Yesaya 23
1 Inilah pesan tentang Tirus. Hai pelaut-pelaut Spanyol yang mengarungi samudra, merataplah! Waktu berlayar pulang dari Siprus, kamu diberitahukan bahwa kota Tirus sudah hancur. Pangkalan dan rumah-rumahmu sudah menjadi reruntuhan.
The burden of Tyre. Wail, you ships of the sea! For the house, from which they were accustomed to go forth, has been laid waste. From the land of Kittim, this has been revealed to them.
2 Mengaduhlah, hai penduduk pesisir, saudagar-saudagar Sidon! Sebab biasanya kamu mengirim orang-orang ke seberang laut untuk berjual beli gandum Mesir dan untuk berdagang dengan semua bangsa.
Be silent, you inhabitants of the island! The merchants of Sidon, crossing over the sea, have filled you.
The offspring of the Nile is in the midst of many waters. The harvest of the river is her crop. And she has become the marketplace of the nations.
4 Hai kota Sidon, kehormatanmu sudah hilang! Samudra yang dalam tidak mengakui engkau lagi, katanya, "Aku belum pernah beranak, belum pernah membesarkan anak laki-laki atau perempuan."
Be ashamed, O Sidon! For the sea speaks, the strength of the sea, saying: “I have not been in labor, and I have not given birth, and I have not raised young men, nor have I promoted the development of virgins.”
5 Bahkan orang Mesir pun akan terkejut dan gempar bila mendengar bahwa Tirus sudah dibinasakan.
When it has been heard in Egypt, they will be in anguish, when they hear of Tyre.
6 Merataplah, dan mengungsilah ke Spanyol, hai penduduk pesisir!
Cross over the seas. Wail, you inhabitants of the island!
7 Lihatlah kotamu Tirus yang sudah ada dari zaman dahulu. Inikah kota yang biasanya bersenang-senang? Inikah kota yang mengirim orang-orang ke seberang laut untuk merantau ke sana?
Is this not your place, which from its earliest days has gloried in its antiquity? Her feet will lead her to a sojourn far away.
8 Bukankah saudagar-saudagarnya kaum bangsawan yang paling dihormati di bumi? Siapakah yang mengambil keputusan untuk menjatuhkan Tirus, kota yang paling berkuasa ini?
Who has made this plan against Tyre, which formerly was crowned, whose merchants were leaders, whose traders were illustrious on the earth?
9 TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa, Dialah yang mengambil keputusan itu. Ia memutuskan untuk mengakhiri kesombongan penduduknya atas segala hasil yang telah mereka capai, dan merendahkan orang-orang yang terhormat di bumi.
The Lord of hosts has planned this, so that he may tear down the arrogance of all glory, and may bring disgrace to all the illustrious of the earth.
10 Pergilah mengerjakan ladangmu, hai penduduk Spanyol, sebab galangan kapal sudah tak ada lagi.
Cross through your land, as through a river, O daughter of the sea. You no longer have a belt.
11 TUHAN telah merentangkan tangan-Nya di atas laut dan menggulingkan kerajaan-kerajaan. Ia memberi perintah supaya benteng-benteng Funisia dimusnahkan.
He has extended his hand over the sea. He has stirred up kingdoms. The Lord has given an order against Canaan, so that he may crush its strong.
12 Kata TUHAN, "Hai kota Sidon! Engkau tak akan bersenang-senang lagi. Pendudukmu tertindas. Sekalipun mereka mengungsi ke Siprus, mereka tidak aman."
And he said: “You shall no longer increase so as to glory, while enduring calumny, O virgin daughter of Sidon. Rise up and set sail for Kittim; in that place, too, there will be no rest for you.”
13 (Bukan bangsa Asyur, melainkan bangsa Babel yang membiarkan kota Tirus dikuasai binatang buas. Mereka jugalah yang mendirikan menara-menara pengepungan, merobohkan benteng-bentengnya dan menjadikan kota itu reruntuhan.)
Behold, the land of the Chaldeans: never before was there such a people! Assur founded it. They have led away its strong ones into captivity. They have dug under its houses. They have left it in ruins.
14 Merataplah, hai pelaut-pelaut! Kota yang kamu andalkan sudah hancur.
Wail, you ships of the sea! For your strength has been devastated.
15 Akan tiba waktunya Tirus dilupakan selama tujuh puluh tahun, sama dengan umur seorang raja. Bila sudah lewat masa itu, Tirus akan seperti wanita pelacur dalam nyanyian ini:
And this shall be in that day: you, O Tyre, will be forgotten for seventy years, like the days of one king. Then, after seventy years, there will be, for Tyre, something like the canticle of a harlot.
16 Ambillah kecapi, kelilingilah kota, hai pelacur malang yang terlupa! Petiklah kecapi, bernyanyilah lagi, agar engkau diingat kembali.
Take up a stringed instrument. Circulate through the city, you harlot who had been forgotten. Sing many canticles well, so that you may be remembered.
17 Sehabis tujuh puluh tahun itu, TUHAN akan mengingat Tirus dan memungkinkan dia melakukan pekerjaannya yang dahulu. Ia akan berdagang dengan semua kerajaan di atas bumi.
And this shall be after seventy years: the Lord will visit Tyre, and he will lead her back to her profits. And she will fornicate again with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.
18 Laba dan upah yang diperolehnya tak akan disimpannya, tetapi akan dipersembahkannya kepada TUHAN. Orang-orang yang menyembah TUHAN akan memakai uang itu untuk membeli sandang pangan yang mereka perlukan.
And her businesses and her profits will be sanctified to the Lord. They will not be locked away and they will not be stored. For her business will be for those who will live in the presence of the Lord, so that they may eat until satisfied, and may be well-clothed even into old age.
