Isaías 23
1 Peso de Tiro. Uivai, navios de Tharsis, porque já assolada está até nela casa nenhuma mais ficar e nela ninguém mais entrar: desde a terra de Chittim lhes foi isto revelado.
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 Calai-vos, moradores da ilha, vós a quem encheram os mercadores de Sidon, navegando pelo mar.
Be silent, you inhabitants of the island! The merchants of Sidon, crossing over the sea, have filled you.
3 E a sua provisão era a semente de Sichor, que vinha com as muitas águas da sega do rio, e era a feira das nações.
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 Envergonha-te, ó Sidon, porque já o mar, a fortaleza do mar, fala, dizendo: Eu não tive dores de parto, nem pari, nem ainda criei mancebos, nem eduquei donzelas.
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 Como com as novas do Egito, assim haverá dores quando se ouvirem as de Tiro.
When it has been heard in Egypt, they will be in anguish, when they hear of Tyre.
6 Passai a Tharsis: uivai, moradores da ilha.
Cross over the seas. Wail, you inhabitants of the island!
7 É esta porventura a vossa cidade que andava pulando de alegria? cuja antiguidade é dos dias antigos? pois leva-la-ão os seus próprios pés para longe andarem a peregrinar.
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 Quem formou este desígnio contra Tiro, a coroadora? cujos mercadores são príncipes e cujos negociantes os mais nobres da terra?
Who has made this plan against Tyre, which formerly was crowned, whose merchants were leaders, whose traders were illustrious on the earth?
9 O Senhor dos exércitos formou este desígnio para profanar a soberba de todo o ornamento, e envilecer os mais nobres da terra.
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 Passa-te como rio pela tua terra, ó filha de Tharsis, pois já não há precinta.
Cross through your land, as through a river, O daughter of the sea. You no longer have a belt.
11 A sua mão estendeu sobre o mar, e turbou os reinos: o Senhor deu mandado contra Canaan, que se destruíssem as suas fortalezas.
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 E disse: Nunca mais pularás de alegria, ó oprimida donzela, filha de Sidon: levanta-te, passa a Chittim, e ainda ali não terás descanço.
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 Vede a terra dos caldeus, ainda este povo não era povo; a Assyria o fundou para os que moravam no deserto: levantaram as suas fortalezas, e edificaram os seus paços; porém a arruinou de todo.
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 Uivai, navios de Tharsis, porque já é destruída a vossa força.
Wail, you ships of the sea! For your strength has been devastated.
15 E será naquele dia que Tiro será posta em esquecimento por setenta anos, como os dias dum rei: porém no fim de setenta anos haverá em Tiro cantigas, como a cantiga de uma prostituta.
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 Toma a harpa, rodeia a cidade, ó prostituta entregue ao esquecimento; toca bem, canta e repete a aria, para que haja memória de ti.
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 Porque será no fim de setenta anos que o Senhor visitará a Tiro, e se tornará à sua ganância de prostituta, e fornicará com todos os reinos da terra que há sobre a face da terra.
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 E o seu comércio e a sua ganância de prostituta será consagrado ao Senhor; não se entesourará, nem se fechará; mas o seu comércio será para os que habitam perante o Senhor, para que comam até se saciarem, e tenham vestimenta durável.
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.
