Isaias 23
1 Ti pakaammo maipapan iti Tiro: Agriawkayo, dakayo a barko ti Tarsis; ta awanen iti pagtaengan wenno pantalan; manipud iti daga ti Kittim naipakaammon kadakuada.
A message about Tyre. Howl, people on the ships of Tarshish! Tyre has been destroyed—nothing is left of the houses and the harbor. They heard the news from the people of Cyprus.
2 Agsiddaawkayo, dakayo nga agnanaed iti igid ti baybay, dakayo nga agtagtagilako ti Sidon, nga agdaldaliasat iti rabaw ti taaw a makin-ahente kadagiti mangipapaay kadakayo kadagiti tagilako.
Stay shocked into silence, people of the coastlands, merchants of Sidon, and sailors.
3 Ket iti rabaw dagiti dadakkel a danum, ket naipan dagiti trigo ti rehiyon ti Sihor, nga apit ti Nilo, idiay Tiro; lugar a pagtagilakoan idi dagiti nasion.
Egyptian grain came across the wide oceans. The Nile's harvest was what made Tyre money; she was the merchant to the nations.
4 Agbainka koma Sidon, ta nagsao ti taaw, ti nabileg iti taaw. Kinunana, “Saanak a nagpasikal wenno naganak, wenno nagpadakkel kadagiti babbaro wenno babbalasang.”
Feel the shame, Sidon! For the fortress of the sea says, “I have no children, having never been in labor or given birth. I have not brought up young men or brought up young women.”
5 Inton dumteng ti pakaammo idiay Egipto, agladingitdanto maipapan iti Tiro.
When the news about Tyre reaches Egypt they will be in agony.
6 Agballasiwkayo idiay Tarsis; aganug-ogkayo dakayo nga agnanaed iti igid ti baybay.
Sail across to Tarshish! Howl, people of the coastlands!
7 Napasamak kadi daytoy kadakayo, ti naragsak a siudad, a ti naggappoanna ket manipud iti punganay, nga inyadayo dagiti sakana tapno agnaed kadagiti ganggannaet a lugar?
Is this really your triumphant city, whose beginnings are from the distant past, who has sent out people to colonize faraway places?
8 Siasino ti nangplano iti daytoy maibusor iti Tiro, ti mangmangted kadagiti korona, a dagiti agtagtagilakona ket prinsipe ken dagiti agtagtagilakona ket mararaem iti daga?
Who planned this attack on Tyre? Tyre, who created kingdoms, whose merchants were princes, whose traders were honored around the world!
9 Pinanggep daytoy ni Yahweh a Mannakabalin-amin tapno maibabain ti pagpanpannakkel ti Tiro ken ti amin a dayawna, tapno pabainanna dagiti amin a mararaemna iti daga.
The Lord Almighty planned it, to humble its pride in all its glory, and to bring down all who receive worldly honor.
10 Aradoem ti daga, anak a babai ti Tarsis, kas iti panangarado ti maysa a tao iti Nilo. Awanen ti pagtagilakoan idiay Tiro.
Work your land, people of Tarshish, as they do beside the Nile, for you don't have a harbor anymore.
11 Inyunnat ni Yahweh ti imana iti rabaw ti taaw, ket ginungonna dagiti pagarian; nangted isuna ti bilin maipanggep iti Fenecia, a madadael dagiti sarikedkedna.
The Lord held his hand out over the sea and shook kingdoms. He has condemned Phoenicia, giving the order to destroy their fortresses.
12 Kinunana, “Saankanton nga agragsak manen, naidadanes a birhen nga anak ti Sidon; tumakderka, mapanka idiay Cyprus; ngem uray sadiay, saankanto a makainana.”
He said, “Don't celebrate any more, mistreated virgin daughter of Sidon. Go and sail over to Cyprus—however, even there you won't find rest.”
13 Kitaem ti daga dagiti Caldeo. Dagitoy a tattao ket maibilang a saanen a nasion; inaramid dagiti taga-Asiria daytoy a let-ang a maipaay kadagiti atap nga ayup. Nangaramidda kadagiti nangangato a pagkalay-atanda; rinebbada dagiti palasiona daytoy; inaramidda daytoy a gabsuon dagiti nadadael.
Look at the country of the Babylonians, this people that are not as they used to be! The Assyrians have turned it into a place for desert animals. They set up their siege towers, they demolished the fortresses, and ruined the country.
14 Agriawkayo, dakayo a barko ti Tarsis; ta nadadaelen ti pagkamanganyo.
Howl, people on the ships of Tarshish because your fortress is destroyed!
15 Iti dayta nga aldaw, malipatto ti Tiro iti pito pulo a tawen, a kas iti al-aldaw ti maysa nga ari. Kalpasan iti pito pulo a tawen, addanto ti mapasamak iti Tiro a kas iti nailanad iti kanta ti balangkantis.
At that time Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years, a king's lifetime, as it were. But at the end of these seventy years, Tyre will be like the song about a prostitute,
16 Mangalaka ti arpa, mapanka iti siudad, sika a nalipatanen a balangkantis; sayaatem a kurengrengen daytoy, agkantaka iti adu a kankanta, tapno malaglagipdaka.
“Take a lyre and walk around the city, forgotten prostitute! Play and sing so people will remember you!”
17 Mapasamakto a kalpasan iti pito pulo a tawen, tulonganto ni Yahweh ti Tiro, ket agsublinto manen ti Tiro iti sigud a panggedanna. Ilakonanto ti bagina kadagiti amin a pagarian iti rabaw ti daga.
After seventy years, the Lord will restore Tyre. But then she will go back to hiring herself out as a prostitute, selling herself to all the kingdoms of the world.
18 Maidatonto kenni Yahweh dagiti amin a ganansia ken urnongna. Saanto a maidulin wenno maurnong dagitoy. Ti mateggedna ket para iti taraon ken nalagda a kawes dagiti agnanaed iti presensia ni Yahweh.
However, her profits and what she earns will consecrated to the Lord. They won't be kept or saved up, for her business earnings will go to those who worship the Lord, to provide them with plenty of food and good clothes.
