Ezekiel · Chapter 27

[ edit] And þe word of þe Lord is maad to me, ſeiynge, Þerfor þou, ſone of man, tak to vpon Tyre lamentacioun. And þou ſhalt ſeye to Tyre, þat dwelliþ in þe entre of þe ſee, þe marchaundiſynge of puplis to many ylis, Þes þingis ſeiþ þe Lord God, O! Tyre, þou ſeidiſt, Y am of perfijt fayrnes, and ſet in þe herte of þe ſee. Men of þi cooſtis þat bildiden þee, fulfilliden þi fayrnes; þei bildiden þee wiþ bechis of Sanyr, wiþ alle makyngis of boord of þe ſee; þei token cedre of Liban, for to make to þee a maſt. Þei heweden okis of Baaſan in to þin ooris, and þei maden to þee þi ſeetis of rowers of yuer of Ynde, and þi litil cabans of þe ylis of Ytalie.

Dyuerſe bijs of Egipt is wouun to þee in to veyl, þat it ſhulde be put in þe maſt; iaſynct and purpur of þe ylis Helyſa ben maad þin hillynge. Dwellers of Sidon and Aradie weren þi rowers; þou Tyre, þi wijſe men ben maad þi gouernours. Olde men of Bibly, and prudent men þerof, hadden ſhipmen to þe ſeruyce of þi diuerſe purtenaunce to houſhold; alle þe ſhippis of þe ſee, and þe maryners of hem, weren in þe puple of þi marchaundiſe. Men of Pers, and Lidienſe, and Libienſe weren in þi cumpanye, or ooſt; men þi fiȝters hangiden ſheld and helm in þee, for þin ournynge.

Sonys of Aradi wiþ þin ooſt weren vpon þi wallis in þi cumpas; but and Pigmeis, þat weren in þi touris, hangiden her arewgirdlis in þi wallis bi cumpas; þei fulfilliden þi fayrnes. Cartagyneſſis, þi marchauntis, of multitude of alle ritcheſſis, wiþ ſiluer, and yren, tyn, and leed þei fulfilliden þi fayris. Grece, and Tubal, or Spayn, and Moſoch, or Capadocye, þei, þi biers, brouȝten ſeruauntis and braſen veſſels to þi puple. Of þe hous Togorma þei brouȝten to þi chepynge horſis, and horſmen, and mulis.

Sonys of Dedan þi marchauntis; manye ilis þe marchaundiſynge of þin hoond, chaungiden togidre in þi prijs teeþ of yuer, and of hebenyf, þat is, a tre þat, after þat it is kit, waxiþ hard as ſtoon. Syrus þi marchaunt, for þe multitude of þi werkis þei puttiden forþ in þi market, or marchaundiſe, gemme, and purpur, and clooþ wiþ dyuerſe colours, and bijs, and ſilk, and chodchod, þat is, precious marchaundiſe. Juda and þe loond of Iſrael, þei þi biers in þe firſt whete, puttiden forþ in þi fayris bawm, and hony, and oyle, and roſyn, or gumme. Damaſcene þi marchaunt, in multitude of þi werkis, and multitude of dyuerſe ritcheſſis, in fat wiyn, in wullis of beſt colour.

Dan, and Grece, and Mouſel, ſettiden forþ in þi fayris yren wrouȝt bi craft, myrre, or preciouſe gumme, and ſwete ſauerynge ſpice, in þi marchaundiſe. Dedan þi biers, in tapetis for to ſitte. Arabie and alle princis of Cedar, þei marchauntis of þin hoond; wiþ lambren, and weþeres, and kidis þi marchauntis camen to þee. Þe ſellers of Saba and Reema, þei þi marchauntis, wiþ alle þe firſt ſwete ſauerynge ſpicis, and precious ſtoon, and gold, which þei puttiden forþ in þi market. Aram, and Chemye, and Eden, þi marchauntis; Saba, and Aſſur, and Thelmaþ, þi ſellers.

Þei þi marchauntis of manyfold wlappynge þing, of iacynct and ſteyned cloþis, wiþ ymagis and precious rytcheſſis, whiche weren wlappid and ſtreyned to gidre wiþ coordis. And ſhippis of þe ſee hadden cedris in her marchaundiſis; þi princis in þi marchaundiſe; and þou art fulfillid, and art glorified fulmyche in þe herte of þe ſee. In manye watris þi rowers, or mareners, ledden þee to; þe ſouþ wynde defoulide þee in þe herte of þe ſee.

Þi ritcheſſis, and þi treſours, and þi many fold inſtrument, þi mareneres, and þi gouernours þat helden þi purtenaunce of houſhold, and weren bifore to þi puple, or ſouerayns, and men þi fiȝters þat weren in þee, wiþ al þi multitude þat is in þe mydil of þee, ſhulen falle in to þe herte of þe ſee. In þe dai of þi fallynge of þe ſoun of crye of þi gouernours multitude of ſhippis ſhulen be diſturbid togidre; and alle men þat helden oor, ſhulen cum doun of her ſhippis.

Mareners and alle gouernours of þe ſee ſhulen ſtoonde vpon þe loond; and þei ſhulen weile vpon þee wiþ greet vois, and ſhulen crye bitterli, and ſhulen caſte powdre, or duſt, in her heedis, and ſhulen be ſpreyned to gidre wiþ aſſhen. And þei ſhulen ſhaue vpon þee ballidneſſ, and ſhulen be gyrd wiþ hairis, and ſhulen wepe þee in bitternes of ſoule, in mooſt bitter wepynge. And þei ſhulen take to vpon þee a weping ſoong, and ſhulen weile þee, Who is as Tyre, þat wax doumb in þe mydil of þe ſee? Which in þe outgoynge of þi marchaundiſes of þe ſee fulfillidiſt manye puplis; in þe multitude of þi ritcheſſis, and þi puplis þou madiſt riche kyngis of erþe.

Now þou art defoulid of þe ſee, in depneſſis of watris; þi ritcheſſis and al þi multitude þat was in mydil of þe ſee fellen doun. Alle dwellers of ylis wondreden greetli vpon þee, and þe rowers, or þe kyngis, of hem. Alle ſmyten wiþ tempeſt chaungiden cheris; marchauntis of puplis hiſſiden, or ſcornyden, vpon þee. Þou art led forþ to nouȝt, and þou ſhalt not be til in to wiþ outen eende.