今日讀經

耶和華使地空虛

¹看哪，耶和華使地空虛，變為荒涼；又翻轉大地，將居民分散。Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants—

²那時百姓怎樣，祭司也怎樣；僕人怎樣，主人也怎樣；婢女怎樣，主母也怎樣；買物的怎樣，賣物的也怎樣；放債的怎樣，借債的也怎樣；取利的怎樣，出利的也怎樣。people and priest alike, servant and master, maid and mistress, buyer and seller, lender and borrower, creditor and debtor.

³地必全然空虛，盡都荒涼；因為這話是耶和華說的。The earth will be utterly laid waste and thoroughly plundered. For the LORD has spoken this word.

地被居民污穢

⁴地上悲哀衰殘，世界敗落衰殘；地上居高位的人也敗落了。The earth mourns and withers; the world languishes and fades; the exalted of the earth waste away.

⁵地被其上的居民污穢；因為他們犯了律法，廢了律例，背了永約。The earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant.

⁶所以，地被咒詛吞滅；住在其上的顯為有罪。地上的居民被火焚燒，剩下的人稀少。Therefore a curse has consumed the earth, and its inhabitants must bear the guilt; the earth’s dwellers have been burned, and only a few survive.

⁷新酒悲哀，葡萄樹衰殘；心中歡樂的俱都歎息。The new wine dries up, the vine withers. All the merrymakers now groan.

⁸擊鼓之樂止息；宴樂人的聲音完畢，彈琴之樂也止息了。The joyful tambourines have ceased; the noise of revelers has stopped; the joyful harp is silent.

⁹人必不得飲酒唱歌；喝濃酒的，必以為苦。They no longer sing and drink wine; strong drink is bitter to those who consume it.

¹⁰荒涼的城拆毀了；各家關門閉戶，使人都不得進去。The city of chaos is shattered; every house is closed to entry.

¹¹在街上因酒有悲歎的聲音；一切喜樂變為昏暗；地上的歡樂歸於無有。In the streets they cry out for wine. All joy turns to gloom; rejoicing is exiled from the land.

¹²城中只有荒涼；城門拆毀淨盡。The city is left in ruins; its gate is reduced to rubble.

¹³在地上的萬民中，必像打過的橄欖樹，又像已摘的葡萄所剩無幾。So will it be on the earth and among the nations, like a harvested olive tree, like a gleaning after a grape harvest.

從地極有人歌唱

¹⁴這些人要高聲歡呼；他們為耶和華的威嚴，從海那裡揚起聲來。They raise their voices, they shout for joy; from the west they proclaim the majesty of the LORD.

¹⁵因此，你們要在東方榮耀耶和華，在眾海島榮耀耶和華─以色列　神的名。Therefore glorify the LORD in the east. Extol the name of the LORD, the God of Israel in the islands of the sea.

¹⁶我們聽見從地極有人歌唱，說：榮耀歸於義人。我卻說：我消滅了！我消滅了，我有禍了！詭詐的行詭詐；詭詐的大行詭詐。From the ends of the earth we hear singing: “Glory to the Righteous One.” But I said, “I am wasting away! I am wasting away! Woe is me.” The treacherous betray; the treacherous deal in treachery.

恐懼、陷坑、網羅

¹⁷地上的居民哪，恐懼、陷坑、網羅都臨近你。Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of the earth.

¹⁸躲避恐懼聲音的必墜入陷坑；從陷坑上來的必被網羅纏住；因為天上的窗戶都開了，地的根基也震動了。Whoever flees the sound of panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For the windows of heaven are open, and the foundations of the earth are shaken.

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¹⁹地全然破壞，盡都崩裂，大大地震動了。The earth is utterly broken apart, the earth is split open, the earth is shaken violently.

²⁰地要東倒西歪，好像醉酒的人；又搖來搖去，好像吊床。罪過在其上沉重，必然塌陷，不能復起。The earth staggers like a drunkard and sways like a shack. Earth’s rebellion weighs it down, and it falls, never to rise again.

耶和華在錫安作王

²¹到那日，耶和華在高處必懲罰高處的眾軍，在地上必懲罰地上的列王。In that day the LORD will punish the host of heaven above and the kings of the earth below.

²²他們必被聚集，像囚犯被聚在牢獄中，並要囚在監牢裡，多日之後便被討罪（或譯：眷顧）。They will be gathered together like prisoners in a pit. They will be confined to a dungeon and punished after many days.

²³那時，月亮要蒙羞，日頭要慚愧；因為萬軍之耶和華必在錫安山，在耶路撒冷作王；在敬畏他的長老面前，必有榮耀。The moon will be confounded and the sun will be ashamed; for the LORD of Hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before His elders with great glory.

稱讚神奇妙的作為

¹耶和華啊，你是我的　神；我要尊崇你，我要稱讚你的名。因為你以忠信誠實行過奇妙的事，成就你古時所定的。O LORD, You are my God! I will exalt You; I will praise Your name. For You have worked wonders—plans formed long ago—in perfect faithfulness.

²你使城變為亂堆，使堅固城變為荒場，使外邦人宮殿的城不再為城，永遠不再建造。Indeed, You have made the city a heap of rubble, the fortified town a ruin. The fortress of strangers is a city no more; it will never be rebuilt.

³所以，剛強的民必榮耀你；強暴之國的城必敬畏你。Therefore, a strong people will honor You. The cities of ruthless nations will revere You.

⁴因為當強暴人催逼人的時候，如同暴風直吹牆壁，你就作貧窮人的保障，作困乏人急難中的保障，作躲暴風之處，作避炎熱的陰涼。For You have been a refuge for the poor, a stronghold for the needy in distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like rain against a wall,

⁵你要壓制外邦人的喧嘩，好像乾燥地的熱氣下落；禁止強暴人的凱歌，好像熱氣被雲影消化。like heat in a dry land. You subdue the uproar of foreigners. As the shade of a cloud cools the heat, so the song of the ruthless is silenced.

在這山上為萬民擺設筵席

⁶在這山上，萬軍之耶和華必為萬民用肥甘設擺筵席，用陳酒和滿髓的肥甘，並澄清的陳酒，設擺筵席。On this mountain the LORD of Hosts will prepare a lavish banquet for all the peoples, a feast of aged wine, of choice meat, of finely aged wine.

⁷他又必在這山上除滅遮蓋萬民之物和遮蔽萬國蒙臉的帕子。On this mountain He will swallow up the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers all nations;

⁸他已經吞滅死亡直到永遠。主耶和華必擦去各人臉上的眼淚，又除掉普天下他百姓的羞辱，因為這是耶和華說的。He will swallow up death forever. The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every face and remove the disgrace of His people from the whole earth. For the LORD has spoken.

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⁹到那日，人必說：「看哪，這是我們的　神；我們素來等候他，他必拯救我們。這是耶和華，我們素來等候他，我們必因他的救恩歡喜快樂。」And in that day it will be said, “Surely this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He has saved us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited. Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”

¹⁰耶和華的手必按在這山上；摩押人在所居之地必被踐踏，好像乾草被踐踏在糞池的水中。For the hand of the LORD will rest on this mountain. But Moab will be trampled in his place as straw is trodden into the dung pile.

¹¹他必在其中伸開手，好像洑水的伸開手洑水一樣；但耶和華必使他的驕傲和他手所行的詭計一併敗落。He will spread out his hands within it, as a swimmer spreads his arms to swim. His pride will be brought low, despite the skill of his hands.

¹²耶和華使你城上的堅固高臺傾倒，拆平，直到塵埃。The high-walled fortress will be brought down, cast to the ground, into the dust.

猶大地的歌：我們有堅固的城

¹當那日，在猶大地人必唱這歌說：我們有堅固的城。耶和華要將救恩定為城牆，為外郭。In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; salvation is established as its walls and ramparts.

²敞開城門，使守信的義民得以進入。Open the gates so a righteous nation may enter—one that remains faithful.

³堅心倚賴你的，你必保守他十分平安，因為他倚靠你。You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.

⁴你們當倚靠耶和華直到永遠，因為耶和華是永久的磐石。Trust in the LORD forever, because GOD the LORD is the Rock eternal.

⁵他使住高處的與高城一併敗落，將城拆毀，拆平，直到塵埃，For He has humbled those who dwell on high; He lays the lofty city low. He brings it down to the ground; He casts it into the dust.

⁶要被腳踐踏，就是被困苦人的腳和窮乏人的腳踐踏。Feet trample it down—the feet of the oppressed, the steps of the poor.

義人的道是正直的

⁷義人的道是正直的；你為正直的主，必修平義人的路。The path of the righteous is level; You clear a straight path for the upright.

⁸耶和華啊，我們在你行審判的路上等候你；我們心裡所羨慕的是你的名，就是你那可記念的名。Yes, we wait for You, O LORD; we walk in the path of Your judgments. Your name and renown are the desire of our souls.

⁹夜間，我心中羨慕你；我裡面的靈切切尋求你。因為你在世上行審判的時候，地上的居民就學習公義。My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.

¹⁰以恩惠待惡人，他仍不學習公義；在正直的地上，他必行事不義，也不注意耶和華的威嚴。Though grace is shown to the wicked man, he does not learn righteousness. In the land of righteousness he acts unjustly and fails to see the majesty of the LORD.

¹¹耶和華啊，你的手高舉，他們仍然不看；卻要看你為百姓發的熱心，因而抱愧，並且有火燒滅你的敵人。O LORD, Your hand is upraised, but they do not see it. They will see Your zeal for Your people and be put to shame. The fire set for Your enemies will consume them!

¹²耶和華啊，你必派定我們得平安，因為我們所做的事都是你給我們成就的。O LORD, You will establish peace for us. For all that we have accomplished, You have done for us.

¹³耶和華─我們的　神啊，在你以外曾有別的主管轄我們，但我們專要倚靠你，提你的名。O LORD our God, other lords besides You have ruled over us, but Your name alone do we confess.

¹⁴他們死了，必不能再活；他們去世，必不能再起；因為你刑罰他們，毀滅他們，他們的名號就全然消滅。The dead will not live; the departed spirits will not rise. Therefore You have punished and destroyed them; You have wiped out all memory of them.

¹⁵耶和華啊，你增添國民，你增添國民；你得了榮耀，又擴張地的四境。You have enlarged the nation, O LORD; You have enlarged the nation. You have gained glory for Yourself; You have extended all the borders of the land.

在急難中尋求你

¹⁶耶和華啊，他們在急難中尋求你；你的懲罰臨到他們身上，他們就傾心吐膽禱告你。O LORD, they sought You in their distress; when You disciplined them, they poured out a quiet prayer.

¹⁷婦人懷孕，臨產疼痛，在痛苦之中喊叫；耶和華啊，我們在你面前也是如此。As a woman with child about to give birth writhes and cries out in pain, so were we in Your presence, O LORD.

¹⁸我們也曾懷孕疼痛，所產的竟像風一樣。我們在地上未曾行甚麼拯救的事；世上的居民也未曾敗落。We were with child; we writhed in pain; but we gave birth to wind. We have given no salvation to the earth, nor brought any life into the world.

死人要復活

¹⁹死人（原文是你的死人）要復活，屍首（原文是我的屍首）要興起。睡在塵埃的啊，要醒起歌唱！因你的甘露好像菜蔬上的甘露，地也要交出死人來。Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.

²⁰我的百姓啊，你們要來進入內室，關上門，隱藏片時，等到忿怒過去。Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourselves a little while until the wrath has passed.

²¹因為耶和華從他的居所出來，要刑罰地上居民的罪孽。地也必露出其中的血，不再掩蓋被殺的人。For behold, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth will reveal her bloodshed and will no longer conceal her slain.

刑罰那快行的蛇

¹到那日，耶和華必用他剛硬有力的大刀刑罰鱷魚─就是那快行的蛇，刑罰鱷魚─就是那曲行的蛇，並殺海中的大魚。In that day the LORD will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and bring judgment on Leviathan the fleeing serpent—Leviathan the coiling serpent—and He will slay the dragon of the sea.

出酒的葡萄園

²當那日，有出酒的葡萄園，你們要指這園唱歌說：In that day: “Sing about a fruitful vineyard.

³我─耶和華是看守葡萄園的；我必時刻澆灌，晝夜看守，免得有人損害。I, the LORD, am its keeper; I water it continually. I guard it night and day so no one can disturb it;

⁴我心中不存忿怒。惟願荊棘蒺藜與我交戰，我就勇往直前，把它一同焚燒。I am not angry. If only thorns and briers confronted Me, I would march and trample them, I would burn them to the ground.

⁵不然，讓它持住我的能力，使它與我和好，願它與我和好。Or let them lay claim to My protection; let them make peace with Me—yes, let them make peace with Me.”

⁶將來雅各要扎根，以色列要發芽開花；他們的果實必充滿世界。In the days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will bud and blossom and fill the whole world with fruit.

⁷主擊打他們，豈像擊打那些擊打他們的人嗎？他們被殺戮，豈像被他們所殺戮的嗎？Has the LORD struck Israel as He struck her oppressors? Was she killed like those who slayed her?

⁸你打發他們去，是相機宜與他們相爭；颳東風的日子，就用暴風將他們逐去。By warfare and exile You contended with her and removed her with a fierce wind, as on the day the east wind blows.

⁹所以，雅各的罪孽得赦免，他的罪過得除掉的果效，全在乎此：就是他叫祭壇的石頭變為打碎的灰石，以致木偶和日像不再立起。Therefore Jacob’s guilt will be atoned for, and the full fruit of the removal of his sin will be this: When he makes all the altar stones like crushed bits of chalk, no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain standing.

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¹⁰因為堅固城變為淒涼，成了撇下離棄的居所，像曠野一樣；牛犢必在那裡吃草，在那裡躺臥，並吃盡其中的樹枝。For the fortified city lies deserted—a homestead abandoned, a wilderness forsaken. There the calves graze, and there they lie down; they strip its branches bare.

¹¹枝條枯乾，必被折斷；婦女要來點火燒著。因為這百姓蒙昧無知，所以，創造他們的必不憐恤他們；造成他們的也不施恩與他們。When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.

被趕散的人要回來敬拜

¹²以色列人哪，到那日，耶和華必從大河，直到埃及小河，將你們一一地收集，如同人打樹拾果一樣。In that day the LORD will thresh from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt, and you, O Israelites, will be gathered one by one.

¹³當那日，必大發角聲，在亞述地將要滅亡的，並在埃及地被趕散的，都要來，他們就在耶路撒冷聖山上敬拜耶和華。And in that day a great ram’s horn will sound, and those who were perishing in Assyria will come forth with those who were exiles in Egypt. And they will worship the LORD on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.

總叫基督照常顯大

¹⁹因為我知道，這事藉著你們的祈禱和耶穌基督之靈的幫助，終必叫我得救。because I know that through your prayers and the provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, my distress will turn out for my deliverance.

²⁰照著我所切慕、所盼望的，沒有一事叫我羞愧。只要凡事放膽，無論是生是死，總叫基督在我身上照常顯大。I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have complete boldness so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.

活著就是基督，死了就有益處

²¹因我活著就是基督，我死了就有益處。For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

²²但我在肉身活著，若成就我工夫的果子，我就不知道該挑選甚麼。But if I go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. So what shall I choose? I do not know.

²³我正在兩難之間，情願離世與基督同在，因為這是好得無比的。I am torn between the two. I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better indeed.

²⁴然而，我在肉身活著，為你們更是要緊的。But it is more necessary for you that I remain in the body.

為信徒的緣故留在世間

²⁵我既然這樣深信，就知道仍要住在世間，且與你們眾人同住，使你們在所信的道上又長進又喜樂，Convinced of this, I know that I will remain and will continue with all of you for your progress and joy in the faith,

²⁶叫你們在基督耶穌裡的歡樂，因我再到你們那裡去，就越發加增。so that through my coming to you again your exultation in Christ Jesus will resound on account of me.

與福音相稱，齊心努力

²⁷只要你們行事為人與基督的福音相稱，叫我或來見你們，或不在你們那裡，可以聽見你們的景況，知道你們同有一個心志，站立得穩，為所信的福音齊心努力。Nevertheless, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in one spirit, contending together as one for the faith of the gospel,

²⁸凡事不怕敵人的驚嚇，這是證明他們沉淪，你們得救都是出於　神。without being frightened in any way by those who oppose you. This is a clear sign of their destruction but of your salvation, and it is from God.

為基督受苦也是恩

²⁹因為你們蒙恩，不但得以信服基督，並要為他受苦。For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for Him,

³⁰你們的爭戰，就與你們在我身上從前所看見、現在所聽見的一樣。since you are encountering the same struggle you saw I had, and now hear that I still have.