< Isaiah 35 >
1 The desert and the wildernes shall reioyce: and the waste ground shalbe glad and florish as the rose.
曠野和乾旱之地必然歡喜; 沙漠也必快樂; 又像玫瑰開花,
2 It shall florish abundantly and shall greatly reioyce also and ioye: the glory of Lebanon shalbe giuen vnto it: the beautie of Carmel, and of Sharon, they shall see the glory of the Lord, and the excellencie of our God.
必開花繁盛, 樂上加樂,而且歡呼。 黎巴嫩的榮耀, 並迦密與沙崙的華美,必賜給它。 人必看見耶和華的榮耀, 我們上帝的華美。
3 Strengthen the weake handes, and comfort the feeble knees.
你們要使軟弱的手堅壯, 無力的膝穩固。
4 Say vnto them that are fearefull, Bee you strong, feare not: beholde, your God commeth with vengeance: euen God with a recompense, he will come and saue you.
對膽怯的人說: 你們要剛強,不要懼怕。 看哪,你們的上帝必來報仇, 必來施行極大的報應; 他必來拯救你們。
5 Then shall the eyes of the blinde be lightened, and the eares of the deafe be opened.
那時,瞎子的眼必睜開; 聾子的耳必開通。
6 Then shall ye lame man leape as an hart, and the dumme mans tongue shall sing: for in the wildernes shall waters breake out, and riuers in ye desert.
那時,瘸子必跳躍像鹿; 啞巴的舌頭必能歌唱。 在曠野必有水發出; 在沙漠必有河湧流。
7 And the dry ground shalbe as a poole, and the thirstie (as springs of water in the habitation of dragons: where they lay) shall be a place for reedes and rushes.
發光的沙要變為水池; 乾渴之地要變為泉源。 在野狗躺臥之處, 必有青草、蘆葦,和蒲草。
8 And there shalbe a path and a way, and the way shalbe called holy: the polluted shall not passe by it: for he shalbe with them, and walke in the way, and the fooles shall not erre.
在那裏必有一條大道, 稱為聖路。 污穢人不得經過, 必專為贖民行走; 行路的人雖愚昧, 也不致失迷。
9 There shall be no lyon, nor noysome beastes shall ascend by it, neither shall they be found there, that the redeemed may walke.
在那裏必沒有獅子, 猛獸也不登這路; 在那裏都遇不見, 只有贖民在那裏行走。
10 Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall returne and come to Zion with prayse: and euerlasting ioy shall bee vpon their heads: they shall obteine ioye and gladnesse, and sorow and mourning shall flee away.
並且耶和華救贖的民必歸回, 歌唱來到錫安; 永樂必歸到他們的頭上; 他們必得着歡喜快樂, 憂愁歎息盡都逃避。