Isaiah 29
1 Ho! Ariel, Ariel, the town against which David made war; put year to year, let the feasts come round:
禍哉，阿黎耳，阿黎耳，達味駐紮過的城！任憑一年復一年，任憑節期的循環，
2 And I will send trouble on Ariel, and there will be weeping and cries of grief; and she will be to me as Ariel.
我必圍困阿黎耳，那裏將發生呻吟和悲嘆。你於我必像一個「阿黎耳。」
3 And I will make war on you like David, and you will be shut in by earthworks, and I will make towers round you.
我要如達味一樣紮營圍攻你，以保壘包圍你，築起高台攻擊你。
4 And you will be made low, and your voice will come out of the earth, and your words will be low out of the dust; and your voice will come out of the earth like that of a spirit, making bird-like noises out of the dust.
你將降低，要由地下說話，你微弱的言語出自塵土。你的聲音有如幽魂的聲音出於地下，你的言語低聲地出自塵土。
5 And the army of your attackers will be like small dust, and all the cruel ones like dry stems gone before the wind; suddenly it will come about.
那殘害你的人，將多得有如微細的塵沙；那對你施虐的，將多得有如飛揚的糠屑。但是，忽然，轉瞬之間，
6 The Lord of armies will come in with thunder and earth-shaking and great noise, with rushing wind and storm, and the flame of burning fire.
萬軍的上主將帶著雷霆、地震、巨響、颶風、暴風如吞噬的火燄來眷顧你。
7 And all the nations making war on Ariel, and all those who are fighting against her and shutting her in with their towers, will be like a dream, like a vision of the night.
那許多攻擊阿黎耳的民族，所有攻擊她並豎起保壘包圍她的人們，都要成為一場夢境，有如夜間的異象。
8 And it will be like a man desiring food, and dreaming that he is feasting; but when he is awake there is nothing in his mouth: or like a man in need of water, dreaming that he is drinking; but when he is awake he is feeble and his soul is full of desire: so will all the nations be which make war on Mount Zion.
如同飢者夢中得食，及至醒來，仍然枵腹；又有如渴者夢中飲水，及至醒來，依舊疲憊，心裏仍有所欲：那攻擊熙雍山的各種民族，也將如此。
9 Be surprised and full of wonder; let your eyes be covered and be blind: be overcome, but not with wine; go with uncertain steps, but not because of strong drink.
你們都在自我愚弄而愚蠢，你們都在自我蒙蔽而迷矇；你們沉醉，不是出於清酒；你們蹣跚，不是出於烈酒；
10 For the Lord has sent on you a spirit of deep sleep; and by him your eyes, the prophets, are shut, and your heads, the seers, are covered.
而是由於上主將沉睡的神注在你們身上，封閉了你們的眼睛【即先知們，】蒙上了你們的頭顱【即先見們。】
11 And the vision of all this has become to you like the words of a book which is shut, which men give to one who has knowledge of writing, saying, Make clear to us what is in the book: and he says, I am not able to, for the book is shut:
所有的異像為你們都像是封住的書中的話；若交給識字的人說：「請讀這書！」他將答說：「我不能，因為這書是封著的；」
12 And they give it to one without learning, saying, Make clear to us what is in the book: and he says, I have no knowledge of writing.
若將這書交給一個文盲說：「請讀這書！」他將答說：「我不識字！」
13 And the Lord said, because this people come near to me with their mouths, and give honour to me with their lips, but their heart is far from me, and their fear of me is false, a rule given them by the teaching of men;
吾主說：「因為這民族祇在口頭上親近我，嘴唇上尊崇我，他們的心卻遠離我，他們對我的敬畏僅是人們所傳習的訓誡。
14 For this cause I will again do a strange thing among this people, a thing to be wondered at: and the wisdom of their wise men will come to nothing, and the sense of their guides will no longer be seen.
所以，看哪！我要向這民族再行奇事，最奇妙的事，致使他們智者的智慧必要消失，他們賢者的聰明必要隱遁。人算不如天算。
15 Cursed are those who go deep to keep their designs secret from the Lord, and whose works are in the dark, and who say, Who sees us? and who has knowledge of our acts?
禍哉，逃避上主而力圖掩蔽自己計劃的人！禍哉，那些在暗中行事並說：「有誰看見我們，有誰知道我們的人！」
16 You are turning things upside down! Is the wet earth the same to you as the one who is forming it? will the thing made say of him who made it, He made me not: or the thing formed say of him who gave it form, He has no knowledge?
你們多麼顛倒事理！豈能看陶工如泥工﹖製造品豈能論製造者說：「他沒有製造我﹖」陶器豈能論陶工說：「他不精明﹖」
17 In a very short time Lebanon will become a fertile field, and the fertile field will seem like a wood.
誠然，再稍過片刻，黎巴嫩即將變成果園，果園將被視為果林。
18 And in that day those whose ears are stopped will be hearing the words of the book; and the eyes of the blind will see through the mist and the dark.
到那一日，聾者將聽到書上的話，盲人的眼將由幽暗晦暝中得以看見；
19 And the poor will have their joy in the Lord increased, and those in need will be glad in the Holy One of Israel.
弱小的人將在上主內再得歡樂，貧困的人將因以色列的聖者而喜悅，
20 For the cruel one has come to nothing; and those who make sport of the Lord are gone; and those who are watching to do evil are cut off:
因為暴虐者已經絕跡，輕蔑者已經滅亡，一切思念邪惡的人已經剷除：
21 Who give help to a man in a wrong cause, and who put a net for the feet of him who gives decisions in the public place, taking away a man's right without cause.
就是那些使人在訴訟上失敗，在城門口布置羅網陷害判官，用假理由屈枉義人的人。
22 For this reason the Lord, the saviour of Abraham, says about the family of Jacob, Jacob will not now be put to shame, or his face be clouded with fear.
因此拯救亞巴郎的天主論雅各伯的家這樣說：「雅各伯今後不再慚愧，他的面貌不再失色，
23 But when they, the children of Jacob, see the work of my hands among them, they will give honour to my name; yes, they will give honour to the Holy One of Jacob, and go in fear of the God of Israel.
因為人們看見了我手在他們中所有的工作，必稱頌我名為聖，必稱頌雅各伯的聖者為聖，必敬畏以色列的天主。
24 Those whose hearts were turned away from him will get knowledge, and those who made an outcry against him will give attention to his teaching.
心內迷亂的人將要獲得知識，怨尤的人必學得教誨。」
