The prophet lamenteth the ruin of Tyre: 3. describing her former glories 10. and traffic in all sorts of rich merchandise, with sundry nations. 26. All which shall be overthrown by the Chaldees.The prophet lamenteth the ruine of Tyre: 3. describing her former glories 10. and traffike in al sortes of rich marchandise, with sundrie nations. 26. Al which shal be ouerthrowne by the Chaldees.✦
And the word of our Lord was made to me, saying:AND the word of our Lord was made to me, saying:Et factum est verbum Domini ad me, dicens :
2Thou therefore O son of man, take up a lamentation upon Tyre:Thou therfore ô sonne of man, take vp a lamentation vpon Tyre:✦Tu ergo, fili hominis, assume super Tyrum lamentum :
3And thou shalt say to Tyre, which dwelleth in the entrance of the sea, being the negotiationi: trade, commerce, dealing in merchandise, not vehicles on a road of peoples to many islands: Thus saith our Lord God: O Tyre, thou hast said: I am of perfect beauty,And thou shalt say to Tyre, which dwelleth in the entrance of the sea, being the traffike of peoples to manie ilands: Thus saith our Lord God: ô Tyre, thou hast said: I am of perfect beautie,✦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,
4and situated in the heart of the sea. Thy borderers, which builded thee have accomplished thy beauty:and situated in the hart of the sea. Thy borderers, which builded thee haue accomplished thy beautie:✦et in corde maris sita. Finitimi tui qui te ædificaverunt, impleverunt decorem tuum :
5with the fir trees of Sanir they builded thee, with all the boards of the sea: they took the cedar from Libanus, to make thee a mast.with the firretrees of Sanir they builded thee, with al the bordes of the sea: they tooke the cedar from Libanus, to make thee a mast.✦abietibus de Sanir exstruxerunt te cum omnibus tabulatis maris : cedrum de Libano tulerunt ut facerent tibi malum.
6Oaks of Basan they have hewed for thine oars: and thy transtra: the rowers' benches, thwarts they have made thee of the ivory of India, and little praetoriola: little pavilions or decks of the isles of Italy.Okes of Basan they haue hewed for thine ores: and thy bankes they haue made thee of the iuorie of India, and litle cabbins of the ilands of Italie.Quercus de Basan dolaverunt in remos tuos, et transtra tua fecerunt tibi ex ebore indico, et prætoriola de insulis Italiæ.
7Various silk of Egypt was woven for thy sail, to be put on the mast: hyacinth, and purple out of the isles of Elisa, were made thy covering.Various silke of Ægypt was wouen for thy saile, to be put on the mast: hyacinth, and purple out of the ilands of Elisa, were made thy couering.✦Byssus varia de Ægypto texta est tibi in velum ut poneretur in malo : hyacinthus et purpura de insulis Elisa facta sunt operimentum tuum.
8The inhabitants of Sidon, and the Aradians were thy rowers: thy wise men, O Tyre, were made thy governors.The inhabitants of Sidon, and the Aradians were thy rowers: thy wise men, ô Tyre, were made thy gouernors.✦Habitatores Sidonis et Aradii fuerunt remiges tui : sapientes tui, Tyre, facti sunt gubernatores tui.
9The ancients of Gebal, and wise men thereof had mariners to the service of thy divers supellectilis: gear, equipment, tackle: all the ships of the sea, and their mariners have been in the people of thy traffic.The ancients of Gebal, and wisemen therof had mariners to the seruice of thy diuerse stuffe: al the shippes of the sea, and their mariners haue bene in the people of thy traffike.✦Senes Giblii et prudentes ejus habuerunt nautas ad ministerium variæ supellectilis tuæ : omnes naves maris, et nautæ earum, fuerunt in populo negotiationis tuæ.
10The Persians, and Lydians, and the Libyans were in thine army thy men of war: the buckler, and helmet they did hang in thee for thine ornament.The Persians, and Lydians, and the Lybians were in thine armie thy men of warre: the buckler, and helmet they did hang in thee for thine ornament.✦Persæ, et Lydii, et Libyes erant in exercitu tuo viri bellatores tui : clypeum et galeam suspenderunt in te pro ornatu tuo.
11The children of Arad were with thine army upon thy walls round about: yea and the Pygmeans, that were in thy towers, hung up their quivers on thy walls round about: they accomplished thy beauty.The children of Arad were with thine armie vpon thy walles round about: yea and the Pygmeians, that were in thy towers, hung vp their quiuers on thy walles round about: they accomplished thy beautie.✦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.
12They of Carthage thy merchants, for the multitude of all riches, with silver, iron, tin, and lead did they replenish thy nundinas: markets, marketplaces.They of Carthage thy merchants, for the multitude of al riches, with siluer, iron, tinne, and lead did they replenish thy marts.✦Carthaginenses negotiatores tui, a multitudine cunctarum divitiarum, argento, ferro, stanno, plumboque repleverunt nundinas tuas.
13Greece, Thubal, and Mosoch, they were thy merchants: slaves, and vessels of brass they brought to thy people.Greece, Thubal, and Mosoch, they were thy merchants: slaues, & vessels of brasse they brought to thy people.✦Græcia, Thubal, et Mosoch, ipsi institores tui : mancipia, et vasa ærea advexerunt populo tuo.
14From the house of Thogorma they brought horses, and horsemen, and mules to thy market.From the house of Thogorma they brought horses, & horsemen, and mules to thy market.✦De domo Thogorma, equos, et equites, et mulos adduxerunt ad forum tuum.
15The children of Dedan were thy merchants: many islands the traffic of thy hand, teeth of ivory, and of Heben they exchanged for thy price.The children of Dedan were thy merchants: manie ilands the traffike of thy hand, teeth of iuorie, and of Heben they exchanged for thy price.✦Filii Dedan negotiatores tui ; insulæ multæ, negotiatio manus tuæ : dentes eburneos et hebeninos commutaverunt in pretio tuo.
16The Syrian was thy merchant for the multitude of thy scutulata: figured or checkered embroidery, the precious stone, and purple, and branched works, and fine linen, and silk, and chodchod they did set forth in thy market.The Syrian was thy merchant for the multitude of thy workes, the precious stone, and purple, and branched workes, and fine linnen, and silke, and chodchod they did set forth in thy market.Syrus negotiator tuus propter multitudinem operum tuorum : gemmam, et purpuram, et scutulata, et byssum, et sericum, et chodchod proposuerunt in mercatu tuo.
17Juda and the land of Israel they were thy merchants in the principal corn: balm, and honey, and oil, and resin they did set forth in thy marts.Iuda and the land of Israel they were thy merchants in the principal corne: balme, and honie, and oyle, and resine they did set forth in thy marts.✦Juda et terra Israël, ipsi institores tui in frumento primo : balsamum, et mel, et oleum, et resinam proposuerunt in nundinis tuis.
18The Damascene was thy merchant in the multitude of thy works, in the multitude of divers riches, in fat wine, in wools of the best colour.The Damacene was thy merchant in the multitude of thy workes, in the multitude of diuers riches, in fatte wine, in woolles of the best colour.✦Damascenus negotiator tuus in multitudine operum tuorum, in multitudine diversarum opum, in vino pingui, in lanis coloris optimi.
19Dan, and Greece, and Mosel in thy marts have set forth wrought iron: stacte, and calamus were in thy merchandise.Dan, and Greece, & Mosel in thy marts haue set forth wrought yron: stacte, and calums were in thy merchandise.✦Dan, et Græcia, et Mosel, in nundinis tuis proposuerunt ferrum fabrefactum : stacte et calamus in negotiatione tua.
20Dedan thy merchants in tapestry for seats.Dedan thy merchants in tapestrie for seates.✦Dedan institores tui in tapetibus ad sedendum.
21Arabia, and all the princes of Cedar, they were the merchants of thy hand: with lambs, and rams, and kids thy merchants came to thee.Arabia, and al the princes of Cedar, they were the merchants of thy hand: with lambes, and rammes, and kiddes thy merchants came to thee.✦Arabia et universi principes Cedar, ipsi negotiatores manus tuæ : cum agnis, et arietibus, et hædis, venerunt ad te negotiatores tui.
22The sellers of Saba, and Reema, they were thy merchants: with principal spices, and precious stone, and gold, which they did set forth in thy market.The sellers of Saba, & Reema, they were thy merchants: with principal spices, and precious stone, and gold, which they did set forth in thy market.✦Venditores Saba et Reema, ipsi negotiatores tui : cum universis primis aromatibus, et lapide pretioso, et auro, quod proposuerunt in mercatu tuo.
23Haran, and Chene, and Eden, thy merchants: Saba, Assur, and Chelmad thy sellers.Haran, and Chene, and Eden, thy merchants: Saba, Assur, and Chelmad thy sellers.✦Haran, et Chene, et Eden, negotiatores tui ; Saba, Assur, et Chelmad venditores tui.
24They were thy merchants in divers manner, with folded pieces of hyacinth, and of embroidered clothes, and of precious riches, which were wrapped up, and bound with cords: cedars also they had in thy merchandise.They were thy merchants in diuers manner, with folded peeces of hyacinth, and of embrodered clothes, and of precious riches, which were wrapped vp, and bound with cordes: cedars also they had in thy merchandise.✦Ipsi negotiatores tui multifariam, involucris hyacinthi, et polymitorum, gazarumque pretiosarum, quæ obvolutæ et astrictæ erant funibus : cedros quoque habebant in negotiationibus tuis.
25The ships of the sea, thy chief in thy merchandise: and thou wast replenished, and glorified exceedingly in the heart of the sea.The shippes of the sea, thy chief in thy merchandise: and thou wast replenished, and glorified excedingly in the hart of the sea.✦Naves maris, principes tui in negotiatione tua : et repleta es, et glorificata nimis in corde maris.]
26In many waters have thy rowers brought thee: the south wind hath broken thee in the heart of the sea.In manie waters haue thy rowers brought thee: the southwinde hath broken thee in the hart of the sea.✦[In aquis multis adduxerunt te remiges tui : ventus auster contrivit te in corde maris.
27Thy riches, and thy treasures, and thy manifold instrumentum: equipment, gear, apparatus, thy mariners, and thy governors, which hold thy stuff, and were chief over thy people: thy men of war also, that were in thee with all thy multitude, that is in the midst of thee: shall fall in the heart of the sea in the day of thy ruin.Thy riches, and thy treasures, and thy manifold furniture, thy mariners, and thy gouerners, which hold thy stuffe, and were chiefe ouer thy people: thy men of warre also, that were in thee with al thy multitude, that is in the middes of thee: shal fal in the hart of the sea in the day of thy ruine.✦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 :
28At the sound of the cry of thy governors shall the navies be troubled.At the sound of the crie of thy gouernours shal the nauies be trubled.✦a sonitu clamoris gubernatorum tuorum conturbabuntur classes.
29And all they that held oar shall go down out of their ships: the mariners, and all the governors of the sea shall stand on the land:And al they that held ore shal goe downe out of their shippes: the mariners, and al the gouernours of the sea shal stand on the land:Et descendent de navibus suis omnes qui tenebant remum : nautæ et universi gubernatores maris in terra stabunt.
30and they shall bewail upon thee with a loud voice, and shall cry bitterly: and they shall cast dust upon their heads, and shall be sprinkled with ashes.and they shal bewaile vpon thee with a loude voice, and shal crie bitterly: and they shal cast dust vpon their heades, and shal be sprinkled with ashes.Et ejulabunt super te voce magna : et clamabunt amare, et superjacient pulverem capitibus suis, et cinere conspergentur.
31And they shall shave baldness upon thee, and shall be girded with haircloths: and they shall weep for thee in bitterness of soul with most bitter weeping.And they shal shaue baldnes vpon thee, and shal be girded with heareclothes: and they shal weepe for thee in bitternes of soule with most bitter weeping.✦Et radent super te calvitium, et accingentur ciliciis : et plorabunt te in amaritudine animæ, ploratu amarissimo.
32And they shall take up a mournful song upon thee, and shall lament thee: What city is as Tyre, which is become silent in the midst of the sea?And they shal take vp a mournful song vpon thee, and shal lament thee: What citie is as Tyre, which is become silent in the middes of the sea?✦Et assument super te carmen lugubre, et plangent te : Quæ est ut Tyrus, quæ obmutuit in medio maris ?
33Which in the going forth of thy merchandise from the sea didst fill many peoples: in the multitude of thy riches, and of thy peoples hast enriched the kings of the earth.Which in the going forth of thy merchandise from the sea didst fil manie peoples: in the multitude of thy riches, and of thy peoples hast inriched the kinges of the earth.✦Quæ in exitu negotiationum tuarum de mari implesti populos multos : in multitudine divitiarum tuarum, et populorum tuorum, ditasti reges terræ.
34Now thou art destroyed by the sea, thy riches are in the bottom of the waters, and all the multitude, that was in the midst of thee, are fallen.Now thou art destroyed by the sea, thy riches are in the bottome of the waters, and al the multitude, that was in the middes of thee, are fallen.✦Nunc contrita es a mari : in profundis aquarum opes tuæ, et omnis multitudo tua quæ erat in medio tui, ceciderunt.
35All the inhabitants of the islands are obstupuerunt: stunned, struck senseless upon thee: and all the kings of the same being stricken with tempest have changed their looks.Al the inhabitants of the ilands are astonied vpon thee: and al the kinges of the same being striken with tempest haue changed their lookes.✦Universi habitatores insularum obstupuerunt super te, et reges earum omnes tempestate perculsi mutaverunt vultus.
36The merchants of peoples have sibilaverunt: hissed in scorn or derision upon thee: thou art brought to nothing, and thou shalt not be even for ever.The merchants of peoples haue hissed vpon thee: thou art brought to nothing, and thou shalt not be euen for euer.✦Negotiatores populorum sibilaverunt super te : ad nihilum deducta es, et non eris usque in perpetuum.]
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.