1以色列重归故土
1Because Jehovah loveth Jacob, And hath fixed again on Israel, And given them rest on their own land, And joined hath been the sojourner to them, And they have been admitted to the house of Jacob.
2以色列人必把他们带回自己的国土去，以色列家必在耶和华所赐的地上得着这些外族人作仆婢；也要掳掠那些掳掠过他们的，并且统治那些欺压过他们的。
2And peoples have taken them, And have brought them in unto their place, And the house of Israel have inherited them, On the land of Jehovah, For men-servants and for maid-servants, And they have been captors of their captors, And have ruled over their exactors.
3讥讽巴比伦之歌耶和华使你脱离痛苦、愁烦、被迫作的苦工，得享安息的日子，
3And it hath come to pass, In the day of Jehovah`s giving rest to thee, From thy grief, and from thy trouble, And from the sharp bondage, That hath been served upon thee,
4你必唱出这首诗歌来讽刺巴比伦王，说：“欺压人的，怎么止息了呢！强暴怎么止住了呢！
4That thou hast taken up this simile Concerning the king of Babylon, and said, How hath the exactor ceased,
5耶和华折断了恶人的杖和统治者的棒，
5Ceased hath the golden one. Broken hath Jehovah the staff of the wicked, The sceptre of rulers.
6就是那在忿怒中不住击打众民、在怒气中管辖列国、毫无抑制地施行迫害的。
6He who is smiting peoples in wrath, A smiting without intermission, He who is ruling in anger nations, Pursuing without restraint!
7现在全地都平静安息，各人都发声欢呼。
7At rest — quiet hath been all the earth, They have broken forth [into] singing.
8连松树和黎巴嫩的香柏树都因你欢乐，说：‘自从你躺下以后，再没有砍伐的人上来砍伐我们了。’
8Even firs have rejoiced over thee, Cedars of Lebanon — [saying]: Since thou hast lain down, The hewer cometh not up against us.
9地下的阴间因你震动，并迎接你的来临；又因你而唤醒了所有曾在地上作过领袖的阴魂；又使所有曾在列国中作君王的，都离位站起来。
9Sheol beneath hath been troubled at thee, To meet thy coming in, It is waking up for thee Rephaim, All chiefs ones of earth, It hath raised up from their thrones All kings of nations.
10他们都必答话，对你说：‘你也变为衰弱，像我们一样吗？你也与我们相似吗？’
10All of them answer and say unto thee, Even thou hast become weak like us! Unto us thou hast become like!
11你的威势和你的琴瑟音乐，都被带下阴间了；你下面铺的是虫，上面盖的是蛆。
11Brought down to Sheol hath been thine excellency, The noise of thy psaltery, Under thee spread out hath been the worm, Yea, covering thee is the worm.
12明亮之星、清晨之子啊！你怎么从天上坠落？你这倾覆列国的，怎么被砍倒在地上？
12How hast thou fallen from the heavens, O shining one, son of the dawn! Thou hast been cut down to earth, O weakener of nations.
13你心里曾说：‘我要升到天上，我要高举我的宝座到 神的众星之上，我要坐在聚会的山上，在北方的极处。
13And thou saidst in thy heart: the heavens I go up, Above stars of God I raise my throne, And I sit in the mount of meeting in the sides of the north.
14我要升到云的高处，我要使自己像那至高者一般。’
14I go up above the heights of a thick cloud, I am like to the Most High.
15然而，你却被拋下阴间，落到坑中的极处。
15Only — unto Sheol thou art brought down, Unto the sides of the pit.
16那些看见你的，都必定睛看你，他们必注视着你，说：‘那使大地震动，使列国摇撼，
16Thy beholders look to thee, to thee they attend, Is this the man causing the earth to tremble, Shaking kingdoms?
17使世界如同荒野，倾覆城镇，又不释放囚犯的，就是这人吗？’
17He hath made the world as a wilderness, And his cities he hath broken down, Of his bound ones he opened not the house.
18列国的君王都在荣耀中安睡，各在自己的坟墓里。
18All kings of nations — all of them, Have lain down in honour, each in his house,
19但你要从你的坟墓中被逐出，好像一根被厌弃的树枝，你被那些遭刀剑所杀的人掩盖，就是那些被拋到坑中石头那里的人。你就像一具遭人践踏的尸体。
19And — thou hast been cast out of thy grave, As an abominable branch, raiment of the slain, Thrust through ones of the sword, Going down unto the sons of the pit, As a carcase trodden down.
20你必不得与别的君王同葬，因为你败坏了你的国，杀戮了你的人民；愿那些恶人的后裔永远不被人提说。
20Thou art not united with them in burial, For thy land thou hast destroyed, Thy people thou hast slain, Not named to the age is the seed of evil doers.
21因为他们的祖宗犯了罪孽，你们要为他的子孙预备屠杀之处；不要让他们兴起来，占有地土，在世上布满城镇。”
21Prepare ye for his sons slaughter; Because of the iniquity of their fathers, They rise not, nor have possessed the land, Nor filled the face of the world [with] cities.
22万军之耶和华说：“我必兴起攻击他们，把巴比伦的名号、所剩余的人，以及后裔子孙，都一同剪除。”这是耶和华说的。
22And I have risen up against them, (The affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts,) And have cut off, in reference to Babylon, Name and remnant, and continuator and successor, The affirmation of Jehovah.
23“我必使巴比伦被箭猪所占，又使它变为泥沼之地；我必用毁灭的扫帚把它扫净。”这是万军之耶和华说的。
23And have made it for a possession of a bittern, And ponds of waters, And daubed it with the mire of destruction, The affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts!
24万军之耶和华起了誓，说：“我怎样想，事就怎样成就；我怎样计划，事就怎样立定，
24Sworn hath Jehovah of Hosts, saying, `As I thought — so hath it not been? And as I counselled — it standeth;
25就是在我的地上粉碎亚述人，在我的山上践踏他们；他们所加的轭必离开以色列人，他们所加的重担必离开以色列人的肩头。”
25To break Asshur in My land, And on My mountains I tread him down, And turned from off them hath his yoke, Yea, his burden from off their shoulder turneth aside.
26这就是对全地所定的旨意，就是向列国伸出的手。
26This [is] the counsel that is counselled for all the earth, And this [is] the hand that is stretched out for all the nations.
27因为万军之耶和华决定的事，谁能阻拦呢？他的手伸了出来，谁能使他收回呢？
27For Jehovah of Hosts hath purposed, And who doth make void? And His hand that is stretched out, Who doth turn it back?`
28亚哈斯王去世的那一年，有以下的默示：
28In the year of the death of king Ahaz was this burden:
29预言非利士地的灾祸非利士全地啊！不要因为那击打你们的杖折断了就欢喜，因为从蛇的根必生出毒蛇来，它所生的，是会飞的蛇。
29Rejoice not thou, Philistia, all of thee, That broken hath been the rod of thy smiter, For from the root of a serpent cometh out a viper, And its fruit [is] a flying saraph.
30最贫寒的人必有食物吃，贫乏人必安然躺卧；我必用饥荒毁灭你的根，你余剩的人，必被饥荒所杀。
30And delighted have the first-born of the poor, And the needy in confidence lie down, And I have put to death with famine thy root, And thy remnant it slayeth.
31城门啊，要哀号！城镇啊，要呼叫！非利士全地啊，要战栗发软！因为有烟从北方来，在他的行伍中没有离队逃走的。
31Howl, O gate; cry, O city, Melted art thou, Philistia, all of thee, For from the north smoke hath come, And there is none alone in his set places.
32人要怎样回答外族的使者呢？要说：“耶和华建立了锡安，他子民中的困苦人必在其中避难。”
32And what doth one answer the messengers of a nation? `That Jehovah hath founded Zion, And in it do the poor of His people trust!`