< 以賽亞書 35 >
1 曠野和乾旱之地必然歡喜; 沙漠也必快樂; 又像玫瑰開花,
The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.
2 必開花繁盛, 樂上加樂,而且歡呼。 黎巴嫩的榮耀, 並迦密與沙崙的華美,必賜給它。 人必看見耶和華的榮耀, 我們上帝的華美。
It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing; the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon: they shall see the glory of the LORD, the excellency of our God.
Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.
4 對膽怯的人說: 你們要剛強,不要懼怕。 看哪,你們的上帝必來報仇, 必來施行極大的報應; 他必來拯救你們。
Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come [with] vengeance, [with] the recompence of God; he will come and save you.
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
6 那時,瘸子必跳躍像鹿; 啞巴的舌頭必能歌唱。 在曠野必有水發出; 在沙漠必有河湧流。
Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.
7 發光的沙要變為水池; 乾渴之地要變為泉源。 在野狗躺臥之處, 必有青草、蘆葦,和蒲草。
And the glowing sand shall become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water: in the habitation of jackals, where they lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
8 在那裏必有一條大道, 稱為聖路。 污穢人不得經過, 必專為贖民行走; 行路的人雖愚昧, 也不致失迷。
And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, yea fools, shall not err [therein].
9 在那裏必沒有獅子, 猛獸也不登這路; 在那裏都遇不見, 只有贖民在那裏行走。
No lion shall be there, nor shall any ravenous beast go up thereon, they shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk [there]:
10 並且耶和華救贖的民必歸回, 歌唱來到錫安; 永樂必歸到他們的頭上; 他們必得着歡喜快樂, 憂愁歎息盡都逃避。
and the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.