Isaiah 28
1 Woe to the proud garland crown that is worn by each of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of its glorious beauty, the garland that is set on the head of the lush Valley of those who are overcome with wine!
禍哉！以法蓮的酒徒， 住在肥美谷的山上， 他們心裏高傲， 以所誇的為冠冕， 猶如將殘之花。
2 Behold, the Lord sends one who is mighty and strong; like a storm of hail and a destructive windstorm, like a driving rain and overflowing waters; and he will throw each garland crown down to the ground.
看哪，主有一大能大力者， 像一陣冰雹， 像毀滅的暴風， 像漲溢的大水， 他必用手將冠冕摔落於地。
3 The proud garland of the drunkards of Ephraim will be trodden underfoot.
以法蓮高傲的酒徒， 他的冠冕必被踏在腳下。
4 The fading flower of his glorious beauty, that is on the head of the rich valley, will be as the first ripe fig before the summer, that, when someone sees it, while it is yet in his hand, he gulps it down.
那榮美將殘之花， 就是在肥美谷山上的， 必像夏令以前初熟的無花果； 看見這果的就注意， 一到手中就吞吃了。
5 In that day Yahweh of hosts will become a beautiful crown and a diadem of beauty for the remainder of his people,
到那日，萬軍之耶和華 必作他餘剩之民的榮冠華冕，
6 a spirit of justice for him who sits in judgment, and strength for those who turn back their enemies at their gates.
也作了在位上行審判者公平之靈， 並城門口打退仇敵者的力量。
7 But even these reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink. The priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, and they are swallowed up by wine. They stagger with strong drink, staggering in vision and reeling in decision.
就是這地的人也因酒搖搖晃晃， 因濃酒東倒西歪。 祭司和先知因濃酒搖搖晃晃， 被酒所困， 因濃酒東倒西歪。 他們錯解默示， 謬行審判。
8 Truly, all tables are covered with vomit, so that there is no clean place.
因為各席上滿了嘔吐的污穢， 無一處乾淨。
9 To whom will he teach knowledge, and to whom will he explain the message? To those who are weaned from milk or to those just taken from the breasts?
譏誚先知的說： 他要將知識指教誰呢？ 要使誰明白傳言呢？ 是那剛斷奶離懷的嗎？
10 For it is command upon command, command upon command; rule upon rule, rule upon rule; here a little, there a little.
他竟命上加命，令上加令， 律上加律，例上加例， 這裏一點，那裏一點。
11 Indeed, with mocking lips and a foreign tongue he will speak to this people.
先知說：不然，主要藉異邦人的嘴唇 和外邦人的舌頭對這百姓說話。
12 In the past he said to them “This is the rest, give rest to him who is weary; and this is the refreshing,” but they would not listen.
他曾對他們說： 你們要使疲乏人得安息， 這樣才得安息，才得舒暢， 他們卻不肯聽。
13 So the word of Yahweh will be to them command upon command, command upon command; rule upon rule, rule upon rule; here a little, there a little; so that they may go and fall backward, and be broken, ensnared, and captured.
所以，耶和華向他們說的話是 命上加命，令上加令， 律上加律，例上加例， 這裏一點，那裏一點， 以致他們前行仰面跌倒， 而且跌碎，並陷入網羅被纏住。
14 So listen to the word of Yahweh, you who mock, you who rule over this people who are in Jerusalem.
所以，你們這些褻慢的人， 就是轄管住在耶路撒冷這百姓的， 要聽耶和華的話。
15 This will happen because you said, “We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol we have reached an agreement. So when the overwhelming whip passes through, it will not reach us. For we have made a lie our refuge, and taken shelter in falsehood.” (Sheol h7585)
你們曾說： 我們與死亡立約， 與陰間結盟； 敵軍如水漲漫經過的時候， 必不臨到我們； 因我們以謊言為避所， 在虛假以下藏身。 (Sheol h7585)
16 Therefore the Lord Yahweh says, “See, I will lay in Zion a foundation stone, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation. He who believes will not be ashamed.
所以，主耶和華如此說： 看哪，我在錫安放一塊石頭作為根基， 是試驗過的石頭， 是穩固根基，寶貴的房角石； 信靠的人必不着急。
17 I will make justice the measuring stick, and righteousness the plumbline. Hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, and the floodwaters will overwhelm the hiding place.
我必以公平為準繩， 以公義為線鉈。 冰雹必沖去謊言的避所； 大水必漫過藏身之處。
18 Your covenant with death will be dissolved, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand. When the raging flood passes through, you will be overwhelmed by it. (Sheol h7585)
你們與死亡所立的約必然廢掉， 與陰間所結的盟必立不住。 敵軍如水漲漫經過的時候， 你們必被他踐踏； (Sheol h7585)
19 Whenever it passes through, it will overwhelm you, and morning by morning it will pass through and by day and night it will come. When the message is understood, it will cause terror.
每逢經過必將你們擄去。 因為每早晨他必經過， 白晝黑夜都必如此。 明白傳言的必受驚恐。
20 For the bed is too short for a man to stretch out on, and the blanket too narrow for him to wrap himself in.”
原來，床榻短，使人不能舒身； 被窩窄，使人不能遮體。
21 Yahweh will rise up as on Mount Perazim; he will rouse himself as in the Valley of Gibeon to do his work, his strange work, and perform his strange deed.
耶和華必興起，像在毗拉心山； 他必發怒，像在基遍谷， 好做成他的工，就是非常的工； 成就他的事，就是奇異的事。
22 Now therefore do not mock, or your bonds will be tightened. I have heard from the Lord Yahweh of hosts, a decree of destruction on the earth.
現在你們不可褻慢， 恐怕捆你們的綁索更結實了； 因為我從主－萬軍之耶和華那裏聽見， 已經決定在全地上施行滅絕的事。
23 Pay attention and listen to my voice; be attentive and listen to my words.
你們當側耳聽我的聲音， 留心聽我的言語。
24 Does a farmer who plows all day to sow, only plow the ground? Does he continually break up and harrow the field?
那耕地為要撒種的， 豈是常常耕地呢？ 豈是常常開墾耙地呢？
25 When he has prepared the ground, does he not scatter caraway seed, sow the cumin, put in the wheat in rows and the barley in the right place, and the spelt at its edges?
他拉平了地面， 豈不就撒種小茴香， 播種大茴香， 按行列種小麥， 在定處種大麥， 在田邊種粗麥呢？
26 His God instructs him; he teaches him wisely.
因為他的上帝教導他務農相宜， 並且指教他。
27 Moreover, the caraway seed is not threshed with a sledge, nor is a cartwheel rolled over the cumin; but caraway is beaten with a stick, and cumin with a rod.
原來打小茴香，不用尖利的器具， 軋大茴香，也不用碌碡； 但用杖打小茴香， 用棍打大茴香。
28 Grain is ground for bread but not too finely, and though the wheels of his cart and his horses scatter it, his horses do not crush it.
做餅的糧食是用磨磨碎， 因它不必常打； 雖用碌碡和馬打散， 卻不磨它。
29 This too comes from Yahweh of hosts, who is wonderful in instruction and excellent in wisdom.
這也是出於萬軍之耶和華－ 他的謀略奇妙； 他的智慧廣大。
