以賽亞書 18
Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Traditional)
古實之民英勇可畏
18 唉!古實河外翅膀刷刷響聲之地, 2 差遣使者在水面上,坐蒲草船過海。先知說:「你們快行的使者,要到高大光滑的民那裡去,自從開國以來那民極其可畏,是分地界踐踏人的,他們的地有江河分開。」 3 世上一切的居民和地上所住的人哪,山上豎立大旗的時候,你們要看!吹角的時候,你們要聽!
奉禮於耶和華
4 耶和華對我這樣說:「我要安靜,在我的居所觀看,如同日光中的清熱,又如露水的雲霧在收割的熱天。」 5 收割之先,花開已謝,花也成了將熟的葡萄,他必用鐮刀削去嫩枝,又砍掉蔓延的枝條。 6 都要撇給山間的鷙鳥和地上的野獸,夏天鷙鳥要宿在其上,冬天野獸都臥在其中。 7 到那時,這高大光滑的民,就是從開國以來極其可畏,分地界踐踏人的,他們的地有江河分開,他們必將禮物奉給萬軍之耶和華,就是奉到錫安山,耶和華安置他名的地方。
以賽亞書 18
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
關於古實的預言
18 古實河那邊、翅膀刷刷作響之地有禍了!
2 那裡派出的使節乘蘆葦船行駛在水面上。
迅捷的使節啊,
去身材高大、皮膚光滑、
遠近畏懼、強盛兇悍、
國土河流縱橫的民族那裡吧!
3 世上的一切居民啊,
山上豎立旗幟的時候,
你們要看;
號角吹響的時候,你們要聽。
4 耶和華對我說:
「我要從我的居所靜靜地觀看,
無聲無息,就像豔陽下的熱氣,
又如夏收時節的露水。」
5 在收割之前,
在花已凋謝、葡萄將熟之時,
耶和華必毀滅古實人,
就像用刀削去葡萄樹的嫩枝,
砍掉蔓延的枝條。
6 他們的屍首成了山間鷙鳥和田野走獸的食物,
夏天被鷙鳥啄食,
冬天被走獸吞噬。
7 那時,這身材高大、皮膚光滑、
遠近畏懼、強盛兇悍、
國土河流縱橫的民族,
必帶著禮物來到錫安山,
獻給萬軍之耶和華。
Isaiah 18
The Message
People Mighty and Merciless
18 1-2 Doom to the land of flies and mosquitoes
beyond the Ethiopian rivers,
Shipping emissaries all over the world,
down rivers and across seas.
Go, swift messengers,
go to this people tall and handsome,
This people held in respect everywhere,
this people mighty and merciless,
from the land crisscrossed with rivers.
3 Everybody everywhere,
all earth-dwellers:
When you see a flag flying on the mountain, look!
When you hear the trumpet blown, listen!
4-6 For here’s what God told me:
“I’m not going to say anything,
but simply look on from where I live,
Quiet as warmth that comes from the sun,
silent as dew during harvest.”
And then, just before harvest, after the blossom
has turned into a maturing grape,
He’ll step in and prune back the new shoots,
ruthlessly hack off all the growing branches.
He’ll leave them piled on the ground
for birds and animals to feed on—
Fodder for the summering birds,
fodder for the wintering animals.
7 Then tribute will be brought to God-of-the-Angel-Armies,
brought from this people tall and handsome,
This people once held in respect everywhere,
this people once mighty and merciless,
From the land crisscrossed with rivers,
to Mount Zion, God’s place.
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