Isaiah 22
1 [I received] this message [from Yahweh] about Jerusalem, about the valley where [Yahweh showed me] this vision. Why is everyone foolishly running up to their [flat] rooftops?
论异象谷的默示： 有什么事使你这满城的人都上房顶呢？
2 Everyone in the city [seems to] be shouting. [There are a lot of] corpses [in the city], [but they] were not killed by [their enemies’] swords. They did not die in battles; [instead, they died from diseases and hunger].
你这满处呐喊、大有喧哗的城， 欢乐的邑啊， 你中间被杀的并不是被刀杀， 也不是因打仗死亡。
3 All the leaders of the city fled. [But then] they were captured because they did not have bows [and arrows to defend themselves]. Your [soldiers tried to] flee while the enemy [army] was still far away, but they also were captured.
你所有的官长一同逃跑， 都为弓箭手所捆绑。 你中间一切被找到的都一同被捆绑； 他们本是逃往远方的。
4 That is why I said, “Allow me to cry alone; do not try to comfort me [about my people being slaughtered].”
所以我说：你们转眼不看我， 我要痛哭。 不要因我众民的毁灭， 就竭力安慰我。
5 The Commander of the armies of angels has [chosen] a time when there will be a great uproar, [soldiers] marching, and people being terrified in the valley [where I received this] vision. [It will be a time when our city] walls will be battered down and [the people’s] cries [for help] will be heard in the mountains.
因为主—万军之耶和华使“异象谷” 有溃乱、践踏、烦扰的日子。 城被攻破， 哀声达到山间。
6 The armies from Elam and Kir [in Media] will attack, driving chariots and carrying shields.
以拦带着箭袋， 还有坐战车的和马兵； 吉珥揭开盾牌。
7 Our beautiful valleys will be filled with [our enemies’] chariots and the men who drive the chariots will stand outside [our city] gates.
你嘉美的谷遍满战车， 也有马兵在城门前排列。
8 The walls that protect [the cities in] Judah will fall down. You [people of Jerusalem] will run to get the weapons [that are stored in the building called] “the Hall of the Forest”.
他去掉犹大的遮盖。 那日，你就仰望林库内的军器。
9 You will see that there are many breaks/holes in the walls of Jerusalem. You will store water in the lower pool [in the city].
你们看见大卫城的破口很多，便聚积下池的水，
10 You will inspect the houses in Jerusalem, and [some of] them you will tear down to use the stones to repair the [city] wall.
又数点耶路撒冷的房屋，将房屋拆毁，修补城墙，
11 Between the walls [of the city] you will build a reservoir to [store] water from the old pool. But you will never request help from the one who made the city; you have never depended on Yahweh, who planned this city long ago.
又在两道城墙中间挖一个聚水池可盛旧池的水，却不仰望做这事的主，也不顾念从古定这事的。
12 The Commander of the armies of angels told you to weep and mourn; he told you to shave your heads and to wear rough sackcloth to show that you were sorry for the sins that you had committed.
当那日，主—万军之耶和华叫人哭泣哀号， 头上光秃，身披麻布。
13 But instead of doing that, you were happy and celebrating; you slaughtered cattle and sheep, [in order to cook their] meat and eat it and drink wine. You said, “Let’s eat and drink [all that we want to], because [it is possible that] we will die tomorrow!”
谁知，人倒欢喜快乐， 宰牛杀羊，吃肉喝酒，说： 我们吃喝吧！因为明天要死了。
14 [So] the Commander of the armies of angels revealed this to me: “I will never forgive my people for sinning like this!”
万军之耶和华亲自默示我说： 这罪孽直到你们死，断不得赦免！ 这是主—万军之耶和华说的。
15 The Commander of the armies of angels said this [to me]: “Go to Shebna, the official who supervises the workers in the palace, and give this message to him:
主—万军之耶和华这样说：“你去见掌银库的，就是家宰舍伯那，对他说：
16 '[Who do you think you are?] Who gave you the authority to build a beautiful tomb where you will be buried, chiseling it out of the rocky cliff high above this valley?
‘你在这里做什么呢？有什么人竟在这里凿坟墓，就是在高处为自己凿坟墓，在磐石中为自己凿出安身之所？
17 You [think that you are] [IRO] a great man, but Yahweh is about to hurl you away. [It will be as though] he will seize you,
看哪，耶和华必像大有力的人，将你紧紧缠裹，竭力抛去。
18 and roll/crumple you into a ball and throw you away into a large distant land. You will die [and be buried] there, and your beautiful chariots will stay there [in the hands of your enemies]. And [because of what happens to you], your master, [the king], will be [very] ashamed/disgraced.
他必将你滚成一团，抛在宽阔之地，好像抛球一样。你这主人家的羞辱，必在那里坐你荣耀的车，也必在那里死亡。
19 Yahweh will force you to quit working in the palace; you will be demoted from your important position.
我必赶逐你离开官职；你必从你的原位撤下。’
20 Then I will summon Hilkiah’s son Eliakim, who has served serve me [well], to replace you.
“到那日，我必召我仆人希勒家的儿子以利亚敬来，
21 I will allow him to wear your robe, and to fasten your sash around him, and I will give to him the authority that you had. He will be like [MET] a father to the people of Jerusalem and [all the other] towns in Judah.
将你的外袍给他穿上，将你的腰带给他系紧，将你的政权交在他手中。他必作耶路撒冷居民和犹大家的父。
22 I will give to him authority [MTY] over [what happens in] the palace where King David [lived]; when he decides something [MET], no one will be able to oppose it; when he refuses to do something, no one will be able to force him to do it.
我必将大卫家的钥匙放在他肩头上。他开，无人能关；他关，无人能开。
23 I will cause his family to be greatly respected, because I will put him firmly in his position [as supervisor of the workers in the palace], like [SIM] a nail that is firmly hammered into a wall.
我必将他安稳，像钉子钉在坚固处；他必作为他父家荣耀的宝座。
24 Others will enable him to have much responsibility, with the result that all the members of his family, even the most insignificant ones, will be honored.'”
他父家所有的荣耀，连儿女带子孙，都挂在他身上，好像一切小器皿，从杯子到酒瓶挂上一样。
25 [But] the Commander of the armies of angels also says, “[Shebna is like] [MET] a peg that is firmly fastened to the wall. But there will be a time when I will [remove him from his position]; he will lose his power/influence, and everything that he promoted [MET] will fail. [That will surely happen] because [I], Yahweh, have said it.”
万军之耶和华说：当那日，钉在坚固处的钉子必压斜，被砍断落地；挂在其上的重担必被剪断。因为这是耶和华说的。”
