Isaiah 16
1 Send the tribute lambs to the ruler of the land, from Sela in the desert to the mount of Daughter Zion.
那地的主宰從曠野的磐石，應傳達一言，至熙雍女兒的山嶺！
2 Like fluttering birds pushed out of the nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon:
當時摩阿布女兒，在阿爾農渡口，猶如逃遁的小鳥，傾巢的幼雛。
3 “Give us counsel; render a decision. Shelter us at noonday with shade as dark as night. Hide the refugees; do not betray the one who flees.
「請給我們出個主意，快下個決斷！使你的蔭影在日中有如黑夜，遮蔽被驅逐的人，不要暴露出逃的人！
4 Let my fugitives stay with you; be a refuge for Moab from the destroyer.” When the oppressor has gone, destruction has ceased, and the oppressors have vanished from the land,
讓被驅逐的摩阿布人僑居在你處，做他們的藏身地，以逃避劫掠者的面。」當壓迫終止，劫掠停止，蹂躪大地的人消滅時，
5 in loving devotion a throne will be established in the tent of David. A judge seeking justice and hastening righteousness will sit on it in faithfulness.
必有一個寶座建立在慈惠中，在達味的帳幕內，必有一位尋求公義，急行正義的判官，憑真實坐於寶座之上。
6 We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his overflowing arrogance. But his boasting is empty.
我們曾聽到摩阿布的驕傲，極其傲慢；聽到她的驕矜，她的傲慢，她的自負，她狂妄的矜誇。
7 Therefore let Moab wail; let them wail together for Moab. Moan for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth, you who are utterly stricken.
為此，摩阿布必將哀哭，人人都要為摩阿布哀哭：為克爾哈勒色特的葡萄乾餅，人人只有傷心嘆息！
8 For the fields of Heshbon have withered, along with the grapevines of Sibmah. The rulers of the nations have trampled its choicest vines, which had reached as far as Jazer and spread toward the desert. Their shoots had spread out and passed over the sea.
因為赫市朋的田園已零落，息貝瑪的葡萄已凋謝！枝蔓為列國的君王所斬斷；那些枝蔓曾蔓延到雅則爾，漫遊至曠野；那些枝條曾向外伸展，越過了海洋！
9 So I weep with Jazer for the vines of Sibmah; I drench Heshbon and Elealeh with my tears. Triumphant shouts have fallen silent over your summer fruit and your harvest.
為此我要參與雅則爾的痛哭，來痛哭息貝瑪的葡萄；赫市朋啊！厄肋阿肋啊！我要用我的眼淚來灌溉你！因為在你夏收和秋收時，戰爭的呼聲驟然降臨！
10 Joy and gladness are removed from the orchard; no one sings or shouts in the vineyards. No one tramples the grapes in the winepresses; I have put an end to the cheering.
田園中的喜樂與歡欣已歛跡，葡萄園中再也沒有歌聲與歡呼；搾酒的人不再在搾酒池上搾酒，歡呼的歌聲已斷絕！
11 Therefore my heart laments for Moab like a harp, my inmost being for Kir-heres.
為此，我的肝腸為摩阿布哀鳴，有如琴瑟；我的五內為克爾哈肋勒斯鳴咽，有如簫笙。
12 When Moab appears on the high place, when he wearies himself and enters his sanctuary to pray, it will do him no good.
摩阿布在高丘上縱然現得疲勞，縱然到廟宇裏去祈禱，盡屬枉然 ！
13 This is the message that the LORD spoke earlier concerning Moab.
這是上主以前反對摩阿布所說的話。
14 And now the LORD says, “In three years, as a hired worker counts the years, Moab’s splendor will become an object of contempt, with all her many people. And those who are left will be few and feeble.”
但是現在，上主聲明說：「照僱工的年限計，三年之內，摩阿布的光榮將變為羞辱；縱然她的人數眾多，剩下來的甚是稀少，毫無勢力。」
