以赛亚书 9
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
黑暗中之光
9 但那受过困苦的，必不再见幽暗。以前 神使西布伦和拿弗他利地被轻视，日后却要使它们在沿海之路、约旦河外和外族人的加利利，得着荣耀。（本节在《马索拉文本》为8:23）
2 行在黑暗中的人民，
看见了大光；
住在死荫之地的人，
有光照耀他们。（本节在《马索拉文本》为9:1）
3 你使这国之民增多，
又加添他们的欢乐；
他们在你面前欢乐，
好象收割时的欢乐一样；
又像人在均分战利品时的快乐一般。
4 因为他们所负的轭和肩头上的杖，以及欺压他们的人的棍，你都折断了，像在米甸的日子一样。
5 因为战士在战争喧嚷中所穿的靴，和辊在血中的袍，都必烧毁，成了烧火的燃料。
6 因为有一个婴孩为我们而生，有一个儿子赐给我们；
政权必担在他的肩头上；
他的名必称为“奇妙的策士、全能的 神、永恒的父、和平的君”。
7 他的政权与平安必无穷无尽地增加，
他在大卫的宝座上治理他的国，
以公平和公义使国坚立稳固，
从现在直到永远。
万军之耶和华的热心必成全这事。
耶和华向不悔改的子民发怒
8 主发出一个信息攻击雅各家，
信息落在以色列家。
9 所有的人民，就是以法莲和撒玛利亚的居民，
都要知道这事；
他们凭着骄傲和自大的心说：
10 “砖墙倒塌了，
我们就用凿好的石头来建筑；
桑树砍倒了，
我们就用香柏树替换。”
11 因此，耶和华必兴起利汛的敌人来攻击以色列，
并且要激动以色列的仇敌。
12 东有亚兰人，西有非利士人；
他们张开口来要吞灭以色列。
虽然这样，耶和华的怒气还没有转消，
他的手仍然伸出。
13 这人民还没有回转、归向那击打他们的万军之耶和华，
也没有寻求他。
14 因此，耶和华在一日之间，必从以色列中剪除头和尾、棕枝与芦苇。
15 长老和尊贵人就是头；
用谎言教导人的先知就是尾。
16 因为那些领导这人民的，使他们走错了路；
那些被领导的，都必一片混乱。
17 因此，主不喜欢他们的年轻人，
也不怜恤他们的孤儿寡妇；
因为他们各人都是不敬虔的，是邪恶的，
各人的口都说愚昧的话。
虽然这样，耶和华的怒气还没有转消，
他的手仍然伸出。
18 邪恶像火一般焚烧，
吞灭荆棘蒺藜，
连树林中的密丛也烧起火来，
它们旋转上腾，成了烟柱。
19 因着万军之耶和华的烈怒，地被烧毁，
人民成了烧火的燃料一般，
没有人顾惜自己的兄弟。
20 有人在右边切肉，仍然饥饿；
在左边吞吃，仍然不饱足；
各人竟吃自己手臂的肉。
21 玛拿西吞吃以法莲，以法莲吞吃玛拿西，又一起攻击犹大。
虽然这样，耶和华的怒气还没有转消，
他的手仍然伸出。
Isaiah 9
New Century Version
A New Day Is Coming
9 But suddenly there will be no more gloom for the land that suffered. In the past God made the lands of Zebulun and Naphtali hang their heads in shame, but in the future those lands will be made great. They will stretch from the road along the Mediterranean Sea to the land beyond the Jordan River and north to Galilee, the land of people who are not Israelites.
2 Before those people lived in darkness,
but now they have seen a great light.
They lived in a dark land,
but a light has shined on them.
3 God, you have caused the nation to grow
and made the people happy.
And they have shown their happiness to you,
like the joy during harvest time,
like the joy of people
taking what they have won in war.
4 Like the time you defeated Midian,
you have taken away their heavy load
and the heavy pole from their backs
and the rod the enemy used to punish them.
5 Every boot that marched in battle
and every uniform stained with blood
has been thrown into the fire.
6 A child has been born to us;
God has given a son to us.
He will be responsible for leading the people.
His name will be Wonderful Counselor, Powerful God,
Father Who Lives Forever, Prince of Peace.
7 Power and peace will be in his kingdom
and will continue to grow forever.
He will rule as king on David’s throne
and over David’s kingdom.
He will make it strong
by ruling with justice and goodness
from now on and forever.
The Lord All-Powerful will do this
because of his strong love for his people.
God Will Punish Israel
8 The Lord sent a message against the people of Jacob;
it says that God will judge Israel.
9 Then everyone in Israel, even the leaders in Samaria,
will know that God has sent it.
Those people are proud and brag by saying,
10 “These bricks have fallen,
but we will build again with cut stones.
These small trees have been chopped down,
but we will put great cedars there.”
11 But the Lord has brought the enemies of Rezin against them;
he has stirred up their enemies against them.
12 The Arameans came from the east
and the Philistines from the west,
and they ate up Israel with their armies.
But the Lord was still angry;
his hand was still raised to punish the people.
13 But the people did not return to the one who had struck them;
they did not follow the Lord All-Powerful.
14 So the Lord cut off Israel’s head and tail,
taking away both the branch and stalk in one day.
15 The elders and important men were the head,
and the prophets who speak lies were the tail.
16 Those who led the people led them in the wrong direction,
and those who followed them were destroyed.
17 So the Lord is not happy with the young people,
nor will he show mercy to the orphans and widows.
All the people are separated from God and are very evil;
they all speak lies.
But the Lord is still angry;
his hand is still raised to strike down the people.
18 Evil is like a small fire.
First, it burns weeds and thorns.
Next, it burns the larger bushes in the forest,
and they all go up in a column of smoke.
19 The Lord All-Powerful is angry,
so the land will be burned.
The people are like fuel for the fire;
no one will try to save his brother or sister.
20 People will grab something on the right,
but they will still be hungry.
They will eat something on the left,
but they will not be filled.
Then they will each turn and eat their own children.
21 The people of Manasseh will fight against the people of Ephraim,
and Ephraim will fight against Manasseh.
Then both of them will turn against Judah.
But the Lord is still angry;
his hand is still raised to strike down the people.
Isaiah 9
King James Version
9 Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.
2 The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
3 Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.
4 For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.
5 For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.
6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.
8 The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.
9 And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart,
10 The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.
11 Therefore the Lord shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together;
12 The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
13 For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the Lord of hosts.
14 Therefore the Lord will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.
15 The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
16 For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.
17 Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
18 For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.
19 Through the wrath of the Lord of hosts is the land darkened, and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire: no man shall spare his brother.
20 And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:
21 Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh: and they together shall be against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
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