Isaiah 50
1 Thus said YHWH: “Where [is] this—the bill of your mother’s divorce, Whom I sent away? Or to which of My creditors have I sold you? Behold, you have been sold for your iniquities, And for your transgressions Your mother has been sent away.
上主這樣說：「我離棄你們母親的離婚書在那裏呢﹖或者我把你們賣給了我的那一位債主呢﹖看！因了你們的惡行，你們纔被出賣，因了你們的過犯，你們的母親纔被離棄。
2 Why have I come, and there is no one? I called, and there is none answering, Has My hand been at all short of redemption? And is there not power in Me to deliver? Behold, by My rebuke I dry up a sea, I make rivers a wilderness, Their fish stink, for there is no water, And die with thirst.
為什麼我來到的時候，沒有人在呢﹖為什麼我召呼的時候，無人答應﹖難道我的手短小而不能施救﹖或者我再無救助之力﹖看！我一怒喝，海便涸竭，江河便成為曠野，其中的魚類因無水而萎縮渴死。
3 I clothe the heavens [with] blackness, And I make their covering sackcloth.”
我可使黑暗籠罩諸天，使麻衣掩蔽天際。」
4 Lord YHWH has given to Me The tongue of taught ones, To know to aid the weary [by] a word, He awakens [Me] morning by morning, He awakens [My] ear to hear as taught ones.
吾主上主賜給了我一個受教的口舌，叫我會用言語援助疲倦的人。他每天清晨喚醒我，喚醒我的耳朵，叫我如同學子一樣靜聽。
5 Lord YHWH opened My ear, And I did not rebel—I did not move backward.
吾主上主開啟了我的耳朵，我並沒有違抗，也沒有退避。
6 I have given My back to those striking, And My cheeks to those plucking out, I did not hide My face from shame and spitting.
我將我的背轉給打擊我的人，把我的腮轉給扯我鬍鬚的人；對於侮辱和唾污，我沒有遮掩我的面。
7 And Lord YHWH gives help to Me, Therefore I have not been ashamed, Therefore I have set My face as a flint, And I know that I am not ashamed.
因為吾主上主協助我，因此我不以為羞恥；所以我板著臉，像一塊燧石，因我知道我不會受恥辱。
8 Near [is] He who is justifying Me, Who contends with Me? We stand together, who [is] My opponent? Let him come near to Me.
那給我伸冤者已來近了。誰要和我爭辯，讓我們一齊站起來罷！誰是我的對頭，叫他到我這裏來罷！
9 Behold, Lord YHWH gives help to Me, Who [is] he that declares Me wicked? Behold, all of them wear out as a garment, A moth eats them.
請看！有吾主上主扶助我，誰還能定我的罪呢﹖看！他們都像衣服一樣要破舊，為蠹蟲所侵蝕。
10 “Who [is] among you, fearing YHWH, Listening to the voice of His Servant, That has walked in dark places, And there is no brightness for him? Let him trust in the Name of YHWH, And lean on his God.
你們中凡敬畏上主的，應聽他僕人的聲音！凡於黑暗中行走而不見光明的，該依靠上主的名字，並仰仗自己的天主。
11 Behold, all you kindling a fire, girding on sparks, Walk in the light of your fire, And in the sparks you have caused to burn, This has been to you from My hand, You lie down in grief!”
看哪！凡你們點了火，燃了火把的，必要在你們所點的火燄裏，在你們所燃的火把中行走！這是我的手所加於你們的，你們必倒臥在痛苦之中。
