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Proclamation Against Tyre

¹The ⚓burden against Tyre.
Wail, you ships of Tarshish!
For it is laid waste,
So that there is no house, no harbor;
From the land of Cyprus it is revealed to them.
²Be still, you inhabitants of the coastland,
You merchants of Sidon,
Whom those who cross the sea have filled.
³And on great waters the grain of Shihor,
The harvest of the River, is her revenue;
And ⚓she is a marketplace for the nations.
⁴Be ashamed, O Sidon;
For the sea has spoken,
The strength of the sea, saying,
“I do not labor, nor bring forth children;
Neither do I rear young men,
Nor bring up virgins.”
⁵⚓When the report reaches Egypt,
They also will be in agony at the report of Tyre.
⁶Cross over to Tarshish;
Wail, you inhabitants of the coastland!
⁷Is this your ⚓joyous city,
Whose antiquity is from ancient days,
Whose feet carried her far off to dwell?
⁸Who has taken this counsel against Tyre, ⚓the crowning city,
Whose merchants are princes,
Whose traders are the honorable of the earth?
⁹The Lord of hosts has ⚓purposed it,
To bring to dishonor the ⚓pride of all glory,
To bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.
¹⁰Overflow through your land like the River,
O daughter of Tarshish;
There is no more strength.
¹¹He stretched out His hand over the sea,
He shook the kingdoms;
The Lord has given a commandment ⚓against Canaan
To destroy its strongholds.
¹²And He said, “You will rejoice no more,
O you oppressed virgin daughter of Sidon.
Arise, ⚓cross over to Cyprus;
There also you will have no rest.”
¹³Behold, the land of the ⚓Chaldeans,
This people which was not;
Assyria founded it for ⚓wild beasts of the desert.
They set up its towers,
They raised up its palaces,
And brought it to ruin.
¹⁴⚓Wail, you ships of Tarshish!
For your strength is laid waste.
¹⁵Now it shall come to pass in that day that Tyre will be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king. At the end of seventy years it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the harlot:
¹⁶“Take a harp, go about the city,
You forgotten harlot;
Make sweet melody, sing many songs,
That you may be remembered.”
¹⁷And it shall be, at the end of seventy years, that the Lord will deal with Tyre. She will return to her hire, and ⚓commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth. ¹⁸Her gain and her pay ⚓will be set apart for the Lord; it will not be treasured nor laid up, for her gain will be for those who dwell before the Lord, to eat sufficiently, and for fine clothing.

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Douc Waac Gorngv Tailaqv

¹Naaiv se gorngv Tailaqv nyei waac.
O Taansitv nyei nzangv⚓ aac, oix zuqc nyiemv duqv hnyouv mun haic,
weic zuqc Tailaqv Zingh zuqc baaic waaic,
maiv maaih biauv, maiv maaih nzangv-bouc.
Yiem Saibatc Deic nyei koiv-nzou,
meih mbuo duqv zipv naaiv deix waac.⚓
²Meih mbuo yiem koiv-nzou nyei mienh,
caux yiem Sai^ndorn nyei saeng-eix mienh,
dongh gan koiv maaiz maaic ziouc tengx meih mbuo zoux bungx-zuoqc nyei mienh aah!
Meih mbuo oix zuqc sekv nzieqc.
³Si^hox nyei laangh ziqc
gan domh wuom daaih.
Tailaqv bangc Nai^aa nyei gaeng-zuangx duqv nyaanh bieqc.
Tailaqv ziouc benx maanc guoqv maaiz maaic nyei domh dorngx.
⁴O Sai^ndorn aah! Meih oix zuqc nyaiv aqv,
weic zuqc koiv, se koiv wuonv nyei dorngx gorngv,
“Yie maiv mun jiex gu'nguaaz yaac maiv yungz jiex.
Yie maiv duqv dorh dorn fai sieqv hlo daaih.”
⁵Naaiv deix fienx taux I^yipv,
I^yipv Mienh weic Tailaqv nyei jauv-louc nzauh duqv kouv haic.
⁶Jiex mingh taux Taansitv maah!
Meih mbuo yiem koiv-nzou nyei mienh⚓ aah! Oix zuqc nyiemv mbui.
⁷Naaiv se meih mbuo nauc nyitc nyei zingh,
dongh loz! hnoi liepc daaih nyei zingh fai?
Dongh yiem naaic gu'nyuoz nyei baeqc fingx⚓ dorh mingh
yiem go nyei deic-bung liepc dorngx yiem fai?
⁸Haaix dauh hnangv naaiv daav za'eix zoux bun Tailaqv?
Tailaqv ceix hungh ningv bun mienh.
Ninh nyei saeng-eix mienh se hungh dorn,
ninh nyei maaiz maaic mienh se lungh ndiev mienh taaih nyei.
⁹Se Nernh Jiex nyei Ziouv daav za'eix,
oix bun yietc zungv zoux maux nyei njang-laangc zuqc nyaiv,
bun lungh ndiev mienh taaih nyei yietc zungv mienh zuqc baaic hmien.
¹⁰Taansitv Mienh⚓ aah! Gunv cuotv mingh zoux lingh deic aqv,
hnangv mienh yiem Nai^aa Ndaaih hlen zoux nor.
Ih zanc maiv maaih haaix dauh laanh meih mbuo.⚓
¹¹Ziouv sung ninh nyei buoz jiex koiv gu'nguaaic,
ninh nqamv dongz maanc guoqv.
Ninh njiec lingc hatc
oix zuqc mietc nzengc Kaa^naa^an weih wuonv nyei dorngx.
¹²Ninh gorngv, “O zuqc zeix nyei Sai^ndorn Mienh aac,⚓
yiem naaiv mingh meih maiv duqv nauc nyitc.
“Jiez daaih, mingh wuov ngaanc Saibatc Koiv-Nzou maah!
Maiv gunv yiem naaic meih maiv duqv baengh orn.”
¹³Mangc Mbaa^mbi^lon Mienh⚓ nyei deic-bung maah!
Ih zanc maiv benx haaix nyungc mienh aqv!
Se Atc^si^lie Mienh⚓
dingc ziangx bun Tailaqv
benx hieh zoih yiem nyei dorngx.
Ninh mbuo ceix laauh weih jienv zingh,
yaac caeqv njiec Tailaqv nyei zuangx hungh dinc,
bun zingh benx baaic waaic nyei dorngx.⚓
¹⁴Taansitv nyei nzangv aah! Oix zuqc nyiemv mbui,
weic zuqc meih weih wuonv nyei dorngx zuqc baaic huaang.
¹⁵Taux wuov zanc Tailaqv ziouc zuqc mienh la'kuqv buangv cietv ziepc hnyangx, ndongc yietc doic hungh nyei hnyangx-jeiv lauh. Cietv ziepc hnyangx jiex liuz, Tailaqv ziouc hnangv maaic sin nyei m'sieqv dorn⚓ baaux nyei nzung.
¹⁶“O dongh mienh la'kuqv nyei maaic sin nyei m'sieqv dorn aah!
Dorh daanh baah youh gormx zingh.
Oix zuqc patv daanh baah kuh muangx, baaux nzung camv,
weic bun mienh jangx zuqc meih.”
¹⁷Jiex liuz cietv ziepc hnyangx, Ziouv ziouc bun Tailaqv nzuonx daaih zoux saeng-eix hnangv loz wuov nor. Lungh ndiev maanc guoqv aengx caux ninh maaiz maaic jiu tong. ¹⁸Weic Tailaqv Zingh nyei mienh maaiz maaic duqv daaih nyei nyaanh ninh ziouc fungx bun Ziouv. Ninh maiv siou fai an jienv wuov. Mv baac ninh nyei leic zinh ninh bun zaangc Ziouv nyei mienh, weic bun ninh mbuo duqv nyanc beuv yaac zuqv nzueic nyei lui-houx.