Isaiah 18

1 Tragedy is coming to the land of whirring wings that lies along the rivers of Ethiopia,

唉！古实河外翅膀刷刷响声之地，

2 They send messengers downriver in papyrus boats. Swift messengers, go and take a message to a tall and smooth-skinned people, to a people feared by everyone, to a very powerful nation of conquerors, whose land is washed away by rivers.

差遣使者在水面上， 坐蒲草船过海。 先知说：你们快行的使者， 要到高大光滑的民那里去。 自从开国以来，那民极其可畏， 是分地界践踏人的； 他们的地有江河分开。

3 All you people of the world, everyone who lives on earth—you will see when a banner is raised on the mountains, you will hear when a trumpet sounds.

世上一切的居民和地上所住的人哪， 山上竖立大旗的时候你们要看； 吹角的时候你们要听。

4 For this is what the Lord has told me: I will watch quietly from where I live, quiet as heat haze in sunlight, quiet as a mistcloud in the heat of harvest.

耶和华对我这样说： 我要安静，在我的居所观看， 如同日光中的清热， 又如露水的云雾在收割的热天。

5 For before the harvest, after the flower is gone and becomes an unripe grape, he prunes the vine with a knife to take out the shoots and branches.

收割之先，花开已谢， 花也成了将熟的葡萄； 他必用镰刀削去嫩枝， 又砍掉蔓延的枝条，

6 They will all be left as carrion for the birds of prey of the mountains, and for the wild animals. The birds will eat them in summer, and all the wild animals in winter.

都要撇给山间的鸷鸟和地上的野兽。 夏天，鸷鸟要宿在其上； 冬天，野兽都卧在其中。

7 At that time a gift will be brought to the Lord Almighty from a tall and smooth-skinned people, from a people feared by everyone, from a very powerful nation of conquerors, whose land is washed away by rivers. It will be brought to Mount Zion, the place identified with the Lord Almighty.

到那时，这高大光滑的民， 就是从开国以来极其可畏、 分地界践踏人的， 他们的地有江河分开； 他们必将礼物奉给万军之耶和华， 就是奉到锡安山— 耶和华安置他名的地方。