Tyre a most noble maritime city shall be destroyed, by the king of Babylon, because they rejoice at the desolation of Jerusalem. 15. At the sight whereof many shall be astonied.Tyre a most noble maritime citie shalbe destroyed, by the king of Babylon, because they reioyce at the desolation of Ierusalem. 15. At the sight wherof manie shal be astonied.✦
And it came to pass in the eleventh year, the first of the month, the word of our Lord was made to me, saying:AND it came to passe in the eleuenth yeare, the first of the moneth, the word of our Lord was made to me, saying:✦Et factum est in undecimo anno, prima mensis : factus est sermo Domini ad me, dicens :
2Son of man for that Tyre hath said of Jerusalem: Ah the gates of the peoples are broken, she is turned to me: I shall be filled, she is desert.Sonne of man for that Tyre hath sayd of Ierusalem: Ah the gates of the peoples are broken, she is turned to me: I shal be filled, she is desert.✦[Fili hominis, pro eo quod dixit Tyrus de Jerusalem : Euge, confractæ sunt portæ populorum, conversa est ad me : implebor ; deserta est :
3Therefore thus saith our Lord God: Behold I upon thee O Tyre, and I will make many nations come up to thee, as the sea riseth up swelling.Therfore thus saith our Lord God: Behold I vpon thee ô Tyre, and I wil make manie nations come vp to thee, as the sea riseth vp swelling.✦propterea hæc dicit Dominus Deus : Ecce ego super te, Tyre, et ascendere faciam ad te gentes multas, sicut ascendit mare fluctuans.
4And they shall dissipate the walls of Tyre, and shall destroy the towers thereof: and I will scrape her dust from her, and will make her as a most clear rock.And they shal dissipate the walles of Tyre, and shal destroy the towers therof: and I wil scrape her dust from her, & wil make her as a most cleare rocke.✦Et dissipabunt muros Tyri, et destruent turres ejus : et radam pulverem ejus de ea, et dabo eam in limpidissimam petram.
5The drying of nets shall be in the midst of the sea, because I have spoken, saith our Lord God: and she shall be for a direptionem: plunder, prey, not ruin or damage to the Gentiles.The drying of nettes shal be in the middes of the sea, because I haue spoken, saith our Lord God: and she shal be for a spoile to the Gentils.Siccatio sagenarum erit in medio maris, quia ego locutus sum, ait Dominus Deus : et erit in direptionem gentibus.
6Her daughters also that be in the field, shall be slain by the sword: and they shall know that I am the Lord.Her daughters also that be in the field, shal be slaine by the sword: and they shal know that I am the Lord.✦Filiæ quoque ejus quæ sunt in agro, gladio interficientur : et scient quia ego Dominus.]
7Because thus saith our Lord God: Behold I will bring to Tyre Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon from the North, the king of kings with horses, and chariots, and horsemen, and multitude, and a great people.Because thus saith our Lord God: Behold I wil bring to Tyre Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon from the North, the king of kinges with horses, and chariotes, and horsemen, and multitude, and a great people.✦[Quia hæc dicit Dominus Deus : Ecce ego adducam ad Tyrum Nabuchodonosor regem Babylonis ab aquilone, regem regum, cum equis, et curribus, et equitibus, et cœtu, populoque magno.
8Thy daughters that are in the field, he shall kill with the sword: and he shall circumdabit: encircle, besiege, not the instrument thee with munitionibus: siege-works, fortifications, not ammunition, and shall cast up a aggerem: a siege-mound, rampart round about: and he shall lift up the buckler against thee.Thy daughters that are in the field, he shal kil with the sword: and he shal compasse thee with munitions, and shal cast vp a mount round about: and he shal lift vp the buckler against thee.✦Filias tuas quæ sunt in agro, gladio interficiet, et circumdabit te munitionibus, et comportabit aggerem in gyro, et elevabit contra te clypeum :
9And he shall dispose vineas: siege engines, ordnance, not laws or decrees, and engines against thy walls, and shall destroy thy towers with his armour.And he shal dispose ordinances, and engins against thy walles, & shal destroy thy towers with his armour.✦et vineas et arietes temperabit in muros tuos, et turres tuas destruet in armatura sua.
10With the inundation of his horses, the dust of them shall cover thee: at the sound of the horsemen, and wheels, and chariots thy walls shall be moved, when he shall go in at thy gates, as by the entrance of a city destroyed.With the inundation of his horses, the dust of them shal couer thee: at the sound of the horsemen, and wheeles, and chariotes thy walles shal be moued, when he shal goe in at thy gates, as by the entrance of a citie destroyed.✦Inundatione equorum ejus operiet te pulvis eorum : a sonitu equitum, et rotarum, et curruum, movebuntur muri tui, cum ingressus fuerit portas tuas quasi per introitum urbis dissipatæ.
11With the hoofs of his horses he shall tread down all thy streets: thy people he shall kill with the sword, and thy noble statues shall fall to the ground.With the hoofes of his horses he shal tread downe al thy streetes: thy people he shal kil with the sword, and thy noble statues shal fal to the ground.✦Ungulis equorum suorum conculcabit omnes plateas tuas : populum tuum gladio cædet, et statuæ tuæ nobiles in terram corruent.
12They shall waste thy riches, they shall spoil thy merchandise: and they shall destroy thy walls, and shall overthrow thy goodly houses: and thy stones, and thy timber, and thy dust they shall put in the midst of the waters.They shal waste thy riches, they shal spoile thy merchandise: and they shal destroy thy walles, and shal ouerthrow thy goodlie houses: and thy stones, and thy timber, and thy dust they shal put in the middes of the waters.Vastabunt opes tuas, diripient negotiationes tuas, et destruent muros tuos, et domos tuas præclaras subvertent : et lapides tuos, et ligna tua, et pulverem tuum in medio aquarum ponent.
13And I will make the multitude of thy songs to cease, and the sound of thy harps shall be heard no more.And I wil make the multitude of thy songues to cease, and the sound of thy harpes shal be heard no more.✦Et quiescere faciam multitudinem canticorum tuorum : et sonitus cithararum tuarum non audietur amplius.
14And I will make thee as a most clear rock, drying of nets shalt thou be, neither shalt thou be built any more: because I have spoken, saith our Lord God.And I wil make thee as a most cleare rocke, drying of nettes shalt thou be, neither shalt thou be built anie more: because I haue spoken, saith our Lord God.✦Et dabo te in limpidissimam petram, siccatio sagenarum eris, nec ædificaberis ultra, quia ego locutus sum, ait Dominus Deus.
15Thus saith our Lord God to Tyre: Why, shall not the islands be moved at the sound of thy ruin, and the groaning of thy slain, when they shall be killed in the midst of thee?Thus saith our Lord God to Tyre: Why, shal not the ilands be moued at the sound of thy ruine, & the groning of thy slaine, when they shal be killed in the middes of thee?✦Hæc dicit Dominus Deus Tyro : Numquid non a sonitu ruinæ tuæ, et gemitu interfectorum tuorum, cum occisi fuerint in medio tui, commovebuntur insulæ ?
16And all the princes of the sea shall go down from their seats: and take of their robes, and cast away their varia: embroidered garments, and be clothed with astonishment, sit on the earth, and being attoniti: stunned, dumbfounded marvel at thy sudden fall.And al the princes of the sea shal goe downe from their seates: and take of their roabes, and cast away their brodered garments, & be clothed with astonishment, sitte on the earth, and being astonied meruel at thy sudden fal.✦Et descendent de sedibus suis omnes principes maris, et auferent exuvias suas, et vestimenta sua varia abjicient, et induentur stupore : in terra sedebunt, et attoniti super repentino casu tuo admirabuntur :
17And taking upon thee a lamentation, they shall say to thee: How hast thou perished that dwellest in the sea, O noble city, which hast been strong in the sea with thine inhabitants, whom all did fear?And taking vpon thee a lamentation, they shal say to thee: How hast thou perished that dwellest in the sea, ô noble citie, which hast bene strong in the sea with thine inhabitants, whom al did feare?✦et assumentes super te lamentum, dicent tibi : Quomodo peristi, quæ habitas in mari, urbs inclyta, quæ fuisti fortis in mari cum habitatoribus tuis, quos formidabant universi ?
18Now shall the ships be astonied in the day of thy fear: and the islands in the sea shall be troubled, for that none cometh forth out of thee.Now shal the shippes be astonied in the day of thy feare: and the ilands in the sea shal be trubled, for that none cometh forth out of thee.✦Nunc stupebunt naves in die pavoris tui, et turbabuntur insulæ in mari, eo quod nullus egrediatur ex te.
19Because thus saith our Lord God: When I shall make thee a desolate city as the cities that are not inhabited: and shall bring upon thee the depth, and many waters shall cover thee:Because thus saith our Lord God: When I shal make thee a desolate citie as the cities that are not inhabited: and shal bring vpon thee the depth, and manie waters shal couer thee:✦Quia hæc dicit Dominus Deus : Cum dedero te urbem desolatam, sicut civitates quæ non habitantur ; et adduxero super te abyssum, et operuerint te aquæ multæ ;
20and shall pluck thee down with those, that descend into the lake to the everlasting people, and shall place thee in the lowest ground as old desolations, with them that are brought down into the lake, that thou be not inhabited: moreover when I shall give glory in the land of the living,and shal plucke thee downe with those, that descend into the lake to the euerlasting people, and shal place thee in the lowest ground as old desolations, with them that are brought downe into the lake, that thou be not inhabited: moreouer when I shal geue glorie in the land of the liuing,✦et detraxero te cum his qui descendunt in lacum ad populum sempiternum ; et collocavero te in terra novissima sicut solitudines veteres, cum his qui deducuntur in lacum, ut non habiteris ; porro cum dedero gloriam in terra viventium :
21I will bring thee to nothing, and thou shalt not be, and being sought for, thou shalt not be found any more for ever, saith our Lord God.I wil bring thee to nothing, and thou shalt not be, & being sought for, thou shalt not be found anie more for euer, saith our Lord God.✦in nihilum redigam te, et non eris : et requisita non invenieris ultra in sempiternum, dicit Dominus Deus.]
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.