< Esias 16 >

1 I will send as it were reptiles on the land: is [not] the mount of the daughter of Sion a desolate rock?
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 For thou shalt be as a young bird taken away from a bird that has flown: [even] thou shalt be [so], daughter of Moab: and then do thou, O 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 take farther counsel, and continually make thou a shelter from grief: they flee in darkness at mid-day; they are amazed; be not thou led captive.
「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 The fugitives of Moab shall sojourn with thee; they shall be to you a shelter from the face of the pursuer: for thine alliance has been taken away, and the oppressing ruler has perished from off the earth.
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 And a throne shall be established with mercy; and one shall sit upon it with truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and earnestly seeking judgments, and hasting righteousness.
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 the pride of Moab; he is very proud. I have cut off his pride: thy prophecy shall not be thus, [no] not thus.
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 Moab shall howl; for all shall howl in the land of Moab: but thou shalt care for them that dwell in Seth, and thou shalt not be ashamed.
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 The plains of Esebon shall mourn, the vine of Sebama: swallowing up the nations, trample ye her vines, even to Jazer: ye shall not come together; wander ye in the desert: they that were sent are deserted, for they have gone over to 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 Therefore will I weep as with the weeping of Jazer for the vine of Sebama; Esebon and Eleale have cast down thy trees; for I will trample on thy harvest and on thy vintages, and all [thy plants] shall fall.
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 And gladness and rejoicing shall be taken away from the vineyards; and they shall not at all tread wine into the vats; for [the vintage] has ceased.
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 belly shall sound as a harp for Moab, and thou hast repaired my inward parts as a wall.
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 And it shall be to thy shame, (for Moab is wearied at the altars, ) that he shall go in to the idols thereof to pray, but they shall not be at all able to deliver him.
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 word which the Lord spoke against Moab, when he spoke.
這是上主以前反對摩阿布所說的話。
14 And now I say, in three years, of the years of an hireling, the glory of Moab shall be dishonoured [with] all his great wealth; and he shall be left few in number, and not honoured.
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。」

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