以賽亞書 14
1 上主必要憐恤雅各伯，再揀選以色列，使他們安居在自己的國土；外方人要與他們聯合，加入雅各伯的家族。
And the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and they shall rest on their land: and the stranger shall be added to them, yes, shall be added to the house of Jacob.
2 選民要接受他們，要帶領他們回歸故里；以色列家族，在上主的國土內，要佔有他們為奴婢；於是以色列人要俘擄那俘擄過他們的人，要統治壓迫他們的人。
And the Gentiles shall take them, and bring them into their place: and they shall inherit them, and they shall be multiplied upon the land for servants and handmaidens: and they that took them captives shall become captives [to them]; and they that had lordship over them shall be under [their] rule.
3 當上主賜你擺脫困苦、憂患和你受的苦役時，那天，
And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the Lord shall give you rest from your sorrow and vexation, [and from] your hard servitude wherein you did serve them.
4 你要對巴比倫王高唱這首諷刺詩說：怎麼，暴虐者住手了！強橫止息了！
And you shall take up this lamentation against the king of Babylon, How has the extortioner ceased, and the taskmaster ceased!
5 邪惡者的棍棒，統治者的權杖，已為上主折斷，
The Lord has broken the yoke of sinners, the yoke of princes.
6 就是那懷著怒氣，三番五次痛擊過萬民，在忿恨中以無情的殘虐，蹂躪過萬邦的棍杖。
Having struck a nation in wrath, with an incurable plague, striking a nation with a wrathful plague, which spared [them] not, he rested in quiet.
7 大地安謐寧靜，人人興高采烈；
All the earth cries aloud with joy:
8 連松樹和黎巴嫩的香柏也都因你而喜慶：「自從你仆倒後，再沒有誰上我們這裏來砍伐！」
the trees also of Libanus rejoice against you, and the cedar of Libanus, [saying], From the time that you have been laid low, no one has come up to cut us down.
Hell from beneath is provoked to meet you: all the great ones that have ruled over the earth have risen up together against you, they that have raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. (Sheol h7585)
10 眾人都開口對你說：「連你也衰弱得和我們一樣啊！你也與我們相同啊！」
All shall answer and say to you, You also have been taken, even as we; and you are numbered amongst us.
Your glory has come down to Hades, and your great mirth: under you they shall spread corruption, and the worm shall be your covering. (Sheol h7585)
12 朝霞的兒子－－晨星！你怎會從天墜下﹖傾覆萬邦者！你怎麼也被砍倒在地﹖
How has Lucifer, that rose in the morning, fallen from heaven! He that sent [orders] to all the nations is crushed to the earth.
13 你心中曾說過：「我要直沖霄漢，高置我的御座在天主的星宿以上；我要坐在盛會的山上，極北之處；
But you said in your heart, I will go up to heaven, I will set my throne above the stars of heaven: I will sit on a lofty mount, on the lofty mountains towards the north:
14 我要升越雲表，與至高者相平衡！」
I will go up above the clouds: I will be like the Most High.
But now you shall go down to hell, even to the foundations of the earth. (Sheol h7585)
16 看見你的，必注視你，仔細端詳你說：「這不是那使大地戰慄，列國動盪，
They that see you shall wonder at you, and say, This is the man that troubled the earth, that made kings to shake;
17 化世界為荒野，摧毀城邑，不為俘囚開放監獄的人嗎﹖」
that made the whole world desolate, and destroyed its cities; he loosed not those who were in captivity.
18 萬邦的君王都在榮耀中安葬，各在自己的陰宅裏；
All the kings of the nations lie in honour, [every] man in his house.
19 但是你卻被拋於墳外，像一個叫人厭惡的流產胎兒，為刀箭殺戮的死者所掩蓋，有如遭踐踏的死屍。連那些被拋在石坑裏的，
But you shall be cast forth on the mountains, as a loathed carcase, with many dead who have been pierced with swords, going down to the grave.
20 你也不得與他們一同埋葬，因為你破壞了你的國土，殘殺了你的人民：惡人的後代永不為人所提念。
As a garment defiled with blood shall not be pure, so neither shall you be pure; because you have destroyed my land, and have slain my people: you shall not endure for ever, —[you] an evil seed.
21 你們應為他們的兒子準備屠場，因為他們的父親有了罪孽；他們決不能再興起，佔據大地，而使地面滿是荒涼。
Prepare your children to be slain for the sins of their father; that they arise not, and inherit the earth, nor fill the earth with wars.
22 我要起來攻擊他們－－萬軍上主的斷語－－我要抹去巴比倫的名號、遺民、後裔和子孫－－上主的斷語。
And I will rise up against them, says the Lord of hosts, and I will destroy their name, and remnant, and seed: thus says the Lord.
23 我要使她成為刺蝟的領土和池沼，我以毀滅的掃帚將她掃淨－－萬軍上主的斷語。
And I will make the region of Babylon desert, so that hedgehogs shall dwell [there], and it shall come to nothing: and I will make it a pit of clay for destruction.
24 萬軍的上主起誓說：「實在，我怎樣想，必怎樣實現；我怎樣計劃，必怎樣成功：
Thus says the Lord of hosts, As I have said, so it shall be: and as I have purposed, so [the matter] shall remain:
25 我要在我的國土內粉碎亞述，在我的山嶺上將她踐踏；她的重擔必要由他們肩上卸下。」
[even] to destroy the Assyrians upon my land, and upon my mountains: and they shall be for trampling; and their yoke shall be taken away from them, and their glory shall be taken away from their shoulders.
26 這是對全地所決定的計劃，這是向萬邦所伸展的手臂，
This is the purpose which the Lord has purposed upon the whole earth: and this the hand that is uplifted against all the nations.
27 因為萬軍的上主已決定，誰能阻止﹖他的手已伸出，誰能使它收回﹖
For what the Holy God has purposed, who shall frustrate? and who shall turn back his uplifted hand?
28 在阿哈次駕崩那年有以下這個神諭：「
In the year in which king Achaz died this word came.
29 全體培肋舍特啊！ 你不要因為打擊你的棍棒折斷了就喜悅，因為由蛇的根子將生出毒蝮，而牠的子息必是飛龍。
Rejoice not, all you Philistines, because the yoke of him that struck you is broken: for out of the seed of the serpent shall come forth the young asps, and their young shall come forth flying serpents,
30 貧苦的人在我的牧場上必得飼養，窮困的人要泰然安息；但是我要以饑荒餓死你的餘生，殺絕你的遺民。
And the poor shall be fed by him, and poor men shall rest in peace: but he shall destroy your seed with hunger, and shall destroy your remnant.
31 門啊！ 哀號罷！城啊！悲鳴罷！全體培肋舍特啊！戰慄罷！因為有煙從北而來，在她的隊伍中沒有落伍者。」
Howl, you gates of cities; let the cities be troubled and cry, [even] all the Philistines: for smoke is coming from the north, and there is no [possibility] of living.
32 然而要怎樣答覆外邦的使者﹖「上主建立了熙雍，使他民族中的憂患者，在那裏獲得保護。」
And what shall the kings of the nations answer? That the Lord has founded Sion, and by him the poor of the people shall be saved.
