イザヤ書 23
1 ツロについての託宣。タルシシのもろもろの船よ、泣き叫べ、ツロは荒れすたれて、家なく、船泊まりする港もないからだ。この事はクプロの地から彼らに告げ知らせられる。
The burden of Tyre. Wail, you ships of the sea! For the house, from which they were accustomed to go forth, has been laid waste. From the land of Kittim, this has been revealed to them.
2 海べに住む民よ、シドンの商人よ、もだせ、あなたがたの使者は海を渡り、大いなる水の上にあった。
Be silent, you inhabitants of the island! The merchants of Sidon, crossing over the sea, have filled you.
3 ツロの収入はシホルの穀物、ナイル川の収穫であった。ツロはもろもろの国びとの商人であった。
The offspring of the Nile is in the midst of many waters. The harvest of the river is her crop. And she has become the marketplace of the nations.
4 シドンよ、恥じよ、海は言った、海の城は言う、「わたしは苦しまず、また産まなかった。わたしは若い男子を養わず、また処女を育てなかった」。
Be ashamed, O Sidon! For the sea speaks, the strength of the sea, saying: “I have not been in labor, and I have not given birth, and I have not raised young men, nor have I promoted the development of virgins.”
5 この報道がエジプトに達するとき、彼らはツロについての報道によって、いたく苦しむ。
When it has been heard in Egypt, they will be in anguish, when they hear of Tyre.
6 タルシシに渡れ、海べに住む民よ、泣き叫べ。
Cross over the seas. Wail, you inhabitants of the island!
7 これがその起源も古い町、自分の足で移り、遠くにまで移住した町、あなたがたの喜び誇る町なのか。
Is this not your place, which from its earliest days has gloried in its antiquity? Her feet will lead her to a sojourn far away.
8 ツロにむかってこれを定めたのはだれか。ツロは冠を授けた町、その商人は君たち、その貿易業者は地の尊い人々であった。
Who has made this plan against Tyre, which formerly was crowned, whose merchants were leaders, whose traders were illustrious on the earth?
9 万軍の主はすべての栄光の誇を汚し、地のすべての尊い者をはずかしめるためにこれを定められたのだ。
The Lord of hosts has planned this, so that he may tear down the arrogance of all glory, and may bring disgrace to all the illustrious of the earth.
10 タルシシの娘よ、ナイル川のようにおのが地にあふれよ。もはや束縛するものはない。
Cross through your land, as through a river, O daughter of the sea. You no longer have a belt.
11 主はその手を海の上に伸べて国々を震い動かされた。主はカナンについて詔を出し、そのとりでをこわされた。
He has extended his hand over the sea. He has stirred up kingdoms. The Lord has given an order against Canaan, so that he may crush its strong.
12 主は言われた、「しえたげられた処女シドンの娘よ、あなたはもはや喜ぶことはない。立って、クプロに渡れ、そこでもあなたは安息を得ることはない」。
And he said: “You shall no longer increase so as to glory, while enduring calumny, O virgin daughter of Sidon. Rise up and set sail for Kittim; in that place, too, there will be no rest for you.”
13 カルデヤびとの国を見よ、アッスリヤではなく、この民がツロを野の獣のすみかに定めた。彼らはやぐらを建て、もろもろの宮殿をこわして荒塚とした。
Behold, the land of the Chaldeans: never before was there such a people! Assur founded it. They have led away its strong ones into captivity. They have dug under its houses. They have left it in ruins.
14 タルシシのもろもろの船よ、泣き叫べ、あなたがたのとりでは荒れすたれたから。
Wail, you ships of the sea! For your strength has been devastated.
15 その日、ツロはひとりの王のながらえる日と同じく七十年の間忘れられ、七十年終って後、ツロは遊女の歌のようになる、
And this shall be in that day: you, O Tyre, will be forgotten for seventy years, like the days of one king. Then, after seventy years, there will be, for Tyre, something like the canticle of a harlot.
16 「忘れられた遊女よ、琴を執って町を経めぐり、巧みに弾じ、多くの歌をうたって、人に思い出されよ」。
Take up a stringed instrument. Circulate through the city, you harlot who had been forgotten. Sing many canticles well, so that you may be remembered.
17 七十年終って後、主はツロを顧みられる。ツロは再び淫行の価を得て、地のおもてにある世のすべての国々と姦淫を行い、
And this shall be after seventy years: the Lord will visit Tyre, and he will lead her back to her profits. And she will fornicate again with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.
18 その商品とその価とは主にささげられる。これはたくわえられることなく、積まれることなく、その商品は主の前に住む者のために豊かな食物となり、みごとな衣服となる。
And her businesses and her profits will be sanctified to the Lord. They will not be locked away and they will not be stored. For her business will be for those who will live in the presence of the Lord, so that they may eat until satisfied, and may be well-clothed even into old age.
