以赛亚书 33
1 祸哉！你这毁灭人的， 自己倒不被毁灭； 行事诡诈的， 人倒不以诡诈待你。 你毁灭罢休了， 自己必被毁灭； 你行完了诡诈， 人必以诡诈待你。
Terrible things will happen to you [people of Assyria]! You have destroyed [others], [but] you have not been destroyed [yet]. You have betrayed/deceived [others], [but] you have not been betrayed/deceived [yet]. When you stop destroying [others], others will destroy you. When you stop betraying/deceiving others, [others] betray you.
2 耶和华啊，求你施恩于我们； 我们等候你。 求你每早晨作我们的膀臂， 遭难的时候为我们的拯救。
Yahweh, be kind to us, because we have patiently waited for you [to help us]. Enable us to be strong every day, and rescue us when we have troubles.
3 喧嚷的响声一发，众民奔逃； 你一兴起，列国四散。
Our enemies run away when they hear your voice. When you stand up and show that you are powerful [IDM], the people of all nations flee.
4 你们所掳的必被敛尽， 好像蚂蚱吃尽禾稼。 人要蹦在其上，好像蝗虫一样。
[And after our enemies have been defeated], we, your people, will take away all our enemies’ possessions like [SIM] caterpillars and locusts strip off all the leaves of plants.
5 耶和华被尊崇，因他居在高处； 他以公平公义充满锡安。
Yahweh is greater than anyone else, and he lives in heaven, and he will rule justly and righteously in Jerusalem.
6 你一生一世必得安稳— 有丰盛的救恩， 并智慧和知识； 你以敬畏耶和华为至宝。
[When that happens], he will enable you to live securely/safely; he will fully protect your possessions, he will enable you to be wise and to know [all that you need to know]; and revering Yahweh will be [like] [MET] a valuable treasure for you.
7 看哪，他们的豪杰在外头哀号； 求和的使臣痛痛哭泣。
[But now], look, our brave men are crying out in the streets; our ambassadors [have gone to other countries to make peace treaties], [but they will] cry bitterly [because they will not succeed].
8 大路荒凉，行人止息； 敌人背约， 藐视城邑， 不顾人民。
No one travels on our roads [DOU]. [The leaders of Assyria] have broken/disregarded their peace treaty [with us]; they despise the people who made those treaties, and they do not respect anyone.
9 地上悲哀衰残； 黎巴嫩羞愧枯干； 沙 像旷野； 巴珊和迦密的树林凋残。
The land [of Judah] is dry and barren. The [cedar trees in] Lebanon are drying up and decaying. The Sharon [Plain along the coast] is now a desert. There are no more leaves on the trees in the Bashan and Carmel [areas].
10 耶和华说： 现在我要起来； 我要兴起； 我要勃然而兴。
Yahweh says, “Now I will begin to show that I am very powerful [DOU].
11 你们要怀的是糠秕， 要生的是碎秸； 你们的气就是吞灭自己的火。
You [people of Assyria] make plans that are [as useless as] [MET] chaff and straw. Your breath will become a fire that will burn you up.
12 列邦必像已烧的石灰， 像已割的荆棘在火中焚烧。
[Your] people will be burned until only ashes remain [MET] like [SIM] thornbushes are cut down and burned up in a fire.
13 你们远方的人当听我所行的； 你们近处的人当承认我的大能。
You people who live far away and you people who live nearby, pay attention to what I have done and realize that I am [very] powerful.”
14 锡安中的罪人都惧怕； 不敬虔的人被战兢抓住。 我们中间谁能与吞灭的火同住？ 我们中间谁能与永火同住呢？
The sinners in Jerusalem will tremble because of being very afraid; godless people will be terrified. [They say], “None of us can [RHQ] remain alive because this fire is burning everything; it is like the fire on Yahweh’s altar that will burn forever!”
15 行事公义、说话正直、 憎恶欺压的财利、 摆手不受贿赂、 塞耳不听流血的话， 闭眼不看邪恶事的，
Those who act honestly and say what is right, those who do not try to become rich by (extortion/forcing people to give them money), those who do not try to get bribes, those who refuse to listen to people who are planning to murder someone, those who do not join others who urge them to do what is wrong,
16 他必居高处； 他的保障是磐石的坚垒； 他的粮必不缺乏； 他的水必不断绝。
they are the people who will live safely [MTY]; they will find places to be safe in the caves in the mountains. They will have plenty of food and water.
17 你的眼必见王的荣美， 必见辽阔之地。
You [SYN] [people of Judah] will see the king wearing all his beautiful [robes], and you will see that he rules a land that extends far away.
18 你的心必思想那惊吓的事， 自问说：记数目的在哪里呢？ 平贡银的在哪里呢？ 数戍楼的在哪里呢？
When you see that, you will think about when you were previously terrified, [and you will say], “[The officers of Assyria] who counted the tax money that we were forced to pay to them [have disappeared] [RHQ]! Those men who counted our towers [are gone] [RHQ]!
19 你必不见那强暴的民， 就是说话深奥，你不能明白， 言语呢喃，你不能懂得的。
Those arrogant people who spoke a language that we could not understand are no longer here!”
20 你要看锡安—我们守圣节的城！ 你的眼必见耶路撒冷为安静的居所， 为不挪移的帐幕， 橛子永不拔出， 绳索一根也不折断。
[At that time], you will see Zion Hill, the place where we celebrate our festivals; you will see that Jerusalem has become a place that is calm and safe. It will be [secure], [like] [SIM] a tent [that cannot be moved because] its ropes are tight and its stakes are firmly in the ground.
21 在那里，耶和华必显威严与我们同在， 当作江河宽阔之地； 其中必没有荡桨摇橹的船来往， 也没有威武的船经过。
Yahweh will be our mighty God; he will be [like] [SIM] a mighty river that will protect us because [our enemies] will not be able to cross it; no one will be able to row across it and no ships will be able to sail across it.
22 因为，耶和华是审判我们的； 耶和华是给我们设律法的； 耶和华是我们的王； 他必拯救我们。
Yahweh is our judge; he is the one who gives us laws, and he is our king. He will rescue us.
23 你的绳索松开： 不能栽稳桅杆， 也不能扬起篷来。 那时许多掳来的物被分了； 瘸腿的把掠物夺去了。
The ropes on our enemies’ boats will hang loose, their masts will not be fastened firmly, and their sails will not be spread out. The treasures that they have seized will be divided [among us, God’s people], and even lame [people among us] will get some.
24 城内居民必不说：我病了； 其中居住的百姓，罪孽都赦免了。
And the people in Jerusalem will no [longer] say, “We are sick,” [because Yahweh] will forgive the sins that have been committed by the people who live there.
