Isaiah 17

1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from [being] a city, And it has been a heap—a ruin.

论大马士革的默示： 看哪，大马士革已被废弃，不再为城， 必变作乱堆。

2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken, They are for droves, and they have lain down, And there is none troubling.

亚罗珥的城邑已被撇弃， 必成为牧羊之处； 羊在那里躺卧，无人惊吓。

3 And the fortress has ceased from Ephraim, And the kingdom from Damascus, And the remnant of Aram are as the glory of the sons of Israel, A declaration of YHWH of Hosts!

以法莲不再有保障； 大马士革不再有国权； 亚兰所剩下的 必像以色列人的荣耀消灭一样。 这是万军之耶和华说的。

4 And it has come to pass in that day, The glory of Jacob waxes poor, And the fatness of his flesh waxes lean.

到那日，雅各的荣耀必至枵薄； 他肥胖的身体必渐瘦弱。

5 And it has come to pass, As the gathering of the standing grain by the reaper, And his arm reaps the ears, And it has come to pass, As the gathering of the ears in the Valley of Rephaim,

就必像收割的人收敛禾稼， 用手割取穗子， 又像人在利乏音谷拾取遗落的穗子。

6 And gleanings have been left in him, As the surrounding of an olive, Two—three berries on the top of a branch, Four—five on the fruitful boughs, A declaration of YHWH, God of Israel!

其间所剩下的不多，好像人打橄榄树— 在尽上的枝梢上只剩两三个果子； 在多果树的旁枝上只剩四五个果子。 这是耶和华—以色列的 神说的。

7 In that day man looks to His Maker, Indeed, his eyes look to the Holy One of Israel,

当那日，人必仰望造他们的主，眼目重看以色列的圣者。

8 And he does not look to the altars. The work of his own hands, And that which his own fingers made, He does not see—the Asherim and the images.

他们必不仰望祭坛，就是自己手所筑的，也不重看自己指头所做的，无论是木偶是日像。

9 In that day the cities of his strength are As the forsaken thing of the forest, And the branch that they have left, Because of the sons of Israel, It has also been a desolation.

在那日，他们的坚固城必像树林中和山顶上所撇弃的地方，就是从前在以色列人面前被人撇弃的。这样，地就荒凉了。

10 Because you have forgotten the God of your salvation, And have not remembered the Rock of your strength, Therefore you plant plants of pleasantness, And sow it with a strange shoot,

因你忘记救你的 神， 不记念你能力的磐石； 所以，你栽上佳美的树秧子， 插上异样的栽子。

11 You cause your plant to become great in the day, And make your seed to flourish in the morning, The harvest [is] a heap in a day of overflowing, And of mortal pain.

栽种的日子，你周围圈上篱笆， 又到早晨使你所种的开花； 但在愁苦极其伤痛的日子， 所收割的都飞去了。

12 Woe [to] the multitude of many peoples, They sound as the sounding of seas; And the roaring of nations, As the roaring of mighty waters [that] make a crashing.

唉！多民哄嚷，好像海浪匉訇； 列邦奔腾，好像猛水滔滔；

13 Nations crash as the roaring of many waters, And He rebuked them, And they fled far off, And were pursued as chaff of hills before wind, And as a rolling thing before a windstorm.

列邦奔腾，好像多水滔滔； 但 神斥责他们，他们就远远逃避， 又被追赶，如同山上的风前糠， 又如暴风前的旋风土。

14 At evening, behold, terror, before morning it is not, This [is] the portion of our spoilers, And the lot of our plunderers!

到晚上有惊吓，未到早晨他们就没有了。这是掳掠我们之人所得的分，是抢夺我们之人的报应。