以賽亞書 30
1 禍哉，悖逆的子民－－上主的斷語！他們自作主張，不請示於我；自訂盟約，不依照我的精神，致使罪上加罪。
Woe to the rebellious children, saith the Lord, that take counsel, but not from me; and that set themselves a ruler, but not by my spirit, in order that they may add sin to sin:
2 他們沒有請求我的許可，便起程南下埃及，想託庇於法郎的保障之下，想隱匿於埃及的蔭庇之下。
That travel to go down into Egypt, and have not asked my will; to strengthen themselves through the strength of Pharaoh, and to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt!
3 但是法郎的保障將是你們的羞恥，隱匿於埃及的蔭庇之下，將是一種污辱。
Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh become your shame, and the shelter in the shadow of Egypt your disgrace.
4 雖然他的首領已在左罕，他的使者已到達哈乃斯；
For his princes were at Zo'an, and his ambassadors had reached Chanes.
5 但是他們都要因這於他們毫無裨益的民族而受到羞慚，因為這民族為他們不但毫無幫助，毫無益處，反而是一種羞恥和污辱。
They all are ashamed because of a people that cannot profit them, neither be a help nor give profit; but [bringeth] shame, and also a reproach.
6 他們以牲畜帶著貴物經過南方－－殘酷苦痛的地域，即壯獅和牝獅咆哮，蝮蛇和火蛇飛行的地域－－驢背上駝著他們的財富，駱駝背上駝著他們的寶物，到一個於他們毫無裨益的民族那裏去。
The doom of the beasts of the south: Through the land of trouble and anguish, whence come the lioness and the lion, the viper and flying dragons, they will carry upon the shoulders of young asses their riches, and upon the humps of camels their treasures, to a people that cannot profit.
7 埃及人的援助是無用的，是空虛的，因此我稱呼她是「靜坐的辣哈布。」
And the Egyptians will help in vain, and to no purpose; therefore have I called this, Boasters they are in sitting still.
8 你現在去，當他們面前，寫在版上，記在書中，為後世作證據：「
Now go, write it before them on a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the latest time to come, for ever, and to eternity:
9 這是一個反叛的民族，不忠實的子女，拒絕聽從上主法律的子民。」
For this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the Lord:
10 他們曾對先見者說：「你們不要再看異象。」對先知說：「你們不要給我們說什麼預言，給我們說些好聽的話，預示些幻想故事罷！
Who have said to the seers, Ye shall not see; and to the prophets, Reveal not unto us true things, speak unto us smooth things, reveal deceits;
11 離開你們的正道罷！轉移你們的路線罷！在我們面前不要再提以色列的聖者！」
Depart you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, remove from before us the Holy One of Israel.
12 因此，以色列的聖者這樣說：「因為你們藐視了這話，而依賴邪說謬論，且傾心信賴；
Therefore thus hath said the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and lean thereon for aid:
13 所以這罪惡，為你們將如一堵高牆上突起而將倒下的缺口，頃刻之間就會突然坍塌，
Therefore shall this iniquity be to you as a threatening breach, swelling out in a high-towering wall, the fall of which will come unawares, suddenly.
14 坍塌得有如毫不痛惜地被摔碎的陶器，碎得找不到一塊碎片，能用以從爐中取火，從井裏取水。」
And he will break it, as one breaketh a potter's vessel, dashing it in pieces without sparing it; so that there cannot be found among its fragments a sherd to rake fire from a hearth and to draw water from a pit.
15 因為吾主上主，以色列的聖者這樣說過：「你們的得救是在於歸依和安靜，你們的力量是在於寧靜和信賴。」然而你們不願意；
For thus hath said the Lord Eternal, the Holy One of Israel, In repose and rest shall ye be helped; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength; and ye would not.
16 你們反說：「不！我們要騎馬逃去！」的確，你們必要逃去。「我們要乘駿馬疾馳。」的確，追擊你們的必然疾馳。
And ye said, “No; for upon horses will we flee;” therefore shall ye flee: and, “Upon swift beasts will we ride;” therefore shall your pursuers be swift.
17 千人要逃避一人的叱咋，萬人要逃避五人的叱咋，直到你們所剩餘的，有如山頂上的木杆，或山嶺上的旗幟。
One thousand [shall flee] at the threatening of one; at the threatening of five shall ye [all] flee: till ye be left as a pole upon a mountain-top, and as an ensign on a hill.
18 然而上主仍舊等著向你們施惠，仍高興向你們表示憐愛，因為上主是正義的天主，凡仰賴他的人是有福的。
And therefore will the Lord wait, to be gracious unto you, and therefore will he exalt himself, to have mercy upon you; for a God of justice is the Lord: happy are all those that wait for him.
19 熙雍的百姓，耶路撒冷的居民啊 ！你不會再慟哭，他必垂憐你呼求的聲音，他一聽見必要應允你。
For O people of Zion that shall dwell at Jerusalem! thou shalt indeed not weep: he will be surely gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; so soon as he heareth it, he answereth thee.
20 吾主縱然給你們困苦的食物和酸辛的水，但你的教師再不躲藏，你的眼睛必能常見到你的教師。
And the Lord will give you bread [in] adversity, and water [in] oppression; and thy teachers shall not have to hide themselves in a corner any more, but thy eyes shall see thy teachers:
21 當你偏左或偏右時，你必會親耳聽到你後面有聲音說：「這是正路，你們要在這上面行！」
And thy ears shall hear the word behind thee, saying, “This is the way, walk ye in it,” when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
22 你必以那包銀的木偶和包金的神像為不潔之物，將它們拋棄，有如拋棄月經布一樣，並對它說：「去罷！」
And ye will regard as unclean the covering of thy graven idols of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou wilt cast them away as a filthy thing; “Get thee hence,” wilt thou say unto them.
23 你把種子種在地裏，上主必使雨降在其上，並使你地裏出產的食糧豐盛富饒；那一日你的群畜必將在廣闊的草場上牧放。
Then will he give the rain for thy seed, that thou mayest sow in the ground; and bread—the produce of the ground—this shall be fat and nutritious: thy cattle shall feed on that day in extensive pastures.
24 耕田的牛和驢駒必吃用木杴或簸箕揚淨而拌上鹽的芻料。
The oxen likewise and the young asses that till the ground shall eat salted provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.
25 大行慘殺之日，當保樓倒塌之時，所有的高山峻嶺必有溪水涓涓細流。
And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every prominent hill, rivulets, streams of waters on the day of the great slaughter, when towers fall.
26 當上主包紮他百姓的創口，治療他們傷痕的那日，月亮的光華將似太陽的光華，而太陽的光華必增加七倍，有如積累了七天的光華。
And the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of the seven days, on the day that the Lord bindeth up the broken [limbs] of his people, and healeth the bruise of their wound.
27 看哪！上主的名由遠方而來，他怒火如焚，濃煙衝天；他的口唇滿了敵愾，他的舌頭有如吞噬的火燄；
Behold, the name of the Lord cometh from afar, burning is his anger, and heavy the smoke; his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue is like a devouring fire;
28 他的氣息如氾濫的河川，漲到人的頸項；他要用盪滅的篩子篩淨列國，用引入歧途的馬勒拑住萬民的下顎。
And his breath, like an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to toss the nations with the van of falsehood: and [to place] a deceiving bridle on the jaws of the people.
29 你們必要謳歌，有如歡祝慶節之夜；內心愉快，有如在笛聲之下登上主的山，到以色列的磐石那裏去一樣。
[Then] shall ye have a song, as in the night when a festival is ushered in, and joy of heart, as when one goeth with the flute to come unto the mountain of the Lord, to the Rock of Israel.
30 上主必使人聽見他尊嚴的聲音，見到他降臨的手臂，在狂怒之中，在吞噬的火燄中，在狂風、暴雨、冰雹之中。
And the Lord will cause his majestic voice to be heard, and will show the stretching down of his arm, in the indignation of [his] anger, and in the flame of a devouring fire, in flood, and tempest, and stones of hail.
31 亞述必因上主的聲音而戰慄，上主必用刑杖擊打亞述。
For because of the voice of the Lord shall be terrified Asshur, that smote [you] with the rod.
32 當上主懲戒的刑杖加於他們身上時，每次擊撻都是在敲鼓和彈琴的聲中執行的。他將以激烈的戰爭擊敗他們。
And at every passage of the appointed staff which the Lord will let fall on him, there shall be [music] on tambourine and harp; and in the tumult of battles will he fight with them.
33 因為托斐特已準備好多時，還是為君王而設的，又深又廣，堆滿了許多柴火；上主的氣 息有如一條硫磺河流，把它點燃起來。
For already of old is Topheth made ready; also this is prepared for the king—deep and wide; its pile hath fire and wood in plenty, the breath of the Lord, like a stream of sulfur, will kindle it into a flame.
