< Isaiah 52 >
1 Aries, arise: put on thy strength, O Zion: put on thy garments of thy beautie, O Ierusalem, the holy citie: for hencefoorth there shall no more come into thee the vncircumcised and the vncleane.
熙雍起來,起來,披上你的威能!耶路撒冷聖城!穿上你華麗的衣服,因為未受割損和不潔的人,再不得進入你內。
2 Shake thy selfe from the dust: arise, and sit downe, O Ierusalem: loose the bandes of thy necke, O thou captiue daughter, Zion.
被擄的耶路撒冷!抖下灰塵,起來罷!被俘的熙雍女子!解下你頸項上的鎖鍊罷!
3 For thus sayeth the Lord, Yee were solde for naught: therefore shall ye be redeemed without money.
因為上主這樣說:「你們是無代價被出賣的,也無需用金錢贖回。」
4 For thus saith the Lord God, My people went downe afore time into Egypt to soiourne there, and Asshur oppressed them without cause.
吾主上主這樣說:「我的百姓昔日曾下到埃及,僑居在那裏,而後亞述又無故地虐待了她;
5 Nowe therefore what haue I here, saith the Lord, that my people is taken away for naught, and they that rule ouer them, make them to howle, saith the Lord? and my Name all the day continually is blasphemed?
如今我還在這裏作什麼﹖上主的斷語。我的百姓已無故地被擄去,治理他的人又自誇自大--上主的斷語--我的名又天天不斷地受褻瀆;
6 Therefore my people shall know my Name: therefore they shall know in that day, that I am he that doe speake: beholde, it is I.
為此我的百姓必要認得我的名,到那一天他們必明白:那說「看!我在這裏!」的那一位就是我。」
7 How beautifull vpon the mountaines are the feete of him, that declareth and publisheth peace? that declareth good tidings, and publisheth saluation, saying vnto Zion, Thy God reigneth?
那傳佈喜訊,宣佈和平,傳報佳音,宣佈救恩,給熙雍說「你的天主為王了!」的腳步,在山上是多麼美麗啊!
8 The voyce of thy watchmen shalbe heard: they shall lift vp their voyce, and shoute together: for they shall see eye to eye, when the Lord shall bring againe Zion.
請聽,你的守望者都提高了喉嚨一起歡呼,因為他們親眼看見上主返回了熙雍。
9 O ye desolate places of Ierusalem, bee glad and reioyce together: for the Lord hath comforted his people: he hath redeemed Ierusalem.
耶路撒冷的廢墟啊!你們要興高采烈,一起歡呼,因為上主安慰了自己的百姓,救贖了耶路撒冷。
10 The Lord hath made bare his holy arme in the sight of all the Gentiles, and all the endes of the earth shall see the saluation of our God.
上主在萬民眼前顯露了自己的聖臂,大地四極看見了我們天主的救恩。
11 Depart, depart ye: goe out from thence and touche no vncleane thing: goe out of the middes of her: be ye cleane, that beare the vessels of the Lord.
離開!離開!從那裏出來罷!不要觸摸不潔之物!你們攜帶上主器皿的人,從巴比倫中間出來,聖潔自己罷!
12 For ye shall not goe out with haste, nor depart by fleeing away: but the Lord will goe before you, and the God of Israel will gather you together.
你們出走,不必慌張,更不必奔逃而去,因為上主要走在你們前面,以色列的天主將作你們的後盾。
13 Beholde, my seruant shall prosper: he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very hie.
請看,我的僕人必要成功,必要受尊榮,必要被舉揚,且極受崇奉。
14 As many were astonied at thee (his visage was so deformed of men, and his forme of the sonnes of men)
就如許多人對他不勝驚愕,因為他的容貌損傷得已不像人,他的形狀已不像人子,
15 so shall hee sprinkle many nations: the Kings shall shut their mouthes at him: for that which had not bene tolde them, shall they see, and that which they had not heard, shall they vnderstande.
同樣,眾民族也都要對他不勝驚異,眾君王在他面前都要閉口,因為他們看見了從未向他們講述過的事,聽見了從未聽說過的事。