< Isaiah 52 >
1 Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city; for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.
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 thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem; loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of 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 saith the LORD: Ye were sold for nought; and ye shall 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 down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian 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 Now therefore, what do I here, saith the LORD, seeing that My people is taken away for nought? They that rule over them do howl, saith the LORD, and My name continually all the day 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, even He that spoke, behold, here I am.
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 beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of the messenger of good tidings, that announceth peace, the harbinger of good tidings, that announceth salvation; that saith unto 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 Hark, thy watchmen! they lift up the voice, together do they sing; for they shall see, eye to eye, the LORD returning to 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 Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem; for the LORD hath comforted His people, He hath redeemed Jerusalem.
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 arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation 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 ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, ye that bear 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 go out in haste, neither shall ye go by flight; for the LORD will go before you, and the God of Israel will be your rearward.
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 Behold, My servant shall prosper, he shall be exalted and lifted up, and shall be very high.
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 According as many were appalled at thee — so marred was his visage unlike that of a man, and his form unlike that of the sons 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 he startle many nations, kings shall shut their mouths because of him; for that which had not been told them shall they see, and that which they had not heard shall they perceive.
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。