Isaya 23
1 Tamko kuhusu Tiro, Ombolezeni, enyi kondoo wa Tarishishi;
The burden of Tyrus. Howle, yee shippes of Tarshish: for it is destroied, so that there is none house: none shall come from the lande of Chittim: it is reueiled vnto them.
2 maana hakuna nyumba wala bandari; kutoka katika nchi ya Kyprusi wamefunuliwa hilo.
Be still, yee that dwell in the yles: the marchantes of Zidon, and such as passe ouer the sea, haue replenished thee.
3 Na juu ya maji mengi ni nafaka za shiho, mazao ya Nile, na uzalishaji wao; mlikuwa wafanya biashara wa kimataifa.
The seede of Nilus growing by the abundance of waters, and the haruest of the riuer was her reuenues, and she was a marte of the nations.
4 Kuwa na aibu, Sidoni; maana bahari imenena, mkuu wa bahari. Amesema, ''Sijafanya kazi wala kuzaa wala kukuza vijana wadogo wala kuwalea mabinti.
Be ashamed, thou Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, euen the strength of the sea, saying, I haue not trauailed, nor brought forth children, neither nourished yong men, nor brought vp virgins.
5 ''Pale taarifa ilipofika Misri, watauzunika kuhusu Tire.
When the fame commeth to the Egyptians, they shall be sorie, concerning the rumour of Tyrus.
6 Katiza juu ya Tarshishi; Ole wenu, enyi wakazi wa pwani.
Goe you ouer to Tarshish: howle, yee that dwell in the yles.
7 Je hili limeshawahi kuwatokea, mji wenye furaha, ambao kwa asili yake umetoka katika kipindi cha kale. Ambapo miguu yake imempeleka mbali kuishi kwenye maeneo ya ugenini?
Is not this that your glorious citie? her antiquitie is of ancient daies: her owne feete shall leade her afarre off to be a soiourner.
8 Ni nani aliyepanga haya dhidi ya Tire, mtoa mataji, ambao wafanyabiashara wake ni wakuu, ambao wafanyabiashara ni watu wa kuheshimika duniani?
Who hath decreed this against Tyrus (that crowneth men) whose marchantes are princes? whose chapmen are the nobles of the worlde?
9 Yahwe wa majeshi amepanga kuharibu kiburi chake na utukufu wake, na kuwahaibisha waheshimiwa wote wa dunia.
The Lord of hostes hath decreed this, to staine the pride of all glorie, and to bring to contempt all them that be glorious in the earth.
10 Lima katika shamba lako, kama mtu alimavyo Nile, ewe binti Tarishishi. Maana hakuna tena eneo la soko huko Tite.
Passe through thy lande like a flood to the daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength.
11 Yahwe amenyoosha mkono wake juu ya bahari, na ametingisha falme; na amepewa amri juu ya Fonensia, kuziharibu ngome.
He stretched out his hand vpon the sea: he shooke the kingdomes: the Lord hath giuen a commandement concerning the place of marchandise, to destroy the power thereof.
12 Amesema, ''Hamtofurahia tena, binti bikira wa Sidoni uliyenyanyasika; nyanyuka, pitia Kyprusi; lakini wala hapatakuwa na punziko.''
And he saide, Thou shalt no more reioyce when thou art oppressed: O virgin daughter of Zidon: rise vp, goe ouer vnto Chittim: yet there thou shalt haue no rest.
13 Tazama nchi ya Wakaldayo. Hawa watu wamesitisha kuishi pale; Waasiria wamelifanya jangwa la wanyama pori. Wameizingira minara; wameliharibu eneo lao; wamelifanya kuwa chungu cha uharibifu.
Behold the lande of the Caldeans: this was no people: Asshur founded it by the inhabitantes of the wildernesse: they set vp the towers thereof: they raised the palaces thereof and hee brought it to ruine.
14 Omboleza ewe kondoo wa Tarishishi; maana kimbilio lako limeharibiwa.
Howle yee shippes of Tarshish, for your strength is destroyed.
15 Katika siku hiyo, Tire itasaulika kwa miaka sabini, kama siku za mfalme. Baada ya miaka sabini kuisha huko Tire kutatokea kitu kama wimbo wa malaya.
And in that day shall Tyrus bee forgotten seuentie yeeres, (according to the yeeres of one King) at the ende of seuentie yeeres shall Tyrus sing as an harlot.
16 Chukua kinubi, nenda zunguka mji, mmewasahau malaya; cheza kinubi vizuri, imba nyimbo nyingi, ili uweze kukumbuka.
Take an harpe and go about the citie: (thou harlot thou hast beene forgotten) make sweete melodie, sing moe songes that thou maiest be remembred.
17 Itatokea baada ya miaka sabini, Yahwe ataisaidia Tire, na wataanza kututafuta pesa tena kwa kufanya kazi ya umalaya, na atafanya utumishi wake katika falme za dunia.
And at the ende of seuentie yeres shall the Lord visite Tyrus, and shee shall returne to her wages, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdomes of the earth, that are in the world.
18 Faida yake na mapato yake yatatengwa kwa ajili ya Yahwe. Hayatahifadhiwa wala hayatakuwa na hazina, maana faida yao watapewa wale wanoishi mdhebauni mwa Yahwe na yatatumika kuwasambazia chakula cha kutosha na kupata mavazi yenye viwango bora.
Yet her occupying and her wages shall bee holy vnto the Lord: it shall not be laied vp nor kept in store, but her marchandise shalbe for them that dwell before the Lord, to eate sufficiently, and to haue durable clothing.
