以賽亞書 27
1 到那一天，上主要用他那厲害、巨大、猛烈的劍，來懲罰「里外雅堂」飛龍，和「里外雅堂」蜿蛇；並要擊殺海中的蛟龍。
In that day the LORD will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and bring judgment on Leviathan the fleeing serpent —Leviathan the coiling serpent—and He will slay the dragon of the sea.
2 到那一天，你們要唱「那可愛的葡萄園」歌：「
In that day: “Sing about a fruitful vineyard.
3 我，上主，親自作它的護守者，時加灌溉；我要日夜護守，免得受人侵害。
I, the LORD, am its keeper; I water it continually. I guard it night and day so no one can disturb it;
4 我再沒有怒氣；萬一有了荊棘和蒺藜，我必前去攻擊，將它完全焚毀；
I am not angry. If only thorns and briers confronted Me, I would march and trample them, I would burn them to the ground.
5 除非不求我保護，不與我講和，不與我和好．．．」
Or let them lay claim to My protection; let them make peace with Me— yes, let them make peace with Me.”
6 來自雅各伯將生根，以色列要發芽開花，她的果實要佈滿地面。
In the days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will bud and blossom and fill the whole world with fruit.
7 上主打擊以色列，那裏像他打擊那些打擊以色列的人呢﹖上主擊殺以色列，那裏像他擊殺那些擊殺以色列的人呢﹖
Has the LORD struck Israel as He struck her oppressors? Was she killed like those who slayed her?
8 上主以離棄，以驅逐，懲罰了她；在吹東風的日子，藉巨風將她捲去。
By warfare and exile You contended with her and removed her with a fierce wind, as on the day the east wind blows.
9 惟其如此，雅各伯的罪過方得消除；她的罪孽得以赦免的代價，即在於她將祭壇所有的石塊，打得粉碎有如石灰，不在樹立「阿舍辣」和太陽柱。
Therefore Jacob’s guilt will be atoned for, and the full fruit of the removal of his sin will be this: When he makes all the altar stones like crushed bits of chalk, no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain standing.
10 的確，設防的城市已荒涼，成了被撇下和放棄的住宅，有如荒野。牛犢在那裏牧放，在那裏偃臥，吃盡了那裏的枝葉。
For the fortified city lies deserted— a homestead abandoned, a wilderness forsaken. There the calves graze, and there they lie down; they strip its branches bare.
11 幾時樹枝枯萎，就自會斷落，婦女便來拿去燒火；她既不是個聰敏的民族，因此那創造她的，對她沒有憐憫；那形成她的，對她也不表恩情。
When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.
12 到那一天，上主要從大河流域到埃及河畔收割果實，以色列子民啊！你們都要一個一個地被聚集起來。
In that day the LORD will thresh from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt, and you, O Israelites, will be gathered one by one.
13 到那一天，要吹起大號筒，凡是在亞述失迷的，在埃及地分散的，都要前來，在耶路撒冷聖山，朝拜上主。
And in that day a great ram’s horn will sound, and those who were perishing in Assyria will come forth with those who were exiles in Egypt. And they will worship the LORD on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.
