< Isaiah 54 >
1 Shout in triumph, O barren one, Who hadst not borne, —Break forth into shouts of triumph—and trill thy voice, Who hadst not travailed in birth, For, more, are the children of the Desolate Than the children of Her who had the husband, Saith Yahweh.
你這不懷孕、不生養的要歌唱; 你這未曾經過產難的要發聲歌唱,揚聲歡呼; 因為沒有丈夫的比有丈夫的兒女更多。 這是耶和華說的。
2 Enlarge the space of thy tent And the curtains of thy habitations, let them spread forth do not spare, —Lengthen thy cords, And thy tent-pins, make thou fast;
要擴張你帳幕之地, 張大你居所的幔子,不要限止; 要放長你的繩子, 堅固你的橛子。
3 For, on the right hand and on the left, shalt thou break forth, —And thy seed, shall of the nations, take possession, And forsaken cities, shall they cause to be inhabited.
因為你要向左向右開展; 你的後裔必得多國為業, 又使荒涼的城邑有人居住。
4 Do not fear for thou shalt not turn pale, Neither feel disgraced for thou shalt not be put to the blush, —For, the shame of thy youth, shalt thou forget, And the reproach of thy widowhood, shalt thou remember no more;
不要懼怕,因你必不致蒙羞; 也不要抱愧,因你必不致受辱。 你必忘記幼年的羞愧, 不再記念你寡居的羞辱。
5 For, thy husband, is, thy Maker, Yahweh of hosts, is his Name, —And, thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, The God of all the earth, shall he be called.
因為造你的是你的丈夫; 萬軍之耶和華是他的名。 救贖你的是以色列的聖者; 他必稱為全地之上帝。
6 For, like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, hath Yahweh called thee, —Even the wife of youthful days, in that thou wast rejected saith thy God.
耶和華召你, 如召被離棄心中憂傷的妻, 就是幼年所娶被棄的妻。 這是你上帝所說的。
7 For a small moment, I forsook thee, —But, with abounding compassions, do I embrace thee:
我離棄你不過片時, 卻要施大恩將你收回。
8 In an overflow of vexation, I hid my face for a moment, from thee, But, with lovingkindness age-abiding, have I had compassion on thee, —saith thy Redeemer Yahweh.
我的怒氣漲溢, 頃刻之間向你掩面, 卻要以永遠的慈愛憐恤你。 這是耶和華-你的救贖主說的。
9 For, the waters of Noah, is this unto me, —As to which I sware that the waters of Noah should not again pass over the earth, So have I sworn Not to be vexed with thee Nor to rebuke thee.
這事在我好像挪亞的洪水。 我怎樣起誓不再使挪亞的洪水漫過遍地, 我也照樣起誓不再向你發怒, 也不斥責你。
10 For, the mountains, may move away, And the hills, may be shaken, —But, my lovingkindness, from thee, shall not move away, And, my covenant of peace, shall not be shaken, saith he who hath compassion upon thee—Yahweh.
大山可以挪開, 小山可以遷移; 但我的慈愛必不離開你; 我平安的約也不遷移。 這是憐恤你的耶和華說的。
11 O thou humbled one storm-tossed, uncomforted, —Lo! I, am about to set in antimony, thy stones, And will found thee in sapphires;
你這受困苦、被風飄蕩不得安慰的人哪, 我必以彩色安置你的石頭, 以藍寶石立定你的根基;
12 And make rubies, thy battlements, And thy gates, sparkling stones, —And, all thy boundaries, stones of delight;
又以紅寶石造你的女牆, 以紅玉造你的城門, 以寶石造你四圍的邊界。
13 And, all thy children, shall be the instructed of Yahweh, —And, great, shall be the prosperity of thy children.
你的兒女都要受耶和華的教訓; 你的兒女必大享平安。
14 In righteousness, shalt thou be established, —Be thou far from oppression—But indeed thou shalt not fear, And from crushing calamity—But indeed it shall not come nigh unto thee.
你必因公義得堅立, 必遠離欺壓,不致害怕; 你必遠離驚嚇,驚嚇必不臨近你。
15 Lo! they would, quarrel, with thee—not at all from me, —Whoso hath quarrelled with thee, over thee, shall fall.
即或有人聚集,卻不由於我; 凡聚集攻擊你的,必因你仆倒。
16 Lo! I, have created the smith, who bloweth up a fire of coals, And who bringeth forth an instrument for his work, —And, I, have created the waster to destroy:
吹噓炭火、打造合用器械的鐵匠是我所造; 殘害人、行毀滅的也是我所造。
17 No instrument formed against thee, shall prosper, And every tongue that riseth against thee in judgment, shalt thou prove to be lawless, —This is the inheritance of the servants of Yahweh. And, their righteousness, is from me, Declareth Yahweh.
凡為攻擊你造成的器械必不利用; 凡在審判時興起用舌攻擊你的, 你必定他為有罪。 這是耶和華僕人的產業, 是他們從我所得的義。 這是耶和華說的。
A Dove is Sent Forth from the Ark