关于摩押的预言

48 论到摩押,以色列的上帝——万军之耶和华说:

“尼波大祸临头了!
它必被毁灭;
基列亭必蒙羞沦陷,
堡垒必蒙羞被毁。
摩押不再受称赞,
敌人在希实本图谋害她,说,
‘来吧!我们铲除这个国家。’
玛得缅啊,你也将被敌人追杀,
变得死寂无声。

“从何罗念传来呼喊声,
‘荒凉了!毁灭了!’
摩押灭亡了,
她的孩童放声哀哭。
摩押人痛哭着走上鲁希坡,
他们在何罗念的山坡下听见悲惨的哀号。
逃命吧!藏到旷野去吧!
摩押啊,你要被攻占,
因为你倚仗自己的成就和财富。
你的神明基抹及供奉它的祭司和官长都要被掳去。
所有的城邑必被毁灭,
无一幸免;
山谷遭践踏,
平原被蹂躏。
这是耶和华说的。

“给摩押翅膀让她飞走吧[a]
因为她的城邑将沦为废墟,
杳无人迹。
10 不殷勤地为耶和华做工,
不挥刀斩杀摩押人的必受咒诅。

11 “摩押自幼常享安逸,
从未被掳到别处,
好像沉淀的酒没有被从这缸倒到那缸,
味道依旧,香气未变。

12 “不过,看啊,时候将到,我要派倒酒的人去把她倒出来,倒空酒缸,把缸打碎。这是耶和华说的。 13 摩押人必因他们的神明基抹而羞愧,就像以色列人因信靠伯特利的神像而羞愧一样。

14 “摩押人啊,
你们怎能自称为骁勇善战的英雄呢?
15 摩押要灭亡了,
她的城邑要被摧毁,
她最勇敢的青年将被杀戮。
这是名叫万军之耶和华的君王说的。
16 摩押快要被毁灭了,
灾难就要来临。
17 她的近邻和知道她名望的人啊,
你们都要为她哀悼,
‘那强大、辉煌的权势竟然崩溃了!’

18 “底本的居民啊,
你们要从荣耀的位子上下来,
坐在干旱的地上,
因为毁灭摩押的要来攻击你们,
摧毁你们的堡垒。
19 亚罗珥的居民啊!
你们要站在路旁观望,
询问逃难的男女究竟发生了什么事。
20 你们会得知摩押沦陷了,
她羞愧难当。
你们哀伤痛哭吧!
你们要在亚嫩河边宣告,
‘摩押灭亡了!’

21 “审判降临在平原上的何伦、雅杂、米法押、 22 底本、尼波、伯·低比拉太音、 23 基列亭、伯·迦末、伯·米恩、 24 加略、波斯拉等摩押各地的城邑。 25 摩押的权势被粉碎了,她的力量被摧毁了。这是耶和华说的。

26 “你们要灌醉她,因为她藐视耶和华。她必在自己的呕吐物中打滚,被人耻笑。 27 摩押啊,你不是曾经嘲笑以色列吗?以色列难道是强盗吗?你每次谈到她总是不屑地摇头。

28 “摩押人啊,
你们要离开城邑,住到岩洞里,
像鸽子在岩缝里筑巢一样。
29 我们听说摩押人傲气冲天,
他们狂妄自大、心中高傲。
30 我知道狂傲的摩押不过是外强中干,
她的夸耀不过是虚张声势。
这是耶和华说的。
31 因此,我要为她哀号,
为摩押人痛哭,
为吉珥·哈列设人悲伤。
32 西比玛的葡萄树啊,
我为你们比为雅谢人哭得更悲痛!
你们的枝条虽然延伸到大海,
一直到雅谢,
但毁灭者已在蹂躏你们夏日的果子了!
33 摩押的沃土上再没有欢喜快乐的声音。
我使榨酒池不出酒,
再没有踩踏葡萄的欢呼声,
欢呼被呐喊取代。

34 “哀哭声从希实本传到以利亚利和雅杂,又从琐珥传到何罗念和伊基拉·施利施亚,因为连宁林的水也干涸了。” 35 耶和华说:“我要灭绝摩押那些在丘坛献祭和向假神烧香的人。 36 我的心为摩押悲鸣,好像凄凉的箫声;我的心为吉珥·哈列设人悲鸣,他们的一切财富都消失了。 37 他们都悲哀地剃去发须,割伤双手,腰束麻布。 38 在摩押境内的屋顶和街头巷尾,哀声处处可闻,因为我已把摩押打得粉碎,好像打碎没人要的器皿。这是耶和华说的。 39 摩押破碎不堪!她嚎啕痛哭,羞愧难当,令四围的人嗤笑、惊惧。”

40 耶和华说:

“看啊,敌人必像展翅疾飞的大鹰一样来攻击摩押。
41 他们要攻取城池,占领堡垒。
那时,摩押的勇士像临盆的妇人一样心惊胆战。
42 摩押必被摧毁,彻底灭亡,
因为她藐视耶和华。
43 摩押人啊!
你们要充满恐惧,
陷入深坑和网罗。
这是耶和华说的。
44 逃过惊恐的必落入深坑,
爬出深坑的必陷入网罗,
因为我惩罚摩押的时候到了。
这是耶和华说的。

45 “逃难的人来到希实本,
无助地站着,
因为希实本烈焰熊熊,
西宏的城火光冲天,
烧毁了摩押和其中的叛逆之人。
46 拜基抹神明的摩押人啊,
你们有祸了!
你们灭亡了!
你们的儿女都被掳去了。
47 但将来,我要使你们重整家园。
这是耶和华说的。”
对摩押的审判到此为止。

Footnotes

  1. 48:9 给摩押翅膀让她飞走吧,”或译作“给摩押竖起墓碑吧,因为她将被毁灭”或“在摩押撒盐吧,因为她将被毁灭”。

A Prophecy against Moab

48 This is what Yahweh Tsebaoth, the Elohim of Israel, says about Moab:

How horrible it will be for Nebo; it will be destroyed.
    Kiriathaim will be put to shame; it will be captured.
    Its stronghold will be put to shame and torn down.
People will no longer praise Moab.
    The people in Heshbon will plan Moab’s destruction.
        “Let’s destroy that nation!”
    You will be silenced, city of Madmen.
        Death will come after you.
People will cry out from Horonaim, “Looting and great destruction!”
Moab will be broken.
    Its little ones will cry out.
People go up the pass of Luhith, crying bitterly as they go.
    On the road down to Horonaim they have heard
        the distressful cry of destruction.
            “Run away! Run for your lives!
                Run like a wild donkey in the desert.”
Since you trust the things you do and your treasures,
    you will be captured.
    Chemosh will go into captivity with all its priests and officials.
The destroyer will come to every city, and no city will escape.
    The valley will be destroyed, and the plain will be laid waste
    as Yahweh has threatened.
Put salt on Moab.
    It will be destroyed.
    Its cities will become deserted ruins.
10 Cursed are those who neglect doing Yahweh’s work.
    Cursed are those who keep their swords from killing.

11 “Moab has lived securely ever since it was young.
    Its people are like wine left to settle in a jar.
        They aren’t poured from one jar to another.
        They haven’t gone into captivity.
            That is why its flavor has remained the same,
                and its aroma hasn’t changed.
12 That is why the days are coming,” declares Yahweh,
    “when I will send people to pour Moab out of its jars
        and to smash its pitchers.
13 Then Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh
    as the nation of Israel was ashamed when it trusted Bethel.

14 “How can you say, ‘We are soldiers and warriors’?
15 The enemy will attack Moab and destroy its cities.
    Its finest young men will be slaughtered,”
        declares the Melek, whose name is Yahweh Tsebaoth.
16 “Moab’s destruction is coming near; disaster is coming quickly.
17 Mourn over it, all of its neighbors and everyone who knows its fame.
    Say, ‘Look at the strong staff, the beautiful rod, that is broken!’

18 “People of Dibon, come down from your place of honor
    and sit on the dry ground.
    The destroyers of Moab will attack you.
    They will destroy your fortresses.
19 Stand by the road in Aroer, and watch.
    Ask those who are fleeing
        and those who are escaping what is happening.
20 They will answer, ‘Moab is disgraced; it is defeated.
    Shout loudly, and cry.
        Tell the news in Arnon that Moab is destroyed.’

21 “Judgment has come to all the cities on the plain: to Holon, Jahzah, Mephaath, 22 Dibon, Nebo, Beth Diblathaim, 23 Kiriathaim, Beth Gamul, Beth Meon, 24 Kerioth, Bozrah, and on all the cities of Moab, far and near.

25 “Moab’s horn is cut off, and its arm is broken,”
    declares Yahweh.
26 “Get the people of Moab drunk; they have spoken against Yahweh.
    They will wallow in their own vomit, and people will laugh at them.
27 People of Moab, didn’t you laugh at the people of Israel?
    Were they caught among thieves?
        Whenever you talk about them you shake your heads in contempt.
28 People of Moab, abandon your cities.
    Live among the cliffs.
        Be like doves that make their nests at the entrance of a cave.

29 “We have heard about the arrogance of Moab’s people.
    They are very arrogant.
    They are very arrogant, conceited, and boastful.
30 I know how arrogant they are,” declares Yahweh,
    “but it isn’t right.
    They brag and don’t do what they say.
31 That is why I will weep for Moab and cry for all of Moab.
    I will moan for the people of Kir Hareseth.
32 I will cry for you as Jazer cries.
    I will cry for you, grapevines of Sibmah.
    Your branches once spread as far as the sea,
        and they reached as far as the sea of Jazer.
    The destroyer will destroy your ripened fruits and your grapes.
33 Joy and gladness have disappeared from the orchards and fields of Moab.
    I will stop the wine flowing from the winepresses.
        No one will stomp on grapes with shouts of joy.
            There will be shouts, but not shouts of joy.

34 “The cry will be heard from Heshbon to Elealeh and Jahaz. It will be heard from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath Shelishiyah. Even the streams of Nimrim will dry up. 35 I will stop those in Moab who come to worship sites, those who bring offerings to their gods,” declares Yahweh. 36 “That is why I moan for Moab like a flute. I sound like a flute for the people of Kir Hareseth. The wealth they gained has disappeared.

37 “Every head is shaved, and every beard is cut off. There are gashes on every hand and sackcloth on every waist. 38 People in Moab will mourn on every rooftop and in every street. There will be mourning everywhere, because I will break Moab like a jar that no one wants,” declares Yahweh. 39 “They will cry, ‘Look how Moab is defeated! Moab turns away in shame!’ Moab has become something ridiculed and something held in contempt by everyone around it.

40 “This is what Yahweh says:

The enemy will swoop down like eagles and spread their wings over Moab.
41 The cities will be taken, and the fortified places will be captured.
    On that day Moab’s soldiers will be like women in childbirth.
42 Moab will be destroyed as a nation,
    because it spoke against Yahweh.
43 Disasters, pits, and traps are in store for those who live in Moab,”
    declares Yahweh.
44 “Whoever flees from a disaster will fall into a pit.
    Whoever climbs out of the pit will be caught in a trap.
    I will bring a year of punishment to Moab,” declares Yahweh.
45 “Those who flee will stand exhausted in the shadow of Heshbon.
    A fire will come out of Heshbon and a flame from Sihon.
        It will burn the foreheads of the people of Moab
            and the skulls of those noisy people.
46 How horrible it will be for you, Moab.
    You people of Chemosh will die.
        Your sons will be taken away into exile,
            and your daughters will be taken away into captivity.
47 But I will restore Moab in the last days,” declares Yahweh.

The judgment against Moab ends here.