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].
La palabra sobre Tiro. Deja que se levante un grito de tristeza, oh naves de Tarsis, porque tu lugar fuerte se ha hecho inútil; En el camino de regreso de la tierra de Chipre, se les da la noticia.
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].
Guarden silencio, ustedes, hombres de la costa, comerciantes de Sidón, que atravesaban el mar, y su inmenso mar te abastecían;
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.
Sus ingresos eran el grano de Sihor, de las cosechas del Nilo, cuya riqueza es el comercio de las naciones.
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.”
Sé, avergonzado, oh Sidón; porque el mar, la fortaleza del mar ha dicho, no he estado embarazada, ni he dado a luz; No he cuidado a los hombres jóvenes, ni he criado vírgenes.
5 When [the people of] Egypt hear what has happened to Tyre, they will grieve very much.
Cuando lleguen las noticias a Egipto, sufrirán un dolor amargo por el destino de Tiro.
6 Sail to Tarshish [and tell them what happened]; weep, you people who live along the coast.
Ve a Tarsis; Grita de dolor, oh hombres de la costa.
7 [The people in] the very old city [of Tyre] were [RHQ] previously joyful. Traders [PRS] from Tyre established colonies in many distant nations.
¿Es esta la ciudad que estaba llena de alegría, cuyo comienzo se remonta a tiempos pasados, cuyas andanzas la llevaron a países lejanos?
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?
¿Por quién se propuso esto contra Tiro, la ciudad coronada, cuyos comerciantes eran jefes, cuyos hombres de negocios eran honrados en la tierra?
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.
El propósito del Señor de los ejércitos era avergonzar al orgullo, para humillar la gloria de los nobles en la tierra.
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.
Sea tu tierra trabajada con el arado, hija de Tarsis; ya no hay puerto.
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.
Su mano se extiende sobre el mar, ha hecho temblar los reinos, el Señor ha dado órdenes sobre Canaán, para destruir sus 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.”
Y él dijo: Ya no hay más gozo para ti, oh virgen violada hija de Sidón: ¡Levántate! Pasa a Chipre; incluso allí no tendrás 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.
Mira el pueblo de Los caldeos, no existía, hasta que Asiria lo fundó para los que habitaban en él desierto; construyeron sus palacios y fortalezas pero Él la convirtió en ruinas.
14 [So] wail, you [sailors on the] ships of Tarshish, because the harbor [in Tyre where your ships stop] is destroyed!
Deja que se levante un grito de tristeza, oh naves de Tarsis: porque tu lugar fuerte se ha derribado.
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:
Y será en ese día que Tiro pasará al olvido por setenta años, es decir, los días de un rey. Después de los setenta años, será para Tiro como en el canto de la mujer ramera.
16 “You harlot, whom people had forgotten, play your harp well, and sing many songs, in order that people will remember you again.”
Toma un instrumento de música, recorre el pueblo, oh mujer ramera que ha salido de la memoria del hombre; Haz una melodía dulce con canciones, para que puedas volver a la mente de los hombres.
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].
Y será después del fin de los setenta años, que el Señor tendrá misericordia de Tiro, y ella volverá a su oficio, actuando como una mujer perdida con todos los reinos del mundo en la faz de la tierra.
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.
Y sus bienes y su oficio serán santos para el Señor; no serán retenidos ni almacenados; su producto será para aquellos que viven en la tierra del Señor, para darles comida para sus necesidades y vistan honradamente.
