Esias 57
1 See how the just man has perished, and no one lays [it] to heart: and righteous men are taken away, and no one considers: for the righteous has been removed out of the way of injustice.
義人死去，沒有人放在心上；虔誠的人被收去，沒有人予以注意：義人被接去，是為了脫離災難，
2 His burial shall be in peace: he has been removed out of the way.
而進入安息；躬行正直的人，將安眠於自己的處所。
3 But draw ye near hither, ye lawless children, the seed of adulterers and the harlot.
巫女的兒子，姦婦淫女的後裔，你們近前來！
4 Wherein have ye been rioting? and against whom have ye opened your mouth, and against whom have ye loosed your tongue? are ye not children of perdition? a lawless seed?
你們戲謔誰呢﹖你們向誰張口吐舌呢﹖不是你們這些反叛的兒子，不忠的後裔，
5 who call upon idols under the leafy trees, slaying your children in the valleys among the rocks?
在橡樹林中，在一切綠樹下慾火中燒；在山谷中，在磐石的夾縫裏祭殺嬰兒嗎﹖
6 That is thy portion, this is thy lot: and to them hast thou poured forth drink-offerings, and to these hast thou offered meat-offerings. Shall I not therefore be angry for these things?
山谷中的光石竟是你的家產，它們竟成了你的產業；並且你還給它們奠了酒，獻了供物，對這些事我豈能容忍﹖
7 On a lofty and high mountain, there is thy bed, and thither thou carriedst up thy meat-offerings:
在巍峨高聳的山上，你安置了你的床榻，並且上那裏去奉獻犧牲。
8 and behind the posts of thy door thou didst place thy memorials. Didst thou think that if thou shouldest depart from me, thou wouldest gain? thou hast loved those that lay with thee;
你在門和門框後安置了你的記號，瞞著我裸體上了床，舖開了你的床榻，你喜歡與誰同寢，便與他茍合，且看了他的手。
9 and thou hast multiplied thy whoredom with them, and thou hast increased the number of them that are far from thee, and hast sent ambassadors beyond thy borders, and hast been debased even to hell. (Sheol h7585)
你擦滿了香膏，加多了香料，往摩肋客那裏去，又遣發使者到遠方去，你甚至深入了陰間。 (Sheol h7585)
10 Thou has wearied thyself with thy many ways; yet thou saidst not, I will cease to strengthen myself: for thou has done these things; therefore thou has not supplicated me.
你因路途遙遠，已感疲倦，但總不說：「絕望了！」因為你找著了你新生的力量，所以你不覺困乏。
11 Through dread of whom hast thou feared, and lied against me, and has not remembered, nor considered me, nor regarded me, yea, though when I see thee I pass thee by, yet thou has not feared me.
你害怕誰，畏懼誰，竟使你失去忠信，而不懷念我，不關心我﹖難道因為我久不作聲，你就不怕我了嗎﹖
12 And I will declare thy righteousness, and thy sins, which shall not profit thee.
我要披露你的義舉，以及與你毫無裨益的行為。
13 When thou criest out, let them deliver thee in thine affliction: for all these the wind shall take, and the tempest shall carry [them] away: but they that cleave to me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain.
當你呼求時，讓你那一夥救你罷！但是一陣風要把它們全部捲走，一口氣要把他們吹去。唯有那依賴我的，將承受地業，繼承我的聖山。
14 And they shall say, Clear the ways before him, and take up the stumbling-blocks out of the way of my people.
有個聲音說：「修路，修路！把路修平，把我民族道路上的障礙除去！」
15 Thus saith the Most High, who dwells on high for ever, Holy in the holies, is his name, the Most High resting in the holies, and giving patience to the faint-hearted, and giving life to the broken-hearted:
因為至高者，卓越者，居於永遠者，名為聖者的這樣說：「我雖居於高處及聖所，但我也與懺悔和心靈謙卑的人在一起，為振奮謙卑者的心情，甦醒懺悔者的心靈。
16 I will not take vengeance on you for ever, neither will I be always angry with you: for my Spirit shall go forth from me, and I have created all breath.
我不願永遠爭辯，也不願永久發怒，因為生氣是由我而出，靈魂是由我而造。
17 On account of sin for a little while I grieved him, and smote him, and turned away my face from him; and he was grieved, and he went on sorrowful in his ways.
因了她的罪惡我一時發怒，打擊了她，在怒氣中掩住我的面；可是她仍背叛，走她隨心所欲的道路。
18 I have seen his ways, and healed him, and comforted him, and given him true comfort;
我看見了她的行為，我要醫治她，我要引她回來，將安慰賜給她和她的憂傷者。
19 peace upon peace to them that are far off, and to them that are nigh: and the Lord has said, I will heal them.
在他們的口唇上安放讚頌之辭：「平安，平安歸於遠近的人 ！」上主說。【我要醫好她。】
20 But the unrighteous shall be tossed as troubled waves, and shall not be able to rest.
但惡人將如翻騰的大海，不能平息，它的海浪捲起黃土與淤泥。
21 There is no joy to the ungodly, said God.
我的天主說：惡人決無平安！
