以赛亚书 13
1 亚摩斯的儿子以赛亚得默示，论巴比伦。
A prophecy concerning Babylon, which Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saw.
2 应当在净光的山竖立大旗， 向群众扬声招手， 使他们进入贵胄的门。
Upon the bare mountain lift up a banner; Cry aloud to them, wave the hand, That they may enter the gates of the tyrants!
3 我吩咐我所挑出来的人； 我招呼我的勇士— 就是那矜夸高傲之辈， 为要成就我怒中所定的。
I have given orders to my consecrated ones, Yea, I have called upon my mighty ones to execute mine anger, My proud exulters!
4 山间有多人的声音， 好像是大国人民。 有许多国的民聚集哄嚷的声音； 这是万军之耶和华点齐军队，预备打仗。
The noise of a multitude upon the mountains, like that of a great people! The tumultuous noise of kingdoms, of nations gathered together! Jehovah of hosts mustereth his army for battle.
5 他们从远方来， 从天边来， 就是耶和华并他恼恨的兵器 要毁灭这全地。
They come from a distant country, From the end of Heaven, Jehovah and the instruments of his indignation. To lay waste the whole land.
6 你们要哀号， 因为耶和华的日子临近了！ 这日来到， 好像毁灭从全能者来到。
Howl ye, for the day of Jehovah is at hand! Like a destruction from the Almighty, it cometh;
7 所以，人手都必软弱； 人心都必消化。
Therefore shall all hands hang down, And every heart of man shall melt.
8 他们必惊惶悲痛； 愁苦必将他们抓住。 他们疼痛，好像产难的妇人一样， 彼此惊奇相看，脸如火焰。
They shall be in consternation; Distress and anguish shall lay hold of them; As a woman in travail shall they writhe; They shall look upon one another with amazement: Their faces shall glow like flames.
9 耶和华的日子临到， 必有残忍、忿恨、烈怒， 使这地荒凉， 从其中除灭罪人。
Behold! the day of Jehovah cometh, Terrible, full of wrath and burning indignation, To make the land a waste, And to destroy the sinners out of it.
10 天上的众星群宿都不发光； 日头一出就变黑暗； 月亮也不放光。
For the stars of heaven, and the constellations thereof, Shall not give their light; The sun shall be darkened at his going forth, And the moon shall withhold her light.
11 我必因邪恶刑罚世界， 因罪孽刑罚恶人， 使骄傲人的狂妄止息， 制伏强暴人的狂傲。
For I will punish the world for its guilt, And the wicked for their iniquity. I will put an end to the arrogance of the proud, And I will bring down the haughtiness of the tyrants.
12 我必使人比精金还少， 使人比俄斐纯金更少。
I will make men scarcer than gold; Yea, men than the gold of Ophir.
13 我—万军之耶和华在忿恨中发烈怒的日子， 必使天震动， 使地摇撼，离其本位。
Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, And the earth shall be shaken out of her place, In the anger of Jehovah of hosts, In the day of his burning indignation.
14 人必像被追赶的鹿， 像无人收聚的羊， 各归回本族， 各逃到本土。
Then shall they be like a chased doe; Like a flock, which no one gathereth together; Every one shall turn to his own people, And every one flee to his own land.
15 凡被仇敌追上的必被刺死； 凡被捉住的必被刀杀。
Every one that is overtaken shall be thrust through, And every one that is caught shall fall by the sword.
16 他们的婴孩必在他们眼前摔碎； 他们的房屋必被抢夺； 他们的妻子必被玷污。
Their children shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; Their houses shall be plundered, and their wives ravished.
17 我必激动米底亚人来攻击他们。 米底亚人不注重银子， 也不喜爱金子。
Behold, I stir up against them the Medes, Who make no account of silver, And as to gold, they do not regard it.
18 他们必用弓击碎少年人， 不怜悯妇人所生的， 眼也不顾惜孩子。
Their bows shall strike down the young men, And on the fruit of the womb they shall have no compassion; Their eye shall not pity the children.
19 巴比伦素来为列国的荣耀， 为迦勒底人所矜夸的华美， 必像 神所倾覆的所多玛、蛾摩拉一样。
So shall Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, The proud ornament of the Chaldeans, Be like Sodom and Gomorrah, which God overthrew,
20 其内必永无人烟， 世世代代无人居住。 阿拉伯人也不在那里支搭帐棚； 牧羊的人也不使羊群卧在那里。
It shall never more be inhabited; Nor shall it be dwelt in through all generations. Nor shall the Arabian pitch his tent there, Nor shall shepherds make their folds there.
21 只有旷野的走兽卧在那里； 咆哮的兽满了房屋。 鸵鸟住在那里； 野山羊在那里跳舞。
But there shall the wild beasts of the desert lodge, And owls shall fill their houses; And ostriches shall dwell there, And satyrs shall dance there.
22 豺狼必在它宫中呼号； 野狗必在它华美殿内吼叫。 巴比伦受罚的时候临近； 它的日子必不长久。
Wolves shall howl in their palaces, And jackals in their pleasant edifices. Her time is near, And her days shall not be prolonged.
