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, the Lord maketh empty the land, and layeth it waste, marreth its surface, 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 with the people as with the priest; with the servant as with his master; with the bondwoman as with her mistress; with the buyer as with the seller; with the lender as with the borrower; with the debtor as with his creditor.
3 大地必要完全荒廢，慘遭浩劫，因為上主這樣定了。
Empty, emptied out shall be the land, and spoiled, utterly spoiled; for the Lord 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, withereth away, the world languishes, withereth away, the high ones of the 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。
For the land was defiled under its inhabitants; because they had transgressed the laws, neglected the statutes, 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 hath the curse devoured the land, and they that dwell therein suffer for their guilt; therefore are the inhabitants of the land dried up, and but 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 the merry-hearted 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。
At rest is the mirth of the tambourines; ceased hath the tumult of the joyful; at rest is the mirth of the harp.
9 人不再飲酒作樂，喝了濃酒的反覺酸苦！
Amidst singing shall they no [more] drink wine; bitter shall be the strong drink to those that drink it.
10 空虛的城市已破殘，家家戶戶都已關門閉戶！
Broken down is the city of desolation; shut up is every house that none can enter.
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！
A [painful] cry for wine is in the streets; darkened is all joy; banished is the mirth of the land.
12 城中所留的只是淒涼，門戶被打得粉碎！
Destruction is left in the city, in ruins is beaten the gate.
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 thus shall it be in the midst of the land among the nations, as [at] the shaking of an olive-tree, as [at] the gleaning of grains 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 sing; because of the majesty of the Lord, they shout 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 in the valleys honor ye the Lord; in the isles of the sea, the name of the Lord the God of Israel.
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 edge of the earth have we heard songs, “Glory to the righteous.” But I said, “Evil is mine, evil is mine, woe is 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, O 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 call of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be caught in the snare; for the windows from on high are opened, and there quaked the foundations of the earth.
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！
Crushed entirely is the earth, split in pieces is the earth, shaken to its centre is the earth.
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 vibrateth like a watch-hut; and heavily lieth upon it its transgression; and it shall fall, and 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 on that day, that the Lord will visit punishment on the host of heaven in heaven, and on 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 gathered in heaps, as prisoners, in the prison, and shall be shut up in the dungeon, and thus after many days shall they be punished.
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 put to the blush, and the sun be made ashamed; for the Lord of hosts will reign on mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients in glory.
