以賽亞書 13
1 亞摩斯的兒子以賽亞得默示，論巴比倫。
The burden of Babylon which Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saw.
2 應當在淨光的山豎立大旗， 向群眾揚聲招手， 使他們進入貴冑的門。
Over the foggy mountain lift up a sign! Raise the voice, lift up the hand, and let the rulers enter through the gates!
3 我吩咐我所挑出來的人； 我招呼我的勇士－ 就是那矜誇高傲之輩， 為要成就我怒中所定的。
In my wrath, I commanded my sanctified ones, and I called my strong ones, those who exult in my glory.
4 山間有多人的聲音， 好像是大國人民。 有許多國的民聚集鬨嚷的聲音； 這是萬軍之耶和華點齊軍隊，預備打仗。
On the mountains, there is the voice of a multitude, as if of a numerous people, a voice with the sound of kings, of nations gathered together. For the Lord of hosts has given orders to soldiers of war,
5 他們從遠方來， 從天邊來， 就是耶和華並他惱恨的兵器 要毀滅這全地。
to those who are arriving from a far off land, from the heights of the heavens. It is the Lord and the instruments of his fury, so that he may bring ruin to all the earth.
6 你們要哀號， 因為耶和華的日子臨近了！ 這日來到， 好像毀滅從全能者來到。
Wail aloud! For the day of the Lord draws near! It will arrive like a devastation from the Lord.
7 所以，人手都必軟弱； 人心都必消化。
Because of it, every hand will fail, and every heart of man will waste away and be crushed.
8 他們必驚惶悲痛； 愁苦必將他們抓住。 他們疼痛，好像產難的婦人一樣， 彼此驚奇相看，臉如火焰。
Writhing and pain will seize them. They will be in pain, like a woman in labor. Each one will appear stupefied to his neighbor. Their countenances will be like faces which have been burned up.
9 耶和華的日子臨到， 必有殘忍、忿恨、烈怒， 使這地荒涼， 從其中除滅罪人。
Behold, the day of the Lord approaches: a cruel day, full of indignation and wrath and fury, which will place the earth in solitude and crush the sinners from it.
10 天上的眾星群宿都不發光； 日頭一出就變黑暗； 月亮也不放光。
For the stars of the heavens, in their splendor, will not display their light. The sun will be obscured at its rising, and the moon will not shine in her brightness.
11 我必因邪惡刑罰世界， 因罪孽刑罰惡人， 使驕傲人的狂妄止息， 制伏強暴人的狂傲。
And I will act against the evils of the world, and against the impious for their iniquity. And I will cause the pride of the unfaithful to cease, and I will bring down the arrogance of the strong.
12 我必使人比精金還少， 使人比俄斐純金更少。
A man will be more precious than gold, and mankind will become like pure refined gold.
13 我－萬軍之耶和華在忿恨中發烈怒的日子， 必使天震動， 使地搖撼，離其本位。
For this purpose, I will stir up heaven, and the earth will be moved from its place, because of the indignation of the Lord of hosts, because of the day of his furious wrath.
14 人必像被追趕的鹿， 像無人收聚的羊， 各歸回本族， 各逃到本土。
And they will be like a doe fleeing away, or like sheep; and there will be no one who may gather them together. Each one will turn to his own people, and every one will flee to his own land.
15 凡被仇敵追上的必被刺死； 凡被捉住的必被刀殺。
All who are found will be killed, and all who are caught unaware will fall by the sword.
16 他們的嬰孩必在他們眼前摔碎； 他們的房屋必被搶奪； 他們的妻子必被玷污。
Their infants will be thrown down violently before their eyes. Their houses will be plundered, and their wives will be violated.
17 我必激動米底亞人來攻擊他們。 米底亞人不注重銀子， 也不喜愛金子。
Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them. They will not seek silver, nor desire gold.
18 他們必用弓擊碎少年人， 不憐憫婦人所生的， 眼也不顧惜孩子。
Instead, with their arrows, they will put the little children to death, and they will take no pity on breastfeeding women, and their eye will not spare their children.
19 巴比倫素來為列國的榮耀， 為迦勒底人所矜誇的華美， 必像上帝所傾覆的所多瑪、蛾摩拉一樣。
And then Babylon, the glorious one among kingdoms, that famous pride of the Chaldeans, will be destroyed, even as the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.
20 其內必永無人煙， 世世代代無人居住。 阿拉伯人也不在那裏支搭帳棚； 牧羊的人也不使羊群臥在那裏。
It will not be inhabited, even unto the end, and it will not be reestablished, even from generation to generation. The Arab will not pitch his tents there, nor will the shepherds take rest there.
21 只有曠野的走獸臥在那裏； 咆哮的獸滿了房屋。 鴕鳥住在那裏； 野山羊在那裏跳舞。
Instead, the wild beasts will rest there, and their houses will be filled with serpents, and ostriches will live there, and the hairy ones will leap about there.
22 豺狼必在它宮中呼號； 野狗必在它華美殿內吼叫。 巴比倫受罰的時候臨近； 它的日子必不長久。
And the tawny owls will answer one another there, in its buildings, and the Sirens in its shrines of pleasure.
