- 21:1 The burden concerning the wilderness of the sea: Like storm winds In the Negev passing through, It comes from the wilderness From an awesome land.
关于海旁旷野的默示：有仇敌从旷野，从可怕之地而来，好像南方的暴风猛然扫过。
- 21:2 A harsh vision Has been announced to me; The unfaithful one deals unfaithfully, And the destroyer destroys. Go up, Elam; Lay siege, Media; I have put an end To all her groaning.
惨酷的异象已经宣示于我；诡诈的行诡诈，毁灭的行毁灭。以拦哪，你要上去；玛代阿，你要围困；主说，我使巴比伦所引起的一切叹息都止住了。
- 21:3 Therefore my loins Are full of anguish; Pangs have taken hold of me Like the pangs of a woman in labor. I am bent over at the hearing of it;I am terrified at the seeing it
所以我满腰疼痛；剧痛将我抓住，好像产妇的剧痛一样；我听了就疼痛弯腰；我看了就惊惶失措。
- 21:4 My heart reels; Shuddering overwhelms me. The twilight that I love Has become a source of trembling to me.
我心昏乱，惊恐威吓我。我所爱慕的黄昏竟使我战兢。
- 21:5 Setting the table! Spreading out the rug! Eating! Drinking! Rise, princes; Oil the shields.
他们摆设筵席，铺展地毯，又吃又喝！首领阿，你们起来，用油抹盾牌。
- 21:6 For thus says The Lord to me, Go, set a watchman; Let him report what he sees.
主对我如此说，你去设立守望的，使他将所看见的报告出来。
- 21:7 And he saw riders, A team of horsemen; Riders of donkeys, Riders of camels; And he attends with attention, With much attention.
他看见骑马的，是一对一对骑马的，又看见骑驴的、骑骆驼的，就留心听，极其留心。
- 21:8 And he calls out like a lion: On the watchtower, Lord, I stand continually by day; At my guardpost I am stationed Every night.
他像狮子吼叫，说，主阿，我白日不断站在望楼上，整夜立在我守望所。
- 21:9 And now there come Riding men, A team of horsemen. And one answers and says, Fallen, fallen is Babylon! And all the idols of her gods Has he shattered to the earth.
看哪，来了骑马的人，是一对一对骑马的。有一位回应说，巴比伦倾倒了，倾倒了！她一切雕制的神像，都打碎于地了。
- 21:10 My threshed ones, And the son of the threshing floor! What I have heard From Jehovah of hosts, The God of Israel, I have declared to you.
我被打的禾稼，我禾场的谷阿！我从万军之耶和华以色列的神那里所听见的，都告诉你们了。
- 21:11 The burden concerning Dumah: Someone is calling to me from Seir: Guard, what remains of the night? Guard, what remains of the night?
关于度玛的默示：有人从西珥呼问我，说，守望的阿，夜还有多长？守望的阿，夜还有多长？
- 21:12 The guard says, Morning is coming, But so also is night; If you will ask, ask; Return, come.
守望的说，早晨到了，黑夜也会来；你们若要问，就可以问；可以回头再来。
- 21:13 The burden against Arabia: In the thicket of Arabia you must spend the night, You nomad clans of the Dedanim.
关于亚拉伯的默示：底但结伴的客旅阿，你们必在亚拉伯的树林中住宿。
- 21:14 They bring water To meet the thirsty; The inhabitants of the land of Tema Meet with bread those who flee;
提玛地的居民拿水来迎接口渴的，拿饼来迎接逃避的；
- 21:15 For they flee from swords-From the drawn sword, From the bent bow, And from the harshness of battle.
因为他们逃避了刀剑、出鞘的刀、上弦的弓、以及剧烈的战事。
- 21:16 For thus has the Lord said to me, Within a year, like a wage worker's year, all the glory of Kedar will end,
主对我这样说：一年之内，照雇工年数的算法，基达的一切荣耀必归于无有。
- 21:17 And the remainder of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the sons of Kedar, will be few; for Jehovah the God of Israel has spoken.
弓箭手的余数，基达人的勇士，必然稀少；因为这是耶和华以色列的神说的。