< 以賽亞書 62 >
1 為了熙雍我決不緘默,為了耶路撒冷我決不休息,直到她的正義顯現有如光明,她的救恩燃灼有如火炬。
For Zion’s sake I will not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until her righteousness shines out like the dawn, and her salvation like a burning lamp.
2 萬民都要見到你的正義,眾王都要看見你的榮耀;人要給你起一個新的名號,是上主親口所指定的。
The nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory. You will be called by a new name, which the LORD’s mouth will name.
You will also be a crown of beauty in the LORD’s hand, and a royal diadem in your God’s hand.
4 你不再稱為「被遺棄的,」你的地域也不再稱為「荒涼的;」因為你要稱為「我可愛的,」你的地域要稱為「已婚的,」因為上主喜愛你,你的地域將要婚嫁。
You will not be called Forsaken any more, nor will your land be called Desolate any more; but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the LORD delights in you, and your land will be married.
5 就如青年怎樣娶處女,你的建造者也要怎樣娶你;新郎怎樣喜愛新娘,你的天主也要怎樣喜愛你。
For as a young man marries a virgin, so your sons will marry you. As a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.
6 耶路撒冷啊!我在你的城牆上派了守望者,他們日夜總不緘默;提醒上主的人哪! 你們總不要休息!
I have set watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem. They will never be silent day nor night. You who call on the LORD, take no rest,
7 你們也不要讓他休息,直到他建立了熙雍,直到他使耶路撒冷在大地成為可讚美的。
and give him no rest until he establishes, and until he makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
8 上主憑他的右手和他強有力的手臂發誓說:「我決不再將你的五穀交給你的仇人吃,也決不再讓外邦人喝你所勞作的美酒。
The LORD has sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, “Surely I will no more give your grain to be food for your enemies, and foreigners will not drink your new wine, for which you have labored,
9 惟有那收割的能吃,並頌揚上主;那收集的,將在我聖殿的庭院裏喝。」
but those who have harvested it will eat it, and praise the LORD. Those who have gathered it will drink it in the courts of my sanctuary.”
10 過去!經過大門罷!修平人民的路!修路!把路修好,除去上面的石頭;你們要為萬民豎起一面旗幟。
Go through, go through the gates! Prepare the way of the people! Build up, build up the highway! Gather out the stones! Lift up a banner for the peoples.
11 看哪!上主向大地四極宣佈說:你們應向熙雍女子說:看!你的救主來了!看!他的勝利品與他同在,他獲得的酬勞在他面前。
Behold, the LORD has proclaimed to the end of the earth: “Say to the daughter of Zion, ‘Behold, your salvation comes! Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him!’”
12 人要稱他們為「聖潔的民族,」「上主贖回的。」你要被稱為「蒙愛的,」「不被棄的城。」
They will call them “The Holy People, The LORD’s Redeemed”. You will be called “Sought Out, A City Not Forsaken”.