Esajas 23
1 Et Udsagn om Tyrus. Jamrer, I Tarsisskibe, eders Fæstning er i Grus! De faar det at vide paa Vejen fra Kyperns Land.
THE WORD CONCERNING TYRE. Howl, you ships of Carthage; for she has perished, and [men] no longer arrive from the land of the Citians: she is led captive.
2 Det er ude med Kystlandets Folk, med Zidons Købmænd, hvis Sendebud for over Havet,
To whom are the dwellers in the island become like, the merchants of Phoenice, passing over the sea
3 de mange Vande, hvis Indkomst var Sjihors Sæd, hvis Vinding Alverdens Varer.
in great waters, a generation of merchants? as when the harvest is gathered in, [so are] these traders with the nations.
4 Skam faa du, Zidon, thi Havet siger: »Jeg har ikke haft Veer, jeg fødte ikke, ej har jeg fostret Ynglinge, opfødt Jomfruer!«
Be ashamed, O Sidon: the sea has said, yes, the strength of the sea has said, I have not travailed, nor brought forth, nor have I brought up young men, nor reared virgins.
5 Naar Rygtet naar Ægypten, skælver de ved Rygtet om Tyrus.
Moreover when it shall be heard in Egypt, sorrow shall seize them for Tyre.
6 Drag over til Tarsis og jamrer, I Kystlandets Folk!
Depart you to Carthage; howl, you that dwell in this island.
7 Er det eders jublende By fra Urtids Dage, hvis Fødder førte den viden om som Gæst?
Was not this your pride from the beginning, before she was given up?
8 Hvo satte sig dette for mod det kronede Tyrus, hvis Købmænd var Fyrster, hvis Kræmmere Jordens Adel?
Who has devised this counsel against Tyre? Is she inferior? or has she no strength? her merchants were the glorious princes of the earth.
9 Det gjorde Hærskarers HERRE for at vanære Hovmod, skænde al Stolthed, al Jordens Adel.
The Lord of hosts has purposed to bring down all the pride of the glorious ones, and to disgrace every glorious thing on the earth.
10 Græd, I Tarsisskibe, Havn er der ikke mer!
Till your land; for ships no more come out of Carthage.
11 Han udrakte Haanden mod Havet, rystede Riger, HERREN samled Folk for at jævne Kana'ans Fæstninger.
And your hand prevails no more by sea, which troubled kings: the Lord of hosts has given a command concerning Chanaan, to destroy the strength thereof.
12 Han sagde: »Aldrig mer skal du juble, du voldtagne Jomfru, Zidons Datter! Staa op, drag over til Kypern, selv der skal du ej finde Hvile!«
And [men] shall say, You shall no longer at all continue to insult and injure the daughter of Sidon: and if you depart to the Citians, neither there shall you have rest.
13 Se til Kyprioternes Land! Søfarere grunded det Folk; de rejste dets Vagttaarne, Byer og Borge. Han gjorde det til en Ruinhob.
And [if you depart] to the land of the Chaldeans, this also is laid waste by the Assyrians, for her wall is fallen.
14 Jamrer, I Tarsisskibe, eders Fæstning er i Grus!
Howl, you ships of Carthage: for your strong hold is destroyed.
15 Paa hin Dag skal Tyrus gaa ad Glemme i halvfjerdsindstyve Aar, som i een Konges Dage. Men efter halvfjerdsindstyve Aars Forløb skal det gaa med Tyrus som med Skøgen i Visen:
And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] Tyre shall be left seventy years, as the time of a king, as the time of a man: and it shall come to pass after seventy years, [that] Tyre shall be as the song of a harlot.
16 »Tag din Citer, gaa rundt i Byen, du glemte Skøge, leg smukt paa Strenge, syng, hvad du kan, saa du kommes i Hu!«
Take a harp, go about, O city, you harlot that have been forgotten; play well on the harp, sing many [songs], that you may be remembered.
17 Efter halvfjerdsindstyve Aars Forløb vil HERREN se til Tyrus; det skal atter modtage Skøgeløn og bole med Alverdens Riger paa den vide Jord.
And it shall come to pass after the seventy years, [that] God will visit Tyre, and she shall be again restored to her primitive state, and she shall be a mart for all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth.
18 Men dets Vinding og Skøgeløn skal helliges HERREN; den skal ikke gemmes hen eller lægges op; dem, der bor for HERRENS Aasyn, skal dets Vinding tjene til Føde, Mættelse og prægtige Klæder.
And her trade and her gain shall be holiness to the Lord: it shall not be gathered for them, but for those that dwell before the Lord, [even] all her trade, to eat and drink and be filled, and for a covenant [and] a memorial before the Lord.
