Isaías 23
1 La carga de Tiro. ¡Aullad, naves de Tarsis! Porque está asolada, de modo que no hay casa, ni se puede entrar en ella. Desde la tierra de Kittim se les ha revelado.
[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 Quedaos quietos, habitantes de la costa, vosotros a quienes los mercaderes de Sidón que pasan por el mar han reabastecido.
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 Sobre grandes aguas, la semilla del Shihor, la cosecha del Nilo, era su ingreso. Ella era el mercado de las naciones.
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 Avergüénzate, Sidón, porque el mar ha hablado, la fortaleza del mar, diciendo: “No he parido, ni he dado a luz, ni he alimentado jóvenes, ni he criado vírgenes.”
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 Cuando el informe llegue a Egipto, se angustiarán ante el informe de Tiro.
When [the people of] Egypt hear what has happened to Tyre, they will grieve very much.
6 ¡Pasen a Tarsis! ¡Aullad, habitantes de la costa!
Sail to Tarshish [and tell them what happened]; weep, you people who live along the coast.
7 ¿Esta es vuestra ciudad alegre, cuya antigüedad es de días antiguos, cuyos pies la llevaron lejos para viajar?
[The people in] the very old city [of Tyre] were [RHQ] previously joyful. Traders [PRS] from Tyre established colonies in many distant nations.
8 ¿Quién ha planeado esto contra Tiro, la dadora de coronas, cuyos mercaderes son príncipes, cuyos comerciantes son los honorables de la tierra?
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 El Señor de los Ejércitos lo ha planeado, para manchar el orgullo de toda gloria, para despreciar a todos los honorables de la tierra.
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 Pasa por tu tierra como el Nilo, hija de Tarsis. Ya no hay freno.
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 Ha extendido su mano sobre el mar. Ha hecho temblar los reinos. El Señor ha ordenado la destrucción de las fortalezas de Canaán.
[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 Ha dicho: “No te alegrarás más, virgen oprimida hija de Sidón. Levántate, pasa a Kittim. Ni siquiera allí tendrás descanso”.
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 He aquí la tierra de los caldeos. Este pueblo no existía. Los asirios la fundaron para los que habitan en el desierto. Levantaron sus torres. Derribaron sus palacios. La convirtieron en una ruina.
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 ¡Aúllen, barcos de Tarsis, porque su fortaleza ha sido destruida!
[So] wail, you [sailors on the] ships of Tarshish, because the harbor [in Tyre where your ships stop] is destroyed!
15 Sucederá en ese día que Tiro será olvidada setenta años, según los días de un rey. Al cabo de los setenta años le sucederá a Tiro como en la canción de la prostituta.
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 Toma un arpa; recorre la ciudad, prostituta olvidada. Haz una dulce melodía. Canta muchas canciones, para que seas recordada.
“You harlot, whom people had forgotten, play your harp well, and sing many songs, in order that people will remember you again.”
17 Sucederá después del fin de los setenta años que el Señor visitará a Tiro. Ella volverá a su salario, y jugará a la prostitución con todos los reinos del mundo en la superficie de la tierra.
[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 Su mercancía y su salario serán la santidad para el Señor. No se atesorará ni se guardará; porque su mercancía será para los que habitan delante de Yahvé, para que coman lo suficiente, y para que tengan ropa duradera.
[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.
