< Isaiah 23 >

1 The word about Tyre. Let a cry of sorrow go up, O ships of Tarshish, because your strong place is made waste; on the way back from the land of Kittim the news is given to them.
وَحْيٌ مِنْ جِهَةِ صُورَ: وَلْوِلِي يَاسُفُنَ تَرْشِيشَ، لِأَنَّهَا خَرِبَتْ حَتَّى لَيْسَ بَيْتٌ حَتَّى لَيْسَ مَدْخَلٌ. مِنْ أَرْضِ كِتِّيمَ أُعْلِنَ لَهُمْ.١
2 Send out a cry of grief, you men of the sea-land, traders of Zidon, who go over the sea, whose representatives are on great waters;
اِنْدَهِشُوا يَا سُكَّانَ ٱلسَّاحِلِ. تُجَّارُ صِيدُونُ ٱلْعَابِرُونَ ٱلْبَحْرَ مَلَأُوكِ.٢
3 Who get in the seed of Shihor, whose wealth is the trade of the nations.
وَغَلَّتُهَا، زَرْعُ شِيحُورَ، حَصَادُ ٱلنِّيلِ، عَلَى مِيَاهٍ كَثِيرَةٍ فَصَارَتْ مَتْجَرَةً لِأُمَمٍ.٣
4 Be shamed, O Zidon: for the sea, the strong place of the sea has said, I have not been with child, or given birth; I have not taken care of young men, or kept watch over the growth of virgins.
اِخْجَلِي يَا صِيدُونُ لِأَنَّ ٱلْبَحْرَ، حِصْنَ ٱلْبَحْرِ، نَطَقَ قَائِلًا: «لَمْ أَتَمَخَّضْ وَلَا وَلَدْتُ وَلَا رَبَّيْتُ شَبَابًا وَلَا نَشَّأْتُ عَذَارَى».٤
5 When the news comes to Egypt they will be bitterly pained at the fate of Tyre.
عِنْدَ وُصُولِ ٱلْخَبَرِ إِلَى مِصْرَ، يَتَوَجَّعُونَ، عِنْدَ وُصُولِ خَبَرِ صُورَ.٥
6 Go over to Tarshish; give cries of sorrow, O men of the sea-land.
اُعْبُرُوا إِلَى تَرْشِيشَ. وَلْوِلُوا يَا سُكَّانَ ٱلسَّاحِلِ.٦
7 Is this the town which was full of joy, whose start goes back to times long past, whose wanderings took her into far-off countries?
أَهَذِهِ لَكُمُ ٱلْمُفْتَخِرَةُ ٱلَّتِي مُنْذُ ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلْقَدِيمَةِ قِدَمُهَا؟ تَنْقُلُهَا رِجْلَاهَا بَعِيدًا لِلتَّغَرُّبِ.٧
8 By whom was this purposed against Tyre, the crowning town, whose traders are chiefs, whose business men are honoured in the land?
مَنْ قَضَى بِهَذَا عَلَى صُورَ ٱلْمُتَوِّجَةِ ٱلَّتِي تُجَّارُهَا رُؤَسَاءُ؟ مُتَسَبِّبُوهَا مُوَقَّرُو ٱلْأَرْضِ.٨
9 It was the purpose of the Lord of armies to put pride to shame, to make sport of the glory of those who are honoured in the earth.
رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ قَضَى بِهِ لِيُدَنِّسَ كِبْرِيَاءَ كُلِّ مَجْدٍ، وَيَهِينَ كُلَّ مُوَقَّرِي ٱلْأَرْضِ.٩
10 Let your land be worked with the plough, O daughter of Tarshish; there is no longer any harbour.
اِجْتَازِي أَرْضَكِ كَٱلنِّيلِ يَابِنْتَ تَرْشِيشَ. لَيْسَ حَصْرٌ فِي مَا بَعْدُ.١٠
11 His hand is stretched out over the sea, the kingdoms are shaking: the Lord has given orders about Canaan, to make waste its strong places.
مَدَّ يَدَهُ عَلَى ٱلْبَحْرِ. أَرْعَدَ مَمَالِكَ. أَمَرَ ٱلرَّبُّ مِنْ جِهَةِ كَنْعَانَ أَنْ تُخْرَبَ حُصُونُهَا.١١
12 And he said, There is no more joy for you, O crushed virgin daughter of Zidon: up! go over to Kittim; even there you will have no rest.
وَقَالَ: «لَا تَعُودِينَ تَفْتَخِرِينَ أَيْضًا أَيَّتُهَا ٱلْمُنْهَتِكَةُ، ٱلْعَذْرَاءُ بِنْتُ صِيْدُونَ. قُومِي إِلَى كِتِّيمَ. ٱعْبُرِي. هُنَاكَ أَيْضًا لَا رَاحَةَ لَكِ».١٢
هُوَذَا أَرْضُ ٱلْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ. هَذَا ٱلشَّعْبُ لَمْ يَكُنْ. أَسَّسَهَا أَشُّورُ لِأَهْلِ ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ. قَدْ أَقَامُوا أَبْرَاجَهُمْ. دَمَّرُوا قُصُورَهَا. جَعَلَهَا رَدْمًا.١٣
14 Let a cry of sorrow go up, O ships of Tarshish: because your strong place is made waste.
وَلْوِلِي يَا سُفُنَ تَرْشِيشَ لِأَنَّ حِصْنَكِ قَدْ أُخْرِبَ.١٤
15 And it will be in that day that Tyre will go out of mind for seventy years, that is, the days of one king: after the end of seventy years it will be for Tyre as in the song of the loose woman.
وَيَكُونُ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ أَنَّ صُورَ تُنْسَى سَبْعِينَ سَنَةً كَأَيَّامِ مَلِكٍ وَاحِدٍ. مِنْ بَعْدِ سَبْعِينَ سَنَةً يَكُونُ لِصُورَ كَأُغْنِيَّةِ ٱلزَّانِيَةِ:١٥
16 Take an instrument of music, go about the town, O loose woman who has gone out from the memory of man; make sweet melody with songs, so that you may come back to men's minds.
«خُذِي عُودًا. طُوفِي فِي ٱلْمَدِينَةِ أَيَّتُهَا ٱلزَّانِيَةُ ٱلْمَنْسِيَّةُ. أَحْسِنِي ٱلْعَزْفَ، أَكْثِرِي ٱلْغِنَاءَ لِكَيْ تُذْكَرِي».١٦
17 And it will be after the end of seventy years, that the Lord will have mercy on Tyre, and she will go back to her trade, acting as a loose woman with all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth.
وَيَكُونُ مِنْ بَعْدِ سَبْعِينَ سَنَةً أَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ يَتَعَهَّدُ صُورَ فَتَعُودُ إِلَى أُجْرَتِهَا، وَتَزْنِي مَعَ كُلِّ مَمَالِكِ ٱلْبِلَادِ عَلَى وَجْهِ ٱلْأَرْضِ.١٧
18 And her goods and her trade will be holy to the Lord: they will not be kept back or stored up; for her produce will be for those living in the Lord's land, to give them food for their needs, and fair clothing.
وَتَكُونُ تِجَارَتُهَا وَأُجْرَتُهَا قُدْسًا لِلرَّبِّ. لَا تُخْزَنُ وَلَا تُكْنَزُ، بَلْ تَكُونُ تِجَارَتُهَا لِلْمُقِيمِينَ أَمَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ، لِأَكْلٍ إِلَى ٱلشِبَعِ وَلِلِبَاسٍ فَاخِرٍ.١٨

< Isaiah 23 >