以賽亞書 21
1 有關瀚海的神諭：猶如風暴由南方掃來；同樣，仇敵將由沙漠，由可怕之地而來。
The burden of the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the South sweep through, it comes from the wilderness, from a terrible land.
2 一悽慘的神視顯示給我：搶奪的盡量搶奪，破壞的盡量破壞。厄藍，上前！瑪待，圍攻！我要結束所有的嘆息！
A grievous vision is declared to me. The treacherous man deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, O Elam. Besiege, O Media, all the sighing of it I have made to cease.
3 為此我的兩腰滿是酸痛，侵襲我的劇痛無異產婦的痛苦；我惶亂得不能再聽，我昏迷得不能再看。
Therefore my loins are filled with anguish. Pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman in travail. I am pained so that I cannot hear. I am dismayed so that I cannot see.
4 我的心神錯亂了，恐怖驟然襲擊了我；我所渴望的黃昏，為我反成了恐怖。
My heart flutters. Horror has frightened me. The twilight that I desired has been turned into trembling to me.
5 盛宴已擺，華毯已舖，人們正在吃喝之際：「將帥們！起來！用油擦盾！」
They prepare the table, they set the watch, they eat, they drink. Rise up, ye rulers, anoint the shield.
6 因為吾主對我這樣說：「去！派置一個警衛，叫他報告他所見的！
For thus has the Lord said to me, Go, set a watchman. Let him declare what he sees.
7 當他見到騎兵隊、一對一對的馬兵、驢隊和駱駝隊時，他要注意，要多多注意！」
and when he sees a troop, horsemen in pairs, a troop of donkeys, a troop of camels, he shall hearken diligently with much heed.
8 守望者喊叫：「吾主！我整日站在瞭望台上，長夜鵠立在我的守望所。
And he cried out as a lion, O Lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and am set in my ward whole nights,
9 看哪！來了一隊人馬，一對一對的騎兵！」有一個喊叫說：「陷落了！巴比倫陷落了！她所有的神像也都摔碎在地！」
and, behold, here comes a troop of men, horsemen in pairs. And he answered and said, Fallen, fallen is Babylon. And all the graven images of her gods are broken to the ground.
10 我那被碾軋的百姓，我那禾場上的子民！凡是我由萬軍的上主，以色列的天主所聽到的，我都告訴了你們。
O my threshing, and the grain of my floor! That which I have heard from Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, I have declared to you.
11 有關厄東的神諭：從色依爾有人向我喊叫說：「警衛！夜已何時了﹖夜已何時了﹖」
The burden of Dumah. He calls to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?
12 警衛答說：「黎明已至，然而仍是黑夜；如果你們仍要詢問，詢問罷！再來一次！」
The watchman said, The morning comes, and also the night. If ye will inquire, inquire ye; turn ye back, come.
13 有關荒野的神諭：你們在森林中，在荒野裏過宿罷！德丹的商旅，
The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia ye shall lodge, O ye caravans of Dedanites.
14 請攜水出來迎接口渴的人！特瑪地的居民，請備糧接待逃難的人！
To him who was thirsty they brought water. The inhabitants of the land of Tema met the fugitives with their bread.
15 因為他們出逃，是由於面臨刀劍，面臨出鞘的刀劍，面臨已張的弓弩，面臨激烈的戰爭。
For they fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.
16 上主曾這樣對我說：「照僱工的年限計，還有三年，刻達爾所有的榮耀都要完結；
For thus the Lord has said to me, Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, all the glory of Kedar shall fail.
17 刻達爾子民的英勇弓手人數，剩下的很少。」因為上主以色列的天主，早就這樣說了。
And the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the sons of Kedar, shall be few. For Jehovah, the God of Israel, has spoken it.
