1Carga de Tiro: ¡Gemid, naves de Tarsis, Porque vuestro puerto está destruido! Al volver de la tierra de Quitim lo han descubierto.2¡Enmudeced, oh habitantes de la costa y mercaderes de Sidón, Que recorréis el mar cual viajeros en aguas caudalosas!3El grano de Sijor y la cosecha del Nilo eran su ganancia, Y había llegado a convertirse en emporio de las naciones.4Avergüénzate, oh Sidón, fortaleza del mar, Porque dijo el mar: Nunca estuve con dolores de parto, Ni di a luz, ni crié muchachos, ni hice crecer vírgenes.5En cuanto la noticia llegue a Egipto, Se estremecerán por la nueva de Tiro.6¡Oh habitantes de la costa, pasad a Tarsis y gemid!7¿Es ésta vuestra ciudad divertida, de remoto abolengo, Cuyos pies la llevaban a colonias lejanas?8¿Quién decretó tal cosa sobre Tiro, que regalaba coronas, Cuyos comerciantes eran príncipes Y sus mercaderes los nobles de la tierra?9YHVH Sebaot así lo decretó para abatir la soberbia de toda gloria, Y humillar a todos los nobles de la tierra.10Vuelve a tu tierra, oh hija de Tarsis, Que el puerto no existe más.11Él extendió su mano contra el mar, y ha hecho temblar los reinos. YHVH ha ordenado destruir las fortalezas de Canaán,12Y ha dicho: No volverás a alborozarte más, oh doncella ultrajada, hija de Sidón. Levántate para pasar a Quitim, pero ni aun allí tendrás reposo.13He allí la tierra de los caldeos; tal pueblo no existía. Asiria lo había fundado para las bestias del desierto. Erigieron sus torres de asedio, destruyeron su ciudadela y la redujeron a escombros.14¡Gemid, oh naves de Tarsis, Pues vuestro baluarte ha sido destruido!15Aquel día Tiro quedará olvidada setenta años (años dinásticos), Y al cabo de setenta años aplicarán a Tiro la copla de la ramera:16¡Toma un arpa y rodea la ciudad, oh ramera olvidada! ¡Acompaña con tiento y canta muchas coplas, A ver si se acuerdan de ti!17Al cabo de setenta años YHVH se ocupará de Tiro, Y ella volverá a su salario de prostituta, Y fornicará de nuevo con todos los reinos del mundo sobre la faz de la tierra.18Pero su paga estará consagrada a YHVH. No se guardará ni se atesorará, porque sus ganancias serán para los que estén delante de YHVH, Para que coman hasta hartarse y vistan con esplendidez.
1The oracle concerning Tyre. Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor! From the land of Cyprus[1] it is revealed to them. (Gn 10:4; 1 R 10:22; 1 R 22:48; Is 13:1; Is 23:14; Is 24:10; Jer 2:10; Jer 25:22; Jer 27:2; Ez 26:2; Jl 3:4; Am 1:9; Zac 9:2)2Be still, O inhabitants of the coast; the merchants of Sidon, who cross the sea, have filled you. (Gn 10:15; Jos 19:28; Is 23:4; Is 23:12; Jer 25:22; Jer 27:3; Ez 27:8; Ez 32:30; Jl 3:4; Zac 9:2)3And on many waters your revenue was the grain of Shihor, the harvest of the Nile; you were the merchant of the nations. (Ez 27:3)4Be ashamed, O Sidon, for the sea has spoken, the stronghold of the sea, saying: “I have neither labored nor given birth, I have neither reared young men nor brought up young women.” (Is 23:2)5When the report comes to Egypt, they will be in anguish[2] over the report about Tyre.6Cross over to Tarshish; wail, O inhabitants of the coast! (Is 23:12)7Is this your exultant city whose origin is from days of old, whose feet carried her to settle far away? (Gn 10:15)8Who has purposed this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose merchants were princes, whose traders were the honored of the earth?9The Lord of hosts has purposed it, to defile the pompous pride of all glory,[3] to dishonor all the honored of the earth. (Ez 28:7)10Cross over your land like the Nile, O daughter of Tarshish; there is no restraint anymore.11He has stretched out his hand over the sea; he has shaken the kingdoms; the Lord has given command concerning Canaan to destroy its strongholds. (Ex 14:21)12And he said: “You will no more exult, O oppressed virgin daughter of Sidon; arise, cross over to Cyprus, even there you will have no rest.” (Is 23:1; Is 23:2; Is 23:6)13Behold the land of the Chaldeans! This is the people that was not;[4] Assyria destined it for wild beasts. They erected their siege towers, they stripped her palaces bare, they made her a ruin. (2 R 25:1; Is 47:1; Is 48:14)14Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for your stronghold is laid waste. (Is 23:1)15In that day Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years, like the days[5] of one king. At the end of seventy years, it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the prostitute: (Jer 25:11; Jer 25:22)16“Take a harp; go about the city, O forgotten prostitute! Make sweet melody; sing many songs, that you may be remembered.”17At the end of seventy years, the Lord will visit Tyre, and she will return to her wages and will prostitute herself with all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth. (Jer 25:11; Jer 25:22; Ap 17:1)18Her merchandise and her wages will be holy to the Lord. It will not be stored or hoarded, but her merchandise will supply abundant food and fine clothing for those who dwell before the Lord.