< Isaiah 60 >
1 Arise—shine, For thy light, hath come, —And, the glory of Yahweh, on thee, hath beamed;
耶路撒冷啊!起來炫耀罷!因為你的光明已經來到,上主的榮耀已經照耀在你身上。
2 For lo! darkness, covereth the earth, And, deep gloom the peoples, —But, on thee, beameth Yahweh, And, his glory, on thee is seen.
看啊!黑暗籠罩著大地,陰雲遮蔽著萬民;但上主卻照耀著你,他的榮耀要彰顯在你的身上。
3 So shall nations come to thy light, And kings to the brightness of thy dawning.
萬民要奔赴你的光明,眾王要投奔你升起的光輝。
4 Lift up—round about—thine eyes and see, They all, have gathered themselves together—have come to thee, —Thy sons, from afar shall come, And thy daughters, on the side, shall be carried.
舉起你的眼向四方觀望罷!他們都聚集來到你這裏:你的眾子要從遠方而來,你的女兒要被抱回來。
5 Then, shalt thou see and be radiant, And thy heart, shall throb and be enlarged, —For there shall be turned upon thee the fulness of the sea, The riches of the nations, shall come unto thee;
那時,你見到這情形,必要喜形於色,你的心靈必要激動而舒暢,因為海洋的珍寶都要歸於你,萬民的財富都要歸你所有。
6 The multitude of camels, shall cover thee The young camels of Midian and Ephah, All they of Sheba, shall come, —Gold and frankincense, shall they bring, And, the praises of Yahweh, shall they joyfully tell:
成群結隊的駱駝,以及米德楊和厄法的獨峰駝要遮蔽你,牠們都是由舍巴滿載黃金和乳香而來,宣揚上主的榮耀。
7 All the flocks of Kedar, shall be gathered unto thee, The rams of Nebaioth, shall wait upon thee, —They shall come up, with acceptance, on mine altar, And my beautiful house, will I adorn.
刻達爾的一切羊群都要聚在你前,乃巴約特的公羊都要供你使用;牠們要登上我的祭壇作為我歡悅的祭品,以光榮我榮耀的處所。
8 Who are these that, As a cloud, do fly? and, As doves to their cotes?
那些像雲彩飛來,像鴿子回籠的是誰﹖
9 Surely for me, shall, Coastlands, wait, And the ships of Tarshish first, To bring in thy sons, from far, Their silver and their gold with them, —Unto the name of Yahweh, thy God, And unto the Holy One of Israel Because he hath adorned thee.
那是為我集合起來的船隻,塔爾史士的船隻為首,從遠處帶來了你的子女,以及他們的金銀;這都是為了上主你的天主的名,為了那光榮你的以色列的聖者的緣故。
10 So shall the sons of the foreigner, build thy walls, And their kings, shall wait upon thee, —For in my vexation, I smote thee, But in my favour, have I had compassion upon thee.
外邦的子民要修建你的城垣,他們的君王要來事奉你,因為我在怒氣中打擊了你,但我在慈悲中又憐憫了你。
11 So shall thy gates be open—continually, Neither day nor night, shall they be shut, —That they may bring unto thee the riches of the nations, And their kings, be led.
你的門要時常敞開,白天黑夜都不要關閉,好讓萬民的財富,在他們的君王領導下,運到你這裏來。
12 For, the nation and the kingdom that will not serve thee, shall perish, —Yea the nations, shall be utterly wasted.
因為凡不肯事奉你的民族和國家,必要滅亡,這樣的民族必要完全滅絕。
13 The glory of Lebanon, unto thee, shall come, The fir-tree the holm-oak, and the sherbin-cedar, together, To adorn the place of my sanctuary, And the place of my feet, will I make glorious.
黎巴嫩的光榮要歸於你;柏樹、榆樹和松樹都要聚在一起,裝飾我的聖所,因為我要光榮我立足之地。
14 Then shall come unto thee bending low, The sons of them who had humbled thee, Then shall bow down, unto the soles of thy feet, All they who had despised thee; And they shall call thee—The city of Yahweh, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
曾經欺壓過你者的子孫,要來向你屈服;凡輕視過你的人,都要在你腳前下拜;他們要稱呼你為「上主的城,」「以色列聖者的熙雍。」
15 Instead of thy being forsaken and hated so that none used to pass through thee, I will make of thee—An excellency age-abiding, The joy of generation after generation.
我要使你成為萬世的尊榮,萬代的喜悅,以代你從前所受的遺棄、惱恨,與無人經過的痛苦。
16 And thou shalt derive sweet nourishment from the nations, Yea on the bounty of kings, shalt thou be sustained, —So shalt thou know—That, I, Yahweh, am thy Saviour, and That, thy Redeemer, is the Mighty One of Jacob.
你要吸萬國的奶,吮眾王的乳房,這樣你將知道我,上主,是你的拯救者,你的救主,雅各伯的強有力者。
17 Instead of bronze, I will bring in, gold, and Instead of iron, I will bring in silver, and Instead of wood, bronze, and Instead of stones, iron, —And I will appoint the oversight of thee to Prosperity, And the setting of thy tasks to Righteousness.
我要以金子來代替黃銅,以銀子代替鐵,以黃銅代替木頭,以鐵代替石頭;我要立「和平」為你的官長,立「正義」為你的政要。
18 Violence, shall no more be heard, in thy land, Wasting nor destruction within thy boundaries, —But thou shalt call Thy walls, Victory, and Thy gates, Praise.
在你的地域裏再聽不到強暴的事情;你要稱你的城垣為「救恩,」你的城門為「讚揚。」
19 Thou shalt no more have the sun, for light by day, neither for brightness, shall the moon, give light unto thee, —But Yahweh shall become thine age-abiding light, And thy God thine adorning:
太陽不再是你白天的光明,月亮也不再照耀你,上主要作你永久的光明,你的天主要作你的光輝。
20 No more shall go in, thy sun, Nor thy moon, withdraw itself, —For, Yahweh, will become to thee an age-abiding light, So shall be ended the days of thy mourning.
你的太陽再不降落,你的月亮再不虧缺,因為上主要作你永久的光明,你悲哀的日子已經終結。
21 And, thy people, shall all of them, be righteous, To times age-abiding, shall they possess, the land, —The sprout of mine own planting, The work of mine own hands, —That I may get myself glory.
你的人民都要成為義人,要永遠繼承地業,因為他們是我所栽植的嫩芽,是我手中的工程,使我得到榮耀。
22 The little one, shall become a thousand, and the small one, a mighty nation: I—Yahweh, in its own season, will hasten it.
渺小的要成為千人村,微弱的要成為強大的民族:我是上主,我要在定期中迅速完成此事。