Isaiah 13

1 This is the burden against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz received:

1 以下是亚摩斯的儿子以赛亚有关巴比伦的预言：

2 Raise a banner on a barren hilltop; call aloud to them. Wave your hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles.

2 你们要在光秃的山上竖立旗帜， 向战士高呼， 挥手示意他们进入贵族的城门。

3 I have commanded My sanctified ones; I have even summoned My warriors to execute My wrath and exult in My triumph.

3 我已向我拣选的士兵发出命令， 我已号召我的勇士去倾倒我的烈怒， 他们因我的胜利而欢喜。

4 Listen, a tumult on the mountains, like that of a great multitude! Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms, like nations gathered together! The LORD of Hosts is mobilizing an army for war.

4 听啊，山上人声鼎沸， 像是大军的声音。 那是列邦列国聚集呐喊的声音。 万军之耶和华正在召集军队， 准备作战。

5 They are coming from faraway lands, from the ends of the heavens—the LORD and the weapons of His wrath—to destroy the whole country.

5 他们从远方，从天边而来。 那是耶和华及倾倒祂烈怒的兵器， 要来毁灭大地。

6 Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

6 你们哀号吧！ 因为耶和华的日子近了， 全能者施行毁灭的时候到了。

7 Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man’s heart will melt.

7 人们都必双手发软，人人胆战心惊，

8 Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another, their faces flushed with fear.

8 惊恐万状， 痛苦不堪，如同剧痛中分娩的妇人。 他们必吓得面面相觑，脸如火烧。

9 Behold, the Day of the LORD is coming—cruel, with fury and burning anger—to make the earth a desolation and to destroy the sinners within it.

9 看啊，耶和华的日子来临了， 是充满愤恨和烈怒的残酷之日， 要使大地荒凉， 毁灭地上的罪人。

10 For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.

10 天上的星辰不再发光， 太阳刚出来就变黑， 月亮也暗淡无光。

11 I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. I will end the haughtiness of the arrogant and lay low the pride of the ruthless.

11 我必惩罚这邪恶的世界， 惩治罪恶的世人， 终结骄横之人的狂妄， 贬抑残暴之徒的骄傲。

12 I will make man scarcer than pure gold, and mankind rarer than the gold of Ophir.

12 我必使人比精炼的金子还稀少， 比俄斐的纯金更罕见。

13 Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken from its place at the wrath of the LORD of Hosts on the day of His burning anger.

13 我万军之耶和华发烈怒和义愤的日子， 必使诸天震动， 使大地摇撼，脱离原位。

14 Like a hunted gazelle, like a sheep without a shepherd, each will return to his own people, each will flee to his native land.

14 人们都投奔亲族， 逃回故乡， 好像被追赶的羚羊， 又如没有牧人的羊群。

15 Whoever is caught will be stabbed, and whoever is captured will die by the sword.

15 被捉的人都会被刺死， 被逮的人都会丧身刀下。

16 Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished.

16 他们的婴孩必被摔死在他们眼前， 家园遭劫掠， 妻子被蹂躏。

17 Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes, who have no regard for silver and no desire for gold.

17 看啊，我要驱使玛代人来攻击他们。 玛代人不在乎金子， 也不看重银子，

18 Their bows will dash young men to pieces; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; they will not look with pity on the children.

18 他们必用弓箭射死青年， 他们不怜悯婴儿， 也不顾惜孩童。

19 And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.

19 巴比伦在列国中辉煌无比， 是迦勒底人的骄傲和荣耀， 但上帝必毁灭它， 好像毁灭所多玛和蛾摩拉一样。

20 She will never be inhabited or settled from generation to generation; no nomad will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flock there.

20 那里必人烟绝迹， 世世代代无人居住， 没有阿拉伯人在那里支搭帐篷， 也无人在那里牧放羊群。

21 But desert creatures will lie down there, and howling creatures will fill her houses. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will leap about.

21 旷野的走兽在那里躺卧， 咆哮的猛兽占满房屋； 鸵鸟住在那里， 野山羊在那里跳跃嬉戏。

22 Hyenas will howl in her fortresses and jackals in her luxurious palaces. Babylon’s time is at hand, and her days will not be prolonged.

22 豺狼在城楼上嚎叫， 野狗在华美的宫殿里狂吠。 巴比伦的结局近了， 它的时候不多了！