以賽亞書 55
1 啊！凡口渴的，請到水泉來！那沒有錢的，也請來罷！請來買不花錢，不索值的酒和奶吃！
Ho, every one of ye that thirsteth, come ye to the water, and he too that hath no money: come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy without money and without price wine and milk.
2 你們為什麼為那些不能充食的東西花錢，為那些不足果腹的東西浪費薪金呢﹖你們若細心聽我，你們就能吃豐美的食物，你們的心靈必因脂膏而喜悅。
Wherefore will ye spend money for what is not bread? and your labor for what satisfieth not? hearken then unto me, and eat what is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
3 你們如側耳，走近我前來聽，你們必將獲得生命；我要與你們訂立一項永久的盟約，即誓許於達味的慈惠。
Incline your ear, and come unto me, hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant, the promised mercies of David, which are sure.
4 看，我立了你為萬民的證人，為列國的領袖與主宰。
Behold, for a lawgiver unto the people have I appointed him, a prince and commander to the people.
5 看哪！你要召見你不認識的民族，不曾認識你的民族也要奔向你；這都是為了上主你的天主，為了那光榮了你的以色列的聖者的緣故。
Behold, a nation thou knowest not shalt thou call, and a nation that knew thee not shall run unto thee; for the sake of the Lord thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel, for he hath glorified thee.
6 趁上主可找到的時候，你們應尋找他；趁他在近處的時候，你們應呼求他。
Seek ye the Lord, while he may be found, call ye on him, while he is near.
7 罪人應離開自己的行徑，惡人該拋棄自己的思念，來歸附上主，好讓上主憐憫他；來歸附我們的天主，因為他是富於仁慈的。
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the man of unrighteousness his thoughts; and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him, and unto our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
8 因為我的思念不是你們的思念，你們的行徑也不是我的行徑：上主的斷語。
For not my thoughts are your thoughts, and not your ways are my ways, saith the Lord.
9 就如天離地有多高，我的行徑離你們的行徑，我的思念離你們的思念也有多高。
For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so high are my ways above your ways, and my thoughts above your thoughts.
10 譬如雨和雪從天降下，不再返回原處，只有灌溉田地，使之生長萌芽，償還播種者種子，供給吃飯者食糧；
For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and return not thither, but water the earth, and render it fruitful, and cause it to bring forth plants; and give seed to the sower and bread to him that eateth:
11 同樣，從我口中發出的言語，不能空空地回到我這裏來；反之，它必實行我的旨意，完成我派遣它的使命。
So shall ever be my word which goeth forth from my mouth, it shall not return unto me without effect; but it accomplisheth what I desire, and it prospereth in that whereto I have sent it.
12 的確，你們必要喜歡地出來，平安地為上主所引導，高山丘陵必在你們面前高呼歡騰，田間所有的樹木必要鼓掌。
For in joy shall ye go out, and in peace shall ye be brought home: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into song, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
13 松柏要長起來代替荊棘，桃金娘要生出來代替苧麻：這將為上主留名，作為一座不能磨滅的永久紀念碑。
Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree, and instead of the nettle shall come up the myrtle; and it shall be unto the Lord for a name, for a sign of everlasting that shall not be cut off.
