< 以賽亞書 60 >
1 耶路撒冷啊!起來炫耀罷!因為你的光明已經來到,上主的榮耀已經照耀在你身上。
Rise up to be illuminated, O Jerusalem! For your light has arrived, and the glory of the Lord has risen over you.
2 看啊!黑暗籠罩著大地,陰雲遮蔽著萬民;但上主卻照耀著你,他的榮耀要彰顯在你的身上。
For behold, darkness will cover the earth, and thick darkness will cover the peoples. Then the Lord will rise above you, and his glory will be seen in you.
And the nations will walk in your light, and the kings will walk by the splendor of your rising.
4 舉起你的眼向四方觀望罷!他們都聚集來到你這裏:你的眾子要從遠方而來,你的女兒要被抱回來。
Lift up your eyes all around and see! All these have been gathered together; they have arrived before you. Your sons will arrive from far away, and your daughters will rise up from your side.
5 那時,你見到這情形,必要喜形於色,你的心靈必要激動而舒暢,因為海洋的珍寶都要歸於你,萬民的財富都要歸你所有。
Then you will see, and you will overflow, and your heart will be amazed and expanded. When the multitude of the sea will have been converted to you, the strength of the nations will approach you.
6 成群結隊的駱駝,以及米德楊和厄法的獨峰駝要遮蔽你,牠們都是由舍巴滿載黃金和乳香而來,宣揚上主的榮耀。
A multitude of camels will inundate you: the dromedaries from Midian and Ephah. All those from Sheba will arrive, carrying gold and frankincense, and announcing praise to the Lord.
7 刻達爾的一切羊群都要聚在你前,乃巴約特的公羊都要供你使用;牠們要登上我的祭壇作為我歡悅的祭品,以光榮我榮耀的處所。
All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered together before you; the rams of Nebaioth will minister to you. They will be offered upon my pleasing altar, and I will glorify the house of my majesty.
Who are these ones, who fly like the clouds and like doves to their windows?
9 那是為我集合起來的船隻,塔爾史士的船隻為首,從遠處帶來了你的子女,以及他們的金銀;這都是為了上主你的天主的名,為了那光榮你的以色列的聖者的緣故。
For the islands await me, and the ships of the sea in the beginning, so that I may lead your sons from far away, their silver and their gold with them, to the name of the Lord your God and to the Holy One of Israel. For he has glorified you.
10 外邦的子民要修建你的城垣,他們的君王要來事奉你,因為我在怒氣中打擊了你,但我在慈悲中又憐憫了你。
And the sons of sojourners will build up your walls, and their kings will minister to you. For in my wrath, I have struck you. And in my reconciliation, I have taken pity on you.
11 你的門要時常敞開,白天黑夜都不要關閉,好讓萬民的財富,在他們的君王領導下,運到你這裏來。
And your gates will be open continually. They will not be closed day or night, so that the strength of the nations may be brought before you, and their kings may be lead in.
12 因為凡不肯事奉你的民族和國家,必要滅亡,這樣的民族必要完全滅絕。
For the nation and the kingdom that will not serve you will perish. And the Gentiles will be devastated by solitude.
13 黎巴嫩的光榮要歸於你;柏樹、榆樹和松樹都要聚在一起,裝飾我的聖所,因為我要光榮我立足之地。
The glory of Lebanon will arrive before you, the fir tree and the box tree and the pine tree together, to adorn the place of my sanctification. And I will glorify the place of my feet.
14 曾經欺壓過你者的子孫,要來向你屈服;凡輕視過你的人,都要在你腳前下拜;他們要稱呼你為「上主的城,」「以色列聖者的熙雍。」
And the sons of those who humiliate you will approach and will bow down before you. And all who detract you will reverence the path of your feet. And they will call you the City of the Lord, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
15 我要使你成為萬世的尊榮,萬代的喜悅,以代你從前所受的遺棄、惱恨,與無人經過的痛苦。
For though you were forsaken, and held in hatred, and there was no one who would pass near you, I will establish you as an everlasting glory, as a gladness from generation to generation.
16 你要吸萬國的奶,吮眾王的乳房,這樣你將知道我,上主,是你的拯救者,你的救主,雅各伯的強有力者。
And you will drink the milk of the Gentiles, and you will be nursed at the breasts of kings, and you will know that I am the Lord, your Savior and your Redeemer, the Strong One of Jacob.
17 我要以金子來代替黃銅,以銀子代替鐵,以黃銅代替木頭,以鐵代替石頭;我要立「和平」為你的官長,立「正義」為你的政要。
In exchange for brass, I will bring gold; and in exchange for iron, I will bring silver; and for wood, brass; and for stones, iron. And I will make your visitation into peace, and your leaders into justice.
18 在你的地域裏再聽不到強暴的事情;你要稱你的城垣為「救恩,」你的城門為「讚揚。」
Iniquity will no longer be heard in your land, nor devastation and destruction in your borders. And salvation will occupy your walls, and praise will occupy your gates.
19 太陽不再是你白天的光明,月亮也不再照耀你,上主要作你永久的光明,你的天主要作你的光輝。
The sun will no longer be your light by day, nor will the brightness of the moon illuminate you. Instead, the Lord will be an everlasting light for you, and your God will be your glory.
20 你的太陽再不降落,你的月亮再不虧缺,因為上主要作你永久的光明,你悲哀的日子已經終結。
Your sun will no longer set, and your moon will not diminish. For the Lord will be an everlasting light for you, and the days of your mourning will be completed.
21 你的人民都要成為義人,要永遠繼承地業,因為他們是我所栽植的嫩芽,是我手中的工程,使我得到榮耀。
And your people will all be just. They will inherit the earth in perpetuity, the seedling of my planting, the work of my hand, so as to glorify me.
22 渺小的要成為千人村,微弱的要成為強大的民族:我是上主,我要在定期中迅速完成此事。
The least will become a thousand, and a little one will become a very strong nation. I, the Lord, will accomplish this, suddenly, in its time.