Esias 64

1 If thou wouldest open the heaven, trembling will take hold upon the mountains from thee, and they shall melt,

望你衝破諸天降下，諸山在你面前震盪。

2 as wax melts before the fire; and fire shall burn up the enemies, and thy name shall be manifest among the adversaries: at thy presence the nations shall be troubled,

有如火怎樣燒乾了水，火也怎樣燒毀你的敵人，好使你的敵人認識你的名，使萬民在你面前戰慄，

3 whenever thou shalt work gloriously; trembling from thee shall take hold upon the mountains.

因為你行了誰也想不到的驚人事蹟；【你下降，使山嶺在你面前震盪。】

4 From of old we have not heard, neither have our eyes seen a God beside thee, and thy works which thou wilt perform to them that wait for mercy.

是人從未聽過的，耳朵從未聽過，眼睛從未見過你以外，有一個神對依靠自己的人如此行事的。

5 For [these blessings] shall happen to them that work righteousness, and they shall remember thy ways: behold, thou wast angry and we have sinned; therefore we have erred,

你是歡迎那些履行正義和紀念你道路的人；但是，看，你發了怒，我們仍犯罪如初，仍照舊違叛你。

6 and we are all become as unclean, and all our righteousness as a filthy rag: and we have fallen as leaves because of our iniquities; thus the wind shall carry us [away].

我們都好像成了不潔的人，所行的正義好似染了經血的內衣，又似乾枯的葉子；我們的罪惡好似狂風一般將我們捲去，

7 And there is none that calls upon thy name, or that remembers to take hold on thee: for thou hast turned thy face away from us, and hast delivered us up because of our sins.

沒有一個呼求你名的，或奮起契合於你的，因為你掩面不顧我們，將我們委棄於我們罪惡的權下。

8 And now, O Lord, thou art our Father, and we are clay, all [of us] the work of thine hands.

如今，上主啊！你是我們的父親；我們只是泥土，你是的我們的陶工，我們都是你手中的作品。

9 Be not very wroth with us, and remember not our sins for ever; but now look on [us], for we are all thy people.

上主啊！不要嚴加忿怒，不要時常記念我們的罪惡；求你垂顧！我們都是你的子民。

10 The city of thy holiness has become desolate, Sion has become as a wilderness, Jerusalem a curse.

你的聖城都已成了荒地，熙雍已變為曠野，耶路撒冷成 了廢墟。

11 The house, our sanctuary, and the glory which our fathers blessed, has been burnt with fire: and all our glorious things have gone to ruin.

我們那華美的聖殿，即我們祖先讚頌你的所在，已被火焚燒，我們所喜愛的器皿都成了垃圾。

12 And for all these things thou, O Lord, has withholden, thyself, and been silent, and hast brought us very low.

上主，對這些事你還忍得住嗎﹖你還緘默，重重難為我們嗎﹖