Isaya 23
1 Tamko kuhusu Tiro, Ombolezeni, enyi kondoo wa Tarishishi;
The doom of Tyre. Wail, ye ships of Tharshish; for it is laid waste, without house, without entrance: from the land of Kittim hath it been revealed to them.
2 maana hakuna nyumba wala bandari; kutoka katika nchi ya Kyprusi wamefunuliwa hilo.
Be silent, ye inhabitants of the coast-land: the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea [formerly] filled thee.
3 Na juu ya maji mengi ni nafaka za shiho, mazao ya Nile, na uzalishaji wao; mlikuwa wafanya biashara wa kimataifa.
And on mighty waters [came] the seed of Shichor, the harvest of the stream, as her revenue; and she became the mart of 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, O Zion; for spoken hath the sea, the stronghold of the sea, saying, I travailed not, nor brought forth children, neither did I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins.
5 ''Pale taarifa ilipofika Misri, watauzunika kuhusu Tire.
As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they tremble at the report of Tyre.
6 Katiza juu ya Tarshishi; Ole wenu, enyi wakazi wa pwani.
Pass ye over to Tharshish; wail, ye inhabitants of the coast-land.
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 this your fate, ye of the joyous [city]? she whose antiquity is of ancient days—her own feet shall carry her, afar off to sojourn.
8 Ni nani aliyepanga haya dhidi ya Tire, mtoa mataji, ambao wafanyabiashara wake ni wakuu, ambao wafanyabiashara ni watu wa kuheshimika duniani?
Who hath resolved this against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traders are the honorable of the earth?
9 Yahwe wa majeshi amepanga kuharibu kiburi chake na utukufu wake, na kuwahaibisha waheshimiwa wote wa dunia.
The Lord hath resolved it, to dishonor the pride of all ornament, to make of light esteem all the honorable of the earth.
10 Lima katika shamba lako, kama mtu alimavyo Nile, ewe binti Tarishishi. Maana hakuna tena eneo la soko huko Tite.
Pass through thy land as a stream, O daughter of Tharshish: 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 hath stretched out his hand over the sea, he hath shaken kingdoms; the Lord hath given a command against Canaan, to subvert its strongholds.
12 Amesema, ''Hamtofurahia tena, binti bikira wa Sidoni uliyenyanyasika; nyanyuka, pitia Kyprusi; lakini wala hapatakuwa na punziko.''
And he said, Thou shalt no longer rejoice any more, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to the Kittim; also there shalt thou have 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 land of the Chaldeans—this people which was not, Asshur founded it for the dwellers in the wilderness—they have set up their watchtowers, have overthrown its palaces, have rendered it a heap of ruins.
14 Omboleza ewe kondoo wa Tarishishi; maana kimbilio lako limeharibiwa.
Wail, ye ships of Tharshish; your stronghold is laid waste.
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 it shall come to pass on that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, like the days of one king: at the end of seventy years shall it happen to Tyre as in the song of the harlot.
16 Chukua kinubi, nenda zunguka mji, mmewasahau malaya; cheza kinubi vizuri, imba nyimbo nyingi, ili uweze kukumbuka.
“Take the harp, go round about the city, thou forgotten harlot; make sweet music, sing many songs, in order that thou mayest be remembered.”
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 it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the Lord will visit Tyre, and she shall return to her hire, and shall have commerce with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.
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.
And her gain and her hire shall be holy to the Lord: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; but for those that dwell before the Lord shall her gain be, to eat to fulness, and for magnificent clothing.
