< Isaiah 47 >
1 Thou virgyn, the douytir Babiloyne, go doun, sitte thou in dust, sitte thou in erthe; a kyngis seete is not to the douyter of Caldeis, for thou schalt no more be clepid soft and tendir.
巴比伦的处女啊, 下来坐在尘埃; 迦勒底的闺女啊, 没有宝座,要坐在地上; 因为你不再称为柔弱娇嫩的。
2 Take thou a queerne stoon, and grynde thou mele; make thou nakid thi filthe, diskeuere the schuldur, schewe the hippis, passe thou floodis.
要用磨磨面, 揭去帕子, 脱去长衣,露腿趟河。
3 Thi schame schal be schewid, and thi schenschipe schal be seen; Y schal take veniaunce, and no man schal ayenstonde me.
你的下体必被露出; 你的丑陋必被看见。 我要报仇, 谁也不宽容。
4 Oure ayen biere, the Lord of oostis is his name, the hooli of Israel.
我们救赎主的名是 万军之耶和华—以色列的圣者。
5 Douyter of Caldeis, sitte thou, be thou stille, and entre in to derknessis, for thou schalt no more be clepid the ladi of rewmes.
迦勒底的闺女啊, 你要默然静坐,进入暗中, 因为你不再称为列国的主母。
6 I was wrooth on my puple, Y defoulid myn eritage, and Y yaf hem in thin hond, and thou settidist not mercies to hem; thou madist greuouse the yok greetli on an eld man,
我向我的百姓发怒, 使我的产业被亵渎, 将他们交在你手中, 你毫不怜悯他们, 把极重的轭加在老年人身上。
7 and thou seidist, With outen ende Y schal be ladi; thou puttidist not these thingis on thin herte, nether thou bithouytist on thi laste thing.
你自己说:我必永为主母, 所以你不将这事放在心上, 也不思想这事的结局。
8 And now, thou delicat, and dwellynge tristili, here these thingis, which seist in thin herte, Y am, and outakun me ther is no more; Y schal not sitte widewe, and Y schal not knowe bareynesse.
你这专好宴乐、安然居住的, 现在当听这话。 你心中说:惟有我, 除我以外再没有别的。 我必不致寡居, 也不遭丧子之事。
9 These twei thingis, bareynesse and widewhod schulen come to thee sudenli in o dai; alle thingis camen on thee for the multitude of thi witchecraftis, and for the greet hardnesse of thin enchauntours, ether tregetours.
哪知,丧子、寡居这两件事 在一日转眼之间必临到你; 正在你多行邪术、广施符咒的时候, 这两件事必全然临到你身上。
10 And thou haddist trist in thi malice, and seidist, Noon is that seeth me; this thi wisdom and thi kunnyng disseyuede thee; and thou seidist in thin herte,
你素来倚仗自己的恶行,说: 无人看见我。 你的智慧聪明使你偏邪, 并且你心里说:惟有我, 除我以外再没有别的。
11 Y am, and outakun me ther is noon other. Yuel schal come on thee, and thou schalt not knowe the bigynning therof; and wrecchidnesse schal falle on thee, which thou schalt not mowe clense; wretchidnesse which thou knowist not, schal come on thee sudenly.
因此,祸患要临到你身; 你不知何时发现 灾害落在你身上, 你也不能除掉; 所不知道的毁灭也必忽然临到你身。
12 Stonde thou with thin enchauntours, and with the multitude of thi witchis, in whiche thou trauelidist fro thi yongthe; if in hap thei profiten ony thing to thee, ether if thou maist be maad the strongere.
站起来吧! 用你从幼年劳神施行的符咒和你许多的邪术; 或者可得益处, 或者可得强胜。
13 Thou failidist in the multitude of thi councels; the false dyuynours of heuene stonde, and saue thee, whiche bihelden staris, and noumbriden monethis, that thei schulden telle bi tho thingis to comynge to thee.
你筹划太多,以致疲倦。 让那些观天象的,看星宿的, 在月朔说预言的,都站起来, 救你脱离所要临到你的事。
14 Lo! thei ben maad as stobil, the fier hath brent hem; thei schulen not delyuere her lijf fro the power of flawme; colis ben not, bi whiche thei schulen be warmed, nether fier, that thei sitte at it.
他们要像碎秸被火焚烧, 不能救自己脱离火焰之力; 这火并非可烤的炭火, 也不是可以坐在其前的火。
15 So tho thingis ben maad to thee in whiche euere thou trauelidist; thi marchauntis fro thi yongthe erriden, ech man in his weie; noon is, that schal saue thee.
你所劳神的事都要这样与你无益; 从幼年与你贸易的也都各奔各乡,无人救你。