Isaiah 14
1 [But] Yahweh will act mercifully toward the Israeli people; he will choose [the people of] Israel [to be his people again], and he will allow them to [return here and] live in their own land again. Then people from [many] other countries will come here and unite with the Israeli people.
上主必要憐恤雅各伯，再揀選以色列，使他們安居在自己的國土；外方人要與他們聯合，加入雅各伯的家族。
2 People of other nations will help them to return to their [own] land, and those who come from other countries will (work for/become the servants of) the Israeli people. Those who captured people of Israel will be captured by Israeli soldiers, and the people of Israel will rule over the people who [previously] oppressed them.
選民要接受他們，要帶領他們回歸故里；以色列家族，在上主的國土內，要佔有他們為奴婢；於是以色列人要俘擄那俘擄過他們的人，要統治壓迫他們的人。
3 Some day Yahweh will free you [Israeli people] from suffering and trouble and from being afraid, and from being cruelly treated as slaves [MTY].
當上主賜你擺脫困苦、憂患和你受的苦役時，那天，
4 When that happens, you will make fun of the King of Babylon by saying this: “You treated us cruelly, but that has ended! Your insolently causing others to suffer is finished!
你要對巴比倫王高唱這首諷刺詩說：怎麼，暴虐者住手了！強橫止息了！
5 You evil ruler, Yahweh will get rid of your power, and you will oppress people no longer!
邪惡者的棍棒，統治者的權杖，已為上主折斷，
6 You attacked people many times because you were very angry with them, and you subdued/conquered [other] nations by causing them to suffer endlessly.
就是那懷著怒氣，三番五次痛擊過萬民，在忿恨中以無情的殘虐，蹂躪過萬邦的棍杖。
7 [But soon] everything will be quiet and peaceful on the earth. Everyone [PRS] will sing [again]!
大地安謐寧靜，人人興高采烈；
8 [It will be as though] even the trees in the forests will joyfully sing this song, the cyprus/pine [trees] and the cedar [trees] in Lebanon will sing it: ‘You (have been overthrown/are no longer a ruler), and now no one comes to get rid of us [MET].’
連松樹和黎巴嫩的香柏也都因你而喜慶：「自從你仆倒後，再沒有誰上我們這裏來砍伐！」
9 The dead people are [PRS] are eagerly waiting for you to come to the place where they are. The spirits of the world leaders will be delighted to welcome you; those who were kings of many nations [before they died] will stand up [to welcome you]. (Sheol h7585)
地下的陰府為了你而激動，為歡迎你的來臨；並為了你，喚醒幽魂及地上所有的貴卿，使列國的君王由自己的寶座上起立； (Sheol h7585)
10 They will all shout to you [together], ‘Now you are as weak as we are!’
眾人都開口對你說：「連你也衰弱得和我們一樣啊！你也與我們相同啊！」
11 You were very proud and powerful, [but all] that ended when you died, along with the sounds of harps [being played in your palace]. [Now in your grave] maggots will be under you [like a sheet] [MET], and worms will cover you [like a blanket] [MET]. (Sheol h7585)
你的豪華，你琴瑟的樂聲，也墮入了陰府；你下面舖的是蛆，上面蓋的是蟲。 (Sheol h7585)
12 You have [disappeared from the earth like] [MET] a star which has fallen from the sky; you [were very well-known] [like] [MET] the morning star [which is seen by everyone]; you destroyed [many] nations, but now you have been destroyed.
朝霞的兒子－－晨星！你怎會從天墜下﹖傾覆萬邦者！你怎麼也被砍倒在地﹖
13 You [proudly] said to yourself, ‘I will ascend to heaven, to my throne above God’s stars. I will rule on the mountain where [the gods] gather together, far in the north.
你心中曾說過：「我要直沖霄漢，高置我的御座在天主的星宿以上；我要坐在盛會的山上，極北之處；
14 I will ascend above the clouds and become like the highest/greatest god!’
我要升越雲表，與至高者相平衡！」
15 [But you were not able to do that]; instead, you were carried down to your grave, and you went to the place where the dead people are. (Sheol h7585)
然而你卻下到了陰府，深淵的極處。 (Sheol h7585)
16 The [other dead] people there stare at you; they wonder what happened to you. [They say], ‘Is this the man who caused the earth to shake and caused the [people in many] kingdoms to tremble?
看見你的，必注視你，仔細端詳你說：「這不是那使大地戰慄，列國動盪，
17 Is this the man who [tried to] cause the world to become a desert, who conquered its cities and did not allow the people whom he captured to return to their homes?’
化世界為荒野，摧毀城邑，不為俘囚開放監獄的人嗎﹖」
18 All the kings of the earth [who have died] were greatly honored when they were buried,
萬邦的君王都在榮耀中安葬，各在自己的陰宅裏；
19 but your [corpse will] not be buried; it will be thrown away like [SIM] a worthless branch [of a tree]. Your corpse will be under a heap of other corpses of soldiers that were killed by [their enemies’] swords, and [their corpses] were not buried; you will be with those who have gone down to the stony ground in a big pit.
但是你卻被拋於墳外，像一個叫人厭惡的流產胎兒，為刀箭殺戮的死者所掩蓋，有如遭踐踏的死屍。連那些被拋在石坑裏的，
20 Your [corpse] will not be buried because you have destroyed your nation and have caused your people to be killed. The descendants of wicked people [like you] will never be honored again.
你也不得與他們一同埋葬，因為你破壞了你的國土，殘殺了你的人民：惡人的後代永不為人所提念。
21 [People will say], ‘Slaughter this man’s children because of the sins that their ancestors committed! Do not allow them to become rulers and conquer [all the nations in] the world, and fill the world with the cities [that they rule]!’”
你們應為他們的兒子準備屠場，因為他們的父親有了罪孽；他們決不能再興起，佔據大地，而使地面滿是荒涼。
22 [This is what] the Commander of the armies of angels says: “I [myself] will cause Babylon to be conquered. I will get rid of Babylon and its people and their descendants.
我要起來攻擊他們－－萬軍上主的斷語－－我要抹去巴比倫的名號、遺民、後裔和子孫－－上主的斷語。
23 I will cause Babylon to be a place where owls live, a place full of swamps; I will get rid of it completely [as though] [MET] I were sweeping it with a broom. [That is what I], the Commander of the armies of angels, say.”
我要使她成為刺蝟的領土和池沼，我以毀滅的掃帚將她掃淨－－萬軍上主的斷語。
24 The Commander of the armies of angels has [also] solemnly promised this: “The things that I have planned will surely happen [DOU].
萬軍的上主起誓說：「實在，我怎樣想，必怎樣實現；我怎樣計劃，必怎樣成功：
25 [When the army of] Assyria is in my land [of Israel], I will crush them. [It will be as though] I will trample them on my mountains. My people will no longer be the slaves [MET] of the people of Assyria; [it will be as though] [MET] I will take away the burdens that are on their shoulders.
我要在我的國土內粉碎亞述，在我的山嶺上將她踐踏；她的重擔必要由他們肩上卸下。」
26 I have a plan for everyone on the earth, a plan to show my power [MTY] to punish all the nations.
這是對全地所決定的計劃，這是向萬邦所伸展的手臂，
27 [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, have spoken, and no one can [RHQ] change my mind. When I raise my fist [to strike Assyria], no one [RHQ] will be able to stop me [from doing that].”
因為萬軍的上主已決定，誰能阻止﹖他的手已伸出，誰能使它收回﹖
28 I received this message [from Yahweh] during the year that King Ahaz died:
在阿哈次駕崩那年有以下這個神諭：「
29 You people of Philistia, do not rejoice that the enemy army [MET] that attacked you has been defeated and that their king is dead. He was [as dangerous as] [MET] a snake, but there will be another king, who will be more [dangerous] than a cobra; he will be [like] [MET] a quick-moving poisonous snake.
全體培肋舍特啊！ 你不要因為打擊你的棍棒折斷了就喜悅，因為由蛇的根子將生出毒蝮，而牠的子息必是飛龍。
30 Those of my people who are very poor will take care of their flocks of sheep, and the needy people will lie down safely, but I will cause you people [of Philistia] who are still alive [DOU] to die from famine.
貧苦的人在我的牧場上必得飼養，窮困的人要泰然安息；但是我要以饑荒餓死你的餘生，殺絕你的遺民。
31 [So], you people of Philistia, wail at the gates of your cities! You should be extremely afraid, because [a very powerful army] will come from the north [to attack you]; [their chariots will stir up the dust like] [MET] a cloud of smoke. Each of their soldiers is ready to fight.
門啊！ 哀號罷！城啊！悲鳴罷！全體培肋舍特啊！戰慄罷！因為有煙從北而來，在她的隊伍中沒有落伍者。」
32 If messengers [from Philistia] come to us [Israeli people], this is what we must [RHQ] tell them: “Yahweh has established Jerusalem, [not Philistia], and his people who are oppressed will be safe inside [the walls of] Jerusalem.”
然而要怎樣答覆外邦的使者﹖「上主建立了熙雍，使他民族中的憂患者，在那裏獲得保護。」
