< 以賽亞書 66 >
1 耶和華如此說: 天是我的座位; 地是我的腳凳。 你們要為我造何等的殿宇? 哪裏是我安息的地方呢?
This is what the LORD says: “Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me? Or where will My place of repose be?
2 耶和華說:這一切都是我手所造的, 所以就都有了。 但我所看顧的, 就是虛心痛悔、 因我話而戰兢的人。
Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word.
3 假冒為善的宰牛,好像殺人, 獻羊羔,好像打折狗項, 獻供物,好像獻豬血, 燒乳香,好像稱頌偶像。 這等人揀選自己的道路, 心裏喜悅行可憎惡的事。
Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever presents a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s blood; whoever offers frankincense is like one who blesses an idol. Indeed, they have chosen their own ways and delighted in their abominations.
4 我也必揀選迷惑他們的事, 使他們所懼怕的臨到他們; 因為我呼喚,無人答應; 我說話,他們不聽從; 反倒行我眼中看為惡的, 揀選我所不喜悅的。
So I will choose their punishment and I will bring terror upon them, because I called and no one answered, I spoke and no one listened. But they did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”
5 你們因耶和華言語戰兢的人當聽他的話: 你們的弟兄-就是恨惡你們, 因我名趕出你們的,曾說: 願耶和華得榮耀, 使我們得見你們的喜樂; 但蒙羞的究竟是他們!
You who tremble at His word, hear the word of the LORD: “Your brothers who hate you and exclude you because of My name have said, ‘Let the LORD be glorified that we may see your joy!’ But they will be put to shame.”
6 有喧嘩的聲音出自城中! 有聲音出於殿中! 是耶和華向仇敵施行報應的聲音!
Hear the uproar from the city; listen to the voice from the temple! It is the voice of the LORD, repaying His enemies what they deserve!
“Before she was in labor, she gave birth; before she was in pain, she delivered a boy.
8 國豈能一日而生? 民豈能一時而產? 因為錫安一劬勞便生下兒女, 這樣的事誰曾聽見? 誰曾看見呢?
Who has heard of such as this? Who has seen such things? Can a country be born in a day or a nation be delivered in an instant? Yet as soon as Zion was in labor, she gave birth to her children.
9 耶和華說:我既使她臨產, 豈不使她生產呢? 你的上帝說:我既使她生產, 豈能使她閉胎不生呢?
Shall I bring a baby to the point of birth and not deliver it?” says the LORD. “Or will I who deliver close the womb?” says your God.
10 你們愛慕耶路撒冷的 都要與她一同歡喜快樂; 你們為她悲哀的 都要與她一同樂上加樂;
Be glad for Jerusalem and rejoice over her, all who love her. Rejoice greatly with her, all who mourn over her,
11 使你們在她安慰的懷中吃奶得飽, 使他們得她豐盛的榮耀, 猶如擠奶,滿心喜樂。
so that you may nurse and be satisfied at her comforting breasts; you may drink deeply and delight yourselves in her glorious abundance.
12 耶和華如此說: 我要使平安延及她,好像江河, 使列國的榮耀延及她,如同漲溢的河。 你們要從中享受; 你們必蒙抱在肋旁,搖弄在膝上。
For this is what the LORD says: “I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flowing stream; you will nurse and be carried on her arm, and bounced upon her knees.
13 母親怎樣安慰兒子,我就照樣安慰你們; 你們也必因耶路撒冷得安慰。
As a mother comforts her son, so will I comfort you, and you will be consoled over Jerusalem.”
14 你們看見,就心中快樂; 你們的骨頭必得滋潤像嫩草一樣; 而且耶和華的手向他僕人所行的必被人知道; 他也要向仇敵發惱恨。
When you see, you will rejoice, and you will flourish like grass; then the hand of the LORD will be revealed to His servants, but His wrath will be shown to His enemies.
15 看哪,耶和華必在火中降臨; 他的車輦像旋風, 以烈怒施行報應, 以火焰施行責罰;
For behold, the LORD will come with fire— His chariots are like a whirlwind— to execute His anger with fury and His rebuke with flames of fire.
16 因為耶和華在一切有血氣的人身上, 必以火與刀施行審判; 被耶和華所殺的必多。
For by fire and by His sword, the LORD will execute judgment on all flesh, and many will be slain by the LORD.
17 「那些分別為聖、潔淨自己的,進入園內跟在其中一個人的後頭,吃豬肉和倉鼠並可憎之物,他們必一同滅絕;這是耶和華說的。
“Those who consecrate and purify themselves to enter the groves—to follow one in the center of those who eat the flesh of swine and vermin and rats—will perish together,” declares the LORD.
18 「我知道他們的行為和他們的意念。時候將到,我必將萬民萬族聚來,看見我的榮耀,
“And I, knowing their deeds and thoughts, am coming to gather all nations and tongues, and they will come and see My glory.
19 我要顯神蹟在他們中間。逃脫的,我要差到列國去,就是到他施、普勒、拉弓的路德和土巴、雅完,並素來沒有聽見我名聲、沒有看見我榮耀遼遠的海島;他們必將我的榮耀傳揚在列國中。
I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from among them to the nations—to Tarshish, Put, and the archers of Lud; to Tubal, Javan, and the islands far away who have not heard of My fame or seen My glory. So they will proclaim My glory among the nations.
20 他們必將你們的弟兄從列國中送回,使他們或騎馬,或坐車,坐轎,騎騾子,騎獨峰駝,到我的聖山耶路撒冷,作為供物獻給耶和華,好像以色列人用潔淨的器皿盛供物奉到耶和華的殿中;這是耶和華說的。
And they will bring all your brothers from all the nations as a gift to the LORD on horses and chariots and wagons, on mules and camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem,” says the LORD, “just as the Israelites bring an offering in a clean vessel to the house of the LORD.”
21 耶和華說:我也必從他們中間取人為祭司,為利未人。」
“And I will select some of them as priests and Levites,” says the LORD.
22 耶和華說:我所要造的新天新地, 怎樣在我面前長存; 你們的後裔和你們的名字也必照樣長存。
“For just as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, will endure before Me,” declares the LORD, “so your descendants and your name will endure.
23 每逢月朔、安息日, 凡有血氣的必來在我面前下拜。 這是耶和華說的。
From one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another, all mankind will come to worship before Me,” says the LORD.
24 他們必出去觀看那些違背我人的屍首; 因為他們的蟲是不死的; 他們的火是不滅的; 凡有血氣的都必憎惡他們。
“As they go forth, they will see the corpses of the men who have rebelled against Me; for their worm will never die, their fire will never be quenched, and they will be a horror to all mankind.”