Isaiah 9

1 Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those in distress. In the past He humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future He will honor the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations:

1 但那些受过痛苦的人必不再遇见黑暗。从前，耶和华使西布伦人和拿弗他利人住的地方受人藐视，日后必使这些地方，即约旦河东、沿海一带、外族人居住的加利利得到荣耀。

2 The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.

2 走在黑暗中的人必看见大光， 活在死荫之地的人必被光照亮。

3 You have enlarged the nation and increased its joy. The people rejoice before You as they rejoice at harvest time, as men rejoice in dividing the plunder.

3 耶和华啊，你必使以色列成为大国， 使他们喜气洋洋。 他们必在你面前欢喜快乐， 好像丰收时那样欢喜， 如同瓜分战利品时那样快乐。

4 For as in the day of Midian You have shattered the yoke of their burden, the bar across their shoulders, and the rod of their oppressor.

4 因为你必折断他们负的重轭和欺压者的棍棒， 好像昔日你毁灭米甸人一样；

5 For every trampling boot of battle and every garment rolled in blood will be burned as fuel for the fire.

5 勇士争战穿的靴子和染血的战袍都要被扔进火里烧掉。

6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

6 因为必有一个婴儿为我们诞生， 有一个儿子要赐给我们， 祂肩头必担负王权。 祂被称为奇妙的策士、大能的上帝、永存的父、和平的君。

7 Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.

7 祂的国必长治久安。 祂必坐在大卫的宝座上以公平和公义治国兴邦， 使国家永固。 万军之耶和华必热切地成就此事。

8 The Lord has sent a message against Jacob, and it has fallen upon Israel.

8 主已出言审判雅各家， 他的审判必临到以色列，

9 All the people will know it—Ephraim and the dwellers of Samaria. With pride and arrogance of heart they will say:

9 以法莲和撒玛利亚的居民都知道。 他们骄傲自大地说：

10 “The bricks have fallen, but we will rebuild with finished stone; the sycamores have been felled, but we will replace them with cedars.”

10 “砖墙倒塌了， 我们凿石重建； 桑树砍倒了， 我们换种香柏树。”

11 The LORD has raised up the foes of Rezin against him and joined his enemies together.

11 因此耶和华必兴起利汛的仇敌， 驱使敌人来攻击他们。

12 Aram from the east and Philistia from the west have devoured Israel with open mouths. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.

12 东有亚兰人，西有非利士人， 他们必吞噬以色列。 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。

13 But the people did not return to Him who struck them; they did not seek the LORD of Hosts.

13 但百姓没有归向击打他们的主， 也不寻求万军之耶和华。

14 So the LORD will cut off Israel’s head and tail, both palm branch and reed in a single day.

14 因此，耶和华要在一日之间铲除以色列的头和尾， 棕树枝和芦苇。

15 The head is the elder and honorable man, and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies.

15 头是指他们的长老和首领， 尾是指教人虚谎之事的假先知。

16 For those who guide this people mislead them, and those they mislead are swallowed up.

16 这些带领者使百姓步入歧途、 走向灭亡。

17 Therefore the Lord takes no pleasure in their young men; He has no compassion on their fatherless and widows. For every one of them is godless and wicked, and every mouth speaks folly. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.

17 他们都目无上帝， 行事邪恶，口出妄语。 所以，主不喜欢他们的青年， 也不怜悯他们的孤儿寡妇。 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。

18 For wickedness burns like a fire that consumes the thorns and briers and kindles the forest thickets, which roll upward in billows of smoke.

18 邪恶像燃烧的火焰， 焚毁荆棘和蒺藜，点燃密林， 烟柱旋转上腾。

19 By the wrath of the LORD of Hosts the land is scorched, and the people are fuel for the fire. No man even spares his brother.

19 万军之耶和华的烈怒必如火烧焦大地， 百姓成为烧火的柴， 弟兄彼此相煎。

20 They carve out what is on the right, but they are still hungry; they eat what is on the left, but they are still not satisfied. Each one devours the flesh of his own offspring.

20 他们左抢右夺， 仍食不果腹， 纷纷吃自己的骨肉 。

21 Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh; together they turn against Judah. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.

21 以法莲和玛拿西自相残杀， 又联合起来攻打犹大。 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。