Isaiah 16

1 Send the tribute lambs to the ruler of the land, from Sela in the desert to the mount of Daughter Zion.

1 你们要从西拉穿过旷野，来到少女锡安的山， 把羊羔献给那里的掌权者。

2 Like fluttering birds pushed out of the nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon:

2 在亚嫩河渡口， 摩押人 如同被赶离巢穴的飞鸟。

3 “Give us counsel; render a decision. Shelter us at noonday with shade as dark as night. Hide the refugees; do not betray the one who flees.

3 他们对犹大人说：“给我们出个主意，下个决定吧！ 请让你们的影子在正午如黑夜， 掩藏逃难的人， 不要出卖逃亡者。

4 Let my fugitives stay with you; be a refuge for Moab from the destroyer.” When the oppressor has gone, destruction has ceased, and the oppressors have vanished from the land,

4 让逃难的摩押人住在你们中间， 请掩护他们躲避毁灭者。” 欺压者必逝去， 毁灭之事必终止， 入侵者必从地上消亡。

5 in loving devotion a throne will be established in the tent of David. A judge seeking justice and hastening righteousness will sit on it in faithfulness.

5 那时，必有一个宝座在爱中坚立， 大卫家的人必坐在上面以信实治国， 秉公审判，敏行公义。

6 We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his overflowing arrogance. But his boasting is empty.

6 我们听说摩押人骄横傲慢、狂妄自大， 然而他们所夸耀的都是虚假的。

7 Therefore let Moab wail; let them wail together for Moab. Moan for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth, you who are utterly stricken.

7 因此，他们必为摩押哀哭， 人人都必哀哭， 为失去吉珥·哈列设的美味葡萄饼而哀叹、悲伤。

8 For the fields of Heshbon have withered, along with the grapevines of Sibmah. The rulers of the nations have trampled its choicest vines, which had reached as far as Jazer and spread toward the desert. Their shoots had spread out and passed over the sea.

8 因为希实本的农田荒废， 西比玛的葡萄树枯萎。 各国的君王都来践踏这些上好的葡萄树。 它们的枝子曾经伸展到雅谢和旷野， 嫩枝一直蔓延到死海。

9 So I weep with Jazer for the vines of Sibmah; I drench Heshbon and Elealeh with my tears. Triumphant shouts have fallen silent over your summer fruit and your harvest.

9 因此，我像雅谢人一样为西比玛的葡萄树哀哭。 希实本和以利亚利啊， 我用眼泪来浇灌你们， 因为再无人为你们的果品和庄稼而欢呼了。

10 Joy and gladness are removed from the orchard; no one sings or shouts in the vineyards. No one tramples the grapes in the winepresses; I have put an end to the cheering.

10 肥美的田园里听不到快乐的声音， 葡萄园里也无人歌唱，无人欢呼， 榨酒池里无人榨酒。 我已经使欢呼声止息。

11 Therefore my heart laments for Moab like a harp, my inmost being for Kir-heres.

11 我的内心为摩押， 为吉珥·哈列设哀鸣， 好像凄凉的琴声。

12 When Moab appears on the high place, when he wearies himself and enters his sanctuary to pray, it will do him no good.

12 摩押人上丘坛祭拜， 却累得筋疲力尽； 在庙宇里祷告， 却毫无用处。

13 This is the message that the LORD spoke earlier concerning Moab.

13 以上是耶和华所说有关摩押的预言。

14 And now the LORD says, “In three years, as a hired worker counts the years, Moab’s splendor will become an object of contempt, with all her many people. And those who are left will be few and feeble.”

14 现在，耶和华说：“正如一个雇工的工作年限是三年，三年之内，摩押的荣耀必和它的众民一同消失，残存的人必寥寥无几、软弱无力。”