< Isaiah 61 >
1 The spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening [of the prison] to them that are bound;
主耶和華的靈在我身上; 因為耶和華用膏膏我, 叫我傳好信息給謙卑的人, 差遣我醫好傷心的人, 報告被擄的得釋放, 被囚的出監牢;
2 to proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
報告耶和華的恩年, 和我們上帝報仇的日子; 安慰一切悲哀的人,
3 to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
賜華冠與錫安悲哀的人,代替灰塵; 喜樂油代替悲哀; 讚美衣代替憂傷之靈; 使他們稱為「公義樹」, 是耶和華所栽的,叫他得榮耀。
4 And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.
他們必修造已久的荒場, 建立先前淒涼之處, 重修歷代荒涼之城。
5 And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and aliens shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
那時,外人必起來牧放你們的羊群; 外邦人必作你們耕種田地的, 修理葡萄園的。
6 But ye shall be named the priests of the LORD: men shall call you the ministers of our God: ye shall eat the wealth of the nations, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.
你們倒要稱為耶和華的祭司; 人必稱你們為我們上帝的僕役。 你們必吃用列國的財物, 因得他們的榮耀自誇。
7 For your shame [ye shall have] double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.
你們必得加倍的好處,代替所受的羞辱; 分中所得的喜樂,必代替所受的凌辱。 在境內必得加倍的產業; 永遠之樂必歸與你們。
8 For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery with iniquity; and I will give them their recompence in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
因為我-耶和華喜愛公平, 恨惡搶奪和罪孽; 我要憑誠實施行報應, 並要與我的百姓立永約。
9 And their seed shall be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the LORD hath blessed.
他們的後裔必在列國中被人認識; 他們的子孫在眾民中也是如此。 凡看見他們的必認他們是耶和華賜福的後裔。
10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with a garland, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
我因耶和華大大歡喜; 我的心靠上帝快樂。 因他以拯救為衣給我穿上, 以公義為袍給我披上, 好像新郎戴上華冠, 又像新婦佩戴妝飾。
11 For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
田地怎樣使百穀發芽, 園子怎樣使所種的發生, 主耶和華必照樣 使公義和讚美在萬民中發出。