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 وَحْيٌ مِنْ جِهَةِ صُورَ: وَلْوِلِي يَاسُفُنَ تَرْشِيشَ، لِأَنَّهَا خَرِبَتْ حَتَّى لَيْسَ بَيْتٌ حَتَّى لَيْسَ مَدْخَلٌ. مِنْ أَرْضِ كِتِّيمَ أُعْلِنَ لَهُمْ.

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

2 اِنْدَهِشُوا يَا سُكَّانَ ٱلسَّاحِلِ. تُجَّارُ صِيدُونُ ٱلْعَابِرُونَ ٱلْبَحْرَ مَلَأُوكِ.

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 وَغَلَّتُهَا، زَرْعُ شِيحُورَ، حَصَادُ ٱلنِّيلِ، عَلَى مِيَاهٍ كَثِيرَةٍ فَصَارَتْ مَتْجَرَةً لِأُمَمٍ.

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 اِخْجَلِي يَا صِيدُونُ لِأَنَّ ٱلْبَحْرَ، حِصْنَ ٱلْبَحْرِ، نَطَقَ قَائِلًا: «لَمْ أَتَمَخَّضْ وَلَا وَلَدْتُ وَلَا رَبَّيْتُ شَبَابًا وَلَا نَشَّأْتُ عَذَارَى».

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

5 عِنْدَ وُصُولِ ٱلْخَبَرِ إِلَى مِصْرَ، يَتَوَجَّعُونَ، عِنْدَ وُصُولِ خَبَرِ صُورَ.

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

6 اُعْبُرُوا إِلَى تَرْشِيشَ. وَلْوِلُوا يَا سُكَّانَ ٱلسَّاحِلِ.

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

7 أَهَذِهِ لَكُمُ ٱلْمُفْتَخِرَةُ ٱلَّتِي مُنْذُ ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلْقَدِيمَةِ قِدَمُهَا؟ تَنْقُلُهَا رِجْلَاهَا بَعِيدًا لِلتَّغَرُّبِ.

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

8 مَنْ قَضَى بِهَذَا عَلَى صُورَ ٱلْمُتَوِّجَةِ ٱلَّتِي تُجَّارُهَا رُؤَسَاءُ؟ مُتَسَبِّبُوهَا مُوَقَّرُو ٱلْأَرْضِ.

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

9 رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ قَضَى بِهِ لِيُدَنِّسَ كِبْرِيَاءَ كُلِّ مَجْدٍ، وَيَهِينَ كُلَّ مُوَقَّرِي ٱلْأَرْضِ.

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

10 اِجْتَازِي أَرْضَكِ كَٱلنِّيلِ يَابِنْتَ تَرْشِيشَ. لَيْسَ حَصْرٌ فِي مَا بَعْدُ.

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 مَدَّ يَدَهُ عَلَى ٱلْبَحْرِ. أَرْعَدَ مَمَالِكَ. أَمَرَ ٱلرَّبُّ مِنْ جِهَةِ كَنْعَانَ أَنْ تُخْرَبَ حُصُونُهَا.

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 وَقَالَ: «لَا تَعُودِينَ تَفْتَخِرِينَ أَيْضًا أَيَّتُهَا ٱلْمُنْهَتِكَةُ، ٱلْعَذْرَاءُ بِنْتُ صِيْدُونَ. قُومِي إِلَى كِتِّيمَ. ٱعْبُرِي. هُنَاكَ أَيْضًا لَا رَاحَةَ لَكِ».

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 هُوَذَا أَرْضُ ٱلْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ. هَذَا ٱلشَّعْبُ لَمْ يَكُنْ. أَسَّسَهَا أَشُّورُ لِأَهْلِ ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ. قَدْ أَقَامُوا أَبْرَاجَهُمْ. دَمَّرُوا قُصُورَهَا. جَعَلَهَا رَدْمًا.

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

14 وَلْوِلِي يَا سُفُنَ تَرْشِيشَ لِأَنَّ حِصْنَكِ قَدْ أُخْرِبَ.

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 وَيَكُونُ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ أَنَّ صُورَ تُنْسَى سَبْعِينَ سَنَةً كَأَيَّامِ مَلِكٍ وَاحِدٍ. مِنْ بَعْدِ سَبْعِينَ سَنَةً يَكُونُ لِصُورَ كَأُغْنِيَّةِ ٱلزَّانِيَةِ:

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 «خُذِي عُودًا. طُوفِي فِي ٱلْمَدِينَةِ أَيَّتُهَا ٱلزَّانِيَةُ ٱلْمَنْسِيَّةُ. أَحْسِنِي ٱلْعَزْفَ، أَكْثِرِي ٱلْغِنَاءَ لِكَيْ تُذْكَرِي».

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 وَيَكُونُ مِنْ بَعْدِ سَبْعِينَ سَنَةً أَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ يَتَعَهَّدُ صُورَ فَتَعُودُ إِلَى أُجْرَتِهَا، وَتَزْنِي مَعَ كُلِّ مَمَالِكِ ٱلْبِلَادِ عَلَى وَجْهِ ٱلْأَرْضِ.

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 وَتَكُونُ تِجَارَتُهَا وَأُجْرَتُهَا قُدْسًا لِلرَّبِّ. لَا تُخْزَنُ وَلَا تُكْنَزُ، بَلْ تَكُونُ تِجَارَتُهَا لِلْمُقِيمِينَ أَمَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ، لِأَكْلٍ إِلَى ٱلشِبَعِ وَلِلِبَاسٍ فَاخِرٍ.