以赛亚书 3
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
对耶路撒冷和犹大的审判
3 主——万军之耶和华要从耶路撒冷和犹大拿去众人倚靠的一切：粮食、水、
2 英雄、战士、审判官、先知、
占卜者、长老、
3 五十夫长、显贵、谋士、巧匠和巫师。
4 主必使少儿做他们的首领，
让孩童治理他们。
5 百姓将彼此欺凌，
邻居互相争斗，
少年目无尊长，
卑贱者欺尊犯上。
6 那时，人会拉住一位同族的弟兄说：
“你至少还有件像样的衣服，
你就做我们的首领吧，
这废墟之地就交给你了！”
7 但那人必高声说：
“我救不了你们。
我家中无衣无食，
不要让我做首领。”
8 耶路撒冷必崩溃，
犹大必败落，
因为他们的言行冒犯耶和华，
蔑视荣耀的主。
9 他们的表情显出他们心术不正，
他们跟所多玛人一样对自己的罪恶津津乐道，
毫不隐瞒。
他们必大祸临头，自招毁灭。
10 要告诉义人：他们有福了，
必得善报。
11 恶人有祸了！他们必大祸临头，
受到报应。
12 耶和华说：“我的子民啊！
孩童欺压你们，
妇女管辖你们。
你们的首领领你们入迷途，
带你们走歧路。”
13 耶和华准备就绪，
要审判祂的子民。
14 祂必审问祂子民中的长老和首领，对他们说：
“你们毁坏了我的葡萄园——我的子民，
家里堆满了从穷人那里掠夺的东西。
15 你们为何压榨我的子民，
虐待贫穷人？”
这是主——万军之耶和华说的。
16 耶和华又说：
“锡安的女子狂傲，
昂首走路，卖弄媚眼，
俏步徐行，脚镯叮当。
17 所以，我要使她们头上长疮，
露出头皮。”
18 到那日，主必拿去她们美丽的脚镯、发饰、项链、 19 耳环、手镯、面纱、 20 头饰、脚链、彩带、香盒、护身符、 21 戒指、鼻环、 22 礼服、外袍、披肩、钱包、 23 镜子、内衣、头巾和围巾。
24 她们的香气将变成臭味，
腰带将变成绳子，
美发将变成秃头，
华服将变成麻衣，
美丽的容颜将布满羞辱的烙印。
25 城中的男子将丧身刀下，
勇士将战死沙场。
26 锡安的城门必悲伤、哀哭，
锡安必空空地坐在地上。
以賽亞書 3
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
對耶路撒冷和猶大的審判
3 主——萬軍之耶和華要從耶路撒冷和猶大拿去眾人倚靠的一切：糧食、水、
2 英雄、戰士、審判官、先知、
占卜者、長老、
3 五十夫長、顯貴、謀士、巧匠和巫師。
4 主必使少兒做他們的首領，
讓孩童治理他們。
5 百姓將彼此欺凌，
鄰居互相爭鬥，
少年目無尊長，
卑賤者欺尊犯上。
6 那時，人會拉住一位同族的弟兄說：
「你至少還有件像樣的衣服，
你就做我們的首領吧，
這廢墟之地就交給你了！」
7 但那人必高聲說：
「我救不了你們。
我家中無衣無食，
不要讓我做首領。」
8 耶路撒冷必崩潰，
猶大必敗落，
因為他們的言行冒犯耶和華，
蔑視榮耀的主。
9 他們的表情顯出他們心術不正，
他們跟所多瑪人一樣對自己的罪惡津津樂道，
毫不隱瞞。
他們必大禍臨頭，自招毀滅。
10 要告訴義人：他們有福了，
必得善報。
11 惡人有禍了！他們必大禍臨頭，
受到報應。
12 耶和華說：「我的子民啊！
孩童欺壓你們，
婦女管轄你們。
你們的首領領你們入迷途，
帶你們走歧路。」
13 耶和華準備就緒，
要審判祂的子民。
14 祂必審問祂子民中的長老和首領，對他們說：
「你們毀壞了我的葡萄園——我的子民，
家裡堆滿了從窮人那裡掠奪的東西。
15 你們為何壓榨我的子民，
虐待貧窮人？」
這是主——萬軍之耶和華說的。
16 耶和華又說：
「錫安的女子狂傲，
昂首走路，賣弄媚眼，
俏步徐行，腳鐲叮噹。
17 所以，我要使她們頭上長瘡，
露出頭皮。」
18 到那日，主必拿去她們美麗的腳鐲、髮飾、項鏈、 19 耳環、手鐲、面紗、 20 頭飾、腳鏈、彩帶、香盒、護身符、 21 戒指、鼻環、 22 禮服、外袍、披肩、錢包、 23 鏡子、內衣、頭巾和圍巾。
24 她們的香氣將變成臭味，
腰帶將變成繩子，
美髮將變成禿頭，
華服將變成麻衣，
美麗的容顏將佈滿羞辱的烙印。
25 城中的男子將喪身刀下，
勇士將戰死沙場。
26 錫安的城門必悲傷、哀哭，
錫安必空空地坐在地上。
以赛亚书 3
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
耶路撒冷的混乱状态
3 看哪！主万军之耶和华，快要从耶路撒冷和犹大，
除掉人所倚靠的和所倚赖的，就是众人所倚靠的粮，
众人所倚赖的水；
2 除掉勇士和战士、
审判官和先知、
占卜的和长老、
3 五十夫长和尊贵的人、
谋士和有技艺的工人，
以及精通法术的。
4 我必使孩童作他们的领袖，
使婴孩管辖他们。
5 人民必互相压迫，
人欺压人，也欺压自己的邻舍；
年轻人要欺凌老年人，
卑贱人必欺凌尊贵人。
6 人若在父家里，拉住自己一个兄弟，说：
“你有一件外衣，你就作我们的官长吧！
这败落的事就归你的手处理。”
7 那时，那人必高声说：
“我不作医治你们的人（“医治你们的人”直译是“包扎创伤的”），
因为我家里没有粮食，也没有外衣，
你们不要立我作人民的官长。”
8 耶路撒冷败落，犹大倾倒，
是因为他们的舌头和行为都敌对耶和华，
惹怒了他那充满荣光的眼目。
9 他们面上的表情指证他们的不对；
他们像所多玛一般宣扬自己的罪恶，
并不隐瞒；
他们有祸了，
因为他们自招祸害。
10 你们要告诉义人，他们必得福乐，
因为他们必享自己行为所结的果子。
11 恶人却有祸了，他们必遭灾难，
因为他们必按自己手所作的得报应。
12 至于我的子民，孩童欺压他们，
妇女管辖他们；
我的子民啊！那引导你们的，使你们走错了路，
并且混乱了你们所走的方向。
耶和华的审判
13 耶和华起来辩论，
站着审判人民。
14 耶和华必审问他子民中的长老和领袖，说：
“那吞尽葡萄园的，就是你们；
从贫穷人那里掠夺的，都在你们家中。”
15 主万军之耶和华说：
“你们为甚么压迫我的子民，
搓磨贫穷人的脸呢？”
锡安女子的命运
16 耶和华又说：
“因为锡安的女子高傲，
走路挺直颈项，媚眼看人，
俏步徐行，
用脚发出叮当声。
17 因此，主必使锡安的女子头顶长出秃疮；
耶和华又使她们露出前额。”
18 到那日，主必除掉她们华美的脚钏、发网、月牙圈、 19 耳坠、手镯、蒙脸的帕子、 20 头饰、脚环、华带、香盒、符囊、 21 戒指、鼻环、 22 美服、外衣、钱袋、 23 镜子、细麻衬衣、头巾、蒙身帕子。
24 必有腐臭代替馨香，
绳子代替腰带，
光秃代替美发，
麻衣系腰代替美服，
烙痕代替美貌。
25 你的男丁要倒在刀下，
你的勇士必死在战场。
26 锡安的城门必悲哀哭号，
锡安被掠夺，成了一片荒凉后，必坐在地上。
Isaiah 3
New English Translation
A Coming Leadership Crisis
3 Look, the Sovereign Lord of Heaven’s Armies[a]
is about to remove from Jerusalem and Judah
every source of security, including[b]
all the food and water,[c]
2 the mighty men and warriors,
judges and prophets,
omen readers and leaders,[d]
3 captains of groups of fifty,
the respected citizens,[e]
advisers and those skilled in magical arts,[f]
and those who know incantations.
4 The Lord says,[g] “I will make youths their officials;
malicious young men[h] will rule over them.
5 The people will treat each other harshly;
men will oppose each other;
neighbors will fight.[i]
Youths will proudly defy the elderly
and riffraff will challenge those who were once respected.[j]
6 Indeed, a man will grab his brother
right in his father’s house[k] and say,[l]
‘You own a coat—
you be our leader!
This heap of ruins will be under your control.’[m]
7 At that time[n] the brother will shout,[o]
‘I am no doctor,[p]
I have no food or coat in my house;
don’t make me a leader of the people!’”
8 Jerusalem certainly stumbles,
Judah falls,
for their words and their actions offend the Lord;[q]
they rebel against his royal authority.[r]
9 The look on their faces[s] testifies to their guilt;[t]
like the people of Sodom they openly boast of their sin.[u]
Woe to them![v]
For they bring disaster on themselves.
10 Tell the innocent[w] it will go well with them,[x]
for they will be rewarded for what they have done.[y]
11 Woe to the wicked sinners!
For they will get exactly what they deserve.[z]
12 Oppressors treat my[aa] people cruelly;
creditors rule over them.[ab]
My people, your leaders mislead you;
they give you confusing directions.[ac]
13 The Lord takes his position to judge;
he stands up to pass sentence on his people.[ad]
14 The Lord comes to pronounce judgment
on the leaders of his people and their officials.
He says,[ae] “It is you[af] who have ruined[ag] the vineyard![ah]
You have stashed in your houses what you have stolen from the poor.[ai]
15 Why do you crush my people
and grind the faces of the poor?”[aj]
The Sovereign Lord of Heaven’s Armies[ak] has spoken.
Washing Away Impurity
16 The Lord says,
“The women[al] of Zion are proud.
They walk with their heads high[am]
and flirt with their eyes.
They skip along[an]
and the jewelry on their ankles jingles.[ao]
17 So[ap] the Lord[aq] will afflict the foreheads of Zion’s women[ar] with skin diseases;[as]
the Lord will make the front of their heads bald.”[at]
18 [au] At that time[av] the Lord will remove their beautiful ankle jewelry,[aw] neck ornaments, crescent-shaped ornaments, 19 earrings, bracelets, veils, 20 headdresses, ankle ornaments, sashes, sachets,[ax] amulets, 21 rings, nose rings, 22 festive dresses, robes, shawls, purses, 23 garments, vests, head coverings, and gowns.[ay]
24 A putrid stench will replace the smell of spices,[az]
a rope will replace a belt,
baldness will replace braided locks of hair,
a sackcloth garment will replace a fine robe,
and a prisoner’s brand will replace beauty.
25 Your[ba] men will fall by the sword,
your strong men will die in battle.[bb]
26 Her gates will mourn and lament;
deprived of her people, she will sit on the ground.[bc]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 3:1 tn Heb “the master, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies [traditionally, the “Lord of hosts”].” On the title “the Lord of Heaven’s Armies,” see the note at 1:9.
- Isaiah 3:1 tn Heb “support and support.” The masculine and feminine forms of the noun are placed side-by-side to emphasize completeness. See GKC 394 §122.v.
- Isaiah 3:1 tn Heb “all the support of food, and all the support of water.”
- Isaiah 3:2 tn Heb “elder” (so ASV, NAB, NIV, NRSV); NCV “older leaders.”
- Isaiah 3:3 tn Heb “the ones lifted up with respect to the face.” For another example of the Hebrew idiom, see 2 Kgs 5:1.
- Isaiah 3:3 tn Heb “and the wise with respect to magic.” On the meaning of חֲרָשִׁים (kharashim, “magic”), see HALOT 358 s.v. III חרשׁ. Some understand here a homonym, meaning “craftsmen.” In this case, one could translate, “skilled craftsmen” (cf. NIV, NASB).
- Isaiah 3:4 tn The words “the Lord says” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The prophet speaks in vv. 1-3 (note the third person reference to the Lord in v. 1), but here the Lord himself announces that he will intervene in judgment. It is unclear where the Lord’s words end and the prophet’s pick up again. The prophet is apparently speaking again by v. 8, where the Lord is referred to in the third person. Since vv. 4-7 comprise a thematic unity, the quotation probably extends through v. 7.
- Isaiah 3:4 tn תַעֲלוּלִים (taʿalulim) is often understood as an abstract plural meaning “wantonness, cruelty” (cf. NLT). In this case the chief characteristic of these leaders is substituted for the leaders themselves. However, several translations make the parallelism tighter by emending the form to עוֹלְלִים (ʿolelim, “children”; cf. ESV, NASB, NCV, NIV, NKJV, NRSV). This emendation is unnecessary for at least two reasons. The word in the MT highlights the cruelty or malice of the “leaders” who are left behind in the wake of God’s judgment. The immediate context makes clear the fact that they are mere youths. The coming judgment will sweep away the leaders, leaving a vacuum which will be filled by incompetent, inexperienced youths.
- Isaiah 3:5 tn Heb “man against man, and a man against his neighbor.”
- Isaiah 3:5 tn Heb “and those lightly esteemed those who are respected.” The verb רָהַב (rahav) does double duty in the parallelism.
- Isaiah 3:6 tn Heb “[in] the house of his father” (so ASV); NIV “at his father’s home.”
- Isaiah 3:6 tn The words “and say” are supplied for stylistic reasons.
- Isaiah 3:6 tn Heb “your hand”; NASB “under your charge.”sn The man’s motives are selfish. He tells his brother to assume leadership because he thinks he has some wealth to give away.
- Isaiah 3:7 tn Or “in that day” (KJV).
- Isaiah 3:7 tn Heb “he will lift up [his voice].”
- Isaiah 3:7 tn Heb “wrapper [of wounds]”; KJV, ASV, NRSV “healer.”
- Isaiah 3:8 tn Heb “for their tongue and their deeds [are] to the Lord.”
- Isaiah 3:8 tn Heb “to rebel [against] the eyes of his majesty.” The word כָּבוֹד (kavod) frequently refers to the Lord’s royal splendor that is an outward manifestation of his authority as king.
- Isaiah 3:9 sn This refers to their proud, arrogant demeanor.
- Isaiah 3:9 tn Heb “answers against them”; NRSV “bears witness against them.”
- Isaiah 3:9 tn Heb “their sin, like Sodom, they declare, they do not conceal [it].”
- Isaiah 3:9 tn Heb “woe to their soul.”
- Isaiah 3:10 tn Or “the righteous” (KJV, NASB, NIV, TEV); NLT “those who are godly.”
- Isaiah 3:10 tn Heb “that it is good.”
- Isaiah 3:10 tn Heb “for the fruit of their deeds they will eat.”
- Isaiah 3:11 tn Heb “for the work of his hands will be done to him.”
- Isaiah 3:12 sn This may refer to the prophet or to the Lord.
- Isaiah 3:12 tc The Hebrew text appears to read literally, “My people, his oppressors, he deals severely, and women rule over them.” The correct text and precise meaning of the verse are debated. The translation above assumes (1) an emendation of נֹגְשָׂיו (nogesayv, “his oppressors”) to נֹגְשִׂים (nogeshim, “oppressors”) by moving the mem (ם) on the following form to the end of the word and dropping the vav (ו) as virtually dittographic; (2) an emendation of מְעוֹלֵל (meʿolel, a singular participle that does not agree with the preceding plural subject) to עֹלְלוּ (ʿolelu), a third plural Poel perfect from עָלַל (ʿalal, “deal severely”; note that the following form begins with a vav [ו]; the text may be haplographic or misdivided); and (3) an emendation (with support from the LXX) of נָשִׁים (nashim, “women”) to נֹשִׁים (noshim, “creditors”; a participle from נָשַׁא, nashaʾ). Another option is to emend מְעוֹלֵל to עוֹלְלִים (ʿolelim, “children”) and read, “My people’s oppressors are children; women rule over them.” In this case the point is the same as in v. 4; the leadership void left by the judgment will be filled by those incompetent to lead the community—children and women.
- Isaiah 3:12 tn Heb “and the way of your paths they confuse.” The verb בָּלַע (balaʿ, “confuse”; HALOT 135 s.v. I בלע) is a homonym of the more common בָּלַע (“swallow”; see HALOT 134 s.v. בלע).
- Isaiah 3:13 tc The Hebrew text has עַמִּים (ʿammim, “nations”) but the context makes it clear that the Lord is judging his covenant people. As indicated by the LXX the text should read עַמּוֹ (ʿammo, “his people”). The final mem (ם) on the form in the Hebrew is either dittographic or enclitic. When the mem was added or read as a plural ending, the vav (ו) was then misread as a yod (י).
- Isaiah 3:14 tn The words “he says” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
- Isaiah 3:14 tn The pronominal element is masculine plural; the leaders are addressed.
- Isaiah 3:14 tn The verb בָּעַר (baʿar, “graze, ruin”; HALOT 146 s.v. II בער) is a homonym of the more common בָּעַר (baʿar, “burn”; see HALOT 145 s.v. I בער).
- Isaiah 3:14 sn The vineyard is a metaphor for the nation here. See 5:1-7.
- Isaiah 3:14 tn Heb “the plunder of the poor [is] in your houses” (so NASB).
- Isaiah 3:15 sn The rhetorical question expresses the Lord’s outrage at what the leaders have done to the poor. He finds it almost unbelievable that they would have the audacity to treat his people in this manner.
- Isaiah 3:15 tn Heb Traditionally, the “Lord of hosts.” On the title “the Lord of Heaven’s Armies,” see the note at 1:9.sn The use of this title, which also appears in v. 1, forms an inclusio around vv. 1-15. The speech begins and ends with a reference to “the Sovereign Lord of Heaven’s Armies.”
- Isaiah 3:16 tn Heb “daughters” (so KJV, NAB, NRSV).
- Isaiah 3:16 tn Heb “with an outstretched neck.” They proudly hold their heads high so that others can see the jewelry around their necks.
- Isaiah 3:16 tn Heb “walking and skipping, they walk.”
- Isaiah 3:16 tn Heb “and with their feet they jingle.”
- Isaiah 3:17 tn In the Hebrew text vv. 16-17 are one long sentence, “Because the daughters of Zion are proud and walk…, the Lord will afflict….” In v. 17 the Lord refers to himself in the third person.
- Isaiah 3:17 tn The Hebrew term translated “Lord” here and in v. 18 is אֲדֹנָי (ʾadonay).
- Isaiah 3:17 tn Heb “the daughters of Zion.”
- Isaiah 3:17 tn Or “a scab” (KJV, ASV); NIV, NCV, CEV “sores.”
- Isaiah 3:17 tn The precise meaning of this line is unclear because of the presence of the rare word פֹּת (pot). Since the verb in the line means “lay bare, make naked,” some take פֹּת as a reference to the genitals (cf. KJV, ASV, NRSV, CEV). (In 1 Kgs 7:50 a noun פֹּת appears, with the apparent meaning “socket.”) J. N. Oswalt (Isaiah [NICOT], 1:139, n. 2), basing his argument on alleged Akkadian evidence and the parallelism of the verse, takes פֹּת as “forehead.”
- Isaiah 3:18 sn The translation assumes that the direct quotation ends with v. 17. The introductory formula “in that day” and the shift from a poetic to prosaic style indicate that a new speech unit begins in v. 18.
- Isaiah 3:18 tn Or “in that day” (KJV).
- Isaiah 3:18 tn Or “the beauty of [their] ankle jewelry.”
- Isaiah 3:20 tn Heb “houses of breath.” HALOT 124 s.v. בַּיִת defines them as “scent-bottles”; cf. NAB, NRSV “perfume boxes.”
- Isaiah 3:23 tn The precise meaning of many of the words in this list is uncertain.sn The rhetorical purpose for such a lengthy list is to impress on the audience the guilt of these women with their proud, materialistic attitude, whose husbands and fathers have profited at the expense of the poor.
- Isaiah 3:24 tn Heb “and it will be in place of spices there will be a stench.” The nouns for “spices” and “stench” are right next to each other in the MT for emphatic contrast. The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.
- Isaiah 3:25 tn The pronoun is feminine singular, suggesting personified Zion, as representative of its women, is the addressee. The reference to “her gates’ in v. 26 makes this identification almost certain.
- Isaiah 3:25 tn Heb “your strength in battle.” The verb in the first clause provides the verbal idea for the second clause.
- Isaiah 3:26 tn Heb “she will be empty, on the ground she will sit.” Jerusalem is personified as a destitute woman who sits mourning the empty city.
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