Isaiah 21

1 This is the burden against the Desert by the Sea: Like whirlwinds sweeping through the Negev, an invader comes from the desert, from a land of terror.

1 論海旁曠野的默示： 有仇敵從曠野，從可怕之地而來， 好像南方的旋風，猛然掃過。

2 A dire vision is declared to me: “The traitor still betrays, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media! I will put an end to all her groaning.”

2 令人悽慘的異象已默示於我。 詭詐的行詭詐，毀滅的行毀滅。 以攔哪，你要上去！ 米底亞啊，你要圍困！ 主說：我使一切歎息止住。

3 Therefore my body is filled with anguish. Pain grips me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am bewildered to hear, I am dismayed to see.

3 所以，我滿腰疼痛； 痛苦將我抓住， 好像產難的婦人一樣。 我疼痛甚至不能聽； 我驚惶甚至不能看。

4 My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight I desired has turned to horror.

4 我心慌張，驚恐威嚇我。 我所羨慕的黃昏，變為我的戰兢。

5 They prepare a table, they lay out a carpet, they eat, they drink! Rise up, O princes, oil the shields!

5 他們擺設筵席， 派人守望，又吃又喝。 首領啊，你們起來， 用油抹盾牌。

6 For this is what the Lord says to me: “Go, post a lookout and have him report what he sees.

6 主對我如此說： 你去設立守望的， 使他將所看見的述說。

7 When he sees chariots with teams of horsemen, riders on donkeys, riders on camels, he must be alert, fully alert.”

7 他看見軍隊， 就是騎馬的一對一對地來， 又看見驢隊，駱駝隊， 就要側耳細聽。

8 Then the lookout shouted: “Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower; night after night I stay at my post.

8 他像獅子吼叫，說： 主啊，我白日常站在望樓上， 整夜立在我守望所。

9 Look, here come the riders, horsemen in pairs.” And one answered, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”

9 看哪，有一隊軍兵騎着馬， 一對一對地來。 他就說：巴比倫傾倒了！傾倒了！ 他一切雕刻的神像都打碎於地。

10 O my people, crushed on the threshing floor, I tell you what I have heard from the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel.

10 我被打的禾稼，我場上的穀啊， 我從萬軍之耶和華－ 以色列的上帝那裏所聽見的，都告訴你們了。

11 This is the burden against Dumah: One calls to me from Seir, “Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night?”

11 論度瑪的默示： 有人聲從西珥呼問我說： 守望的啊，夜裏如何？ 守望的啊，夜裏如何？

12 The watchman replies, “Morning has come, but also the night. If you would inquire, then inquire. Come back yet again.”

12 守望的說： 早晨將到，黑夜也來。 你們若要問就可以問， 可以回頭再來。

13 This is the burden against Arabia: In the thickets of Arabia you must lodge, O caravans of Dedanites.

13 論阿拉伯的默示： 底但結伴的客旅啊， 你們必在阿拉伯的樹林中住宿。

14 Bring water for the thirsty, O dwellers of Tema; meet the refugees with food.

14 提瑪地的居民拿水來，送給口渴的， 拿餅來迎接逃避的。

15 For they flee from the sword—the sword that is drawn—from the bow that is bent, and from the stress of battle.

15 因為他們逃避刀劍和出了鞘的刀， 並上了弦的弓與刀兵的重災。

16 For this is what the Lord says to me: “Within one year, as a hired worker would count it, all the glory of Kedar will be gone.

16 主對我這樣說：「一年之內，照雇工的年數，基達的一切榮耀必歸於無有。

17 The remaining archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be few.” For the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken.

17 弓箭手所餘剩的，就是基達人的勇士，必然稀少，因為這是耶和華－以色列的上帝說的。」