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
International Standard Version
Israel Mocks Babylon’s King
14 However, the Lord will have compassion on Jacob and will once again choose Israel. He will settle them in their own land, and foreigners will join them, affiliating themselves with the house of Jacob. 2 Many[a] nations will take them and bring them to their land and[b] their own place. The house of Israel will put those nations[c] to conscripted labor[d] in the Lord’s land. They will take captive those who were their captors, and will rule continually[e] over those who oppressed them.
3 At the time,[f] when the Lord gives you rest from your suffering, turmoil, and the cruel bondage which they forced you to serve,[g] 4 you will lift up this song of mockery against[h] the king of Babylon:
“How the oppressor has come to an end!
How the attacker[i] has ceased!
5 The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked,
the scepter of rulers,
6 that struck down peoples in anger
with unceasing blows,
that oppressed nations in fury
with relentless persecution.
7 The entire earth is at rest and peace;
its inhabitants[j] break into song.
8 Even the cypresses rejoice over you,
as do[k] the cedars of Lebanon, saying,
‘Now that you’ve been laid low,
no woodcutter comes up against us.’[l]
9 “The afterlife[m] below is all astir
to meet you when you arrive;[n]
it rouses up the spirits of the dead to greet you—
everyone who used to be world leaders.
It has raised up from their thrones
all who used to be kings of the nations.
10 In answer, all of them[o] will tell you,
‘You’ve also become as weak as we are!
You have become just like us!’
11 Your[p] pomp has been brought down to Sheol,[q]
along with the noise of your harps.
Maggots are spread out beneath you,
and worms are your covering.”[r]
The Fall of the Day Star
12 “How you have fallen from heaven,
Day Star,[s] son of the Dawn![t]
How you have been thrown down to earth,
you who laid low the nation![u]
13 You said in your heart,
‘I’ll ascend to heaven,
above the stars of God.
I’ll erect my throne;
I’ll sit[v] on the Mount of Assembly
in the far reaches of the north;[w]
14 I’ll ascend above the tops of the clouds;
I’ll make myself like the Most High.’
15 But you are brought down to join the dead,[x]
to the far reaches of the Pit.[y]
16 “Those who see you will stare at you.
They will wonder about you:
‘Is this the man who[z] made the earth tremble,
who made kingdoms quake,
17 who made the world like a desert,
who[aa] destroyed its cities,
who would not open the jails for his prisoners?’
18 All the kings of the nations lie[ab] in state,
each in his own tomb.
19 But you are cast away from your grave,
like a repulsive branch,
your clothing is the slain,
those pierced by the sword;
those who go down to the Pit.[ac]
Like a dead body trampled underfoot,
20 you will not be united[ad] with them[ae] in burial,
for you have destroyed your land,
you have slain your people.
People will never mention
the descendants of those who practice evil again![af]
21 Prepare a massacre for his sons
because of the guilt of their forefathers!
They are not to rise and inherit the earth,
and cover[ag] the surface of the world with cities.”
Babylon’s Desolation
22 “I will rise up against them,” declares the Lord of the Heavenly Armies, “and I will eliminate from Babylon her name and survivors, her offspring and descendants,”[ah] declares the Lord. 23 “And[ai] I’m going to make it a possession of the hedgehog—pools[aj] of water—and I’ll sweep[ak] with the broom of destruction,” declares the Lord of the Heavenly Armies.
24 The Lord of the Heavenly Armies has sworn:
“Surely as I have planned,
that’s what she[al] will become;[am]
and just as I have determined,
so will it remain—
25 to crush the Assyrian in my land,
and on my mountains I will trample him down.
His yoke[an] will turn away from you,[ao]
and his burden from your[ap] shoulders.”
26 “This is what I’ve planned
for the whole earth,
and this is the hand that is stretched out
over all the nations.
27 For the Lord of the Heavenly Armies has planned,
and who can thwart him?
His hand is stretched out,
and who can turn it back?”
A Pronouncement against Philistia
28 In the year that King Ahaz died this message[aq] came:
29 “Don’t rejoice, all of you Philistines,
that the rod that struck you is broken,
because from the snake’s root a viper will spring up,
and its offspring[ar] will be a darting, poisonous serpent.
30 The firstborn of the poor will find pasture,
and the needy will lie down in safety;
but I’ll kill your root[as] by famine,
and I’ll[at] execute your survivors.
31 Wail, you gate!
Cry out, you city!
Melt away,[au] all you Philistines!
For smoke comes from the north,
and there’s no one to take measure[av] in its festivals.[aw]
32 How will they[ax] answer the messengers of the nation?
“The Lord has founded Zion,
and in it[ay] the afflicted among his people will find refuge.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 14:2 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack Many
- Isaiah 14:2 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read and to
- Isaiah 14:2 Lit. put them
- Isaiah 14:2 Lit. to male and female slavery
- Isaiah 14:2 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsac LXX MT read rule
- Isaiah 14:3 Lit. day
- Isaiah 14:3 So 1QIsaa 4QIsae; MT LXX read which you were forced to serve
- Isaiah 14:4 So 1QIsaa MT LXX; 4QIsae reads to
- Isaiah 14:4 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads. the golden city
- Isaiah 14:7 Lit. they
- Isaiah 14:8 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack as do
- Isaiah 14:8 So 1QIsaa MT LXX; 4QIsae reads against them
- Isaiah 14:9 Lit. Sheol, i.e. the realm of the dead
- Isaiah 14:9 Lit. at your coming
- Isaiah 14:10 So 1QIsaa MT LXX; 4QIsae lacks of them
- Isaiah 14:11 1QIsaa reads The; MT LXX lack Your
- Isaiah 14:11 I.e. the realm of the dead
- Isaiah 14:11 So LXX; MT reads and a worm covers you
- Isaiah 14:12 So MT; Vg reads Lucifer
- Isaiah 14:12 I.e. Lucifer
- Isaiah 14:12 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsae MT read the nations; LXX reads all the nations
- Isaiah 14:13 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads and I will sit
- Isaiah 14:13 Lit. Zaphon; or the Sacred Mountain
- Isaiah 14:15 Lit. to Sheol, i.e. the realm of the dead
- Isaiah 14:15 I.e. the realm of punishment in the afterlife
- Isaiah 14:16 So 1QIsaa LXX; the Heb. lacks who
- Isaiah 14:17 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read and who
- Isaiah 14:18 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads nations, every one of them lies
- Isaiah 14:19 So 1QIsaa; i.e. to the realm of punishment in the afterlife; LXX reads to Hades; 1QIsaa corrector MT read to the stones of the Pit
- Isaiah 14:20 So 1QIsaa; Lit. under; MT reads joined
- Isaiah 14:20 I.e. with the dead
- Isaiah 14:20 So 1QIsaa; MT reads May the descendants of those who practice of evil never be mentioned again!; LXX reads May you not remain forever, you evil seed!
- Isaiah 14:21 Lit. fill
- Isaiah 14:22 So 1QIsaa; MT reads and her offspring and descendants; LXX lacks and descendants
- Isaiah 14:23 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack And
- Isaiah 14:23 So 1QIsaa; MT reads and pools
- Isaiah 14:23 So 1QIsaa; MT reads sweep it
- Isaiah 14:24 I.e. Babylon
- Isaiah 14:24 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads so has she been
- Isaiah 14:25 I.e. Assyria’s oppressive domination
- Isaiah 14:25 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read from them
- Isaiah 14:25 So 1QIsaa; MT reads their
- Isaiah 14:28 Lit. oracle
- Isaiah 14:29 Lit. fruit
- Isaiah 14:30 I.e. the source of their strengths
- Isaiah 14:30 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read he
- Isaiah 14:31 Or melt in fear
- Isaiah 14:31 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsao MT read no straggler
- Isaiah 14:31 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsao reads ranks
- Isaiah 14:32 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads one
- Isaiah 14:32 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads her
Isaiah 14
King James Version
14 For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.
2 And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the Lord for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.
3 And it shall come to pass in the day that the Lord shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve,
4 That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
5 The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.
6 He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.
7 The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.
8 Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.
9 Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
10 All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?
11 Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
17 That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
18 All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.
19 But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.
20 Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.
21 Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.
22 For I will rise up against them, saith the Lord of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the Lord.
23 I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of hosts.
24 The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:
25 That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.
26 This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.
27 For the Lord of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
28 In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.
29 Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.
30 And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant.
31 Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times.
32 What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the Lord hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.
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