Isaiah 54
1 “Sing, O barren, she [who] has not borne! Break forth with singing, and cry aloud, She [who] has not brought forth! For more [are] the sons of the desolate, Than the sons of the married one,” said YHWH.
不生育的石女，歡樂罷！未經產痛的女子！歡呼高唱罷！因為被棄者的子女比有夫者的子女還多：這是上主說的。
2 “Enlarge the place of your tent, And they stretch out the curtains of your dwelling places, Do not restrain—lengthen your cords, And make your pins strong.
拓展你帳幕的空位，伸展你住所的帷幔，不必顧忌！拉長你的繩索，堅固你的木橛！
3 For you break forth right and left, And nations possess your seed,
因為你要向左右拓展，你的後裔將以外邦之地為業，住滿廢棄了的城邑！
4 And they cause desolate cities to be inhabited. Do not fear, for you are not ashamed, Nor blush, for you are not confounded, For you forget the shame of your youth, And the reproach of your widowhood You do not remember anymore.
不要害怕！因為你再不會蒙羞；不要羞慚！因為你再不會受辱；其實，你要忘記你幼年時所受的恥辱，再不懷念居寡時所受的侮慢，
5 For your Maker [is] your husband, YHWH of Hosts [is] His Name, And your Redeemer [is] the Holy One of Israel, He is called God of all the earth.
因為你的夫君是你的造主，他的名字是「萬軍的上主；」你的救主是以色列的聖者，他將稱為「全世界的天主。」
6 For as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, YHWH has called you, Even a youthful wife when she is refused,” said your God.
是的，上主召見你時，你是一個被棄而心靈憂傷的婦女；人豈能遺棄他青年時的妻子﹖你的天主說。
7 “In a small moment I have forsaken you, And in great mercies I gather you,
其實，我離棄了你，只是一會兒，但是我要用絕大的仁慈召你回來。
8 In overflowing wrath I hid My face [for] a moment from you, And in perpetual kindness I have loved you, Said your Redeemer—YHWH!
在我的盛怒中，我曾一會兒掩面不看你，可是我要以永遠的慈悲憐憫你，你的救主上主說。
9 For this [is as] the days of Noah to Me, In that I have sworn that the waters of Noah Do not pass over the earth again—So I have sworn, Wrath is not on you, Nor rebuke against you.
這事對我有如諾厄的時日一般：就如那時我曾發誓說：諾厄的大水不再淹沒世界；同樣，我如今起誓：再不向你發怒，再不責斥你。
10 For the mountains depart, and the hills remove, And My kindness does not depart from you, And the covenant of My peace does not remove,” Says YHWH, your loving one.
高山可移動，丘陵能挪去，但我對你的仁慈決不移去，我的和平盟約總不動搖：憐憫你的上主說。
11 “O afflicted, storm-tossed, not comforted, Behold, I am laying your stones with cement, And have founded you with sapphires,
你這遭磨難，受顛沛，無安慰的城啊！看，我要用孔雀石安置你的基石，以碧玉奠定你的根基；
12 And have made your pinnacles of agate, And your gates of carbuncle stones, And all your border of stones of delight,
我要以紅瑪瑙修你的城垛，以水晶石築你的門戶，以各種寶石建你的圍牆。
13 And all your sons are taught of YHWH, And the peace of your sons [is] abundant.
你所有的兒子，都是上主所訓誨的；你的兒子們，要享受絕大的幸福。
14 You establish yourself in righteousness, Be far from oppression, for you do not fear, And from ruin, for it does not come near to you.
你將建築在正義的根基上；欺壓已遠去，你無需再有所恐懼；驚嚇也遠去了，它再不會臨近你。
15 Behold, he diligently assembles without My desire, Whoever has assembled near you falls by you!
請看！如果有人攻擊你，那不是出於我；凡攻打你的，必在你前跌倒。
16 Behold, I have created an artisan, Blowing on a fire of coals, And bringing out an instrument for his work, And I have created a destroyer to destroy.
請看！是我造了吹煤火的鐵匠，由於他工作中造出了各種武器，可是也是我造了毀滅者來加以破壞。
17 No weapon formed against you prospers, And every tongue rising against you, You condemn in judgment. This [is] the inheritance of the servants of YHWH, And their righteousness from Me,” a declaration of YHWH!
所製造的各種武器，為攻打你，一概無用；在訴訟中，凡起來與你爭辯的舌頭，都要被你駁倒。這是上主的僕人應得之分，是他們由我所得的報酬──上主的斷語。
A Dove is Sent Forth from the Ark
