以賽亞書 54
1 不生育的石女，歡樂罷！未經產痛的女子！歡呼高唱罷！因為被棄者的子女比有夫者的子女還多：這是上主說的。
Sing, O barren, you that did not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, you that did not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, says the LORD.
2 拓展你帳幕的空位，伸展你住所的帷幔，不必顧忌！拉長你的繩索，堅固你的木橛！
Enlarge the place of your tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of your habitations: spare not, lengthen your cords, and strengthen your stakes;
3 因為你要向左右拓展，你的後裔將以外邦之地為業，住滿廢棄了的城邑！
For you shall break forth on the right hand and on the left; and your seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.
4 不要害怕！因為你再不會蒙羞；不要羞慚！因為你再不會受辱；其實，你要忘記你幼年時所受的恥辱，再不懷念居寡時所受的侮慢，
Fear not; for you shall not be ashamed: neither be you confounded; for you shall not be put to shame: for you shall forget the shame of your youth, and shall not remember the reproach of your widowhood any more.
5 因為你的夫君是你的造主，他的名字是「萬軍的上主；」你的救主是以色列的聖者，他將稱為「全世界的天主。」
For your Maker is your husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and your Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
6 是的，上主召見你時，你是一個被棄而心靈憂傷的婦女；人豈能遺棄他青年時的妻子﹖你的天主說。
For the LORD has called you as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when you were refused, says your God.
7 其實，我離棄了你，只是一會兒，但是我要用絕大的仁慈召你回來。
For a small moment have I forsaken you; but with great mercies will I gather you.
8 在我的盛怒中，我曾一會兒掩面不看你，可是我要以永遠的慈悲憐憫你，你的救主上主說。
In a little wrath I hid my face from you for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on you, says the LORD your Redeemer.
9 這事對我有如諾厄的時日一般：就如那時我曾發誓說：諾厄的大水不再淹沒世界；同樣，我如今起誓：再不向你發怒，再不責斥你。
For this is as the waters of Noah to me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with you, nor rebuke you.
10 高山可移動，丘陵能挪去，但我對你的仁慈決不移去，我的和平盟約總不動搖：憐憫你的上主說。
For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from you, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, says the LORD that has mercy on you.
11 你這遭磨難，受顛沛，無安慰的城啊！看，我要用孔雀石安置你的基石，以碧玉奠定你的根基；
O you afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay your stones with fair colors, and lay your foundations with sapphires.
12 我要以紅瑪瑙修你的城垛，以水晶石築你的門戶，以各種寶石建你的圍牆。
And I will make your windows of agates, and your gates of carbuncles, and all your borders of pleasant stones.
13 你所有的兒子，都是上主所訓誨的；你的兒子們，要享受絕大的幸福。
And all your children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of your children.
14 你將建築在正義的根基上；欺壓已遠去，你無需再有所恐懼；驚嚇也遠去了，它再不會臨近你。
In righteousness shall you be established: you shall be far from oppression; for you shall not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near you.
15 請看！如果有人攻擊你，那不是出於我；凡攻打你的，必在你前跌倒。
Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whoever shall gather together against you shall fall for your sake.
16 請看！是我造了吹煤火的鐵匠，由於他工作中造出了各種武器，可是也是我造了毀滅者來加以破壞。
Behold, I have created the smith that blows the coals in the fire, and that brings forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.
17 所製造的各種武器，為攻打你，一概無用；在訴訟中，凡起來與你爭辯的舌頭，都要被你駁倒。這是上主的僕人應得之分，是他們由我所得的報酬──上主的斷語。
No weapon that is formed against you shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, says the LORD.
A Dove is Sent Forth from the Ark
