以賽亞書 30
1 耶和華說： 禍哉！這悖逆的兒女。 他們同謀，卻不由於我， 結盟，卻不由於我的靈， 以致罪上加罪；
“Woe to the rebellious children,” this is Yahweh's declaration. “They make plans, but not from me; they make alliances with other nations, but they were not directed by my Spirit, so they add sin to sin.
2 起身下埃及去，並沒有求問我； 要靠法老的力量加添自己的力量， 並投在埃及的蔭下。
They set out to go down into Egypt, but have not asked for my direction. They seek protection from Pharaoh and take refuge in the shadow of Egypt.
3 所以，法老的力量必作你們的羞辱； 投在埃及的蔭下，要為你們的慚愧。
Therefore Pharaoh's protection will be your shame, and the refuge in Egypt's shade, your humiliation,
4 他們的首領已在瑣安； 他們的使臣到了哈內斯。
although their princes are at Zoan, and their messengers have come to Hanes.
5 他們必因那不利於他們的民蒙羞。 那民並非幫助，也非利益， 只作羞恥凌辱。
They will all be ashamed because of a people who cannot help them, who are neither help nor aid, but a shame, and even a disgrace.”
6 論南方牲畜的默示： 他們把財物馱在驢駒的脊背上， 將寶物馱在駱駝的肉鞍上， 經過艱難困苦之地， 就是公獅、母獅、蝮蛇、火焰的飛龍之地， 往那不利於他們的民那裏去。
A declaration about the beasts of the Negev: Through the land of trouble and danger, of the lioness and the lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they carry their riches on the backs of donkeys, and their treasures on the camels' humps, to a people who cannot help them.
7 埃及的幫助是徒然無益的； 所以我稱她為「坐而不動的拉哈伯」。
For Egypt's help is worthless; therefore I have called her Rahab, who sits still.
8 現今你去， 在他們面前將這話刻在版上， 寫在書上， 以便傳留後世，直到永永遠遠。
Now go, write it in their presence on a tablet, and inscribe it on a scroll, that it may be preserved for the time to come as a testimony.
9 因為他們是悖逆的百姓、說謊的兒女， 不肯聽從耶和華訓誨的兒女。
For these are a rebellious people, lying children, children who will not hear the instruction of Yahweh.
10 他們對先見說：不要望見不吉利的事， 對先知說：不要向我們講正直的話； 要向我們說柔和的話， 言虛幻的事。
They say to the seers, “Do not see;” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy the truth to us; speak flattering words to us, prophesy illusions.
11 你們要離棄正道，偏離直路， 不要在我們面前再提說以色列的聖者。
Turn aside from the way, stray off the path; cause the Holy One of Israel to cease speaking before our face.”
12 所以，以色列的聖者如此說： 因為你們藐視這訓誨的話， 倚賴欺壓和乖僻，以此為可靠的，
Therefore the Holy One of Israel says, “Because you reject this word and trust in oppression and deceit and lean on it,
13 故此，這罪孽在你們身上， 好像將要破裂凸出來的高牆， 頃刻之間忽然坍塌；
so this sin will be to you like a broken part ready to fall, like a bulge in a high wall whose fall will happen suddenly, in an instant.”
14 要被打碎，好像把窯匠的瓦器打碎， 毫不顧惜， 甚至碎塊中找不到一片可用以從爐內取火， 從池中舀水。
He will break it as a potter's vessel is broken; he will not spare it, so that there will not be found among its pieces a shard with which to scrape fire from the hearth, or to scoop up water out of the cistern.
15 主耶和華－以色列的聖者曾如此說： 你們得救在乎歸回安息； 你們得力在乎平靜安穩； 你們竟自不肯。
For this is what the Lord Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel says, “In returning and resting you will be saved; in quietness and in trust will be your strength. But you were not willing.
16 你們卻說：不然，我們要騎馬奔走。 所以你們必然奔走； 又說：我們要騎飛快的牲口。 所以追趕你們的，也必飛快。
You said, 'No, for we will flee on horses,' so you will flee; and, 'We will ride upon swift horses,' so those who pursue you will be swift.
17 一人叱喝，必令千人逃跑； 五人叱喝，你們都必逃跑； 以致剩下的，好像山頂的旗杆， 岡上的大旗。
One thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you will flee until your remnant will be like a flagstaff on the top of a mountain, or like a flag on a hill.”
18 耶和華必然等候，要施恩給你們； 必然興起，好憐憫你們。 因為耶和華是公平的上帝； 凡等候他的都是有福的！
Yet Yahweh is waiting to be gracious to you, therefore he is ready to show you mercy. For Yahweh is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him.
19 百姓必在錫安、在耶路撒冷居住；你不再哭泣。主必因你哀求的聲音施恩給你；他聽見的時候就必應允你。
For a people will live in Zion, in Jerusalem, and you will weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry. When he hears it, he will answer you.
20 主雖然以艱難給你當餅，以困苦給你當水，你的教師卻不再隱藏；你眼必看見你的教師。
Though Yahweh gives you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, even so, your teacher will not hide himself anymore, but you will see your teacher with your own eyes.
21 你或向左或向右，你必聽見後邊有聲音說：「這是正路，要行在其間。」
Your ears will hear a word behind you saying, “This is the way, walk in it,” when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left.
22 你雕刻偶像所包的銀子和鑄造偶像所鍍的金子，你要玷污，要拋棄，好像污穢之物，對偶像說：「去吧！」
You will desecrate your carved figures overlaid with silver and your gold cast figures. You will throw them away like a menstrual rag. You will say to them, “Get out of here.”
23 你將種子撒在地裏，主必降雨在其上，並使地所出的糧肥美豐盛。到那時，你的牲畜必在寬闊的草場吃草。
He will give the rain for your seed when you sow the ground, and bread with abundance from the ground, and the crops will be abundant. In that day your cattle will graze in broad pastures.
24 耕地的牛和驢駒必吃加鹽的料；這料是用木杴和杈子揚淨的。
The oxen and the donkeys, who plow the ground, will eat seasoned feed that has been winnowed with a shovel and a fork.
25 在大行殺戮的日子，高臺倒塌的時候，各高山岡陵必有川流河湧。
On every high mountain and on every high hill, there will be flowing brooks and streams of waters, in the day of the great slaughter when the towers fall.
26 當耶和華纏裹他百姓的損處，醫治他民鞭傷的日子，月光必像日光，日光必加七倍，像七日的光一樣。
The light of the moon will be like the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter, like the sunlight of seven days. Yahweh will bind up the breaking of his people and heal the bruises of his wounding them.
27 看哪，耶和華的名從遠方來， 怒氣燒起，密煙上騰。 他的嘴唇滿有忿恨； 他的舌頭像吞滅的火。
Look, the name of Yahweh comes from a distant place, burning with his anger and in dense smoke. His lips are full of fury, and his tongue is like a devouring fire.
28 他的氣如漲溢的河水，直漲到頸項， 要用毀滅的篩籮篩淨列國， 並且在眾民的口中必有使人錯行的嚼環。
His breath is like an overflowing torrent that reaches up to the middle of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction. His breath is a bridle in the jaws of the peoples to cause them to wander away.
29 你們必唱歌，像守聖節的夜間一樣，並且心中喜樂，像人吹笛，上耶和華的山，到以色列的磐石那裏。
You will have a song as in the night when a holy feast is observed, and gladness of heart, as when one goes with a flute to the mountain of Yahweh, to the Rock of Israel.
30 耶和華必使人聽他威嚴的聲音，又顯他降罰的膀臂和他怒中的忿恨，並吞滅的火焰與霹雷、暴風、冰雹。
Yahweh will make the splendor of his voice heard and show the motion of his arm in storming anger and flames of fire, with windstorm, rainstorm, and hailstones.
31 亞述人必因耶和華的聲音驚惶；耶和華必用杖擊打他。
For at the voice of Yahweh, Assyria will be shattered; he will strike them with a staff.
32 耶和華必將命定的杖加在他身上；每打一下，人必擊鼓彈琴。打仗的時候，耶和華必掄起手來，與他交戰。
Every stroke of the appointed rod that Yahweh will lay on them will be accompanied with the music of tambourines and harps as he battles and fights with them.
33 原來陀斐特又深又寬，早已為王預備好了；其中堆的是火與許多木柴。耶和華的氣如一股硫磺火使他着起來。
For a place of burning was prepared long ago. Indeed, it is prepared for the king, and God has made it deep and wide. The pile is ready with a fire and much wood. The breath of Yahweh, like a stream of brimstone, will set it on fire.
