Isaiah 1
1 The visions of Isaiah son of Amoz, that he has seen concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
在烏齊雅、約堂、阿哈次和希則克雅為猶大王時，阿摩茲的兒子依撒意亞，關於猶大和耶路撒冷所見的異象如下：
2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, For YHWH has spoken: “I have nourished and brought up sons, And they transgressed against Me.
諸天，請諦聽！大地，請側耳！ 因為上主有話說：「我把孩子撫養長大，他們竟背叛了我 ！
3 An ox has known its owner, And a donkey the crib of its master, Israel has not known, My people have not understood.”
牛認識自己的主人，驢也認識自己主人的槽，以色列卻毫不知情，我的百姓卻一點不懂。」
4 Oh, sinning nation, a people heavy [with] iniquity, A seed of evildoers, sons—corrupters! They have forsaken YHWH, They have despised the Holy One of Israel, They have gone away backward.
禍哉，犯罪的民族，惡貫滿盈的百姓，作惡的後裔，敗壞的子孫！他們離棄了上主，蔑視了以色列的聖者，轉身背棄了他。
5 Why are you struck anymore? You add apostasy! Every head has become diseased, and every heart [is] sick.
你們為什麼還繼續叛逆，再遭受打擊呢﹖整個頭已患了病，整個心已經焦悴；
6 From the sole of the foot—to the head, There is no soundness in it, Wound, and bruise, and fresh striking! They have not been closed nor bound, Nor have they softened with ointment.
從腳掌直到頭頂已體無完膚，盡是創痍、傷痕和新的傷口；沒有擠淨，沒有包紮，也沒有軟膏滋潤。
7 Your land [is] a desolation, your cities burned with fire, Your ground—strangers are consuming it before you, And a desolation as overthrown by strangers!
你們的地區變成荒蕪，你們的城市被火燒盡，你們面前的莊田被異民吞併，變成一片荒涼，宛如索多瑪的廢墟；
8 And the daughter of Zion has been left, As a shelter in a vineyard, As a lodge in a place of cucumbers—as a city besieged.
僅存的熙雍女兒，有如葡萄園裏的茅舍，胡瓜園中的草廬，被圍困著的城市。
9 Unless YHWH of Hosts had left a remnant to us, Shortly—we had been as Sodom, We had been like to Gomorrah!
若非萬軍的上主給我們留下些許殘餘，我們早已如同索多瑪，相似哈摩辣了。
10 Hear the word of YHWH, you rulers of Sodom, Give ear to the Law of our God, you people of Gomorrah,
索多瑪的統治者，請聽上主的話！哈摩辣的百姓，請聽天主的訓示：「
11 “Why the abundance of your sacrifices to Me?” says YHWH, “I have been satiated [with] burnt-offerings of rams, And fat of fatlings; And blood of bullocks, and lambs, And I have not desired male goats.
你們為什麼向我奉獻那麼多的犧牲﹖－－上主說：我已飽饜了公羊的燔祭和肥犢的脂膏；牛犢、羔羊和山羊的血我已不喜歡；
12 When you come to appear before Me, Who has required this of your hand, To trample My courts?
你們來見我的面時，誰向你們要求了這些東西﹖這簡直是蹂躪我的殿院。
13 Do not add to bring in a vain present, Incense—it [is] an abomination to Me, New moon, and Sabbath, calling of convocation! Do not render iniquity—and a restraint!
不要再奉獻無謂的祭品！馨香已為我所憎惡，月朔、安息日、集會、齋戒和盛大的宴會，我已都不能容受。
14 My soul has hated your new moons and your set seasons, They have been on Me for a burden, I have been weary of bearing.
我的心痛恨你們的月朔和你們的慶節，它們為我是種累贅，使我忍無可忍。
15 And in your spreading forth your hands, I hide My eyes from you, Also when you increase prayer, I do not hear, Your hands have been full of blood.
你們伸出手時，我必掩目不看；你們行大祈禱時，我決不俯聽，因為你們的手染滿了血！
16 Wash yourselves, make yourselves pure, Turn aside the evil of your doings, from before My eyes, Cease to do evil, learn to do good.
你們應該洗滌，應該自潔，從我眼前革除你們的惡行，停止作孽，
17 Seek judgment, make the oppressed blessed, Judge the fatherless, strive [for] the widow.
學習行善，尋求正義，責斥壓迫人的人，為孤兒伸冤，為寡婦辯護。
18 Now come, and we settle this,” says YHWH, “If your sins are as scarlet, they will be white as snow, If they are red as crimson, they will be as wool!
現在你們來，讓我們互相辯論－－上主說：你們的罪雖似朱紅，將變成雪一樣的潔白；雖紅得發紫，仍能變成羊毛一樣的皎潔。
19 If you are willing, and have listened, The good of the land you consume,
假使你們樂意服從，你們將享用地上的美物；
20 And if you refuse, and have rebelled, You are consumed [by] the sword,” For the mouth of YHWH has spoken.
假使你們拒絕反抗，你們將為刀劍所吞滅。」這是上主親口說的。
21 How has a faithful city become a harlot? I have filled it [with] judgment, Righteousness lodges in it—now murderers.
忠貞的城邑，怎麼變成了蕩婦！ 昔日充滿著正義，寄居著公平的，現今卻住滿了謀殺的兇手！
22 Your silver has become dross, Your drink defiled with water.
你的銀子變成了渣滓，你的美酒攙和了水份；
23 Your princes [are] apostates, and companions of thieves, Everyone loving a bribe, and pursuing rewards, They do not judge the fatherless, And the plea of the widow does not come to them.
你的首領謀反作亂，成了盜賊的幫兇；他們都愛好賄賂，索取報酬，不為孤兒伸冤，不受理寡婦的訴訟。
24 Therefore—a declaration of the Lord—YHWH of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: “Oh, I relieve Myself from My adversaries, And avenge Myself against My enemies,
因此吾主，萬軍的上主，以色列的大能者說：「哎！我必向我的敵人雪恨，我必向我的仇人復仇。
25 And I turn back My hand on you, And I refine your dross as purity, And I turn aside all your tin,
我必向你伸出我的手，用爐火煉盡你的渣滓，除去你所有的鉛錫。
26 And I give back your judges as at the first, And your counselors as in the beginning, After this you are called, A city of righteousness—a faithful city.”
我要使你的民長復興如初；使你的參謀恢復如初；以後你將被稱為正義的城市，忠貞的城邑。」
27 Zion is redeemed in judgment, And her captivity in righteousness.
熙雍將因正直獲得救贖，她的居民將因正義蒙受救恩；
28 And the destruction of transgressors and sinners [is] together, And those forsaking YHWH are consumed.
然而惡人和罪人必將一同滅亡，背棄上主的人必要滅絕。
29 For [men] are ashamed because of the oaks That you have desired, And you are confounded because of the gardens That you have chosen.
你們必因你們所喜愛的橡樹而蒙羞，必因你們所選擇的花園而慚愧；
30 For you are as an oak whose leaf is fading, And as a garden that has no water.
你們將變成一棵落葉的橡樹，一座無水的花園。
31 And the strong has been for tow, And his work for a spark, And both of them have burned together, And there is none quenching!
強者將似麻絮，他的工作猶如火花：二者必要同時焚燒，無人予以熄滅。
