1.以利亚于是先知以利亚起来,如同火一样,他的话语像火炬一样燃烧。Elijah Then the prophet Eli′jah arose like a fire, and his word burned like a torch.
2.他降饥荒于他们,并且因他的热心使他们的数目减少。He brought a famine upon them, and by his zeal he made them few in number.
3.他凭着耶和华的言语封锁了天空,又三次降下火来。By the word of the Lord he shut up the heavens, and also three times brought down fire.
4.你以奇妙的作为,何其荣耀, 以利亚! 谁能像你一样自夸?How glorious you were, O Eli′jah, in your wondrous deeds! And who has the right to boast which you have?
5.你曾用至高者的言语,从死里、从阴间使一个尸体复活;You who raised a corpse from death and from Hades, by the word of the Most High;
6.使君王遭毁灭, 将有名的人从床上拉下;who brought kings down to destruction, and famous men from their beds;
7.在西奈山听见斥责,在何烈山听见报应的判决;who heard rebuke at Sinai and judgments of vengeance at Horeb;
8.他膏立王来施行报应,又膏立先知来继承你。who anointed kings to inflict retribution, and prophets to succeed you.
9.你被火旋风提起来,坐着火马的战车;You who were taken up by a whirlwind of fire, in a chariot with horses of fire;
10.你们这些在预定的时刻已做好准备的人,经上写着,要在上帝的愤怒爆发之前平息他的愤怒,要使父亲的心转向儿子,并使雅各的支派复兴。you who are ready at the appointed time, it is written, to calm the wrath of God before it breaks out in fury, to turn the heart of the father to the son, and to restore the tribes of Jacob.
11.看见你的人是有福的,蒙爱装饰的人也是有福的;因为我们也必定会活着。Blessed are those who saw you, and those who have been adorned in love; for we also shall surely live.
12.以利亚被旋风卷去,以利沙就承受了他的灵,他一生中没有在任何君王面前颤抖,也没有有人使他臣服。Elisha It was Eli′jah who was covered by the whirlwind, and Eli′sha was filled with his spirit; in all his days he did not tremble before any ruler, and no one brought him into subjection.
13.没有什么事情难倒他,即使死了,他的身体也还在预言。Nothing was too hard for him, and when he was dead his body prophesied.
14.他一生行了奇事,死后所行的更是奇妙。As in his life he did wonders, so in death his deeds were marvelous.
15.尽管如此,这些事并没有使百姓悔改,也没有使他们离弃自己的罪恶,直到他们被掳去离开自己的土地,散布在全地上;百姓所剩无几,但仍有大卫家的人作他们的官长。For all this the people did not repent, and they did not forsake their sins, till they were carried away captive from their land and were scattered over all the earth; the people were left very few in number, but with rulers from the house of David.
16.他们中有些人做了讨神喜悦的事,有些人却增加了罪恶。Some of them did what was pleasing to God, but others multiplied sins.
17.希西家加固了他的城市,并将水引入其中,他用铁穿透了坚硬的岩石,并修建了水池来储存水。Hezekiah Hezeki′ah fortified his city, and brought water into the midst of it; he tunneled the sheer rock with iron and built pools for water.
18.在他在位的时候,辛那基立上来,派拉伯沙基,他对锡安举手,狂妄自大,夸口说大话。In his days Sennach′erib came up, and sent the Rab′shakeh; he lifted up his hand against Zion and made great boasts in his arrogance.
19.他们的心都发抖,手也都颤动,他们像产难的妇人一样十分痛苦。Then their hearts were shaken and their hands trembled, and they were in anguish, like women in travail.
20.但他们呼求那有怜悯的主,向他伸出手;圣者从天上迅速听见他们,借以赛亚的手救了他们。But they called upon the Lord who is merciful, spreading forth their hands toward him; and the Holy One quickly heard them from heaven, and delivered them by the hand of Isaiah.
21.主击打亚述人的军营,他的使者灭绝他们。The Lord smote the camp of the Assyrians, and his angel wiped them out.
22.因为希西家行了耶和华眼中所看为正的事,又坚定地遵行他祖大卫的道,这是耶和华的先知以赛亚所吩咐的,以赛亚在他的异象中是伟大而忠信的。For Hezeki′ah did what was pleasing to the Lord, and he held strongly to the ways of David his father, which Isaiah the prophet commanded, who was great and faithful in his vision.
23.以赛亚在位期间,太阳倒退了,他也延长了王的寿命。Isaiah In his days the sun went backward, and he lengthened the life of the king.
24.他靠大能的灵,看见末后的事,又安慰那些在锡安悲哀的人。By the spirit of might he saw the last things, and comforted those who mourned in Zion.
25.他揭示了直到末了的所有事,也显明了还未发生的事。He revealed what was to occur to the end of time, and the hidden things before they came to pass.