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耶路撒冷的混亂狀態

看哪!主萬軍之耶和華,快要從耶路撒冷和猶大,

除掉人所倚靠的和所倚賴的,就是眾人所倚靠的糧,

眾人所倚賴的水;

除掉勇士和戰士、

審判官和先知、

占卜的和長老、

五十夫長和尊貴的人、

謀士和有技藝的工人,

以及精通法術的。

我必使孩童作他們的領袖,

使嬰孩管轄他們。

人民必互相壓迫,

人欺壓人,也欺壓自己的鄰舍;

年輕人要欺凌老年人,

卑賤人必欺凌尊貴人。

人若在父家裡,拉住自己一個兄弟,說:

“你有一件外衣,你就作我們的官長吧!

這敗落的事就歸你的手處理。”

那時,那人必高聲說:

“我不作醫治你們的人(“醫治你們的人”直譯是“包紮創傷的”),

因為我家裡沒有糧食,也沒有外衣,

你們不要立我作人民的官長。”

耶路撒冷敗落,猶大傾倒,

是因為他們的舌頭和行為都敵對耶和華,

惹怒了他那充滿榮光的眼目。

他們面上的表情指證他們的不對;

他們像所多瑪一般宣揚自己的罪惡,

並不隱瞞;

他們有禍了,

因為他們自招禍害。

10 你們要告訴義人,他們必得福樂,

因為他們必享自己行為所結的果子。

11 惡人卻有禍了,他們必遭災難,

因為他們必按自己手所作的得報應。

12 至於我的子民,孩童欺壓他們,

婦女管轄他們;

我的子民啊!那引導你們的,使你們走錯了路,

並且混亂了你們所走的方向。

耶和華的審判

13 耶和華起來辯論,

站著審判人民。

14 耶和華必審問他子民中的長老和領袖,說:

“那吞盡葡萄園的,就是你們;

從貧窮人那裡掠奪的,都在你們家中。”

15 主萬軍之耶和華說:

“你們為甚麼壓迫我的子民,

搓磨貧窮人的臉呢?”

錫安女子的命運

16 耶和華又說:

“因為錫安的女子高傲,

走路挺直頸項,媚眼看人,

俏步徐行,

用腳發出叮噹聲。

17 因此,主必使錫安的女子頭頂長出禿瘡;

耶和華又使她們露出前額。”

18 到那日,主必除掉她們華美的腳釧、髮網、月牙圈、 19 耳墜、手鐲、蒙臉的帕子、 20 頭飾、腳環、華帶、香盒、符囊、 21 戒指、鼻環、 22 美服、外衣、錢袋、 23 鏡子、細麻襯衣、頭巾、蒙身帕子。

24 必有腐臭代替馨香,

繩子代替腰帶,

光禿代替美髮,

麻衣繫腰代替美服,

烙痕代替美貌。

25 你的男丁要倒在刀下,

你的勇士必死在戰場。

26 錫安的城門必悲哀哭號,

錫安被掠奪,成了一片荒涼後,必坐在地上。

Judgment on Jerusalem and Judah

See now, the Lord,
    the Lord Almighty,
is about to take from Jerusalem and Judah
    both supply and support:(A)
all supplies of food(B) and all supplies of water,(C)
    the hero and the warrior,(D)
the judge and the prophet,
    the diviner(E) and the elder,(F)
the captain of fifty(G) and the man of rank,(H)
    the counselor, skilled craftsman(I) and clever enchanter.(J)

“I will make mere youths their officials;
    children will rule over them.”(K)

People will oppress each other—
    man against man, neighbor against neighbor.(L)
The young will rise up against the old,
    the nobody against the honored.

A man will seize one of his brothers
    in his father’s house, and say,
“You have a cloak, you be our leader;
    take charge of this heap of ruins!”
But in that day(M) he will cry out,
    “I have no remedy.(N)
I have no food(O) or clothing in my house;
    do not make me the leader of the people.”(P)

Jerusalem staggers,
    Judah is falling;(Q)
their words(R) and deeds(S) are against the Lord,
    defying(T) his glorious presence.
The look on their faces testifies(U) against them;
    they parade their sin like Sodom;(V)
    they do not hide it.
Woe to them!
    They have brought disaster(W) upon themselves.

10 Tell the righteous it will be well(X) with them,
    for they will enjoy the fruit of their deeds.(Y)
11 Woe to the wicked!(Z)
    Disaster(AA) is upon them!
They will be paid back(AB)
    for what their hands have done.(AC)

12 Youths(AD) oppress my people,
    women rule over them.
My people, your guides lead you astray;(AE)
    they turn you from the path.

13 The Lord takes his place in court;(AF)
    he rises to judge(AG) the people.
14 The Lord enters into judgment(AH)
    against the elders and leaders of his people:
“It is you who have ruined my vineyard;
    the plunder(AI) from the poor(AJ) is in your houses.
15 What do you mean by crushing my people(AK)
    and grinding(AL) the faces of the poor?”(AM)
declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.(AN)

16 The Lord says,
    “The women of Zion(AO) are haughty,
walking along with outstretched necks,(AP)
    flirting with their eyes,
strutting along with swaying hips,
    with ornaments jingling on their ankles.
17 Therefore the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the women of Zion;
    the Lord will make their scalps bald.(AQ)

18 In that day(AR) the Lord will snatch away their finery: the bangles and headbands and crescent necklaces,(AS) 19 the earrings and bracelets(AT) and veils,(AU) 20 the headdresses(AV) and anklets and sashes, the perfume bottles and charms, 21 the signet rings and nose rings,(AW) 22 the fine robes and the capes and cloaks,(AX) the purses 23 and mirrors, and the linen garments(AY) and tiaras(AZ) and shawls.

24 Instead of fragrance(BA) there will be a stench;(BB)
    instead of a sash,(BC) a rope;
instead of well-dressed hair, baldness;(BD)
    instead of fine clothing, sackcloth;(BE)
    instead of beauty,(BF) branding.(BG)
25 Your men will fall by the sword,(BH)
    your warriors in battle.(BI)
26 The gates(BJ) of Zion will lament and mourn;(BK)
    destitute,(BL) she will sit on the ground.(BM)

Judgment on Judah and Jerusalem

For behold, the (A)Lord God of hosts
    is taking away from Jerusalem and from Judah
support and supply,[a]
    all (B)support of bread,
    and all support of water;
(C)the mighty man and the soldier,
    the judge and the prophet,
    the diviner and the elder,
the captain of fifty
    and the man of rank,
the counselor and the skillful magician
    and the expert in charms.
(D)And I will make boys their princes,
    and infants[b] shall rule over them.
(E)And the people will oppress one another,
    every one his fellow
    and every one his neighbor;
the youth will be insolent to the elder,
    and the despised to the honorable.

For (F)a man will take hold of his brother
    in the house of his father, saying:
“You have a cloak;
    you shall be our leader,
and this heap of ruins
    shall be under your rule”;
in that day he will speak out, saying:
“I will not be a (G)healer;[c]
    in my house there is neither bread nor cloak;
you shall not make me
    leader of the people.”
For Jerusalem has stumbled,
    and Judah has fallen,
because their (H)speech and their deeds are against the Lord,
    (I)defying his glorious presence.[d]

For the look on their faces bears witness against them;
    they proclaim their sin (J)like Sodom;
    they do not hide it.
Woe to them!
    (K)For they have brought evil on themselves.
10 (L)Tell the righteous that it shall be well with them,
    (M)for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
11 (N)Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him,
    for what his hands have dealt out shall be done to him.
12 My people—(O)infants are their oppressors,
    and women rule over them.
O my people, (P)your guides mislead you
    and they have swallowed up[e] the course of your paths.

13 The Lord (Q)has taken his place to contend;
    he stands to judge peoples.
14 The Lord will enter into judgment
    with the (R)elders and princes of his people:
“It is you who (S)have devoured[f] the vineyard,
    (T)the spoil of the poor is in your houses.
15 What do you mean by (U)crushing my people,
    by grinding the face of the poor?”
declares the Lord God of hosts.

16 The Lord said:
(V)Because (W)the daughters of Zion are haughty
    and walk with outstretched necks,
    glancing wantonly with their eyes,
mincing along as they go,
    (X)tinkling with their feet,
17 therefore the Lord (Y)will strike with a scab
    the heads of (Z)the daughters of Zion,
    and the Lord will lay bare their secret parts.

18 In that day the Lord will take away (AA)the finery of the anklets, the (AB)headbands, and the (AC)crescents; 19 the pendants, the bracelets, and the scarves; 20 the (AD)headdresses, the armlets, the sashes, the perfume boxes, and the amulets; 21 the signet rings and (AE)nose rings; 22 the (AF)festal robes, the mantles, the cloaks, and the handbags; 23 the mirrors, the linen garments, the turbans, and the veils.

24 Instead of (AG)perfume there will be rottenness;
    and instead of a (AH)belt, a rope;
and instead of (AI)well-set hair, (AJ)baldness;
    and instead of a rich robe, a (AK)skirt of sackcloth;
    and (AL)branding instead of beauty.
25 Your men shall fall by the sword
    and your mighty men in battle.
26 And (AM)her gates shall lament and mourn;
    empty, she shall (AN)sit on the ground.

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 3:1 Hebrew staff
  2. Isaiah 3:4 Or caprice
  3. Isaiah 3:7 Hebrew binder of wounds
  4. Isaiah 3:8 Hebrew the eyes of his glory
  5. Isaiah 3:12 Or they have confused
  6. Isaiah 3:14 Or grazed over; compare Exodus 22:5