Isaiah 17

1 This is the burden against Damascus: “Behold, Damascus is no longer a city; it has become a heap of ruins.

1 以下是关于大马士革的预言： “看啊，大马士革城必不复存在，沦为废墟。

2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they will be left to the flocks, which will lie down with no one to fear.

2 亚罗珥的众城邑必被废弃， 羊群将在那里栖息， 没有人惊扰它们。

3 The fortress will disappear from Ephraim, and the sovereignty from Damascus. The remnant of Aram will be like the splendor of the Israelites,” declares the LORD of Hosts.

3 以法莲 的堡垒必被摧毁， 大马士革的王权必丧失。 幸存的亚兰人必像以色列人的荣耀一样消失。” 这是万军之耶和华说的。

4 “In that day the splendor of Jacob will fade, and the fat of his body will waste away,

4 “到那日，雅各的荣耀必消失， 他肥胖的身躯必渐渐消瘦。

5 as the reaper gathers the standing grain and harvests the ears with his arm, as one gleans heads of grain in the Valley of Rephaim.

5 那时就像人收割庄稼，收集麦穗， 又像人在利乏音谷拾取麦穗。

6 Yet gleanings will remain, like an olive tree that has been beaten—two or three berries atop the tree, four or five on its fruitful branches,” declares the LORD, the God of Israel.

6 幸存者寥寥无几，就像打过的橄榄树上剩下的果子， 或两三个挂在树梢， 或四五个残存在枝头。” 这是以色列的上帝耶和华说的。

7 In that day men will look to their Maker and turn their eyes to the Holy One of Israel.

7 到那日，人们必仰望他们的创造主，把目光转向以色列的圣者。

8 They will not look to the altars they have fashioned with their hands or to the Asherahs and incense altars they have made with their fingers.

8 那时他们不再仰望自己双手所造的祭坛，也不再关注自己指头所造的亚舍拉神像和香坛。

9 In that day their strong cities will be like forsaken thickets and summits, abandoned to the Israelites and to utter desolation.

9 到那日，他们因以色列人而离弃的坚城必如长满荆棘和杂草的废地，一片荒凉。

10 For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and failed to remember the Rock of your refuge. Therefore, though you cultivate delightful plots and set out cuttings from exotic vines—

10 你们忘记了拯救你们的上帝， 不记念那保护你们的磐石。 所以，你们虽然栽种佳美的秧子， 插上异国的树苗，

11 though on the day you plant you make them grow, and on that morning you help your seed sprout—yet the harvest will vanish on the day of disease and incurable pain.

11 使它们在栽种的当天早上就生长开花， 也必一无所获。 那时只有艰难和无尽的痛苦。

12 Alas, the tumult of many peoples; they rage like the roaring seas and clamoring nations; they rumble like the crashing of mighty waters.

12 唉！列国喧嚣，如怒海汹涌； 万民骚动，如洪水滔滔。

13 The nations rage like the rush of many waters. He rebukes them, and they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumbleweeds before a gale.

13 虽然万民喧嚣如汹涌的洪水， 但上帝一斥责，他们便逃往远方， 像山顶上被风卷走的糠秕， 又如狂风卷起的尘埃。

14 In the evening, there is sudden terror! Before morning, they are no more! This is the portion of those who loot us and the lot of those who plunder us.

14 他们晚上令人恐惧，早晨已无影无踪。这就是掳掠我们之人的下场，抢夺我们之人的报应。