祸哉，那在古实的河外，翅膀刷刷响声之地，
Woe to the land of the whirring of wings, / Which is beyond the rivers of Cush,

就是那差遣使者在水面上，坐蒲草船过海之地。你们快行的使者，要到身材高大、皮肤光滑的国民那里，到为远近的人所畏惧的民族那里去；这国民是命令加上命令，践踏人的，他们的地有江河分开。
The land that sends envoys on the sea, / Even in papyrus vessels upon the surface of the water. / Go, swift messengers, / To a nation tall and smooth of skin, / To a people feared from there and beyond, / A nation of command upon command and of treading down others, / Whose land the rivers cut through.

世上一切的居民，和地上所住的人哪，山上高举旗号的时候，你们要看见；吹角的时候，你们要听见。
All you inhabitants of the world and dwellers on the earth, / When the standard is raised on the mountains, you will see it; / And when the horn is blown, you will hear it.

因为耶和华对我这样说，我要安静，在我的居所观看，如同日光中的炽热，如同收割的炎热中有露水的云雾。
For thus has Jehovah spoken to me, / I will be quiet and observe in My lodging place, / Like glowing heat in the sunshine, / Like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.

收割之先，花苞开尽，花也成了将熟的葡萄，那时祂必用镰刀削去嫩枝，又砍掉蔓延的枝条。
For before the harvest, when the bud is full / And the flower becomes the ripening grape, / He will cut off the sprigs with pruning knives, / And the tendrils He will remove and cut away.

都要撇给山间的鸷鸟，和地上的野兽；鸷鸟要靠这些度过夏天，地上一切的野兽要靠这些度过收割之时。
They will be left together for the mountain birds / And for the beasts of the earth. / And the birds will spend summer on them, / And all the beasts of the earth will spend harvest time on them.

到那时这身材高大、皮肤光滑的民族，就是为远近的人所畏惧的民族，命令加上命令，践踏人的国民，他们的地有江河分开，必有礼物从他们奉给万军之耶和华，就是奉到锡安山，万军之耶和华立祂名的地方。
At that time a gift will be brought to Jehovah of hosts from a people tall and smooth of skin, even from a people feared from there and beyond, a nation of command upon command and of treading down others, whose land the rivers cut through, unto the place of the name of Jehovah of hosts, Mount Zion.