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锡安末后必为万国的中心(A)

到末后的日子,

耶和华殿的山,

必矗立在万山之上,

高举过于万岭;

万民都要流归这山。

必有多国的人前来说:

“来吧!我们上耶和华的山,

登雅各 神的殿;

他必把他的道路指示我们,

我们也要遵行他的道;

因为教训必出于锡安。

耶和华的话要来自耶路撒冷。

世界和平

“他要在多族中施行审判,

为远方的强国断定是非。

他们必把刀剑打成犁头,

把矛枪打成镰刀;

这国不举刀攻击那国,

他们也不再学习战事。

各人都要坐在自己的葡萄树,

和无花果树下,

无人惊吓他们,

因为万军之耶和华亲口说过了。

虽然,万民各奉自己神的名行事,

我们却要永远奉耶和华我们 神的名而行。”

被掳到各处的必重归故土

耶和华说:“到那日,

我必召聚瘸腿的,

集合被赶散的,

和我所苦待的。

我必使瘸腿的作余民;

使被放逐的成为强国;

耶和华必在锡安山作王统治他们,

从现在直到永远。

你这羊群的守望楼啊!

锡安女子的俄斐勒啊!

从前的权柄,必归给你,

就是耶路撒冷女子的国权,

要归还给你。

现在你为甚么大声呼喊?

难道你们中间没有君王吗?

或是你的谋士灭亡了,

以致疼痛抓紧你,好象临产的妇人呢?

10 锡安的女子啊!

你要疼痛劬劳,

好象临产的妇人;

因为现在你要从城里出来,

住在田野,

一定要到巴比伦去;

在那里你要蒙拯救,

在那里耶和华必救赎你,

脱离仇敌的掌握。

11 现在多国的民集合起来,

攻击你,说:‘愿锡安被蹂躏,

愿我们亲眼看见锡安遭报应。’”

锡安必得最后胜利

12 但是,他们却不知道耶和华的意念,

也不明白他的谋略;

他收集他们,好象把禾捆收集到禾场一样。

13 锡安的女子啊!起来踹谷吧!

因为我必使你的角成为铁,

使你的蹄成为铜;

你必粉碎许多民族,

毁灭他们所得的不义之财,作为祭物献与耶和华,

把他们的财宝献给全地的主。

And it hath come to pass, In the latter end of the days, The mount of the house of Jehovah Is established above the top of the mounts, And it hath been lifted up above the hills, And flowed unto it have peoples.

And gone have many nations and said, Come and we go up to the mount of Jehovah, And unto the house of the God of Jacob, And He doth teach us of His ways, And we do walk in His paths, For from Zion doth go forth a law, And a word of Jehovah from Jerusalem.

And He hath judged between many peoples, And given a decision to mighty nations afar off, They have beaten their swords to ploughshares, And their spears to pruning-hooks, Nation lifteth not up sword unto nation, Nor do they learn war any more.

And they have sat each under his vine, And under his fig-tree, And there is none troubling, For the mouth of Jehovah of Hosts hath spoken.

For all the peoples do walk, Each in the name of its god -- and we, We do walk in the name of Jehovah our God, To the age and for ever.

In that day -- an affirmation of Jehovah, I do gather the halting one, And the driven away one I bring together, And she whom I have afflicted.

And I have set the halting for a remnant, And the far-off for a mighty nation, And reigned hath Jehovah over them in mount Zion, From henceforth, and unto the age.

And thou, O tower of Eder, Fort of the daughter of Zion, unto thee it cometh, Yea, come in hath the former rule, The kingdom to the daughter of Jerusalem.

Now, why dost thou shout aloud? A king -- is there none in thee? Hath thy counsellor perished, That taken hold of thee hath pain as a travailing woman?

10 Be pained, and bring forth, O daughter of Zion, As a travailing woman, For now, thou goest forth from the city, And thou hast dwelt in the field, And thou hast gone unto Babylon, There thou art delivered, There redeem thee doth Jehovah from the hand of thine enemies.

11 And now, gathered against thee have been many nations, who are saying: `Let her be defiled, and our eyes look on Zion.'

12 They have not known the thoughts of Jehovah, Nor have they understood His counsel, For He hath gathered them as a sheaf [into] a threshing-floor.

13 Arise, and thresh, O daughter of Zion, For thy horn I make iron, And thy hoofs I make brass, And thou hast beaten small many peoples, And I have devoted to Jehovah their gain, And their wealth to the Lord of the whole earth!

The Mountain of the Lord(A)

In the last days

the mountain(B) of the Lord’s temple will be established
    as the highest of the mountains;
it will be exalted above the hills,(C)
    and peoples will stream to it.(D)

Many nations will come and say,

“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,(E)
    to the temple of the God of Jacob.(F)
He will teach us(G) his ways,(H)
    so that we may walk in his paths.”
The law(I) will go out from Zion,
    the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
He will judge between many peoples
    and will settle disputes for strong nations far and wide.(J)
They will beat their swords into plowshares
    and their spears into pruning hooks.(K)
Nation will not take up sword against nation,
    nor will they train for war(L) anymore.(M)
Everyone will sit under their own vine
    and under their own fig tree,(N)
and no one will make them afraid,(O)
    for the Lord Almighty has spoken.(P)
All the nations may walk
    in the name of their gods,(Q)
but we will walk in the name of the Lord
    our God for ever and ever.(R)

The Lord’s Plan

“In that day,” declares the Lord,

“I will gather the lame;(S)
    I will assemble the exiles(T)
    and those I have brought to grief.(U)
I will make the lame my remnant,(V)
    those driven away a strong nation.(W)
The Lord will rule over them in Mount Zion(X)
    from that day and forever.(Y)
As for you, watchtower of the flock,
    stronghold[a] of Daughter Zion,
the former dominion will be restored(Z) to you;
    kingship will come to Daughter Jerusalem.(AA)

Why do you now cry aloud—
    have you no king[b](AB)?
Has your ruler[c] perished,
    that pain seizes you like that of a woman in labor?(AC)
10 Writhe in agony, Daughter Zion,
    like a woman in labor,
for now you must leave the city
    to camp in the open field.
You will go to Babylon;(AD)
    there you will be rescued.
There the Lord will redeem(AE) you
    out of the hand of your enemies.

11 But now many nations
    are gathered against you.
They say, “Let her be defiled,
    let our eyes gloat(AF) over Zion!”
12 But they do not know
    the thoughts of the Lord;
they do not understand his plan,(AG)
    that he has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.
13 “Rise and thresh,(AH) Daughter Zion,
    for I will give you horns of iron;
I will give you hooves of bronze,
    and you will break to pieces many nations.”(AI)
You will devote their ill-gotten gains to the Lord,(AJ)
    their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.

Footnotes

  1. Micah 4:8 Or hill
  2. Micah 4:9 Or King
  3. Micah 4:9 Or Ruler