< Isaiah 61 >
1 The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me, because Jehovah hath anointed me to announce glad tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and opening of the prison to them that are bound;
主耶和华的灵在我身上; 因为耶和华用膏膏我, 叫我传好信息给谦卑的人, 差遣我医好伤心的人, 报告被掳的得释放, 被囚的出监牢;
2 to proclaim the acceptable year of Jehovah, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
报告耶和华的恩年, 和我们 神报仇的日子; 安慰一切悲哀的人,
3 to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, that beauty should be given unto them instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of the spirit of heaviness: that they might be called terebinths of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, that he may be glorified.
赐华冠与锡安悲哀的人,代替灰尘; 喜乐油代替悲哀; 赞美衣代替忧伤之灵; 使他们称为“公义树”, 是耶和华所栽的,叫他得荣耀。
4 And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the places desolate from generation to generation.
他们必修造已久的荒场, 建立先前凄凉之处, 重修历代荒凉之城。
5 And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your ploughmen and your vinedressers.
那时,外人必起来牧放你们的羊群; 外邦人必作你们耕种田地的, 修理葡萄园的。
6 But as for you, ye shall be called priests of Jehovah; it shall be said of you: Ministers of our God. Ye shall eat the wealth of the nations, and into their glory shall ye enter.
你们倒要称为耶和华的祭司; 人必称你们为我们 神的仆役。 你们必吃用列国的财物, 因得他们的荣耀自夸。
7 Instead of your shame [ye shall have] double; instead of confusion they shall celebrate with joy their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double; everlasting joy shall be unto them.
你们必得加倍的好处,代替所受的羞辱; 分中所得的喜乐,必代替所受的凌辱。 在境内必得加倍的产业; 永远之乐必归与你们。
8 For I, Jehovah, love judgment, I hate robbery with wrong; and I will give their recompence in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
因为我—耶和华喜爱公平, 恨恶抢夺和罪孽; 我要凭诚实施行报应, 并要与我的百姓立永约。
9 And their seed shall be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are a seed that Jehovah hath blessed.
他们的后裔必在列国中被人认识; 他们的子孙在众民中也是如此。 凡看见他们的必认他们是耶和华赐福的后裔。
10 I will greatly rejoice in Jehovah, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with the priestly turban, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
我因耶和华大大欢喜; 我的心靠 神快乐。 因他以拯救为衣给我穿上, 以公义为袍给我披上, 好像新郎戴上华冠, 又像新妇佩戴妆饰。
11 For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as a garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth, so the Lord Jehovah will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
田地怎样使百谷发芽, 园子怎样使所种的发生, 主耶和华必照样 使公义和赞美在万民中发出。