Isaiah 21
1 A message about the desert by the sea. Like storm winds passing through the Negev, something is coming from the desert, from a land of terror—
论海旁旷野的默示： 有仇敌从旷野，从可怕之地而来， 好像南方的旋风，猛然扫过。
2 a horrifying vision that has been explained to me. The betrayer still betrays; the destroyer still destroys. Elamites and Medes, go ahead, attack and lay siege to Babylon, for I'm putting a stop to all the pain it has caused.
令人凄惨的异象已默示于我。 诡诈的行诡诈，毁灭的行毁灭。 以拦哪，你要上去！ 米底亚啊，你要围困！ 主说：我使一切叹息止住。
3 As a result my body is filled with agony. I'm overwhelmed with pain, like the pain of a woman giving birth. I am confused by what I hear; I am distressed by what I see.
所以，我满腰疼痛； 痛苦将我抓住， 好像产难的妇人一样。 我疼痛甚至不能听； 我惊惶甚至不能看。
4 My mind falters; I shake in panic. The night I looked forward to has become terrifying.
我心慌张，惊恐威吓我。 我所羡慕的黄昏，变为我的战兢。
5 They set the table, they spread out the rugs, they eat and drink… “Get up, officers! Prepare your shields for battle!”
他们摆设筵席， 派人守望，又吃又喝。 首领啊，你们起来， 用油抹盾牌。
6 This is what the Lord told me: “Go! Have a lookout keep watch, and make sure he reports what he sees.
主对我如此说： 你去设立守望的， 使他将所看见的述说。
7 When he sees chariots coming pulled by pairs of horses, riders on donkeys and on camels, he should watch very carefully, paying close attention.”
他看见军队， 就是骑马的一对一对地来， 又看见驴队，骆驼队， 就要侧耳细听。
8 Then the lookout shouted “Sir, I've stood here on the watchtower day after day; night after night I've remained at my post.
他像狮子吼叫，说： 主啊，我白日常站在望楼上， 整夜立在我守望所。
9 Now look! A man in a chariot with a pair of horses is coming.” Then he said, “Babylon has fallen, has fallen! All the idols of its gods lie smashed on the ground!”
看哪，有一队军兵骑着马， 一对一对地来。 他就说：巴比伦倾倒了！倾倒了！ 他一切雕刻的神像都打碎于地。
10 My poor downtrodden people, so badly mistreated, I have told you what I have heard from the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel.
我被打的禾稼，我场上的谷啊， 我从万军之耶和华— 以色列的 神那里所听见的，都告诉你们了。
11 A message about Edom. A voice is calling to me from Seir, asking, “Watchman, what time of night is it? Watchman, what time of night is it?”
论度玛的默示： 有人声从西珥呼问我说： 守望的啊，夜里如何？ 守望的啊，夜里如何？
12 The watchman replies, “Morning is coming, but the night is coming again soon. If you want to ask again, then come back and ask.”
守望的说： 早晨将到，黑夜也来。 你们若要问就可以问， 可以回头再来。
13 A message about Arabia. Caravans from Dedan, spend the night in the bushes.
论阿拉伯的默示： 底但结伴的客旅啊， 你们必在阿拉伯的树林中住宿。
14 People of Tema, take water to the thirsty, meet the refugees with food.
提玛地的居民拿水来，送给口渴的， 拿饼来迎接逃避的。
15 They're running away from a fierce battle, from swords, drawn swords, from bows and arrows.
因为他们逃避刀剑和出了鞘的刀， 并上了弦的弓与刀兵的重灾。
16 This is what the Lord told me: “Within one year, just as a contract worker precisely counts years, all the glory of Kedar will be gone.
主对我这样说：“一年之内，照雇工的年数，基达的一切荣耀必归于无有。
17 There will only be a few left of the archers, the warriors of Kedar.” The Lord, the God of Israel, has spoken.
弓箭手所余剩的，就是基达人的勇士，必然稀少，因为这是耶和华—以色列的 神说的。”
