Isaiah 24
1 Behold, the Lord will lay waste to the earth, and he will strip it, and he will afflict its surface, and he will scatter its inhabitants.
看哪，耶和华使地空虚，变为荒凉； 又翻转大地，将居民分散。
2 And this shall be: as with the people, so with the priest; and as with the servant, so with his master; as with the handmaid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the creditor, so with the debtor.
那时百姓怎样，祭司也怎样； 仆人怎样，主人也怎样； 婢女怎样，主母也怎样； 买物的怎样，卖物的也怎样； 放债的怎样，借债的也怎样； 取利的怎样，出利的也怎样。
3 The earth will be utterly devastated and utterly plundered. For the Lord has spoken this word.
地必全然空虚，尽都荒凉； 因为这话是耶和华说的。
4 The earth mourned, and slipped away, and languished. The world slipped away; the loftiness of the people of the earth was weakened.
地上悲哀衰残， 世界败落衰残； 地上居高位的人也败落了。
5 And the earth was corrupted by its inhabitants. For they have transgressed the laws, they have changed the ordinance, they have dissipated the everlasting covenant.
地被其上的居民污秽； 因为他们犯了律法， 废了律例，背了永约。
6 Because of this, a curse will devour the earth, and its inhabitants will sin. And for this reason, its caretakers will become crazed, and few men will be left behind.
所以，地被咒诅吞灭； 住在其上的显为有罪。 地上的居民被火焚烧， 剩下的人稀少。
7 The vintage has mourned. The vine has languished. All those who were rejoicing in their hearts have groaned.
新酒悲哀，葡萄树衰残； 心中欢乐的俱都叹息。
8 The gladness of the drums has ceased. The sound of rejoicing has quieted. The sweetness of stringed instruments has been silenced.
击鼓之乐止息； 宴乐人的声音完毕， 弹琴之乐也止息了。
9 They will not drink wine with a song. The drink will be bitter to those who drink it.
人必不得饮酒唱歌； 喝浓酒的，必以为苦。
10 The city of vanity has been worn away. Every house has been closed up; no one enters.
荒凉的城拆毁了； 各家关门闭户，使人都不得进去。
11 There will be a clamor for wine in the streets. All rejoicing has been abandoned. The gladness of the earth has been carried away.
在街上因酒有悲叹的声音； 一切喜乐变为昏暗； 地上的欢乐归于无有。
12 Solitude is what remains in the city, and calamity will overwhelm its gates.
城中只有荒凉； 城门拆毁净尽。
13 For so shall it be in the midst of the earth, in the midst of the people: it is as if the few remaining olives are being shaken from the olive tree, and it is like a few clusters of grapes, when the grape harvest has already ended.
在地上的万民中， 必像打过的橄榄树， 又像已摘的葡萄所剩无几。
14 These few shall lift up their voice and give praise. When the Lord will have been glorified, they will make a joyful noise from the sea.
这些人要高声欢呼； 他们为耶和华的威严，从海那里扬起声来。
15 Because of this, glorify the Lord in doctrine: the name of the Lord, the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea.
因此，你们要在东方荣耀耶和华， 在众海岛荣耀耶和华—以色列 神的名。
16 From the ends of the earth, we have heard the praises of the glory of the Just One. And I said: “My secret is for myself! My secret is for myself! Woe to me! Those who would betray us have betrayed us, and they have betrayed us with the betrayal of transgression.”
我们听见从地极有人歌唱，说： 荣耀归于义人。 我却说：我消灭了！ 我消灭了，我有祸了！ 诡诈的行诡诈； 诡诈的大行诡诈。
17 Dread, and the pit, and the snare are over you, O inhabitant of the earth!
地上的居民哪， 恐惧、陷坑、网罗都临近你。
18 And this shall be: whoever will flee from the voice of dread will fall into the pit. And whoever will extricate himself from the pit will be caught in the snare. For the floodgates from above have been opened, and the foundations of the earth will be shaken.
躲避恐惧声音的必坠入陷坑； 从陷坑上来的必被网罗缠住； 因为天上的窗户都开了， 地的根基也震动了。
19 The earth will be utterly broken! The earth will be utterly crushed! The earth will be utterly shaken!
地全然破坏，尽都崩裂， 大大地震动了。
20 The earth will stagger greatly, like a drunken man, and will be carried away, like the tent of a single night. And its iniquity will be heavy upon it, and it will fall and not rise up again.
地要东倒西歪，好像醉酒的人； 又摇来摇去，好像吊床。 罪过在其上沉重， 必然塌陷，不能复起。
21 And this shall be: in that day, the Lord will visit upon the armies of the sky above, and upon the kings of the earth who are on the ground.
到那日，耶和华在高处必惩罚高处的众军， 在地上必惩罚地上的列王。
22 And they will be gathered together like the gathering of one bundle into a pit. And they will be enclosed in that place, as in a prison. And after many days, they will be visited.
他们必被聚集，像囚犯被聚在牢狱中， 并要囚在监牢里， 多日之后便被讨罪。
23 And the moon will be ashamed, and the sun will be confounded, when the Lord of hosts will reign on mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and when he will have been glorified in the sight of his elders.
那时，月亮要蒙羞，日头要惭愧； 因为万军之耶和华必在锡安山， 在耶路撒冷作王； 在敬畏他的长老面前，必有荣耀。
