< 以賽亞書 32 >
Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.
2 個個將如避風的處所,避雨的遮蓋,如荒漠中的水流,如旱乾地上巨石的蔭影。
And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.
4 急躁人的心將會體味智識,口吃者的舌將會暢於言談。
The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.
The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful.
6 因為愚昧的人出言愚昧,心懷邪僻,肆意作惡,發表褻瀆上主的謬論,使飢者枵腹,使渴者絕飲。
For the vile person will speak villainy, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
7 奸險者的手段毒辣,只籌劃惡計,用誑言毀滅卑微的人,在窮人的案件上顛倒曲直;
The instruments also of the churl are evil: he devises wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaks right.
But the liberal devises liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.
9 圖安逸的婦女們,起來,請聽我的聲音!無憂的女子們,請傾聽我的言語!
Rise up, all of you women that are at ease; hear my voice, all of you careless daughters; give ear unto my speech.
10 稍過年餘,你們無憂的女子必受驚擾,因為葡萄沒有收穫,穀粒一無收成。
Many days and years shall all of you be troubled, all of you careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come.
11 安逸的婦女們!你們必將顫抖;無憂的女子們!你們必受驚擾;你們脫光衣服,腰間纏上麻布罷!
Tremble, all of you women that are at ease; be troubled, all of you careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins.
12 你們必要為了肥沃的田地,為了結實的葡萄園而搥胸,
They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.
13 為了我百姓生滿荊棘和蒺藜的土地,為了所有的娛樂家園,為了歡欣的城市而悲傷,
Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:
14 因為宮闕已荒廢,喧擾的城市已荒涼,敖斐耳和巴罕永遠成了廢墟,成了野驢喜樂的地帶,成了羊群的牧場。
Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;
15 及至神自上傾注在我們身上,荒野將變為田園,田園將變為叢林;
Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.
Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.
17 正義的功效是和平,公平的碩果是永恆的寧靜和安全。
And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
18 我的百姓將住安謐的寓所,安全的宅第,清靜憩息之所,
And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;
When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place.
20 你們播種於多水之濱;使牛驢任意走動的人,是有福的。
Blessed are all of you that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass.