Isaias 23
1 Ang hula tungkol sa Tiro. Magsiangal kayo, kayong mga sasakyang dagat ng Tarsis; sapagka't nasira, na anopa't walang bahay, walang pasukan: mula sa lupain ng Chittim ay nahayag sa kanila.
[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 Magsitahimik kayo, kayong mga nananahan sa baybayin; ikaw na pinasagana ng mga mangangalakal ng Sidon, na nagdaraan sa dagat.
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 At nasa baybayin ng malawak na tubig ang binhi ng Sihor, ang ani ng Nilo, naging kaniyang pakinabang; at siya'y naging pamilihan ng mga bansa.
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 Mahiya ka, O Sidon: sapagka't sinalita ng dagat, ng tanggulan ng dagat, na sinasabi, hindi ako nagdamdam, o nanganak man, o nagalaga man ako ng mga binata, o nagpalaki ng mga dalaga.
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 Pagka ang balita ay dumating sa Egipto, ay mamamanglaw silang mainam sa balita tungkol sa Tiro.
When [the people of] Egypt hear what has happened to Tyre, they will grieve very much.
6 Mangagpatuloy kayo sa Tarsis: magsiangal kayo, kayong mga nananahan sa baybayin.
Sail to Tarshish [and tell them what happened]; weep, you people who live along the coast.
7 Ito baga ang inyong masayang bayan, na matanda na mula pa noong unang araw, na dinadala ng kaniyang mga paa sa malayo upang mangibang bayan?
[The people in] the very old city [of Tyre] were [RHQ] previously joyful. Traders [PRS] from Tyre established colonies in many distant nations.
8 Sinong nagpanukala nito laban sa Tiro na siyang bayang nagpuputong, na ang mga manininda ay mga pangulo, na ang mga mangangalakal ay mararangal sa lupa.
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 Pinanukala ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo, upang hamakin ang kapalaluan ng buong kaluwalhatian, upang hiyain ang lahat na mararangal sa lupa?
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 Magdaan ka sa iyong lupain na gaya ng Nilo, Oh anak na babae ng Tarsis; wala ka ng lakas.
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 Kaniyang iniunat ang kaniyang kamay sa dagat, kaniyang niyanig ang mga kaharian: ang Panginoon ay nagutos tungkol sa Canaan, upang gibain ang mga kuta niyaon.
[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 At kaniyang sinabi, Ikaw ay hindi na magagalak pa, Oh ikaw na aping dalaga ng Sidon; bumangon ka, magdaan ka sa Chittim: doon ma'y hindi ka magkakaroon ng kapahingahan.
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 Tingnan mo ang lupain ng mga Caldeo; ang bayang ito ay wala na; inilaan ng taga Asiria para sa mga hayop sa ilang; kanilang itinayo ang kanilang mga moog; iginiba nila ang mga palacio niyaon: kaniyang pinapaging isang guho.
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 Magsiangal kayo, kayong mga sasakyang dagat ng Tarsis: sapagka't ang inyong tanggulan ay giba.
[So] wail, you [sailors on the] ships of Tarshish, because the harbor [in Tyre where your ships stop] is destroyed!
15 At mangyayari, sa araw na yaon na ang Tiro ay malilimutang pitong pung taon, ayon sa mga kaarawan ng isang hari: pagkatapos ng pitong pung taon ay mangyayari sa Tiro ang gaya sa awit ng patutot.
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 Ikaw ay humawak ng alpa, lumibot ka sa bayan, ikaw na patutot na nalimutan; magpainam ka ng tinig, umawit ka ng maraming awit, upang ikaw ay maalaala.
“You harlot, whom people had forgotten, play your harp well, and sing many songs, in order that people will remember you again.”
17 At mangyayari, sa katapusan ng pitong pung taon, na dadalawin ng Panginoon ang Tiro, at pagbabalikan niya ang kaniyang upa, at magiging patutot sa lahat ng kaharian ng sanglibutan sa ibabaw ng lupa.
[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 At ang kaniyang kalakal at ang upa sa kaniya ay itatalaga sa Panginoon: hindi itatago o isisimpan man, sapagka't ang kaniyang kalakal ay magiging sa ganang kanila na nagsisitahan sa harap ng Panginoon, upang magsikaing may kabusugan, at manamit na mainam.
[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.
