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 proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim, To the fading flower, his glorious beauty, At the head of the rich valley of a people stupefied with 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 a strong, a mighty one from the Lord Like a storm of hail, like a destructive tempest, Like a flood of mighty, overflowing waters, With violence shall dash it to the ground.
3 厄弗辣因醉漢所驕矜的冠冕，必被人踏在腳下；
It shall be trodden under foot, The proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim.
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。
And the fading flower, their glorious beauty, At the head of the rich valley, Shall be as the early fig before the time of harvest, Which whoso seeth plucketh immediately, And swalloweth as soon as it is in his hand.
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；
In that day shall Jehovah of hosts Be a glorious crown, and a beautiful diadem to the residue 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 judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, And of strength to them that drive back the enemy to their gates.
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。
But even these stagger through wine, And reel through strong drink; The priest and the prophet stagger through strong drink; They are overpowered with wine; They stumble through strong drink; They reel in vision, They stagger in judgment.
8 一切筵席上都滿了嘔吐，沒有一處不是垢物。
For all their tables are full of filthy vomit, So that there is no place clean.
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,” say they, “will he teach knowledge, And to whom will he impart instruction? To the weaned from the milk? To those just taken 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 it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept, Command upon command, command upon command, A little here, and a little there.”
11 是的，上主要用口吃的唇，異人的舌，向這民族說話！
Yea, with stammering lips and a strange tongue He shall indeed 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。
He that said to them, “This is the way of rest, give rest to the weary; This is the way of safety”; But they would not hear.
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 shall the word of Jehovah be indeed to them “Precept upon precept, precept upon precept, Command upon command, command upon command, A little here, and a little there,” So that they shall go on, and fall backwards, and be broken, And be snared and caught.
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！
Wherefore hear ye the word of Jehovah, Ye scoffers, who rule this people in Jerusalem!
Since ye say, “We have entered into a covenant with death, And with the under-world have we made an agreement, The overflowing scourge, when it passeth through, shall not reach us; For we have made falsehood our refuge, And in deceit we have hidden ourselves.” (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。
Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I have laid in Zion as a foundation a stone, A tried stone, a precious corner-stone, a sure foundation; He that trusteth shall not flee away.
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 a line, And righteousness a plummet, And the hail shall sweep away the refuge of falsehood, And the waters shall overwhelm its hiding-place;
And your covenant with death shall be broken, And your agreement with the under-world shall not stand; When the overflowing scourge shall pass through, By it shall ye be beaten down. (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 passeth through, it shall bear you away; For every morning shall it pass through, By day and by night; Even to hear the rumor of it shall be terrible.
20 真是伸直身子床也短，縮作一團被又窄。
Yea, the bed is too short for one to stretch himself on it, And the covering too narrow for one to wrap himself in it.
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 Jehovah will rise up, as in mount Perazim; He will be moved with anger, as in the valley of Gibeon, To perform his act, his strange act, And to execute his work, his strange work.
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。
Now, therefore, be ye no longer scoffers, Lest your bands become stronger; For destruction and punishment have been revealed to me From Jehovah of hosts concerning the whole land!
23 請你們側耳靜聽我的聲音，請留意傾聽我的言語：
Give ear, and listen to my voice, Attend, and hearken to my words!
24 耕田的人那有整日耕田，掘土耙地的呢﹖
Is the ploughman always ploughing in order to sow? Is he always opening and harrowing his field?
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 hath made the face thereof even, Doth he not then scatter the dill, and cast abroad the cumin, And sow the wheat in rows, And the barley in its appointed place, And the spelt in his border?
26 這是上主教給他的方式，他的天主指示他的。
Thus his God rightly instructeth him, And giveth him knowledge.
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。
The dill is not beaten out with the thrashing-sledge, Nor is the wheel of the wain rolled over the cumin; But the dill is beaten out with a staff, And the 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。
Bread-corn is beaten out, Yet doth not the husbandman thrash it without limit. He driveth over it the wheels of the wain, And the horses, yet doth he not utterly 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 proceedeth from Jehovah of hosts; He is wonderful in counsel, Excellent in wisdom.
