Isaiah 23
1 The Burden of Tyre. Howl, you ships of Tarshish, For it has been destroyed, Without house, without entrance, From the land of Chittim it was revealed to them.
Proroštvo o Tiru. Kukajte, lađe taršiške, jer vaša je tvrđa razorena! Javljeno im je dok se iz kitimske vraćahu zemlje.
2 Be silent, you inhabitants of the island, Trader of Sidon, passing the sea, they filled you.
Umuknite, stanovnici primorja, trgovci sidonski, kojih su glasnici brodili morem po vodi velikoj.
3 And the seed of Sihor [is] in many waters, Her increase [is] the harvest of the brook, And she is a market of nations.
Sjetva Nila, žetva Rijeke, bijaše njegovo bogatstvo. On bijaše sajmište narodima.
4 Be ashamed, O Sidon; for the sea spoke, The strength of the sea, saying, “I have not been pained, nor have I brought forth, Nor have I nourished young men, [nor] brought up virgins.”
Stidi se, Sidone, jer more govori: “Ne hvataju me trudovi niti rađam, ne odgajam momaka nit' podižem djevojaka.”
5 As they are pained [at] the report of Egypt, So [at] the report of Tyre.
Uzdrhtat će Egipćani kad o Tiru vijest čuju.
6 Pass over to Tarshish, howl, you inhabitants of the island,
Otplovite u Taršiš, kukajte, stanovnici primorja.
7 Is this your exulting one? Her antiquity [is] from the days of old, Her own feet carry her far off to sojourn.
Je li to vaš grad veseli što postoji od davnih davnina i noge ga daleko nosile da se ondje naseli?
8 Who has counseled this against Tyre, The crowning one, whose traders [are] princes, Her merchants—the honored of earth?
Tko li je to odlučio protiv Tira okrunjenog, kojeg trgovci bijahu knezovi a prekupci odličnici zemlje?
9 YHWH of Hosts has counseled it, To defile the excellence of all beauty, To make light all the honored of earth.
Jahve nad Vojskama odluči tako da osramoti ponosnu slavu, da ponizi sve odličnike zemlje.
10 Pass through your land as a brook, Daughter of Tarshish, There is no longer a girdle.
Obrađuj zemlju, kćeri taršiška, tvoje luke više nema!
11 He has stretched out His hand over the sea, He has caused kingdoms to tremble, YHWH has charged concerning the merchant one, To destroy her strong places.
Ruku svoju Gospod diže na more i kraljevstvima zadrma. Zapovjedi Jahve da se razore tvrđave kanaanske.
12 And He says, “You do not add to exult anymore, O oppressed one, virgin daughter of Sidon, To Chittim arise, pass over, Even there—there is no rest for you.”
Rekao je: “Nećeš više klikovati, okaljana djevice, kćeri sidonska!” Ustani i idi u Kitim; ni ondje nećeš imati mira.
13 Behold, the land of the Chaldeans—this people was not, Asshur founded it for desert-dwellers, They raised its watchtowers, They lifted up her palaces—He has appointed her for a ruin!
Evo zemlje kitimske ... podižu se kule opsadne, razaraju utvrde, sve je ruševina.
14 Howl, you ships of Tarshish, For your strength has been destroyed.
Kukajte, brodovi taršiški, razorena je vaša tvrđava!
15 And it has come to pass in that day, That Tyre is forgotten seventy years, According to the days of one king. At the end of seventy years there is to Tyre as the song of the harlot.
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:
16 Take a harp, go around the city, O forgotten harlot, play well, Multiply song that you may be remembered.
“Uzmi citaru i skići se gradom, bludnice zaboravljena! Sviraj lijepo, pjevaj mnogo, da te se spomenu!”
17 And it has come to pass, At the end of seventy years YHWH inspects Tyre, And she has returned to her wage, And she committed fornication With all kingdoms of the earth on the face of the ground.
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.
18 And her merchandise and her wage have been holy to YHWH, Not treasured up nor stored, For her merchandise is to those sitting before YHWH, To eat to satiety, and for a lasting covering!
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.
