以賽亞書 23
Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Traditional)
預示推羅之荒廢
23 論推羅的默示。
他施的船隻，都要哀號！因為推羅變為荒場，甚至沒有房屋，沒有可進之路。這消息是從基提地得來的。 2 沿海的居民，就是素來靠航海西頓的商家得豐盛的，你們當靜默無言！ 3 在大水之上，西曷的糧食、尼羅河的莊稼是推羅的進項，她做列國的大碼頭。 4 西頓哪，你當慚愧！因為大海說，就是海中的保障說：「我沒有劬勞，也沒有生產；沒有養育男子，也沒有撫養童女。」 5 這風聲傳到埃及，埃及人為推羅的風聲極其疼痛。 6 推羅人哪，你們當過到他施去！沿海的居民哪，你們都當哀號！ 7 這是你們歡樂的城，從上古而有的嗎？其中的居民往遠方寄居。
8 推羅本是賜冠冕的，她的商家是王子，她的買賣人是世上的尊貴人。遭遇如此，是誰定的呢？ 9 是萬軍之耶和華所定的，為要汙辱一切高傲的榮耀，使地上一切的尊貴人被藐視。 10 他施的民[a]哪，可以流行你的地，好像尼羅河，不再有腰帶拘緊你。 11 耶和華已經向海伸手，震動列國；至於迦南，他已經吩咐拆毀其中的保障。 12 他又說：「受欺壓西頓的居民[b]哪，你必不得再歡樂！起來，過到基提去，就是在那裡也不得安歇！」
越七十年推羅必蒙眷顧
13 看哪，迦勒底人之地！向來沒有這民，這國是亞述人為住曠野的人所立的，現在他們建築戍樓，拆毀推羅的宮殿，使她成為荒涼。 14 他施的船隻，都要哀號！因為你們的保障變為荒場。 15 到那時，推羅必被忘記七十年，照著一王的年日。七十年後，推羅的景況必像妓女所唱的歌。 16 你這被忘記的妓女啊，拿琴周流城內！巧彈多唱使人再想念你！ 17 七十年後，耶和華必眷顧推羅，她就仍得利息[c]，與地上的萬國交易[d]。 18 她的貨財和利息要歸耶和華為聖，必不積攢存留，因為她的貨財必為住在耶和華面前的人所得，使他們吃飽，穿耐久的衣服。
Footnotes
- 以賽亞書 23:10 「民」原文作「女」。
- 以賽亞書 23:12 「居民」原文作「處女」。
- 以賽亞書 23:17 原文作：雇價。下同。
- 以賽亞書 23:17 原文作：行淫。
Isaiah 23
New International Version - UK
A prophecy against Tyre
23 A prophecy against Tyre:
Wail, you ships of Tarshish!
For Tyre is destroyed
and left without house or harbour.
From the land of Cyprus
word has come to them.
2 Be silent, you people of the island
and you merchants of Sidon,
whom the seafarers have enriched.
3 On the great waters
came the grain of the Shihor;
the harvest of the Nile[a] was the revenue of Tyre,
and she became the market-place of the nations.
4 Be ashamed, Sidon, and you fortress of the sea,
for the sea has spoken:
‘I have neither been in labour nor given birth;
I have neither reared sons nor brought up daughters.’
5 When word comes to Egypt,
they will be in anguish at the report from Tyre.
6 Cross over to Tarshish;
wail, you people of the island.
7 Is this your city of revelry,
the old, old city,
whose feet have taken her
to settle in far-off lands?
8 Who planned this against Tyre,
the bestower of crowns,
whose merchants are princes,
whose traders are renowned in the earth?
9 The Lord Almighty planned it,
to bring down her pride in all her splendour
and to humble all who are renowned on the earth.
10 Till[b] your land as they do along the Nile,
Daughter Tarshish,
for you no longer have a harbour.
11 The Lord has stretched out his hand over the sea
and made its kingdoms tremble.
He has given an order concerning Phoenicia
that her fortresses be destroyed.
12 He said, ‘No more of your revelling,
Virgin Daughter Sidon, now crushed!
‘Up, cross over to Cyprus;
even there you will find no rest.’
13 Look at the land of the Babylonians,[c]
this people that is now of no account!
The Assyrians have made it
a place for desert creatures;
they raised up their siege towers,
they stripped its fortresses bare
and turned it into a ruin.
14 Wail, you ships of Tarshish;
your fortress is destroyed!
15 At that time Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years, the span of a king’s life. But at the end of these seventy years, it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the prostitute:
16 ‘Take up a harp, walk through the city,
you forgotten prostitute;
play the harp well, sing many a song,
so that you will be remembered.’
17 At the end of seventy years, the Lord will deal with Tyre. She will return to her lucrative prostitution and will ply her trade with all the kingdoms on the face of the earth. 18 Yet her profit and her earnings will be set apart for the Lord; they will not be stored up or hoarded. Her profits will go to those who live before the Lord, for abundant food and fine clothes.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 23:3 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls Sidon, / who cross over the sea; / your envoys 3 are on the great waters. / The grain of the Shihor, / the harvest of the Nile,
- Isaiah 23:10 Dead Sea Scrolls and some Septuagint manuscripts; Masoretic Text Go through
- Isaiah 23:13 Or Chaldeans
Isaiah 23
King James Version
23 The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them.
2 Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.
3 And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations.
4 Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins.
5 As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.
6 Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle.
7 Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.
8 Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?
9 The Lord of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.
10 Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength.
11 He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the Lord hath given a commandment against the merchant city, to destroy the strong holds thereof.
12 And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also shalt thou have no rest.
13 Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin.
14 Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.
15 And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot.
16 Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.
17 And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the Lord will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.
18 And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the Lord: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the Lord, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.
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