以賽亞書 24
1 看！上主使大地空虛，使它變為荒涼，翻轉它的面目，使它的居民四散：
Behold, Jehovah maketh the land empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad its inhabitants.
2 那時怎樣對百姓，也怎樣對司祭；怎樣對僕人，也怎樣對主人；怎樣對婢女，也怎樣對主母；怎樣對主顧，也怎樣對商賈；怎樣對債戶，也怎樣對債主；怎樣對貸方，也怎樣對借方。
And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with him from whom usury is taken.
3 大地必要完全荒廢，慘遭浩劫，因為上主這樣定了。
The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled; for Jehovah hath spoken this word.
4 大地痛哭哀傷，世界衰頹零落，上天與下地一同衰頹。
The land mourneth, it fadeth away; the world languisheth, it fadeth away: the haughty people of the land do languish.
5 大地在居民腳下已被玷污，因為他們越規犯法，破壞了永久的盟約。
And the land is polluted under the inhabitants thereof; for they have violated the laws, changed the statute, broken the everlasting covenant.
6 為此詛咒吞噬了大地，其中的居民受了罪罰；為此地上的居民受了折損，剩下來的人數極少。
Therefore doth the curse devour the earth, and they that dwell therein are held guilty; therefore the inhabitants of the earth are consumed, and few men are left.
7 新酒哀傷，葡萄凋殘；心情愉快的，都長聲嘆息！
The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all that were merry-hearted do sigh;
8 小鼓的喜樂已停止，歡笑的喧嚷已終結，琴瑟的喜樂已止息。
the mirth of tambours ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
9 人不再飲酒作樂，喝了濃酒的反覺酸苦！
They do not drink wine with a song; strong drink is bitter to them that drink it.
10 空虛的城市已破殘，家家戶戶都已關門閉戶！
The city of solitude is broken down; every house is shut up, so that none entereth in.
11 廣場上有人為酒而嗟歎，萬般娛樂已闌盡，大地的喜樂遭放逐！
There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone;
12 城中所留的只是淒涼，門戶被打得粉碎！
desolation remaineth in the city, and the gate is smitten, — a ruin.
13 誠然，大地間萬民中，必像打過的橄欖樹，或如收割葡萄後所餘的殘粒。
For so will it be in the midst of the land among the peoples, as the shaking of an olive-tree, as the grape-gleanings when the vintage is done.
14 他們要提高聲音歌頌上主的尊嚴：「萬民啊！ 你們歡呼罷！
These shall lift up their voice, they shall shout for the majesty of Jehovah, they shall cry aloud from the sea.
15 你們在東方的，應頌揚上主！住在海島上的，應頌揚上主，以色列的天主的名！
Therefore glorify Jehovah in the east, the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel, in the isles of the west.
16 我們從地極聽到了歌聲：光榮屬於正義者。」然而我說：「我有禍了！我有禍了！我好可憐！反叛的仍在反叛，反叛的仍在極力的反叛！」
From the end of the earth have we heard songs: Glory to the righteous! And I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! The treacherous have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously.
17 地上的居民啊！恐怖、陷阱、羅網，都聚集在你身上。
Fear, and the pit, and the snare are upon thee, inhabitant of the land.
18 那逃得了恐怖聲音的，必要落在陷阱裏；那由陷阱中跳出來的，必要落在羅網中！ 的確，天上閘門已開放，大地基礎已動盪。
And it shall come to pass, [that] he who fleeth from the sound of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare; for the windows on high are open, and the foundations of the earth shake.
19 大地必將粉碎又粉碎，大地必將崩裂又崩裂，大地必將動搖又動搖！
The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is completely dissolved, the earth is violently moved.
20 大地必東搖西晃，有如一個醉漢，搖盪得好比一座帳幕；自己的罪惡又重壓在上面，倒塌了不能再起！
The earth reeleth to and fro like a drunkard, and is shaken like a night hut; and its transgression is heavy upon it; and it falleth and shall not rise again.
21 到那一天，上主要在高天審視天上所有的軍旅，要在下地察考地上所有的君王。
And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] Jehovah will punish the host of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
22 他們將被聚集起來，關在深坑內，監禁在監牢裏；待過了許多時日，將受懲罰。
And they shall be brought together, [as] an assemblage of prisoners for the pit, and shall be shut up in prison, and after many days shall they be visited.
23 那時，月亮要臉紅，太陽要羞慚，因為萬軍的上主要 在熙雍山上，要在耶路撒冷為王，在他的長老面前要備受頌揚。
And the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Jehovah of hosts shall reign on mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients in glory.
