Isaiah 31

1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.

1 那些下到埃及寻求帮助的人有祸了！ 他们仰赖战马，倚靠众多的战车和强壮的骑兵， 却不仰望以色列的圣者， 不寻求耶和华。

2 Yet He too is wise and brings disaster; He does not call back His words. He will rise up against the house of the wicked and against the allies of evildoers.

2 然而，耶和华有智慧， 有能力降灾， 从不食言。 祂必惩罚恶人之家及其帮凶。

3 But the Egyptians are men, not God; their horses are flesh, not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, the helper will stumble, and the one he helps will fall; both will perish together.

3 埃及人不过是人，并非上帝； 埃及的战马是血肉之躯， 并不是灵。 耶和华一伸手， 那些帮凶必踉跄， 受帮助的必跌倒， 他们必一同灭亡。

4 For this is what the LORD has said to me: “Like a lion roaring or a young lion over its prey—and though a band of shepherds is called out against it, it is not terrified by their shouting or subdued by their clamor—so the LORD of Hosts will come down to do battle on Mount Zion and its heights.

4 耶和华对我说： “猛狮守护猎物，发出咆哮。 即使叫来许多牧人一起攻击它， 它也不会因他们的呐喊而惧怕， 不会因他们的叫嚷而畏缩。 同样，万军之耶和华必降临在锡安山上争战。

5 Like birds hovering overhead, so the LORD of Hosts will protect Jerusalem. He will shield it and deliver it; He will pass over it and preserve it.”

5 万军之耶和华必保护耶路撒冷， 就像飞鸟展翅保护幼雏一样。 祂必护卫它，搭救它， 祂必越过它，解救它。”

6 Return to the One against whom you have so blatantly rebelled, O children of Israel.

6 以色列人啊，你们已经严重悖逆耶和华，现在归向祂吧！

7 For on that day, every one of you will reject the idols of silver and gold that your own hands have sinfully made.

7 到那日，你们都要抛弃自己罪恶双手制造的金银偶像。

8 “Then Assyria will fall, but not by the sword of man; a sword will devour them, but not one made by mortals. They will flee before the sword, and their young men will be put to forced labor.

8 “亚述人必丧身刀下，但并非人的刀； 他们必被刀吞噬，但并非凡人的刀。 他们必逃避这刀， 他们的青年必做苦役。

9 Their rock will pass away for fear, and their princes will panic at the sight of the battle standard,” declares the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, whose furnace is in Jerusalem.

9 他们的堡垒必因恐惧而陷落， 他们的将领一看见战旗就惊慌失措。” 这是耶和华说的， 祂的火在锡安，祂的火炉在耶路撒冷。