Esias 54

1 Rejoice, you barren that bear not; break forth and cry, you that do not travail: for more are the children of the desolate than of her that has a husband: for the Lord has said,

不生育的石女，歡樂罷！未經產痛的女子！歡呼高唱罷！因為被棄者的子女比有夫者的子女還多：這是上主說的。

2 Enlarge the place of your tent, and of your curtains: fix [the pins], spare not, lengthen your cords, and strengthen your pins;

拓展你帳幕的空位，伸展你住所的帷幔，不必顧忌！拉長你的繩索，堅固你的木橛！

3 spread forth [your tent] yet to the right and the left: for your seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and you shall make the desolate cities to be inhabited.

因為你要向左右拓展，你的後裔將以外邦之地為業，住滿廢棄了的城邑！

4 Fear not, because you has been put to shame, neither be confounded, because you was reproached: for you shall forget your former shame, and shall no more at all remember the reproach of your widowhood.

不要害怕！因為你再不會蒙羞；不要羞慚！因為你再不會受辱；其實，你要忘記你幼年時所受的恥辱，再不懷念居寡時所受的侮慢，

5 For [it is] the Lord that made you; the Lord of hosts is his name: and he that delivered you, he is the God of Israel, [and] shall be called [so] by the whole earth.

因為你的夫君是你的造主，他的名字是「萬軍的上主；」你的救主是以色列的聖者，他將稱為「全世界的天主。」

6 The Lord has not called you as a deserted and faint-hearted woman, nor as a woman hated from [her] youth, says your God.

是的，上主召見你時，你是一個被棄而心靈憂傷的婦女；人豈能遺棄他青年時的妻子﹖你的天主說。

7 For a little while I left you: but with great mercy will I have compassion upon you.

其實，我離棄了你，只是一會兒，但是我要用絕大的仁慈召你回來。

8 In a little wrath I turned away my face from you; but with everlasting mercy will I have compassion upon you, says the Lord that delivers you.

在我的盛怒中，我曾一會兒掩面不看你，可是我要以永遠的慈悲憐憫你，你的救主上主說。

9 From the time of the water of Noe this is my [purpose]: as I sware to him at that time, [saying] of the earth, I will no more be angry with you, neither when you are threatened,

這事對我有如諾厄的時日一般：就如那時我曾發誓說：諾厄的大水不再淹沒世界；同樣，我如今起誓：再不向你發怒，再不責斥你。

10 shall the mountains depart, nor shall your hills be removed: so neither shall my mercy fail you, nor shall the covenant of your peace be at all removed: for the Lord [who is] gracious to you has spoken [it].

高山可移動，丘陵能挪去，但我對你的仁慈決不移去，我的和平盟約總不動搖：憐憫你的上主說。

11 Afflicted and outcast you has not been comforted: behold, I [will] prepare carbuncle [for] your stones, and sapphire for your foundations;

你這遭磨難，受顛沛，無安慰的城啊！看，我要用孔雀石安置你的基石，以碧玉奠定你的根基；

12 and I will make your buttresses jasper, and your gates crystal, and your border precious stones.

我要以紅瑪瑙修你的城垛，以水晶石築你的門戶，以各種寶石建你的圍牆。

13 And [I will cause] all your sons [to be] taught of God, and your children [to be] in great peace.

你所有的兒子，都是上主所訓誨的；你的兒子們，要享受絕大的幸福。

14 And you shall be built in righteousness: abstain from injustice, and you shall not fear; and trembling shall not come near you.

你將建築在正義的根基上；欺壓已遠去，你無需再有所恐懼；驚嚇也遠去了，它再不會臨近你。

15 Behold, strangers shall come to you by me, and shall sojourn with you, and shall run to you for refuge.

請看！如果有人攻擊你，那不是出於我；凡攻打你的，必在你前跌倒。

16 Behold, I have created you, not as the coppersmith blowing coals, and bringing out a vessel [fit] for work; but I have created you, not for ruin, that [I] should destroy [you].

請看！是我造了吹煤火的鐵匠，由於他工作中造出了各種武器，可是也是我造了毀滅者來加以破壞。

17 I will not suffer any weapon formed against you to prosper; and every voice that shall rise up against you for judgement, you shall vanquish them all; and your adversaries shall be [condemned] thereby. There is an inheritance to them that serve the Lord, and you shall be righteous before me, says the Lord.

所製造的各種武器，為攻打你，一概無用；在訴訟中，凡起來與你爭辯的舌頭，都要被你駁倒。這是上主的僕人應得之分，是他們由我所得的報酬──上主的斷語。

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