< Isaiah 10 >
1 Woe to them that make wicked laws: and when they write, write injustice:
禍哉!那些設立不義之律例的 和記錄奸詐之判語的,
2 To oppress the poor in judgment, and do violence to the cause of the humble of my people: that widows might be their prey, and that they might rob the fatherless.
為要屈枉窮乏人, 奪去我民中困苦人的理, 以寡婦當作擄物, 以孤兒當作掠物。
3 What will you do in the day of visitation, and of the calamity which cometh from afar? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?
到降罰的日子,有災禍從遠方臨到, 那時,你們怎樣行呢? 你們向誰逃奔求救呢? 你們的榮耀存留何處呢?
4 That you be not bowed down under the bond, and fall with the slain? In all these things his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
他們只得屈身在被擄的人以下, 仆倒在被殺的人以下。 雖然如此,耶和華的怒氣還未轉消; 他的手仍伸不縮。
5 Woe to the Assyrian, he is the rod and the staff of my anger, and my indignation is in their hands.
亞述是我怒氣的棍, 手中拿我惱恨的杖。
6 I will send him to a deceitful nation, and I will give him a charge against the people of my wrath, to take away the spoils, and to lay hold on the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
我要打發他攻擊褻瀆的國民, 吩咐他攻擊我所惱怒的百姓, 搶財為擄物,奪貨為掠物, 將他們踐踏,像街上的泥土一樣。
7 But he shall not take it so, and his heart shall not think so: but his heart shall be set to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few.
然而,他不是這樣的意思; 他心也不這樣打算。 他心裏倒想毀滅, 剪除不少的國。
9 Are not my princes as so many kings? is not Calano as Charcamis: and Emath as Arphad? is not Samaria as Damascus?
迦勒挪豈不像迦基米施嗎? 哈馬豈不像亞珥拔嗎? 撒馬利亞豈不像大馬士革嗎?
10 As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idol, so also their idols of Jerusalem, and of Samaria.
我手已經搆到有偶像的國; 這些國雕刻的偶像 過於耶路撒冷和撒馬利亞的偶像。
11 Shall I not, as I have done to Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?
我怎樣待撒馬利亞和其中的偶像, 豈不照樣待耶路撒冷和其中的偶像嗎?
12 And it shall come to pass, that when the Lord shall have performed all his works in mount Sion, and in Jerusalem, I will visit the fruit of the proud heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of the haughtiness of his eyes.
主在錫安山和耶路撒冷成就他一切工作的時候,主說:「我必罰亞述王自大的心和他高傲眼目的榮耀。」
13 For he hath said: By the strength of my own hand I have done it, and by my own wisdom I have understood: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have taken the spoils of the princes, and as a mighty man hath pulled down them that sat on high.
因為他說: 我所成就的事是靠我手的能力 和我的智慧, 我本有聰明。 我挪移列國的地界, 搶奪他們所積蓄的財寶; 並且我像勇士,使坐寶座的降為卑。
14 And my hand hath found the strength of the people as a nest; and as eggs are gathered, that are left, so have I gathered all the earth: and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or made the least noise.
我的手搆到列國的財寶, 好像人搆到鳥窩; 我也得了全地, 好像人拾起所棄的雀蛋。 沒有動翅膀的; 沒有張嘴的,也沒有鳴叫的。
15 Shall the axe boast itself against him that cutteth with it? or shall the saw exalt itself against him by whom it is drawn? as if a rod should lift itself up against him that lifteth it up, and a staff exalt itself, which is but wood.
斧豈可向用斧砍木的自誇呢? 鋸豈可向用鋸的自大呢? 好比棍掄起那舉棍的, 好比杖舉起那非木的人。
16 Therefore the sovereign Lord, the Lord of hosts, shall send leanness among his fat ones: and under his glory shall be kindled a burning, as it were the burning of a fire.
因此,主-萬軍之耶和華 必使亞述王的肥壯人變為瘦弱, 在他的榮華之下必有火着起, 如同焚燒一樣。
17 And the light of Israel shall be as a fire, and the Holy One thereof as a flame: and his thorns and his briers shall be set on fire, and shall be devoured in one day.
以色列的光必如火; 他的聖者必如火焰。 在一日之間,將亞述王的荊棘 和蒺藜焚燒淨盡;
18 And the glory of his forest, and of his beautiful hill, shall be consumed from the soul even to the flesh, and he shall run away through fear.
又將他樹林和肥田的榮耀全然燒盡, 好像拿軍旗的昏過去一樣。
19 And they that remain of the trees of his forest shall be so few, that they shall easily be numbered, and a child shall write them down.
他林中剩下的樹必稀少, 就是孩子也能寫其數。
20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and they that shall escape of the house of Jacob, shall lean no more upon him that striketh them: but they shall lean upon the Lord the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
到那日,以色列所剩下的和雅各家所逃脫的,不再倚靠那擊打他們的,卻要誠實倚靠耶和華-以色列的聖者。
21 The remnant shall be converted, the remnant, I say, of Jacob, to the mighty God.
所剩下的,就是雅各家所剩下的,必歸回全能的上帝。
22 For if thy people, O Israel, shall be as the sand of the sea, a remnant of them shall be converted, the consumption abridged shall overflow with justice.
以色列啊,你的百姓雖多如海沙,惟有剩下的歸回。原來滅絕的事已定,必有公義施行,如水漲溢。
23 For the Lord God of hosts shall make a consumption, and an abridgment in the midst of all the land.
因為主-萬軍之耶和華在全地之中必成就所定規的結局。
24 Therefore, thus saith the Lord the God of hosts: O my people that dwellest in Sion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall strike thee with his rod, and he shall lift up his staff over thee in the way of Egypt.
所以,主-萬軍之耶和華如此說:「住錫安我的百姓啊,亞述王雖然用棍擊打你,又照埃及的樣子舉杖攻擊你,你卻不要怕他。
25 For yet a little and a very little while, and my indignation shall cease, and my wrath shall be upon their wickedness.
因為還有一點點時候,向你們發的忿恨就要完畢,我的怒氣要向他發作,使他滅亡。
26 And the Lord of hosts shall raise up a scourge against him, according to the slaughter of Madian in the rock of Oreb, and his rod over the sea, and he shall lift it up in the way of Egypt.
萬軍之耶和華要興起鞭來攻擊他,好像在俄立磐石那裏殺戮米甸人一樣。耶和華的杖要向海伸出,把杖舉起,像在埃及一樣。
27 And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall putrify at the presence of the oil.
到那日,亞述王的重擔必離開你的肩頭;他的軛必離開你的頸項;那軛也必因肥壯的緣故撐斷。」
28 He shall come into Aiath, he shall pass into Magron: at Machmas he shall lay up his carriages.
亞述王來到亞葉, 經過米磯崙, 在密抹安放輜重。
29 They have passed in haste, Gaba is our lodging: Rama was astonished, Gabaath of Saul fled away.
他們過了隘口, 在迦巴住宿。 拉瑪人戰兢; 掃羅的基比亞人逃跑。
30 Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim, attend, O Laisa, poor Anathoth.
迦琳的居民哪,要高聲呼喊! 萊煞人哪,須聽! 哀哉!困苦的亞拿突啊。
31 Medemena is removed: ye inhabitants of Gabim, take courage.
瑪得米那人躲避; 基柄的居民逃遁。
32 It is yet day enough, to remain in Nobe: he shall shake his hand against the mountain of the daughter of Sion, the hill of Jerusalem.
當那日,亞述王要在挪伯歇兵, 向錫安女子的山- 就是耶路撒冷的山-掄手攻他。
33 Behold the sovereign Lord of hosts shall break the earthen vessel with terror, and the tall of stature shall be cut down, and the lofty shall be humbled.
看哪,主-萬軍之耶和華 以驚嚇削去樹枝; 長高的必被砍下, 高大的必被伐倒。
34 And the thickets of the forest shall be cut down with iron, and Libanus with its high ones shall fall.
稠密的樹林,他要用鐵器砍下; 黎巴嫩的樹木必被大能者伐倒。