Isaiah 31

1 Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, trusting in horses, and putting their confidence in chariots, because they me many: and in horsemen, because they me very strong: and have not trusted in the Holy One of Israel, and have not sought after the Lord.

禍哉，那些南下埃及求救，依靠戰馬，信賴他們戰車眾多，依恃他們鐵騎驍勇，而不仰望以色列的聖者，也不求問上主的人！

2 But he that is the wise one hath brought evil, and hath not removed his words: and he will rise up against the house of the wicked, and against the aid of them that work iniquity.

但是上主仍然能降下災禍，他決不收回自己的言語；他必要起來攻擊惡人的家，攻擊助人作惡的人。

3 Egypt is man, and not God: and their horses, flesh, and not spirit: and the Lord shall put down his hand, and the helper shall fall, and he that is helped shall fall, and they shall all be confounded together.

埃及人是人，並不是神；他們的戰馬是血肉，並不是靈；只要上主一伸手，施助的人必將仆倒，受助的人必要顛覆：二者同歸於盡。

4 For thus saith the Lord to me: Like as the lion roareth, and the lion’s whelp upon his prey, and when a multitude of shepherds shall come against him, he will not fear at their voice, nor be afraid of their multitude: so shall the Lord of hosts come down to fight upon mount Sion, and upon the hill thereof.

因為上主曾這樣對我說：「猶如壯獅或幼獅為了獵物而怒吼，即使召集許多牧人攻擊牠，牠並不因他們的叫囂而畏懼，也不因他們的喧嚷而驚慌；同樣，萬軍的上主必要降下，為熙雍和她的丘嶺作戰。

5 As birds dying, so will the Lord of hosts protect Jerusalem, protecting and delivering, passing over and saving.

有如飛鳥展翼護雛，萬軍的上主也要這樣扞衛耶路撒冷，加以保護、拯救、憐恤、保存。」

6 Return as you had deeply revolted, O children of Israel.

以色列子民啊！再歸到你們所遠離的上主那裏罷！

7 For in that day a man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your hands have made for you to sin.

因為到那一天，人人必要拋棄自己的銀偶像和金偶像，即你們以污穢的手所製造的。

8 And the Assyrian shall fall by the sword not of a man, and the sword not of a man shall devour him, and he shall flee not at the face of the sword: and his young men shall be tributaries.

亞述必將傾覆於超人的刀下，超人的刀必將吞噬她；她將由刀劍面前逃走，她的壯丁必要充作苦役。

9 And his strength shall pass away with dread, and his princes fleeing shall be afraid: the Lord hath said it, whose die is in Sion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.

她的磐石由於震驚必要逃避，她的王侯，由於恐慌必將放棄軍旗：這是在熙雍有火，在耶路撒冷有爐的上主的斷語。