< Isaiah 62 >

1 For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burns.
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 Gentiles shall see your righteousness, and all kings your glory: and you shall be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name.
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 You shall also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
你將是上主手中的榮冠,是你天主掌中的王冕。
4 You shall no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall your land any more be termed Desolate: but you shall be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah: for the LORD delights in you, and your land shall be married.
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 marries a virgin, so shall your sons marry you: and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your God rejoice over you.
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 your walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: all of you that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,
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 has sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give your corn to be food for your enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink your wine, for the which you have 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 gathered it shall eat it, and praise the LORD; and they that have brought it together shall drink it in the courts of my holiness.
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; prepare all of you the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people.
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 has proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say all of you to the daughter of Zion, Behold, your salvation comes; behold, his reward is with him, and his work 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 you shall 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。」

< Isaiah 62 >