1 Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia: 2 That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled! 3 All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye. 4 For so the LORD said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest. 5 For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches. 6 They shall be left together unto the fowls of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth: and the fowls shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.

7 In that time shall the present be brought unto the LORD of hosts of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the LORD 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。