Esias 22
1 THE WORD OF THE VALLEY OF SION. What has happened to thee, that now ye are all gone up to the housetops which help you not?
有關「神視谷」的神諭：你究竟為了什麼上了屋頂﹖
2 The city is filled with shouting [men]: thy slain are not slain with swords, nor are thy dead those who have died in battle.
你這座充滿喧嘩嘈雜的城市，享樂的都會！你的被殺者並不是被殺於刀劍，也不是死於戰場。
3 All thy princes have fled, and [thy] captives are tightly bound, and the mighty [men] in thee have fled far away.
你所有的官長都結伴逃遁，竄逃遠方；你所有的將士也都集體被俘，棄弓就縛。
4 Therefore I said, Let me alone, I will weep bitterly; labour not to comfort me for the breach of the daughter of my people.
為此我說：「你們不要管我，讓我痛哭一場罷！也不要為了我民族的女兒的零落，有勞你們來安慰我！」
5 For [it is] a day of trouble, and of destruction, and of treading down, and [there is] perplexity [sent] from the Lord of hosts: they wander in the valley of Sion; they wander from the least to the greatest on the mountains.
因為這是一個混亂、蹂躪、惶惑的日子，是屬於吾主萬軍的上主的日子；在「神視谷」內，城牆倒塌，喊聲震撼山岳。
6 And the Elamites took [their] quivers, and [there were] men mounted on horses, and [there was] a gathering for battle.
厄藍取了箭囊，阿蘭騎上了戰馬，克爾亮出了盾牌。
7 And it shall be [that] thy choice valleys shall be filled with chariots, and horsemen shall block up thy gates.
你最富麗的山谷充滿了戰車，騎兵已在門前佈好陣勢。
8 And they shall uncover the gates of Juda, and they shall look in that day on the choice houses of the city.
猶大的屏障已被揭開。那天你們只仰望林宮內的武器，
9 And they shall uncover the secret places of the houses of the citadel of David: and they saw that they were many, and that one [had] turned the water of the old pool into the city;
只看見了達味城上的許多裂縫，聚集了下池塘的蓄水，
10 and that they [had] pulled down the houses of Jerusalem, to fortify the wall of the city.
計算了耶路撒冷的房屋，拆毀了民房來鞏固城牆，
11 And ye procured to yourselves water between the two walls within the ancient pool: but ye looked not to him that made it from the beginning, and regarded not him that created it.
在兩城牆之間，又鑿了個蓄水池，來貯藏池塘的水；卻沒有仰望這事的主事者，也沒有回顧那老早計劃了這事。
12 And the Lord, the Lord of hosts, called in that day for weeping, and lamentation, and baldness, and for girding with sackcloth:
那天，吾主萬軍的上主本來叫人哭泣、哀號、削髮、腰束苦衣；
13 but they engaged in joy and gladness, slaying calves, and killing sheep, so as to eat flesh, and drink wine; saying, Let us eat and drink; for to-morrow we die.
但是，看，仍是歡躍喜樂，宰牛殺羊，飲酒食肉：「吃喝罷！明天我們就要死啦！」
14 And these things are revealed in the ears of the Lord of hosts: for this sin shall not be forgiven you, until ye die.
萬軍的上主親自附耳傳示給我說：「決不赦免你們這罪惡，除非你們死去。」吾主萬軍的上主這樣說。
15 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Go into the chamber, to Somnas the treasurer, and say to him, Why art thou here?
有關宮殿總管舍布納的神諭：吾主萬軍的上主這樣說：去！到那個在高處給自己鑿墳墓，
16 and what hast thou to do here, that thou hast here hewn thyself a sepulchre, and madest thyself a sepulchre on high, and hast graven for thyself a dwelling in the rock?
在巖石間給自己闢寢室的家宰那裏去，對他說：「你在這裏有什麼東西﹖你在這裏有什麼人，竟在這裏為你鑿墳墓﹖
17 Behold now, the Lord of hosts casts forth and will utterly destroy [such] a man, and will take away thy robe and thy glorious crown,
看哪！上主要大力一擲，把你擲得遠遠的；他要抓緊你，
18 and will cast thee into a great and unmeasured land, and there thou shalt die: and he will bring thy fair chariot to shame, and the house of thy prince to be trodden down.
將你捲了又捲，捲成一團，如一圓球，拋擲到廣闊之地。你要死在那裏，連你的彩車也要毀滅，你這個王宮的恥辱！
19 And thou shalt be removed from thy stewardship, and from thy place.
我要革你的職，撤你的位。
20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Chelcias:
到那天，我要召希耳克雅的兒子厄里雅金作我的僕人。
21 and I will put on him thy robe, and I will grant him thy crown with power, and I will give thy stewardship into his hands: and he shall be as a father to them that dwell in Jerusalem, and to them that dwell in Juda.
我要把你的朝衣給他穿上，把你的玉帶給他束上，將你的治權交在他手中；他將作耶路撒冷居民和猶大家室的慈父。
22 And I will give him the glory of David; and he shall rule, and there shall be none to speak against him: and I will give him the key of the house of David [upon] his shoulder; and he shall open, and there shall be none to shut; and he shall shut, and there shall be none to open.
我要將達味家室的鑰匙放在他肩上；他開了，沒有人能關；他關了，沒有人能開。
23 And I will make him a ruler in a sure place, and he shall be for a glorious throne of his father's house.
我要堅定他，有如釘在穩固地方的木橛；他將成為他父家榮譽的寶座。
24 And every one that is glorious in the house of his father shall trust in him, from the least to the greatest; and they shall depend upon him in that day.
他父家全部的榮耀、細枝、嫩芽、各種細小的物品，自碗具以至各種壺瓶都懸掛在它上面。
25 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, The man that is fastened in the sure place shall be removed and be taken away, and shall fall; and the glory that is upon him shall be utterly destroyed: for the Lord has spoken it.
到那一天－－萬軍上主的斷語－－釘在穩固地方的木橛必將脫落，破裂，掉下來，上面所掛的重載也要摔得粉碎。因為上主說了。
