< 以赛亚书 31 >
1 祸哉!那些下埃及求帮助的, 是因仗赖马匹,倚靠甚多的车辆, 并倚靠强壮的马兵, 却不仰望以色列的圣者, 也不求问耶和华。
Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, who trust in horses and chariots, for they are many; and in horses, [which are] a great multitude; and have not trusted in the Holy One of Israel, and have not sought the Lord.
2 其实,耶和华有智慧; 他必降灾祸, 并不反悔自己的话, 却要兴起攻击那作恶之家, 又攻击那作孽帮助人的。
Therefore he has wisely brought evils upon them, and his word shall not be frustrated; and he shall rise up against the houses of wicked men, and against their vain hope,
3 埃及人不过是人,并不是 神; 他们的马不过是血肉,并不是灵。 耶和华一伸手,那帮助人的必绊跌, 那受帮助的也必跌倒,都一同灭亡。
[even] an Egyptian, a man, and not God; the flesh of horses, and there is no help [in them]: but the Lord shall bring his hand upon them, and the helpers shall fail, and all shall perish together.
4 耶和华对我如此说: 狮子和少壮狮子护食咆哮, 就是喊许多牧人来攻击它, 它总不因他们的声音惊惶, 也不因他们的喧哗缩伏。 如此,万军之耶和华 也必降临在锡安山冈上争战。
For thus said the Lord to me, As a lion would roar, or a lion's whelp over prey which he has taken, and cry over it, until the mountains are filled with his voice, and [the animals] are awe-struck and tremble at the fierceness of his wrath: so the Lord of hosts shall descend to fight upon the mount Sion, [even] upon her mountains.
5 雀鸟怎样搧翅覆雏, 万军之耶和华也要照样保护耶路撒冷。 他必保护拯救, 要越门保守。
As birds flying, so shall the Lord of hosts defend; he shall defend Jerusalem, and he shall rescue, and save and deliver.
6 以色列人哪,你们深深地悖逆耶和华,现今要归向他。
Turn, you children of Israel, who devise a deep and sinful counsel.
7 到那日,各人必将他金偶像银偶像,就是亲手所造、陷自己在罪中的,都抛弃了。
For in that day men shall renounce their silver idols and [their] golden idols, which their hands made.
8 亚述人必倒在刀下,并非人的刀; 有刀要将他吞灭,并非人的刀。 他必逃避这刀; 他的少年人必成为服苦的。
And the Assyrian shall fall: not the sword of a great man, nor the sword of a mean man shall devour him; neither shall he flee from the face of the sword: but the young men shall be overthrown:
9 他的磐石必因惊吓挪去; 他的首领必因大旗惊惶。 这是那有火在锡安、 有炉在耶路撒冷的耶和华说的。
for they shall be compassed with rocks as with a trench, and shall be worsted; and he that flees shall be taken. Thus says the Lord, Blesses is he that has a seed in Sion, and household friends in Jerusalem.