1预言巴比伦倾覆
1The burden of Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz hath seen:
2你要在光秃的山上竖起旗帜，向众人扬声挥手，叫他们进入权贵的门。
2`On a high mountain lift ye up an ensign, Raise the voice to them, wave the hand, And they go in to the openings of nobles.
3我向我特选的军兵下了命令；我也呼召了我的勇士，就是那些骄傲自夸的人，去执行我在怒气中所要作的。
3I have given charge to My sanctified ones, Also I have called My mighty ones for Mine anger, Those rejoicing at Mine excellency.`
4听啊！山上有喧哗的声音，好像是众多的人民；听啊！有多国的人的嘈杂声，好像是列国聚集在一起。万军之耶和华正在数点军兵，预备打仗。
4A voice of a multitude in the mountains, A likeness of a numerous people, A voice of noise from the kingdoms of nations who are gathered, Jehovah of Hosts inspecting a host of battle!
5他们从远地而来，从天边而来。就是耶和华和他恼怒的工具，要毁灭这全地。
5They are coming in from a land afar off, From the end of the heavens, Jehovah and the instruments of His indignation, To destroy all the land.
6哀号吧！因为耶和华的日子近了，这日子来到，好像毁灭从全能者那里来到一样。
6Howl ye, for near [is] the day of Jehovah, As destruction from the Mighty it cometh.
7因此，各人的手都必发软，各人也必心惊胆战。
7Therefore, all hands do fail, And every heart of man doth melt.
8他们都要惊惶失措，疼痛与痛苦必抓住他们；他们必绞痛，像生产中的妇人一样。他们在惊愕中彼此对望，面色像火焰一般。
8And they have been troubled, Pains and pangs they take, As a travailing woman they are pained, A man at his friend they marvel, The appearance of flames — their faces!
9看哪！耶和华的日子快来到，必有残忍、愤恨与烈怒，使这地荒凉，使其中的罪人灭绝。
9Lo, the day of Jehovah doth come, Fierce, with wrath, and heat of anger, To make the land become a desolation, Yea, its sinning ones He destroyeth from it.
10天上的星星和众星座不再发光；太阳刚出来就变为黑暗，月亮也不再发光。
10For the stars of the heavens, and their constellations, Cause not their light to shine, Darkened hath been the sun in its going out, And the moon causeth not its light to come forth.
11我必因世界的邪恶施行刑罚，也必因恶人的罪孽惩罚他们；我要使狂妄人的骄傲止息，使强暴人的狂傲降卑。
11And I have appointed on the world evil, And on the wicked their iniquity, And have caused to cease the excellency of the proud, And the excellency of the terrible I make low.
12我必使人比精金还少，使人比俄斐的金更稀罕。
12I make man more rare than fine gold, And a common man than pure gold of Ophir.
13在万军之耶和华发怒的时候，就是我大发烈怒的日子，我要使天震动，大地必摇撼，离开本位。
13Therefore the heavens I cause to tremble, And the earth doth shake from its place, In the wrath of Jehovah of Hosts, And in a day of the heat of his anger.
14人必像被追猎的羚羊，又像无人招聚的羊群，各自归向本族，各自逃回本地。
14And it hath been, as a roe driven away, And as a flock that hath no gatherer, Each unto his people — they turn, And each unto his land — they flee.
15凡被追上的，必被刺死；凡被捉住的，必倒在刀下。
15Every one who is found is thrust through, And every one who is added falleth by sword.
16他们的婴孩必在他们眼前被摔死；他们的房屋必被抢掠，他们的妻子必被污辱。
16And their sucklings are dashed to pieces before their eyes, Spoiled are their houses, and their wives lain with.
17看哪！我要激动玛代人来攻击他们。玛代人不重视银子，也不喜爱金子。
17Lo, I am stirring up against them the Medes, Who silver esteem not, And gold — they delight not in it.
18他们的弓箭必射倒年轻人，他们不怜悯妇人腹中的婴儿；他们的眼也不顾惜小孩。
18And bows dash young men to pieces, And the fruit of the womb they pity not, On sons their eye hath no pity.
19巴比伦本是列国中的华美，是迦勒底人引以为傲的荣耀，必像 神倾覆的所多玛、蛾摩拉一样。
19And Babylon, the beauty of kingdoms, The glory, the excellency of the Chaldeans, Hath been as overthrown by God, With Sodom and with Gomorrah.
20那地必永远没有居民，世世代代无人居住；阿拉伯人不在那里搭帐幕；牧羊人也不领羊群躺卧在那里。
20She doth not sit for ever, Nor continueth unto many generations, Nor doth Arab pitch tent there, And shepherds lie not down there.
21躺卧在那里的，只有旷野的走兽；充满着他们房屋的，只有吼叫着的野兽；鸵鸟住在那里，野山羊在那里跳跃。
21And Ziim have lain down there, And full have been their houses of howlings, And dwelt there have daughters of an ostrich, And goats do skip there.
22豺狼必在巴比伦的宫中呼号，野狗必在他们华美的殿里吠叫。巴比伦受罚的时候临近了，它的日子必不长久。
22And Aiim have responded in his forsaken habitations, And dragons in palaces of delight, And near to come [is] her time, And her days are not drawn out!