關於摩押的預言
1論到摩押，以色列的上帝——萬軍之耶和華說：
「尼波大禍臨頭了！
它必被毀滅；
基列亭必蒙羞淪陷，
堡壘必蒙羞被毀。
2摩押不再受稱讚，
敵人在希實本圖謀害她，說，
『來吧！我們剷除這個國家。』
瑪得緬啊，你也將被敵人追殺，
變得死寂無聲。
3「從何羅念傳來呼喊聲，
『荒涼了！毀滅了！』
4摩押滅亡了，
她的孩童放聲哀哭。
5摩押人痛哭著走上魯希坡，
他們在何羅念的山坡下聽見悲慘的哀號。
6逃命吧！藏到曠野去吧！
7摩押啊，你要被攻佔，
因為你倚仗自己的成就和財富。
你的神明基抹及供奉它的祭司和官長都要被擄去。
8所有的城邑必被毀滅，
無一倖免；
山谷遭踐踏，
平原被蹂躪。
這是耶和華說的。
9「給摩押翅膀讓她飛走吧48·9 「給摩押翅膀讓她飛走吧，」或譯作「給摩押豎起墓碑吧，因為她將被毀滅」或「在摩押撒鹽吧，因為她將被毀滅」。，
因為她的城邑將淪為廢墟，
杳無人跡。
10不殷勤地為耶和華做工，
不揮刀斬殺摩押人的必受咒詛。
11「摩押自幼常享安逸，
從未被擄到別處，
好像沉澱的酒沒有被從這缸倒到那缸，
味道依舊，香氣未變。
12「不過，看啊，時候將到，我要派倒酒的人去把她倒出來，倒空酒缸，把缸打碎。這是耶和華說的。 13摩押人必因他們的神明基抹而羞愧，就像以色列人因信靠伯特利的神像而羞愧一樣。
14「摩押人啊，
你們怎能自稱為驍勇善戰的英雄呢？
15摩押要滅亡了，
她的城邑要被摧毀，
她最勇敢的青年將被殺戮。
這是名叫萬軍之耶和華的君王說的。
16摩押快要被毀滅了，
災難就要來臨。
17她的近鄰和知道她名望的人啊，
你們都要為她哀悼，
『那強大、輝煌的權勢竟然崩潰了！』
18「底本的居民啊，
你們要從榮耀的位子上下來，
坐在乾旱的地上，
因為毀滅摩押的要來攻擊你們，
摧毀你們的堡壘。
19亞羅珥的居民啊！
你們要站在路旁觀望，
詢問逃難的男女究竟發生了什麼事。
20你們會得知摩押淪陷了，
她羞愧難當。
你們哀傷痛哭吧！
你們要在亞嫩河邊宣告，
『摩押滅亡了！』
21「審判降臨在平原上的何倫、雅雜、米法押、 22底本、尼波、伯·低比拉太音、 23基列亭、伯·迦末、伯·米恩、 24加略、波斯拉等摩押各地的城邑。 25摩押的權勢被粉碎了，她的力量被摧毀了。這是耶和華說的。
26「你們要灌醉她，因為她藐視耶和華。她必在自己的嘔吐物中打滾，被人恥笑。 27摩押啊，你不是曾經嘲笑以色列嗎？以色列難道是強盜嗎？你每次談到她總是不屑地搖頭。
28「摩押人啊，
你們要離開城邑，住到岩洞裡，
像鴿子在岩縫裡築巢一樣。
29我們聽說摩押人傲氣沖天，
他們狂妄自大、心中高傲。
30我知道狂傲的摩押不過是外強中乾，
她的誇耀不過是虛張聲勢。
這是耶和華說的。
31因此，我要為她哀號，
為摩押人痛哭，
為吉珥·哈列設人悲傷。
32西比瑪的葡萄樹啊，
我為你們比為雅謝人哭得更悲痛！
你們的枝條雖然延伸到大海，
一直到雅謝，
但毀滅者已在蹂躪你們夏日的果子了！
33摩押的沃土上再沒有歡喜快樂的聲音。
我使榨酒池不出酒，
再沒有踩踏葡萄的歡呼聲，
歡呼被呐喊取代。
34「哀哭聲從希實本傳到以利亞利和雅雜，又從瑣珥傳到何羅念和伊基拉·施利施亞，因為連寧林的水也乾涸了。」 35耶和華說：「我要滅絕摩押那些在邱壇獻祭和向假神燒香的人。 36我的心為摩押悲鳴，好像淒涼的簫聲；我的心為吉珥·哈列設人悲鳴，他們的一切財富都消失了。 37他們都悲哀地剃去髮鬚，割傷雙手，腰束麻布。 38在摩押境內的屋頂和街頭巷尾，哀聲處處可聞，因為我已把摩押打得粉碎，好像打碎沒人要的器皿。這是耶和華說的。 39摩押破碎不堪！她嚎啕痛哭，羞愧難當，令四圍的人嗤笑、驚懼。」
40耶和華說：
「看啊，敵人必像展翅疾飛的大鷹一樣來攻擊摩押。
41他們要攻取城池，佔領堡壘。
那時，摩押的勇士像臨盆的婦人一樣心驚膽戰。
42摩押必被摧毀，徹底滅亡，
因為她藐視耶和華。
43摩押人啊！
你們要充滿恐懼，
陷入深坑和網羅。
這是耶和華說的。
44逃過驚恐的必落入深坑，
爬出深坑的必陷入網羅，
因為我懲罰摩押的時候到了。
這是耶和華說的。
45「逃難的人來到希實本，
無助地站著，
因為希實本烈焰熊熊，
西宏的城火光沖天，
燒毀了摩押和其中的叛逆之人。
46拜基抹神明的摩押人啊，
你們有禍了！
你們滅亡了！
你們的兒女都被擄去了。
47但將來，我要使你們重整家園。
這是耶和華說的。」
對摩押的審判到此為止。
A Message About Moab
1Concerning Moab:
This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says:
“Woe to Nebo, for it will be ruined.
Kiriathaim will be disgraced and captured;
the stronghold48:1 Or captured; / Misgab will be disgraced and shattered.
2Moab will be praised no more;
in Heshbon48:2 The Hebrew for Heshbon sounds like the Hebrew for plot. people will plot her downfall:
‘Come, let us put an end to that nation.’
You, the people of Madmen,48:2 The name of the Moabite town Madmen sounds like the Hebrew for be silenced. will also be silenced;
the sword will pursue you.
3Cries of anguish arise from Horonaim,
cries of great havoc and destruction.
4Moab will be broken;
her little ones will cry out.48:4 Hebrew; Septuagint / proclaim it to Zoar
5They go up the hill to Luhith,
weeping bitterly as they go;
on the road down to Horonaim
anguished cries over the destruction are heard.
6Flee! Run for your lives;
become like a bush48:6 Or like Aroer in the desert.
7Since you trust in your deeds and riches,
you too will be taken captive,
and Chemosh will go into exile,
together with his priests and officials.
8The destroyer will come against every town,
and not a town will escape.
The valley will be ruined
and the plateau destroyed,
because the Lord has spoken.
9Put salt on Moab,
for she will be laid waste48:9 Or Give wings to Moab, / for she will fly away;
her towns will become desolate,
with no one to live in them.
10“A curse on anyone who is lax in doing the Lord’s work!
A curse on anyone who keeps their sword from bloodshed!
11“Moab has been at rest from youth,
like wine left on its dregs,
not poured from one jar to another—
she has not gone into exile.
So she tastes as she did,
and her aroma is unchanged.
12But days are coming,”
declares the Lord,
“when I will send men who pour from pitchers,
and they will pour her out;
they will empty her pitchers
and smash her jars.
13Then Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh,
as Israel was ashamed
when they trusted in Bethel.
14“How can you say, ‘We are warriors,
men valiant in battle’?
15Moab will be destroyed and her towns invaded;
her finest young men will go down in the slaughter,”
declares the King, whose name is the Lord Almighty.
16“The fall of Moab is at hand;
her calamity will come quickly.
17Mourn for her, all who live around her,
all who know her fame;
say, ‘How broken is the mighty scepter,
how broken the glorious staff!’
18“Come down from your glory
and sit on the parched ground,
you inhabitants of Daughter Dibon,
for the one who destroys Moab
will come up against you
and ruin your fortified cities.
19Stand by the road and watch,
you who live in Aroer.
Ask the man fleeing and the woman escaping,
ask them, ‘What has happened?’
20Moab is disgraced, for she is shattered.
Wail and cry out!
Announce by the Arnon
that Moab is destroyed.
21Judgment has come to the plateau—
to Holon, Jahzah and Mephaath,
22to Dibon, Nebo and Beth Diblathaim,
23to Kiriathaim, Beth Gamul and Beth Meon,
24to Kerioth and Bozrah—
to all the towns of Moab, far and near.
25Moab’s horn48:25 Horn here symbolizes strength. is cut off;
her arm is broken,”
declares the Lord.
26“Make her drunk,
for she has defied the Lord.
Let Moab wallow in her vomit;
let her be an object of ridicule.
27Was not Israel the object of your ridicule?
Was she caught among thieves,
that you shake your head in scorn
whenever you speak of her?
28Abandon your towns and dwell among the rocks,
you who live in Moab.
Be like a dove that makes its nest
at the mouth of a cave.
29“We have heard of Moab’s pride—
how great is her arrogance!—
of her insolence, her pride, her conceit
and the haughtiness of her heart.
30I know her insolence but it is futile,”
declares the Lord,
“and her boasts accomplish nothing.
31Therefore I wail over Moab,
for all Moab I cry out,
I moan for the people of Kir Hareseth.
32I weep for you, as Jazer weeps,
you vines of Sibmah.
Your branches spread as far as the sea48:32 Probably the Dead Sea;
they reached as far as48:32 Two Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts as far as the Sea of Jazer.
The destroyer has fallen
on your ripened fruit and grapes.
33Joy and gladness are gone
from the orchards and fields of Moab.
I have stopped the flow of wine from the presses;
no one treads them with shouts of joy.
Although there are shouts,
they are not shouts of joy.
34“The sound of their cry rises
from Heshbon to Elealeh and Jahaz,
from Zoar as far as Horonaim and Eglath Shelishiyah,
for even the waters of Nimrim are dried up.
35In Moab I will put an end
to those who make offerings on the high places
and burn incense to their gods,”
declares the Lord.
36“So my heart laments for Moab like the music of a pipe;
it laments like a pipe for the people of Kir Hareseth.
The wealth they acquired is gone.
37Every head is shaved
and every beard cut off;
every hand is slashed
and every waist is covered with sackcloth.
38On all the roofs in Moab
and in the public squares
there is nothing but mourning,
for I have broken Moab
like a jar that no one wants,”
declares the Lord.
39“How shattered she is! How they wail!
How Moab turns her back in shame!
Moab has become an object of ridicule,
an object of horror to all those around her.”
40This is what the Lord says:
“Look! An eagle is swooping down,
spreading its wings over Moab.
41Kerioth48:41 Or The cities will be captured
and the strongholds taken.
In that day the hearts of Moab’s warriors
will be like the heart of a woman in labor.
42Moab will be destroyed as a nation
because she defied the Lord.
43Terror and pit and snare await you,
you people of Moab,”
declares the Lord.
44“Whoever flees from the terror
will fall into a pit,
whoever climbs out of the pit
will be caught in a snare;
for I will bring on Moab
the year of her punishment,”
declares the Lord.
45“In the shadow of Heshbon
the fugitives stand helpless,
for a fire has gone out from Heshbon,
a blaze from the midst of Sihon;
it burns the foreheads of Moab,
the skulls of the noisy boasters.
46Woe to you, Moab!
The people of Chemosh are destroyed;
your sons are taken into exile
and your daughters into captivity.
47“Yet I will restore the fortunes of Moab
in days to come,”
declares the Lord.
Here ends the judgment on Moab.
