Isaiæ 23
1 Onus Tyri. Ululate naves maris: quia vastata est domus, unde venire consueverant: de Terra Cethim revelatum est eis.
THE WORD CONCERNING TYRE. Howl, ye ships of Carthage; for she has perished, and [men] no longer arrive from the land of the Citians: she is led captive.
2 Tacete qui habitatis in insula: negotiatores Sidonis transfretantes mare, repleverunt te.
To whom are the dwellers in the island become like, the merchants of Phoenice, passing over the sea
3 In aquis multis semen Nili, messis fluminis fruges eius: et facta est negotiatio gentium.
in great waters, a generation of merchants? as when the harvest is gathered in, [so are] these traders with the nations.
4 Erubesce Sidon: ait enim mare: fortitudo maris dicens: Non parturivi, et non peperi, et non enutrivi iuvenes, nec ad incrementum perduxi virgines.
Be ashamed, O Sidon: the sea has said, yea, the strength of the sea has said, I have not travailed, nor brought forth, nor have I brought up young men, nor reared virgins.
5 Cum auditum fuerit in Ægypto, dolebunt cum audierint de Tiro:
Moreover when it shall be heard in Egypt, sorrow shall seize them for Tyre.
6 Transite maria, ululate qui habitatis in insula:
Depart ye to Carthage; howl, ye that dwell in this island.
7 Numquid non vestra hæc est, quæ gloriabatur a diebus pristinis in antiquitate sua? Ducent eam pedes sui longe ad peregrinandum.
Was not this your pride from the beginning, before she was given up?
8 Quis cogitavit hoc super Tyrum quondam coronatam, cuius negotiatores principes, institores eius inclyti terræ?
Who has devised this counsel against Tyre? Is she inferior? or has she no strength? her merchants were the glorious princes of the earth.
9 Dominus exercituum cogitavit hoc, ut detraheret superbiam omnis gloriæ, et ad ignominiam deduceret universos inclytos terræ.
The Lord of hosts has purposed to bring down all the pride of the glorious ones, and to disgrace every glorious thing on the earth.
10 Transi terram tuam quasi flumen filia maris, non est cingulum ultra tibi.
Till thy land; for ships no more come out of Carthage.
11 Manum suam extendit super mare, conturbavit regna: Dominus mandavit adversus Chanaan, ut contereret fortes eius,
And thy hand prevails no more by sea, which troubled kings: the Lord of hosts has given a command concerning Chanaan, to destroy the strength thereof.
12 et dixit: Non adiicies ultra ut glorieris, calumniam sustinens virgo filia Sidonis: in Cethim consurgens transfreta, ibi quoque non erit requies tibi.
And [men] shall say, Ye shall no longer at all continue to insult and injure the daughter of Sidon: and if thou depart to the Citians, neither there shalt thou have rest.
13 Ecce terra Chaldæorum talis populus non fuit, Assur fundavit eam: in captivitatem traduxerunt robustos eius, suffoderunt domos eius, posuerunt eam in ruinam.
And [if thou depart] to the land of the Chaldeans, this also is laid waste by the Assyrians, for her wall is fallen.
14 Ululate naves maris, quia devastata est fortitudo vestra.
Howl, ye ships of Carthage: for your strong hold is destroyed.
15 Et erit in die illa: In oblivione eris O Tyre septuaginta annis, sicut dies regis unius: post septuaginta autem annos erit Tyro quasi canticum meretricis.
And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] Tyre shall be left seventy years, as the time of a king, as the time of a man: and it shall come to pass after seventy years, [that] Tyre shall be as the song of a harlot.
16 Sume citharam, circui civitatem meretrix oblivioni tradita: bene cane, frequenta canticum ut memoria tui sit.
Take a harp, go about, O city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; play well on the harp, sing many [songs], that thou mayest be remembered.
17 Et erit post septuaginta annos: Visitabit Dominus Tyrum, et reducet eam ad mercedes suas: et rursum fornicabitur cum universis regnis terræ super faciem terræ.
And it shall come to pass after the seventy years, [that] God will visit Tyre, and she shall be again restored to her primitive state, and she shall be a mart for all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth.
18 Et erunt negotiationes eius, et mercedes eius sanctificatæ Domino: non condentur, neque reponentur: quia his, qui habitaverint coram Domino, erit negotiatio eius, ut manducent in saturitatem, et vestiantur usque ad vetustatem.
And her trade and her gain shall be holiness to the Lord: it shall not be gathered for them, but for those that dwell before the Lord, [even] all her trade, to eat and drink and be filled, and for a covenant [and] a memorial before the Lord.
