< Zechariah 9 >
1 The oracle of the word of Yahweh on the land of Hadrach, and, Damascus, shall be the resting-place thereof, —For, Yahweh, hath an eye—to mankind, and to all the tribes of Israel;
耶和華的默示應驗在哈得拉地大馬士革 -世人和以色列各支派的眼目都仰望耶和華-
2 Moreover also, Hamath, adjoineth thereto, Tyre and Zidon, —because very wise;
和靠近的哈馬,並泰爾、西頓; 因為這二城的人大有智慧。
3 Therefore did Tyre build a stronghold for herself, —and did heap up silver like dust, yea gold, like the mire of the lanes.
泰爾為自己修築保障, 積蓄銀子如塵沙, 堆起精金如街上的泥土。
4 Lo! My Lord, shall dispossess her, and smite, into the sea, her fortress, —and, she herself, in fire, shall be consumed.
主必趕出她, 打敗她海上的權利; 她必被火燒滅。
5 Ashkelon, shall see, and fear, Gaza, also, which shall writhe in great anguish, Ekron, also, because abashed is her expectation, —and the king, shall perish, from Gaza, and, Ashkelon, not be inhabited;
亞實基倫看見必懼怕; 迦薩看見甚痛苦; 以革倫因失了盼望蒙羞。 迦薩必不再有君王; 亞實基倫也不再有居民。
6 And there shall be seated a half-breed in Ashdod, —So will I cut off the arrogance of the Philistines;
私生子必住在亞實突; 我必除滅非利士人的驕傲。
7 And will take away his reeking prey out of his mouth, and his abominations, from between his teeth, but, he that is left, even he, shall belong to our God, —So shall he become as a chief in Judah, and, Ekron, as a Jebusite!
我必除去他口中帶血之肉 和牙齒內可憎之物。 他必作為餘剩的人歸與我們的上帝, 必在猶大像族長; 以革倫人必如耶布斯人。
8 Then will I encamp about my house—against an army, against him that passeth by, and against him that returneth, neither shall an exactor, tread them down any more, —for, now, have I seen with mine own eyes.
我必在我家的四圍安營, 使敵軍不得任意往來, 暴虐的人也不再經過, 因為我親眼看顧我的家。
9 Exult greatly, O daughter of Zion, Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem, Lo! thy king, cometh unto thee, vindicated and victorious, is he, —lowly, and riding upon an ass, yea, upon a colt, a young ass.
錫安的民哪,應當大大喜樂; 耶路撒冷的民哪,應當歡呼。 看哪,你的王來到你這裏! 他是公義的,並且施行拯救, 謙謙和和地騎着驢, 就是騎着驢的駒子。
10 So will he cut off the chariot out of Ephraim, and the horse out of Jerusalem, and the war-bow, shall be cut off, So shall he speak peace to the nations, and, his dominion, shall be from sea to sea, and from the river [Euphrates] to the ends of the earth.
我必除滅以法蓮的戰車 和耶路撒冷的戰馬; 爭戰的弓也必除滅。 他必向列國講和平; 他的權柄必從這海管到那海, 從大河管到地極。
11 As for thee also, —By the blood of thy covenant, have I sent forth thy prisoners out of a pit, wherein is no water.
錫安哪,我因與你立約的血, 將你中間被擄而囚的人從無水的坑中釋放出來。
12 Return to the stronghold, ye prisoners of hope, —Even to-day, do I declare—Double, will I return to thee!
你們被囚而有指望的人都要轉回保障。 我今日說明,我必加倍賜福給你們。
13 For I have bent for me—Judah, As a bow, have I grasped Ephraim, Thus will I rouse up thy sons, O Zion, against the sons of Greece, and will make thee as the sword of a mighty one.
我拿猶大作上弦的弓; 我拿以法蓮為張弓的箭。 錫安哪,我要激發你的眾子, 攻擊希臘的眾子,使你如勇士的刀。
14 But, Yahweh, over them, will appear, and forth shall go, as lightning, his arrow, —Yea, My Lord Yahweh, with a horn, will blow, and will move along in the whirlwinds of the south.
耶和華必顯現在他們以上; 他的箭必射出像閃電。 主耶和華必吹角, 乘南方的旋風而行。
15 Yahweh of hosts, will throw a covering over them, so shall they eat, and trample underfoot sling-stones, and shall drink—shall shout as with wine, —and shall be filled like tossing-bowls, —like the corners of an altar.
萬軍之耶和華必保護他們; 他們必吞滅仇敵,踐踏彈石。 他們必喝血吶喊,猶如飲酒; 他們必像盛滿血的碗, 又像壇的四角滿了血。
16 So will Yahweh their God, save them, on that day. yea, as a flock of sheep, his people, —for [they shall be like] the jewels of a diadem sparkling over his land.
當那日,耶和華-他們的上帝 必看他的民如群羊,拯救他們; 因為他們必像冠冕上的寶石, 高舉在他的地以上。
17 For how excellent it is! Yea how beautiful! Corn, shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the maidens.
他的恩慈何等大! 他的榮美何其盛! 五穀健壯少男; 新酒培養處女。