< 以西結書 27 >

1 耶和華的話又臨到我說:
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
2 「人子啊,要為泰爾作起哀歌,
“You, therefore, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre.
3 說:你居住海口,是眾民的商埠;你的交易通到許多的海島。主耶和華如此說: 泰爾啊,你曾說: 我是全然美麗的。
And you shall say to Tyre, which lives at the entrance to the sea, which is the marketplace of the peoples for the many islands: Thus says the Lord God: O Tyre, you have said, ‘I am of perfect beauty,
4 你的境界在海中, 造你的使你全然美麗。
for I have been positioned at the heart of the sea!’ Your neighbors, who built you, have filled up your beauty.
5 他們用示尼珥的松樹做你的一切板, 用黎巴嫩的香柏樹做桅杆,
They constructed you with spruce from Senir, with all the planks of the sea. They have taken cedars from Lebanon, so that they might make a mast for you.
6 用巴珊的橡樹做你的槳, 用象牙鑲嵌基提海島的黃楊木為坐板。
They have formed your oars from the oaks of Bashan. And they have made your crossbeams from Indian ivory, and the pilothouse is from the islands of Italy.
7 你的篷帆是用埃及繡花細麻布做的, 可以做你的大旗; 你的涼棚是用以利沙島的藍色、紫色布做的。
Colorful fine linen from Egypt was woven for you as a sail to be placed upon the mast; hyacinth and purple from the islands of Elishah were made into your covering.
8 西頓和亞發的居民作你盪槳的。 泰爾啊,你中間的智慧人作掌舵的。
The inhabitants of Sidon and of Arwad were your rowers. Your wise ones, O Tyre, were your navigators.
9 迦巴勒的老者和聰明人 都在你中間作補縫的; 一切泛海的船隻和水手 都在你中間經營交易的事。
The elders of Gebal and its experts were considered as sailors making use of your diverse equipment. All the ships of the sea and their sailors were your merchants among the people.
10 「波斯人、路德人、弗人在你軍營中作戰士;他們在你中間懸掛盾牌和頭盔,彰顯你的尊榮。
The Persians, and the Lydians, and the Libyans were your men of war in your army. They suspended shield and helmet within you for your adornment.
11 亞發人和你的軍隊都在你四圍的牆上,你的望樓也有勇士;他們懸掛盾牌,成全你的美麗。
The sons of Arwad were with your army upon your walls all around. And even the Gammadim, who were in your towers, suspended their quivers on your walls on all sides; they completed your beauty.
12 「他施人因你多有各類的財物,就作你的客商,拿銀、鐵、錫、鉛兌換你的貨物。
The Carthaginians, your merchants, supplied your festivals with a multitude of diverse riches, with silver, iron, tin, and lead.
13 雅完人、土巴人、米設人都與你交易;他們用人口和銅器兌換你的貨物。
Greece, Tubal, and Meshech, these were your peddlers; they traveled to your people with slaves and with brass vessels.
14 陀迦瑪族用馬和戰馬並騾子兌換你的貨物。
From the house of Togarmah, they brought horses, and horsemen, and mules to your market.
15 底但人與你交易,許多海島作你的碼頭;他們拿象牙、烏木與你兌換。
The sons of Dedan were your merchants. The many islands were the marketplace of your hand. They traded teeth of ivory and of ebony for your price.
16 亞蘭人因你的工作很多,就作你的客商;他們用綠寶石、紫色布繡貨、細麻布、珊瑚、紅寶石兌換你的貨物。
The Syrian was your merchant. Because of the multitude of your works, they offered jewels, and purple, and patterned cloth, and fine linen, and silk, and other valuables in your market.
17 猶大和以色列地的人都與你交易;他們用米匿的麥子、餅、蜜、油、乳香兌換你的貨物。
Judah and the land of Israel, these were your peddlers of the best grain; they offered balsam, and honey, and oil, and resins at your festivals.
18 大馬士革人因你的工作很多,又因你多有各類的財物,就拿黑本酒和白羊毛與你交易。
The Damascene was your trader in the multitude of your works, in greatly diverse wealth, in rich wine, in wool with the finest coloring.
19 威但人和雅完人拿紡成的線、亮鐵、桂皮、菖蒲兌換你的貨物。
Dan, and Greece, and Mosel have offered works made of iron at your festivals. Storax ointment and sweet flag were in your marketplace.
20 底但人用高貴的毯子、鞍、屜與你交易。
The men of Dedan were your peddlers of tapestries used as seats.
21 阿拉伯人和基達的一切首領都作你的客商,用羊羔、公綿羊、公山羊與你交易。
Arabia and all the leaders of Kedar, these were the merchants at your hand. Your merchants came to you with lambs, and rams, and young goats.
22 示巴和拉瑪的商人與你交易,他們用各類上好的香料、各類的寶石,和黃金兌換你的貨物。
The vendors of Sheba and Raamah, these were your merchants, with all the finest aromatics, and precious stones, and gold, which they offered in your marketplace.
23 哈蘭人、干尼人、伊甸人、示巴的商人,和亞述人、基抹人與你交易。
Haran, and Canneh, and Eden were your merchants. Sheba, Assur, and Chilmad were your sellers.
24 這些商人以美好的貨物包在繡花藍色包袱內,又有華麗的衣服裝在香柏木的箱子裏,用繩捆着與你交易。
These were your merchants in many places, with windings of hyacinth and of colorful weavings, and with precious treasures, which were wrapped and bound with cords. Also, they had works of cedar among your merchandise.
25 他施的船隻接連成幫為你運貨, 你便在海中豐富極其榮華。
The ships of the sea were important to your business dealings. For you were replenished and exceedingly glorified in the heart of the sea.
26 盪槳的已經把你盪到大水之處, 東風在海中將你打破。
Your rowers have brought you into many waters. The south wind has worn you down in the heart of the sea.
27 你的資財、物件、貨物、 水手、掌舵的、 補縫的、經營交易的, 並你中間的戰士和人民, 在你破壞的日子必都沉在海中。
Your riches, and your treasures, and your versatile equipment, your sailors and your navigators, who handle your goods and who were first among your people, likewise your men of war, who were among you, and your entire multitude that is in your midst: they will fall in the heart of the sea on the day of your ruin.
28 你掌舵的呼號之聲一發, 郊野都必震動。
Your fleets will be disturbed by the sound of an outcry from your navigators.
29 凡盪槳的和水手, 並一切泛海掌舵的, 都必下船登岸。
And all who were handling the oar will descend from their ships; the sailors and all the navigators of the sea will stand upon the land.
30 他們必為你放聲痛哭, 把塵土撒在頭上, 在灰中打滾;
And they will howl over you with a great voice, and they will cry out with bitterness. And they will cast dust upon their heads, and they will be sprinkled with ashes.
31 又為你使頭上光禿, 用麻布束腰, 號咷痛哭, 苦苦悲哀。
And they will shave their heads because of you, and they will be wrapped in haircloth. And they will weep for you with bitterness of soul, with a very bitter weeping.
32 他們哀號的時候, 為你作起哀歌哀哭, 說:有何城如泰爾? 有何城如她在海中成為寂寞的呢?
And they will take up a mournful verse over you, and they will lament you: ‘What city is like Tyre, which has become mute in the midst of the sea?’
33 你由海上運出貨物, 就使許多國民充足; 你以許多資財、貨物 使地上的君王豐富。
For by the going forth of your merchandise by sea, you supplied many peoples; by the multitude of your riches and of your people, you enriched the kings of the earth.
34 你在深水中被海浪打破的時候, 你的貨物和你中間的一切人民, 就都沉下去了。
Now you have been worn away by the sea, your opulence is in the depths of the waters, and your entire multitude that was in your midst has fallen.
35 海島的居民為你驚奇; 他們的君王都甚恐慌, 面帶愁容。
All the inhabitants of the islands have been stupefied over you; and all their kings, having been struck by the tempest, have changed their expression.
36 各國民中的客商都向你發嘶聲; 你令人驚恐, 不再存留於世,直到永遠。」
The merchants of the peoples have hissed over you. You have been reduced to nothing, and you shall not be again, even forever.”

< 以西結書 27 >