Esaia
23 Phatlalatso e tobisitsoeng ho Tire:+
Bokollang, lona likepe tsa Tarshishe.*+
Kou e sentsoe, ha ho sa kenoa le teng.
E senotsoe naheng ea Kitime.+
2 Tholang, lona baahi ba lebopo la leoatle.
Le ruisitsoe ke bo-rakhoebo ba tsoang Sidone+ ba tšelang leoatle.
3 Koro* ea Shihore*+ e tšelisitsoe metsi a mangata
Hammoho le lijo tse kotutsoeng tsa Nile, letlotlo la Tire,
E etselitse lichaba chelete.+
4 Soaba, uena Sidone sebaka se sireletsehileng sa leoatle
Hobane leoatle le itse:
“Ha kea ba le bohloko ba pelehi ’me ha kea beleha,
Hape ha kea hlokomela bahlankana kapa ho holisa baroetsana.”+
5 Batho ba tla utloa bohloko haholo ka lebaka la tlaleho e buang ka Tire+
Feela joalokaha ba ile ba bo utloa ka lebaka la tlaleho e buang ka Egepeta.+
6 Tšelelang Tarshishe!
Bokollang, lona baahi ba lebopo la leoatle.
7 Na ke motse oa lona oo o neng o thabile ho tloha khale, ho tloha mehleng ea oona ea pele?
Maoto a baahi ba oona a ne a ba isa linaheng tse hole hore ba lule teng.
8 Ke mang ea entseng qeto ee ka Tire,
Tire ea khethang marena,
Eo bo-rakhoebo ba hae e neng e le likhosana,
Eo bo-rakhoebo ba hae ba neng ba hlomphuoa lefatšeng lohle?+
9 Jehova oa mabotho o entse qeto
Ea ho felisa botle ba hae le boikhohomoso ba hae
Le ho tlotlolla bohle ba neng ba hlomphuoa lefatšeng lohle.+
10 Hasana har’a linaha joaloka Noka ea Nile, uena morali oa Tarshishe.
Ha ho sa na sebaka seo likepe li etsoang ho sona.*+
11 Molimo o otlolletse letsoho holim’a leoatle.
O sisintse mebuso.
Jehova o laetse hore libaka tse sireletsehileng tsa Foenisia li timetsoe.+
Ema, u tšelele Kitime.+
Le hona teng u ke ke oa phomola.”
15 Ho tloha letsatsing leo, Tire o tla lebaloa ka lilemo tse 70,+ tse lekanang le lilemo tsa bophelo* tsa morena a le mong. Qetellong ea lilemo tse 70, Tire o tla tšoana le letekatse le hlahang pineng ena:
16 “Nka harepa, u potolohe motse, uena letekatse le lebetsoeng.
Letsa harepa ea hao ka boqhetseke,
Bina lipina tse ngata
E le hore ba u hopole.”
17 Qetellong ea lilemo tse 70, Jehova o tla hopola Tire. E tla qala ho fumana moputso hape ’me e etse botekatse le mebuso eohle ea lefatše. 18 Empa phaello ea eona le moputso oa eona o tla fetoha ntho e halalelang ho Jehova. E ke ke ea bolokoa kapa ea behoa hobane moputso oa eona e tla ba oa ba lulang ka pel’a Jehova e le hore ba je ba khore ’me ba apare liaparo tse ntle.+