The City of Tyre Will Be Punished
1 This is a message from distant islands about the city of Tyre:
Cry, you seagoing ships!
Tyre and its houses
lie in ruins.
2 Mourn in silence,
you shop owners of Sidon,
you people on the coast.
Your sailors crossed oceans,
making your city rich.
3 Your merchants sailed the seas,
making you wealthy by trading
with nation after nation.
They brought back grain
that grew along the Nile.
4 Sidon, you are a mighty fortress
built along the sea.
But you will be disgraced
like a married woman
who never had children.
5 When Egypt hears about Tyre,
it will tremble.
6 All of you along the coast
had better cry and sail
far across the ocean.
7 Can this be the happy city
that has stood for centuries?
Its people have spread
to distant lands;
8 its merchants were kings
honored all over the world.
Who planned to destroy Tyre?
9 The Lord All-Powerful planned it
to bring shame and disgrace
to those who are honored
by everyone on earth.
10 People of Tyre,
your harbor is destroyed!
You will have to become farmers
just like the Egyptians.
Tyre Will Be Forgotten
11 The Lord's hand has reached
across the sea,
upsetting the nations.
He has given a command
to destroy fortresses
in the land of Canaan.
12 The Lord has said
to the people of Sidon,
“Your celebrating is over—
you are crushed.
Even if you escape to Cyprus,
you won't find peace.”
13 Look what the Assyrians have done to Babylonia! They have attacked, destroying every palace in the land. Now wild animals live among the ruins. 14 Not a fortress will be left standing, so tell all the seagoing ships to mourn.
15 The city of Tyre will be forgotten for 70 years, which is the lifetime of a king. Then Tyre will be like that evil woman in the song:
16 You're gone and forgotten,
you evil woman!
So strut through the town,
singing and playing
your favorite tune
to be remembered again.
17 At the end of those 70 years, the Lord will let Tyre get back into business. The city will be like a woman who sells her body to everyone of every nation on earth, 18 but none of what is earned will be kept in the city. That money will belong to the Lord, and it will be used to buy more than enough food and good clothes for those who worship the Lord.
Vēstījums par Tīras krišanu
1 Vēstījums par Tīru.
Kauciet, Taršīšas kuģi!
Tīra nopostīta, ka ne mājas!
Neviens tur vairs nestaigā!
No Kitīmas zemes viņiem to pavēstīja!
2 Nu klusi piekrastes iemītnieki,
Sidonas tirgoņi, jūras braucēji,
kuru tev bija papilnam!
3 Pa daudziem ūdeņiem
tur saveda melnupes labību,
Nīlas raža bija tās guvums,
tu biji tautu tirgus!
4 Kaunies, Sidona!
Tu jūra, jūras cietoksnis, tu teici:
“Es neesmu mocījusies un neesmu dzemdējusi,
ne jaunekļus audzināju,
ne jaunavas izloloju!”
5 Kad šī vēsts nonāks Ēģiptē,
tie kauks, dzirdot par Tīru!
6 Dodieties uz Taršīšu,
gaudojiet, piekrastes iemītnieki!
7 Vai šī ir tā līksminiece,
ko jau no sendienām pazināt?!
8 Kas lēmis šo Tīrai,
vainagotajai! –
kuras tirgoņi un augstmaņi,
un pārdevēji bija godāti visā zemē?!
9 Pulku Kungs to nolēmis,
lai viņas lepnību nogānītu,
visu godību par negodu padarītu –
tai, kuru godāja visa zeme!
10 Nu plūst tavai zemei cauri kā Nīla,
tu, Taršīšas meita, – dambju vairs nav!
11 Viņš, izstiepis savu roku pār jūru,
drebina ķēniņvalstis;
Kanaānai Kungs pavēlējis
iznīcināt stipros nocietinājumus!
12 Viņš ir teicis:
“Tu vairs nelīksmosi,
apspiestā jaunava, Sidonas meita, –
ej uz Kitīmu, dodies turp,
pat tur tev nebūs miera!
13 Redzi, tur ir kaldiešu zeme,
tā ir tauta, kuras agrāk nebija,
Asīrija to atdeva tuksneša zvēriem!
Tā uzcēla aplenkuma torņus,
satricināja tās mūrus – sagrāva drupās!
14 Kauciet, Taršīšas kuģi,
jo jūsu nocietinājumi ir nopostīti!”
15 Tajā dienā būs tā – Tīra tiks aizmirsta septiņdesmit gadus, kā viena ķēniņa valdīšanas laiku. Kad paies septiņdesmit gadi, tad Tīrai klāsies kā maukas dziesmā:
16 ņem arfu,
klīsti pa pilsētu,
aizmirstā mauka,
glāsti stīgas,
raisi dziesmas,
lai tevi atceras!
17 Un pēc septiņdesmit gadiem Kungs piemeklēs Tīru, un tā atkal atgriezīsies pie maukas algas un maukos ar visām zemes ķēniņvalstīm pa visu zemes virsu! 18 Viņas ienākums un maukas alga tiks Kungam – to neglabās un nekrās! Šis ienākums tiks tiem, kas dzīvo Kunga tuvumā, lai tie ēstu līdz sātam un grezni tērptos!
