Isaiah 58
1 Cry aloud, spare not, Lift up thy voice like a trumpet, And show my people their transgression, And the house of Jacob their sins!
你大聲呼喊，不要停止，提高你的喉嚨，有如號筒，向我的百姓宣佈他們的過犯，向雅各伯家指明他們的罪孽。
2 Yet they seek me daily, And desire to know my ways, As a nation that hath done righteousness, And hath not forsaken the ordinances of their God; They inquire of me concerning the judgments which bring salvation; They long for the coming of God.
他們固然天天尋找我，喜歡認識我的道路，好似一個行義而沒有背棄天主法令的民族，向我要求正義的措施，祈望天主與之接近：「
3 “Wherefore do we fast, and thou seest not? Wherefore do we afflict our souls, and thou dost not regard it?” Behold, in the day of your fasts ye pursue your pleasure, And exact all your labors.
為什麼我們守齋而你看不見，我們克苦而你不理會呢﹖」看哪！你們在守齋日仍然苦心經營，勒索你們所有的工人。
4 Behold, ye fast in strife and contention, And smiting with the fist of wickedness. Ye do not fast now So that your voice shall be heard on high.
看哪！你們一面守齋，一面爭吵，打架，以惡拳打人；你們不必再如今天一樣守齋了，免得你們的嘈雜在高處可以聽到。
5 Is this the fast that I approve, A day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it that he should bow down his head like a bulrush, And lie down in sackcloth and ashes? Wilt thou call this a fast, And a day acceptable to Jehovah?
難道這就是我所中意的齊戒嗎﹖難道這就是人們克己的日子嗎﹖難道低頭如同蘆葦，以苦衣和灰塵舖床，你就稱為齋戒，稱為上主悅納的日子嗎﹖
6 Is not this the fast that I approve, —To loose the bands of wickedness, To undo the heavy burdens, To let the oppressed go free, And to break in pieces every yoke?
我所中意的齊戒，豈不是要人解除不義的鎖鏈，廢除軛上的繩索，使受壓迫者獲得自由，折斷所有的軛嗎﹖
7 Is it not to break thy bread to the hungry, And to bring the poor, that are cast out, to thy house? When thou seest the naked, that thou clothe him, And that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
豈不是要人將食糧分給飢餓的人，將無地容身的貧窮人領到自己的屋裏，見到赤身露體的人給他衣穿，不要避開你的骨肉嗎﹖
8 Then shall thy light break forth like the morning, And thy health shall spring forth speedily; Thy salvation shall go before thee, And the glory of Jehovah shall bring up thy rear.
若這樣，你的光明將要射出，有如黎明，你的傷口將會迅速地復原；你的救援要走在你前面，上主的光 榮要作你的後盾。
9 Then shalt thou call, and Jehovah will answer; Thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Lo, here I am! If thou remove from the midst of thee the yoke, The pointing of the finger, and the injurious speech.
那時，你如呼喊，上主必要俯允；你若哀求，他必答說：「我在這裏！」你若由你中間消除欺壓、指手畫腳的行為和虛偽的言談，
10 If thou bring forth thy bread to the hungry, And satisfy the afflicted soul, Then in obscurity shall light arise to thee; Yea, thy darkness shall become as noonday;
你若把你的食糧施捨給飢餓的人，滿足貧窮者的心靈；那麼，你的光明要在黑暗中升起，你的幽暗將如中午。
11 Jehovah shall lead thee continually, And satisfy thee in the time of drought, And strengthen thy bones; Thou shalt be like a watered garden, and a spring of water, Whose waters never fail.
上主必要時常引領你，在乾枯之地，使你心滿意足，並使你的骨頭堅強有力；你將成為一座灌溉的樂園，一個總不涸竭的水泉。
12 Thy people shall build the ancient desolations, The ruins of many generations shall they restore; Thou shalt be called the repairer of the breach, The restorer of ways for inhabitants.
你的後裔將重建往日的廢址，你要豎起那久遠的基礎，人要稱你為：「缺口的修補者，」「廢墟的興建者，」為叫人居住。
13 If thou restrain thy foot from the sabbath, From doing thy pleasure on my holy day, If thou shalt call the sabbath a delight, The holy day of Jehovah honorable, And shalt honor it by refraining from thy work, From doing thy pleasure, and speaking vain words,
假使你在安息日限止你的腳步，在我的聖日停止你的營業，稱安息日為喜樂，為上主可敬的聖日；假使你尊崇聖日，而不去旅行，不苦心經營或談論生意，
14 Then shalt thou delight thyself in Jehovah. And I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, And cause thee to enjoy the inheritance of Jacob, thy father; For the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken it.
那時你將喜樂於上主。我要使你駕臨地之高處，使你享受你祖先雅各伯的產業：這是上主親口說的。
