1 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness,
and princes shall rule in justice.
2 A man shall be as a hiding place from the wind,
and a covert from the storm,
as streams of water in a dry place,
as the shade of a large rock in a weary land.
3 The eyes of those who see will not be dim,
and the ears of those who hear will listen.
4 The heart of the rash will understand knowledge,
and the tongue of the stammerers will be ready to speak plainly.
5 The fool will no longer be called noble,
nor the scoundrel be highly respected.
6 For the fool will speak folly,
and his heart will work iniquity,
to practice profanity,
and to utter error against Yahweh,
to make empty the soul of the hungry,
and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
7 The ways of the scoundrel are evil.
He devises wicked plans to destroy the humble with lying words,
even when the needy speaks right.
8 But the noble devises noble things,
and he will continue in noble things.
9 Rise up, you women who are at ease! Hear my voice!
You careless daughters, give ear to my speech!
10 For days beyond a year you will be troubled, you careless women;
for the vintage will fail.
The harvest won’t come.
11 Tremble, you women who are at ease!
Be troubled, you careless ones!
Strip yourselves, make yourselves naked,
and put sackcloth on your waist.
12 Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields,
for the fruitful vine.
13 Thorns and briers will come up on my people’s land;
yes, on all the houses of joy in the joyous city.
14 For the palace will be forsaken.
The populous city will be deserted.
The hill and the watchtower will be for dens forever,
a delight for wild donkeys,
a pasture of flocks,
15 until the Spirit is poured on us from on high,
and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field,
and the fruitful field is considered a forest.
16 Then justice will dwell in the wilderness;
and righteousness will remain in the fruitful field.
17 The work of righteousness will be peace,
and the effect of righteousness, quietness and confidence forever.
18 My people will live in a peaceful habitation,
in safe dwellings,
and in quiet resting places,
19 though hail flattens the forest,
and the city is leveled completely.
20 Blessed are you who sow beside all waters,
who send out the feet of the ox and the donkey.
1 看哪！ 必有一王凭公义执政， 必有众领袖按公平治理。
2 必有一人像避风所， 和避暴雨的隐密处， 像干旱之地的溪水， 又像疲乏之地的磐石阴影。
3 那时， 能看见事物者的眼睛， 必不再昏暗； 能听到事物者的耳朵， 必然倾听。
4 性急者的心必明白知识， 口吃者的舌头必说话清楚。
5 愚顽人不再被称为高尚， 恶棍也不再被称为大方。
6 因为愚顽人说的是愚顽话， 他心里所想的是罪孽， 惯行亵渎 神的事， 说错谬的话攻击耶和华， 使饥饿的人仍空着肚子， 使口渴的人仍无水可喝。
7 至于恶棍， 他的手段是邪恶的， 他图谋恶计， 用虚假的言语毁灭困苦的人， 即使在穷乏人讲公理的时候， 他也是这样。
8 高尚的人却筹谋高尚的事， 他也必坚持这些高尚的事。
9 安逸的妇女啊！ 你们要起来， 听我的声音； 无忧无虑的女子啊！ 你们要侧耳听我的话。
10 无忧无虑的女子啊！ 再过一年多， 你们就必受困扰， 因为没有葡萄可摘， 收禾稼的日子也没有来。
11 安逸的妇女啊！ 你们要受震惊。无忧无虑的女子啊！ 你们要受困扰了， 脱去衣服， 赤着身子， 以麻布束腰吧。
12 你们要为美好的田地和多结果子的葡萄树捶胸哀哭。
13 也为那些在我子民的土地上长起来的荆棘和蒺藜而哀哭， 为那欢乐的城和所有快乐的房屋， 也是这样。
14 因为宫殿必被丢弃， 热闹的城市也被撇下， 山冈和守望楼必永远成为洞穴， 作了野驴喜欢的地方和羊群的草场。
15 等到圣灵从高处倾倒在我们身上， 旷野变为肥田， 肥田被看为树林的时候，
16 公平就必居在旷野中， 公义必住在肥田里。
17 公义的果效必是平安， 公义的效验必是平静与安稳， 直到永远。
18 那时， 我的子民必住在平安的居所， 安稳的住处， 不受骚扰的安息之处。
19 但在敌人的国土中， 必有冰雹降下， 打倒他们的树林， 他们的城必被夷平。
20 你们这些在各水边撒种， 又使牛驴随意走动的， 是多么有福啊！