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.
我要為我所親愛的唱歌， 是我所愛者的歌，論他葡萄園的事： 我所親愛的有葡萄園在肥美的山岡上。
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.
他刨挖園子，撿去石頭， 栽種上等的葡萄樹， 在園中蓋了一座樓， 又鑿出壓酒池； 指望結好葡萄， 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哪， 請你們現今在我與我的葡萄園中，斷定是非。
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?
我為我葡萄園所做之外， 還有甚麼可做的呢？ 我指望結好葡萄， 怎麼倒結了野葡萄呢？
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.
現在我告訴你們， 我要向我葡萄園怎樣行： 我必撤去籬笆，使它被吞滅， 拆毀牆垣，使它被踐踏。
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.
我必使它荒廢，不再修理， 不再鋤刨，荊棘蒺藜倒要生長。 我也必命雲不降雨在其上。
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.
萬軍之耶和華的葡萄園就是以色列家； 他所喜愛的樹就是猶大人。 他指望的是公平， 誰知倒有暴虐； 指望的是公義， 誰知倒有冤聲。
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！那些以房接房， 以地連地， 以致不留餘地的， 只顧自己獨居境內。
9 Yahweh of hosts told me, many houses will be empty, even great and impressive ones, without any inhabitant.
我耳聞萬軍之耶和華說： 必有許多又大又美的房屋 成為荒涼，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.
三十畝葡萄園只出一罷特酒； 一賀梅珥穀種只結一伊法糧食。
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！那些清早起來追求濃酒， 留連到夜深，甚至因酒發燒的人。
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.
他們在筵席上 彈琴，鼓瑟，擊鼓，吹笛，飲酒， 卻不顧念耶和華的作為， 也不留心他手所做的。
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.
所以，我的百姓因無知就被擄去； 他們的尊貴人甚是飢餓， 群眾極其乾渴。
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)
故此，陰間擴張其欲， 開了無限量的口； 他們的榮耀、群眾、繁華， 並快樂的人都落在其中。 (Sheol h7585)
15 Man will be forced to bend down, and mankind will be humbled; the eyes of the lofty will be cast down.
卑賤人被壓服； 尊貴人降為卑； 眼目高傲的人也降為卑。
16 Yahweh of hosts will be exalted in his justice, and God the Holy One will show himself holy by his righteousness.
惟有萬軍之耶和華因公平而崇高； 聖者上帝因公義顯為聖。
17 Then the sheep will feed as in their own pasture, and in the ruins, lambs will graze as foreigners.
那時，羊羔必來吃草，如同在自己的草場； 豐肥人的荒場被遊行的人吃盡。
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！那些以虛假之細繩牽罪孽的人！ 他們又像以套繩拉罪惡，
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.”
說：任他急速行，趕快成就他的作為， 使我們看看； 任以色列聖者所謀劃的臨近成就， 使我們知道。
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， 以苦為甜，以甜為苦的人。
21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own understanding!
禍哉！那些自以為有智慧， 自看為通達的人。
22 Woe to those who are champions at drinking wine, and masters at mixing strong drinks;
禍哉！那些勇於飲酒， 以能力調濃酒的人。
23 who acquit the wicked for payment, and deprive the innocent of his rights!
他們因受賄賂，就稱惡人為義， 將義人的義奪去。
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.
火苗怎樣吞滅碎稭， 乾草怎樣落在火焰之中， 照樣，他們的根必像朽物， 他們的花必像灰塵飛騰； 因為他們厭棄萬軍之耶和華的訓誨， 藐視以色列聖者的言語。
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.
所以，耶和華的怒氣向他的百姓發作。 他的手伸出攻擊他們，山嶺就震動； 他們的屍首在街市上好像糞土。 雖然如此，他的怒氣還未轉消； 他的手仍伸不縮。
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.
他必豎立大旗，招遠方的國民， 發嘶聲叫他們從地極而來； 看哪，他們必急速奔來。
27 None tire or stumble among them; none slumbers or sleeps. Nor are their belts loose, or the thongs of their sandals broken.
其中沒有疲倦的，絆跌的； 沒有打盹的，睡覺的； 腰帶並不放鬆， 鞋帶也不折斷。
28 Their arrows are sharp and all their bows are bent; their horses' hooves are like flint, and their chariot wheels like storms.
他們的箭快利， 弓也上了弦。 馬蹄算如堅石， 車輪好像旋風。
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.
他們要吼叫，像母獅子， 咆哮，像少壯獅子； 他們要咆哮抓食， 坦然叼去，無人救回。
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.
那日，他們要向以色列人吼叫， 像海浪匉訇； 人若望地，只見黑暗艱難， 光明在雲中變為昏暗。
