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].
Бреме Тиру. Ридајте лађе тарсиске, јер је раскопан, да нема куће нити ко долази. Из земље китимске јави им се.
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].
Умукните који живите на острву, које трговци сидонски поморци пунише.
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.
И доходи му беху по великим водама семе сиорско, жетва с реке, и беше трг народима.
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.”
Стиди се, Сидоне, јер говори море, сила морска вели: Не мучим се порођајем, не рађам, не одгајам момке, не подижем девојке.
5 When [the people of] Egypt hear what has happened to Tyre, they will grieve very much.
Као што се ожалостише кад чуше за Мисир, тако ће се ожалостити кад чују за Тир.
6 Sail to Tarshish [and tell them what happened]; weep, you people who live along the coast.
Идите у Тарсис, ридајте острвљани!
7 [The people in] the very old city [of Tyre] were [RHQ] previously joyful. Traders [PRS] from Tyre established colonies in many distant nations.
Је ли то ваш весели град, чија је старина од давнина? Његове ће га ноге занети далеко у туђинство.
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?
Ко је то смислио на Тир, који раздаваше венце, чији трговци беху кнезови, и прекупци славни на земљи?
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.
Господ је над војскама то смислио, да осрамоти понос сваке славе и да поништи све славне на земљи.
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.
Пређи преко земље своје као поток, кћери тарсиска; нема више појаса.
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.
Руку своју подиже на море, задрма царства; Господ је заповедио за Ханан да се раскопају градови његови.
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.”
И вели: Нећеш се више веселити, осрамоћена девојко, кћери сидонска. Устани, иди у Китим, ни онде нећеш имати мира.
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.
Ето земље халдејске; тог народа није било; Асур је основа за оне који живеху у пустињама, подигоше куле у њој, поградише дворове; и обрати се у развалине.
14 [So] wail, you [sailors on the] ships of Tarshish, because the harbor [in Tyre where your ships stop] is destroyed!
Ридајте лађе тарсиске, јер је раскопан ваш град.
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:
И тада ће Тир бити заробљен седамдесет година, за век једног цара, а после седамдесет година певаће се Тиру као курви:
16 “You harlot, whom people had forgotten, play your harp well, and sing many songs, in order that people will remember you again.”
Узми гусле, иди по граду, заборављена курво; добро ударај, певај и попевај, еда би те се опет опоменули.
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].
Јер после седамдесет година Господ ће походити Тир, а он ће се вратити на курварску заслугу своју, и курваће се са свим царствима на земљи.
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.
Али ће трговина његова и заслуга његова бити посвећена Господу, неће се остављати ни чувати, него ће трговина његова бити онима који наставају пред Господом да једу до ситости и имају одело добро.
