Isaya 23

¹Chirevo pamusoro peTire:

²Nyararai, imi vanhu vagere pachiwi

³Pamusoro pemvura

⁴Nyara, iwe Sidhoni, uye newe nhare yegungwa,

⁵Panosvika shoko kuIjipiti,

⁶Yambukirai kuTashishi;

⁷Ko, iri ndiro guta renyu ramafaro here,

⁸Ndianiko akarongera Tire izvozvi,

⁹Jehovha Wamasimba Ose akaronga izvozvo,

¹⁰Rima nyika yako sezvinoitwa mujinga meNairi,

¹¹Jehovha akatambanudza ruoko rwake pamusoro pegungwa,

¹²Akati, “Mafaro ako haachazovapozve,

¹³Tarira nyika yavaBhabhironi,

¹⁴Ungudzai, imi zvikepe zveTashishi;

¹⁵Panguva iyoyo Tire ichakanganwikwa kwamakore makumi manomwe, zvakaenzana namakore oupenyu hwamambo. Asi shure kwamakore makumi manomwe aya, Tire richaitirwa sezvinoimbwa rwiyo rwechifeve runoti:

¹⁶“Tora rudimbwa, ufambe nomuguta,

¹⁷Panopera makore makumi manomwe, Jehovha achashanyira Tire. Richadzokerazve kubasa raro sechifeve rigofeva noushe hwose huri pamusoro penyika.

¹⁸Asi zvarakashambadzira uye nomubayiro waro zvichatsaurirwa Jehovha; hazvingachengetwi kana kuvigwa. Zvarakashambadzira zvichaendeswa kuna avo vanogara pamberi paJehovha, kuti vave nezvokudya zvakawanda nenhumbi dzakanaka.