Isaiah 16
1 Send forth, O Lord, the lamb, the ruler of the earth, from Petra of the desert, to the mount of the daughter of Sion.
你們當將羊羔奉給那地掌權的， 從西拉往曠野，送到錫安城的山。
2 And it shall come to pass, that as a bird fleeing away, and as young ones flying out of the nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be in the passage of Arnon.
摩押的居民在亞嫩渡口， 必像遊飛的鳥，如拆窩的雛。
3 Take counsel, gather a council: make thy shadow as the night in the midday: hide them that flee, and betray not them that wander about.
求你獻謀略，行公平， 使你的影子在午間如黑夜， 隱藏被趕散的人，不可顯露逃民。
4 My fugitives shall dwell with thee: O Moab, be thou a covert to them from the face of the destroyer: for the dust is at an end, the wretch is consumed: he hath failed, that trod the earth under foot.
求你容我這被趕散的人和你同居。 至於摩押，求你作他的隱密處， 脫離滅命者的面。 勒索人的歸於無有， 毀滅的事止息了， 欺壓人的從國中除滅了，
5 And a throne shall be prepared in mercy, and one shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging and seeking judgment and quickly rendering that which is just.
必有寶座因慈愛堅立； 必有一位誠誠實實坐在其上， 在大衛帳幕中施行審判， 尋求公平，速行公義。
6 We have heard of the pride of Moab, he is exceeding proud: his pride and his arrogancy, and his indignation is more than his strength.
我們聽說摩押人驕傲， 是極其驕傲； 聽說他狂妄、驕傲、忿怒； 他誇大的話是虛空的。
7 Therefore shall Moab howl to Moab, every one shall howl: to them that rejoice upon the brick walls, tell ye their stripes.
因此，摩押人必為摩押哀號； 人人都要哀號。 你們摩押人要為吉珥‧哈列設的葡萄餅哀歎， 極其憂傷。
8 For the suburbs of Hesebon are desolate, and the lords of the nations have destroyed the vineyard of Sabama: the branches thereof have reached even to Jazer: they have wandered in the wilderness, the branches thereof are left, they are gone over the sea.
因為希實本的田地 和西比瑪的葡萄樹都衰殘了。 列國的君主折斷其上美好的枝子； 這枝子長到雅謝延到曠野， 嫩枝向外探出，直探過鹽海。
9 Therefore I will lament with the weeping of Jazer the vineyard of Sabama: I will water thee with my tears, O Hesebon, and Eleale: for the voice of the treaders hath rushed in upon thy vintage, and upon thy harvest.
因此，我要為西比瑪的葡萄樹哀哭， 與雅謝人哀哭一樣。 希實本、以利亞利啊， 我要以眼淚澆灌你； 因為有交戰吶喊的聲音 臨到你夏天的果子， 並你收割的莊稼。
10 And gladness and joy shall be taken away from Carmel, and there shall be no rejoicing nor shouting in the vineyards. He shall not tread out wine in the press that was wont to tread it out: the voice of the treaders I have taken away.
從肥美的田中奪去了歡喜快樂； 在葡萄園裏必無歌唱，也無歡呼的聲音。 踹酒的在酒醡中不得踹出酒來； 我使他歡呼的聲音止息。
11 Wherefore my bowels shall sound like a harp for Moab, and my inward parts for the brick wall.
因此，我心腹為摩押哀鳴如琴； 我心腸為吉珥‧哈列設也是如此。
12 And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is wearied on his high places, that he shall go in to his sanctuaries to pray, and shall not prevail.
摩押人朝見的時候，在高處疲乏，又到他聖所祈禱，也不蒙應允。
13 This is the word, that the Lord spoke to Moab from that time:
這是耶和華從前論摩押的話。
14 And now the Lord hath spoken, saying: In three years, as the years of a hireling, the glory of Moab shall be taken away for all the multitude of the people, and it shall be left small and feeble, not many.
但現在耶和華說：「三年之內，照雇工的年數，摩押的榮耀與他的群眾必被藐視，餘剩的人甚少無幾。」
