1“For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,
1审判万国“看哪!到了那些日子,在那个时期,我使犹大和耶路撒冷被掳的人归回,(本节在《马索拉抄本》为4:1)
2I will gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat; and I will execute judgment on them there for my people, and for my heritage, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations. They have divided my land,
2我必招聚列国,领他们下到约沙法谷,为了我的子民,就是我的产业以色列,我要在那里亲临审判他们,因为他们把我的子民分散在列国中,又分取了我的地土。
3and have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a prostitute, and sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.
3他们为我的子民抽签,用男童交换妓女,女童被卖换酒喝。
4“Yes, and what are you to me, Tyre, and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Will you repay me? And if you repay me, I will swiftly and speedily return your repayment on your own head.
4“推罗、西顿和非利士四境的人哪!你们想对我作什么呢?你们想向我报复吗?你们若向我报复,我很快就使报应归在你们的头上。
5Because you have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried my finest treasures into your temples,
5你们拿去了我的金银,又把我的珍宝带进了你们的庙宇。
6and have sold the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem to the sons of the Greeks, that you may remove them far from their border.
6你们把犹大人和耶路撒冷人卖给希腊人,使他们远离自己的境界。
7Behold, I will stir them up out of the place where you have sold them, and will return your repayment on your own head;
7看哪!我要激动他们离开被你们卖到的地方,我也要使报应归到你们的头上。
8and I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hands of the children of Judah, and they will sell them to the men of Sheba, to a faraway nation, for Yahweh has spoken it.”
8我必把你们的儿女卖在犹大人的手中,犹大人必把他们卖给远方示巴国的人,因为这是耶和华说的。”
9Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war! Stir up the mighty men. Let all the warriors draw near. Let them come up.
9你们要在列国中宣告以下这话:“你们要预备争战,要激动勇士。让所有的战士都近前来,让他们都上去攻击。
10Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, ‘I am strong.’
10要把犁头打成刀剑,把镰刀打成矛枪;软弱的要说:‘我是勇士。’
11Hurry and come, all you surrounding nations, and gather yourselves together.” Cause your mighty ones to come down there, Yahweh.
11四围的列国啊!你们快来帮助,在那里一同聚集。耶和华啊!求你叫你的勇士下来吧。
12“Let the nations arouse themselves, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there will I sit to judge all the surrounding nations.
12在约沙法谷审判万民“万国都当奋起,上到约沙法谷去。因为我必坐在那里,审判四围的列国。
13Put in the sickle; for the harvest is ripe. Come, tread, for the winepress is full, the vats overflow, for their wickedness is great.”
13你们要伸出镰刀,因为庄稼已经熟了。来践踏吧,因为压酒池满了,酒池盈溢,因为他们的罪恶极大。
14Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of Yahweh is near, in the valley of decision.
14无数的人群齐集在判决谷,因为耶和华的日子临近了判决谷。
15The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
15日月昏暗,星星无光。
16Yahweh will roar from Zion, and thunder from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth will shake; but Yahweh will be a refuge to his people, and a stronghold to the children of Israel.
16耶和华从锡安吼叫,并从耶路撒冷发声,天地就震动。耶和华却要作他子民的避难所,作以色列众子的保障。
17“So you will know that I am Yahweh, your God, dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain. Then Jerusalem will be holy, and no strangers will pass through her any more.
17你们知道我是耶和华你们的 神,是住在锡安我的圣山上。那时,耶路撒冷必成为圣。外族人必不得从其中经过。
18It will happen in that day, that the mountains will drop down sweet wine, the hills will flow with milk, all the brooks of Judah will flow with waters, and a fountain will come forth from the house of Yahweh, and will water the valley of Shittim.
18到那日,大山都必滴下甜酒,小山都必流出奶,犹大的一切溪流,都必水流不息。必有泉源从耶和华的殿里流出来,灌溉河谷。
19Egypt will be a desolation, and Edom will be a desolate wilderness, for the violence done to the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
19埃及将会荒凉,以东必变成凄凉的旷野,都因为他们向犹大人所行的强暴,又因为在他们的国中流了无辜人血。
20But Judah will be inhabited forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
20犹大必永存“但犹大必存到永远,耶路撒冷也必存到万代。
21I will cleanse their blood, that I have not cleansed: for Yahweh dwells in Zion.”
21现在我要追讨我还未有追讨的流人血的罪。耶和华在锡安居住。”