¹摩押的绝望

¹Send ye a lamb [to] the ruler of the land, From Selah in the wilderness, Unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.

²摩押的居民在亚嫩渡口，像游荡的飞鸟，又像被赶出巢窝的鸟儿。

²And it hath come to pass, As a wandering bird, a nest cast out, Are daughters of Moab, [at] fords of Arnon.

³“求你给我们献谋略，作裁判！使你的影子在午间如同黑夜，把被赶逐的人隐藏起来，不可出卖逃亡的人。

³Bring ye in counsel, do judgment, Make as night thy shadow in the midst of noon, Hide outcasts, the wanderer reveal not.

⁴让摩押那些被赶逐的人与你同住，求你作他们的隐密处，使他们脱离毁灭者的面。勒索人的必要终止，毁灭人的也将止息，欺压人的必从这地灭绝；

⁴Sojourn in thee do My outcasts, O Moab, Be a secret hiding-place to them, From the face of a destroyer, For ceased hath the extortioner, Finished hath been a destroyer, Consumed the treaders down out of the land.

⁵必有一个宝座在慈爱中建立；必有一位凭信实坐在上面，就是在大卫的帐棚里；他必施行审判，寻求公平，并且迅速行公义。”

⁵And established in kindness is the throne, And [one] hath sat on it in truth, in the tent of David, Judging and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness.

⁶我们听说过摩押的骄傲，十分骄傲；也听说过它的狂妄、骄傲和忿怒，它那浮夸的话都是虚假。

⁶We have heard of the pride of Moab — very proud, His pride, and his arrogance, and his wrath, Not right [are] his devices.

⁷因此，摩押人必哀哭，各人一同为摩押哀哭，摩押人又要为吉珥．哈列设的葡萄饼哀叹忧伤。

⁷Therefore howl doth Moab for Moab, all of it doth howl, For the grape-cakes of Kir-Hareseth it meditateth, Surely they are smitten.

⁸先知的哀叹因为希实本的田地和西比玛的葡萄树都衰残了，它们美好的枝子曾醉倒了列国的君主。它的嫩枝直达雅谢，蔓延到旷野，又向外伸展，越过盐海。

⁸Because fields of Heshbon languish, The vine of Sibmah, Lords of nations did beat her choice vines, Unto Jazer they have come, They have wandered in a wilderness, Her plants have spread themselves, They have passed over a sea.

⁹因此，我要为西比玛的葡萄树哀哭，像雅谢人的哀哭一样。希实本和以利亚利啊！我要用眼泪浸透你；因为有吶喊的声音临到你夏天的果子和你收割的庄稼。

⁹Therefore I weep with the weeping of Jazer, The vine of Sibmah, I water thee [with] my tear, O Heshbon and Elealeh, For — for thy summer fruits, and for thy harvest, The shouting hath fallen.

¹⁰欢喜快乐都从肥美的田地中被取去了；葡萄园里必再没有歌唱，也没有欢呼；踹酒的不能在榨酒池里踹出酒来；我止息了欢呼的声音！

¹⁰And removed have been gladness and joy from the fruitful field, And in vineyards they sing not, nor shout, Wine in the presses treadeth not the treader, Shouting I have caused to cease.

¹¹因此，我的心肠为摩押哀鸣，有如琴瑟；我的肺腑也为吉珥．哈列设哀哭。

¹¹Therefore my bowels for Moab as a harp do sound, And mine inward parts for Kir-Haresh.

¹²到那时，摩押人虽朝见他们的神，虽在高处弄得疲乏不堪，又到他们的圣所去祷告，却总不得亨通。

¹²And it hath come to pass, when it hath been seen, That weary hath been Moab on the high place, And he hath come unto his sanctuary to pray, And is not able.

¹³以上是耶和华从前论到摩押所说的话。

¹³This [is] the word that Jehovah hath spoken unto Moab from that time,

¹⁴但现在耶和华宣告说：“三年之内，按照雇工的年数，摩押的荣耀和他所有的群众，都必被藐视；余下的人必稀少，微不足道。”

¹⁴And now hath Jehovah spoken, saying, `In three years, as years of an hireling, Lightly esteemed is the honour of Moab, With all the great multitude, And the remnant [is] little, small, not mighty!`