Isaiah 30
1 "Woe to the rebellious children," says Jehovah, "who take counsel, but not from me; and who make an alliance, but not with my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin,
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；
2 who set out to go down into Egypt, and have not asked my advice; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to take refuge in the shadow of Egypt.
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。
3 Therefore the strength of Pharaoh will be your shame, and the refuge in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
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。
4 For their princes are at Zoan, and their ambassadors have come to Hanes.
他們的首領已在瑣安； 他們的使臣到了哈內斯。
5 They shall all be ashamed because of a people that can't profit them, that are not a help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach."
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。
6 The oracle of the animals of the Negev. Through the land of trouble and anguish, of the lioness and the lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they carry their riches on the shoulders of young donkeys, and their treasures on the humps of camels, to an unprofitable people.
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。
7 For Egypt helps in vain, and to no purpose; therefore have I called her Rahab who sits still.
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」。
8 Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and inscribe it in a book, that it may be for the time to come forever and ever.
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。
9 For it is a rebellious people, lying children, children who will not hear the law of Jehovah;
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。
10 who tell the seers, "Do not see for us," and to the prophets, "Do not prophesy to us right things. Tell us pleasant things. Prophesy deceits.
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。
11 Get out of the way. Turn aside from the path. Cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us."
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。
12 Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel, "Because you despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and rely on it;
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，
13 therefore this iniquity shall be to you like a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking comes suddenly in an instant.
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；
14 He will break it as a potter's vessel is broken, breaking it in pieces without sparing, so that there won't be found among the broken piece a piece good enough to take fire from the hearth, or to dip up water out of the cistern."
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。
15 For thus said Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, "You will be saved in returning and rest. Your strength will be in quietness and in confidence." You refused,
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。
16 but you said, "No, for we will flee on horses;" therefore you will flee; and, "We will ride on the swift;" therefore those who pursue you will be swift.
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。
17 One thousand will flee at the threat of one. At the threat of five, you will flee until you are left like a beacon on the top of a mountain, and like a banner on a hill.
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。
18 Therefore Jehovah will wait, that he may be gracious to you; and therefore he will be exalted, that he may have mercy on you, for Jehovah is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him.
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！
19 For the people will dwell in Zion at Jerusalem. You will weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the voice of your cry. When he hears you, he will answer you.
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。
20 Though Jehovah may give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet your teachers won't be hidden anymore, but your eyes will see your teachers;
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。
21 and when you turn to the right hand, and when you turn to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, "This is the way. Walk in it."
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。」
22 You shall defile the overlaying of your engraved images of silver, and the plating of your molten images of gold. You shall cast them away as an unclean thing. You shall tell it, "Go away."
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！」
23 And he will give the rain for your seed, with which you will sow the ground, and bread of the increase of the ground; it will be rich and plentiful. In that day, your livestock will feed in large pastures.
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。
24 The oxen likewise and the young donkeys that till the ground will eat savory provender, which has been winnowed with the shovel and with the fork.
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。
25 There shall be brooks and streams of water on every lofty mountain and on every high hill in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.
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。
26 Moreover 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 light of seven days, in the day that Jehovah binds up the fracture of his people, and heals the wound they were struck with.
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。
27 Look, the name of Jehovah comes from far away, burning with his anger, and in thick rising smoke. His lips are full of indignation, and his tongue is as a devouring fire.
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。
28 His breath is as an overflowing stream that reaches even to the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction; and a bridle that leads to ruin will be in the jaws of the peoples.
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。
29 You will have a song, as in the night when a holy feast is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goes with a flute to come to Jehovah's mountain, to Israel's Rock.
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。
30 Jehovah will cause his glorious voice to be heard, and will show the descent of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and the flame of a devouring fire, with a blast, storm, and hailstones.
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。
31 For through the voice of Jehovah the Assyrian will be dismayed. He will strike him with his rod.
亞述人必因耶和華的聲音驚惶；耶和華必用杖擊打他。
32 And every stroke with his punishing club, which Jehovah will lay on him, will be with the sound of tambourines and harps. He will fight with them in battles, brandishing weapons.
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。
33 For his burning place has long been ready. Yes, for the king it is made ready. He has made its pyre deep and large with fire and much wood. Jehovah's breath, like a stream of sulfur, kindles it.
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。
