Isaiah 28

1 Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards, to the fading flower of his glorious splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, the pride of those overcome by wine.

1 以法莲酒徒引以为荣的华冠有祸了！ 它坐落在醉酒者肥美的山谷顶上， 它的荣美如将残之花。

2 Behold, the Lord has one who is strong and mighty. Like a hailstorm or destructive tempest, like a driving rain or flooding downpour, he will smash that crown to the ground.

2 看啊，主有一位强壮有力的人， 他像冰雹和带来毁灭的暴风， 又像汹涌泛滥的洪水， 他必把华冠摔在地上。

3 The majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards will be trampled underfoot.

3 以法莲酒徒引以为荣的华冠必被践踏在脚下。

4 The fading flower of his beautiful splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, will be like a ripe fig before the summer harvest: Whoever sees it will take it in his hand and swallow it.

4 那荣美的将残之花在肥沃的山谷之巅， 它必像夏季到来之前早熟的无花果， 人一看见它就把它摘下吞掉。

5 On that day the LORD of Hosts will be a crown of glory, a diadem of splendor to the remnant of His people,

5 到那日，万军之耶和华必作祂余民的荣冠和华冕，

6 a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and a strength to those who repel the onslaught at the gate.

6 祂必使审判官公正断案， 赐力量给守城退敌之人。

7 These also stagger from wine and stumble from strong drink: Priests and prophets reel from strong drink and are befuddled by wine. They stumble because of strong drink, muddled in their visions and stumbling in their judgments.

7 但祭司和先知也因醉酒而摇摇晃晃， 因烈酒而东倒西歪。 他们因烈酒而摇摇晃晃、 酩酊大醉，东倒西歪， 他们错解异象，糊涂判案。

8 For all their tables are covered with vomit; there is not a place without filth.

8 桌子上到处都是呕吐之物， 一片狼藉。

9 Whom is He trying to teach? To whom is He explaining His message? To infants just weaned from milk? To babies removed from the breast?

9 他们抱怨说： “祂想教导谁知识呢？ 祂想把信息解释给谁呢？ 是刚刚断奶、离开母怀的婴孩吗？

10 For they hear: “Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line; a little here, a little there.”

10 因为祂的教导只是命命令令、命命令令、律律例例、律律例例、这里一点、那里一点。”

11 Indeed, with mocking lips and foreign tongues, He will speak to this people

11 因此，耶和华必用外族人的口和陌生的语言来教训他们。

12 to whom He has said: “This is the place of rest, let the weary rest; this is the place of repose.” But they would not listen.

12 耶和华曾对他们说： “这是安歇之地， 让疲乏的人安歇吧。 这是安歇之地。” 他们却不肯听。

13 Then the word of the LORD to them will become: “Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line; a little here, a little there,” so that they will go stumbling backward and will be injured, ensnared, and captured.

13 所以，对他们来说， 耶和华的话成了命命令令、命命令令、律律例例、律律例例、这里一点、那里一点， 以致他们走路时仰面跌倒，摔伤，落网，被捉。

14 Therefore hear the word of the LORD, O scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem.

14 因此，你们这些好讥讽、在耶路撒冷统管百姓的人啊， 要听耶和华的话。

15 For you said, “We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. When the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not touch us, because we have made lies our refuge and falsehood our hiding place.”

15 你们说： “我们已经和死亡立约， 与阴间结盟。 势不可挡的灾难席卷而来时， 我们会安然无恙， 因为我们以谎言为庇护所， 以诡诈为藏身处。”

16 So this is what the Lord GOD says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; the one who believes will never be shaken.

16 所以主耶和华说： “看啊，我要在锡安放一块基石， 一块经过考验的石头， 一块根基稳固的宝贵房角石， 信靠的人必不会恐慌。

17 I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the level. Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies, and water will flood your hiding place.

17 我必以公平为准绳， 以公义作线锤。 冰雹必砸碎你们虚谎的庇护所， 洪水必淹没你们的藏身处。

18 Your covenant with death will be dissolved, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand. When the overwhelming scourge passes through, you will be trampled by it.

18 你们和死亡所立的约必被废弃， 与阴间的结盟必不能长久。 势不可挡的灾难席卷而来时， 你们必遭践踏。

19 As often as it passes through, it will carry you away; it will sweep through morning after morning, by day and by night.” The understanding of this message will bring sheer terror.

19 灾难必不分昼夜、日复一日地袭来， 每次袭来都必掳掠你们。” 明白这信息的人都必惊恐万分。

20 Indeed, the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket too small to wrap around you.

20 你们的床太小，不能舒身； 你们的被子太窄，不足裹身。

21 For the LORD will rise up as at Mount Perazim. He will rouse Himself as in the Valley of Gibeon, to do His work, His strange work, and to perform His task, His disturbing task.

21 耶和华必像在毗拉心山一样挺身而出， 像在基遍谷一样发怒， 要完成祂奇异的作为， 成就祂不寻常的工作。

22 So now, do not mock, or your shackles will become heavier. Indeed, I have heard from the Lord GOD of Hosts a decree of destruction against the whole land.

22 现在你们不要再讥讽了， 以免你们的捆索更沉重， 因为我已从主——万军之耶和华那里听到毁灭全国的谕旨。

23 Listen and hear my voice. Pay attention and hear what I say.

23 你们要侧耳听我的声音， 留心听我的话语。

24 Does the plowman plow for planting every day? Does he continuously loosen and harrow the soil?

24 难道农夫会一直耕地而不撒种吗？ 难道他会一直犁地、耙地吗？

25 When he has leveled its surface, does he not sow caraway and scatter cumin? He plants wheat in rows and barley in plots, and rye within its border.

25 他整平土地之后， 难道不种小茴香、大茴香， 按行种小麦， 在合适的地方种大麦， 在田边种粗麦吗？

26 For his God instructs and teaches him properly.

26 因为他的上帝指点他，教导他耕种之道。

27 Surely caraway is not threshed with a sledge, and the wheel of a cart is not rolled over the cumin. But caraway is beaten out with a stick, and cumin with a rod.

27 打小茴香不用大槌，用木棍； 打大茴香不用石磙，用木棒。

28 Grain for bread must be ground, but it is not endlessly threshed. Though the wheels of the cart roll over it, the horses do not crush it.

28 做饼的粮食要磨碎， 没有人会不停地在场上碾压粮食。 马拉着石磙在场上轧过， 也不会把粮食磨碎。

29 This also comes from the LORD of Hosts, who is wonderful in counsel and excellent in wisdom.

29 这些知识都是万军之耶和华所赐的， 祂有奇妙的谋略和伟大的智慧。