Isaiah 37

1 On hearing this report, King Hezekiah tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and entered the house of the LORD.

1 希西迦王听后就撕裂衣服，披上麻衣，进入耶和华的殿。

2 And he sent Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and the leading priests, all wearing sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz

2 他派身披麻衣的宫廷总管以利亚敬、书记舍伯那和祭司中的长者，去见亚摩斯的儿子以赛亚先知，

3 to tell him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace; for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.

3 对他说：“希西迦说，‘今天是遭难、蒙羞、受辱的日子，就像婴儿要出生，产妇却无力生产一样。

4 Perhaps the LORD your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to defy the living God, and He will rebuke him for the words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that still survives.”

4 亚述王派他的将军来辱骂永活的上帝，也许你的上帝耶和华听见那些话，就会惩罚他。因此，请你为我们这些剩下的人祷告。’”

5 So the servants of King Hezekiah went to Isaiah,

5 希西迦王的臣仆前来见以赛亚，

6 who replied, “Tell your master that this is what the LORD says: ‘Do not be afraid of the words you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me.

6 以赛亚对他们说：“告诉你们主人，耶和华这样说，‘你不要因为听到亚述王的仆人那些亵渎我的话而害怕。

7 Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword.’”

7 我必惊动 亚述王的心，让他听见一些风声后便返回本国，使他在那里死于刀下。’”

8 When the Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah.

8 亚述的将军听说亚述王已经离开拉吉，便回去见王，发现王在攻打立拿。

9 Now Sennacherib had been warned about Tirhakah king of Cush: “He has set out to fight against you.” On hearing this, Sennacherib sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,

9 亚述王听说古实王特哈加来攻打他，就派使者去见希西迦，说：

10 “Give this message to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by saying that Jerusalem will not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.

10 “不要让你所倚靠的上帝愚弄你，说什么耶路撒冷必不会落在亚述王手中。

11 Surely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries, devoting them to destruction. Will you then be spared?

11 你肯定听过亚述诸王扫灭列国的事，难道你能幸免吗？

12 Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar?

12 我先祖毁灭了歌散、哈兰、利色和提·拉撒的伊甸，这些国家的神明救得了他们吗？

13 Where are the kings of Hamath, Arpad, Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?’”

13 哈马王、亚珥拔王、西法瓦音王、希拿王和以瓦王如今在哪里呢？”

14 So Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers, read it, and went up to the house of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD.

14 希西迦从使者手中接过信，读完后上到耶和华的殿，在耶和华面前展开信，

15 And Hezekiah prayed to the LORD:

15 向耶和华祷告说：

16 “O LORD of Hosts, God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.

16 “坐在基路伯天使之上、以色列的上帝——万军之耶和华啊，唯有你是天下万国的上帝，你创造了天地。

17 Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to all the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.

17 耶和华啊，求你侧耳垂听！耶和华啊，求你睁眼察看！求你听听西拿基立派人来辱骂永活上帝的话。

18 Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all these countries and their lands.

18 耶和华啊，亚述诸王确实扫灭列国，使他们的土地荒凉，

19 They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands.

19 把他们的神像扔进火中烧毁。因为那些神像只是人用木头石头制造的，根本不是神明。

20 And now, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O LORD, are God.”

20 我们的上帝耶和华啊，现在求你从亚述王手中拯救我们，让天下万国都知道唯有你是耶和华。”

21 Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Because you have prayed to Me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria,

21 亚摩斯的儿子以赛亚派人对希西迦说：“以色列的上帝耶和华说，‘因为你就亚述王西拿基立的事向我祷告，

22 this is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.

22 以下是耶和华对他的判语， “‘处女锡安藐视你，嘲笑你； 少女耶路撒冷朝你的背影摇头。

23 Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!

23 你侮辱、亵渎谁呢？ 你高声谩骂、傲眼蔑视谁呢？ 是以色列的圣者！

24 Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest heights, the densest of its forests.

24 你借你的使者辱骂主。 你说你率领许多战车上到高山， 上到黎巴嫩的顶峰， 砍下最高的香柏树和上好的松树， 征服最高的山和最美的树林。

25 I have dug wells and drunk foreign waters. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.”

25 你说你已在外邦之地挖井取水， 已用脚掌踏干埃及所有的河流。

26 Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained it; in days of old I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass, that you should crush fortified cities into piles of rubble.

26 “‘难道你没有听过这是我起初所定、亘古筹划的吗？ 如今我实现了所定的计划： 借着你使坚城沦为废墟。

27 Therefore their inhabitants, devoid of power, are dismayed and ashamed. They are like plants in the field, tender green shoots, grass on the rooftops, scorched before it is grown.

27 城中的居民软弱无力， 惊慌失措，羞愧难当， 脆弱如野草和菜蔬， 又像还未长大就被晒焦的房顶草。

28 But I know your sitting down, your going out and coming in, and your raging against Me.

28 “‘你起你坐，你出你进， 你向我发怒，我都知道。

29 Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’

29 因为你向我发怒， 你狂傲的话传到我耳中， 我要用钩子钩住你的鼻子， 把嚼环放在你嘴里， 使你原路返回。’

30 And this will be a sign to you, O Hezekiah: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what springs from the same. But in the third year you will sow and reap; you will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

30 “希西迦啊，我要给你一个兆头。你们今年要吃野生的，明年要吃自然生长的，后年要播种收割，栽种葡萄园，吃园中的果子。

31 And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root below and bear fruit above.

31 犹大的幸存者要再次向下扎根，向上结果。

32 For a remnant will go forth from Jerusalem, and survivors from Mount Zion. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.

32 因为将有余民从耶路撒冷出来，有幸存者从锡安山出来。万军之耶和华必热切地成就这事。

33 So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow into it. He will not come before it with a shield or build up a siege ramp against it.

33 至于亚述王，耶和华说，‘他必不能进这城或向这里射一箭，必不能手持盾牌兵临城下或修筑攻城的高台。

34 He will go back the way he came, and he will not enter this city,’ declares the LORD.

34 他必原路返回，不得进入这城。这是耶和华说的。

35 ‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”

35 我必为自己和我仆人大卫的缘故而保护、拯救这城。’”

36 Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!

36 于是，耶和华的天使到亚述营中杀了十八万五千人。人们清早起来，发现到处都是尸体。

37 So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.

37 亚述王西拿基立便拔营回国，住在尼尼微。

38 One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.

38 一天，他在庙里祭拜他的神明尼斯洛时，他儿子亚得米勒和沙利色用刀杀了他，逃往亚拉腊。他儿子以撒哈顿继位。