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.”
1摩押人從西拉穿過曠野，來到錫安城的山，
把羊羔獻給那裡的掌權者。
2在亞嫩河渡口，
摩押人16·2 「摩押人」希伯來文是「摩押的女子」。如同被趕離巢穴的飛鳥。
3他們對猶大人說：「給我們出個主意，伸張正義吧！
請讓你們的影子在正午如黑夜，
遮蓋逃難的人，
不要出賣逃亡者。
4讓我們這些逃難的摩押人留在你們那裡，
好躲避毀滅者。」
欺壓和毀滅之事終必停止，
入侵者終必從地上消失。
5那時，必有一個寶座在愛中堅立，
大衛家的人必坐在上面以信實治國，
秉公審判，速行公義。
6我們聽說摩押人心驕氣傲、狂妄自大，
然而他們所誇耀的都是虛假的。
7他們必為摩押哀哭，
人人都必哀哭，
為不再有吉珥·哈列設的美味葡萄餅而哀歎、悲傷。
8因為希實本的農田荒廢，
西比瑪的葡萄樹枯萎。
各國的君王都來踐踏這些上好的葡萄樹。
它們的枝子曾經伸展到雅謝和曠野，
嫩枝一直蔓延到死海。
9因此，我像雅謝人一樣為西比瑪的葡萄樹哀哭。
希實本和以利亞利啊，
我用眼淚來澆灌你們，
因為再無人為你們的果品和莊稼而歡呼了。
10肥美的田園裡聽不到快樂的聲音，
葡萄園裡也無人歌唱歡呼，
榨酒池裡無人榨酒。
我已經使歡呼聲止息。
11我的內心為摩押，
為吉珥·哈列設哀鳴，
好像淒涼的琴聲。
12摩押人上邱壇祭拜，
卻落得精疲力盡；
在廟宇裡禱告，
卻毫無用處。
13以上是耶和華所說有關摩押的預言。 14現在，耶和華說：「正如一個雇工的工作年限是三年，摩押的榮耀也必在三年之內消失，那裡的人民必遭藐視，殘存的人必寥寥無幾、軟弱無力。」
