以赛亚书 17
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
关于大马士革的预言
17 关于大马士革的默示:
“看哪!大马士革快要被废弃,
不再是一个城市,
它必变作废墟。
2 亚罗珥的城市必被撇弃,
成为牧放羊群之处,羊群必在那里躺卧,
没有人惊扰牠们。
3 以法莲的堡垒必失去,
大马士革的国权也必消逝;
亚兰的余民
必像以色列人的荣耀一般消灭。”
这是万军之耶和华说的。
4 “到那日,雅各的荣耀必衰落,
他肥胖的身体必消瘦。
5 就像收割的人收聚庄稼,
用手割取穗子;
又像人在利乏音谷,
拾取遗落的穗子。
6 虽然其中有少许遗下的穗子,却好象橄榄树被打过一样。
在树顶上,只剩下两三个果子;
在那本是多结果子的果树枝上,
只留下四五个果子。”
这是耶和华以色列的 神说的。
7 到那日,人必仰望他们的创造主,
他们必亲眼看见以色列的圣者。
8 他们必不仰望自己双手所做的祭坛,
也不再看着自己指头所做的,
无论是亚舍拉,或是香坛。
9 到那日,他们那些因以色列人而撇弃的坚固城,
必像树林中和山顶上被撇弃的地方,
这样,地就荒凉了。
忘记 神的结果
10 因为你忘记了那拯救你的 神,
又不记念那作你避难所的盘石,
所以你虽然栽下佳美的树秧子,
种下异种的幼苗,
11 又在你栽种的日子里,细心地在周围圈上篱笆,
到早晨,又使你所栽种的开花,
但在愁苦与极度伤痛的日子里,
所收割的就只有一小堆。
以色列的敌人受罚
12 唉!许多民族在喧哗,
他们喧嚷好象海浪澎湃;
列国在咆哮,
他们吼叫,好象洪水奔流。
13 万族怒号,好象众水涌流,
但 神必斥责他们,使他们远远逃跑;
他们又被追赶,如同山上风前的糠秕,
又像暴风前的尘土卷动。
14 在晚上有惊恐,
未到早晨,他们就没有了,
这是那些抢夺我们的人所得的分,
是那些掠劫我们的人应得的报应。
Isaiah 17
Contemporary English Version
Damascus Will Be Punished
17 (A) This is a message about Damascus:
Damascus is doomed!
It will end up in ruins.
2 The villages around Aroer[a]
will be deserted,
with only sheep living there
and no one to bother them.
3 Israel[b] will lose its fortresses.
The kingdom of Damascus
will be destroyed;
its survivors will suffer
the same fate as Israel.
The Lord All-Powerful
has promised this.
Sin and Suffering
4 When that time comes,
the glorious nation of Israel
will be brought down;
its prosperous people
will be skin and bones.
5 Israel will be like wheat fields
in Rephaim Valley
picked clean of grain.
6 It will be like an olive tree
beaten with a stick,
leaving two or three olives
or maybe four or five
on the highest
or most fruitful branches.
The Lord God of Israel
has promised this.
7 At that time the people will turn and trust their Creator, the holy God of Israel. 8 They have built altars and places for burning incense to their goddess Asherah, and they have set up sacred poles[c] for her. But they will stop worshiping at these places.
9 Israel captured powerful cities and chased out the people who lived there. But these cities will lie in ruins, covered over with weeds and underbrush.[d]
10 Israel, you have forgotten
the God who saves you,
the one who is the mighty rock[e]
where you find protection.
You plant the finest flowers
to honor a foreign god.
11 The plants may sprout
and blossom
that very same morning,
but it will do you no good,
because you will suffer
endless agony.
God Defends His People
12 The nations are a noisy,
thunderous sea.
13 But even if they roar
like a fearsome flood,
God will give the command
to turn them back.
They will be like dust,
or like a tumbleweed
blowing across the hills
in a windstorm.
14 In the evening
their attack is fierce,
but by morning
they are destroyed.
This is what happens to those
who raid and rob us.
Footnotes
- 17.2 Aroer: Either a city near Damascus with the same name as the Moabite city or the Moabite city itself, here used as an example of what will happen to Damascus.
- 17.3 Israel: The Hebrew text has “Ephraim,” another name for the northern kingdom.
- 17.8 sacred poles: Or “trees,” used as symbols of Asherah, the goddess of fertility.
- 17.9 covered … underbrush: Hebrew; one ancient translation “like the cities of the Hivites and the Amorites.”
- 17.10 mighty rock: The Hebrew text has “rock,” which is sometimes used in poetry to compare the Lord to a mountain where his people can run for protection from their enemies.
以賽亞書 17
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
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。
2 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。
3 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。
4 「到那日,雅各的榮耀必消失,
他肥胖的身軀必漸漸消瘦。
5 國家好像一塊已收割的田地,
又像撿淨麥穗的利乏音谷。
6 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。
7 到那日,人們必仰望他們的創造主,向以色列的聖者求助。 8 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。 9 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
- 17·3 舊約中常用以法蓮代表以色列國。
Chinese New Version (CNV). Copyright © 1976, 1992, 1999, 2001, 2005 by Worldwide Bible Society.
Copyright © 1995 by American Bible Society For more information about CEV, visit www.bibles.com and www.cev.bible.
