People From Many Nations Will Worship at the Lord’s Mountain
1In the last days
the mountain where the Lord’s temple is located will be famous.
It will be the highest mountain of all.
It will be lifted up above the hills.
And nations will go to it.
2People from many nations will go there. They will say,
“Come, let us go up to the Lord’s mountain.
Let’s go to the temple of Jacob’s God.
He will teach us how we should live.
Then we will live the way he wants us to.”
The law of the Lord will be taught at Zion.
His message will go out from Jerusalem.
3He will judge between people from many nations.
He’ll settle problems among strong nations everywhere.
They will hammer their swords into plows.
They’ll hammer their spears into pruning tools.
Nations will not go to war against one another.
They won’t even train to fight anymore.
4Everyone will have
their own vine and fig tree.
And no one will make them afraid.
That’s what the Lord who rules over all has promised.
5Other nations worship and trust in their gods.
But we will worship and obey the Lord.
He will be our God for ever and ever.
The Lord’s Plan
6“The time is coming
when I will gather those who are disabled,”
announces the Lord.
“I will bring together those
who were taken away as prisoners.
I will gather those I have allowed to suffer.
7I will make the disabled my faithful people.
I will make into a strong nation those driven away from their homes.
I will rule over them on Mount Zion.
I will be their King from that time on and forever.
8Jerusalem, you used to be
like a guard tower for my flock.
City of Zion, you used to be
a place of safety for my people.
The glorious kingdom you had before
will be given back to you.
Once again a king will rule over your people.”
9Why are you crying out so loudly now?
Don’t you have a king?
Has your ruler died?
Is that why pain comes on you
like the pain of a woman having a baby?
10People of Zion, groan with pain.
Cry out like a woman having a baby.
Soon you must leave your city.
You must camp in the open fields.
You will have to go to the land of Babylon.
But that’s where the Lord will save you.
There he will set you free
from the power of your enemies.
11But now many nations
have gathered together to attack you.
They say, “Let Jerusalem be made ‘unclean.’
We want to laugh when Zion suffers!”
12But those nations don’t know
what the Lord has in mind.
They don’t understand his plan.
He has planned to gather them up like bundles of grain.
He has planned to take them to his threshing floor.
13The Lord says,
“People of Zion, get up
and crush your enemies.
I will make you like a threshing ox.
I will give you iron horns and bronze hooves.
So you will crush many nations.”
They got their money in the wrong way.
But you will set it apart to the Lord.
You will give their wealth
to the Lord of the whole earth.
耶路撒冷的將來
1在末後的日子，
耶和華殿所在的山必超乎群山，
高過眾嶺，
萬民都要歸向它。
2多國的民都要前來，說：
「來吧，讓我們登耶和華的山，
去雅各之上帝的殿。
祂必指示我們當行的路，
我們也要遵行祂的道。」
因為訓誨必出於錫安，
耶和華的話語必來自耶路撒冷。
3祂要在各民族中施行審判，
為遠方的強國斷定是非。
他們要把刀劍鑄成犁頭，
把矛槍打成鐮刀。
國與國之間不再動刀槍，
也不再學習戰爭。
4人人都安然坐在自己的葡萄樹和無花果樹下，
不再擔驚受怕。
這是萬軍之耶和華親口說的。
5萬民都遵從自己的神明，
但我們要永遠遵從我們的上帝耶和華。
6耶和華說：
「到那日，我要聚集瘸腿的，
招聚被擄的和被我懲罰的。
7我要使瘸腿的成為餘民，
讓被擄的成為強國。
耶和華要在錫安山做王治理他們，
從那時直到永遠。
8「你這羊群的瞭望塔，
錫安城4·8 「城」希伯來文是「女子」，可能是對錫安的暱稱，下同4·13。的堅壘啊！
從前的國權——
耶路撒冷城的王位必重新歸你。」
9現在你為何大聲哭喊？
是因為你沒有王嗎？
難道你的謀士都死了嗎，
以致你像分娩的婦人一樣痛苦不堪？
10錫安的百姓啊，
你們要像分娩的婦人一樣輾轉呻吟，
因為你們現在要離開這城，
住在荒野，被擄到巴比倫。
在那裡，你們將得到解救；
在那裡，耶和華必從敵人手中救贖你們。
11現在許多國家一起來攻擊你們，說：
「願錫安遭蹂躪，
我們要看著錫安被毀滅。」
12他們卻不知道耶和華的心意，
也不明白祂的計劃。
祂聚集他們是要懲罰他們，
像把禾捆堆積在麥場一樣。
13耶和華說：
「錫安城啊，
起來打穀吧！
我要給你鐵角，
我要給你銅蹄。
你要打碎列國，
將他們的不義之財獻給耶和華，
把他們的財富獻給普天下的主。」
