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Isaiah 29
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Isaiah 29
New Life Version
Trouble for Jerusalem
29 It is bad for Ariel, Ariel the city where David once set up his tents! Add year to year. Keep your special suppers at the right times. 2 I will bring trouble to Ariel. She will be a city of sorrow and crying. She will be like an altar covered with blood to me. 3 I will camp against you, all around you. And I will build battle walls against you, and towers from which to fight you. 4 Then you will be brought low. From the earth you will speak. Your words will come from the dust. Your voice will be like that of a spirit from the ground. Your quiet speaking will come from the dust.
5 But the many who hate you will become like fine dust. The many who show no pity will be like the part of the grain that is of no worth and blows away. It will happen all at once. 6 You will be visited by the Lord of All, with thunder and earth-shaking and loud noise, and with wind and storm and a destroying fire. 7 And the many nations that fight against Ariel, all who fight against her and her strong-place and bring trouble to her, will be like a dream. They will be like a special dream of the night. 8 It will be as when a hungry man dreams he is eating, but when he wakes up, he is not filled. It will be as when a thirsty man dreams he is drinking, but when he wakes up, he is weak and still thirsty. This is how the many nations will be that fight against Mount Zion.
The Locked Book
9 Stop and wait. Blind yourselves and be blind. They are drunk, but not with wine. They walk from side to side, but not because of strong drink. 10 For the Lord has given you a deep sleep. He has shut your eyes, you who speak for God. He has covered your heads, men of God. 11 And the special dream of all this will be to you like the words of a locked book. When they give it to one who can read, saying, “Read this,” he says, “I cannot, for it is locked.” 12 Then they will give the book to one who cannot read, saying, “Read this.” And he will say, “I cannot read.”
13 The Lord said, “These people show respect to Me with their mouth, and honor Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me. Their worship of Me is worth nothing. They teach rules that men have made. 14 So see, I will once again do great things with these people, great and wonderful things. And the wisdom of their wise men will be gone. The understanding of their wise men will be hidden.”
Hope for the Future
15 It is bad for those who try to hide their plans from the Lord, and whose works are done in a dark place. They say, “Who sees us?” or, “Who knows us?” 16 You turn things up-side-down! Is the pot-maker the same as the clay? Should what is made say to its maker, “He did not make me”? Should what is made say to him who made it, “He has no understanding”?
17 Is it not yet a very little while before Lebanon will be turned into a rich good field? The rich good field will be thought of as being full of many trees. 18 In that day those who cannot hear will hear the words of a book. And the eyes of the blind will see out of the darkness. 19 Those who have suffered will be happier in the Lord. Those who are in need will have joy in the Holy One of Israel. 20 For those who show no pity will come to an end. And those who laugh at the truth will be stopped. All who want to be sinful will be cut off. 21 Those who say something to make a man seem to be in the wrong, and who trap the one who acts as a judge at the gate, and who tell lies to cause a good man to be punished, will be cut off.
22 So this is what the Lord, Who made Abraham free, said about the family of Jacob: “Jacob will not be ashamed. No more will their faces become white with fear. 23 But when they see their children with them, the work of My hands, they will keep My Name holy, and will give honor to the Holy One of Jacob. They will stand in wonder of the God of Israel. 24 Those who do wrong in spirit will understand the truth. And those who complain will receive teaching.”
以賽亞書 29
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
以賽亞書 29
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
耶路撒冷被圍
29 耶和華說：「亞利伊勒[a]，亞利伊勒，
大衛安營的城啊！
你有禍了！
儘管你年復一年地守節期，
2 我還是要叫你受苦。
你必悲傷哀號，
在我面前成為一座祭壇。
3 我必把你團團圍住，
屯兵圍困你，
修築高臺攻打你。
4 你必一敗塗地，
躺在塵土中說話，
你細微的聲音從土中傳來，
好像地下幽靈的聲音。
你耳語般的低聲從土中傳來。
5 但你的眾仇敵必像纖細的塵埃一樣消散，
眾多的殘暴之徒必如被風颳去的糠秕。
突然，刹那之間，
6 萬軍之耶和華必帶著雷轟、地震、巨響、旋風、暴風和烈火來臨。
7 攻打、圍困耶路撒冷及其堡壘的各國軍隊必如夢幻，
如夜間的異象一樣消失。
8 他們好像饑餓的人夢中吃飯，
醒來仍然饑餓；
像口渴的人夢中喝水，
醒來仍然渴得發昏。
攻打錫安山的各國軍隊結局都必如此。」
9 你們駐足驚奇吧！
你們自我蒙蔽，繼續瞎眼吧！
你們醉了，但不是因為酒；
你們東倒西歪，但不是因為烈酒。
10 因為耶和華把沉睡的靈傾倒在你們身上，
祂封住你們的眼睛，
蓋住你們的頭。
你們的眼睛就是先知，
你們的頭就是先見。
11 對你們而言，所有的啟示都好像封了印的書卷。你們把書卷交給識字的人讀，他會說：「我不能讀，這書卷是封著的。」 12 你們把書卷交給不識字的人讀，他會說：「我不識字。」
13 主說：「這些人嘴上親近我，
尊崇我，心卻遠離我。
他們敬拜我不過是遵行人定的規條。
14 所以，我要再次行奇妙無比的事，使他們震驚。
他們智者的智慧必泯滅，
明哲的聰明必消失。」
15 那些向耶和華深藏計謀的人有禍了！
他們暗中行事，
自以為無人看見也無人知道。
16 他們太愚蠢了！
窯匠怎能跟泥土相提並論？
被造的怎能對造它的說：
「你沒有造我」？
陶器怎能對陶匠說：
「你什麼也不懂」？
17 再過不久，黎巴嫩將變成沃野，
沃野上莊稼茂密如林。
18 那時，聾子必聽見那書卷上的話，
黑暗中的瞎子必能看見。
19 卑微的人必因耶和華而歡喜，
貧窮的人必因以色列的聖者而快樂。
20 殘暴之徒必消失，
嘲諷者必絕跡，
所有心懷不軌者必被剷除。
21 他們誣陷人，
暗算審判官，
冤枉無辜。
22 因此，關於雅各家，
救贖亞伯拉罕的耶和華說：
「雅各的子孫必不再羞愧，
臉上再無懼色。
23 因為他們看見我賜給他們的子孫時，
必尊我的名為聖，
必尊雅各的聖者為聖，
必敬畏以色列的上帝。
24 心裡迷惘的必明白真理，
發怨言的必欣然受教。」
Footnotes
- 29·1 「亞利伊勒」在此處用來指錫安/耶路撒冷，2節、7節同。
Isaías 29
La Biblia de las Américas
Isaías 29
La Biblia de las Américas
Ariel y sus enemigos
29 ¡Ay, Ariel[a], Ariel[b] la ciudad donde acampó David(A)!
Añadid año sobre año, celebrad las fiestas a su tiempo[c](B).
2 Y traeré angustias a Ariel,
y será una ciudad de lamento y de duelo(C);
será para mí como un Ariel.
3 Acamparé contra ti rodeándote[d](D),
pondré contra ti vallas de asedio,
y levantaré contra ti baluartes.
4 Entonces serás humillada,
desde el suelo hablarás,
y desde el polvo donde estás postrada
saldrá tu habla.
Tu voz será también como la de un espíritu[e] de la tierra,
y desde el polvo susurrará tu habla(E).
5 Pero la multitud de tus enemigos[f] será como polvo fino(F),
y la multitud de los crueles(G) como paja que se va volando[g];
sucederá en un instante, de repente(H).
6 Serás castigada[h](I) por el Señor de los ejércitos con truenos y terremotos(J) y gran ruido,
con torbellino y tempestad y con llama de fuego consumidor.
7 Y será como un sueño, una visión nocturna(K),
la multitud de todas las naciones(L) que combaten contra Ariel,
todos los que combaten contra ella y su fortaleza, y los que la afligen.
8 Y será como cuando un hambriento sueña,
y he aquí, está comiendo;
pero cuando despierta, su hambre no ha sido satisfecha[i].
O como cuando un sediento sueña,
y he aquí, está bebiendo;
pero cuando despierta, he aquí, está desfallecido,
y su sed no ha sido aplacada[j].
Así será la multitud de todas las naciones
que combaten contra el monte Sión(M).
9 Deteneos y esperad(N),
cegaos y sed ciegos.
Se embriagan, pero no con vino(O);
se tambalean, pero no con licor.
10 Porque el Señor ha derramado sobre vosotros espíritu de sueño profundo(P),
Él ha cerrado vuestros ojos: los profetas(Q),
y ha cubierto vuestras cabezas: los videntes.
11 Y toda la visión será para vosotros como las palabras de un libro[k] sellado(R), que cuando se le da al que sabe leer[l], diciéndole: Lee esto, por favor; y él dirá: No puedo, porque está sellado. 12 Entonces el libro[m] será dado al que no sabe leer[n], diciéndole: Lee esto, por favor; y él dirá: No sé leer[o].
Hipocresía de Israel
13 Dijo entonces el Señor:
Por cuanto este pueblo se me acerca con sus palabras[p]
y me honra con sus labios,
pero aleja de mí su corazón,
y su veneración[q] hacia mí es solo una tradición[r] aprendida de memoria(S),
14 por tanto, he aquí, volveré a hacer maravillas(T) con este pueblo, prodigiosas maravillas;
y perecerá la sabiduría de sus sabios,
y se eclipsará el entendimiento de sus entendidos(U).
15 ¡Ay de los que van muy hondo
para esconder sus planes[s](V) al Señor,
y realizan[t] sus obras en tinieblas(W)
y dicen: ¿Quién nos ve(X), o quién nos conoce?
16 ¡Qué equivocación la vuestra!
¿Es acaso el alfarero como el barro,
para que lo que está hecho diga a su hacedor: Él no me hizo;
o lo que está formado diga al que lo formó(Y): Él no tiene entendimiento?
Redención de Israel
17 ¿Acaso no queda ya muy poco tiempo
para que[u] el Líbano se convierta en campo fértil(Z),
y el campo fértil sea considerado bosque?
18 En aquel día los sordos oirán(AA) las palabras de un libro(AB),
y desde la oscuridad y desde las tinieblas los ojos de los ciegos verán(AC).
19 Los afligidos(AD) aumentarán también su alegría en el Señor,
y los necesitados(AE) de la humanidad se regocijarán en el Santo de Israel.
20 Porque el violento tendrá su fin(AF), el escarnecedor(AG) será acabado,
y serán cortados todos los que se desvelan por hacer el mal(AH);
21 los que hacen que una persona sea acusada[v] por una palabra,
tienden lazos al que juzga en la puerta(AI),
y defraudan[w] al justo con vanos argumentos[x](AJ).
22 Por tanto el Señor, que redimió a Abraham(AK), dice así acerca de la casa de Jacob:
Jacob no será ahora avergonzado(AL), ni palidecerá ahora su rostro;
23 porque cuando vea a sus hijos[y](AM), la obra de mis manos(AN), en medio suyo,
ellos santificarán mi nombre;
ciertamente, santificarán(AO) al Santo de Jacob,
y tendrán temor al Dios de Israel.
24 Los descarriados(AP) de espíritu conocerán la verdad[z](AQ),
y los murmuradores aceptarán[aa] instrucción(AR).
Footnotes
- Isaías 29:1 I.e., León de Dios; refiriéndose a Jerusalén
- Isaías 29:1 I.e., León de Dios; refiriéndose a Jerusalén
- Isaías 29:1 Lit., que las fiestas sigan su curso
- Isaías 29:3 Lit., como un círculo
- Isaías 29:4 O, fantasma
- Isaías 29:5 Lit., extraños
- Isaías 29:5 Lit., que pasa
- Isaías 29:6 Lit., visitada
- Isaías 29:8 Lit., su alma está vacía
- Isaías 29:8 Lit., su alma está reseca
- Isaías 29:11 O, rollo
- Isaías 29:11 Lit., sabe de libros
- Isaías 29:12 O, rollo
- Isaías 29:12 Lit., no sabe de libros
- Isaías 29:12 Lit., No sé de libros
- Isaías 29:13 Lit., boca
- Isaías 29:13 Lit., temor de mí
- Isaías 29:13 Lit., un mandamiento de hombres
- Isaías 29:15 Lit., el consejo
- Isaías 29:15 Lit., están
- Isaías 29:17 Lit., y
- Isaías 29:21 Lit., ponen bajo condenación a una persona
- Isaías 29:21 Lit., desvían
- Isaías 29:21 Lit., con confusión
- Isaías 29:23 O, sus hijos vean
- Isaías 29:24 Lit., el entendimiento
- Isaías 29:24 Lit., aprenderán
Isaiah 29
New International Version
Isaiah 29
New International Version
Woe to David’s City
29 Woe(A) to you, Ariel, Ariel,(B)
the city(C) where David settled!
Add year to year
and let your cycle of festivals(D) go on.
2 Yet I will besiege Ariel;(E)
she will mourn and lament,(F)
she will be to me like an altar hearth.[a](G)
3 I will encamp against you on all sides;
I will encircle(H) you with towers
and set up my siege works(I) against you.
4 Brought low, you will speak from the ground;
your speech will mumble(J) out of the dust.(K)
Your voice will come ghostlike(L) from the earth;
out of the dust your speech will whisper.(M)
5 But your many enemies will become like fine dust,(N)
the ruthless(O) hordes like blown chaff.(P)
Suddenly,(Q) in an instant,
6 the Lord Almighty will come(R)
with thunder(S) and earthquake(T) and great noise,
with windstorm and tempest(U) and flames of a devouring fire.(V)
7 Then the hordes of all the nations(W) that fight against Ariel,(X)
that attack her and her fortress and besiege her,
will be as it is with a dream,(Y)
with a vision in the night—
8 as when a hungry person dreams of eating,
but awakens(Z) hungry still;
as when a thirsty person dreams of drinking,
but awakens faint and thirsty still.(AA)
So will it be with the hordes of all the nations
that fight against Mount Zion.(AB)
9 Be stunned and amazed,(AC)
blind yourselves and be sightless;(AD)
be drunk,(AE) but not from wine,(AF)
stagger,(AG) but not from beer.
10 The Lord has brought over you a deep sleep:(AH)
He has sealed your eyes(AI) (the prophets);(AJ)
he has covered your heads (the seers).(AK)
11 For you this whole vision(AL) is nothing but words sealed(AM) in a scroll. And if you give the scroll to someone who can read, and say, “Read this, please,” they will answer, “I can’t; it is sealed.” 12 Or if you give the scroll to someone who cannot read, and say, “Read this, please,” they will answer, “I don’t know how to read.”
13 The Lord says:
“These people(AN) come near to me with their mouth
and honor me with their lips,(AO)
but their hearts are far from me.(AP)
Their worship of me
is based on merely human rules they have been taught.[b](AQ)
14 Therefore once more I will astound these people
with wonder upon wonder;(AR)
the wisdom of the wise(AS) will perish,
the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish.(AT)”
15 Woe to those who go to great depths
to hide(AU) their plans from the Lord,
who do their work in darkness and think,
“Who sees us?(AV) Who will know?”(AW)
16 You turn things upside down,
as if the potter were thought to be like the clay!(AX)
Shall what is formed say to the one who formed(AY) it,
“You did not make me”?
Can the pot say to the potter,(AZ)
“You know nothing”?(BA)
17 In a very short time,(BB) will not Lebanon(BC) be turned into a fertile field(BD)
and the fertile field seem like a forest?(BE)
18 In that day(BF) the deaf(BG) will hear the words of the scroll,
and out of gloom and darkness(BH)
the eyes of the blind will see.(BI)
19 Once more the humble(BJ) will rejoice in the Lord;
the needy(BK) will rejoice in the Holy One(BL) of Israel.
20 The ruthless(BM) will vanish,(BN)
the mockers(BO) will disappear,
and all who have an eye for evil(BP) will be cut down—
21 those who with a word make someone out to be guilty,
who ensnare the defender in court(BQ)
and with false testimony(BR) deprive the innocent of justice.(BS)
22 Therefore this is what the Lord, who redeemed(BT) Abraham,(BU) says to the descendants of Jacob:
“No longer will Jacob be ashamed;(BV)
no longer will their faces grow pale.(BW)
23 When they see among them their children,(BX)
the work of my hands,(BY)
they will keep my name holy;(BZ)
they will acknowledge the holiness of the Holy One(CA) of Jacob,
and will stand in awe of the God of Israel.
24 Those who are wayward(CB) in spirit will gain understanding;(CC)
those who complain will accept instruction.”(CD)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 29:2 The Hebrew for altar hearth sounds like the Hebrew for Ariel.
- Isaiah 29:13 Hebrew; Septuagint They worship me in vain; / their teachings are merely human rules
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