Isaiah 23
1 [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].
Revelação sobre Tiro: Uivai, navios de Társis, pois ela está arruinada, sem sobrar casa alguma, nem entrada [nela]. Desde a terra do Chipre isto [lhes] foi informado.
2 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].
Calai-vos, moradores do litoral; vós mercadores de Sidom, que vos enchíeis [pelos] que atravessavam o mar.
3 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.
E sua renda era os grãos de Sior, a colheita do Nilo, [que vinha] por muitas águas. Ela era o centro de comércio das nações.
4 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.”
Envergonha-te, Sidom; pois o mar falou, a fortaleza do mar disse: Eu não tive dores de parto, nem de mim nasceu criança; nunca criei meninos nem eduquei virgens.
5 When [the people of] Egypt hear what has happened to Tyre, they will grieve very much.
Quando as notícias [chegarem] ao Egito, eles se angustiarão com as informações de Tiro.
6 Sail to Tarshish [and tell them what happened]; weep, you people who live along the coast.
Passai-vos a Társis; uivai, moradores do litoral!
7 [The people in] the very old city [of Tyre] were [RHQ] previously joyful. Traders [PRS] from Tyre established colonies in many distant nations.
É esta a vossa alegre cidade? A que existia desde os tempos antigos? Eram os pés dela que a levavam para alcançar lugares distantes?
8 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?
Quem foi, pois, que determinou isto contra Tiro, a que dava coroas, que cujos mercadores eram príncipes, e cujos comerciantes eram os mais ilustres da terra?
9 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.
Foi o SENHOR dos exércitos que determinou isto, para envergonhar o orgulho de sua beleza, e humilhar a todos os ilustres da terra.
10 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.
Passa-te como o rio à tua terra, ó filha de Társis, [pois] já não há mais fortaleza.
11 [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.
Ele estendeu sua mão sobre o mar, [e] abalou aos reinos; o SENHOR deu uma ordem contra Canaã, para destruir suas fortalezas.
12 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.”
E disse: Nunca mais te encherás de alegria, ó oprimida virgem, filha de Sidom; levanta-te, passa ao Chipre; e alinda ali não terás descanso.
13 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.
Olhai para a terra dos Caldeus, este que deixou de ser povo. A Assíria a fundou para os que moravam no deserto; levantaram suas fortalezas, e derrubaram seus palácios; transformou-a em ruínas.
14 [So] wail, you [sailors on the] ships of Tarshish, because the harbor [in Tyre where your ships stop] is destroyed!
Uivai, navios de Társis; porque destruída está vossa fortaleza.
15 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:
E será naquele dia, que Tiro será esquecida por setenta anos, como dias de um rei; [mas] ao fim de setenta anos, haverá em Tiro [algo] como a canção da prostituta:
16 “You harlot, whom people had forgotten, play your harp well, and sing many songs, in order that people will remember you again.”
Toma uma harpa, rodeia a cidade, ó prostituta esquecida; toca boa música, [e] canta várias canções, para que tu sejas lembrada.
17 [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].
Pois será que, ao fim de setenta anos, o SENHOR visitará a Tiro, e voltará à sua atividade, prostituindo-se com todos os reinos do mundo que há sobre a face da terra.
18 [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.
Mas seu comércio e seus ganhos como prostituta serão consagrados ao SENHOR; não serão guardados nem depositados; mas seu comércio será para os que habitam perante o SENHOR, para que comam até se saciarem, e tenham roupas de boa qualidade.
