< Zechariah 10 >
1 Ask of Jehovah rain in the spring time, Jehovah who makes lightnings, and he gives rain showers to everyone for the plants in the field.
當春雨的時候, 你們要向發閃電的耶和華求雨。 他必為眾人降下甘霖, 使田園生長菜蔬。
2 For the teraphim have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie; and they have told false dreams. They comfort in vain. Therefore they go their way like sheep. They are oppressed, because there is no shepherd.
因為,家神所言的是虛空; 卜士所見的是虛假; 做夢者所說的是假夢。 他們白白地安慰人, 所以眾人如羊流離, 因無牧人就受苦。
3 My anger is kindled against the shepherds, and I will punish the male goats; For Jehovah of hosts has visited his flock, the house of Judah, and will make them as his majestic horse in the battle.
我的怒氣向牧人發作; 我必懲罰公山羊; 因我-萬軍之耶和華 眷顧自己的羊群,就是猶大家, 必使他們如駿馬在陣上。
4 From him will come forth the cornerstone, from him the nail, from him the battle bow, from him every ruler together.
房角石、釘子、爭戰的弓, 和一切掌權的都從他而出。
5 They shall be as mighty men, treading down muddy streets in the battle; and they shall fight, because Jehovah is with them; and the riders on horses will be confounded.
他們必如勇士在陣上 將仇敵踐踏在街上的泥土中。 他們必爭戰,因為耶和華與他們同在; 騎馬的也必羞愧。
6 "I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them back; for I have mercy on them; and they will be as though I had not cast them off: for I am Jehovah their God, and I will hear them.
我要堅固猶大家,拯救約瑟家, 要領他們歸回。 我要憐恤他們; 他們必像未曾棄絕的一樣, 都因我是耶和華-他們的上帝, 我必應允他們的禱告。
7 Ephraim will be like a mighty man, and their heart will rejoice as through wine; yes, their children will see it, and rejoice. Their heart will be glad in Jehovah.
以法蓮人必如勇士; 他們心中暢快如同喝酒; 他們的兒女必看見而快活; 他們的心必因耶和華喜樂。
8 I will signal for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them; and they will increase as they have increased.
我要發嘶聲,聚集他們, 因我已經救贖他們。 他們的人數必加增, 如從前加增一樣。
9 I will sow them among the peoples; and they will remember me in far countries; and they will live with their children, and will return.
我雖然播散他們在列國中, 他們必在遠方記念我。 他們與兒女都必存活,且得歸回。
10 I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and there won't be room enough for them.
我必再領他們出埃及地, 招聚他們出亞述, 領他們到基列和黎巴嫩; 這地尚且不夠他們居住。
11 He will pass through the sea of affliction, and will strike the waves in the sea, and all the depths of the Nile will dry up; and the pride of Assyria will be brought down, and the scepter of Egypt will depart.
耶和華必經過苦海,擊打海浪, 使尼羅河的深處都枯乾。 亞述的驕傲必致卑微; 埃及的權柄必然滅沒。
12 I will strengthen them in Jehovah; and they will walk up and down in his name," says Jehovah.
我必使他們倚靠我,得以堅固; 一舉一動必奉我的名。 這是耶和華說的。