Izaija 23
1 Proroštvo o Tiru. Kukajte, lađe taršiške, jer vaša je tvrđa razorena! Javljeno im je dok se iz kitimske vraćahu zemlje.
This is the burden against Tyre: Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor. Word has reached them from the land of Cyprus.
2 Umuknite, stanovnici primorja, trgovci sidonski, kojih su glasnici brodili morem po vodi velikoj.
Be silent, O dwellers of the coastland, you merchants of Sidon, whose traders have crossed the sea.
3 Sjetva Nila, žetva Rijeke, bijaše njegovo bogatstvo. On bijaše sajmište narodima.
On the great waters came the grain of Shihor; the harvest of the Nile was the revenue of Tyre; she was the merchant of the nations.
4 Stidi se, Sidone, jer more govori: “Ne hvataju me trudovi niti rađam, ne odgajam momaka nit' podižem djevojaka.”
Be ashamed, O Sidon, the stronghold of the sea, for the sea has spoken: “I have not been in labor or given birth. I have not raised young men or brought up young women.”
5 Uzdrhtat će Egipćani kad o Tiru vijest čuju.
When the report reaches Egypt, they will writhe in agony over the news of Tyre.
6 Otplovite u Taršiš, kukajte, stanovnici primorja.
Cross over to Tarshish; wail, O inhabitants of the coastland!
7 Je li to vaš grad veseli što postoji od davnih davnina i noge ga daleko nosile da se ondje naseli?
Is this your jubilant city, whose origin is from antiquity, whose feet have taken her to settle far away?
8 Tko li je to odlučio protiv Tira okrunjenog, kojeg trgovci bijahu knezovi a prekupci odličnici zemlje?
Who planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose traders are princes, whose merchants are renowned on the earth?
9 Jahve nad Vojskama odluči tako da osramoti ponosnu slavu, da ponizi sve odličnike zemlje.
The LORD of Hosts planned it, to defile all its glorious beauty, to disgrace all the renowned of the earth.
10 Obrađuj zemlju, kćeri taršiška, tvoje luke više nema!
Cultivate your land like the Nile, O Daughter of Tarshish; there is no longer a harbor.
11 Ruku svoju Gospod diže na more i kraljevstvima zadrma. Zapovjedi Jahve da se razore tvrđave kanaanske.
The LORD has stretched out His hand over the sea; He has made kingdoms tremble. He has given a command that the strongholds of Canaan be destroyed.
12 Rekao je: “Nećeš više klikovati, okaljana djevice, kćeri sidonska!” Ustani i idi u Kitim; ni ondje nećeš imati mira.
He said, “You shall rejoice no more, O oppressed Virgin Daughter of Sidon. Get up and cross over to Cyprus— even there you will find no rest.”
13 Evo zemlje kitimske ... podižu se kule opsadne, razaraju utvrde, sve je ruševina.
Look at the land of the Chaldeans — a people now of no account. The Assyrians destined it for the desert creatures; they set up their siege towers and stripped its palaces. They brought it to ruin.
14 Kukajte, brodovi taršiški, razorena je vaša tvrđava!
Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for your harbor has been destroyed!
15 Dogodit će se, u onaj dan, da će Tir biti zaboravljen sedamdeset godina, kao dani jednoga kralja. A poslije sedamdeset godina Tiru će biti kao bludnici iz pjesme:
At that time Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years—the span of a king’s life. But at the end of seventy years, it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the harlot:
16 “Uzmi citaru i skići se gradom, bludnice zaboravljena! Sviraj lijepo, pjevaj mnogo, da te se spomenu!”
“Take up your harp, stroll through the city, O forgotten harlot. Make sweet melody, sing many a song, so you will be remembered.”
17 Poslije sedamdeset godina pohodit će Jahve Tir. I grad će opet dobivati svoju plaću bludničku. Podavat će se bludu sa svim kraljevstvima svijeta na licu zemlje.
And at the end of seventy years, the LORD will restore Tyre. Then she will return to hire as a prostitute and sell herself to all the kingdoms on the face of the earth.
18 Ali će njegova dobit i plaća biti posvećena Jahvi; neće se zgrtati ni čuvati, nego će njegova dobit biti za one koji prebivaju pred Jahvom da imaju hrane do sita i doličnu odjeću.
Yet her profits and wages will be set apart to the LORD; they will not be stored or saved, for her profit will go to those who live before the LORD, for abundant food and fine clothing.
