Isaiah 7
1 Now in the days that Ahaz son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was king of Judah, Rezin king of Aram marched up to wage war against Jerusalem. He was accompanied by Pekah son of Remaliah the king of Israel, but he could not overpower the city.
烏西雅的孫子、約坦的兒子、猶大王亞哈斯在位的時候，亞蘭王利汛和利瑪利的兒子、以色列王比加上來攻打耶路撒冷，卻不能攻取。
2 When it was reported to the house of David that Aram was in league with Ephraim, the hearts of Ahaz and his people trembled like trees in the forest shaken by the wind.
有人告訴大衛家說：「亞蘭與以法蓮已經同盟。」王的心和百姓的心就都跳動，好像林中的樹被風吹動一樣。
3 Then the LORD said to Isaiah, “Go out with your son Shear-jashub to meet Ahaz at the end of the aqueduct that feeds the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field,
耶和華對以賽亞說：「你和你的兒子施亞雅述出去，到上池的水溝頭，在漂布地的大路上，去迎接亞哈斯，
4 and say to him: Calm down and be quiet. Do not be afraid or disheartened over these two smoldering stubs of firewood—over the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and of the son of Remaliah.
對他說：『你要謹慎安靜，不要因亞蘭王利汛和利瑪利的兒子這兩個冒煙的火把頭所發的烈怒害怕，也不要心裏膽怯。
5 For Aram, along with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has plotted your ruin, saying:
因為亞蘭和以法蓮，並利瑪利的兒子，設惡謀害你，
6 ‘Let us invade Judah, terrorize it, and divide it among ourselves. Then we can install the son of Tabeal over it as king.’
說：我們可以上去攻擊猶大，擾亂它，攻破它，在其中立他比勒的兒子為王。
7 But this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘It will not arise; it will not happen.
所以主耶和華如此說： 這所謀的必立不住， 也不得成就。
8 For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be shattered as a people.
原來亞蘭的首城是大馬士革； 大馬士革的首領是利汛。 （六十五年之內，以法蓮必然破壞，不再成為國民。）
9 The head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. If you do not stand firm in your faith, then you will not stand at all.’”
以法蓮的首城是撒馬利亞； 撒馬利亞的首領是利瑪利的兒子。 你們若是不信， 定然不得立穩。』」
10 Again the LORD spoke to Ahaz, saying,
耶和華又曉諭亞哈斯說：
11 “Ask for a sign from the LORD your God, whether from the depths of Sheol or the heights of heaven.” (Sheol h7585)
「你向耶和華－你的上帝求一個兆頭：或求顯在深處，或求顯在高處。」 (Sheol h7585)
12 But Ahaz replied, “I will not ask; I will not test the LORD.”
亞哈斯說：「我不求；我不試探耶和華。」
13 Then Isaiah said, “Hear now, O house of David! Is it not enough to try the patience of men? Will you try the patience of my God as well?
以賽亞說：「大衛家啊，你們當聽！你們使人厭煩豈算小事，還要使我的上帝厭煩嗎？
14 Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel.
因此，主自己要給你們一個兆頭，必有童女懷孕生子，給他起名叫以馬內利。
15 By the time He knows enough to reject evil and choose good, He will be eating curds and honey.
到他曉得棄惡擇善的時候，他必吃奶油與蜂蜜。
16 For before the boy knows enough to reject evil and choose good, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.
因為在這孩子還不曉得棄惡擇善之先，你所憎惡的那二王之地必致見棄。
17 The LORD will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your father a time unlike any since the day Ephraim separated from Judah—He will bring the king of Assyria.”
耶和華必使亞述王攻擊你的日子臨到你和你的百姓，並你的父家，自從以法蓮離開猶大以來，未曾有這樣的日子。
18 On that day the LORD will whistle to the flies at the farthest streams of the Nile and to the bees in the land of Assyria.
「那時，耶和華要發嘶聲，使埃及江河源頭的蒼蠅和亞述地的蜂子飛來；
19 And they will all come and settle in the steep ravines and clefts of the rocks, in all the thornbushes and watering holes.
都必飛來，落在荒涼的谷內、磐石的穴裏，和一切荊棘籬笆中，並一切的草場上。
20 On that day the Lord will use a razor hired from beyond the Euphrates —the king of Assyria—to shave your head and the hair of your legs, and to remove your beard as well.
「那時，主必用大河外賃的剃頭刀，就是亞述王，剃去頭髮和腳上的毛，並要剃淨鬍鬚。
21 On that day a man will raise a young cow and two sheep,
「那時，一個人要養活一隻母牛犢，兩隻母綿羊；
22 and from the abundance of milk they give, he will eat curds; for all who remain in the land will eat curds and honey.
因為出的奶多，他就得吃奶油，在境內所剩的人都要吃奶油與蜂蜜。
23 And on that day, in every place that had a thousand vines worth a thousand shekels of silver, only briers and thorns will be found.
「從前，凡種一千棵葡萄樹、值銀一千舍客勒的地方，到那時必長荊棘和蒺藜。
24 Men will go there with bow and arrow, for the land will be covered with briers and thorns.
人上那裏去，必帶弓箭，因為遍地滿了荊棘和蒺藜。
25 For fear of the briers and thorns, you will no longer traverse the hills once tilled by the hoe; they will become places for oxen to graze and sheep to trample.
所有用鋤刨挖的山地，你因怕荊棘和蒺藜，不敢上那裏去；只可成了放牛之處，為羊踐踏之地。」
