Isaya
23:1 Chirevo pamusoro peTire. Chemai, imi zvikepe zveTarishishi; nekuti rava dongo, saizvozvo
nekuti hakuna imba, kana pangapindwapo; rinobva panyika yeKitimi
zvakaratidzwa kwavari.
23:2 Nyararai, imwi mugere pazviwi; iwe vatengesi veSidhoni,
vanoyambuka gungwa, vazara.
23:3 Uye pedyo nemvura zhinji, mbeu yeSihori, goho rerwizi ndirwo
revenue; uye ihwo musika wendudzi.
Nyara, iwe Sidhoni, nekuti gungwa rataura, iro simba raro
gungwa, richiti, Handitamburi, kana kubereka vana, uye handibereki
rerai majaya, kana kukurisai mhandara.
23:5 Sezvakaita shoko pamusoro peEgipita, saizvozvo vachava neshungu kwazvo pamusoro paro
mushumo weTire.
Yambukirai Tarishishi; ungudzai, imi mugere pachitsuwa.
23:7 Iri ndiro guta renyu raifara, raivapo kubva kare nakare? zvake
tsoka dzichamutakura kuenda kure kundogarako.
23:8 ndiani akarangana pamusoro Tire, iro guta korona, waro
vashambadziri machinda, vashambadziri vawo vanokudzwa naJehovha
pasi?
23:9 Jehovha Wamasimba Ose akazvironga, kuti asvibise kuzvikudza kwekubwinya kwose, uye
kuti azvidze vose vanokudzwa panyika.
Pararira panyika yako serwizi, iwe mukunda weTarishishi;
simba rakawanda.
Akatambanudzira ruoko rwake pamusoro pegungwa, akazunungusa ushe;
akarayira pamusoro peguta ravashambadziri, kuti riparadzwe
nhare dzayo.
23:12 Akati: Hauchazofarizve, iwe mhandara yakamanikidzwa;
mukunda weSidhoni; simuka, uyambukire Kitimi; ndiko kwauchaendawo
havana zororo.
Tarirai nyika yavaKaradhea; rudzi urwu haruna kuzovapo kusvikira muAsiria
wakaruitira avo vanogara murenje; vakamisa shongwe
kubva ipapo, vakamisa mizinda yaro; akariparadza.
Chemai, imwi zvikepe zveTarishishi; nekuti nhare yenyu yaparadzwa.
23:15 Zvino zvichaitika nezuva iro, kuti Tire richakanganikwa
makore makumi manomwe, zvakaenzana namazuva amambo mumwe; kana apera
makore makumi manomwe Tire richaimba sechifeve.
Iwe chifeve, wakanganikwa, tora mbira upote neguta;
ridza zvakanaka, imba nziyo zhinji, kuti urangarirwe.
23:17 Zvino kana makore makumi manomwe apera, kuti Jehovha
richashanyira Tire, uye richadzokera kumubayiro waro, ndokuita
ufeve noumambo hwose hwenyika huri pamusoro penyika
pasi.
Zvarakashambadzira, nomubayiro waro, zvichava zvitsvene kuna Jehovha;
usachengetwe kana kuvigwa; nekuti zvarakashambadzira zvichava zveavo
gara pamberi paJehovha, kuti ugute, uve nenguvo dzakanaka.