以赛亚书 16
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
16 摩押人从西拉穿过旷野,来到锡安城的山,
把羊羔献给那里的掌权者。
2 在亚嫩河渡口,
摩押人[a]如同被赶离巢穴的飞鸟。
3 他们对犹大人说:“给我们出个主意,伸张正义吧!
请让你们的影子在正午如黑夜,
遮盖逃难的人,
不要出卖逃亡者。
4 让我们这些逃难的摩押人留在你们那里,
好躲避毁灭者。”
欺压和毁灭之事终必停止,
入侵者终必从地上消失。
5 那时,必有一个宝座在爱中坚立,
大卫家的人必坐在上面以信实治国,
秉公审判,速行公义。
6 我们听说摩押人心骄气傲、狂妄自大,
然而他们所夸耀的都是虚假的。
7 他们必为摩押哀哭,
人人都必哀哭,
为不再有吉珥·哈列设的美味葡萄饼而哀叹、悲伤。
8 因为希实本的农田荒废,
西比玛的葡萄树枯萎。
各国的君王都来践踏这些上好的葡萄树。
它们的枝子曾经伸展到雅谢和旷野,
嫩枝一直蔓延到死海。
9 因此,我像雅谢人一样为西比玛的葡萄树哀哭。
希实本和以利亚利啊,
我用眼泪来浇灌你们,
因为再无人为你们的果品和庄稼而欢呼了。
10 肥美的田园里听不到快乐的声音,
葡萄园里也无人歌唱欢呼,
榨酒池里无人榨酒。
我已经使欢呼声止息。
11 我的内心为摩押,
为吉珥·哈列设哀鸣,
好像凄凉的琴声。
12 摩押人上丘坛祭拜,
却落得筋疲力尽;
在庙宇里祷告,
却毫无用处。
13 以上是耶和华所说有关摩押的预言。 14 现在,耶和华说:“正如一个雇工的工作年限是三年,摩押的荣耀也必在三年之内消失,那里的人民必遭藐视,残存的人必寥寥无几、软弱无力。”
Footnotes
- 16:2 “摩押人”希伯来文是“摩押的女子”。
Isaiah 16
Amplified Bible
Prophecy of Moab’s Devastation
16 Send lambs to the ruler of the land [[a]you Moabites],
From Sela [that is, Petra in Edom] through the wilderness to the mountain of the Daughter of Zion (Jerusalem).(A)
2
For like wandering birds or scattered nestlings,
The daughters of Moab will be at the fords of the [river] Arnon.
3
[Say to the ruler] “Give us advice, make a decision [for Moab, king of Judah];
Cast your shadow [over us] like night in the midst of noon;
Hide the outcasts, do not betray the fugitive [to his pursuer].
4
“Let our outcasts of Moab live among you;
Be a [sheltered] hiding place to them from the destroyer.”
For the extortioner has come to an end, destruction has ceased,
Oppressors [who trample men] have completely disappeared from the land,
5
A throne will be established in lovingkindness,
And One will sit on it in faithfulness in the tent (dynasty, family) of David;
Judging and seeking justice
And being prompt to do righteousness.(B)
6
We have heard of the pride of Moab, an excessive pride—
Even of his arrogance, his conceit, his rage,
His untruthful boasting.
7
Therefore Moab will wail for Moab; everyone will wail.
You will mourn for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth,
As those who are utterly stricken and discouraged.
8
For the fields of Heshbon have languished and withered, and the vines of Sibmah as well;
The lords of the nations have trampled down [Moab’s] choice vine branches,
Which reached as far as Jazer and wandered into the wilderness;
Its tendrils stretched out, they passed over [the shores of] the [Dead] Sea.
9
Therefore I (Isaiah) will weep bitterly for Jazer, for the vines of Sibmah.
I will drench you with my tears, O Heshbon and Elealeh;
For the war-cry [of the enemy] has fallen on your summer fruits and your harvest.
10
Gladness and joy are taken away from the fruitful field;
In the vineyards there will be no singing or joyful sound;
No treader treads out wine in the presses,
For I (God) put an end to the joyful shouting.
11
Therefore my heart sounds like a harp [in mournful compassion] for Moab,
And my inner being mourns for Kir-hareseth.
12
So it will come to pass when Moab presents himself,
When he wearies himself [worshiping] on his high place [of idolatry]
And comes to his sanctuary [of Chemosh, god of Moab] to pray,
That he will not prevail.(C)
13 This is the word which the Lord spoke earlier concerning Moab [when Moab’s pride and resistance to God were first known]. 14 But now the Lord speaks, saying, “Within [b]three years, as the years of a hired man [who will not serve longer than the agreed time], the glory of Moab will be degraded along with all [c]the great population, and the remnant [that survives] will be very small and of no account.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 16:1 As King Mesha sent 100,000 lambs each year to King Ahab of Israel (2 Kin 3:4), so now the Moabites are advised to win the king’s favor and protection by diverting their tribute to the king in Jerusalem as an acknowledgment of subjection.
- Isaiah 16:14 This prophecy was fulfilled after the death of King Ahaz of Judah (Is 14:28), about the third year of King Hezekiah’s reign. Moab was not left completely without population at this time; there was still a “remnant.” The final desolation of Moab was reserved for King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon in 582 b.c., some five years after the taking of Jerusalem. The ruins of Elealeh, Heshbon, Medeba, Dimon, etc., still exist to confirm through modern research the accuracy of the fulfillment of this prophecy.
- Isaiah 16:14 Lit all the great number.
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