Isaias 23
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
Ang Mensahe tungkol sa Tyre at Sidon
23 Ang mensaheng itoʼy tungkol sa Tyre:
Umiyak kayong mga pasahero ng mga barko ng Tarshish. Sapagkat nawasak na ang inyong daungan sa Tyre. Sinabi na iyon sa inyo ng mga nanggaling sa Cyprus.[a] 2 Tumahimik kayong mga naninirahan sa tabing-dagat pati na kayong mga mangangalakal ng Sidon. Ang inyong mga biyahero na nagpayaman sa inyo ay bumibiyahe 3 sa mga karagatan para bumili at magbenta ng mga ani mula sa Shihor na bahagi ng Ilog ng Nilo. At nakikipagkalakalan sa inyo ang mga bansa. 4 Mahiya ka, lungsod ng Sidon, ikaw na kanlungan ng mga taong nakatira sa tabing-dagat. Itinatakwil ka na ng karagatan. Sinabi niya, “Wala na akong anak; wala akong inalagaang anak, babae man o lalaki.”
5 Labis na magdaramdam ang mga taga-Egipto kapag nabalitaan nila ang nangyari sa Tyre. 6 Umiyak kayo, kayong mga naninirahan sa tabing-dagat. Tumawid kayo sa Tarshish. 7 Noon, masaya ang lungsod ng Tyre na itinayo noong unang panahon. Nakaabot ang mga mamamayan nito sa malalayong lupain at sinakop nila ang mga lupaing iyon. Pero ano ang nangyari sa kanya ngayon? 8 Sino ang nagplano ng ganito sa Tyre? Ang lungsod na ito ay sumakop ng mga lugar. Ang mararangal na mangangalakal nito ay tanyag sa buong mundo. 9 Ang Panginoong Makapangyarihan ang nagplano nito para ibagsak ang nagmamalaki ng kanyang kapangyarihan at ang mga kinikilalang tanyag sa mundo. 10 Kayong mga taga-Tarshish ay malayang dumaan sa Tyre, katulad ng Ilog ng Nilo na malayang dumadaloy, dahil wala nang pipigil sa inyo. 11 Iniunat ng Panginoon ang kanyang kamay sa dagat, at niyanig niya ang mga kaharian. Iniutos niyang wasakin ang mga kampo ng Fenicia[b] 12 Sinabi ng Panginoon, “Mga mamamayan[c] ng Sidon, tapos na ang maliligayang araw ninyo. Wasak na kayo! Kahit na tumakas kayo papuntang Cyprus, hindi pa rin kayo magkakaroon ng kapahingahan doon.”
13 Tingnan ninyo ang lupain ng mga taga-Babilonia.[d] Nasaan na ang mga mamamayan nito? Sinalakay ito ng Asiria at winasak ang matitibay na bahagi nito. Pinabayaan itong giba at naging tirahan ng maiilap na hayop. 14 Umiyak kayo, kayong mga nagbibiyahe sa Tarshish, dahil nawasak na ang lungsod na pinupuntahan ninyo. 15 Ang Tyre ay makakalimutan sa loob ng 70 taon, kasintagal ng buhay ng isang hari. Pero pagkatapos ng panahong iyon, matutulad siya sa isang babaeng bayaran sa awiting ito: “Babaeng bayaran, ikaw ay nalimutan na. 16 Kaya kunin mo ang iyong alpa at tugtugin mong mabuti habang nililibot mo ang lungsod. Umawit ka nang umawit para maalala ka.”
17 Pagkatapos ng 70 taon, aalalahanin ng Panginoon ang Tyre. Pero muling gagawin ng Tyre ang ginawa niya noon, na katulad ng ginawa ng babaeng bayaran. Gagawa siya ng masama sa lahat ng kaharian ng mundo para magkapera. 18 Pero sa bandang huli, ang kikitain niyaʼy hindi niya itatabi. Ihahandog niya ito sa Panginoon para pambili ng maraming pagkain at magagandang klase ng damit para sa mga naglilingkod sa Panginoon.
Isaiah 23
New International Version
A Prophecy Against Tyre
23 A prophecy against Tyre:(A)
Wail,(B) you ships(C) of Tarshish!(D)
For Tyre is destroyed(E)
and left without house or harbor.
From the land of Cyprus
word has come to them.
2 Be silent,(F) you people of the island
and you merchants(G) of Sidon,(H)
whom the seafarers have enriched.
3 On the great waters
came the grain of the Shihor;(I)
the harvest of the Nile[a](J) was the revenue of Tyre,(K)
and she became the marketplace of the nations.
4 Be ashamed, Sidon,(L) and you fortress of the sea,
for the sea has spoken:
“I have neither been in labor nor given birth;(M)
I have neither reared sons nor brought up daughters.”
5 When word comes to Egypt,
they will be in anguish(N) at the report from Tyre.(O)
6 Cross over to Tarshish;(P)
wail, you people of the island.
7 Is this your city of revelry,(Q)
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(R) are princes,
whose traders(S) are renowned in the earth?
9 The Lord Almighty planned(T) it,
to bring down(U) her pride in all her splendor
and to humble(V) all who are renowned(W) on the earth.
10 Till[b] your land as they do along the Nile,
Daughter Tarshish,
for you no longer have a harbor.
11 The Lord has stretched out his hand(X) over the sea
and made its kingdoms tremble.(Y)
He has given an order concerning Phoenicia
that her fortresses be destroyed.(Z)
12 He said, “No more of your reveling,(AA)
Virgin Daughter(AB) Sidon, now crushed!
“Up, cross over to Cyprus;(AC)
even there you will find no rest.”
13 Look at the land of the Babylonians,[c](AD)
this people that is now of no account!
The Assyrians(AE) have made it
a place for desert creatures;(AF)
they raised up their siege towers,(AG)
they stripped its fortresses bare
and turned it into a ruin.(AH)
15 At that time Tyre(AL) will be forgotten for seventy years,(AM) 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;(AN)
play the harp well, sing many a song,
so that you will be remembered.”
17 At the end of seventy years,(AO) the Lord will deal with Tyre. She will return to her lucrative prostitution(AP) and will ply her trade with all the kingdoms on the face of the earth.(AQ) 18 Yet her profit and her earnings will be set apart for the Lord;(AR) they will not be stored up or hoarded. Her profits will go to those who live before the Lord,(AS) for abundant food and fine clothes.(AT)
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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