Jesajas 23
1 Spriedums par Tiru. Kauciet, Taršiša kuģi, jo tur ir posts, ka nama vairs nav, neviens vairs uz turieni neiet. No Ķitiju zemes viņiem šī ziņa nākusi.
[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].
2 Paliekat klusu, jūs jūrmalas iedzīvotāji! Sidonas veikalnieki, tie jūras braucēji tevi citkārt pildīja.
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].
3 Un tā sēkla no Šihora un tās upes labība pa lieliem ūdeņiem vesta, bija viņas krājums, un tur bija tas tautu tirgus.
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.
4 Kaunies, Sidona! Jo tā jūra, tā jūras pils runā un saka: es neesmu bijusi grūta, nedz dzemdējusi, ne jaunekļus, ne jaunietes es neesmu uzaudzinājusi.
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.”
5 Kad vēsts nonāk uz Ēģipti, tad iztrūcināsies, kas par Tiru dzirdēs.
When [the people of] Egypt hear what has happened to Tyre, they will grieve very much.
6 Ceļaties pāri uz Taršišu, kauciet, jūs jūrmalas iedzīvotāji.
Sail to Tarshish [and tell them what happened]; weep, you people who live along the coast.
7 Vai šī ir jūsu līksmā pilsēta, kas cēlusies no vecu veciem laikiem? Viņas kājas to tālu aiznesušas, svešās zemēs apmesties?
[The people in] the very old city [of Tyre] were [RHQ] previously joyful. Traders [PRS] from Tyre established colonies in many distant nations.
8 Kas to nolēmis par Tiru, to kronētāju, kam veikalnieki ir lielkungi, kam tirgotāji ir tie cienīgie virs zemes?
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?
9 Tas Kungs Cebaot to ir nolēmis, ka Viņš kaunā liktu ikvienu glītu greznumu, un negodā visus cienīgos virs zemes.
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.
10 Pārplūsti pār savu zemi kā upe, tu Taršiša meita! Nava vairs, kas tevi saista.
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.
11 Viņš Savu roku ir izstiepis pār jūru, valstis Viņš dara drebam. Tas Kungs pavēlējis par Kanaānu, viņas stiprās pilis izdeldēt.
[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.
12 Un Viņš sacījis: tu nelīksmosies vairs, tu apsmietā jaunava, Sidonas meita. Celies pie Ķitijiem, ej projām, arī tur tev dusas nebūs.
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.”
13 Redzi Kaldeju zemi, šī tauta, kas nav bijusi, (Asurs to tuksneša zvēriem ir sataisījis), tie savus stipros torņus ir uzcēluši un Tirus skaistos namus apgāzuši un to nopostījuši.
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.
14 Kauciet, Taršiša kuģi, jo jūsu stiprās pilis ir izpostītas.
[So] wail, you [sailors on the] ships of Tarshish, because the harbor [in Tyre where your ships stop] is destroyed!
15 Un notiks tai dienā, tad Tirus taps aizmirsts septiņdesmit gadus, viena ķēniņa mūžu; bet kad tie septiņdesmit gadi būs pagalam, tad Tirum tā ies, kā par mauku dzied:
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:
16 Ņem kokli, ej apkārt pa pilsētu, tu aizmirstā mauka! Spēlē jautri, dziedi daudz, lai tevi piemin!
“You harlot, whom people had forgotten, play your harp well, and sing many songs, in order that people will remember you again.”
17 Un notiks pēc septiņdesmit gadiem, tad Tas Kungs piemeklēs Tiru, un Tirus atkal tiks pie savas maucības algas, un dzīs maucību ar visām pasaules valstīm, kas virs zemes.
[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].
18 Bet viņa peļņa un viņa maucības alga Tam Kungam tiks svētīta, tā netaps sakrāta nedz glabāta; bet viņu peļņa būs tiem, kas Tā Kunga priekšā dzīvo, ka tie ēd un paēd un glīti apģērbjās.-
[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.
