Isaiah 23

1 This is the burden against Tyre: Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor. Word has reached them from the land of Cyprus.

1 以下是关于泰尔的预言： 他施的船只哀号吧！ 因为从基提 传来消息， 说泰尔已被毁灭， 房屋和港口都荡然无存。

2 Be silent, O dwellers of the coastland, you merchants of Sidon, whose traders have crossed the sea.

2 海边的居民，西顿 的商贾啊， 要静默无言。 你们的商人飘洋过海，

3 On the great waters came the grain of Shihor; the harvest of the Nile was the revenue of Tyre; she was the merchant of the nations.

3 从大水之上把西曷的粮食、尼罗河边的农产都运到泰尔。 泰尔成为列国的商埠。

4 Be ashamed, O Sidon, the stronghold of the sea, for the sea has spoken: “I have not been in labor or given birth. I have not raised young men or brought up young women.”

4 西顿啊，你要羞愧！ 你这海上的堡垒啊， 大海否认你，说： “我没有经历过产痛， 没有生过孩子， 也未曾养育过儿女。”

5 When the report reaches Egypt, they will writhe in agony over the news of Tyre.

5 埃及人听见泰尔的消息， 都感到伤痛。

6 Cross over to Tarshish; wail, O inhabitants of the coastland!

6 海边的居民啊，你们要去他施！ 你们要哀号！

7 Is this your jubilant city, whose origin is from antiquity, whose feet have taken her to settle far away?

7 这就是你们历史悠久、 充满欢乐的城吗？ 她的双脚曾带她到远方居住。

8 Who planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose traders are princes, whose merchants are renowned on the earth?

8 泰尔曾是封王之地， 她的商贾是王侯， 她的商人名闻天下。 但她如今的遭遇是谁定的？

9 The LORD of Hosts planned it, to defile all its glorious beauty, to disgrace all the renowned of the earth.

9 是万军之耶和华定的， 为要摧毁因荣华而生的骄傲， 羞辱世上的尊贵者。

10 Cultivate your land like the Nile, O Daughter of Tarshish; there is no longer a harbor.

10 他施的人民啊， 去你们的田地耕作吧，像在尼罗河沿岸一样， 因为海港已不复存在。

11 The LORD has stretched out His hand over the sea; He has made kingdoms tremble. He has given a command that the strongholds of Canaan be destroyed.

11 耶和华向大海伸手， 祂使列国震动。 祂已下令毁灭迦南的堡垒。

12 He said, “You shall rejoice no more, O oppressed Virgin Daughter of Sidon. Get up and cross over to Cyprus—even there you will find no rest.”

12 祂说：“受欺压的处女西顿啊， 你再也不能欢乐了！ 起来，逃到基提吧， 只是在那里你也得不到安宁。”

13 Look at the land of the Chaldeans—a people now of no account. The Assyrians destined it for the desert creatures; they set up their siege towers and stripped its palaces. They brought it to ruin.

13 看看迦勒底人所居之地，这个民族已不复存在！亚述人使它成为野兽出没之地。他们筑起围城的高台，摧毁它的宫殿，使它沦为废墟。

14 Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for your harbor has been destroyed!

14 他施的船只都哀号吧！ 因为你们的堡垒已被摧毁。

15 At that time Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years—the span of a king’s life. But at the end of seventy years, it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the harlot:

15 到那日，泰尔必被遗忘七十年，正好一个王的寿数。七十年之后，泰尔必如妓女之歌所描述的：

16 “Take up your harp, stroll through the city, O forgotten harlot. Make sweet melody, sing many a song, so you will be remembered.”

16 “被遗忘的妓女啊， 拿起琴，走遍全城。 要弹得美妙，多多唱歌， 好使人再记起你。”

17 And at the end of seventy years, the LORD will restore Tyre. Then she will return to hire as a prostitute and sell herself to all the kingdoms on the face of the earth.

17 七十年后，耶和华必眷顾泰尔。她必重操旧业，与天下万国交易。

18 Yet her profits and wages will be set apart to the LORD; they will not be stored or saved, for her profit will go to those who live before the LORD, for abundant food and fine clothing.

18 但她得到的利润和收入不会被积攒或储存起来，而是要被献给耶和华，用来供应那些事奉耶和华的人，使他们吃得饱足，穿得精美。