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向耶和華求恩─甘霖

10 在春雨的季節,你們要向耶和華求雨。

耶和華閃發雷電,

給人降雨,使各人的田地生長蔬菜。

因為偶像所說的是空言,

占卜者所見的是虛謊,

他們所說的是假夢,

只給人空洞的安慰。

因此,眾人都如羊沒有牧人,流離困苦。

“我的怒氣要向這些牧人發作,

我要懲罰那些公山羊。

(因為萬軍之耶和華眷顧他的羊群猶大家,使他們像戰場上雄赳赳的戰馬。)

房角石、

帳棚樁、

作戰的弓

和所有的統治者,都從猶大而出。

他們必像勇士,

在戰場上把仇敵踐踏在街上的泥土中,

他們必爭戰,因為耶和華與他們同在,

他們必使敵方的騎士羞愧。

主必拯救他的子民

我要使猶大家強盛起來,

我必拯救約瑟家。

我要使他們歸回,

因為我憐憫他們;

他們好像未遭我棄絕一樣,

因為我是耶和華他們的 神,我必應允他們。

以法蓮人必像勇士,

他們心中快樂,好像飲了酒一樣;

他們的子孫看見了,也必快樂;

他們的心必因耶和華歡樂。

我要向他們吹哨子,招聚他們,

因為我救贖了他們。

他們的人數要增多,像從前一樣。

雖然我把他們散播在萬民中,

他們仍要在遠方記念我;

他們與他們的子孫都要存活,並且歸回。

10 我要使他們從埃及地歸回,

從亞述地招聚他們,

帶他們到基列地和黎巴嫩山,

卻仍不夠容納他們。

11 他必經過苦難的海,

擊打海中的波浪,

尼羅河的深處也都要乾涸;

亞述的驕傲必降為卑;

埃及的權勢要過去。

12 我必使我的子民因耶和華而強盛,

他們要奉耶和華的名行事為人。”

這是耶和華的宣告。

The Lord Will Care for Judah

10 Ask the Lord for rain in the springtime;
    it is the Lord who sends the thunderstorms.
He gives showers of rain(A) to all people,
    and plants of the field(B) to everyone.
The idols(C) speak deceitfully,
    diviners(D) see visions that lie;
they tell dreams(E) that are false,
    they give comfort in vain.(F)
Therefore the people wander like sheep
    oppressed for lack of a shepherd.(G)

“My anger burns against the shepherds,
    and I will punish the leaders;(H)
for the Lord Almighty will care
    for his flock, the people of Judah,
    and make them like a proud horse in battle.(I)
From Judah will come the cornerstone,(J)
    from him the tent peg,(K)
from him the battle bow,(L)
    from him every ruler.
Together they[a] will be like warriors in battle
    trampling their enemy into the mud of the streets.(M)
They will fight because the Lord is with them,
    and they will put the enemy horsemen to shame.(N)

“I will strengthen(O) Judah
    and save the tribes of Joseph.
I will restore them
    because I have compassion(P) on them.(Q)
They will be as though
    I had not rejected them,
for I am the Lord their God
    and I will answer(R) them.
The Ephraimites will become like warriors,
    and their hearts will be glad as with wine.(S)
Their children will see it and be joyful;
    their hearts will rejoice(T) in the Lord.
I will signal(U) for them
    and gather them in.
Surely I will redeem them;
    they will be as numerous(V) as before.
Though I scatter them among the peoples,
    yet in distant lands they will remember me.(W)
They and their children will survive,
    and they will return.
10 I will bring them back from Egypt
    and gather them from Assyria.(X)
I will bring them to Gilead(Y) and Lebanon,
    and there will not be room(Z) enough for them.
11 They will pass through the sea of trouble;
    the surging sea will be subdued
    and all the depths of the Nile will dry up.(AA)
Assyria’s pride(AB) will be brought down
    and Egypt’s scepter(AC) will pass away.(AD)
12 I will strengthen(AE) them in the Lord
    and in his name they will live securely,(AF)
declares the Lord.

Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 10:5 Or ruler, all of them together. / They

The Lord’s People Will Be Victorious

10 Ask Yahweh for rain in the springtime.
    Yahweh makes thunderstorms.
    He gives everyone rain showers for the plants in the field.
The idols speak lies.
    The fortunetellers see false visions.
        They speak about false dreams.
            They give useless comfort.
    That is why people wander around like sheep.
    They are troubled because there is no shepherd.

“My burning anger is directed against the shepherds.
    I will punish the male goats.
        Yahweh Tsebaoth takes care of his flock, the people of Judah.
            He makes them like his splendid war horse.”

From them will come a cornerstone,
    from them a tent peg,
        from them a battle bow,
            from them every leader.
Together they will be like warriors
    who trample the enemy in the mud on the streets.
    They will fight because Yahweh is with them.
    They will put to shame those who ride on horses.

“I will strengthen the people of Judah.
    I will rescue Joseph’s people.
    I will bring them back, because I have compassion for them.
    It will be as though I had never rejected them,
        because I am Yahweh their Elohim, and I will answer them.
The people of Ephraim will be like mighty warriors.
    Their hearts will be glad as if they had some wine to drink.
    Their sons will see it and be glad.
    Their hearts will find joy in Yahweh.
I will signal them with a whistle
    and gather them because I have reclaimed them.
        They will be as numerous as they have ever been.
Although I have scattered them among the nations,
    they will remember me even in faraway places.
        They will live with their children and then return.
10 I will bring them back from Egypt.
    I will gather them from Assyria.
    I will bring them to Gilead and to Lebanon,
    and there won’t be enough room for them.”

11 Yahweh will pass through a sea of distress,
    strike the waves in the sea,
        and dry up all the deep places of the Nile River.
    The pride of Assyria will be humiliated,
    and the scepter of Egypt will depart.

12 “I will strengthen them in Yahweh.
    They will live in his name,” declares Yahweh.