“ My master!” the guard shouts back.“ Day after day I stand here on the lookout tower. Every night I stay here on duty.

他像狮子吼叫，说：“主啊，我白日常站在望楼上，整夜立在我守望所。”

他如狮子般吼叫：“主啊，我白天常站在瞭望楼，彻夜立在我的瞭望台。”

他如狮子般吼叫：“主啊，我白天常站在瞭望楼，彻夜立在我的瞭望台。”

守望的人大喊：“我主啊，我在瞭望塔上日夜观看。

后来，守望者（按照《马索拉文本》，“守望者”作“狮子”；现参照《死海古卷》和《叙利亚文古译本》翻译）喊叫着说：“主啊！我每日不断站在守望楼上，每夜立在我守望的岗位中。

后来，守望者呼喊：“主啊，我白天一直站在守望楼，每夜立在我的哨所，

他像獅子吼叫，說：主啊，我白日常站在望樓上，整夜立在我守望所。

他如獅子般吼叫：「主啊，我白天常站在瞭望樓，徹夜立在我的瞭望臺。」

他如獅子般吼叫：「主啊，我白天常站在瞭望樓，徹夜立在我的瞭望臺。」

守望的人大喊：「我主啊，我在瞭望塔上日夜觀看。

後來，守望者（按照《馬索拉文本》，“守望者”作“獅子”；現參照《死海古卷》和《叙利亞文古譯本》翻譯）喊叫著說：“主啊！我每日不斷站在守望樓上，每夜立在我守望的崗位中。

於是那觀看者喊着說：『主啊，我終日不斷地在瞭望樓上站着，我整夜無停地在我的守望所上立着。

後來，守望者呼喊：「主啊，我白天一直站在守望臺，每夜立在我的哨所，

其人呼聲若獅、曰、主歟、我旦晝常立於戍樓、永夜見置於巡地、

大聲呼曰、彼來若獅、我主與、余巡守已永朝矣、屹立已永夕矣、

呼曰、彼來若獅、彼來若獅或作有獅來矣我主歟、我白晝常立於望樓、終夜立於我守望之所、

And the lookout shouted,“ Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower; every night I stay at my post.

Then he who saw cried out:“ Upon a watchtower I stand, O Lord, continually by day, and at my post I am stationed whole nights.

Then the watchman called out,“ Day after day I have stood on the watchtower, my lord. Night after night I have remained at my post.

Then the lookout reported,“ Lord, I stand on the watchtower all day, and I stay at my post all night.

Then the lookout called,“ Lord, I stand continually by day on the watchtower, And I am stationed every night at my guard post.

Then he cried,“ A lion, my Lord! I stand continually on the watchtower in the daytime; I have sat at my post every night.

And he cried as a lion: O Lord, I stand continually upon the watch- tower in the day- time, and am set in my ward whole nights;

Then the lookout reported,“ Lord, I stand on the watchtower all day, and I stay at my post all night.

And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:

Then the guard cries out:“ On the watchtower, O sovereign master, I stand all day long; at my post I am stationed every night.

He cried like a lion:“ Lord, I stand continually on the watchtower in the daytime, and every night I stay at my post.

I will go up to the lookout tower. I’ll station myself on the city wall. I’ll wait to see how the Lord will reply to me. Then I’ll try to figure out how his reply answers what I’ve complained about.The Lord replies,“ Write down the message I am giving you. Write it clearly on the tablets you use. Then a messenger can read it and run to announce it.

As I lie on my bed I remember you. I think of you all night long.

“ I will be like a lion coming up from the bushes by the Jordan River. I will hunt in rich grasslands. I will chase you from your land in an instant. What nation will I choose to do this? Which one will I appoint? Is anyone like me? Who would dare to argue with me? What leader can stand against me?”

Israel’s prophets are blind. They don’t know the Lord. All of them are like watchdogs that can’t even bark. They just lie around and dream. They love to sleep.

Be watchful and control yourselves. Your enemy the devil is like a roaring lion. He prowls around looking for someone to swallow up.

If the Lord doesn’t build a house, the work of the builders is useless. If the Lord doesn’t watch over a city, it’s useless for those on guard duty to stand watch over it.

The sound of their army is like the roar of lions. It’s like the roar of young lions. They growl as they capture what they were chasing. They carry it off. No one can take it away from them.

I will be like a lion coming up from the bushes by the Jordan River. I will hunt in rich grasslands. I will chase the people of Babylon from their land in an instant. What nation will I choose to do this? Which one will I appoint? Is anyone like me? Who would dare to argue with me? What leader can stand against me?”

Jerusalem, I have stationed guards on your walls. They must never be silent day or night. You who call out to the Lord must not give yourselves any rest.

Lions have come out of their dens. Those who destroy nations have begun to march out. They have left their place to destroy your land completely. Your towns will be broken to pieces. No one will live in them.

Like a lion he will leave his den. The land of those leaders will become a desert. That’s because the sword of the Lord brings great harm. His anger will burn against them.