以賽亞書 37
1 希則克雅王一聽這話，就撕破了自己的衣服，穿上苦衣，走進了上主的殿；
When Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and went into the Lord's Temple.
2 然後打發厄里雅金家宰、舍布納書記和幾位老司祭，穿著苦衣，去見阿摩茲的兒子依撒意亞先知，
He sent Eliakim the palace manager, Shebna, the scribe, and the leading priests, all wearing sackcloth, to see the prophet Isaiah, son of Amoz.
3 對他說：「希則克雅這樣說：今天是受困難、受責罰，受凌辱的日子！因為嬰兒到了要出生的時候，卻沒有產生的力量。
They told him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of trouble and of punishment. It's like when babies arrive at the entrance to the birth canal but there's no strength to deliver them.
4 但願上主你的天主聽見了那大將軍的話－－即他的主子亞述王派他來辱罵永生的天主所說的話－－願上主你的天主聽了那些話而加以懲罰。請你為剩下的人民祈禱罷！」
Maybe the Lord your God, hearing the message the army commander delivered on behalf of his master, the king of Assyria—a message sent to insult the living God—will punish him for his words. Please say a prayer for the remnant of us who still survive.”
5 希則克雅王的臣僕來到了依撒意亞前，
After Hezekiah's officials delivered his message to Isaiah,
6 依撒意亞對他們說：「你們要這樣對你們的主上說：上主這樣說：你聽到亞述王的僕人辱罵我的話，不要害怕！
Isaiah replied to them, “Tell your master, This is what the Lord says: Don't be frightened by the words that you have heard, the words used by the servants of the king of Assyria to blaspheme me.
7 看，我必叫他感到一種怕情，使他一聽到某種消息，就返回本國；我要使他在本國內喪身刀下。」
Look, I'm going to scare him—he'll hear a rumor, and he'll have to return to his own country. When he's there I'll have him killed by the sword.”
8 大將軍回去時，正遇見亞述王去攻打里貝納，原來他已聽說君王離開了拉基士。
The Assyrian army commander left and went back to join the king of Assyria, having heard the king had left Lachish and was attacking Libnah.
9 那時散乃黑黎布聽人說：雇士王提爾哈卡出來攻打他，就再派使者去見希則克雅，並吩咐說：「
Sennacherib had received a message about Tirhakah, king of Ethiopia, that said, “Watch out! He is coming to attack you.” So Sennacherib sent messengers again to Hezekiah, saying,
10 你們要這樣對猶大王希則克雅說：不要讓你所依賴的天主哄騙你說：耶路撒冷決不會落在亞述王手中！
“Tell Hezekiah, king of Judah: ‘Don't let your God, the one you're trusting in, fool you by saying that Jerusalem won't fall into the hands of the king of Assyria.
11 看，你聽說過亞述的列王對各國所行的，將各國完全消滅了，你還能有救嗎﹖
Look! You've heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the countries they've invaded— they destroyed them completely! Do you really think you'll be saved?
12 我祖先消滅的所有民族如：哥倉、哈郎、勒責夫，以及在特拉撒爾的厄登子民，他們的神何嘗救了他們﹖
Did the gods of the nations my forefathers destroyed save them—the gods of Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who lived in Telassar?
13 哈瑪特王、阿帕得王、色法瓦因城的王、赫納王和依瓦王，他們現今都在那裏﹖」
Where today is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, the king of the city of Sepharvaim, the king of Hena, or the king of Ivvah?”
14 希則克雅從使者手中接過信來，讀了以後，就走進上主的殿；將那信在上主面前展開，
Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers and read it. Then he went up to the Lord's Temple and opened it out before the Lord.
15 然後希則克雅懇求上主說：「
Hezekiah prayed to the Lord, saying,
16 萬軍的上主，坐在革魯賓上面的以色列的天主，唯獨你是地上萬國的天主，你創造了天地。
“Lord Almighty, God of Israel, you who live above the cherubim, you alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth, you are Creator of heaven and earth.
17 上主，請你側耳傾聽！ 上主，求你睜眼垂視！細聽那打發使者辱罵永生天主的散乃黑黎布的一切話 ！
Please listen with your ears, Lord, and hear; open your eyes, Lord, and see. Listen to the message that Sennacherib has sent to insult the living God.
18 上主，的確，亞述的列王曾毀滅了所有的民族和他們的土地，
Yes, it's true, Lord, that the Assyrian kings have destroyed these nations and their lands.
19 將他們的神像投入火中，因為它們不是神，只是人手造成的木石的作品，所以能被消滅。
They have thrown their gods into the fire because they are not really gods—they are just the work of human hands, made of wood and stone so they could destroy them.
20 但是現今，上主，我們的天主，求你拯救我們脫離他的手，好使世上萬國都知道：惟獨你是上主天主。」
Now, Lord our God, please save us from him, in order that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that only you, Lord, are God.”
21 那時，阿摩茲的兒子依撒意亞打發人去見希則克雅說：「上主以色列的天主這樣說：你既然為了亞述王散乃黑黎布而向我懇求，我已經俯聽了你。
Then Isaiah, son of Amoz, sent a message to Hezekiah, saying, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Because you've prayed to me about Sennacherib, king of Assyria,
22 這就是上主論他所說的話：熙雍貞女輕視你，嘲笑你；耶路撒冷少女在你背後搖頭！
this is the word of the Lord condemning him: The virgin daughter of Zion scorns you and mocks you; the daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head as you run away.
23 你辱罵詛咒的是誰﹖你提高聲音，仰起眼睛攻擊的是誰﹖是攻擊以色列的聖者。
Who have you been insulting and ridiculing? Who did you raise your voice against? Who did you look at with so proud eyes? It was against the Holy One of Israel!
24 你藉你的僕人辱罵了吾主，你說：我用我的大批車輛，登上了叢山的極峰，到黎巴嫩的山頂，砍伐了其中 最高的香柏，最好的青松；我衝入了人跡罕到之處，走進了果木的林園。
By your servants you have mocked the Lord. You said: ‘With my many chariots I have ascended to the high mountains, to the farthest peaks of Lebanon. I have chopped down its tallest cedars, the best of its cypress trees. I have reached its most distant heights, its deepest forests.
25 我掘了井，喝了外邦的水，用我的腳掌踏乾了埃及所有的河川。
I have dug wells and drunk water in foreign lands. With the soles of my feet I dried up all the rivers in Egypt.’”
26 難道你沒有聽見：很久以前我所計劃的，昔日我所決定的，現在我就實現，叫你毀壞堅城，化為廢墟，
The Lord replies, “Haven't you heard? I decided it long ago; I planned it in the olden days. Now I am making sure it happens—that you are to knock down fortified towns into piles of rubble.
27 使城中的居民軟弱無力，驚惶失措，有如田野的青草，有如青綠的嫩苗，有如屋頂上被東風吹焦的小草。
Their people, powerless, are terrified and humiliated. They're like plants in a field, like soft green shoots, like grass that sprouts on the rooftop—scorched before it can even grow.
28 你或起或坐，或出或入，以及對我的癲狂，我都知道。
But I know you very well—where you live, when you come in, when you leave, and your furious anger against me.
29 因為你對我的暴怒，和你的狂囂，已達到我的耳鼓，所以我要把環子穿在你的鼻子上，把轡頭套在你的嘴上，由你來的路上將你牽回去。
Because of your furious anger against me, and because I know how you disrespect me, I'm going to put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth, and I will force you to return the same way you came.”
30 這是給你的記號：今年你要吃自然所生的，明年你仍要吃自然所生的，第三年你們要播種收穫，栽種葡萄園，吃園中的果實。
“Hezekiah, this will be a sign to prove this is true: This year you'll eat what grows by itself. The second year you'll eat what grows from that. But in the third year you'll sow and reap, you'll plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
31 猶大家所剩餘的人，仍要向下生根，往上結實。
The remnant that's left of Judah will revive again, sending roots below and bearing fruit above.
32 因為剩餘的人將由耶路撒冷而出，逃脫的人將從熙雍山而來：萬軍上主的熱誠必要成就這事。
For a remnant will come out of Jerusalem, and survivors will come from Mount Zion. The intense determination of the Lord will make sure this happens.
33 為此，上主論亞述王這樣說：他決不會進入這城，決不會向這城放射一箭，決不會持著盾牌，走近城下，造起土堆攻城。
This is what the Lord says about the king of Assyria: He shall not enter this city or shoot an arrow at it. He shall not advance towards it with a shield, or build a siege ramp against it.
34 他必要由來路回去，決不能進入這城：上主的斷語。
He shall return the same way he came, and he shall not enter this city, says the Lord.
35 為了我自己，為了我的僕人達味，我必要保護拯救這城。」
I will defend this city and save it, for my own sake and for the sake of my servant David.”
36 於是上主的使者出來，在亞述的營裏殺了十八萬五千人。清晨人們起來，見遍地是死屍。
Then the angel of the Lord went to the Assyrian camp and killed 185,000 of them. When the survivors woke up in the morning, they were surrounded by dead bodies.
37 亞述王散乃黑黎布於是拔營，班師回國，住在尼尼微。
Sennacherib, king of Assyria, gave up and left. He returned home to Nineveh and stayed there.
38 當他在自己的神尼色洛客廟裏叩拜的時候，他的兒子阿德辣默肋客和沙勒責爾用劍刺殺了他，然後逃到阿辣辣特地方去了。他的兒子厄撒哈冬繼他為王。
While he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer killed him with the sword and then ran away to the land of Ararat. His son Esar-haddon succeeded him as king.
