ʻIsaia 23
1 Ko e tala mamafa ʻoku kau ki Taia. Tangi, ʻakimoutolu ʻae ngaahi vaka ʻo Tasisi; he kuo liʻaki ia, ko ia ʻoku ʻikai ai ha fale, pe ha hū ki loto: ʻoku fakahā ia kiate kinautolu mei he fonua ko Kitimi.
The burden of Tyre. Howl, you ships of Tarshish! For it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in. From the land of Kittim it is revealed to them.
2 Mou fakalongo pe, ʻakimoutolu ʻae kakai ʻoe motu; ʻa koe kuo fakamaʻumeʻaʻi ʻe he kakai fakatau ʻo Saitoni, ʻakinautolu ʻoku faʻa folau ʻi he tahi.
Be still, you inhabitants of the coast, you whom the merchants of Sidon that pass over the sea have replenished.
3 Ko ʻene koloa ko e tupu ʻoe tenga ʻi Sihoa ʻi he veʻe vai lahi, mo e ututaʻu mei he vaitafe; pea ko e fakatauʻanga ia ʻoe ngaahi puleʻanga.
On great waters, the seed of the Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue. She was the market of nations.
4 Ke mā ʻa koe, ʻE Saitoni: he kuo lea ʻae tahi, ʻio, ʻae mālohi ʻoe tahi, ʻo pehē, “ʻOku ʻikai te u langa, pe fanauʻi ʻae fānau, pea ʻoku ʻikai te u tauhi ha kau talavou, pe akonakiʻi ha kau taʻahine.”
Be ashamed, Sidon; for the sea has spoken, the stronghold of the sea, saying, “I have not travailed, nor given birth, neither have I nourished young men, nor brought up virgins.”
5 ʻO hangē ko e ongoongo naʻe kau ki ʻIsipite, ʻe pehē ʻenau mamahi lahi ʻi he ongoongo ʻo Taia.
When the report comes to Egypt, they will be in anguish at the report of Tyre.
6 ʻAlu hake ʻakimoutolu ki Tasisi; tangilāulau, ʻakimoutolu ko e kakai ʻoe motu.
Pass over to Tarshish! Wail, you inhabitants of the coast!
7 Ko hoʻomou [kolo ]fakafiefia ʻa eni, ʻaia naʻe tuʻu ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻi muʻa? Ko hono vaʻe ʻoʻona te ne ʻave ia ki he mamaʻo ke ʻāunofo ai.
Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days, whose feet carried her far away to travel?
8 Ko hai kuo ne tuʻutuʻuni ʻae meʻa ni ki Taia, ko e kolo naʻe faʻa fakanofo ʻae ngaahi pule, ko hono kakai fakatau ko e houʻeiki, pea ko kinautolu ʻoku fefakatauʻaki ʻi ai ko e kau ongoongo ʻi māmani?
Who has planned this against Tyre, the giver of crowns, whose merchants are princes, whose traders are the honorable of the earth?
9 Ko Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau kuo ne tuʻutuʻuni ki ai, ke fakamā ʻae laukau ʻoe nāunau kotoa pē, pea ke fakamatavaleaʻi ʻae kakai ongoongo kotoa pē ʻo māmani.
The LORD of Armies has planned it, to stain the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.
10 ʻE ʻofefine ʻo Tasisi, ke ke ʻalu ʻi ho fonua ʻo hangē ha vaitafe kuo maumauʻi hono kauvai.
Pass through your land like the Nile, daughter of Tarshish. There is no restraint any more.
11 Naʻa ne mafao hono nima ʻi he tahi, naʻa ne lulululu ʻae ngaahi puleʻanga: kuo tuku mai ʻe Sihova ha fekau ʻoku kau ki he kolo fakatau, ke maumauʻi hono ngaahi potu mālohi.
He has stretched out his hand over the sea. He has shaken the kingdoms. The LORD has ordered the destruction of Canaan’s strongholds.
12 Pea naʻa ne pehē, ʻE ʻikai te ke toe fiefia, ʻa koe ko e taʻahine kuo taʻomia, ʻae ʻofefine ʻo Saitoni: ke ke tuʻu hake, ʻalu atu ki Kitimi; pea naʻa mo ia ʻe ʻikai te ke maʻu ʻi ai ha mālōlō.
He said, “You shall rejoice no more, you oppressed virgin daughter of Sidon. Arise, pass over to Kittim. Even there you will have no rest.”
13 Vakai ki he fonua ʻoe kakai ʻo Kalitia; naʻe ʻikai ko ha kakai ʻakinautolu, ka ʻi heʻene toki langaʻi ia maʻanautolu ʻoku nofo ʻi he toafa ʻe he kakai ʻo ʻAsilia: ko kinautolu ia naʻa nau fokotuʻu hono ngaahi fale leʻo, mo nau langa hake hono ngaahi fale fakaʻeiʻeiki; ka naʻa ne ʻomi ia ki he fakaʻauha.
Behold, the land of the Chaldeans. This people didn’t exist. The Assyrians founded it for those who dwell in the wilderness. They set up their towers. They overthrew its palaces. They made it a ruin.
14 Tangi, ʻakimoutolu ʻae ngaahi vaka ʻo Tasisi: he kuo maumauʻi ho potu mālohi.
Howl, you ships of Tarshish, for your stronghold is laid waste!
15 Pea ʻe hoko ʻo pehē ʻi he ʻaho ko ia, ʻe fakangalo ʻa Taia ʻi he taʻu ʻe fitungofulu, ʻo hangē ko e ngaahi ʻaho ʻo ha tuʻi ʻe taha: pea hili ʻae taʻu ʻe fitungofulu ʻe hiva ʻa Taia ʻo hangē ko e fefine angahala.
It will come to pass in that day that Tyre will be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king. After the end of seventy years it will be to Tyre like in the song of the prostitute.
16 Toʻo ha haʻape mo ke feʻaluʻaki ʻi he kolo, ʻa koe ko e fefine angahala naʻe fakangalo hifo; tā ʻae meʻa tā ke ongo mālie, hiva ʻaki ʻae ngaahi hiva lahi, koeʻuhi ke fakamanatuʻi koe.
Take a harp; go about the city, you prostitute that has been forgotten. Make sweet melody. Sing many songs, that you may be remembered.
17 Pea ʻe hoko ʻo pehē hili ʻae taʻu ʻe fitungofulu, ʻe ʻaʻahi ʻa Sihova ki Taia, pea ʻe foki ia ki heʻene totongi, pea te ne fai hala mo e ngaahi puleʻanga kotoa pē ʻo māmani ʻoku ʻi he funga ʻoe kelekele.
It will happen after the end of seventy years that the LORD will visit Tyre. She will return to her wages, and will play the prostitute with all the kingdoms of the world on the surface of the earth.
18 Ka ko ʻene koloa mo ia ʻoku ne maʻu ʻe fakatapui maʻa Sihova: ʻe ʻikai tānaki pe fakamaʻopoʻopo ia; he ko ʻene koloa ʻe ʻanautolu ia ʻoku nofo ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova, ke mahu ʻae kai, pea tolonga ʻae kofu.
Her merchandise and her wages will be holiness to the LORD. It will not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise will be for those who dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.
