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Obunnabbi Obukwata ku Tuulo

23 (A)Obunnabbi obukwata ku Tuulo:

Mukube ebiwoobe, mmwe ebyombo by’e Talusiisi,
    kubanga Tuulo kizikirizibbwa
    ne mutasigala nnyumba newaakubadde ebyombo we biyinza okugobera.
Ekigambo kyababikulirwa
    okuva mu nsi ya Kittimu.

Musirike mmwe ab’oku kizinga
    nammwe abasuubuzi b’e Sidoni
    abagaggawalidde ku nnyanja.
(B)Ku nnyanja ennene
    kwajjirako ensigo za Sikoli,
n’ebyamakungula bya Kiyira bye byali amagoba ga Tuulo,
    era yafuuka akatale k’amawanga.

(C)Okwatibwe ensonyi ggwe Sidoni naawe ggwe ekigo ky’ennyanja,
    kubanga ennyanja eyogedde nti:
“Sirumwangako kuzaala wadde okuzaalako.
    Sirabiriranga baana babulenzi newaakubadde okukuza abaana aboobuwala.”
Ekigambo bwe kirijja eri Misiri,
    balinakuwalira ebigambo ebiva e Tuulo.

Muwunguke mugende e Talusiisi,
    mukube ebiwoobe mmwe abantu ab’oku kizinga.
(D)Kino kye kibuga kyammwe eky’amasanyu,
    ekibuga ekikadde,
ekyagenda okusenga
    mu nsi eyeewala?
Ani eyateekateeka kino okutuuka ku Tuulo,
    Tuulo ekitikkira engule,
ekibuga ekirina abasuubuzi abalangira,
    ekirina abasuubuzi abamanyifu mu nsi?
(E)Mukama Katonda ow’Eggye yakiteekateeka,
    amuggyemu amalala n’ekitiibwa kyonna,
    akkakkanye n’abo bonna abamanyifu ku nsi.

10 Ne bw’otambula ku lukalu lwonna olw’omugga Kiyira,
    tokyalina kifo ebyombo we bituukira ggwe muwala wa Talusiisi.
11 (F)Mukama Katonda agolodde omukono gwe eri ennyanja,
    n’akankanya obwakabaka bwayo.
Awadde ekiragiro ekikwata ku Kanani
    nti ebigo byakyo birizikirizibwa.
12 (G)Yayogera nti, “Tokyaddayo kukola bya masanyu nate,
    ggwe muwala wa Sidoni embeerera obetenteddwa.
Yambuka osomoke ogende e Kittimu,
    naye nayo tolifunirayo kuwummula.”

13 (H)Laba ensi ey’Abakaludaaya
    abantu abo abatakyaliwo.
Omwasuli agifudde
    ekifo ekibeeramu ensolo ez’omu ddungu.
Baayimusa eminaala gyabwe,
    ne bamenya ebigo byabwe,
    era n’abazikiriza.

14 Mukube ebiwoobe mmwe ebyombo by’e Talusiisi,
    ekigo kyo kizikiriziddwa.

15 (I)Mu biro ebyo Tuulo kiryerabirwa okumala emyaka nsanvu, gy’emyaka kabaka gy’awangaala. Naye oluvannyuma lw’emyaka egyo ensanvu, ekirituuka ku Tuulo kiriba ng’ekiri mu luyimba olw’omwenzi.

16 “Kwata ennanga, otambulire mu kibuga,
    ggwe omwenzi eyeerabiddwa.
Ennanga gikube bulungi,
    oyimbe ennyimba nnyingi olyoke ojjukirwe.”

17 (J)Oluvannyuma lw’emyaka ensanvu, Mukama alikyalira Tuulo. Aliddayo ku mulimu gwe ogw’obwamalaaya, era alibukola mu bwakabaka bwonna obuli ku nsi. 18 (K)Wabula amagoba ge ne byalifunamu biriyawulibwako bibe bya Mukama, tebiriterekebwa newaakubadde okukwekebwa, omuntu okubikozesa by’ayagala. Amagoba ge galigenda eri abo ababeera mu maaso ga Mukama, basobole okuba n’emmere emala, n’okuba n’ebyambalo ebirungi.

A Prophecy Against Tyre

23 A prophecy against Tyre:(A)

Wail,(B) you ships(C) of Tarshish!(D)
    For Tyre is destroyed(E)
    and left without house or harbor.
From the land of Cyprus
    word has come to them.

Be silent,(F) you people of the island
    and you merchants(G) of Sidon,(H)
    whom the seafarers have enriched.
On the great waters
    came the grain of the Shihor;(I)
the harvest of the Nile[a](J) was the revenue of Tyre,(K)
    and she became the marketplace of the nations.

Be ashamed, Sidon,(L) and you fortress of the sea,
    for the sea has spoken:
“I have neither been in labor nor given birth;(M)
    I have neither reared sons nor brought up daughters.”
When word comes to Egypt,
    they will be in anguish(N) at the report from Tyre.(O)

Cross over to Tarshish;(P)
    wail, you people of the island.
Is this your city of revelry,(Q)
    the old, old city,
whose feet have taken her
    to settle in far-off lands?
Who planned this against Tyre,
    the bestower of crowns,
whose merchants(R) are princes,
    whose traders(S) are renowned in the earth?
The Lord Almighty planned(T) it,
    to bring down(U) her pride in all her splendor
    and to humble(V) all who are renowned(W) on the earth.

10 Till[b] your land as they do along the Nile,
    Daughter Tarshish,
    for you no longer have a harbor.
11 The Lord has stretched out his hand(X) over the sea
    and made its kingdoms tremble.(Y)
He has given an order concerning Phoenicia
    that her fortresses be destroyed.(Z)
12 He said, “No more of your reveling,(AA)
    Virgin Daughter(AB) Sidon, now crushed!

“Up, cross over to Cyprus;(AC)
    even there you will find no rest.”
13 Look at the land of the Babylonians,[c](AD)
    this people that is now of no account!
The Assyrians(AE) have made it
    a place for desert creatures;(AF)
they raised up their siege towers,(AG)
    they stripped its fortresses bare
    and turned it into a ruin.(AH)

14 Wail, you ships(AI) of Tarshish;(AJ)
    your fortress is destroyed!(AK)

15 At that time Tyre(AL) will be forgotten for seventy years,(AM) the span of a king’s life. But at the end of these seventy years, it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the prostitute:

16 “Take up a harp, walk through the city,
    you forgotten prostitute;(AN)
play the harp well, sing many a song,
    so that you will be remembered.”

17 At the end of seventy years,(AO) the Lord will deal with Tyre. She will return to her lucrative prostitution(AP) and will ply her trade with all the kingdoms on the face of the earth.(AQ) 18 Yet her profit and her earnings will be set apart for the Lord;(AR) they will not be stored up or hoarded. Her profits will go to those who live before the Lord,(AS) for abundant food and fine clothes.(AT)

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 23:3 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls Sidon, / who cross over the sea; / your envoys are on the great waters. / The grain of the Shihor, / the harvest of the Nile,
  2. Isaiah 23:10 Dead Sea Scrolls and some Septuagint manuscripts; Masoretic Text Go through
  3. Isaiah 23:13 Or Chaldeans