1 Ah, the land of the rustling of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia; 2 that sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of papyrus upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth, to a people terrible from their beginning onward, a nation that meteth out and treadeth down, whose land the rivers divide! 3 All ye inhabitants of the world, and ye dwellers on the earth, when an ensign is lifted up on the mountains, see ye; and when the trumpet is blown, hear ye.

4 For thus hath Jehovah said unto me, I will be still, and I will behold in my dwelling-place, like clear heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest. 5 For before the harvest, when the blossom is over, and the flower becometh a ripening grape, he will cut off the sprigs with pruning-hooks, and the spreading branches will he take away and cut down. 6 They shall be left together unto the ravenous birds of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth; and the ravenous birds shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them. 7 In that time shall a present be brought unto Jehovah of hosts from a people tall and smooth, even from a people terrible from their beginning onward, a nation that meteth out and treadeth down, whose land the rivers divide, to the place of the name of Jehovah of hosts, the mount Zion.

1 古实河外， 船只彼此碰撞， 响声四起之地， 有祸了！ 2 这就是那经常差派使者， 在水面上乘坐蒲草船渡海的地方。去吧！ 快行的使者， 到那身躯高大、皮肤光滑的国去， 到一个远近都为人所惧怕的民族那里去， 这国是强盛和践踏人的， 他们的地有河流把地分开。 3 世上所有的居民， 住在全地上的人哪！ 山上竖起旗帜的时候， 你们要注意； 号角吹响的时候， 你们要聆听。 4 耶和华这样对我说： "我要从我的居所安静观看， 像日光中闪烁的热气， 又像收割时的热气中有露水的云彩。" 5 因为在收割以前， 花蕾开尽， 花朵也成了将熟的葡萄之时， 他就用镰刀削去嫩枝， 又砍掉蔓延的枝子。 6 它们都要撇下， 给山间的鸷鸟， 和地上的野兽； 鸷鸟必吃它们来度过夏天， 地上的百兽必吃它们来度过冬天。 7 到那时， 这个身躯高大、皮肤光滑的国， 就是远近都为人所惧怕的民族， 强盛和践踏人的国， 他们的地有河流把地分开， 他们必把礼物带来给万军之耶和华， 就是奉到锡安山， 万军之耶和华立他名的地方。