< Esias 1 >
1 The vision which Esaias the son of Amos saw, which he saw against Juda, and against Jerusalem, in the reign of Ozias, and Joatham, and Achaz, and Ezekias, who reigned over Judea.
当乌西雅、约坦、亚哈斯、希西家作犹大王的时候,亚摩斯的儿子以赛亚得默示,论到犹大和耶路撒冷。
2 Hear, O heaven, and listen, O earth: for the Lord has spoken, [saying], I have begotten and reared up children, but they have rebelled against me.
天哪,要听!地啊,侧耳而听! 因为耶和华说: 我养育儿女,将他们养大, 他们竟悖逆我。
3 The ox knows his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel does not know me, and the people has not regarded me.
牛认识主人, 驴认识主人的槽, 以色列却不认识; 我的民却不留意。
4 Ah sinful nation, a people full of sins, an evil seed, lawless children: you have forsaken the Lord, and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
嗐!犯罪的国民, 担着罪孽的百姓; 行恶的种类, 败坏的儿女! 他们离弃耶和华, 藐视以色列的圣者, 与他生疏,往后退步。
5 Why should you be struck [any] more, transgressing more and more? the whole head is pained, and the whole heart sad.
你们为什么屡次悖逆, 还要受责打吗? 你们已经满头疼痛, 全心发昏。
6 From the feet to the head, there is no soundness in them; neither wound, nor bruise, nor festering ulcer [are healed]: it is not possible to apply a plaister, nor oil, nor bandages.
从脚掌到头顶, 没有一处完全的, 尽是伤口、青肿,与新打的伤痕, 都没有收口,没有缠裹, 也没有用膏滋润。
7 Your land is desolate, your cities burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is made desolate, overthrown by strange nations.
你们的地土已经荒凉; 你们的城邑被火焚毁。 你们的田地在你们眼前为外邦人所侵吞, 既被外邦人倾覆就成为荒凉。
8 The daughter of Sion shall be deserted as a tent in a vineyard, and as a storehouse of fruits in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.
仅存锡安城, 好像葡萄园的草棚, 瓜田的茅屋, 被围困的城邑。
9 And if the Lord of Sabaoth had not left us a seed, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been made like Gomorrha.
若不是万军之耶和华给我们稍留余种, 我们早已像所多玛、蛾摩拉的样子了。
10 Hear the word of the Lord, you rulers of Sodoma; attend to the law of God, you people of Gomorrha.
你们这所多玛的官长啊, 要听耶和华的话! 你们这蛾摩拉的百姓啊, 要侧耳听我们 神的训诲!
11 Of what [value] to me is the abundance of your sacrifices? says the Lord: I am full of whole burnt offerings of rams; and I delight not in the fat of lambs, and the blood of bulls and goats:
耶和华说: 你们所献的许多祭物与我何益呢? 公绵羊的燔祭和肥畜的脂油, 我已经够了; 公牛的血,羊羔的血,公山羊的血, 我都不喜悦。
12 neither shall you come [with these] to appear before me; for who has required these things at your hands? You shall no more tread my court.
你们来朝见我, 谁向你们讨这些, 使你们践踏我的院宇呢?
13 Though you bring fine flour, [it is] vain; incense is an abomination to me; I can’t bear your new moons, and your sabbaths, and the great day;
你们不要再献虚浮的供物。 香品是我所憎恶的; 月朔和安息日,并宣召的大会, 也是我所憎恶的; 作罪孽,又守严肃会, 我也不能容忍。
14 [your] fasting, and rest from work, your new moons also, and your feasts my soul hates: you have become loathsome to me; I will no more pardon your sins.
你们的月朔和节期,我心里恨恶, 我都以为麻烦; 我担当,便不耐烦。
15 When you stretch forth your hands, I will turn away mine eyes from you: and though you make many supplications, I will not listen to you; for your hands are full of blood.
你们举手祷告,我必遮眼不看; 就是你们多多地祈祷,我也不听。 你们的手都满了杀人的血。
16 Wash you, be clean; remove your iniquities from your souls before mine eyes; cease from your iniquities;
你们要洗濯、自洁, 从我眼前除掉你们的恶行, 要止住作恶,
17 learn to do well; diligently seek judgment, deliver him that is suffering wrong, plead for the orphan, and obtain justice for the widow.
学习行善, 寻求公平, 解救受欺压的; 给孤儿伸冤, 为寡妇辨屈。
18 And come, let us reason together, says the Lord: and though your sins be as purple, I will make them white as snow; and though they be as scarlet, I will make [them] white as wool.
耶和华说: 你们来,我们彼此辩论。 你们的罪虽像朱红,必变成雪白; 虽红如丹颜,必白如羊毛。
19 And if you be willing, and listen to me, you shall eat the good of the land:
你们若甘心听从, 必吃地上的美物,
20 but if you be not willing, nor listen to me, a sword shall devour you: for the mouth of the Lord has spoken this.
若不听从,反倒悖逆, 必被刀剑吞灭。 这是耶和华亲口说的。
21 How has the faithful city Sion, [once] full of judgment, become a harlot! wherein righteousness lodged, but now murderers.
可叹,忠信的城变为妓女! 从前充满了公平, 公义居在其中, 现今却有凶手居住。
22 Your silver is worthless, your wine merchants mix the wine with water.
你的银子变为渣滓; 你的酒用水搀对。
23 Your princes are rebellious, companions of thieves, loving bribes, seeking after rewards; not pleading for orphans, and not heeding the cause of widows.
你的官长居心悖逆, 与盗贼作伴, 各都喜爱贿赂, 追求赃私。 他们不为孤儿伸冤; 寡妇的案件也不得呈到他们面前。
24 Therefore thus says the Lord, the Lord of hosts, Woe to the mighty [men] of Israel; for my wrath shall not cease against mine adversaries, and I will execute judgment on mine enemies.
因此,主—万军之耶和华、 以色列的大能者说: 哎!我要向我的对头雪恨, 向我的敌人报仇。
25 And I will bring my hand upon you, and purge you completely, and I will destroy the rebellious, and will take away from you all transgressors.
我必反手加在你身上, 炼尽你的渣滓, 除净你的杂质。
26 And I will establish your judges as before, and your counselors as at the beginning: and afterward you shall be called the city of righteousness, the faithful mother-city of Sion.
我也必复还你的审判官,像起初一样, 复还你的谋士,像起先一般。 然后,你必称为公义之城, 忠信之邑。
27 For her captives shall be saved with judgment, and with mercy.
锡安必因公平得蒙救赎; 其中归正的人必因公义得蒙救赎。
28 And the transgressors and the sinners shall be crushed together, and they that forsake the Lord shall be utterly consumed.
但悖逆的和犯罪的必一同败亡; 离弃耶和华的必致消灭。
29 For they shall be ashamed of their idols, which they delighted in, and they are made ashamed of the gardens which they coveted.
那等人必因你们所喜爱的橡树抱愧; 你们必因所选择的园子蒙羞。
30 For they shall be as a turpentine tree that has cast its leaves, and as a garden that has no water.
因为,你们必如叶子枯干的橡树, 好像无水浇灌的园子。
31 And their strength shall be as a thread of tow, and their works as sparks, and the transgressors and the sinners shall be burnt up together, and there shall be none to quench [them].
有权势的必如麻瓤; 他的工作好像火星, 都要一同焚毁,无人扑灭。