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.
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 Be silent, you inhabitants of the island, Trader of Sidon, passing the sea, they filled you.
¡Callen, oh habitantes de la costa y mercaderes de Sidón quienes cruzaban el mar!
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.
El grano de Sihor y la cosecha del río [Nilo] eran su ganancia. Ella era el mercado de las naciones.
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.”
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 As they are pained [at] the report of Egypt, So [at] the report of Tyre.
Cuando la noticia llegue a Egipto, se estremecerán por los informes con respecto a Tiro.
6 Pass over to Tarshish, howl, you inhabitants of the island,
¡Oh habitantes de la costa, pasen a Tarsis y lamenten!
7 Is this your exulting one? Her antiquity [is] from the days of old, Her own feet carry her far off to sojourn.
¿Es ésta su ciudad divertida de mucha antigüedad, cuyos pies la llevaban a lugares lejanos?
8 Who has counseled this against Tyre, The crowning one, whose traders [are] princes, Her merchants—the honored of earth?
¿Quién decretó esto contra Tiro, la cual regalaba coronas, cuyos comerciantes eran príncipes y sus mercaderes los honorables de la tierra?
9 YHWH of Hosts has counseled it, To defile the excellence of all beauty, To make light all the honored of earth.
Yavé de las huestes lo decretó para abatir la soberbia de todo esplendor y humillar a todos los honorables de la tierra.
10 Pass through your land as a brook, Daughter of Tarshish, There is no longer a girdle.
Inunda tu tierra como el Nilo, oh hija de Tarsis, porque ya no existe la restricción [de tu puerto].
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.
Él extendió su mano contra el mar y sacudió los reinos. Yavé ordenó destruir las fortalezas de Canaán:
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.”
No volverás a regocijarte, oh doncella oprimida, hija de Sidón. Levántate para pasar a Quitim, y aun allí no tendrás reposo.
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!
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, you ships of Tarshish, For your strength has been destroyed.
Lamenten, oh naves de Tarsis, pues su baluarte fue destruido.
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.
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 harp, go around the city, O forgotten harlot, play well, Multiply song that you may be remembered.
Toma el arpa y rodea la ciudad, oh prostituta olvidada. Haz buena melodía. Repite la canción para que seas recordada.
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.
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 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!
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.
