Isaiah 37
1 It came about that when King Hezekiah heard their report, he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of Yahweh.
希西家王听见就撕裂衣服，披上麻布，进了耶和华的殿，
2 He sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, all covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah son of Amoz, the prophet.
使家宰以利亚敬和书记舍伯那，并祭司中的长老，都披上麻布，去见亚摩斯的儿子先知以赛亚，
3 They said to him, “Hezekiah says, 'This day is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace, like when a child is ready to be born, but the mother has no strength to give birth to her child.
对他说：“希西家如此说：‘今日是急难、责罚、凌辱的日子，就如妇人将要生产婴孩，却没有力量生产。
4 It may be Yahweh your God will hear the words of the chief commander, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which Yahweh your God has heard. Now lift up your prayer for the remnant that is still here.'”
或者耶和华—你的 神听见拉伯沙基的话，就是他主人亚述王打发他来辱骂永生 神的话；耶和华—你的 神听见这话就发斥责。故此，求你为余剩的民扬声祷告。’”
5 So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah,
希西家王的臣仆就去见以赛亚。
6 and Isaiah said to them, “Say to your master: 'Yahweh says, “Do not be afraid of the words that you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have insulted me.
以赛亚对他们说：“要这样对你们的主人说，耶和华如此说：‘你听见亚述王的仆人亵渎我的话，不要惧怕。
7 Look, I will put a spirit in him, and he will hear a certain report and go back to his own land. I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.”'”
我必惊动他的心；他要听见风声就归回本地，我必使他在那里倒在刀下。’”
8 Then the chief commander returned and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah, for he had heard that the king had gone away from Lachish.
拉伯沙基回去，正遇见亚述王攻打立拿；原来他早听见亚述王拔营离开拉吉。
9 Then Sennacherib heard that Tirhakah king of Cush and Egypt had mobilized to fight against him, so he sent messengers again to Hezekiah with a message:
亚述王听见人论古实王特哈加说：“他出来要与你争战。”亚述王一听见，就打发使者去见希西家，吩咐他们说：
10 “Say to Hezekiah, king of Judah, 'Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, “Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.”
“你们对犹大王希西家如此说：‘不要听你所倚靠的 神欺哄你说：耶路撒冷必不交在亚述王的手中。
11 See, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them completely. So will you be rescued?
你总听说亚述诸王向列国所行的乃是尽行灭绝，难道你还能得救吗？
12 Have the gods of the nations rescued them, the nations that my fathers destroyed: Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden in Tel Assar?
我列祖所毁灭的，就是歌散、哈兰、利色，和属提·拉撒的伊甸人；这些国的神何曾拯救这些国呢？
13 Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, the king of the cities of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?'”
哈马的王，亚珥拔的王，西法瓦音城的王，希拿和以瓦的王，都在哪里呢？’”
14 Hezekiah received this letter from hand of the messengers and read it. Then he went up to the house of Yahweh and spread it before him.
希西家从使者手里接过书信来，看完了，就上耶和华的殿，将书信在耶和华面前展开。
15 Hezekiah prayed to Yahweh:
希西家向耶和华祷告说：
16 “Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, you who sit above the cherubim, you are God alone over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.
“坐在二基路伯上万军之耶和华—以色列的 神啊，你—惟有你是天下万国的 神，你曾创造天地。
17 Turn your ear, Yahweh, and listen. Open your eyes, Yahweh, and see, and hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to mock the living God.
耶和华啊，求你侧耳而听；耶和华啊，求你睁眼而看，要听西拿基立的一切话，他是打发使者来辱骂永生 神的。
18 It is true, Yahweh, the kings of Assyria have destroyed all the nations and their lands.
耶和华啊，亚述诸王果然使列国和列国之地变为荒凉，
19 They have put their gods into the fire, for they were not gods but the work of men's hands, just wood and stone. So the Assyrians have destroyed them.
将列国的神像都扔在火里；因为他本不是神，乃是人手所造的，是木头、石头的，所以灭绝他。
20 So now, Yahweh our God, save us from his power, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you are Yahweh alone.”
耶和华—我们的 神啊，现在求你救我们脱离亚述王的手，使天下万国都知道惟有你是耶和华。”
21 Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah, saying, “Yahweh, the God of Israel says, 'Because you have prayed to me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria,
亚摩斯的儿子以赛亚就打发人去见希西家，说：“耶和华—以色列的 神如此说，你既然求我攻击亚述王西拿基立，
22 this is the word that Yahweh has spoken about him: “The virgin daughter of Zion despises you and laughs you to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head at you.
所以耶和华论他这样说： 锡安的处女藐视你，嗤笑你； 耶路撒冷的女子向你摇头。
23 Whom have you defied and insulted? Against whom have you exalted your voice and lifted up your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel.
你辱骂谁，亵渎谁？ 扬起声来，高举眼目攻击谁呢？ 乃是攻击以色列的圣者。
24 By your servants you have defied the Lord and have said, 'With the multitude of my chariots I have gone up to the heights of the mountains, to the highest elevations of Lebanon. I will cut down its tall cedars and choice cypress trees there, and I will enter into its farthest high places, its most fruitful forest.
你借你的臣仆辱骂主说： 我率领许多战车上山顶， 到黎巴嫩极深之处； 我要砍伐其中高大的香柏树 和佳美的松树。 我必上极高之处， 进入肥田的树林。
25 I have dug wells and drunk water; I dried up all the rivers of Egypt under the soles of my feet.'
我已经挖井喝水； 我必用脚掌踏干埃及的一切河。
26 Have you not heard how I determined it long ago and worked it out in ancient times? Now I am bringing it to pass. You are here to reduce impregnable cities into heaps of ruins.
耶和华说：你岂没有听见 我早先所做的、古时所立的吗？ 现在借你使坚固城荒废，变为乱堆。
27 Their inhabitants, of little strength, are shattered and ashamed. They are plants in the field, green grass, the grass on the roof or in the field, before the east wind.
所以其中的居民力量甚小， 惊惶羞愧。 他们像野草，像青菜， 如房顶上的草， 又如田间未长成的禾稼。
28 But I know your sitting down, your going out, your coming in, and your raging against me.
你坐下，你出去，你进来， 你向我发烈怒，我都知道。
29 Because of your raging against me, and because your arrogance has reached my ears, I will put my hook in your nose, and my bit in your mouth; I will turn you back the way you came.”
因你向我发烈怒， 又因你狂傲的话达到我耳中， 我就要用钩子钩上你的鼻子， 把嚼环放在你口里， 使你从原路转回去。
30 This will be the sign for you: This year you will eat what grows wild, and in the second year what grows from that. But in the third year you must plant and harvest, plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
“以色列人哪，我赐你们一个证据：你们今年要吃自生的，明年也要吃自长的，至于后年，你们要耕种收割，栽植葡萄园，吃其中的果子。
31 The remnant of the house of Judah that survives will again take root and bear fruit.
犹大家所逃脱余剩的，仍要往下扎根，向上结果。
32 For from Jerusalem a remnant will come out; from Mount Zion survivors will come. The zeal of Yahweh of hosts will do this.'”
必有余剩的民从耶路撒冷而出；必有逃脱的人从锡安山而来。万军之耶和华的热心必成就这事。
33 Therefore Yahweh says this about the king of Assyria: “He will not come into this city and he will not shoot an arrow here. He will not come before it with shield or build up a siege ramp against it.
“所以耶和华论亚述王如此说：他必不得来到这城，也不在这里射箭，不得拿盾牌到城前，也不筑垒攻城。
34 The way by which he came will be the same way he will leave; he will not enter this city—this is Yahweh's declaration.
他从哪条路来，必从那条路回去，必不得来到这城。这是耶和华说的。
35 For I will defend this city and rescue it, for my own sake and for David my servant's sake.”
因我为自己的缘故，又为我仆人大卫的缘故，必保护拯救这城。”
36 Then the angel of Yahweh went out and attacked the camp of the Assyrians, putting to death 185,000 soldiers. When the men arose early in the morning, dead bodies lay everywhere.
耶和华的使者出去，在亚述营中杀了十八万五千人。清早有人起来一看，都是死尸了。
37 So Sennacherib king of Assyria left Israel and went home and stayed in Nineveh.
亚述王西拿基立就拔营回去，住在尼尼微。
38 Later, as he was worshiping in the house of Nisrok his god, his sons Adrammelek and Sharezer killed him with the sword. Then they escaped into the land of Ararat. Then Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place.
一日在他的神—尼斯洛庙里叩拜，他儿子亚得米勒和沙利色用刀杀了他，就逃到亚拉腊地。他儿子以撒哈顿接续他作王。
