以賽亞書 29
1 唉！亞利伊勒，亞利伊勒， 大衛安營的城， 任憑你年上加年， 節期照常周流。
Woe to Ariel, Ariel, the city where David encamped! Add year to year; let the festivals come round.
2 我終必使亞利伊勒困難； 她必悲傷哀號， 我卻仍以她為亞利伊勒。
But I will besiege Ariel, and she will be mourning and lamenting; and she will be to me like Ariel.
3 我必四圍安營攻擊你， 屯兵圍困你， 築壘攻擊你。
I will encamp against you in a circle and will lay siege against you with a palisade, and I will raise siege works against you.
4 你必敗落，從地中說話； 你的言語必微細出於塵埃。 你的聲音必像那交鬼者的聲音出於地； 你的言語低低微微出於塵埃。
You will be brought down and will speak from the ground; your speech will be low from the dust. Your voice will sound like a spirit that speaks from the ground, and out of the dust your speech will whisper.
5 你仇敵的群眾，卻要像細塵； 強暴人的群眾，也要像飛糠。 這事必頃刻之間忽然臨到。
The great number of your invaders will become like fine dust, and the multitude of the ruthless ones as chaff that passes away. It will happen suddenly, in an instant.
6 萬軍之耶和華必用雷轟、地震、大聲、旋風、暴風， 並吞滅的火焰，向她討罪。
Yahweh of hosts will come to you with thunder, earthquake, great noise, with strong winds and violent storm, and the flames of a devouring fire.
7 那時，攻擊亞利伊勒列國的群眾， 就是一切攻擊亞利伊勒和她的保障， 並使她困難的， 必如夢景，如夜間的異象；
It will be like a dream, a vision of the night: A horde of all the nations will fight against Ariel and her stronghold. They will attack her and her fortifications to press upon her.
8 又必像飢餓的人夢中吃飯， 醒了仍覺腹空； 或像口渴的人夢中喝水， 醒了仍覺發昏，心裏想喝。 攻擊錫安山列國的群眾也必如此。
It will be like when a hungry man dreams he is eating, but when he awakes, his stomach is empty. It will be like when a thirsty man dreams that he is drinking, but he when he awakes, he is fainting, with his thirst not quenched. Yes, so will be the great number of nations that fights against Mount Zion.
9 你們等候驚奇吧！ 你們宴樂昏迷吧！ 他們醉了，卻非因酒； 他們東倒西歪，卻非因濃酒。
Astonish yourselves and be astonished; blind yourselves and be blind! Be drunk, but not with wine; stagger, but not with beer.
10 因為耶和華將沉睡的靈澆灌你們， 封閉你們的眼， 蒙蓋你們的頭。 你們的眼就是先知； 你們的頭就是先見。
For Yahweh has poured out on you the spirit of deep sleep. He has closed your eyes, the prophets, and has covered your heads, the seers.
11 所有的默示，你們看如封住的書卷，人將這書卷交給識字的，說：「請念吧！」他說：「我不能念，因為是封住了。」
All revelation has become to you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men might give to one who is learned, saying, “Read this.” He also says, “I cannot, for it is sealed.”
12 又將這書卷交給不識字的人，說：「請念吧！」他說：「我不識字。」
If the book is given to one who cannot read, saying, “Read this,” he says, “I cannot read.”
13 主說：因為這百姓親近我， 用嘴唇尊敬我， 心卻遠離我； 他們敬畏我， 不過是領受人的吩咐。
The Lord said, “This people comes close to me with their mouths and honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. Their honor for me is only a commandment of men that has been taught.
14 所以，我在這百姓中要行奇妙的事， 就是奇妙又奇妙的事。 他們智慧人的智慧必然消滅， 聰明人的聰明必然隱藏。
Therefore, see, I will proceed to do a marvelous thing among this people, wonder after wonder. The wisdom of their wise men will perish, and the understanding of their prudent men will disappear.”
15 禍哉！那些向耶和華深藏謀略的， 又在暗中行事，說： 誰看見我們呢？ 誰知道我們呢？
Woe to those who deeply hide their plans from Yahweh, and whose deeds are in darkness. They say, “Who sees us, and who knows us?”
16 你們把事顛倒了， 豈可看窯匠如泥嗎？ 被製作的物豈可論製作物的說： 他沒有製作我？ 或是被創造的物論造物的說： 他沒有聰明？
You turn things upside down! Should the potter be considered like clay, so that the thing that is made should say about him who made it, “He did not make me,” or the thing formed say about him who formed it, “He does not understand”?
17 黎巴嫩變為肥田， 肥田看如樹林， 不是只有一點點時候嗎？
In just a little while, Lebanon will be turned into a field, and the field will become a forest.
18 那時，聾子必聽見這書上的話； 瞎子的眼必從迷矇黑暗中得以看見。
On that day the deaf will hear the words of a book, and the eyes of the blind will see out of the deep darkness.
19 謙卑人必因耶和華增添歡喜； 人間貧窮的必因以色列的聖者快樂。
The oppressed will again rejoice in Yahweh, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
20 因為，強暴人已歸無有， 褻慢人已經滅絕， 一切找機會作孽的都被剪除。
For the ruthless will cease, and the scoffer will vanish. All those who love to do evil will be eliminated,
21 他們在爭訟的事上定無罪的為有罪， 為城門口責備人的設下網羅， 用虛無的事屈枉義人。
who by a word make a man out to be an offender. They lay a snare for him who seeks justice at the gate and put the righteous down with empty lies.
22 所以，救贖亞伯拉罕的耶和華 論雅各家如此說： 雅各必不再羞愧， 面容也不致變色。
Therefore this is what Yahweh says concerning the house of Jacob—Yahweh, who redeemed Abraham, “Jacob will no longer be ashamed, nor will his face be pale.
23 但他看見他的眾子， 就是我手的工作在他那裏， 他們必尊我的名為聖， 必尊雅各的聖者為聖， 必敬畏以色列的上帝。
But when he sees his children, the work of my hands, they will make my name holy. They will make holy the name of the Holy One of Jacob and they will stand in awe of the God of Israel.
24 心中迷糊的必得明白； 發怨言的必受訓誨。
Those who err in spirit will gain understanding, and complainers will learn knowledge.”
