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—
論海旁曠野的默示： 有仇敵從曠野，從可怕之地而來， 好像南方的旋風，猛然掃過。
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.
令人悽慘的異象已默示於我。 詭詐的行詭詐，毀滅的行毀滅。 以攔哪，你要上去！ 米底亞啊，你要圍困！ 主說：我使一切歎息止住。
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，我滿腰疼痛； 痛苦將我抓住， 好像產難的婦人一樣。 我疼痛甚至不能聽； 我驚惶甚至不能看。
4 My mind falters; I shake in panic. The night I looked forward to has become terrifying.
我心慌張，驚恐威嚇我。 我所羨慕的黃昏，變為我的戰兢。
5 They set the table, they spread out the rugs, they eat and drink… “Get up, officers! Prepare your shields for battle!”
他們擺設筵席， 派人守望，又吃又喝。 首領啊，你們起來， 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.
主對我如此說： 你去設立守望的， 使他將所看見的述說。
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.”
他看見軍隊， 就是騎馬的一對一對地來， 又看見驢隊，駱駝隊， 就要側耳細聽。
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.
他像獅子吼叫，說： 主啊，我白日常站在望樓上， 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，有一隊軍兵騎着馬， 一對一對地來。 他就說：巴比倫傾倒了！傾倒了！ 他一切雕刻的神像都打碎於地。
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，我場上的穀啊， 我從萬軍之耶和華－ 以色列的上帝那裏所聽見的，都告訴你們了。
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?”
論度瑪的默示： 有人聲從西珥呼問我說： 守望的啊，夜裏如何？ 守望的啊，夜裏如何？
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.”
守望的說： 早晨將到，黑夜也來。 你們若要問就可以問， 可以回頭再來。
13 A message about Arabia. Caravans from Dedan, spend the night in the bushes.
論阿拉伯的默示： 底但結伴的客旅啊， 你們必在阿拉伯的樹林中住宿。
14 People of Tema, take water to the thirsty, meet the refugees with food.
提瑪地的居民拿水來，送給口渴的， 拿餅來迎接逃避的。
15 They're running away from a fierce battle, from swords, drawn swords, from bows and arrows.
因為他們逃避刀劍和出了鞘的刀， 並上了弦的弓與刀兵的重災。
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.
主對我這樣說：「一年之內，照雇工的年數，基達的一切榮耀必歸於無有。
17 There will only be a few left of the archers, the warriors of Kedar.” The Lord, the God of Israel, has spoken.
弓箭手所餘剩的，就是基達人的勇士，必然稀少，因為這是耶和華－以色列的上帝說的。」
