以赛亚书 22
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
关于耶路撒冷的预言
22 关于“异象谷”的默示：
你们发生了甚么事，以致你们都上了房顶呢？
2 你这充满喧哗，繁嚣、
欢乐的城市啊！
你们中间被杀的，并不是被刀剑所杀，
也不是在战场上阵亡。
3 你们所有的官长都一起逃跑；
他们因没有弓箭而被俘掳，
你们中间所有被找到的都一起被俘掳，
虽然他们已逃到远方去。
4 因此我说：“要转开你们的眼，不要望着我，
让我痛哭吧！
不要因我人民的毁灭，而急急安慰我。”
5 因为主万军之耶和华
使“异象谷”有惊恐、践踏、混乱的日子：
城墙被拆毁，
哀声传到山上。
6 以拦拿着箭袋，
并有战车、步兵和骑兵；
吉珥亮出盾牌。
7 你佳美的山谷都布满战车，
又有骑兵在城门前列阵。
8 他挪去犹大的屏障了。
到那日，你就仰望“林宫”里的武器；
9 你们看见大卫的缺口很多，
就储存下池的水。
10 你们又数点耶路撒冷的房屋，
把房屋拆掉，用来坚固城墙。
11 你们又在两道城墙之间造一个水池，
用来盛载旧池的水，
你们却不仰望作这事的主，
也不顾念远古以来计划这事的 神。
12 到那日，主万军之耶和华叫人哭泣哀号，
剃光头发，穿上麻布。
13 看哪！人还是欢喜快乐，
宰牛杀羊，
吃肉喝酒，说：
“我们吃喝吧！因为明天我们就要死了。”
14 万军之耶和华亲自启示我说：
“直到你们死的时候，
这罪孽也不得赦免。”这是主万军之耶和华说的。
关于舍伯那的预言
15 主万军之耶和华这样说：
“你去见这掌管库房的，
就是总管舍伯那，对他说：
16 你在这里有甚么权利呢？
你在这里有甚么人，
竟在这里为你自己凿坟墓，
就是在高处为自己凿坟墓，
在盘石中为自己凿出安身之所呢？
17 看哪，勇士啊！耶和华将要猛烈地拋掷你；
他必把你紧紧抓住，
18 把你卷了又卷，卷成球状，
然后掷到宽阔之地；
你必死在那里，
你那华美的战车也在那里；
你成了你主人之家的耻辱。
19 我必革除你的官职，
从你的原位上把你拉下来。
20 到那日，
我必召希勒家的儿子，就是我的仆人以利亚敬来，
21 我会把你的外袍给他穿，
把你的腰带给他系紧，
把你的权柄交在他的手中；
他要作耶路撒冷的居民和犹大家的父。
22 我必把大卫家的钥匙放在他肩头上；
他开了，就没有人能关；
他关了，就没有人能开。
23 我必坚立他，像钉子钉在稳固的地方；
他必作父家荣耀的宝座。
24 他父家所有的荣耀，他的儿女和子孙以及各样小器皿，从碗子到瓶子，都挂在他身上。 25 万军之耶和华说：‘到那日，那钉在稳固地方的钉子必垂下来，被砍断坠落；那挂在上面的担子必被砍掉，因为这是耶和华说的。’”
Isaiah 22
Easy-to-Read Version
God’s Message to Jerusalem
22 This is a message[a] about the Valley of Vision[b]:
Jerusalem, what is wrong?
Why has everyone gone up to hide in their upper rooms?
2 This city was so happy,
but now there is a terrible uproar.
There are bodies lying everywhere,
but they were not killed with swords.
The people died,
but not while fighting.
3 All your officers ran away together,
but they have all been captured without bows.[c]
All the leaders ran away together,
but they were found and captured.
4 So I say, “Don’t look at me!
Let me cry!
Don’t rush to comfort me
about the destruction of Jerusalem.”
5 The Lord God All-Powerful chose a special day for there to be riots and confusion. People trampled on each other in the Valley of Vision. The city walls were pulled down. People in the valley shouted up at those on the mountain. 6 Horse soldiers from Elam took their bags of arrows and rode into battle. Soldiers from Kir rattled their shields. 7 Your favorite valley was filled with chariots. Horse soldiers were stationed in front of the city gates. 8 Then the cover protecting Judah[d] was removed, and the people turned to the weapons they kept at the Forest Palace.[e]
9-11 Then you noticed how many cracks there were in the walls around the City of David, so you began collecting water from the Lower Pool.[f] You counted the houses and used stones from them to repair the walls. Then you built a pool between the double walls[g] for storing water from the Old Pool.[h]
You did all this to protect yourselves, but you did not trust the God who made all these things. You did not even notice the one who made all these things so long ago. 12 So the Lord God All-Powerful told the people to cry and mourn for their dead friends. He told them to shave their heads and wear mourning clothes. 13 But look, everyone was happy. The people rejoiced, saying,
“Kill the cattle and sheep,
and let’s celebrate.
Let’s eat meat and drink wine.
Eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”
14 The Lord All-Powerful said this to me and I heard it with my own ears: “You are guilty of doing wrong, and I promise that you will die before this guilt is forgiven.” The Lord God All-Powerful said these things.
God’s Message to Shebna
15 The Lord God All-Powerful told me to go to Shebna, the palace manager, 16 and say this: “What are you doing here? None of your relatives are buried here, are they? Then what right do you have to prepare a tomb for yourself in this high place? Why are you cutting a tomb out of this rock?
17-18 “What a big man you are! But the Lord will crush you. He will roll you into a small ball and throw you far away into the open arms of another country, and there you will die.
“You are very proud of your chariots. But in that faraway land, your new ruler will have better chariots. And your chariots will not look important in his palace. 19 I will force you out of your position here. Your new leader will take you away from your important job. 20 At that time I will call for my servant Eliakim son of Hilkiah. 21 I will take your robe and put it on him. I will give him your scepter. I will give him the important job you have, and he will be like a father to the people of Jerusalem and Judah’s family.[i]
22 “I will put the key to David’s house around his neck. If he opens a door, no one will be able to close it. If he closes a door, no one will be able to open it. 23 He will be like a favorite chair in his father’s house. I will make him like a strong peg in a solid board. 24 All the honored and important things of his father’s house will hang on him. All the adults and little children will depend on him. They will be like little dishes and big water bottles hanging on him.”
25 The Lord All-Powerful said, “At that time the peg that is now in the solid board will get weak and break. It will fall to the ground, and everything hanging on it will be destroyed. Then everything I said in this message will happen. It will happen because the Lord said it would.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 22:1 message Or “burden.”
- Isaiah 22:1 Valley of Vision This probably means one of the valleys near Jerusalem. Also in verse 5.
- Isaiah 22:3 but they have … bows Or “but the archers captured them.”
- Isaiah 22:8 cover protecting Judah This might be the wall around Jerusalem, but see Isa. 4:5-6.
- Isaiah 22:8 Forest Palace A part of Solomon’s palace where his weapons and wealth were stored.
- Isaiah 22:9 Lower Pool The pool at the southern tip of the City of David, just below the Upper Pool (the Pool of Siloam).
- Isaiah 22:9 pool between the double walls This is probably the Upper Pool (the Pool of Siloam).
- Isaiah 22:9 Old Pool Probably the pool at Gihon Spring on the eastern slopes of the city.
- Isaiah 22:21 people of Jerusalem and Judah’s family Or “The king sitting on the throne in Jerusalem, the royal family of Judah.”
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