< Isaiah 5 >

1 I schal synge for my derlyng the song of myn vnclis sone, of his vyner. A vyner was maad to my derlyng, in the horne in the sone of oile.
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 And he heggide it, and chees stoonys therof, and plauntide a chosun vyner; and he bildide a tour in the myddis therof, and rerede a presse ther ynne; and he abood, that it schulde bere grapis, and it bare wielde grapis.
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 Now therfor, ye dwelleris of Jerusalem, and ye men of Juda, deme bitwixe me and my viner.
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 is it that Y ouyt to do more to my vyner, and Y dide not to it? whether that Y abood, that it schulde bere grapis, and it bare wielde grapis?
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 And now Y schal schewe to you, what Y schal do to my vyner. Y schal take awei the hegge therof, and it schal be in to rauyschyng; Y schal caste doun the wal therof, and it schal be in to defoulyng; and Y schal sette it desert,
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 ether forsakun. It schal not be kit, and it schal not be diggid, and breris and thornes schulen `growe vp on it; and Y schal comaunde to cloudis, that tho reyne not reyn 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 Forsothe the vyner of the Lord of oostis is the hous of Israel, and the men of Juda ben the delitable buriownyng of hym. Y abood, that it schal make doom, and lo! wickidnesse; and that it schulde do riytfulnesse, and lo! cry.
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 Wo to you that ioynen hows to hous, and couplen feeld to feeld, `til to the ende of place. Whether ye aloone schulen dwelle in the myddis of the lond?
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 These thingis ben in the eeris of me, the Lord of oostis; if many housis ben not forsakun, grete housis and faire, with outen dwellere, bileue ye not to me.
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 whi ten acris of vynes schulen make a potel, and thretti buschels of seed schulen make thre buschels.
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 Wo to you that risen togidere eerli to sue drunkennesse, and to drinke `til to euentid, that ye brenne with wyn.
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 Harpe, and giterne, and tympan, and pipe, and wyn ben in youre feestis; and ye biholden not the werk of the Lord, nether ye biholden the werkis of hise hondis.
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 Therfor my puple is led prisoner, for it hadde not kunnyng; and the noble men therof perischiden in hungur, and the multitude therof was drye in thirst.
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 Therfor helle alargide his soule, and openyde his mouth with outen ony ende; and strong men therof, and the puple therof, and the hiy men, and gloriouse men therof, schulen go doun to it. (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 And a man schal be bowid doun, and a man of age schal be maad low; and the iyen of hiy men schulen be pressid doun.
人必將屈服,人必被抑制,目空一切的人必低首下心。
16 And the Lord of oostis schal be enhaunsid in doom, and hooli God schal be halewid in riytfulnesse.
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 And lambren schulen be fed bi her ordre, and comelyngis schulen ete desert places turned in to plentee.
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 Wo to you that drawen wickydnesse in the cordis of vanyte, and drawen synne as the boond of a wayn; and ye seien,
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 The werk of hym haaste, and come soone, that we se; and the counsel of the hooli of Israel neiy, and come, and we schulen knowe it.
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 Wo to you that seien yuel good, and good yuel; and putten derknessis liyt, and liyt derknessis; and putten bittir thing in to swete, and swete thing in to bittir.
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 Wo to you that ben wise men in youre iyen, and ben prudent bifor you silf.
禍哉,那些自視為聰明和自以為通達的人!
22 Wo to you that ben myyti to drynke wyn, and ben stronge to meddle drunkenesse;
禍哉,那些飲酒的英雄,調酒的壯士!
23 and ye iustifien a wickid man for yiftis, and ye taken awei the riytfulnesse of a iust man fro hym.
那些受賄釋放罪人,奪取義人權利的人!
24 For this thing, as the tunge of fier deuourith stobil, and the heete of flawme brenneth, so the roote of hem schal be as a deed sparcle, and the seed of hem schal stie as dust; for thei castiden awei the lawe of the Lord of oostis, and blasfemyden the speche of the hooli 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 Therfor the strong veniaunce of the Lord was wrooth ayens his puple, and he stretchide forth his hond on it, and smoot it; and hillis weren disturblid, and the deed bodies of hem weren maad as a toord in the myddis of stretis. In alle these thingis the stronge vengeaunce of him was not turned awei, but yit his hond was stretchid forth.
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 And he schal reise a signe among naciouns afer, and he schal hisse to hym fro the endis of erthe; and lo! he schal haaste, and schal come swiftli.
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 Noon is failynge nethir trauelynge in that oost; he schal not nappe, nether slepe, nether the girdil of his reynes schal be vndo, nether the lace of his scho schal be brokun.
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 Hise arowis ben scharpe, and alle hise bowis ben bent; the houys of hise horsis ben as a flynt, and hise wheelis ben as the feersnesse of tempest.
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 His roryng schal be as of lioun; he schal rore as the whelpis of liouns; and he schal gnaste, and schal holde prey, and schal biclippe, and noon schal be, that schal delyuere.
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 And he schal sowne on it in that dai, as doith the soun of the see; we schulen biholde in to the erthe, and lo! derknessis of tribulacioun, and liyt is maad derk in the derknesse therof.
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。

< Isaiah 5 >