Jesaja 23
1 Godsspraak over Tyrus. Jammert, schepen van Tarsjisj; Uw haven is weg! Bij hun thuiskomst uit het land der Kittieten, Hebben ze die tijding vernomen.
[I received] this message [from Yahweh] about Tyre [city]: You [sailors on] [APO] ships from Tarshish, weep, because [the harbor of] Tyre and all the houses [in the city] have been destroyed. The reports that you heard in Cyprus [island] about Tyre [are true].
2 Verstomt, bewoners der kusten, kooplui van Sidon,
You people who live along the coast [near Tyre], and merchants of Sidon [city], mourn silently. Your sailors went across the seas [to many places like Tyre].
3 Wiens boden de onmetelijke wateren doorploegen, Die het zaad van Sjichor vervoert en de oogst van de Nijl: De marktplaats der volken.
They sailed across deep seas to buy grain in Egypt and [other] crops that are grown along the Nile [River]. Tyre became the city where people from [all] nations bought and sold goods.
4 Schaam u, Sidon, want de zee roept u toe, En de zeevesting antwoordt: Ik zal geen weeën meer hebben, noch baren: Ik breng geen zonen groot, voedt geen dochters meer op!
But now you people in Sidon should be ashamed, because [you trusted in Tyre], which has been a strong fortress [on an island] in the sea. [Tyre is like a woman who is saying], “[Now it is as though] I have not given birth to [any] children, or raised [any] sons or daughters.”
5 Wanneer Egypte het hoort, Zal het rillen van de geruchten uit Tyrus;
When [the people of] Egypt hear what has happened to Tyre, they will grieve very much.
6 De Tarsjisj-vaarders zullen jammeren Over de bewoners der kusten.
Sail to Tarshish [and tell them what happened]; weep, you people who live along the coast.
7 Is dit nu de dartele stad, Die haar oorsprong had in het grijze verleden; Wier voeten haar droegen, Om op verre plaatsen te wonen?
[The people in] the very old city [of Tyre] were [RHQ] previously joyful. Traders [PRS] from Tyre established colonies in many distant nations.
8 Wie heeft zo iets durven beslissen Tegen Tyrus, dat kronen verdeelde, Wiens kooplieden golden voor vorsten, Wiens handelaars over heel de aarde waren geëerd’
People from Tyre appointed kings [over other places]; their traders were wealthy; they were [as powerful and wealthy as] [MET] kings. [So], who [RHQ] caused the people of Tyre to experience this disaster?
9 Jahweh der heirscharen heeft het beslist: Om de hoogmoed te fnuiken, Alle glans te verdoven, Al wat geëerd wordt op aarde!
It was the Commander of the armies of angels who did it; he did it in order to cause [you people in] Tyre not to be proud any more, to humiliate you men who are honored all over the world.
10 Men overstroomt uw land als de Nijl, Geen dam meer, dochter van Tarsjisj:
You people of Tarshish, you must grow crops in your land [instead of trading]; spread out over your land like [SIM] the Nile [River] spreads over the land [of Egypt] when it floods, because there is no harbor [in Tyre for your ships] now.
11 Hij heeft zijn hand gestrekt naar de zee, En koninkrijken doen beven.
[It is as though] Yahweh stretched out his hand over the sea and shook the kingdoms of the earth. He commanded that in Phoenicia/Canaan all its fortresses must be destroyed.
12 Over Kanaän heeft Jahweh gelast, Zijn havens geheel te vernielen. Hij heeft u gezegd: Ge zult niet meer dartelen, Geschandvlekte maagd, Gij dochter van Sidon. Steek maar over naar de Kittieten, Ook daar vindt ge geen rust!
He said to the people of Sidon, “You will never rejoice again, because you will be crushed; even if you flee to Cyprus [island], you will not escape destruction.”
13 Zie, hier ligt uw land vernield, Geen mensen wonen er meer; Assjoer heeft er een woestenij van gemaakt, En er zijn torens gebouwd; Het heeft zijn burchten gesloopt, En in puinen gelegd.
Think about what happened in Babylonia: the people who were in that land have disappeared. [The armies of] Assyria have caused that land to become a place where wild animals from the desert live. The Assyrians built dirt ramps to the top of the walls [of the city of Babylon]; [then they entered the city and] tore down the palaces and caused the city to become [a heap of] rubble.
14 Jammert, schepen van Tarsjisj: Uw haven is weg!
[So] wail, you [sailors on the] ships of Tarshish, because the harbor [in Tyre where your ships stop] is destroyed!
15 Op die dag zal Tyrus in vergetelheid raken, Zeventig jaar, als de tijd van één koning. Maar op het eind van die zeventig jaar, Zal het Tyrus gaan naar het deernen-lied:
For seventy years, which is as long as kings usually live, people will forget about Tyre. [But then it will be rebuilt]. What will happen there will be like what happened to a prostitute in this song:
16 Neem de lier op en ga door de stad, Verlopen meid; Speel maar mooi en zing maar goed, Dan wordt er nog aan je gedacht.
“You harlot, whom people had forgotten, play your harp well, and sing many songs, in order that people will remember you again.”
17 Want op het eind van die zeventig jaar, Zal Jahweh Tyrus gedenken; Dan krijgt ze haar schandegeld terug, En zal met alle wereldrijken op aarde boeleren.
[It is true that] after seventy years Yahweh will restore Tyre. Their merchants will again earn a lot of money by buying things from and selling things to many [other] nations [HYP].
18 Maar haar winst en haar loon worden Jahweh gewijd, Haar verdiensten niet opgespaard en gepot: Maar gegeven aan die voor Jahweh’s aangezicht wonen, Tot overvloedige spijs en prachtige kleding!
[But] their profits will be given to Yahweh. [The merchants] will not hoard their money; instead, they will give it to Yahweh’s priests in order that they [can] buy food and nice clothes.
