Jesaja
23 Etumwalaka letokolo li na sha naTirus tali ti:
Lileni, nye eeskepa dokuTarsis!
Osheshi etuliloshikepa ola hanaunwa po; itamu dulu oku i wa.
Okudja kedu laKittim, ove shi hololelwa.
2 Mweneni, nye ovakalimo vokomunghulofuta.
Ovashingifi va dja kuSidon, ovo va taulula efuta, ove mu yada emona.
3 Oilya* yaSihor* oya endifwa kombada yomeva mahapu,
Eteyo laNil, oiniwe yasho,
Tava eta oupuna woiwana.
4 Fya ohoni, ove Sidon, ove ohotengulu yefuta,
Molwaashi efuta ola ti:
“Inandi fetwa, noinandi dala,
Noinandi tekula ovalumenhu ovanyasha, ile ndi kulike ovakainhu ovanyasha.”*
5 Ngaashi ashike va li va uda onghundana i na sha naEgipiti,
Ovanhu otava ka nyika oluhodi omolwonghundana i na sha naTirus.
6 Taulukeni, mu ye kuTarsis!
Lileni, nye ovakalimo vokomunghulofuta!
7 Osho ngoo oshilando sheni osho sha li hashi kala sha hafa okudja nale, okudja pehovelo lasho?
Eemhadi dasho oda li hadi shi twala komadu okokule, oko shi ka kale.
8 Olyelye a tokolela Tirus oshinima eshi,
Omuyandji woikoroni,
Osho ovashingifi vasho va li omalenga,
Osho ovalandifi vasho va li va fimanekwa kombada yedu alishe?
9 Jehova womatangakwaita oye mwene e shi tokola,
Opo a xutule etumba lasho omolwewapalo lasho alishe,
Opo a fife ohoni aveshe ovo va li va fimanekwa kombada yedu alishe.
10 Tauluka edu loye ngaashi omulonga waNil, ove omonakadona waTarsis.
Kape na vali onhele yeeskepa.*
11 Okwa nana eke laye kombada yefuta;
Okwa kakamifa omauhamba.
Jehova okwa tokola okuhanauna po eehotengulu daFoinikia.
12 Opo nee okwa ti: “Ito ka hafa vali,
Ove omufininikwa, omonakadona elela waSidon.
Fikama, tauluka, u ye kuKittim.
Nokuli naako ito ka mona ko etulumuko.”
13 Tala! Edu lOvakaldea.
Ava ovo ovanhu . . . ndele haAssiria . . .
Onhele yaye ove i ninga yaavo hava i moukongo mombuwa.
Ova dika eeshungongulu davo dokunangela;
Ova kwata ko eeshungongulu dasho da pama,
Ve shi hanauna po shi ninge oikulukuma.
14 Lileni, nye eeskepa dokuTarsis,
Osheshi ohotengulu yeni oya hanaunwa po.
15 Mefiku olo, Tirus otashi ka dimbiwa oule weedula 70, ngaashi okukalamwenyo* kwohamba imwe. Pexulilo leedula 70, Tirus otashi ka ningilwa ngaashi shi li meimbilo lombwada, olo tali ti:
16 “Kufa okaxumbafeta, inda u ka dingonoke oshilando, ove ombwada oyo ya dimbiwa.
Shika okaxumbafeta koye nounghulungu;
Imba omaimbilo mahapu,
Opo ve ke ku dimbuluke.”
17 Pexulilo leedula 70, Jehova ota ka yandja elitulemo kuTirus, notashi ke lilandifa po, nokuhaela nomauhamba aeshe omounyuni kombada yedu. 18 Ndele emona lasho nosho yo oimaliwa oyo sha likola otai ka ninga oshinima shiyapuki kuJehova. Itali ka tuvikilwa, ile li tulwe pamwe pe lili, molwaashi oimaliwa oyo sha likola otai ka ninga yaavo hava kala koshipala shaJehova, opo va ka lye fiyo va kuta, nokudjala oikutu iwa.