Isaiæ 23
1 Onus Tyri. Ululate naves maris: quia vastata est domus, unde venire consueverant: de Terra Cethim revelatum est eis.
The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish, for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in; from the land of Kittim it is revealed to them.
2 Tacete qui habitatis in insula: negotiatores Sidonis transfretantes mare, repleverunt te.
Be still, ye inhabitants of the coast-land; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.
3 In aquis multis semen Nili, messis fluminis fruges eius: et facta est negotiatio gentium.
And on great waters the seed of Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue; and she was the mart of nations.
4 Erubesce Sidon: ait enim mare: fortitudo maris dicit: Non parturivi, et non peperi, et non enutrivi iuvenes, nec ad incrementum perduxi virgines.
Be thou ashamed, O Zidon; for the sea hath spoken, the stronghold of the sea, saying: 'I have not travailed, nor brought forth, neither have I reared young men, nor brought up virgins.'
5 Cum auditum fuerit in Aegypto, dolebunt cum audierint de Tiro:
When the report cometh to Egypt, they shall be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.
6 Transite maria, ululate qui habitatis in insula:
Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the coast-land.
7 Numquid non vestra haec est, quae gloriabatur a diebus pristinis in antiquitate sua? ducent eam pedes sui longe ad peregrinandum.
Is this your joyous city, whose feet in antiquity, in ancient days, carried her afar off to sojourn?
8 Quis cogitavit hoc super Tyrum quondam coronatam, cuius negotiatores principes, institores eius inclyti terrae?
Who hath devised this against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?
9 Dominus exercituum cogitavit hoc, ut detraheret superbiam omnis gloriae, et ad ignominiam deduceret universos inclytos terrae.
The LORD of hosts hath devised it, to pollute the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.
10 Transi terram tuam quasi flumen filia maris, non est cingulum ultra tibi.
Overflow thy land as the Nile, O daughter of Tarshish! there is no girdle any more.
11 Manum suam extendit super mare, conturbavit regna: Dominus mandavit adversus Chanaan, ut contereret fortes eius,
He hath stretched out His hand over the sea, He hath shaken the kingdoms; the LORD hath given commandment concerning Canaan, to destroy the strongholds 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 He said: 'Thou shalt no more rejoice.' O thou oppressed virgin daughter of Zidon, arise, pass over to Kittim; even there shalt thou have no rest.
13 Ecce terra Chaldaeorum talis populus non fuit, Assur fundavit eam: in captivitatem traduxerunt robustos eius, suffoderunt domos eius, posuerunt eam in ruinam.
Behold, the land of the Chaldeans — this is the people that was not, when Asshur founded it for shipmen — they set up their towers, they overthrew the palaces thereof; it is made a ruin.
14 Ululate naves maris, quia devastata est fortitudo vestra.
Howl, ye ships of Tarshish, for your stronghold is laid waste.
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 forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king; after the end of seventy years it shall fare with Tyre as in the song of the harlot:
16 Sume citharam, circui civitatem meretrix oblivioni tradita: bene cane, frequenta canticum ut memoria tui sit.
Take a harp, go about the city, thou harlot long forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.
17 Et erit post septuaginta annos: Visitabit Dominus Tyrum, et reducet eam ad merces suas: et rursum fornicabitur cum universis regnis terrae super faciem terrae.
And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the LORD will remember Tyre, and she shall return to her hire, and shall have commerce with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.
18 Et erunt negotiationes eius, et merces eius sanctificatae 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 gain and her hire shall be holiness to the LORD; it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her gain shall be for them that dwell before the LORD, to eat their fill, and for stately clothing.
