Isaiah 28
1 Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley of them that are smitten down with wine!
禍哉，那為酒灌倒的厄弗辣因醉漢所驕矜的冠冕！禍哉，那生於肥谷之巔作她美飾的殘花！
2 Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, as a storm of hail, a tempest of destruction, as a storm of mighty waters overflowing, that casteth down to the earth with violence.
看哪！吾主興起一位強有力者，有如帶冰雹的暴雨，又如摧毀性的狂風，和漲溢氾濫的大水，猛力將一切拋落地上。
3 The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim shall be trodden under foot;
厄弗辣因醉漢所驕矜的冠冕，必被人踏在腳下；
4 And the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be as the first-ripe fig before the summer, which when one looketh upon it, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.
生於肥谷之巔作她美飾的殘花，將如夏季前早熟的無花果，人一見到便伸手摘取吞下。
5 In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of His people;
到那一天，萬軍的上主將親作他殘餘的百姓的榮冠和華冕；
6 And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn back the battle at the gate.
他將是坐堂判案者的公義之神，將是門前禦敵者的力量。
7 But these also reel through wine, and stagger through strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel through strong drink, they are confused because of wine, they stagger because of strong drink; they reel in vision, they totter in judgment.
連這些人也因清酒而搖晃，因濃酒而蹣跚；他們在異象中搖晃，在審斷時暈眩。
8 For all tables are full of filthy vomit, and no place is clean.
一切筵席上都滿了嘔吐，沒有一處不是垢物。
9 Whom shall one teach knowledge? And whom shall one make to understand the message? Them that are weaned from the milk, them that are drawn from the breasts?
他要將智識授給誰呢﹖向誰解釋啟示呢﹖是向方才斷乳和剛離母懷的嬰兒嗎﹖
10 For it is precept by precept, precept by precept, line by line, line by line; here a little, there a little.
這只是些「命上加命，命上加命，令上加令，令上加令，這裏一點，那裏一點！」
11 For with stammering lips and with a strange tongue shall it be spoken to this people;
是的，上主要用口吃的唇，異人的舌，向這民族說話！
12 To whom it was said: 'This is the rest, give ye rest to the weary; and this is the refreshing'; yet they would not hear.
雖然他曾對他們說過：「這就是安息的地方，讓困倦的人安息罷！這就是休養的處所。」可惜他們總不肯聽從。
13 And so the word of the LORD is unto them precept by precept, precept by precept, line by line, line by line; here a little, there a little; that they may go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
因此上主的話對他們真成了「命上加命，命上加命，令上加令，令上加令，這裏一點，那裏一點！」致使他們雖然前行，卻向後仰倒而跌傷，陷於圈套而被擄獲。
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scoffers, the ballad-mongers of this people which is in Jerusalem:
為此，你們這些在耶路撒冷統治這民族的好嘲弄的人，聽上主的話罷！
15 Because ye have said: 'We have made a covenant with death, and with the nether-world are we at agreement; when the scouring scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us; for we have made lies our refuge, and in falsehood have we hid ourselves'; (Sheol h7585)
你們曾說過：「我們與死亡訂了盟，與陰府結了約，當狂怒的刑鞭經過時，不會落在我們身上，因為我們有欺詐作我們的遮掩，有虛偽作我們的庇護。」 (Sheol h7585)
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a costly corner-stone of sure foundation; he that believeth shall not make haste.
因此吾主上主這樣說：「看，我要在熙雍安放一塊石頭，一塊精選的石頭，一塊寶貴的角石作基礎，信賴的人必不動搖。
17 And I will make justice the line, and righteousness the plummet; and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding-place.
我要以公平為準繩，以正義為權衡；冰雹將蕩盡欺詐的遮掩地，洪流將沖散虛偽的庇護所。
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled and your agreement with the nether-world shall not stand; when the scouring scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it, (Sheol h7585)
你們與死亡所訂的盟約必要廢除，與陰府所結的約必不持久；當狂怒的刑鞭經過時，你們必被蹂躪； (Sheol h7585)
19 As often as it passeth through, it shall take you; for morning by morning shall it pass through, by day and by night; and it shall be sheer terror to understand the message.
每次經過，每次必要打擊你們；他每朝經過，白日黑夜也經過；惟有恐怖方能使你們明白這啟示。」
20 For the bed is too short for a man to stretch himself; and the covering too narrow when he gathereth himself up.
真是伸直身子床也短，縮作一團被又窄。
21 For the LORD will rise up as in mount Perazim, He will be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon; that He may do His work, strange is His work, and bring to pass His act, strange is His act.
因為上主要興起，如在培辣親山上一樣；要發怒，如在基貝紅山谷一樣，為履行他的工作－－他神妙的工作，為完成他的事業－－他奇異的事業。
22 Now therefore be ye not scoffers, lest your bands be made strong; for an extermination wholly determined have I heard from the Lord, the GOD of hosts, upon the whole land.
所以現在不要再嘲笑了，免得你們的繩索繫得更緊，因為我聽到的有關毀滅大地的決議，是來自吾主萬軍的上主。
23 Give ye ear, and hear my voice; attend, and hear my speech.
請你們側耳靜聽我的聲音，請留意傾聽我的言語：
24 Is the plowman never done with plowing to sow, with the opening and harrowing of his ground?
耕田的人那有整日耕田，掘土耙地的呢﹖
25 When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the black cummin, and scatter the cummin, and put in the wheat in rows and the barley in the appointed place and the spelt in the border thereof?
當他把地弄平了以後，不是要撒上小茴香，播種大茴香，種植大麥和小麥，地邊種玉蜀黍嗎﹖
26 For He doth instruct him aright; his God doth teach him.
這是上主教給他的方式，他的天主指示他的。
27 For the black cummin is not threshed with a threshing-sledge, neither is a cart-wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the black cummin is beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.
打小茴香不須用釘耙，打大茴香不須用碾機，而是用木棒打小茴香，用棍子打大茴香。
28 Is bread corn crushed? Nay, he will not ever be threshing it; and though the roller of his wagon and its sharp edges move noisily, he doth not crush it.
五穀豈是要輾碎的嗎﹖不是！人並不將它無限期地壓了又壓，而是叫碾機滾過，碾出穀粒來，並不是為碾碎它。
29 This also cometh forth from the LORD of hosts: Wonderful is His counsel, and great His wisdom.
這也是出自萬軍的上主：他的計劃真是神奇，他的智慧真是超絕。
