Isaiah 26
1 In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Iudah, We haue a strong citie: saluation shall God set for walles and bulwarkes.
那一天，猶大地要詠唱這首歌曲：「我們有座堅城，以救援作城牆與外郭。
2 Open ye the gates that the righteous nation, which keepeth the trueth, may enter in.
你們打開城門，好讓遵守信實的正義民族進去。
3 By an assured purpose wilt thou preserue perfite peace, because they trusted in thee.
你的意志堅定，因而你保全了永久的和平，故此人對你有信賴。
4 Trust in the Lord for euer: for in the Lord God is strength for euermore.
你們應永遠信賴上主，因為上主是永固的磐石。
5 For hee will bring downe them that dwell on hie: the hie citie he will abase: euen vnto the ground wil he cast it downe, and bring it vnto dust.
他曾屈服了居高位的人，推翻了高聳的城市，將她推翻在地，使她粉碎，化為塵埃。
6 The foote shall treade it downe, euen the feete of the poore, and the steppes of the needie.
踐踏她的，卻是困苦人的腳，是貧窮人的腳。」
7 The way of the iust is righteousnesse: thou wilt make equall the righteous path of the iust.
義人的道路是正直的，你上主啊，削平了正直人的途徑。
8 Also we, O Lord, haue waited for thee in the way of thy iudgemets: the desire of our soule is to thy Name, and to the remembrance of thee.
的確，上主！我們在你正義的路上期待你！你的名號，你的記念，是我們心靈的欲望。
9 With my soule haue I desired thee in the night, and with my spirit within mee will I seeke thee in the morning: for seeing thy iudgements are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world shall learne righteousnesse.
我們的心靈在夜間渴望你，我們的心神在清晨尋覓你，因為當你的決斷顯於大地時，世上的居民都要學習正義。
10 Let mercie bee shewed to the wicked, yet hee will not learne righteousnesse: in the land of vprightnesse will he do wickedly, and will not beholde the maiestie of the Lord.
惡人雖然蒙受了憐憫，仍然不學習正義，在世上依然顛倒是非，毫不顧及上主的威嚴。
11 O Lord, they will not beholde thine hie hande: but they shall see it, and bee confounded with the zeale of the people, and the fire of thine enemies shall deuoure them.
上主！你的手雖已高舉，但他們仍看不見；願他們見到你對百姓的熱忱而感到慚愧；並願你為你仇敵所保留的烈火吞滅他們！
12 Lord, vnto vs thou wilt ordeine peace: for thou also hast wrought all our workes for vs.
上主！是你賜與了我們和平，因為凡我們所做的，都是你為我們成就的！
13 O Lord our God, other lords beside thee, haue ruled vs, but we will remember thee onely, and thy Name.
上主，我們的天主！除你以外，還有別的主宰治理過我們；然而我們所稱揚的，只有你，你的名號。
14 The dead shall not liue, neither shall the dead arise, because thou hast visited and scattered them, and destroyed all their memorie.
死去的人不會再活，幽魂也不會復生，因為你如此懲罰了，並消滅了他們，使他們所有的記念盡被遺忘。
15 Thou hast increased the nation, O Lord: thou hast increased the nation: thou art made glorious: thou hast enlarged all the coastes of the earth.
你增加了本國的人民，上主，你增加了本國的人民，你得了光榮，你拓展了國家所有的邊界。
16 Lord, in trouble haue they visited thee: they powred out a prayer when thy chastening was vpon them.
上主 ！我們在困難之中尋求了你，我們在壓迫之中呼求了你，因為那是你對我們的懲罰。
17 Like as a woman with childe, that draweth neere to the trauaile, is in sorow, and cryeth in her paines, so haue we bene in thy sight, O Lord.
有如懷妊臨產的婦女，在苦痛中痙攣呻吟；同樣，上主！我們在你面前也是如此：
18 We haue coceiued, we haue borne in paine, as though we should haue brought forth winde: there was no helpe in the earth, neither did the inhabitants of the world fall.
我們也像懷妊痙攣；然而所產的竟是風，沒有給大地帶來救恩，世界的居民也未因此而得生。
19 Thy dead men shall liue: euen with my body shall they rise. Awake, and sing, ye that dwel in dust: for thy dewe is as the dew of herbes, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
你的亡者將再生，他們的屍體將要起立；睡在塵埃中的人們都要甦醒歌詠，因為你的朝露是晶瑩的朝露，大地將拋出幽靈。
20 Come, my people: enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doores after thee: hide thy selfe for a very litle while, vntill the indignation passe ouer.
我的百姓！去，進入你的內室，關上門，隱藏片刻，等待盛怒過去。
21 For lo, the Lord commeth out of his place, to visite the iniquitie of the inhabitants of the earth vpon them: and the earth shall disclose her blood, and shall no more hide her slaine.
因為，看哪！上主已由自己的地方出來懲罰大地居民的罪惡，大地要暴露自己吞下的鮮血，不再遮掩被殺的人。
