中英對照/摩爾門經/尼腓二書/第23章

英文語音

巴比倫的毀滅是第二次來臨時毀滅的樣式──那會是憤怒和報復的日子──巴比倫（世界）會永遠敗亡──比照以賽亞書第十三章。約主前五五九年至五四五年。

The destruction of Babylon is a type of the destruction at the Second Coming—It will be a day of wrath and vengeance—Babylon (the world) will fall forever—Compare Isaiah 13. About 559–545 B.C.

1 亞摩斯的兒子以賽亞所看見的^ａ巴比倫的^ｂ重擔。

1 ^aThe burden of ^bBabylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.

2 你們應當在高山上豎立^ａ大旗，向他們揚聲^ｂ招手，使他們進入貴冑的門。

2 Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, ^ashake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.

3 我命令我^ａ聖化的人；我召喚我的勇士，我不會向那些因我的尊貴而歡欣的人發怒。

3 I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my^amighty ones, for mine anger is not upon them that rejoice in my highness.

4 山中群眾的聲音好像是大國人民的聲音，有^ａ列國人民^ｂ聚集鬨嚷的聲音，這是萬軍之主點齊軍隊，預備打仗。

4 The noise of the multitude in the mountains like as of a great people, a tumultuous noise of the ^akingdoms of nations ^bgatheredtogether, the Lord of Hosts mustereth the hosts of the battle.

5 他們從遠方的國家來，從天邊來，是的，主與祂義憤的兵器，要毀滅這全地。

5 They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, yea, the Lord, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.

6 你們要哀號，因為主的日子近了；這日來到，好像毀滅從全能者來到。

6 Howl ye, for the ^aday of the Lord is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.

7 因此所有的手都必軟弱，人的心都必融化。

7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, every man’s heart shall ^amelt;

8 他們必驚惶，刺痛和愁苦必將他們抓住；他們必彼此驚奇相看，臉如火焰。

8 And they shall be afraid; pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.

9 看啊，主的日子臨到，必有帶著憤恨和烈怒的殘忍，使這地荒涼；祂必^ａ除滅其中的罪人。

9 Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate; and he shall ^adestroy the sinners thereof out of it.

10 天上的星宿和星座都不發光；^ａ日頭一出，就變黑暗，月亮也不放光。

10 For the ^astars of heaven and the ^bconstellations thereof shall not give their ^clight; the ^dsun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.

11 我必因邪惡，^ａ刑罰世界，因罪孽，刑罰惡人；使^ｂ驕傲人的狂妄止息，制伏可怖之人的狂傲。

11 And I will ^apunish the world for evil, and the ^bwicked for their iniquity; I will cause the arrogancy of the ^cproud to cease, and will lay down the haughtiness of the terrible.

12 我必使^ａ人比精金還珍貴，使人比俄斐純金更珍貴。

12 I will make a ^aman more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.

13 因此，在萬軍之主的憤恨中，在祂發烈怒的日子，我必使諸天震動，使地搖撼，^ａ離其本位。

13 Therefore, I will ^ashake the heavens, and the earth shall^bremove out of her place, in the wrath of the Lord of Hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.

14 那必像^ａ被追趕的小鹿，像無人收聚的羊，每個人各歸回本族，各逃到本土。

14 And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up; and they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own ^aland.

15 凡驕傲的，必被刺透；是的，凡與惡人同夥的，必倒在劍下。

15 Every one that is proud shall be thrust through; yea, and every one that is ^ajoined to the wicked shall fall by the sword.

16 他們的孩子，必在他們眼前被擊碎；他們的房屋，必被搶奪，而他們的妻子，必被玷污。

16 Their ^achildren also shall be ^bdashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled and their wives ravished.

17 看啊，我必煽動瑪代人來攻擊他們；瑪代人不注重銀子和金子，也不喜愛這些。

17 Behold, I will stir up the ^aMedes against them, which shall not regard silver and gold, nor shall they delight in it.

18 他們的弓必擊碎少年人，他們必不憐憫婦人所生的，他們的眼也不顧惜孩子。

18 Their bows shall also dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no ^apity on the fruit of the womb; their eyes shall not spare children.

19 巴比倫，列國的榮耀，迦勒底人的^ａ華美，必像神傾覆^ｂ所多瑪和蛾摩拉時一樣。

19 And ^aBabylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees’ excellency, shall be as when God overthrew ^bSodom and Gomorrah.

20 其內必永無^ａ人煙，世世代代無人居住；阿拉伯人也不在那裡支搭帳篷；牧羊的人，也不在那裡設羊欄。

20 It shall never be ^ainhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.

21 只有曠野的^ａ走獸臥在那裡；咆哮的獸滿了房屋；貓頭鷹住在那裡；^ｂ雄山羊在那裡跳舞。

21 But ^awild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.

22 島上的野獸必在他們荒涼的^ａ宮中呼號；^ｂ龍必在他們華美的殿內吼叫；她的時候臨近，她的日子必不延長。因我必迅速毀滅她；是的，我必憐憫我的人民，但惡人必滅亡。

22 And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces; and her time is near to come, and her day shall not be prolonged. For I will destroy her speedily; yea, for I will be merciful unto my people, but the wicked shall perish.