Isaiah 16 – NIRV & CCB

New International Reader’s Version

Isaiah 16:1-14

1People of Moab, send lambs as a gift

to the ruler of Judah.

Send them from Sela.

Send them across the desert.

Send them to Mount Zion in the city of Jerusalem.

2The women of Moab are at the places

where people go across the Arnon River.

They are like birds that flap their wings

when they are pushed from their nest.

3The Moabites say to the rulers of Judah,

“Make up your mind. Make a decision.

Cover us with your shadow.

Make it like night even at noon.

Hide those of us who are running away.

Don’t turn them over to their enemies.

4Let those who have run away from Moab stay with you.

Keep them safe from those who are trying to destroy them.”

Those who crush others will be destroyed.

The killing will stop.

The attackers will disappear from the earth.

5A man from the royal house of David will sit on Judah’s throne.

He will rule with faithful love.

When he judges he will do what is fair.

He will be quick to do what is right.

6We have heard all about Moab’s pride.

We have heard how very proud they are.

They think they are so much better than others.

They brag about themselves.

But all their bragging is nothing but empty words.

7So the people of Moab cry out.

All of them cry over their country.

Sing a song of sadness.

Weep that you can no longer enjoy the raisin cakes of Kir Hareseth.

8The fields of Heshbon dry up.

So do the vines of Sibmah.

The rulers of the nations

have walked all over its finest vines.

Those vines once reached as far as Jazer.

They spread out toward the desert.

Their new growth went

all the way to the Dead Sea.

9Jazer weeps for the vines of Sibmah.

And so do I.

Heshbon and Elealeh,

I soak you with my tears!

There isn’t any ripe fruit for people to shout about.

There isn’t any harvest to make them happy.

10Joy and gladness are taken away from the orchards.

No one sings or shouts in the vineyards.

No one stomps on grapes at the winepresses.

That’s because the Lord has put an end to the shouting.

11My heart mourns over Moab like a song of sadness played on a harp.

Deep down inside me I mourn over Kir Hareseth.

12Moab’s people go to their high place to pray.

But all they do is wear themselves out.

Their god Chemosh can’t help them at all.

13That’s the message the Lord has already spoken against Moab. 14But now he says, “In exactly three years, people will look down on Moab’s glory. Now Moab has many people. But by that time only a few of them will be left alive. And even they will be weak.”

Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)

以赛亚书 16:1-14

1摩押人从西拉穿过旷野,来到锡安城的山,

把羊羔献给那里的掌权者。

2亚嫩河渡口,

摩押16:2 摩押人”希伯来文是“摩押的女子”。如同被赶离巢穴的飞鸟。

3他们对犹大人说:“给我们出个主意,伸张正义吧!

请让你们的影子在正午如黑夜,

遮盖逃难的人,

不要出卖逃亡者。

4让我们这些逃难的摩押人留在你们那里,

好躲避毁灭者。”

欺压和毁灭之事终必停止,

入侵者终必从地上消失。

5那时,必有一个宝座在爱中坚立,

大卫家的人必坐在上面以信实治国,

秉公审判,速行公义。

6我们听说摩押人心骄气傲、狂妄自大,

然而他们所夸耀的都是虚假的。

7他们必为摩押哀哭,

人人都必哀哭,

为不再有吉珥·哈列设的美味葡萄饼而哀叹、悲伤。

8因为希实本的农田荒废,

西比玛的葡萄树枯萎。

各国的君王都来践踏这些上好的葡萄树。

它们的枝子曾经伸展到雅谢和旷野,

嫩枝一直蔓延到海。

9因此,我像雅谢人一样为西比玛的葡萄树哀哭。

希实本以利亚利啊,

我用眼泪来浇灌你们,

因为再无人为你们的果品和庄稼而欢呼了。

10肥美的田园里听不到快乐的声音,

葡萄园里也无人歌唱欢呼,

榨酒池里无人榨酒。

我已经使欢呼声止息。

11我的内心为摩押

吉珥·哈列设哀鸣,

好像凄凉的琴声。

12摩押人上丘坛祭拜,

却落得筋疲力尽;

在庙宇里祷告,

却毫无用处。

13以上是耶和华所说有关摩押的预言。 14现在,耶和华说:“正如一个雇工的工作年限是三年,摩押的荣耀也必在三年之内消失,那里的人民必遭藐视,残存的人必寥寥无几、软弱无力。”