< Isaiah 62 >
1 For Zion's sake will I not hold My peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until her triumph go forth as brightness, and her salvation as a torch that burneth.
為了熙雍我決不緘默,為了耶路撒冷我決不休息,直到她的正義顯現有如光明,她的救恩燃灼有如火炬。
2 And the nations shall see thy triumph, and all kings thy glory; and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall mark out.
萬民都要見到你的正義,眾王都要看見你的榮耀;人要給你起一個新的名號,是上主親口所指定的。
3 Thou shalt also be a crown of beauty in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the open hand of thy God.
你將是上主手中的榮冠,是你天主掌中的王冕。
4 Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken, neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate; but thou shalt be called, My delight is in her, and thy land, Espoused; for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be espoused.
你不再稱為「被遺棄的,」你的地域也不再稱為「荒涼的;」因為你要稱為「我可愛的,」你的地域要稱為「已婚的,」因為上主喜愛你,你的地域將要婚嫁。
5 For as a young man espouseth a virgin, so shall thy sons espouse thee; and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.
就如青年怎樣娶處女,你的建造者也要怎樣娶你;新郎怎樣喜愛新娘,你的天主也要怎樣喜愛你。
6 I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, they shall never hold their peace day nor night: 'Ye that are the LORD'S remembrancers, take ye no rest,
耶路撒冷啊!我在你的城牆上派了守望者,他們日夜總不緘默;提醒上主的人哪! 你們總不要休息!
7 And give Him no rest, till He establish, and till He make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.'
你們也不要讓他休息,直到他建立了熙雍,直到他使耶路撒冷在大地成為可讚美的。
8 The LORD hath sworn by His right hand, and by the arm of His strength: Surely I will no more give thy corn to be food for thine enemies; and strangers shall not drink thy wine, for which thou hast laboured;
上主憑他的右手和他強有力的手臂發誓說:「我決不再將你的五穀交給你的仇人吃,也決不再讓外邦人喝你所勞作的美酒。
9 But they that have garnered it shall eat it, and praise the LORD, and they that have gathered it shall drink it in the courts of My sanctuary.
惟有那收割的能吃,並頌揚上主;那收集的,將在我聖殿的庭院裏喝。」
10 Go through, go through the gates, clear ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway, gather out the stones; lift up an ensign over the peoples.
過去!經過大門罷!修平人民的路!修路!把路修好,除去上面的石頭;你們要為萬民豎起一面旗幟。
11 Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the earth: say ye to the daughter of Zion: 'Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, His reward is with Him, and His recompense before Him.'
看哪!上主向大地四極宣佈說:你們應向熙雍女子說:看!你的救主來了!看!他的勝利品與他同在,他獲得的酬勞在他面前。
12 And they shall call them The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD; and thou shalt be called Sought out, a city not forsaken.
人要稱他們為「聖潔的民族,」「上主贖回的。」你要被稱為「蒙愛的,」「不被棄的城。」