1 Ha! land shadowing with wings, which art beyond the rivers of Cush,

2 that sendest ambassadors over the sea, and in vessels of papyrus upon the waters, {saying,} Go, swift messengers, to a nation scattered and ravaged, to a people terrible from their existence and thenceforth; to a nation of continued waiting and of treading down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!

3 All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, when a banner is lifted up on the mountains, see ye, and when a trumpet is blown, hear ye!

4 For thus hath Jehovah said unto me: I will take my rest, and I will observe from my dwelling-place like clear heat upon herbs, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.

5 For before the harvest, when the blossoming is over, and the flower becometh a ripening grape, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning-knives, and take away {and} cut down the branches.

6 They shall be left together unto the mountain birds of prey, and to the beasts of the earth; and the birds of prey 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 of a people scattered and ravaged, -and from a people terrible from their existence and thenceforth, a nation of continued waiting and of treading down, whose land the rivers have spoiled, ...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。