Isaiah 24
1 Lo! Yahweh emptying the earth and laying it waste, —And he will overturn the face thereof, And scatter them who dwell therein.
看哪，耶和華使地空虛，變為荒涼； 又翻轉大地，將居民分散。
2 And it shall be—As the people, so, the priest, As the servant, so his lord, As the maid, so, her mistress, —As the buyer, so, the seller, As the lender, so, the borrower, As the debtor, so! his creditor.
那時百姓怎樣，祭司也怎樣； 僕人怎樣，主人也怎樣； 婢女怎樣，主母也怎樣； 買物的怎樣，賣物的也怎樣； 放債的怎樣，借債的也怎樣； 取利的怎樣，出利的也怎樣。
3 Emptied—emptied—shall be the earth yea pillaged—pillaged, —For, Yahweh, hath spoken this word.
地必全然空虛，盡都荒涼； 因為這話是耶和華說的。
4 Mourneth, fadeth, the earth Languisheth, fadeth, the world, —Languished have the lofty of the people of the earth.
地上悲哀衰殘， 世界敗落衰殘； 地上居高位的人也敗落了。
5 Yea the earth itself is profaned under them who dwell therein, —For they have Set aside laws, Gone beyond statute, Broken an age-abiding covenant.
地被其上的居民污穢； 因為他們犯了律法， 廢了律例，背了永約。
6 For this cause, a curse, hath devoured the earth, And punished are the dwellers therein, —For this cause, are burned the inhabitants of the earth, And the men left remaining—are few.
所以，地被咒詛吞滅； 住在其上的顯為有罪。 地上的居民被火焚燒， 剩下的人稀少。
7 Mourneth the new wine. Withereth the vine, —Sighing are all the merryhearted:
新酒悲哀，葡萄樹衰殘； 心中歡樂的俱都歎息。
8 Ceased hath the mirth of timbrels, Ended is the noise of the uproarious, —Ceased hath the mirth of the lyre:
擊鼓之樂止息； 宴樂人的聲音完畢， 彈琴之樂也止息了。
9 With a song, they drink not wine, —Bitter is strong drink, to them who drink it:
人必不得飲酒唱歌； 喝濃酒的，必以為苦。
10 Broken down is the city of desolation, —Shut up every house that it cannot be entered.
荒涼的城拆毀了； 各家關門閉戶，使人都不得進去。
11 There is an outcry concerning wine in the streets, —Darkened is all joy, Departed the gladness of the earth.
在街上因酒有悲歎的聲音； 一切喜樂變為昏暗； 地上的歡樂歸於無有。
12 There is left in the city. desolation, —And to ruins, have been broken the gate.
城中只有荒涼； 城門拆毀淨盡。
13 When, thus, it shall be in the earth in the midst of the peoples, [There shall be] like the shaking of an olive-tree, like the going round to pick when closed is the harvest.
在地上的萬民中， 必像打過的橄欖樹， 又像已摘的葡萄所剩無幾。
14 They, shall lift up their voice—shall raise a tremulous note, —On account of the splendour of Yahweh, have they made a shrill cry, on the West;
這些人要高聲歡呼； 他們為耶和華的威嚴，從海那裏揚起聲來。
15 For this cause, In the Regions of Light, give ye glory to Yahweh, —In the Coastlands of the Sea, unto the Name of Yahweh. God of Israel,
因此，你們要在東方榮耀耶和華， 在眾海島榮耀耶和華－以色列上帝的名。
16 From the uttermost part of the earth, melodies, have we heard—Beauty, to the righteous one! But I had said—Ruin to me! Ruin to me! Woe to me! Traitors, have betrayed, Yea traitorously, have traitors betrayed!
我們聽見從地極有人歌唱，說： 榮耀歸於義人。 我卻說：我消滅了！ 我消滅了，我有禍了！ 詭詐的行詭詐； 詭詐的大行詭詐。
17 Terror and pit and snare, —are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth!
地上的居民哪， 恐懼、陷坑、網羅都臨近你。
18 So shall it be—He that fleeth from the sound of the terror! shall fall into the pit, And, he that getteth up out of the midst of the pit, shall be captured in the snare, —For, the windows on high, have opened, And shaken are the foundations of earth.
躲避恐懼聲音的必墜入陷坑； 從陷坑上來的必被網羅纏住； 因為天上的窗戶都開了， 地的根基也震動了。
19 The earth breaketh, breaketh, —The earth crasheth, crasheth, The earth tottereth, tottereth;
地全然破壞，盡都崩裂， 大大地震動了。
20 The earth staggereth—staggereth like a drunken man, And rocketh to and fro like a night-hut, —So shall be heavy upon her, her transgression, And she shall fall and not again rise.
地要東倒西歪，好像醉酒的人； 又搖來搖去，好像吊床。 罪過在其上沉重， 必然塌陷，不能復起。
21 And it shall be in that day, That Yahweh will bring punishment Upon the host of the height in the height, —And upon the kings of the ground on the ground.
到那日，耶和華在高處必懲罰高處的眾軍， 在地上必懲罰地上的列王。
22 And they shall be swept together in a crowd, fettered for a pit, And shall be lowered into a dungeon, —And, after many days, shall they be punished.
他們必被聚集，像囚犯被聚在牢獄中， 並要囚在監牢裏， 多日之後便被討罪。
23 Then shall blush the silvery moon, Then turn pale the glowing sun, —Because Yahweh of hosts hath become king In Mount Zion And in Jerusalem, And before his Elders in glory,
那時，月亮要蒙羞，日頭要慚愧； 因為萬軍之耶和華必在錫安山， 在耶路撒冷作王； 在敬畏他的長老面前，必有榮耀。
