ישעה 23
| משא צר הילילו אניות תרשיש כי שדד מבית מבוא מארץ כתים נגלה למו׃ | 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].
| דמו ישבי אי סחר צידון עבר ים מלאוך׃ | 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].
| ובמים רבים זרע שחר קציר יאור תבואתה ותהי סחר גוים׃ | 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.
| בושי צידון כי אמר ים מעוז הים לאמר לא חלתי ולא ילדתי ולא גדלתי בחורים רוממתי בתולות׃ | 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.”
| כאשר שמע למצרים יחילו כשמע צר׃ | 5 |
When [the people of] Egypt hear what has happened to Tyre, they will grieve very much.
| עברו תרשישה הילילו ישבי אי׃ | 6 |
Sail to Tarshish [and tell them what happened]; weep, you people who live along the coast.
| הזאת לכם עליזה מימי קדם קדמתה יבלוה רגליה מרחוק לגור׃ | 7 |
[The people in] the very old city [of Tyre] were [RHQ] previously joyful. Traders [PRS] from Tyre established colonies in many distant nations.
| מי יעץ זאת על צר המעטירה אשר סחריה שרים כנעניה נכבדי ארץ׃ | 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?
| יהוה צבאות יעצה לחלל גאון כל צבי להקל כל נכבדי ארץ׃ | 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.
| עברי ארצך כיאר בת תרשיש אין מזח עוד׃ | 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.
| ידו נטה על הים הרגיז ממלכות יהוה צוה אל כנען לשמד מעזניה׃ | 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.
| ויאמר לא תוסיפי עוד לעלוז המעשקה בתולת בת צידון כתיים קומי עברי גם שם לא ינוח לך׃ | 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.”
| הן ארץ כשדים זה העם לא היה אשור יסדה לציים הקימו בחיניו עררו ארמנותיה שמה למפלה׃ | 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.
| הילילו אניות תרשיש כי שדד מעזכן׃ | 14 |
[So] wail, you [sailors on the] ships of Tarshish, because the harbor [in Tyre where your ships stop] is destroyed!
| והיה ביום ההוא ונשכחת צר שבעים שנה כימי מלך אחד מקץ שבעים שנה יהיה לצר כשירת הזונה׃ | 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:
| קחי כנור סבי עיר זונה נשכחה היטיבי נגן הרבי שיר למען תזכרי׃ | 16 |
“You harlot, whom people had forgotten, play your harp well, and sing many songs, in order that people will remember you again.”
| והיה מקץ שבעים שנה יפקד יהוה את צר ושבה לאתננה וזנתה את כל ממלכות הארץ על פני האדמה׃ | 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].
| והיה סחרה ואתננה קדש ליהוה לא יאצר ולא יחסן כי לישבים לפני יהוה יהיה סחרה לאכל לשבעה ולמכסה עתיק׃ | 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.
