"And every ship captain and every seafaring person and sailors and all those who make a living by the sea stood at a distance 18 and cried out as they looked at the smoke from her burning and said: 'What city is like the great city?' 19 They threw dust on their heads and cried out, weeping and mourning, and said: 'Too bad, too bad, the great city, in which all those who had ships at sea became rich from her wealth, because in one hour she has been devastated!'+
"Nabashayeli bonke bemikhumbi, nabo bonke abaya nomaphi ngomkhumbi, namatilosi,* nabo bonke abasebenza elwandle bemela kude, 18badazuluka bebona umusi wokusha kwalo, bethi: 'Ngumuphi umuzi ofana nalowo muzi omkhulu na?' 19Base bethela uthuli emakhanda abo, badazuluka bekhala, belila bethi: 'Maye, maye kuwe muzi omkhulu, abacebile kuwe bonke abanemikhumbi elwandle ngenxa yengcebo enqabileyo yakho, ngokuba ngehora linye nje uchithekile! 20