Isaiah 22
1 The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?
有關「神視谷」的神諭：你究竟為了什麼上了屋頂﹖
2 Thou that wast full of stir, a town of tumult, a joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead 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 rulers have fled together, they are taken prisoners without the bow: all that are found of thee are made prisoners together; they were fleeing far off.
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 said I, Look away from me; let me weep bitterly: labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling 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 treading down, and of perplexity, from the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, in the valley of vision; [a day of] breaking down the wall, and of crying to the mountain:
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 — Elam beareth the quiver with chariots of men [and] horsemen; and Kir uncovereth the shield.
厄藍取了箭囊，阿蘭騎上了戰馬，克爾亮出了盾牌。
7 And it shall come to pass [that] thy choicest valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.
你最富麗的山谷充滿了戰車，騎兵已在門前佈好陣勢。
8 And he uncovereth the covering of Judah: and thou didst look in that day to the armour in the house of the forest;
猶大的屏障已被揭開。那天你們只仰望林宮內的武器，
9 and ye have seen the breaches of the city of David, that they are many; and ye have gathered together the waters of the lower pool;
只看見了達味城上的許多裂縫，聚集了下池塘的蓄水，
10 and ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and have broken down the houses to fortify the wall;
計算了耶路撒冷的房屋，拆毀了民房來鞏固城牆，
11 and ye have made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but ye have not had regard unto the maker thereof, neither have ye looked unto him that fashioned it long ago.
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 in that day did the Lord Jehovah of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to 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 and behold joy and rejoicing, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: — 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 it was revealed in mine ears by Jehovah of hosts: Assuredly this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.
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 Jehovah of hosts: Go, get thee in unto this steward, unto Shebna, who is over the house, [and say, ]
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 What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewn thee out a sepulchre here, [as] he that heweth out his sepulchre on high, cutting out in the rock a habitation for himself?
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, Jehovah will hurl thee with the force of a mighty man, and will cover thee entirely.
看哪！上主要大力一擲，把你擲得遠遠的；他要抓緊你，
18 Rolling thee up completely, he will roll thee as a ball into a wide country: there shalt thou die, and there shall be the chariots of thy glory, O shame of thy lord's house!
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 I will drive thee from thine office, and from thy station will I pull thee down.
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 Hilkijah;
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 clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand; and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.
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 the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; and he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall 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 fasten him [as] a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a throne of glory to 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 they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, the offspring and the issue, all the small vessels, as well the vessels of cups as all the vessels of flagons.
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 In that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in a sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for Jehovah hath spoken.
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。
