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 祸哉！以法莲的酒徒， 住在肥美谷的山上， 他们心里高傲， 以所夸的为冠冕， 犹如将残之花。

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 看哪，主有一大能大力者， 像一阵冰雹， 像毁灭的暴风， 像涨溢的大水， 他必用手将冠冕摔落于地。

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

3 以法莲高傲的酒徒， 他的冠冕必被踏在脚下。

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 那荣美将残之花， 就是在肥美谷山上的， 必像夏令以前初熟的无花果； 看见这果的就注意， 一到手中就吞吃了。

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 必作他余剩之民的荣冠华冕，

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

6 也作了在位上行审判者公平之灵， 并城门口打退仇敌者的力量。

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 就是这地的人也因酒摇摇晃晃， 因浓酒东倒西歪。 祭司和先知因浓酒摇摇晃晃， 被酒所困， 因浓酒东倒西歪。 他们错解默示， 谬行审判。

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

8 因为各席上满了呕吐的污秽， 无一处干净。

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 讥诮先知的说： 他要将知识指教谁呢？ 要使谁明白传言呢？ 是那刚断奶离怀的吗？

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

10 他竟命上加命，令上加令， 律上加律，例上加例， 这里一点，那里一点。

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

11 先知说：不然，主要借异邦人的嘴唇 和外邦人的舌头对这百姓说话。

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 他曾对他们说： 你们要使疲乏人得安息， 这样才得安息，才得舒畅， 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，耶和华向他们说的话是 命上加命，令上加令， 律上加律，例上加例， 这里一点，那里一点， 以致他们前行仰面跌倒， 而且跌碎，并陷入网罗被缠住。

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

14 所以，你们这些亵慢的人， 就是辖管住在耶路撒冷这百姓的， 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 你们曾说： 我们与死亡立约， 与阴间结盟； 敌军 如水涨漫经过的时候， 必不临到我们； 因我们以谎言为避所， 在虚假以下藏身。

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，主耶和华如此说： 看哪，我在锡安放一块石头作为根基， 是试验过的石头， 是稳固根基，宝贵的房角石； 信靠的人必不着急。

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， 以公义为线铊。 冰雹必冲去谎言的避所； 大水必漫过藏身之处。

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 你们与死亡所立的约必然废掉， 与阴间所结的盟必立不住。 敌军 如水涨漫经过的时候， 你们必被他践踏；

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 每逢经过必将你们掳去。 因为每早晨他必经过， 白昼黑夜都必如此。 明白传言的必受惊恐。

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

20 原来，床榻短，使人不能舒身； 被窝窄，使人不能遮体。

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 耶和华必兴起，像在毗拉心山； 他必发怒，像在基遍谷， 好做成他的工，就是非常的工； 成就他的事，就是奇异的事。

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 现在你们不可亵慢， 恐怕捆你们的绑索更结实了； 因为我从主—万军之耶和华那里听见， 已经决定在全地上施行灭绝的事。

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

23 你们当侧耳听我的声音， 留心听我的言语。

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

24 那耕地为要撒种的， 岂是常常耕地呢？ 岂是常常开垦耙地呢？

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 他拉平了地面， 岂不就撒种小茴香， 播种大茴香， 按行列种小麦， 在定处种大麦， 在田边种粗麦呢？

26 For his God instructs and teaches him properly.

26 因为他的 神教导他务农相宜， 并且指教他。

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 原来打小茴香，不用尖利的器具， 轧大茴香，也不用碌碡 ； 但用杖打小茴香， 用棍打大茴香。

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 做饼的粮食是用磨磨碎， 因它不必常打； 虽用碌碡和马打散， 却不磨它。

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

29 这也是出于万军之耶和华— 他的谋略奇妙； 他的智慧广大。