1 I will sing to my well-beloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard: My well-beloved had a vineyard upon a fruitful hill.
2 And he dug it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine; and he built a tower in the midst of it, and also hewed out a winepress therein; and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, but it brought forth wild grapes.
3 And now, inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, between me and my vineyard.
4 What was there yet to do to my vineyard that I have not done in it? Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes? -
5 And now, let me tell you what I am about to do to my vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it shall be eaten up; I will break down its wall, and it shall be trodden under foot;
6 and I will make it a waste-it shall not be pruned nor cultivated, but there shall come up briars and thorns; and I will command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
7 For the vineyard of Jehovah of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah the plant of his delight: and he looked for justice, and behold, blood-shedding; for righteousness, and behold, a cry.
8 Woe unto them that add house to house, that join field to field, until there is no more room, and that ye dwell yourselves alone in the midst of the land!
9 In mine ears Jehovah of hosts {hath said}, Many houses shall assuredly become a desolation, great and excellent ones, without inhabitant.
10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield an ephah.
11 Woe unto them that, rising early in the morning, run after strong drink; that linger till twilight, {till} wine inflameth them!
12 And harp and lyre, tambour and flute, and wine are in their banquets; but they regard not the work of Jehovah, nor do they see the operation of his hands.
13 Therefore my people are led away captive from lack of knowledge, and their nobility die of famine, and their multitude are parched with thirst.
14 Therefore doth Sheol enlarge its desire, and open its mouth without measure; and her splendour shall descend {into it}, and her multitude, and her tumult, and {all} that is joyful within her.
15 And the mean man shall be bowed down, and the great man brought low, and the eyes of the lofty shall be brought low;
16 and Jehovah of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and the holy *God hallowed in righteousness.
17 And the lambs shall feed as on their pasture, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.
18 Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as with cart-ropes!
19 who say, Let him hasten, let him speed his work, that we may see {it}; and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!
20 Woe unto them who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and intelligent in their own esteem!
22 Woe unto them that are mighty for drinking wine, and men valiant to mix strong drink;
23 who justify the wicked for a bribe, and turn away the righteousness of the righteous from them!
24 Therefore as a tongue of fire devoureth the stubble, and dry grass sinketh down in the flame, their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust; for they have rejected the law of Jehovah of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
25 Therefore is the anger of Jehovah kindled against his people, and he hath stretched out his hand against them and hath smitten them; and the mountains trembled, and their carcases are become as dung in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.
26 And he will lift up a banner to the nations afar off, and will hiss for one from the end of the earth; and behold, it will come rapidly {and} lightly.
27 None among them is weary, none stumbleth; they slumber not, nor sleep; none hath the girdle of his loins loosed, nor the thong of his sandals broken;
28 their arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent; their horses' hoofs are reckoned as the flint, and their wheels as a whirlwind.
29 Their roaring is like a lioness, they roar as the young lions; yea, they growl, and snatch the prey, and carry it away safe, and there is none to deliver;
30 and they shall roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea. And if one look upon the earth, behold darkness {and} distress, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.
1 我要为我所爱的唱歌， 这歌是关于他的葡萄园： 我所爱的人有一个葡萄园， 在肥美的山冈上。
2 他把园子周围的泥土挖松了， 捡去石头， 栽种了上好的葡萄树； 在园中建造了一座守望楼， 又凿了一个榨酒池。他期望结出好葡萄， 却结出野葡萄。
3 耶路撒冷的居民和犹大人哪！ 现在请你们在我与我的葡萄园之间断定是非吧！
4 我为我的葡萄园所作的以外， 还有什么要作的呢？我期望它结出好葡萄， 它为什么倒结出野葡萄呢？
5 现在我告诉你们， 我要怎样处理我的葡萄园： 我要把它的篱笆撤去， 使它被吞灭； 我要把它的围墙拆毁， 使它被践踏。
6 我要使它荒废， 不再修剪， 也不再耕耘， 荆棘和蒺藜却要长起来； 我也要吩咐云不再降雨在园子上。
7 因为万军之耶和华的葡萄园就是以色列家， 他喜悦的树就是犹大人； 他期望的是公平， 但看到的只是流血的事； 他期望的是公义， 听到的只是哀叫声。
8 那些使房屋连接房屋， 使田地连接田地， 以致不留余地的人， 有祸了！ 你们只可以独居在境内。
9 我听闻万军之耶和华说： "必有许多房屋变成荒凉， 甚至那些又大又美的房屋也没有人居住。
10 十公顷葡萄园只出二十二公升酒； 二百二十公升谷种只结二十二公升粮食。"
11 那些清早起来， 追求浓酒， 留连到晚上， 以致因酒发烧的人， 有祸了！
12 在他们的筵席上， 有琴、瑟、手鼓、笛和酒， 但他们不理耶和华的作为， 也不留心他手所作的。
13 所以我的人民因无知被掳去； 他们的尊贵人十分饥饿； 他们的群众极其干渴。
14 故此， 阴间扩张它的咽喉， 张大它的口， 没有限量； 耶路撒冷城的荣耀、群众、喧嚷的人和在城中作乐的人， 都要下到阴间。
15 卑贱人俯首， 尊贵人降卑， 眼目高傲的也降卑。
16 唯独万军之耶和华， 因公平被高举； 至圣的 神， 因公义显为圣。
17 那时羊羔必来吃草， 像在自己的草场一样； 富裕者的荒场被寄居者随意吃用。
18 那些人虚假的绳索牵引罪孽， 又像用车绳拉罪恶的人， 有祸了！
19 他们说： "愿他赶快、迅速地成就他的作为， 给我们看看！ 愿以色列的圣者所计划的临近！ 愿它来到， 好让我们知道！ "
20 那些称恶为善， 称善为恶， 以暗为光， 以光为暗， 以苦为甜， 以甜为苦的人， 有祸了！
21 那些自以为有智慧， 自视为聪明的人， 有祸了！
22 那些勇于喝酒， 又精于调和浓酒的人， 有祸了！
23 他们因受了贿赂， 就称恶人为义； 却把义人的权益夺去。
24 因此， 火舌怎样吞灭碎秸， 干草怎样落在火焰之中， 照样， 他们的根必像腐朽之物， 他们的花必像尘土飞扬； 因为他们弃绝万军之耶和华的训诲， 藐视以色列圣者的话。
25 所以耶和华的怒气向他的子民发作， 他伸出手来击打他们， 群山都震动， 他们的尸体在街上好像粪土， 虽然这样， 他的怒气还未转消， 他的手仍然伸出。
26 他必竖立旗帜， 招一国的人从远方而来， 发出哨声把他们从地极召来； 看！ 他们必急速快奔而来。
27 他们当中没有疲倦的， 没有绊倒的， 没有打盹的， 也没有睡觉的； 他们的腰带没有放松， 鞋带也没有折断。
28 他们的箭锐利， 所有的弓都上了弦； 他们的马蹄看来像火石， 车辆似旋风。
29 他们的吼叫像母狮， 他们的咆哮如幼狮； 他们咆哮， 攫取猎物， 把它叼去， 无人援救。
30 到那日， 他们要向以色列人咆哮， 像海浪的澎湃声一样； 人若望着这地， 就只见黑暗与灾难； 光在云中也成了黑暗。