16, 17. Dɛn na ɛbɛto Tirofo bere a kurow no ahwe ase no? (Hwɛ ase hɔ asɛm.)

¹⁶ Yesaia toa Yehowa afobu a etia Tiro no so sɛ: “Tarsis babea, yerɛw w’asase so sɛ Nil; nkyekyeremu bi nni hɔ bio. Wateɛ ne nsa akyerɛ po so, wawosow ahenni horow, [Yehowa, “NW”] ahyɛ Kanaan so mmara sɛ wɔnsɛe n’abankɛse. Na waka sɛ: Nkɔ so nni ahurusi bio, Sidon ba ababaa a wɔabɔ wo adapaa. Kitim na sɔre twam kɔ, ɛhɔ nso worennya ɔhome.”—Yesaia 23:10-12.

18. Dɛn nti na wɔfrɛ Tiro ‘Sidon baabunu,’ na ɔkwan bɛn so na ne tebea bɛsesa?

¹⁸ Yesaia san ka Tiro ho asɛm sɛ ‘Sidon baabunu,’ a nea ɛkyerɛ ne sɛ nkonimdifo a wofi amannɔne no nnya nkyeree no nsɛee no, na ɛda so ara yɛ ɔman a ɛnhyɛ obiara ase. (Fa toto 2 Ahene 19:21; Yesaia 47:1; Yeremia 46:11 ho.) Nanso, seesei ɛsɛ sɛ wɔsɛe no, na te sɛ aguanfo no, emufo no bi betwa akɔ Foinike kurow Kitim mu. Nanso, esiane sɛ wɔn sikasɛm sɛe nti, wɔn ani renka hɔ.