Isaiah 5

1 I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.

1 我要为我所爱的歌唱，唱一首有关他葡萄园的歌： 我所爱的在肥沃的山冈上有一个葡萄园。

2 He dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, but the fruit it produced was sour!

2 他松土，清除石头， 栽种了上好的葡萄树， 在园中建了一座瞭望塔， 凿了榨酒池。 他期望收获好葡萄， 得到的却是坏葡萄。

3 “And now, O dwellers of Jerusalem and men of Judah, I exhort you to judge between Me and My vineyard.

3 他说，“耶路撒冷和犹大的居民啊， 请你们在我和我的葡萄园之间裁决。

4 What more could have been done for My vineyard than I have done for it? Why, when I expected sweet grapes, did it bring forth sour fruit?

4 我不遗余力地料理葡萄园， 希望得到好葡萄， 为什么得到的只是坏葡萄呢？

5 Now I will tell you what I am about to do to My vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it will be consumed; I will tear down its wall, and it will be trampled.

5 “现在，我告诉你们我会怎样处理这葡萄园， 我要除去篱笆，任它被毁坏； 我要拆毁围墙，任它被践踏。

6 I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.”

6 我不再修剪，不再锄地， 任由它荒废，长满荆棘和蒺藜。 我必禁止云朵降下雨水。”

7 For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of His delight. He looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard a cry of distress.

7 万军之耶和华的葡萄园就是以色列家， 祂所喜爱的葡萄树就是犹大人。 祂希望看到公平， 却只看见杀戮； 指望看到公义， 看啊，却只听见冤声。

8 Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field until no place is left and you live alone in the land.

8 那些不断建房置田、占光土地、 独居其中的人有祸了！

9 I heard the LORD of Hosts declare: “Surely many houses will become desolate, great mansions left unoccupied.

9 我亲耳听到万军之耶和华说： “许多房屋必荒废， 豪华的美宅必无人居住。

10 For ten acres of vineyard will yield but a bath of wine, and a homer of seed only an ephah of grain.”

10 十亩葡萄园只产一桶酒， 二百升种子只产二十升粮食。”

11 Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.

11 那些从清早到深夜贪杯好酒， 喝到酩酊大醉的人有祸了！

12 At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.

12 他们在琴、瑟、鼓、笛声中饮酒作乐， 毫不理会耶和华的作为， 全然漠视祂手中的工作。

13 Therefore My people will go into exile for their lack of understanding; their dignitaries are starving and their masses are parched with thirst.

13 所以，我的子民必因无知而被掳。 他们的贵族饿得要死， 民众渴得要命。

14 Therefore Sheol enlarges its throat and opens wide its enormous jaws, and down go Zion’s nobles and masses, her revelers and carousers!

14 阴间必敞开喉咙， 张开无边的大口， 耶路撒冷的首领、群众和宴乐之人都落入其中。

15 So mankind will be brought low, and each man humbled; the arrogant will lower their eyes.

15 世人受羞辱，遭贬抑， 狂妄者眼目低垂。

16 But the LORD of Hosts will be exalted by His justice, and the holy God will show Himself holy in righteousness.

16 唯有万军之耶和华因祂的公正而受尊崇， 至圣的上帝借公义彰显自己的圣洁。

17 Lambs will graze as in their own pastures, and strangers will feed in the ruins of the wealthy.

17 那时，羔羊在那里吃草， 如在自己的草场， 寄居者在富人的荒场上进食。

18 Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of deceit and pull sin along with cart ropes,

18 那些用虚假作绳子拽来罪恶， 用套绳拉来邪恶的人有祸了！

19 to those who say, “Let Him hurry and hasten His work so that we may see it! Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel come so that we may know it!”

19 他们说：“让上帝快点，快点完成祂的工作， 好让我们看看； 让以色列的圣者早点实现祂的计划， 好让我们知道。”

20 Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter.

20 那些善恶不分、黑白颠倒、 甜苦不辨的人有祸了！

21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.

21 那些自以为聪明、睿智的人有祸了！

22 Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine and champions in mixing strong drink,

22 那些以豪饮称霸、善于调酒的人有祸了！

23 who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice.

23 他们收受贿赂，释放罪人， 不为无辜者主持公道。

24 Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes the straw, and as dry grass shrivels in the flame, so their roots will decay and their blossoms will blow away like dust; for they have rejected the instruction of the LORD of Hosts and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

24 他们的根必朽烂， 他们的花朵如飞尘飘落， 就像火焰吞灭禾秸，烧尽干草， 因为他们厌弃万军之耶和华的训诲， 藐视以色列圣者的言语。

25 Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is raised against them to strike them down. The mountains quake, and the corpses lie like refuse in the streets. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.

25 因此，耶和华向祂的子民发怒， 伸手击打他们。 山岭震动， 他们横尸街头，犹如粪土。 虽然如此，耶和华的怒气还没有止息， 祂降罚的手仍没有收回。

26 He lifts a banner for the distant nations and whistles for those at the ends of the earth. Behold—how speedily and swiftly they come!

26 祂必竖起旗帜召集远方的国家， 吹哨叫来地极的人。 看啊，他们必飞速而来！

27 None of them grows weary or stumbles; no one slumbers or sleeps. No belt is loose and no sandal strap is broken.

27 他们无人疲倦，无人踉跄， 无人打盹，无人睡觉， 都腰带紧束，鞋带未断。

28 Their arrows are sharpened, and all their bows are strung. The hooves of their horses are like flint; their chariot wheels are like a whirlwind.

28 他们的利箭上弦，引弓待发； 他们的马蹄坚如岩石， 车轮快如旋风。

29 Their roaring is like that of a lion; they roar like young lions. They growl and seize their prey; they carry it away, and no one can rescue it.

29 他们吼叫如狮子， 吼叫像猛狮， 他们咆哮着捕食， 将猎物叼走，无人能救。

30 In that day they will roar over it, like the roaring of the sea. If one looks over the land, he will see darkness and distress; even the light will be obscured by clouds.

30 那日，他们必向以色列咆哮， 如怒海澎湃。 人若观看大地， 只见黑暗和艰难， 光明被密云遮盖。