以赛亚书 5
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
葡萄園的比喻
5 我要為我所愛的唱歌，
這歌是關於他的葡萄園：
我所愛的人有一個葡萄園，在肥美的山岡上。
2 他把園子的泥土挖鬆了，撿去石頭，
栽種了上好的葡萄樹；
在園中建造了一座守望樓，
又鑿了一個榨酒池。
他期望結出好葡萄，
卻結出野葡萄。
3 耶路撒冷的居民和猶大人哪！
現在請你們在我與我的葡萄園之間斷定是非吧！
4 我為我的葡萄園所作的以外，還有甚麼要作的呢？
我期望它結出好葡萄，它為甚麼倒結出野葡萄呢？
5 現在我告訴你們，我要怎樣處理我的葡萄園：
我要把它的籬笆撤去，使它被吞滅；
我要把它的圍牆拆毀，使它被踐踏。
6 我要使它荒廢，
不再修剪，也不再耕耘，
荊棘和蒺藜卻要長起來；
我也要吩咐雲不再降雨在園子上。
7 因為萬軍之耶和華的葡萄園就是以色列家，
他喜悅的樹就是猶大人；
他期望的是公平，但看到的只是流血的事；
他期望的是公義，聽到的只是哀叫聲。
人民的惡行─六禍
8 那些使房屋連接房屋，使田地連接田地，
以致不留餘地的人，有禍了！
你們只可以獨居在境內。
9 我聽聞萬軍之耶和華說：“必有許多房屋變成荒涼，
甚至那些又大又美的房屋也沒有人居住。
10 十公頃葡萄園只出二十二公升酒；
二百二十公升穀種只結二十二公升糧食。”
11 那些清早起來，追求濃酒，
留連到晚上，以致因酒發燒的人，有禍了！
12 在他們的筵席上，有琴、瑟、手鼓、笛和酒，
但他們不理耶和華的作為，
也不留心他手所作的。
13 所以我的人民因無知被擄去；
他們的尊貴人十分飢餓；
他們的群眾極其乾渴。
14 故此，陰間擴張它的咽喉，張大它的口，沒有限量；
耶路撒冷城的榮耀（“榮耀”或譯：“貴族”）、群眾、喧嚷的人和在城中作樂的人，都要下到陰間。
15 卑賤人俯首，尊貴人降卑，
眼目高傲的也降卑。
16 唯獨萬軍之耶和華，因公平被高舉；
至聖的 神，因公義顯為聖。
17 那時羊羔必來吃草，像在自己的草場一樣；
富裕者的荒場被寄居者隨意吃用。
18 那些人虛假的繩索牽引罪孽，
又像用車繩拉罪惡的人，有禍了！
19 他們說：“願他趕快、迅速地成就他的作為，給我們看看！
願以色列的聖者所計劃的臨近！
願它來到，好讓我們知道！”
20 那些稱惡為善，稱善為惡，
以暗為光，以光為暗，
以苦為甜，以甜為苦的人，有禍了！
21 那些自以為有智慧，
自視為聰明的人，有禍了！
22 那些勇於喝酒，
又精於調和濃酒的人，有禍了！
23 他們因受了賄賂，就稱惡人為義；
卻把義人的權益奪去。
24 因此，火舌怎樣吞滅碎稭，
乾草怎樣落在火燄之中，
照樣，他們的根必像腐朽之物，他們的花必像塵土飛揚；
因為他們棄絕萬軍之耶和華的訓誨，
藐視以色列聖者的話。
25 所以耶和華的怒氣向他的子民發作，
他伸出手來擊打他們，
群山都震動，他們的屍體在街上好像糞土，
雖然這樣，他的怒氣還未轉消，
他的手仍然伸出。
懲罰快要來臨
26 他必豎立旗幟，招一國的人從遠方而來，
發出哨聲把他們從地極召來；
看！他們必急速快奔而來。
27 他們當中沒有疲倦的，沒有絆倒的，
沒有打盹的，也沒有睡覺的；
他們的腰帶沒有放鬆，
鞋帶也沒有折斷。
28 他們的箭銳利，所有的弓都上了弦；
他們的馬蹄看來像火石，車輛似旋風。
29 他們的吼叫像母獅，他們的咆哮如幼獅；
他們咆哮，攫取獵物，
把它叼去，無人援救。
30 到那日，他們要向以色列人咆哮，
像海浪的澎湃聲一樣；
人若望著這地，就只見黑暗與災難；
光在雲中也成了黑暗。
以赛亚书 5
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
葡萄园之歌
5 我要为我所爱的歌唱，唱一首有关他葡萄园的歌：
我所爱的在肥美的山冈上有一个葡萄园。
2 他松土，清除石头，
栽种了上好的葡萄，
在园中建了一座瞭望塔，
凿了榨酒池。
他期望收获好葡萄，
得到的却是坏葡萄。
3 他说，“耶路撒冷和犹大的居民啊，
请你们在我和葡萄园之间评评理。
4 我不遗余力地料理葡萄园，
希望得到好葡萄，
为什么得到的只是坏葡萄呢？
5 “现在，我告诉你们我会怎样处理这葡萄园，
我要除去篱笆，任它被毁坏；
我要拆毁围墙，任它被践踏。
6 我不再修剪，不再锄地，
也不再降雨，
任由它荒废，长满荆棘和蒺藜。”
7 万军之耶和华的葡萄园就是以色列，
祂所喜爱的葡萄树就是犹大人。
祂希望看到公平，
却只看见杀戮；
指望看到公义，
却只听见冤声。
以色列的罪恶
8 那些不断建房置田、占光土地、
独居其中的人有祸了！
9 我亲耳听到万军之耶和华说：
“许多富丽堂皇的房屋必荒废，无人居住。
10 三十亩葡萄园只产二十升酒，
二百公斤种子只产二十公斤粮食。”
11 那些从清早到深夜贪杯好酒，
喝到酩酊大醉的人有祸了！
12 席上，他们在琴、瑟、鼓、笛声中饮酒作乐，
却毫不理会耶和华的作为。
13 所以，我的子民必因无知而被掳。
他们的贵族无饼充饥，
民众无水解渴。
14 阴间必食欲膨胀，
张开大口吞噬耶路撒冷的首领、群众和宴乐之人。
15 世人遭贬，降为卑下，
狂妄者眼目低垂。
16 唯有万军之耶和华因祂的公正而受尊崇，
圣洁的上帝借公义彰显自己的圣洁。
17 那时，羊群在那里吃草，
如在自己的草场，
寄居者在富人的荒场上进食。
18 那些用虚假作绳子扯来罪恶，
用套绳拉来邪恶的人有祸了！
19 他们说：“让上帝快点完成祂的工作，
好让我们看看；
让以色列的圣者早点实现祂的计划，
好让我们知道。”
20 那些善恶不分、黑白颠倒、
甜苦不辨的人有祸了！
21 那些自以为聪明、睿智的人有祸了！
22 那些以豪饮称霸、善于调酒的人有祸了！
23 他们贪赃枉法，坑害无辜。
24 他们的根必朽烂，
花朵如飞尘飘落，
就像火焰吞灭禾秸，烧尽干草，
因为他们厌弃以色列之圣者的训诲，
藐视万军之耶和华的言语。
25 耶和华向祂的子民发怒，
伸手击打他们。
山岭震动，
他们横尸街头，犹如粪土。
然而，祂的怒气还没有止息，
祂降罚的手没有收回。
26 祂必竖起旗帜召集远方的国家，
吹哨叫来地极的人。
看啊，他们必飞速而来！
27 他们无人疲倦，无人踉跄，
无人打盹，无人睡觉，
都腰带紧束，鞋带未断。
28 他们的利箭上弦，引弓待发；
他们的马蹄坚如岩石，
车轮快如旋风。
29 他们吼叫如狮子，
像猛狮般咆哮着捕食，
将猎物叼走，无人能救。
30 那日，他们必向以色列咆哮，
如怒海澎湃。
人若观看大地，
只见黑暗和艰难，
光明被密云遮盖。
Isaiah 5
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
The Song of the Unfruitful Vineyard
5 [a]Let me sing for my beloved
a love song concerning his vineyard:
My beloved had a vineyard
on a very fertile hill.
2 He digged it and cleared it of stones,
and planted it with choice vines;
he built a watchtower in the midst of it,
and hewed out a wine vat in it;
and he looked for it to yield grapes,
but it yielded wild grapes.
3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem
and men of Judah,
judge, I pray you, between me
and my vineyard.
4 What more was there to do for my vineyard,
that I have not done in it?
When I looked for it to yield grapes,
why did it yield wild grapes?
5 And now I will tell you
what I will do to my vineyard.
I will remove its hedge,
and it shall be devoured;
I will break down its wall,
and it shall be trampled down.
6 I will make it a waste;
it shall not be pruned or hoed,
and briers and thorns shall grow up;
I will also command the clouds
that they rain no rain upon it.
7 For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts
is the house of Israel,
and the men of Judah
are his pleasant planting;
and he looked for justice,
but behold, bloodshed;
for righteousness,
but behold, a cry!
Social Injustice Denounced
8 Woe to those who join house to house,
who add field to field,
until there is no more room,
and you are made to dwell alone
in the midst of the land.
9 The Lord of hosts has sworn in my hearing:
“Surely many houses shall be desolate,
large and beautiful houses, without inhabitant.
10 For ten acres of vineyard shall yield but one bath,
and a homer of seed shall yield but an ephah.”
11 Woe to those who rise early in the morning,
that they may run after strong drink,
who tarry late into the evening
till wine inflames them!
12 They have lyre and harp,
timbrel and flute and wine at their feasts;
but they do not regard the deeds of the Lord,
or see the work of his hands.
13 Therefore my people go into exile
for want of knowledge;
their honored men are dying of hunger,
and their multitude is parched with thirst.
14 Therefore Sheol has enlarged its appetite
and opened its mouth beyond measure,
and the nobility of Jerusalem[b] and her multitude go down,
her throng and he who exults in her.
15 Man is bowed down, and men are brought low,
and the eyes of the haughty are humbled.
16 But the Lord of hosts is exalted in justice,
and the Holy God shows himself holy in righteousness.
17 Then shall the lambs graze as in their pasture,
fatlings and kids[c] shall feed among the ruins.
18 Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood,
who draw sin as with cart ropes,
19 who say: “Let him make haste,
let him speed his work
that we may see it;
let the purpose of the Holy One of Israel draw near,
and let it come, that we may know it!”
20 Woe to those who call evil good
and good evil,
who put darkness for light
and light for darkness,
who put bitter for sweet
and sweet for bitter!
21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes,
and shrewd in their own sight!
22 Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine,
and valiant men in mixing strong drink,
23 who acquit the guilty for a bribe,
and deprive the innocent of his right!
Foreign Invasion Predicted
24 Therefore, as the tongue of fire devours the stubble,
and as dry grass sinks down in the flame,
so their root will be as rottenness,
and their blossom go up like dust;
for they have rejected the law of the Lord of hosts,
and have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
25 Therefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against his people,
and he stretched out his hand against them and smote them,
and the mountains quaked;
and their corpses were as refuse
in the midst of the streets.
For all this his anger is not turned away
and his hand is stretched out still.
26 He will raise a signal for a nation afar off,
and whistle for it from the ends of the earth;
and lo, swiftly, speedily it comes!
27 None is weary, none stumbles,
none slumbers or sleeps,
not a waistcloth is loose,
not a sandal-thong broken;
28 their arrows are sharp,
all their bows bent,
their horses’ hoofs seem like flint,
and their wheels like the whirlwind.
29 Their roaring is like a lion,
like young lions they roar;
they growl and seize their prey,
they carry it off, and none can rescue.
30 They will growl over it on that day,
like the roaring of the sea.
And if one look to the land,
behold, darkness and distress;
and the light is darkened by its clouds.
Footnotes
- 5.1-7 This moving allegory may be compared with similar passages in the New Testament, e.g., Mt 21.33-41; Jn 15.1-2.
- Isaiah 5:14 Heb her nobility
- Isaiah 5:17 Cn Compare Gk: Heb aliens
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