以賽亞書 28
1 禍哉，那為酒灌倒的厄弗辣因醉漢所驕矜的冠冕！禍哉，那生於肥谷之巔作她美飾的殘花！
Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards, to the fading flower of his glorious splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, the pride of those overcome by wine.
2 看哪！吾主興起一位強有力者，有如帶冰雹的暴雨，又如摧毀性的狂風，和漲溢氾濫的大水，猛力將一切拋落地上。
Behold, the Lord has one who is strong and mighty. Like a hailstorm or destructive tempest, like a driving rain or flooding downpour, he will smash that crown to the ground.
3 厄弗辣因醉漢所驕矜的冠冕，必被人踏在腳下；
The majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards will be trampled underfoot.
4 生於肥谷之巔作她美飾的殘花，將如夏季前早熟的無花果，人一見到便伸手摘取吞下。
The fading flower of his beautiful splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, will be like a ripe fig before the summer harvest: Whoever sees it will take it in his hand and swallow it.
5 到那一天，萬軍的上主將親作他殘餘的百姓的榮冠和華冕；
On that day the LORD of Hosts will be a crown of glory, a diadem of splendor to the remnant of His people,
6 他將是坐堂判案者的公義之神，將是門前禦敵者的力量。
a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and a strength to those who repel the onslaught at the gate.
7 連這些人也因清酒而搖晃，因濃酒而蹣跚；他們在異象中搖晃，在審斷時暈眩。
These also stagger from wine and stumble from strong drink: Priests and prophets reel from strong drink and are befuddled by wine. They stumble because of strong drink, muddled in their visions and stumbling in their judgments.
8 一切筵席上都滿了嘔吐，沒有一處不是垢物。
For all their tables are covered with vomit; there is not a place without filth.
9 他要將智識授給誰呢﹖向誰解釋啟示呢﹖是向方才斷乳和剛離母懷的嬰兒嗎﹖
Whom is He trying to teach? To whom is He explaining His message? To infants just weaned from milk? To babies removed from the breast?
10 這只是些「命上加命，命上加命，令上加令，令上加令，這裏一點，那裏一點！」
For they hear: “Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line; a little here, a little there.”
11 是的，上主要用口吃的唇，異人的舌，向這民族說話！
Indeed, with mocking lips and foreign tongues, He will speak to this people
12 雖然他曾對他們說過：「這就是安息的地方，讓困倦的人安息罷！這就是休養的處所。」可惜他們總不肯聽從。
to whom He has said: “This is the place of rest, let the weary rest; this is the place of repose.” But they would not listen.
13 因此上主的話對他們真成了「命上加命，命上加命，令上加令，令上加令，這裏一點，那裏一點！」致使他們雖然前行，卻向後仰倒而跌傷，陷於圈套而被擄獲。
Then the word of the LORD to them will become: “Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line; a little here, a little there,” so that they will go stumbling backward and will be injured, ensnared, and captured.
14 為此，你們這些在耶路撒冷統治這民族的好嘲弄的人，聽上主的話罷！
Therefore hear the word of the LORD, O scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem.
For you said, “We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. When the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not touch us, because we have made lies our refuge and falsehood our hiding place.” (Sheol h7585)
16 因此吾主上主這樣說：「看，我要在熙雍安放一塊石頭，一塊精選的石頭，一塊寶貴的角石作基礎，信賴的人必不動搖。
So this is what the Lord GOD says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; the one who believes will never be shaken.
17 我要以公平為準繩，以正義為權衡；冰雹將蕩盡欺詐的遮掩地，洪流將沖散虛偽的庇護所。
I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the level. Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies, and water will flood your hiding place.
Your covenant with death will be dissolved, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand. When the overwhelming scourge passes through, you will be trampled by it. (Sheol h7585)
19 每次經過，每次必要打擊你們；他每朝經過，白日黑夜也經過；惟有恐怖方能使你們明白這啟示。」
As often as it passes through, it will carry you away; it will sweep through morning after morning, by day and by night.” The understanding of this message will bring sheer terror.
20 真是伸直身子床也短，縮作一團被又窄。
Indeed, the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket too small to wrap around you.
21 因為上主要興起，如在培辣親山上一樣；要發怒，如在基貝紅山谷一樣，為履行他的工作－－他神妙的工作，為完成他的事業－－他奇異的事業。
For the LORD will rise up as at Mount Perazim. He will rouse Himself as in the Valley of Gibeon, to do His work, His strange work, and to perform His task, His disturbing task.
22 所以現在不要再嘲笑了，免得你們的繩索繫得更緊，因為我聽到的有關毀滅大地的決議，是來自吾主萬軍的上主。
So now, do not mock, or your shackles will become heavier. Indeed, I have heard from the Lord GOD of Hosts a decree of destruction against the whole land.
23 請你們側耳靜聽我的聲音，請留意傾聽我的言語：
Listen and hear my voice. Pay attention and hear what I say.
24 耕田的人那有整日耕田，掘土耙地的呢﹖
Does the plowman plow for planting every day? Does he continuously loosen and harrow the soil?
25 當他把地弄平了以後，不是要撒上小茴香，播種大茴香，種植大麥和小麥，地邊種玉蜀黍嗎﹖
When he has leveled its surface, does he not sow caraway and scatter cumin? He plants wheat in rows and barley in plots, and rye within its border.
26 這是上主教給他的方式，他的天主指示他的。
For his God instructs and teaches him properly.
27 打小茴香不須用釘耙，打大茴香不須用碾機，而是用木棒打小茴香，用棍子打大茴香。
Surely caraway is not threshed with a sledge, and the wheel of a cart is not rolled over the cumin. But caraway is beaten out with a stick, and cumin with a rod.
28 五穀豈是要輾碎的嗎﹖不是！人並不將它無限期地壓了又壓，而是叫碾機滾過，碾出穀粒來，並不是為碾碎它。
Grain for bread must be ground, but it is not endlessly threshed. Though the wheels of the cart roll over it, the horses do not crush it.
29 這也是出自萬軍的上主：他的計劃真是神奇，他的智慧真是超絕。
This also comes from the LORD of Hosts, who is wonderful in counsel and excellent in wisdom.
