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].
Utsaga om Tyrus. Jämren eder, I Tarsis-skepp! Ty det är ödelagt, utan hus och utan gäster; från kittéernas land når dem budskapet härom.
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].
Sitten stumma, I kustlandets invånare! Köpmän från Sidon, sjöfarande män, uppfyllde dig;
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.
av Sihors säd och Nilflodens skördar skaffade du dig vinning, i det du for över stora vatten och drev handel därmed bland folken.
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.”
Men stå där nu med skam, du Sidon; ty så säger havet, havets fäste: "Så är jag då utan avkomma och har icke fött några barn, icke uppfött ynglingar, icke fostrat jungfrur."
5 When [the people of] Egypt hear what has happened to Tyre, they will grieve very much.
När man får höra detta i Egypten, då bävar man vid ryktet om Tyrus.
6 Sail to Tarshish [and tell them what happened]; weep, you people who live along the coast.
Dragen bort till Tarsis och jämren eder, I kustlandets invånare.
7 [The people in] the very old city [of Tyre] were [RHQ] previously joyful. Traders [PRS] from Tyre established colonies in many distant nations.
Är detta eder glada stad, hon den urgamla, som av sina fötter bars till fjärran land, för att gästa där?
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?
Vem beslöt detta över Tyrus, henne som delade ut kronor, vilkens köpmän voro furstar, vilkens krämare voro stormän på jorden?
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.
HERREN Sebaot var den som beslöt det, för att slå ned all den stolta härligheten och ödmjuka alla stormän på jorden.
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.
Bred nu ut dig över ditt land såsom Nilfloden, du dotter Tarsis; du bär ingen boja mer.
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.
Han räckte ut sin hand över havet, han kom konungariken att darra; HERREN bjöd om Kanaans fästen att de skulle ödeläggas.
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.”
Han sade: "Du skall ej allt framgent få leva i fröjd, du kränkta jungfru, du dotter Sidon. Stå upp och drag bort till kittéernas land; dock, ej heller där får du ro.
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.
Se, kaldéernas land, folket som förr ej var till, de vilkas land Assyrien gjorde till boning åt öknens djur, de resa där sina belägringstorn och omstörta stadens platser och göra den till en grushög.
14 [So] wail, you [sailors on the] ships of Tarshish, because the harbor [in Tyre where your ships stop] is destroyed!
Jämren eder, I Tarsis-skepp, ty edert fäste är förstört."
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:
På den tiden skall Tyrus ligga förgätet i sjuttio år, såsom rådde där alltjämt en och samma konung; men efter sjuttio år skall det gå med Tyrus, såsom det heter i visan om skökan:
16 “You harlot, whom people had forgotten, play your harp well, and sing many songs, in order that people will remember you again.”
"Tag din harpa och gå omkring i staden, du förgätna sköka; spela vackert och sjung flitigt, så att man kommer ihåg dig."
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].
Ty efter sjuttio år skall HERREN se till Tyrus, och det skall åter få begynna att taga emot skökolön och bedriva otukt med jordens alla konungariken i den vida världen.
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.
Men hennes handelsförvärv och vad hon får såsom skökolön skall vara helgat åt HERREN; det skall icke läggas upp och icke gömmas, utan de som bo inför HERRENS ansikte skola av hennes handelsförvärv hava mat till fyllest och präktiga kläder.
