Isaiah 28
1 Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower the glory of his joy, who were on the head of the fat valley, staggering with wine.
禍哉！以法蓮的酒徒， 住在肥美谷的山上， 他們心裏高傲， 以所誇的為冠冕， 猶如將殘之花。
2 Behold the Lord is mighty and strong, as a storm of hail: a destroying whirlwind, as the violence of many waters overflowing, and sent forth upon a spacious land.
看哪，主有一大能大力者， 像一陣冰雹， 像毀滅的暴風， 像漲溢的大水， 他必用手將冠冕摔落於地。
3 The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim shall be trodden under feet.
以法蓮高傲的酒徒， 他的冠冕必被踏在腳下。
4 And the fading flower the glory of his joy, who is on the head of the fat valley, shall be as a hasty fruit before the ripeness of autumn: which when he that seeth it shall behold, as soon as he taketh it in his hand, he will eat it up.
那榮美將殘之花， 就是在肥美谷山上的， 必像夏令以前初熟的無花果； 看見這果的就注意， 一到手中就吞吃了。
5 In that day the Lord of hosts shall be a crown of glory, and a garland of joy to the residue of his people:
到那日，萬軍之耶和華 必作他餘剩之民的榮冠華冕，
6 And a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and strength to them that return out of the battle to the gate.
也作了在位上行審判者公平之靈， 並城門口打退仇敵者的力量。
7 But these also have been ignorant through wine, and through drunkenness have erred: the priest and the prophet have been ignorant through drunkenness, they are swallowed up with wine, they have gone astray in drunkenness, they have not known him that seeth, they have been ignorant of judgment.
就是這地的人也因酒搖搖晃晃， 因濃酒東倒西歪。 祭司和先知因濃酒搖搖晃晃， 被酒所困， 因濃酒東倒西歪。 他們錯解默示， 謬行審判。
8 For all tables were full of vomit and filth, so that there was no more place.
因為各席上滿了嘔吐的污穢， 無一處乾淨。
9 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand the hearing? them that are weaned from the milk, that are drawn away from the breasts.
譏誚先知的說： 他要將知識指教誰呢？ 要使誰明白傳言呢？ 是那剛斷奶離懷的嗎？
10 For command, command again; command, command again; expect, expect again; expect, expect again: a little there, a little there.
他竟命上加命，令上加令， 律上加律，例上加例， 這裏一點，那裏一點。
11 For with the speech of lips, and with another tongue he will speak to this people.
先知說：不然，主要藉異邦人的嘴唇 和外邦人的舌頭對這百姓說話。
12 To whom he said: This is my rest, refresh the weary, and this is my refreshing: and they would not hear.
他曾對他們說： 你們要使疲乏人得安息， 這樣才得安息，才得舒暢， 他們卻不肯聽。
13 And the word of the Lord shall be to them: Command, command again; command, command again: expect, expect again; expect, expect again: a little there, a little there: that they may go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
所以，耶和華向他們說的話是 命上加命，令上加令， 律上加律，例上加例， 這裏一點，那裏一點， 以致他們前行仰面跌倒， 而且跌碎，並陷入網羅被纏住。
14 Wherefore hear the word of the Lord, ye scornful men, who rule over my people that is in Jerusalem.
所以，你們這些褻慢的人， 就是轄管住在耶路撒冷這百姓的， 要聽耶和華的話。
15 For you have said: We have entered into a league with death, and we have made a covenant with hell. When the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come upon us: for we have placed our hope in lies, and by falsehood we are protected. (Sheol h7585)
你們曾說： 我們與死亡立約， 與陰間結盟； 敵軍如水漲漫經過的時候， 必不臨到我們； 因我們以謊言為避所， 在虛假以下藏身。 (Sheol h7585)
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Behold I will lay a stone in the foundations of Sion, a tried stone, a corner stone, a precious stone, founded in the foundation. He that believeth, let him not hasten.
所以，主耶和華如此說： 看哪，我在錫安放一塊石頭作為根基， 是試驗過的石頭， 是穩固根基，寶貴的房角石； 信靠的人必不着急。
17 And I will set judgment in weight, and justice in measure: and hail shall overturn the hope of falsehood: and waters shall overflow its protection.
我必以公平為準繩， 以公義為線鉈。 冰雹必沖去謊言的避所； 大水必漫過藏身之處。
18 And Sour league with death shall be abolished, and your covenant with hell shall not stand: when the overflowing scourge shall pass, you shall be trodden down by it. (Sheol h7585)
你們與死亡所立的約必然廢掉， 與陰間所結的盟必立不住。 敵軍如水漲漫經過的時候， 你們必被他踐踏； (Sheol h7585)
19 Whensoever it shall pass through, it shall take you away: because in the morning early it shall pass through, in the day and in the night, and vexation alone shall make you understand what you hear.
每逢經過必將你們擄去。 因為每早晨他必經過， 白晝黑夜都必如此。 明白傳言的必受驚恐。
20 For the bed is straitened, so that one must fall out, and a short covering cannot cover both.
原來，床榻短，使人不能舒身； 被窩窄，使人不能遮體。
21 For the Lord shall stand up as in the mountain of divisions: he shall be angry as in the valley which is in Gabaon: that he may do his work, his strange work: that he may perform his work, his work is strange to him.
耶和華必興起，像在毗拉心山； 他必發怒，像在基遍谷， 好做成他的工，就是非常的工； 成就他的事，就是奇異的事。
22 And now do not mock, lest your bonds be tied strait. For I have heard of the Lord the God of hosts a consumption and a cutting short upon all the earth.
現在你們不可褻慢， 恐怕捆你們的綁索更結實了； 因為我從主－萬軍之耶和華那裏聽見， 已經決定在全地上施行滅絕的事。
23 Give ear, and hear my voice, hearken, and hear my speech.
你們當側耳聽我的聲音， 留心聽我的言語。
24 Shall the ploughman plough all the day to sow, shall he open and harrow his ground?
那耕地為要撒種的， 豈是常常耕地呢？ 豈是常常開墾耙地呢？
25 Will he not, when he hath made plain the surface thereof, sow gith, and scatter cummin, and put wheat in order, and barley, and millet, and vetches in their bounds?
他拉平了地面， 豈不就撒種小茴香， 播種大茴香， 按行列種小麥， 在定處種大麥， 在田邊種粗麥呢？
26 For he will instruct him in judgment: his God will teach him.
因為他的上帝教導他務農相宜， 並且指教他。
27 For gith shall not be thrashed with saws, neither shall the cart wheel turn about upon cummin: but gith shall be beaten out with a rod, and cummin with a staff.
原來打小茴香，不用尖利的器具， 軋大茴香，也不用碌碡； 但用杖打小茴香， 用棍打大茴香。
28 But bread corn shall be broken small: but the thrasher shall not thrash it for ever, neither shall the cart wheel hurt it, nor break it with its teeth.
做餅的糧食是用磨磨碎， 因它不必常打； 雖用碌碡和馬打散， 卻不磨它。
29 This also is come forth from the Lord God of hosts, to make his counsel wonderful, and magnify justice.
這也是出於萬軍之耶和華－ 他的謀略奇妙； 他的智慧廣大。
