以赛亚书 14
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
以色列人必重归故土
14 耶和华必怜悯雅各，再次选择以色列人做祂的子民，把他们安置在他们自己的土地上。外族人必与他们联合，归入以色列。 2 各国必帮助他们重返故乡。在耶和华赐给他们的土地上，外族人必做他们的仆婢。他们必掳掠以前掳掠他们的人，统治以前压制他们的人。
对巴比伦的讽刺
3 耶和华使他们脱离痛苦、悲伤和残酷奴役的时候， 4 他们必这样讥笑巴比伦王：
“暴君灭亡了！
暴政结束了！
5 耶和华折断了邪恶君主的权杖。
6 他曾狂怒地攻伐列邦，
无休无止，
怒气冲冲地征服列国，
大肆迫害。
7 如今天下太平，
人人欢呼歌唱，
8 连松树和黎巴嫩的香柏树都欢喜快乐地说，
‘自从他灭亡后，
再没有人上来砍伐我们。’
9 巴比伦王啊，你下到阴间，
阴间兴奋地迎接你，
那些在世上做过君王和首领的阴魂都从座位上站起来迎接你，
10 对你说，
‘你如今也跟我们一样软弱无能。’
11 你的荣耀和琴声一同落入阴间，
虫成了你的床铺，
蛆成了你的被子。
12 “明亮的晨星、黎明之子啊，
你怎么从天上坠落下来？
你这打败列国的怎么被砍倒在地上？
13 你曾想，‘我要升到天上，
把自己的宝座设在上帝的众星之上；
我要坐在遥远的北方众神明聚会的山上；
14 我要升到云天之上，
使自己与至高者一样。’
15 可是，你必坠入阴间，
掉进死亡的深坑。
16 看见你的都瞪大眼睛盯着你，
都在想，‘这就是那曾使大地震动、列国颤抖的人吗？
17 这就是那曾使天下荒凉、城邑倾覆、不肯释放俘虏回家的人吗？’
18 万国的君王都躺在自己华丽的陵墓中，
19 只有你像一根毫无用处的树枝，
被抛弃在自己的坟墓外。
你就像一具遭人践踏的尸体，
与丧身刀下的人一同被扔进乱石坑里。
20 你必得不到君王的葬礼，
因为你祸国殃民，
杀害自己的百姓。
“恶人的子孙必永远被遗忘。
21 预备杀戮他的子孙吧，
因为他们的祖先罪恶深重，
免得他们兴起统治世界、到处建造城邑。”
22 万军之耶和华说：
“我必攻击巴比伦，
铲除巴比伦的名号、余民和后裔。
这是耶和华说的。
23 我必用毁灭的扫帚清扫它，
使它成为沼泽之地和刺猬的住所。
这是万军之耶和华说的。”
关于亚述的预言
24 万军之耶和华起誓说：
“我的计划必实现，
我的旨意必成就。
25 我必在我的土地上击垮亚述人，
在我的山上践踏他们，
除去他们加在我子民身上的轭和重担。
26 这是我对全世界所定的计划，
是向列国伸出的惩罚之手。”
27 万军之耶和华定了计划，
谁能阻挠呢？
祂的手已经伸出，
谁能叫祂收回呢？
关于非利士的预言
28 亚哈斯王驾崩那年，我得到以下预言：
29 非利士人啊，
不要因击打你们的杖已经折断[a]便高兴。
因为那杖就像一条蛇，
必生出一条更危险的蛇，
一条会飞的毒蛇。
30 贫穷人必衣食无忧，
困苦人必安然度日，
但我必用饥荒除掉你们的子孙，
消灭你们残存的人。
31 城门啊，哀号吧！
城邑啊，哭喊吧！
非利士人啊，战抖吧！
因为有阵容整齐的军队从北方如尘烟滚滚而来。
32 该怎样回复外国的使者呢？
要告诉他们：“耶和华建立了锡安，
祂困苦的子民必得到保护。”
Footnotes
- 14:29 “击打你们的杖已经折断”指攻击非利士的王已死。
Isaiah 14
Contemporary English Version
The Lord's People Will Come Home
14 The Lord will have mercy on Israel and will let them be his chosen people once again. He will bring them back to their own land, and foreigners will join them as part of Israel. 2 Other nations will lead them home, and Israel will make slaves of them in the land that belongs to the Lord. Israel will rule over those who once governed and mistreated them.
Death to the King of Babylonia!
3 The Lord will set you free from your sorrow, suffering, and slavery. 4 Then you will make fun of the King of Babylonia by singing this song:
That cruel monster is done for!
He won't attack us again.[a]
5 The Lord has crushed the power
of those evil kings,
6 who were furious
and never stopped abusing
the people of other nations.
7 Now all the world is at peace;
its people are celebrating
with joyful songs.
8 King of Babylonia,
even the cypress trees
and the cedars of Lebanon
celebrate and say,
“Since you were put down,
no one comes along
to chop us down.”
9 The world of the dead
eagerly waits for you.
With great excitement,
the spirits of ancient rulers
hear about your coming.
10 Each one of them will say,
“Now you are just as weak
as any of us!
11 Your pride and your music
have ended here
in the world of the dead.
Worms are your blanket,
maggots are your bed.”
12 (A) You, the bright morning star,
have fallen from the sky!
You brought down other nations;
now you are brought down.
13 (B) You said to yourself,
“I'll climb to heaven
and place my throne
above the highest stars.
I'll sit there with the gods
far away in the north.
14 I'll be above the clouds,
just like God Most High.”
15 But now you are deep
in the world of the dead.
16 Those who see you will stare
and wonder, “Is this the man
who made the world tremble
and shook up kingdoms?
17 Did he capture every city
and make earth a desert?
Is he the one who refused
to let prisoners go home?”
18 When kings die, they are buried
in glorious tombs.
19 But you will be left unburied,
just another dead body
lying underfoot
like a broken branch.
You will be one of many
killed in battle and gone down
to the deep rocky pit.[b]
20 You won't be buried with kings;
you ruined your country
and murdered your people.
You evil monster!
We hope that your family
will be forgotten forever.
21 We will slaughter your sons
to make them pay for the crimes
of their ancestors.
They won't take over the world
or build cities
anywhere on this earth.
22 The Lord All-Powerful has promised to attack Babylonia and destroy everyone there, so that none of them will ever be remembered again. 23 The Lord will sweep out the people, and the land will become a swamp for wild animals.
Assyria Will Be Punished
24 (C) The Lord All-Powerful
has made this promise:
Everything I have planned
will happen just as I said.
25 I will wipe out every Assyrian
in my country,
and I will crush those
on my mountains.
I will free my people
from slavery
to the Assyrians.
26 I have planned this
for the whole world,
and my mighty arm
controls every nation.
27 I, the Lord All-Powerful,
have made these plans.
No one can stop me now!
The Philistines Will Be Punished
28 (D) This message came from the Lord in the year King Ahaz died:[c]
29 (E) Philistines, don't be happy
just because the rod
that punished you
is broken.
That rod will become
a poisonous snake, and then
a flying fiery dragon.
30 The poor and needy will find
pastures for their sheep
and will live in safety.
But I will starve some of you,
and others will be killed.
31 Cry and weep in the gates
of your towns,
you Philistines!
Smoke blows in from the north,[d]
and every soldier is ready.
32 If a messenger comes
from a distant nation,
you must say:
“The Lord built Zion.
Even the poorest of his people
will find safety there.”
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