< 以賽亞書 10 >
1 禍哉!那些設立不義之律例的 和記錄奸詐之判語的,
Terrible things will happen to you judges who are unjust and who make unfair laws.
2 為要屈枉窮乏人, 奪去我民中困苦人的理, 以寡婦當作擄物, 以孤兒當作掠物。
You refuse to help poor people, and you do not allow them to get the things that they should get. You [allow people to] steal things from widows and do unfair things to orphans.
3 到降罰的日子,有災禍從遠方臨到, 那時,你們怎樣行呢? 你們向誰逃奔求救呢? 你們的榮耀存留何處呢?
When I punish you by sending people from distant lands to cause you to experience disasters, (to whom will you run to get help?/there will be no one who can help you.) [RHQ] Your valuable possessions will certainly [not be safe] [RHQ] anywhere.
4 他們只得屈身在被擄的人以下, 仆倒在被殺的人以下。 雖然如此,耶和華的怒氣還未轉消; 他的手仍伸不縮。
You will be able only to stumble along as you are taken away with other prisoners, or [else] your corpses will lie on the ground with others who have been killed. But even after that happens, Yahweh will still be very angry with you. He will still be ready to strike you again with his fist.
[Yahweh says], “Terrible things will happen to Assyria. [It is true that their army] is like a rod/club [DOU] with which I [punish other nations] because I am very angry with those nations [DOU].
6 我要打發他攻擊褻瀆的國民, 吩咐他攻擊我所惱怒的百姓, 搶財為擄物,奪貨為掠物, 將他們踐踏,像街上的泥土一樣。
[Sometimes] I send the armies of Assyria to attack a godless nation, to fight against [other] people who have caused me to be angry. I send them to capture people and to seize and take away their possessions, and to trample them like [SIM] people walk on mud in the streets.
7 然而,他不是這樣的意思; 他心也不這樣打算。 他心裏倒想毀滅, 剪除不少的國。
But the [king of Assyria] does not understand, he does not realize [that he is only like a weapon in my hand]. He wants [only] to destroy people, to get rid of many nations.
He says, ‘All of my army commanders will soon be kings [of these nations that I conquer]!
9 迦勒挪豈不像迦基米施嗎? 哈馬豈不像亞珥拔嗎? 撒馬利亞豈不像大馬士革嗎?
We destroyed Calno [city] like we destroyed Carchemish [city], We destroyed Hamath [city] like we destroyed Arpad [city]; we destroyed Samaria just like we destroyed Damascus.
10 我手已經搆到有偶像的國; 這些國雕刻的偶像 過於耶路撒冷和撒馬利亞的偶像。
We were able to destroy [all] those kingdoms [that were full] of idols, kingdoms whose idols were greater than the idols in Jerusalem and Samaria.
11 我怎樣待撒馬利亞和其中的偶像, 豈不照樣待耶路撒冷和其中的偶像嗎?
So we will defeat Jerusalem and destroy the idols that are there, just like we destroyed Samaria and the idols that were there!’
12 主在錫安山和耶路撒冷成就他一切工作的時候,主說:「我必罰亞述王自大的心和他高傲眼目的榮耀。」
[But, I, Yahweh, say that] after I [have used Assyria to] finish what I want to do to punish the people in Jerusalem [DOU], I will punish the king of Assyria because he has been very proud and arrogant/boastful [DOU].
13 因為他說: 我所成就的事是靠我手的能力 和我的智慧, 我本有聰明。 我挪移列國的地界, 搶奪他們所積蓄的財寶; 並且我像勇士,使坐寶座的降為卑。
He says, ‘By my own great power [MTY] I have done these things. I have been able to do them because I am very wise and very intelligent. My army removed the barriers [at the borders] of nations and carried away all their valuable things. My army has knocked down their kings like [SIM] a ferocious bull would.
14 我的手搆到列國的財寶, 好像人搆到鳥窩; 我也得了全地, 好像人拾起所棄的雀蛋。 沒有動翅膀的; 沒有張嘴的,也沒有鳴叫的。
Like [MET] a farmer reaches into a bird’s nest [to take away the eggs], we have taken away the treasures of other countries [DOU]. The people were not like birds that would flap their wings or chirp loudly [to protest about their eggs being stolen]; the people did not object at all [to their treasures being stolen].’
15 斧豈可向用斧砍木的自誇呢? 鋸豈可向用鋸的自大呢? 好比棍掄起那舉棍的, 好比杖舉起那非木的人。
[But I, Yahweh, say that] an axe certainly cannot [RHQ] boast about being stronger than the person who uses it, and a saw is not greater than the person who uses it. A rod cannot control the one who holds it [RHQ], and a wooden club cannot lift up a person [RHQ]. [So the king of Assyria should not boast that he has done these things with his own wisdom and strength].
16 因此,主-萬軍之耶和華 必使亞述王的肥壯人變為瘦弱, 在他的榮華之下必有火着起, 如同焚燒一樣。
And [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, will send a plague among the proud soldiers of Assyria; it will be like [MET] a fire that will kill them and get rid of their glory/wealth.
17 以色列的光必如火; 他的聖者必如火焰。 在一日之間,將亞述王的荊棘 和蒺藜焚燒淨盡;
[I], Yahweh, who am like [MET] a light for the people of Israel, will be the fire; [I], the Holy One, will be like a flame. [The soldiers of Assyria are like] [MET] thorns and briers, and I will burn them up in one night.
18 又將他樹林和肥田的榮耀全然燒盡, 好像拿軍旗的昏過去一樣。
There are glorious forests and fertile farmlands in Assyria, but I will completely destroy them; they will be like [SIM] a [very] sick person who shrivels up and then dies.
19 他林中剩下的樹必稀少, 就是孩子也能寫其數。
There will be very few trees left in those forests; even a child will be able to count them.”
20 到那日,以色列所剩下的和雅各家所逃脫的,不再倚靠那擊打他們的,卻要誠實倚靠耶和華-以色列的聖者。
In the future there will be only a few people left in Israel; not many descendants of Jacob will still be alive. [But] they will no longer rely on [the king of Assyria], [the king of the nation] that tried to destroy them. Instead, they will faithfully/sincerely trust in Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel.
21 所剩下的,就是雅各家所剩下的,必歸回全能的上帝。
Those Israelis will return to their mighty God.
22 以色列啊,你的百姓雖多如海沙,惟有剩下的歸回。原來滅絕的事已定,必有公義施行,如水漲溢。
[Now], the people of Israel are as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore, but only a few of them will return [from the countries to which they were exiled]. Yahweh has decided to destroy [most of the Israelis] and that is what [he must do because he is completely] just/righteous.
23 因為主-萬軍之耶和華在全地之中必成就所定規的結局。
[Yes, ] the Commander of the armies of angels has [already] decided to destroy the entire land [of Israel].
24 所以,主-萬軍之耶和華如此說:「住錫安我的百姓啊,亞述王雖然用棍擊打你,又照埃及的樣子舉杖攻擊你,你卻不要怕他。
This is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: “My people in Jerusalem, do not be afraid of the army of Assyria when they beat you with rods and clubs, like the men of Egypt did [to your ancestors long ago].
25 因為還有一點點時候,向你們發的忿恨就要完畢,我的怒氣要向他發作,使他滅亡。
Soon I will no longer be angry with you, and [then] I will be angry with the people of Assyria and destroy them!”
26 萬軍之耶和華要興起鞭來攻擊他,好像在俄立磐石那裏殺戮米甸人一樣。耶和華的杖要向海伸出,把杖舉起,像在埃及一樣。
The Commander of the armies of angels will whip them. He will do to them like he did when he helped Gideon [and his 300 soldiers] to defeat the [army of the] Midian people-group, and like he did when he showed his mighty power [MTY] [by causing the army of Egypt to drown] in the [Red] Sea.
27 到那日,亞述王的重擔必離開你的肩頭;他的軛必離開你的頸項;那軛也必因肥壯的緣故撐斷。」
Some day, Yahweh will cause the army of Assyria to stop oppressing you, [his people]; he will end your suffering and your being slaves of the people of Assyria [MET]; he will take away the load that you people of Judah have been carrying, and cause things to go well for you.
28 亞述王來到亞葉, 經過米磯崙, 在密抹安放輜重。
[The army of Assyria will enter northern Judah] near Aiath [town], they will go through Migron [town] and store their supplies at Micmash [town north of Jerusalem].
29 他們過了隘口, 在迦巴住宿。 拉瑪人戰兢; 掃羅的基比亞人逃跑。
They will cross through a mountain pass and set up their tents at Geba [town]. [People in] Ramah [town] will tremble [because of being afraid]. [The people of] Gibeah [town], where King Saul [was born], will [all] run away.
30 迦琳的居民哪,要高聲呼喊! 萊煞人哪,須聽! 哀哉!困苦的亞拿突啊。
You people of Gallim [town] will cry out [for help]. You will shout to [the people of] Laish [city near Jerusalem] to warn them! [The people of] Anathoth [town] will suffer a lot.
[The people of] Madmenah [town north of Jerusalem will all] be running away, and [the people of] Gebim [town close to Jerusalem] will be trying to hide.
32 當那日,亞述王要在挪伯歇兵, 向錫安女子的山- 就是耶路撒冷的山-掄手攻他。
The soldiers of Assyria will stop at Nob [city outside Jerusalem]. They will shake their fists [as they threaten the people] on Zion Hill in Jerusalem.
33 看哪,主-萬軍之耶和華 以驚嚇削去樹枝; 長高的必被砍下, 高大的必被伐倒。
But listen to this! The Commander of the armies of angels with his great power will destroy [MET] the mighty army of Assyria. [It is as though they are] a huge tree [MET] that he will cut down.
34 稠密的樹林,他要用鐵器砍下; 黎巴嫩的樹木必被大能者伐倒。
He will destroy the [soldiers of Assyria] like men use big axes to cut down the tall trees in the forests of Lebanon.