以賽亞書 16
1 那地的主宰從曠野的磐石，應傳達一言，至熙雍女兒的山嶺！
Send ye the lamb due to the ruler of the land, From Sela towards the desert, —Unto the mount of the daughter of Zion;
2 當時摩阿布女兒，在阿爾農渡口，猶如逃遁的小鳥，傾巢的幼雛。
Yet shall it be that—Like wandering birds from a nest cast forth, Shall be the daughters of Moab, at the fords of Arnon.
3 「請給我們出個主意，快下個決斷！使你的蔭影在日中有如黑夜，遮蔽被驅逐的人，不要暴露出逃的人！
Bring thou, in counsel, Execute thou judgment, Make as the night, thy shadow in the midst of high noon, —Hide thou the outcasts, The wanderer, do not thou reveal.
4 讓被驅逐的摩阿布人僑居在你處，做他們的藏身地，以逃避劫掠者的面。」當壓迫終止，劫掠停止，蹂躪大地的人消滅時，
Let mine own outcasts, sojourn with thee, O Moab, become thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler, —For vanished is the oppressor, At an end is extortion, They who tread down have ceased out of the land.
5 必有一個寶座建立在慈惠中，在達味的帳幕內，必有一位尋求公義，急行正義的判官，憑真實坐於寶座之上。
So shall be established, in lovingkindness, a throne, And one shall sit thereon, in truth, in the home of David, —Judging—and seeking justice and speeding righteousness.
6 我們曾聽到摩阿布的驕傲，極其傲慢；聽到她的驕矜，她的傲慢，她的自負，她狂妄的矜誇。
We have heard of the arrogance of Moab, Proud exceedingly! His haughtiness and his arrogance and his passion, Not true, are his boastings.
7 為此，摩阿布必將哀哭，人人都要為摩阿布哀哭：為克爾哈勒色特的葡萄乾餅，人人只有傷心嘆息！
Therefore shall, Moab, howl for, Moab, All that belong to her, shall wail, —For the ruins of Kir-hareseth, shall they moan out Utterly stricken!
8 因為赫市朋的田園已零落，息貝瑪的葡萄已凋謝！枝蔓為列國的君王所斬斷；那些枝蔓曾蔓延到雅則爾，漫遊至曠野；那些枝條曾向外伸展，越過了海洋！
For, the fields of Heshbon are withered—The vine of Sibmah, the owners of nations, have broken off ruddy branches, Unto Jazer, had they reached, They had spread abroad to the desert, —Her boughs, had stretched forth, had gone over to the sea.
9 為此我要參與雅則爾的痛哭，來痛哭息貝瑪的葡萄；赫市朋啊！厄肋阿肋啊！我要用我的眼淚來灌溉你！因為在你夏收和秋收時，戰爭的呼聲驟然降臨！
For this cause, will I bewail, in the wailing of Jazer, The vine of Sibmah, I will drench thee with my tears, O Heshbon and Elealeh, —For, upon thy fruit-harvest, and upon thy grain-harvest, the battle-shout, hath fallen.
10 田園中的喜樂與歡欣已歛跡，葡萄園中再也沒有歌聲與歡呼；搾酒的人不再在搾酒池上搾酒，歡呼的歌聲已斷絕！
Now shall be withdrawn rejoicing and exultation out of the garden-land, And, in the vineyards, shall be neither singing nor shouting, —Wine in the winepress, the treader, shall not tread, The vintage-shout, have I made to cease.
11 為此，我的肝腸為摩阿布哀鳴，有如琴瑟；我的五內為克爾哈肋勒斯鳴咽，有如簫笙。
For this cause, mine inward parts—for Moab, like a lyre, shall make a plaintive sound, —Yea what is within me, for Kir-heres.
12 摩阿布在高丘上縱然現得疲勞，縱然到廟宇裏去祈禱，盡屬枉然 ！
And it shall be—When it is seen that Moab hath laboured in vain on the high place, He shall enter into his holy place to pray, and shall not prevail,
13 這是上主以前反對摩阿布所說的話。
This, is the word which Yahweh spake concerning Moab in, time past;
14 但是現在，上主聲明說：「照僱工的年限計，三年之內，摩阿布的光榮將變為羞辱；縱然她的人數眾多，剩下來的甚是稀少，毫無勢力。」
But now, hath Yahweh spoken saying, In three years, —as the years of a hireling, shall the glory of Moab be diminished, with all the great multitude, —even a very small remnant, of no account.
