Isaiah 24
1 Lo! the Lord schal distrie the erthe, and schal make it nakid, and schal turmente the face therof; and he schal scater abrood the dwelleris therof.
看！上主使大地空虛，使它變為荒涼，翻轉它的面目，使它的居民四散：
2 And it schal be, as the puple, so the preest; as the seruaunt, so his lord; as the handmaide, so the ladi of hir; as a biere, so he that sillith; as the leenere, so he that takith borewyng; as he that axith ayen, so he that owith.
那時怎樣對百姓，也怎樣對司祭；怎樣對僕人，也怎樣對主人；怎樣對婢女，也怎樣對主母；怎樣對主顧，也怎樣對商賈；怎樣對債戶，也怎樣對債主；怎樣對貸方，也怎樣對借方。
3 Bi distriyng the lond schal be distried, and schal be maad nakid by rauyschyng; for whi the Lord spak this word.
大地必要完全荒廢，慘遭浩劫，因為上主這樣定了。
4 The erthe morenyde, and fleet awei, and is maad sijk; the world fleet awei, the hiynesse of the puple of erthe is maad sijk,
大地痛哭哀傷，世界衰頹零落，上天與下地一同衰頹。
5 and the erthe is slayn of hise dwelleris. For thei passiden lawis, chaungiden riyt, distrieden euerlastynge boond of pees.
大地在居民腳下已被玷污，因為他們越規犯法，破壞了永久的盟約。
6 For this thing cursyng schal deuoure the erthe, and the dwelleris therof schulen do synne; and therfor the louyeris therof schulen be woode, and fewe men schulen be left.
為此詛咒吞噬了大地，其中的居民受了罪罰；為此地上的居民受了折損，剩下來的人數極少。
7 Vyndage morenyde, the vyne is sijk; alle men that weren glad in herte weiliden.
新酒哀傷，葡萄凋殘；心情愉快的，都長聲嘆息！
8 The ioie of tympans ceesside, the sowne of glad men restide; the swetnesse of harpe with song was stille.
小鼓的喜樂已停止，歡笑的喧嚷已終結，琴瑟的喜樂已止息。
9 Thei schulen not drynke wyn; a bittere drynk schal be to hem that schulen drynke it.
人不再飲酒作樂，喝了濃酒的反覺酸苦！
10 The citee of vanyte is al to-brokun; ech hous is closid, for no man entrith.
空虛的城市已破殘，家家戶戶都已關門閉戶！
11 Cry schal be on wyn in streetis, al gladnesse is forsakun, the ioie of erthe is `takun awei.
廣場上有人為酒而嗟歎，萬般娛樂已闌盡，大地的喜樂遭放逐！
12 Desolacioun is left in the citee, and wretchidnesse schal oppresse the yatis.
城中所留的只是淒涼，門戶被打得粉碎！
13 For these thingis schulen be in the myddis of erthe, in the myddis of puplis, as if a fewe fruitis of olyue trees that ben left ben schakun of fro the olyue tre, and racyns, whanne the vyndage is endid.
誠然，大地間萬民中，必像打過的橄欖樹，或如收割葡萄後所餘的殘粒。
14 These men schulen reise her vois, and schulen preise, whanne the Lord schal be glorified; thei schulen schewe signes of gladnesse fro the see.
他們要提高聲音歌頌上主的尊嚴：「萬民啊！ 你們歡呼罷！
15 For this thing glorifie ye the Lord in techyngis; in the ilis of the see glorifie ye the name of the Lord God of Israel.
你們在東方的，應頌揚上主！住在海島上的，應頌揚上主，以色列的天主的名！
16 Fro the endis of erthe we han herd heriyngis, the glorye of the iust. And Y seide, My priuyte to me, my pryuyte to me. Wo to me, trespassours han trespassid, and han trespassid bi trespassyng of brekeris of the lawe.
我們從地極聽到了歌聲：光榮屬於正義者。」然而我說：「我有禍了！我有禍了！我好可憐！反叛的仍在反叛，反叛的仍在極力的反叛！」
17 Ferdfulnesse, and a diche, and a snare on thee, that art a dwellere of erthe.
地上的居民啊！恐怖、陷阱、羅網，都聚集在你身上。
18 And it schal be, he that schal fle fro the face of ferdfulnesse, schal falle in to the diche; and he that schal delyuere hym silf fro the dich, schal be holdun of the snare; for whi the wyndows of hiye thingis ben openyd, and the foundementis of erthe schulen be schakun togidere.
那逃得了恐怖聲音的，必要落在陷阱裏；那由陷阱中跳出來的，必要落在羅網中！ 的確，天上閘門已開放，大地基礎已動盪。
19 The erthe schal be brokun with brekyng,
大地必將粉碎又粉碎，大地必將崩裂又崩裂，大地必將動搖又動搖！
20 the erthe schal be defoulid with defoulyng, the erthe schal be mouyd with mouyng, the erthe schal be schakun with schakyng, as a drunkun man.
大地必東搖西晃，有如一個醉漢，搖盪得好比一座帳幕；自己的罪惡又重壓在上面，倒塌了不能再起！
21 And it schal be takun awei, as the tabernacle of o nyyt, and the wickidnesse therof schal greue it; and it schal falle down, and it schal not adde, for to rise ayen. And it schal be, in that dai the Lord schal visite on the knyythod of heuene an hiy, and on the kyngis of erthe, that ben on erthe.
到那一天，上主要在高天審視天上所有的軍旅，要在下地察考地上所有的君王。
22 And thei schulen be gaderid togidere in the gadering togidere of a bundel in to the lake, and thei schulen be closid there in prisoun; and aftir many daies thei schulen be visited.
他們將被聚集起來，關在深坑內，監禁在監牢裏；待過了許多時日，將受懲罰。
23 And the moone schal be aschamed, and the sunne schal be confoundid, whanne the Lord of oostis schal regne in the hil of Sion, and in Jerusalem, and schal be glorified in the siyt of hise eldre men.
那時，月亮要臉紅，太陽要羞慚，因為萬軍的上主要 在熙雍山上，要在耶路撒冷為王，在他的長老面前要備受頌揚。
