< 撒迦利亞書 10 >
1 到春雨的時節,你們應向上主求雨,上主必興起雷電,降下傾盆大雨,賜人食糧,使田間生出青草,
Ask of the LORD rain in the spring time, the LORD who makes storm clouds, and he gives rain showers to everyone for the plants in the field.
2 因為「忒辣芬」所講的只是謊言,占卜者所見的只是虛幻,所報告的只是幻夢,只會以空言安慰人;為此,民眾流離失所,有如沒有牧人的羊群。
For the teraphim have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie; and they have told false dreams. They comfort in vain. Therefore they go their way like sheep. They are oppressed, because there is no shepherd.
3 我的怒火必要向牧人發作,我必要懲罰公山羊,因為萬軍的上主將要看顧自己的羊群──猶大家,使他們有如自己戰埸上的駿馬。
My anger is kindled against the shepherds, and I will punish the male goats, for the LORD of Hosts has visited his flock, the house of Judah, and will make them as his majestic horse in the battle.
4 角石是出於衪,幕樁是出於衪,戰弓是出於衪,而且所有的首領也是出於衪。
From him will come the cornerstone, from him the tent peg, from him the battle bow, from him every ruler together.
5 他們全如勇士,在戰埸上踐踏敵人,有如踐踏街上的泥濘;他們必要得勝,因為上主與他們同在;騎馬的人反要慚愧!
They will be as mighty men, treading down muddy streets in the battle. They will fight, because the LORD is with them. The riders on horses will be confounded.
6 我要使猶大家強健盛,使若瑟家勝利;我要使他們復興,因為我憐憫了他們,他們必好像我從未放逐過他們一樣:因為我是上主他們的天主,我必要應允他們。
“I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph. I will bring them back, for I have mercy on them. They will be as though I had not cast them off, for I am the LORD their God, and I will hear them.
7 厄弗辣因人要如勇士,他們的心必像飲了那樣喜樂;他們的子孫見了也要喜樂,他們的心必歡樂於上主。
Ephraim will be like a mighty man, and their heart will rejoice as through wine. Yes, their children will see it and rejoice. Their heart will be glad in the LORD.
8 我要向他們吹哨,聚集他們,因為我解救了他們;他們的人數眾多,必如昔日一樣。
I will signal for them and gather them, for I have redeemed them. They will increase as they were before.
9 我雖曾將他們分散到各異民中,但他們在遠方仍懷念著我,養大自己的兒子,然後歸來。
I will sow them amongst the peoples. They will remember me in far countries. They will live with their children and will return.
10 我要從埃及地領他們出來,由亞述聚集他們,領他們到基肋阿得地和黎巴嫩,但此地仍然為他們不夠。
I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria. I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and there won’t be room enough for them.
11 他們要渡過埃及海,擊打海中的波浪,使河底乾涸;亞述的高傲必要受挫,埃及的權杖必被奪去。
He will pass through the sea of affliction, and will strike the waves in the sea, and all the depths of the Nile will dry up; and the pride of Assyria will be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt will depart.
12 他們的力量全在於上主,他們必以衪的名號為自己的光榮。
I will strengthen them in the LORD. They will walk up and down in his name,” says the LORD.