以赛亚书 21
1 论海旁旷野的默示： 有仇敌从旷野，从可怕之地而来， 好像南方的旋风，猛然扫过。
[I received] this message [from Yahweh about Babylonia], [a land that is] near the [Persian] Gulf [but which will soon be] a desert. [An army] will soon come from the desert to invade that land; it is an army that causes its enemies to be terrified, an army that will come like a whirlwind from the south.
2 令人凄惨的异象已默示于我。 诡诈的行诡诈，毁灭的行毁灭。 以拦哪，你要上去！ 米底亚啊，你要围困！ 主说：我使一切叹息止住。
Yahweh showed me a terrifying vision. [In the vision I saw an army] that will betray/deceive people and steal their possessions [after they conquer them]. [Yahweh said], “You armies from Elam and Media, surround [Babylon] and prepare to attack it! I will cause the groaning [and suffering] that Babylon caused to cease!”
3 所以，我满腰疼痛； 痛苦将我抓住， 好像产难的妇人一样。 我疼痛甚至不能听； 我惊惶甚至不能看。
Because of that, my body is full of pain; my pain is like the pain that women who are giving birth experience. When I hear about and see [what God is planning to do], I am shocked.
4 我心慌张，惊恐威吓我。 我所羡慕的黄昏，变为我的战兢。
I cannot think straight/correctly, and I tremble. I was eager for it to be nighttime, but now it is night, and I am horrified.
5 他们摆设筵席， 派人守望，又吃又喝。 首领啊，你们起来， 用油抹盾牌。
[In the vision I saw that the leaders of Babylonia] were preparing a great feast. They had spread rugs [for people to sit on]; everyone was eating and drinking. [But] they should get up and prepare their shields, [because they are about to be attacked]!
6 主对我如此说： 你去设立守望的， 使他将所看见的述说。
Then Yahweh said to me, “Put a watchman [on the wall of Jerusalem], and tell him to shout/proclaim what he sees.
7 他看见军队， 就是骑马的一对一对地来， 又看见驴队，骆驼队， 就要侧耳细听。
Tell him to watch for chariots pulled by pairs of horses, and [men riding] camels and donkeys, [coming from Babylon]. Tell the watchman to watch and listen carefully!”
8 他像狮子吼叫，说： 主啊，我白日常站在望楼上， 整夜立在我守望所。
[So I did that], and one day the watchman called out, “Day after day I have stood on this watchtower, and I have continued to watch during the day and during the night.
9 看哪，有一队军兵骑着马， 一对一对地来。 他就说：巴比伦倾倒了！倾倒了！ 他一切雕刻的神像都打碎于地。
Now, I saw a man riding in a chariot pulled by two horses. [I called out to him], and he answered/shouted, ‘Babylon has been destroyed! All the idols in Babylon lie in pieces on the ground!’”
10 我被打的禾稼，我场上的谷啊， 我从万军之耶和华— 以色列的 神那里所听见的，都告诉你们了。
My people [in Judah], [the army of Babylon has caused] you to suffer greatly [as though] [MET] you were grain that was threshed and (winnowed/thrown up into the air for the wind to blow away the chaff). [But now] I have told you what the Commander of the armies of angels the God whom we Israelis [worship], told me [about Babylon].
11 论度玛的默示： 有人声从西珥呼问我说： 守望的啊，夜里如何？ 守望的啊，夜里如何？
[I received] this message [from Yahweh] about Edom: Someone from Edom has been calling/shouting to me saying, “Watchman, how long will it be before the night is ended? [DOU]”
12 守望的说： 早晨将到，黑夜也来。 你们若要问就可以问， 可以回头再来。
[I], the watchman, replied, “It will [soon] be morning, but after that, it will [soon] be night again. If you want to inquire [again about what will happen in our country], come back and inquire again.”
13 论阿拉伯的默示： 底但结伴的客旅啊， 你们必在阿拉伯的树林中住宿。
[I received] this message about Arabia: Give this message to people traveling in caravans from Dedan [town in northwest Arabia], who camp in the scrub there. Tell them to bring water for those who are thirsty.
14 提玛地的居民拿水来，送给口渴的， 拿饼来迎接逃避的。
And you people who live in Tema [city in northwest Arabia], must bring food for the (refugees/people who are fleeing from their enemies).
15 因为他们逃避刀剑和出了鞘的刀， 并上了弦的弓与刀兵的重灾。
They are fleeing in order not to be killed by [their enemies’] swords and not to be shot in battles by arrows.
16 主对我这样说：“一年之内，照雇工的年数，基达的一切荣耀必归于无有。
Yahweh said to me, “Exactly one year from now, all the greatness of the Kedar [area in Arabia] will end.
17 弓箭手所余剩的，就是基达人的勇士，必然稀少，因为这是耶和华—以色列的 神说的。”
Only a few of their soldiers who know well how to shoot arrows will remain alive. [That will surely happen] because [I], Yahweh, have said it.”
