Isaiah 5
1 Let me sing for my well beloved, a song of my beloved about his vineyard. My well beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.
我要為我的愛友謳唱一首論及他葡萄園的愛歌：我的愛友有一座葡萄園，位於肥沃的山岡上；
2 He spaded it, removed the stones, and planted it with an excellent kind of vine. He built a tower in the middle of it, and also built a winepress. He waited for it to produce grapes, but it only produced wild grapes.
他翻掘了土地，除去了石塊，栽上了精選的葡萄樹，園中築了一座守望台，又鑿了一個榨酒池：原希望它結好葡萄，它反倒結了野葡萄。
3 So now, inhabitant of Jerusalem and man of Judah, judge between me and my vineyard.
耶路撒冷的居民和猶大人啊！現在請你們在我與我葡萄園之間，判別是非：
4 What more could have been done for my vineyard, that I have not done for it? When I looked for it to produce grapes, why did it produce wild grapes?
我為我的葡萄園所能做的，還有什麼沒有做到﹖我原希望它結好葡萄，為什麼卻結了野葡萄﹖
5 Now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will remove the hedge, I will turn it into a pasture, I will break down its wall, and it will be trampled down.
現在我要告訴你們，我將怎樣對待我的葡萄園：我必撤去它的籬笆，讓它被吞噬；拆毀它的圍牆，讓它受踐踏；
6 I will lay it waste, and it will not be pruned nor hoed. Instead, briers and thorns will spring up. I will also command the clouds not to rain on it.
我要使他變成荒地，不再修剪，不再耕鋤，荊棘和蒺藜將叢叢而生；並且我要命令雲彩不再在它上降下時雨。
7 For the vineyard of Yahweh of hosts is the house of Israel, and the man of Judah his pleasant planting; he waited for justice, but instead, there was killing; for righteousness, but, instead, a shout for help.
萬軍上主的葡萄園就是以色列家，而猶大人即是他鍾愛的幼苗。他原希望正義，看，竟是流血；他原希望公平，看，卻是冤聲！
8 Woe to those who join house to house, who join field to field, until no room remains, and you alone remain in the land!
禍哉，你們這些使房屋毗連房屋，田地接連田地，而只讓你們自己單獨住在那地域內的人！
9 Yahweh of hosts told me, many houses will be empty, even great and impressive ones, without any inhabitant.
萬軍的上主在我耳邊宣誓說：那許多房屋必將成為廢墟；巍峨華麗的，必無人居住；
10 For a ten-yoke vineyard will yield only one bath, and one homer of seed will yield only an ephah.
十畝葡萄園將只出一「巴特」酒，一「曷默爾」種子，只出一「厄法」穀。
11 Woe to those who rise up early in the morning to obtain strong drink, those who linger late into the night until wine inflames them.
禍哉，那些早晨一起來即追求烈酒，留連至深夜，飲至酒酣耳熱的人！
12 They banquet with harp, lute, tambourine, flute, and wine, but they do not recognize the work of Yahweh, nor have they considered the doings of his hands.
在他們的宴會上只有琴、瑟、手鼓、管笛和酒。卻沒有人注視上主的作為，沒有人留意他手中的工作：
13 Therefore my people have gone into captivity for lack of understanding; their honored leaders go hungry, and their common people have nothing to drink.
因此，我的百姓必因無知而被放逐，顯貴必將餓得要死，民眾必將渴得要命。
14 Therefore Sheol has made its appetite greater and has opened its mouth very wide; their elite, the people, their leaders, and the revelers and those who are happy among them, descend into Sheol. (Sheol h7585)
為此，陰府張大了咽喉，敞開了無限的大口，顯貴、群眾以及那些喧嘩宴樂的人，都要落在裏面。 (Sheol h7585)
15 Man will be forced to bend down, and mankind will be humbled; the eyes of the lofty will be cast down.
人必將屈服，人必被抑制，目空一切的人必低首下心。
16 Yahweh of hosts will be exalted in his justice, and God the Holy One will show himself holy by his righteousness.
萬軍的上主必因正義而受尊崇，至聖的天主必因公平而顯為聖。
17 Then the sheep will feed as in their own pasture, and in the ruins, lambs will graze as foreigners.
羔羊要在那裏吃草，有如在自己的草場上；肥羊要在荒田裏吃草。
18 Woe to those who pull along iniquity with useless cords and who pull along sin as if it were with a cart rope.
禍哉，那些用牛犢的韁繩引來邪惡，用牛車的繩索勾出罪孽的人，
19 Woe to those who say, “Let God hurry, let him act quickly, so we can see it happen; and let the plans of the Holy One of Israel come, so that we may know them.”
和那些說：「願他趕快，迅速完成他的工作，好使我們看看；願以色列聖者的決策盡速執行，好使我們知道」的人！
20 Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who represent darkness as light, and light as darkness; who represent bitter as sweet, and sweet as bitter!
禍哉，那些稱惡為善，稱善為惡；以暗為光，以光為暗；以苦為甘，以甘為苦的人！
21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own understanding!
禍哉，那些自視為聰明和自以為通達的人！
22 Woe to those who are champions at drinking wine, and masters at mixing strong drinks;
禍哉，那些飲酒的英雄，調酒的壯士！
23 who acquit the wicked for payment, and deprive the innocent of his rights!
那些受賄釋放罪人，奪取義人權利的人！
24 Therefore as the tongue of fire devours stubble, and as the dry grass goes down in flame, so their root will rot, and their blossom will blow away like dust. This will happen because they have rejected the law of Yahweh of hosts, and because they have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
因此，他們必如捲入火舌中的禾湝，焚於烈燄中的枯草；他們的根必要糜爛，他們的嫩芽必要如塵埃般的飛揚，因為他們拋棄了萬軍上主的教導，藐視了以色列聖者的訓誨。
25 Therefore the anger of Yahweh is kindled against his people. He has reached out with his hand against them and has punished them. The mountains tremble, and their corpses are like garbage in the streets. In all these things, his anger does not subside; instead, his hand is still stretched out.
為此，上主向自己的百姓大發雷霆，伸出自己的手來打擊他們；其時，山嶽為之震撼，他們的屍體，有如街道上的糞土。然而他的震怒並未因此而息滅，他的手仍然伸著。
26 He will lift up a signal flag for far away nations and will whistle for those at the end of the earth. Look, they will come speedily and promptly.
上主要向遠方的異民豎起一面旗幟，好由大地的四極號召他們，看，他們將疾趨前來。
27 None tire or stumble among them; none slumbers or sleeps. Nor are their belts loose, or the thongs of their sandals broken.
他們中沒有疲倦的，沒有仆倒的；沒有打盹的，沒有睡覺的；他們的腰帶沒有鬆解，他們的鞋帶也沒有折斷；
28 Their arrows are sharp and all their bows are bent; their horses' hooves are like flint, and their chariot wheels like storms.
他們的箭矢銳利，他們的弓弩全已張開；他們的馬蹄好似火石，他們的車輪有如旋風；
29 Their roaring will be like a lion; they will roar like young lions. They will growl and seize the prey and drag it away, with none to rescue.
他們怒吼有如母獅，吼叫有如幼獅；他們咆哮攫食，攜之而去，無人予以挽救。
30 On that day they will roar against the prey as the sea roars. If anyone looks over the land, he will see darkness and suffering; even the light will be made dark by the clouds.
那一日，他們必如海嘯般向這民族怒號。人若注視大地，看，盡是黑暗痛苦；光明遮蔽在密雲中，成了晦暗。
