in lanis coloris optimi.
Because you had very many things [to trade], men from Damascus brought wine from Helbon [town] and white wool from the Zahar [area] to trade for many things that you had.
19 Dan, et Graecia, et Mosel in nundinis tuis proposuerunt ferrum fabrefactum: stacte, et calamus in negotiatione tua.
Greek men from the Uzal [area] brought things made of iron, and cassia [spice], and [fragrant] calamus [seeds] to trade for things that you had.
20 Dedan institores tui in tapetibus ad sedendum.
[Merchants came from] Dedan [in southern Edom] bringing saddle blankets to trade for things that you had.
21 Arabia, et universi principes Cedar, ipsi negotiatores manus tuae: cum agnis, et arietibus, et hoedis venerunt ad te negotiatores tui.
Men from Arabia and all the rulers of the Kedar [region] sent merchants to trade lambs and rams and male goats for things that you had.
22 Venditores Saba, et Reema, ipsi negotiatores tui: cum universis primis aromatibus, et lapide pretioso, et auro, quod proposuerunt in mercatu tuo.
Merchants from Sheba and Raamah [in Arabia] brought many kinds of very good spices and jewels and gold to exchange for things that you had.
23 Haran, et Chene, et Eden negotiatores tui: Saba, Assur, et Chelmad venditores tui.
[Men came from] Haran, Canneh, Eden, Sheba, Asshur and Kilmad [in Mesopotamia] with their goods.
24 ipsi negotiatores tui multifariam involucris hyacinthi, et polymitorum, gazarumque pretiosarum, quae obvolutae, et astrictae erant funibus: cedros quoque habebant in negotiationibus tuis.
They brought pretty things to trade: Blue cloth, embroidered cloth, and rugs of [many] colors that were [rolled up and] tied with ropes.
25 Naves maris, principes tui in negotiatione tua: et repleta es, et glorificata nimis in corde maris.
Cargo ships from Tarshish carried [all] those things that you traded; and the warehouses on your island were full of all those things.’”
26 In aquis multis adduxerunt te remiges tui: ventus auster contrivit te in corde maris.
“‘The men who row your boats took [the ships full of] cargo out on the stormy seas. But the strong east wind wrecked those cargo boats.
27 Divitiae tuae, et thesauri tui, et multiplex instrumentum tuum, nautae tui et gubernatores tui, qui tenebant supellectilem tuam, et populo tuo praeerant: viri quoque bellatores tui, qui erant in te cum universa multitudine tua, quae est in medio tui: cadent in corde maris in die ruinae tuae.
Everything in the boats (was lost/sank to the bottom of the sea)— all the valuable cargo [DOU] and [many of] [HYP] the sailors and ship pilots, the ship workers and merchants and soldiers. On the day that the ships were wrecked, many of those on the ships sank to the bottom of the sea.
28 A sonitu clamoris gubernatorum tuorum conturbabuntur classes:
[The people in cities along] the coast trembled when they heard your ship pilots cry out.
29 Et descendent de navibus suis omnes, qui tenebant remum: nautae, et universi gubernatores maris in terra stabunt:
All the men who remained who pulled the oars left the ships; the sailors and pilots [go to the shore and] stand on the beach.
30 et eiulabunt super te voce magna, et clamabunt amare: et superiacient pulverem capitibus suis, et cinere conspergentur.
They cry aloud because of [what has happened to] your [wealth], and they weep bitterly. They throw dirt on their heads and roll around in ashes.
31 Et radent super te calvitium, et accingentur ciliciis: et plorabunt te in amaritudine animae ploratu amarissimo.
They shave their heads to show that they are very sad because of [what has happened to] you, and they put on rough sackcloth. They weep for you very bitterly and mourn for you.
32 Et assument super te carmen lugubre, et plangent te: Quae est ut Tyrus, quae obmutuit in medio maris?
While they wail and mourn because of what has happened to you, they sing this sad funeral song: “There was certainly never [RHQ] a city like Tyre that now is silent, covered by the waves of the sea.”
33 Quae in exitu negotiationum tuarum de mari implesti populos multos: in multitudine divitiarum tuarum, et populorum tuorum ditasti reges terrae.
The goods that your merchants traded were things that pleased the people of many countries. Kings in very distant places became rich from the wealth that they obtained from trading with you.
34 Nunc contrita es a mari, in profundis aquarum opes tuae, et omnis multitudo tua, quae erat in medio tui, ceciderunt.
But now your city is like a ship [MET] that is wrecked in the sea, and everything that was in it is broken, at the bottom of the sea. All of your cargo and your sailors have sunk to the bottom of the sea along with the ships.
35 Universi habitatores insularum obstupuerunt super te: et reges earum omnes tempestate percussi mutaverunt vultus.
All the people who live along the seacoast are appalled/horrified because of what has happened to you. Their kings are very horrified, [causing] their faces to be twisted [as they watch].
36 Negotiatores populorum sibilaverunt super te: ad nihilum deducta es, et non eris usque in perpetuum.
The merchants of the [other] nations shake their heads [because it is difficult for them to believe what has happened]; your city has disappeared, and it will not exist any more.’”
