以賽亞書 22
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
關於耶路撒冷的預言
22 以下是關於異象谷[a]的預言。
為什麼你們全城的人都上到房頂呢？
2 你們這座充滿喧鬧、騷動和歡樂的城啊，
你們中間被殺的人既非喪身刀下，
也非死於戰場。
3 你們的官長一起逃跑，
一箭未發便束手就縛，
逃到遠方的也一同被擒。
4 所以，我說：「你們不要管我，
讓我痛哭一場吧！
不要安慰我，
我的同胞都被毀滅了。」
5 主——萬軍之耶和華已經定了日子，
要使耶路撒冷飽受恐慌、
失敗和混亂，
城牆被攻破，
哭喊聲響徹山間。
6 以攔人帶著箭袋，
率領戰車和騎兵前來，
吉珥人也亮出盾牌。
7 你們佳美的山谷中佈滿戰車，
騎兵在你們的城門前列陣。
8 猶大毫無防衛之力。
那時，你們依靠藏在林宮裡的兵器。 9 你們看見大衛城破口纍纍，你們儲存下池的水， 10 數點耶路撒冷城的房屋，把房屋拆掉修補城牆。 11 又在兩道城牆之間建造新的蓄水池，用來盛舊池的水。耶和華從古時已定了這一切，要使這一切發生，但你們既不仰望祂，也不理會祂。
12 那日，萬軍之耶和華呼召你們哭泣哀號，
剃光頭髮，身披麻衣。
13 但你們還是歡喜作樂，
宰牛殺羊，喝酒吃肉，說：
「讓我們吃喝吧！
因為明天我們就死了。」
14 萬軍之耶和華啟示我說：
「你們這罪到死也得不到赦免。
這是主——萬軍之耶和華說的。」
15 主——萬軍之耶和華吩咐我去見宮廷總管舍伯那，對他說： 16 「你在這裡做什麼？你憑什麼在這裡為自己挖墳墓，在高處為自己挖墳墓，在磐石上為自己鑿安息之所？ 17 看啊，你這有權有勢的人，耶和華必緊緊抓住你，把你猛力拋開。 18 祂必把你揉作一團，像球一樣扔到寬闊之地。在那裡，你必死亡，你華美的戰車也必遭毀滅，你是你主人家的羞辱。」 19 耶和華對舍伯那說：「我必解除你的官職，把你從高位上拉下來。
20 「到那日，我必召來我的僕人——希勒迦的兒子以利亞敬， 21 給他穿上你的朝服，繫上你的腰帶，把你的權柄交給他。他必像父親一樣保護耶路撒冷和猶大的人民。 22 我必把大衛家的鑰匙交給他。他開啟的，沒有人能關；他關閉的，沒有人能開。 23 我要使他像深嵌在堅固之處的橛子一樣穩固，他必給他的家族帶來尊榮。 24 他所有的親屬都靠他得榮耀，如同杯子和酒瓶等小器皿掛在一個橛子上。」
25 萬軍之耶和華說：「到那日，牢牢釘在堅固之處的釘子必鬆動，被砍落在地上，掛在上面的東西必被除掉。這是耶和華說的。」
Footnotes
- 22·1 「異象谷」指耶路撒冷。
Isaiah 22
The Message
A Country of Cowards
22 1-3 A Message concerning the Valley of Vision:
What’s going on here anyway?
All this partying and noisemaking,
Shouting and cheering in the streets,
the city noisy with celebrations!
You have no brave soldiers to honor,
no combat heroes to be proud of.
Your leaders were all cowards,
captured without even lifting a sword,
A country of cowards
captured escaping the battle.
You Looked, but You Never Looked to Him
4-8 In the midst of the shouting, I said, “Let me alone.
Let me grieve by myself.
Don’t tell me it’s going to be all right.
These people are doomed. It’s not all right.”
For the Master, God-of-the-Angel-Armies,
is bringing a day noisy with mobs of people,
Jostling and stampeding in the Valley of Vision,
knocking down walls
and hollering to the mountains, “Attack! Attack!”
Old enemies Elam and Kir arrive armed to the teeth—
weapons and chariots and cavalry.
Your fine valleys are noisy with war,
chariots and cavalry charging this way and that.
God has left Judah exposed and defenseless.
8-11 You assessed your defenses that Day, inspected your arsenal of weapons in the Forest Armory. You found the weak places in the city walls that needed repair. You secured the water supply at the Lower Pool. You took an inventory of the houses in Jerusalem and tore down some to get bricks to fortify the city wall. You built a large cistern to ensure plenty of water.
You looked and looked and looked, but you never looked to him who gave you this city, never once consulted the One who has long had plans for this city.
12-13 The Master, God-of-the-Angel-Armies,
called out on that Day,
Called for a day of repentant tears,
called you to dress in somber clothes of mourning.
But what do you do? You throw a party!
Eating and drinking and dancing in the streets!
You barbecue bulls and sheep, and throw a huge feast—
slabs of meat, kegs of beer.
“Seize the day! Eat and drink!
Tomorrow we die!”
14 God-of-the-Angel-Armies whispered to me his verdict on this frivolity: “You’ll pay for this outrage until the day you die.” The Master, God-of-the-Angel-Armies, says so.
The Key of the Davidic Heritage
15-19 The Master, God-of-the-Angel-Armies, spoke: “Come. Go to this steward, Shebna, who is in charge of all the king’s affairs, and tell him: What’s going on here? You’re an outsider here and yet you act like you own the place, make a big, fancy tomb for yourself where everyone can see it, making sure everyone will think you’re important. God is about to sack you, to throw you to the dogs. He’ll grab you by the hair, swing you round and round dizzyingly, and then let you go, sailing through the air like a ball, until you’re out of sight. Where you’ll land, nobody knows. And there you’ll die, and all the stuff you’ve collected heaped on your grave. You’ve disgraced your master’s house! You’re fired—and good riddance!
20-24 “On that Day I’ll replace Shebna. I will call my servant Eliakim son of Hilkiah. I’ll dress him in your robe. I’ll put your belt on him. I’ll give him your authority. He’ll be a father-leader to Jerusalem and the government of Judah. I’ll give him the key of the Davidic heritage. He’ll have the run of the place—open any door and keep it open, lock any door and keep it locked. I’ll pound him like a nail into a solid wall. He’ll secure the Davidic tradition. Everything will hang on him—not only the fate of Davidic descendants but also the detailed daily operations of the house, including cups and cutlery.
25 “And then the Day will come,” says God-of-the-Angel-Armies, “when that nail will come loose and fall out, break loose from that solid wall—and everything hanging on it will go with it.” That’s what will happen. God says so.
Copyright © 1993, 2002, 2018 by Eugene H. Peterson