關於大馬士革的預言

17 以下是關於大馬士革的預言:

「看啊,大馬士革城必不復存在,淪為廢墟。
亞羅珥的眾城邑必被廢棄,
羊群將在那裡棲息,
沒有人驚擾牠們。
以法蓮[a]的堡壘必被摧毀,
大馬士革的王權必喪失。
倖存的亞蘭人必像以色列人一樣失去榮耀。」
這是萬軍之耶和華說的。

「到那日,雅各的榮耀必消失,
他肥胖的身軀必漸漸消瘦。
國家好像一塊已收割的田地,
又像撿淨麥穗的利乏音谷。
倖存者寥寥無幾,就像打過的橄欖樹上剩下的果子,
或兩三個掛在樹梢,
或四五個殘存在枝頭。」
這是以色列的上帝耶和華說的。

到那日,人們必仰望他們的創造主,向以色列的聖者求助。 那時他們不再仰望自己製造的祭壇,也不再供奉自己指頭所造的亞舍拉神像和香壇。 到那日,他們因以色列人到來而遺棄的堅城必變為山林和高崗,一片荒涼。

10 以色列人啊,
你們忘記了拯救你們的上帝,
不記得那保護你們的磐石。
所以,你們雖然栽種佳美的秧子,
插上遠方運來的樹苗,
11 使它們在栽種的當天早上就生長開花,
也必一無所獲。
你們得到的只是艱難和無盡的痛苦。
12 看啊,列國喧囂,如怒海洶湧;
萬民騷動,如洪水滔滔。
13 雖然萬民喧囂如洶湧的洪水,
但上帝一聲斥責,他們便逃往遠方,
像山頂上被風捲走的糠秕,
又如狂風颳走的塵埃。

14 他們晚上令人恐懼,早晨已無影無蹤。這就是擄掠我們之人的下場,搶奪我們之人的報應。

Footnotes

  1. 17·3 舊約中常用以法蓮代表以色列國。

Contro Damasco e Israele

17 Oracolo su Damasco.

Ecco, Damasco sarà eliminata dal numero delle città,
diverrà un cumulo di rovine.
Le sue borgate saranno abbandonate per sempre;
saranno pascolo dei greggi
che vi riposeranno senza esserne scacciati.
A Efraim sarà tolta la cittadella,
a Damasco la sovranità.
Al resto degli Aramei toccherà la stessa sorte
della gloria degli Israeliti,
oracolo del Signore degli eserciti.
In quel giorno verrà ridotta la gloria di Giacobbe
e la pinguedine delle sue membra dimagrirà.
Avverrà come quando il mietitore
prende una manciata di steli,
e con l'altro braccio falcia le spighe,
come quando si raccolgono le spighe
nella valle dei Rèfaim,
Vi resteranno solo racimoli,
come alla bacchiatura degli ulivi:
due o tre bacche sulla cima dell'albero,
quattro o cinque sui rami da frutto.
Oracolo del Signore, Dio di Israele.
In quel giorno si volgerà l'uomo al suo creatore
e i suoi occhi guarderanno al Santo di Israele.
Non si volgerà agli altari, lavoro delle sue mani;
non guarderà ciò che fecero le sue dita,
i pali sacri e gli altari per l'incenso.
In quel giorno avverrà alle tue fortezze
come alle città abbandonate
che l'Eveo e l'Amorreo evacuarono
di fronte agli Israeliti
e sarà una desolazione.
10 Perché hai dimenticato Dio tuo salvatore
e non ti sei ricordato della Roccia, tua fortezza.
Tu pianti perciò piante amene
e innesti tralci stranieri;
11 di giorno le pianti, le vedi crescere
e al mattino vedi fiorire i tuoi semi,
ma svanirà il raccolto in un giorno di malattia
e di dolore insanabile.
12 Ah, il rumore di popoli immensi,
rumore come il mugghio dei mari,
fragore di nazioni
come lo scroscio di acque che scorrono veementi.
13 Le nazioni fanno fragore
come il fragore di molte acque,
ma il Signore le minaccia, esse fuggono lontano;
come pula sono disperse sui monti dal vento
e come mulinello di polvere dinanzi al turbine.
14 Alla sera, ecco era tutto uno spavento,
prima del mattino non è gia più.
Questo è il destino dei nostri predatori
e la sorte dei nostri saccheggiatori.

关于大马士革的预言

17 以下是关于大马士革的预言:

“看啊,大马士革城必不复存在,沦为废墟。
亚罗珥的众城邑必被废弃,
羊群将在那里栖息,
没有人惊扰它们。
以法莲[a]的堡垒必被摧毁,
大马士革的王权必丧失。
幸存的亚兰人必像以色列人一样失去荣耀。”
这是万军之耶和华说的。

“到那日,雅各的荣耀必消失,
他肥胖的身躯必渐渐消瘦。
国家好像一块已收割的田地,
又像捡净麦穗的利乏音谷。
幸存者寥寥无几,就像打过的橄榄树上剩下的果子,
或两三个挂在树梢,
或四五个残存在枝头。”
这是以色列的上帝耶和华说的。

到那日,人们必仰望他们的创造主,向以色列的圣者求助。 那时他们不再仰望自己制造的祭坛,也不再供奉自己指头所造的亚舍拉神像和香坛。 到那日,他们因以色列人到来而遗弃的坚城必变为山林和高岗,一片荒凉。

10 以色列人啊,
你们忘记了拯救你们的上帝,
不记得那保护你们的磐石。
所以,你们虽然栽种佳美的秧子,
插上远方运来的树苗,
11 使它们在栽种的当天早上就生长开花,
也必一无所获。
你们得到的只是艰难和无尽的痛苦。
12 看啊,列国喧嚣,如怒海汹涌;
万民骚动,如洪水滔滔。
13 虽然万民喧嚣如汹涌的洪水,
但上帝一声斥责,他们便逃往远方,
像山顶上被风卷走的糠秕,
又如狂风刮走的尘埃。

14 他们晚上令人恐惧,早晨已无影无踪。这就是掳掠我们之人的下场,抢夺我们之人的报应。

Footnotes

  1. 17:3 旧约中常用以法莲代表以色列国。

A Prophecy Against Damascus

17 A prophecy(A) against Damascus:(B)

“See, Damascus will no longer be a city
    but will become a heap of ruins.(C)
The cities of Aroer(D) will be deserted
    and left to flocks,(E) which will lie down,(F)
    with no one to make them afraid.(G)
The fortified(H) city will disappear from Ephraim,
    and royal power from Damascus;
the remnant of Aram will be
    like the glory(I) of the Israelites,”(J)
declares the Lord Almighty.

“In that day(K) the glory(L) of Jacob will fade;
    the fat of his body will waste(M) away.
It will be as when reapers harvest the standing grain,
    gathering(N) the grain in their arms—
as when someone gleans heads of grain(O)
    in the Valley of Rephaim.(P)
Yet some gleanings will remain,(Q)
    as when an olive tree is beaten,(R)
leaving two or three olives on the topmost branches,
    four or five on the fruitful boughs,”
declares the Lord, the God of Israel.

In that day(S) people will look(T) to their Maker(U)
    and turn their eyes to the Holy One(V) of Israel.
They will not look to the altars,(W)
    the work of their hands,(X)
and they will have no regard for the Asherah poles[a](Y)
    and the incense altars their fingers(Z) have made.

In that day their strong cities, which they left because of the Israelites, will be like places abandoned to thickets and undergrowth.(AA) And all will be desolation.

10 You have forgotten(AB) God your Savior;(AC)
    you have not remembered the Rock,(AD) your fortress.(AE)
Therefore, though you set out the finest plants
    and plant imported vines,(AF)
11 though on the day you set them out, you make them grow,
    and on the morning(AG) when you plant them, you bring them to bud,
yet the harvest(AH) will be as nothing(AI)
    in the day of disease and incurable(AJ) pain.(AK)

12 Woe to the many nations that rage(AL)
    they rage like the raging sea!(AM)
Woe to the peoples who roar(AN)
    they roar like the roaring of great waters!(AO)
13 Although the peoples roar(AP) like the roar of surging waters,
    when he rebukes(AQ) them they flee(AR) far away,
driven before the wind like chaff(AS) on the hills,
    like tumbleweed before a gale.(AT)
14 In the evening, sudden(AU) terror!(AV)
    Before the morning, they are gone!(AW)
This is the portion of those who loot us,
    the lot of those who plunder us.

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 17:8 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah

17 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the Lord of hosts.

And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean.

And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim.

Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the Lord God of Israel.

At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.

And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall respect that which his fingers have made, either the groves, or the images.

In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of Israel: and there shall be desolation.

10 Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips:

11 In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.

12 Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!

13 The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.

14 And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.