Isaiah 35

1 [Some day, it will be as though] the desert [and other very] dry areas are glad [DOU]; the desert will rejoice and flowers will blossom. Like crocuses/daffodils,

旷野和干旱之地必然欢喜； 沙漠也必快乐； 又像玫瑰开花，

2 the desert will produce flowers abundantly; [it will be as though] everything is rejoicing and singing! The deserts will become as beautiful as [SIM] [the trees in] Lebanon, as fertile [SIM] as the plains of the Sharon and Carmel [areas]. [There] people will see the glory of Yahweh; they will see that he is magnificent.

必开花繁盛， 乐上加乐，而且欢呼。 黎巴嫩的荣耀， 并迦密与沙 的华美，必赐给它。 人必看见耶和华的荣耀， 我们 神的华美。

3 [So], encourage those who are tired and weak.

你们要使软弱的手坚壮， 无力的膝稳固。

4 Say to those who are afraid, “Be strong and do not be afraid, because our God is going to come to get revenge [on his enemies]; he will (pay them back/punish them) for what they have done, and he will rescue you.”

对胆怯的人说： 你们要刚强，不要惧怕。 看哪，你们的 神必来报仇， 必来施行极大的报应； 他必来拯救你们。

5 When he does that, [he will enable] blind people to see and [enable] deaf people to hear.

那时，瞎子的眼必睁开； 聋子的耳必开通。

6 Lame people will leap like deer, and those who have been unable to speak will sing joyfully. Water will gush out [from springs] in the desert; streams will flow in the desert.

那时，瘸子必跳跃像鹿； 哑巴的舌头必能歌唱。 在旷野必有水发出； 在沙漠必有河涌流。

7 The very dry ground will become a pool of water, and springs will provide water for the dry land. Grass and reeds and papyrus will grow in places where the jackals/wolves lived previously.

发光的沙要变为水池； 干渴之地要变为泉源。 在野狗躺卧之处， 必有青草、芦苇，和蒲草。

8 And there will be a highway through that land; it will be called ‘the Holy Highway’. People who are not acceptable to God will not walk on that road; it will be only for those who conduct their lives as God wants them to; foolish people will become lost while walking on that road.

在那里必有一条大道， 称为圣路。 污秽人不得经过， 必专为赎民行走； 行路的人虽愚昧， 也不致失迷。

9 There will not be any lions there or any other dangerous animals along that road. Only those who have been freed [from being slaves in Babylonia] will walk on it.

在那里必没有狮子， 猛兽也不登这路； 在那里都遇不见， 只有赎民在那里行走。

10 Those whom Yahweh has freed will return to Jerusalem; they will sing as they enter the city; they will be extremely joyful [MET, PRS] forever. No longer will they be sad or mourn; they will be [completely] joyful [DOU].

并且耶和华救赎的民必归回， 歌唱来到锡安； 永乐必归到他们的头上； 他们必得着欢喜快乐， 忧愁叹息尽都逃避。