Isaiah 23
1 A message about Tyre. Howl, people on the ships of Tarshish! Tyre has been destroyed—nothing is left of the houses and the harbor. They heard the news from the people of Cyprus.
Carga sobre Tiro: ¡Lamenten, naves de Tarsis, porque Tiro es destruida hasta no quedar casa ni lugar para entrar! Se les informó desde la tierra de Quitim.
2 Stay shocked into silence, people of the coastlands, merchants of Sidon, and sailors.
¡Callen, oh habitantes de la costa y mercaderes de Sidón quienes cruzaban el mar!
3 Egyptian grain came across the wide oceans. The Nile's harvest was what made Tyre money; she was the merchant to the nations.
El grano de Sihor y la cosecha del río [Nilo] eran su ganancia. Ella era el mercado de las naciones.
4 Feel the shame, Sidon! For the fortress of the sea says, “I have no children, having never been in labor or given birth. I have not brought up young men or brought up young women.”
Avergüénzate, oh Sidón, fortaleza del mar, porque dijo el mar: Nunca estuve con dolores de parto, ni di a luz, ni crié jóvenes, ni desarrollé vírgenes.
5 When the news about Tyre reaches Egypt they will be in agony.
Cuando la noticia llegue a Egipto, se estremecerán por los informes con respecto a Tiro.
6 Sail across to Tarshish! Howl, people of the coastlands!
¡Oh habitantes de la costa, pasen a Tarsis y lamenten!
7 Is this really your triumphant city, whose beginnings are from the distant past, who has sent out people to colonize faraway places?
¿Es ésta su ciudad divertida de mucha antigüedad, cuyos pies la llevaban a lugares lejanos?
8 Who planned this attack on Tyre? Tyre, who created kingdoms, whose merchants were princes, whose traders were honored around the world!
¿Quién decretó esto contra Tiro, la cual regalaba coronas, cuyos comerciantes eran príncipes y sus mercaderes los honorables de la tierra?
9 The Lord Almighty planned it, to humble its pride in all its glory, and to bring down all who receive worldly honor.
Yavé de las huestes lo decretó para abatir la soberbia de todo esplendor y humillar a todos los honorables de la tierra.
10 Work your land, people of Tarshish, as they do beside the Nile, for you don't have a harbor anymore.
Inunda tu tierra como el Nilo, oh hija de Tarsis, porque ya no existe la restricción [de tu puerto].
11 The Lord held his hand out over the sea and shook kingdoms. He has condemned Phoenicia, giving the order to destroy their fortresses.
Él extendió su mano contra el mar y sacudió los reinos. Yavé ordenó destruir las fortalezas de Canaán:
12 He said, “Don't celebrate any more, mistreated virgin daughter of Sidon. Go and sail over to Cyprus—however, even there you won't find rest.”
No volverás a regocijarte, oh doncella oprimida, hija de Sidón. Levántate para pasar a Quitim, y aun allí no tendrás reposo.
13 Look at the country of the Babylonians, this people that are not as they used to be! The Assyrians have turned it into a place for desert animals. They set up their siege towers, they demolished the fortresses, and ruined the country.
Ahí está la tierra de los caldeos. Ese pueblo no existía. Asiria lo destinó para las bestias del desierto. La sitiaron y destruyeron sus palacios. Se convirtió en escombros.
14 Howl, people on the ships of Tarshish because your fortress is destroyed!
Lamenten, oh naves de Tarsis, pues su baluarte fue destruido.
15 At that time Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years, a king's lifetime, as it were. But at the end of these seventy years, Tyre will be like the song about a prostitute,
Aquel día Tiro quedará en el olvido 70 años, como los años de un rey. Al terminar los 70 años, sucederá a Tiro lo del canto de la prostituta.
16 “Take a lyre and walk around the city, forgotten prostitute! Play and sing so people will remember you!”
Toma el arpa y rodea la ciudad, oh prostituta olvidada. Haz buena melodía. Repite la canción para que seas recordada.
17 After seventy years, the Lord will restore Tyre. But then she will go back to hiring herself out as a prostitute, selling herself to all the kingdoms of the world.
Al fin de los 70 años Yavé visitará a Tiro. Ella volverá a su salario de prostituta y volverá a fornicar con todos los reinos del mundo sobre la superficie de la tierra.
18 However, her profits and what she earns will consecrated to the Lord. They won't be kept or saved up, for her business earnings will go to those who worship the Lord, to provide them with plenty of food and good clothes.
Pero su paga estará consagrada a Yavé. No se atesorará ni se acumulará, porque su ganancia será para los que estén delante de Yavé, para que coman hasta saciarse y se cubran con esplendidez.
