以賽亞書 57
1 義人死亡， 無人放在心上； 虔誠人被收去， 無人思念。 這義人被收去是免了將來的禍患；
The just man perishes, and there is no one who acknowledges it in his heart; and men of mercy are taken away, for there is no one who understands. For the just man has been taken away before the face of malice.
2 他們得享平安。 素行正直的，各人在墳裏安歇。
Let peace arrive. Let he who has walked in his righteousness find rest on his bed.
3 你們這些巫婆的兒子， 姦夫和妓女的種子， 都要前來！
But come here, you sons of the prophetess, you offspring of an adulterous man and a fornicating woman.
4 你們向誰戲笑？ 向誰張口吐舌呢？ 你們豈不是悖逆的兒女， 虛謊的種類呢？
Whom are you mocking? Against whom have you opened your mouth wide and wagged your tongue? Are you not sons of wickedness, a lying offspring,
5 你們在橡樹中間，在各青翠樹下慾火攻心； 在山谷間，在石穴下殺了兒女；
who are being consoled by idols under every leafy tree, immolating little children at the torrents, under the high rocks?
6 在谷中光滑石頭裏有你的分。 這些就是你所得的分； 你也向他澆了奠祭，獻了供物， 因這事我豈能容忍嗎？
Your portion is in the currents of the torrent; this is your lot! And you yourselves have poured out libations to them; you have offered sacrifice. Should I not be angry over these things?
7 你在高而又高的山上安設床榻， 也上那裏去獻祭。
Upon a high and lofty mountain, you have placed your bed, and you have ascended to that place to immolate victims.
8 你在門後，在門框後， 立起你的紀念； 向外人赤露，又上去擴張床榻， 與他們立約； 你在那裏看見他們的床就甚喜愛。
And behind the door, and beyond the post, you have set up your memorial. For you uncovered yourself next to me, and you received an adulterer. You widened your bed, and you formed a pact with them. You loved their bed with an open hand.
And you have adorned yourself for the king with ointments, and you have increased your cosmetics. You have sent your representatives to distant places, and you have debased yourself all the way to Hell. (Sheol h7585)
10 你因路遠疲倦， 卻不說這是枉然； 你以為有復興之力， 所以不覺疲憊。
You have been wearied by the multitude of your own ways. Yet you did not say, “I will cease.” You have found life by your own hand; because of this, you have not prayed.
11 你怕誰？因誰恐懼？ 竟說謊，不記念我， 又不將這事放在心上。 我不是許久閉口不言， 你仍不怕我嗎？
For whose sake have you been anxiously afraid, so that you would lie and not be mindful of me, nor consider me in your heart? For I am silent, and I am like someone who does not see, and so you have forgotten me.
12 我要指明你的公義； 至於你所行的都必與你無益。
I will announce your justice, and your works will not benefit you.
13 你哀求的時候， 讓你所聚集的拯救你吧！ 風要把他們颳散， 一口氣要把他們都吹去。 但那投靠我的必得地土， 必承受我的聖山為業。
When you cry out, let your followers free you. But the wind will carry them all away; a breeze will take them up. But he who has faith in me will inherit the earth and will possess my holy mountain.
14 耶和華要說： 你們修築修築，預備道路， 將絆腳石從我百姓的路中除掉。
And I will say: “Make way! Grant passage! Move to the side of the path! Take the obstacles out of the way of my people!”
15 因為那至高至上、永遠長存 名為聖者的如此說： 我住在至高至聖的所在， 也與心靈痛悔謙卑的人同居； 要使謙卑人的靈甦醒， 也使痛悔人的心甦醒。
For this is said by the Most High, the Sublime One, who dwells in eternity. And his name is Holy, for he dwells in the exalted and holy place, and he acts with a restrained and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
16 我必不永遠相爭，也不長久發怒， 恐怕我所造的人與靈性都必發昏。
For I will not contend unceasingly, and I will not be angry to the end. For I will exhale my breath, and the Spirit will go forth from my face.
17 因他貪婪的罪孽，我就發怒擊打他； 我向他掩面發怒， 他卻仍然隨心背道。
Because of the iniquity of his avarice, I was angry, and I struck him down. I concealed my face from you, and I was angry. And he went astray by wandering in his heart.
18 我看見他所行的道，也要醫治他； 又要引導他， 使他和那一同傷心的人再得安慰。
I saw his ways, and I healed him, and I led him back again, and I restored consolations to him and to those who mourn for him.
19 我造就嘴唇的果子； 願平安康泰歸與遠處的人， 也歸與近處的人； 並且我要醫治他。 這是耶和華說的。
I created the fruit of the lips: peace, peace to him who is far away, and peace to him who is near, said the Lord, and I healed him.
20 惟獨惡人，好像翻騰的海， 不得平靜； 其中的水常湧出污穢和淤泥來。
But the impious are like the raging sea, which is not able to be quieted, and its waves stir up dirt and mud.
21 我的上帝說：惡人必不得平安！
There is no peace for the impious, says the Lord God.
