Esias 55
1 Ye that thirst, go to the water, and all that have no money, go [and] buy; and eat [and drink] wine and fat without money or price.
啊！凡口渴的，請到水泉來！那沒有錢的，也請來罷！請來買不花錢，不索值的酒和奶吃！
2 Wherefore do ye value at the price of money, and [give] your labour for that which will not satisfy? hearken to me, and ye shall eat that which is good, and your soul shall feast itself on good things.
你們為什麼為那些不能充食的東西花錢，為那些不足果腹的東西浪費薪金呢﹖你們若細心聽我，你們就能吃豐美的食物，你們的心靈必因脂膏而喜悅。
3 Give heed with your ears, and follow my ways: hearken to me, and your soul shall live in prosperity; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant, the sure mercies of David.
你們如側耳，走近我前來聽，你們必將獲得生命；我要與你們訂立一項永久的盟約，即誓許於達味的慈惠。
4 Behold I have made him a testimony among the Gentiles, a prince and commander to the Gentiles.
看，我立了你為萬民的證人，為列國的領袖與主宰。
5 Nations which know thee not, shall call upon thee, and peoples which are not acquainted with thee, shall flee to thee for refuge, for the sake of the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel; for he has glorified thee.
看哪！你要召見你不認識的民族，不曾認識你的民族也要奔向你；這都是為了上主你的天主，為了那光榮了你的以色列的聖者的緣故。
6 Seek ye the Lord, and when ye find him, call upon him; and when he shall draw nigh to you,
趁上主可找到的時候，你們應尋找他；趁他在近處的時候，你們應呼求他。
7 let the ungodly leave his ways, and the transgressor his counsels: and let him return to the Lord, and he shall find mercy; for he shall abundantly pardon your sins.
罪人應離開自己的行徑，惡人該拋棄自己的思念，來歸附上主，好讓上主憐憫他；來歸附我們的天主，因為他是富於仁慈的。
8 For my counsels are not as your counsels, nor are my ways as your ways, saith the Lord.
因為我的思念不是你們的思念，你們的行徑也不是我的行徑：上主的斷語。
9 But as the heaven is distant from the earth, so is my way distant from your ways, and your thoughts from my mind.
就如天離地有多高，我的行徑離你們的行徑，我的思念離你們的思念也有多高。
10 For as rain shall come down, or snow, from heaven, and shall not return until it have saturated the earth, and it bring forth, and bud, and give seed to the sower, and bread for food:
譬如雨和雪從天降下，不再返回原處，只有灌溉田地，使之生長萌芽，償還播種者種子，供給吃飯者食糧；
11 so shall my word be, whatever shall proceed out of my mouth, it shall by no means turn back, until all the things which I willed shall have been accomplished; and I will make thy ways prosperous, and [will effect] my commands.
同樣，從我口中發出的言語，不能空空地回到我這裏來；反之，它必實行我的旨意，完成我派遣它的使命。
12 For ye shall go forth with joy, and shall be taught with gladness: for the mountains and the hills shall exult to welcome you with joy, and all the trees of the field shall applaud with their branches.
的確，你們必要喜歡地出來，平安地為上主所引導，高山丘陵必在你們面前高呼歡騰，田間所有的樹木必要鼓掌。
13 And instead of the bramble shall come up the cypress, and instead of the nettle shall come up the myrtle: and the Lord shall be for a name, and for an everlasting sign, and shall not fail.
松柏要長起來代替荊棘，桃金娘要生出來代替苧麻：這將為上主留名，作為一座不能磨滅的永久紀念碑。
