Isaías 23
1 Carga sobre Tiro: ¡Lamenten, naves de Tarsis, porque Tiro es destruida hasta no quedar casa ni lugar para entrar! Se les informó desde la tierra de Quitim.
[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 ¡Callen, oh habitantes de la costa y mercaderes de Sidón quienes cruzaban el mar!
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 El grano de Sihor y la cosecha del río [Nilo] eran su ganancia. 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, oh Sidón, fortaleza del mar, porque dijo el mar: Nunca estuve con dolores de parto, ni di a luz, ni crié jóvenes, ni desarrollé 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 la noticia llegue a Egipto, se estremecerán por los informes con respecto a Tiro.
When [the people of] Egypt hear what has happened to Tyre, they will grieve very much.
6 ¡Oh habitantes de la costa, pasen a Tarsis y lamenten!
Sail to Tarshish [and tell them what happened]; weep, you people who live along the coast.
7 ¿Es ésta su ciudad divertida de mucha antigüedad, cuyos pies la llevaban a lugares lejanos?
[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 decretó esto contra Tiro, la cual regalaba coronas, cuyos comerciantes eran príncipes y sus mercaderes 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 Yavé de las huestes lo decretó para abatir la soberbia de todo esplendor y humillar 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 Inunda tu tierra como el Nilo, oh hija de Tarsis, porque ya no existe la restricción [de tu puerto].
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 Él extendió su mano contra el mar y sacudió los reinos. Yavé ordenó destruir 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 No volverás a regocijarte, oh doncella oprimida, hija de Sidón. Levántate para pasar a Quitim, y aun allí no tendrás reposo.
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 Ahí está la tierra de los caldeos. Ese pueblo no existía. Asiria lo destinó para las bestias del desierto. La sitiaron y destruyeron sus palacios. Se convirtió en escombros.
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 Lamenten, oh naves de Tarsis, pues su baluarte fue destruido.
[So] wail, you [sailors on the] ships of Tarshish, because the harbor [in Tyre where your ships stop] is destroyed!
15 Aquel día Tiro quedará en el olvido 70 años, como los años de un rey. Al terminar los 70 años, sucederá a Tiro lo del canto 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 el arpa y rodea la ciudad, oh prostituta olvidada. Haz buena melodía. Repite la canción 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 Al fin de los 70 años Yavé visitará a Tiro. Ella volverá a su salario de prostituta y volverá a fornicar con todos los reinos del mundo sobre 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 Pero su paga estará consagrada a Yavé. No se atesorará ni se acumulará, porque su ganancia será para los que estén delante de Yavé, para que coman hasta saciarse y se cubran con esplendidez.
[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.
