Isaiah 52
1 [You people who live in the] holy city of Jerusalem [APO], wake up! Be strong again! Show that [MTY] your city is beautiful and glorious; foreigners who do not believe in God will not enter your city again [to attack you].
熙雍起來，起來，披上你的威能！耶路撒冷聖城！穿上你華麗的衣服，因為未受割損和不潔的人，再不得進入你內。
2 People of Jerusalem, get up from [humbly] sitting in the dust and sit in places where people are honored! You people who have returned from being exiled, take off from your neck the chains which were fastened around you [as slaves in Babylonia],
被擄的耶路撒冷！抖下灰塵，起來罷！被俘的熙雍女子！解下你頸項上的鎖鍊罷！
3 because this is what Yahweh says: “[When you were taken to Babylonia], no one paid me for doing that. So now I will bring you back without [being required to] pay for you!”
因為上主這樣說：「你們是無代價被出賣的，也無需用金錢贖回。」
4 Yahweh [our] Lord [also] says this: “Long ago, my people went to Egypt to live there. [Later] they were being (oppressed/treated cruelly) by [the soldiers of] Assyria.
吾主上主這樣說：「我的百姓昔日曾下到埃及，僑居在那裏，而後亞述又無故地虐待了她；
5 But now think about what is happening: My people are being forced to be slaves again, this time by the [people of Babylonia]. And [those who have conquered them this time have also] paid me nothing, and they despise me [MTY] continually [DOU].
如今我還在這裏作什麼﹖上主的斷語。我的百姓已無故地被擄去，治理他的人又自誇自大－－上主的斷語－－我的名又天天不斷地受褻瀆；
6 But my people will then have a close relationship with [MTY] me, and when that happens, they will know that I am the one who predicted/promised [that it would happen]. It is I, [Yahweh, who will do it].”
為此我的百姓必要認得我的名，到那一天他們必明白：那說「看！我在這裏！」的那一位就是我。」
7 It is a wonderful thing when messengers [MTY] arrive on the mountains/hills, bringing good news, the news about [God giving us] peace and saving us, the news that the God to whom we [Israeli people] belong is now ruling/king!
那傳佈喜訊，宣佈和平，傳報佳音，宣佈救恩，給熙雍說「你的天主為王了！」的腳步，在山上是多麼美麗啊！
8 The watchmen [who are guarding the city] will shout and sing joyfully, because while they are watching they will see Yahweh returning to Jerusalem.
請聽，你的守望者都提高了喉嚨一起歡呼，因為他們親眼看見上主返回了熙雍。
9 Jerusalem has been ruined, but the people who are there now should start to sing joyfully, because Yahweh will encourage his people; he will set his people free and bring them back to Jerusalem.
耶路撒冷的廢墟啊！你們要興高采烈，一起歡呼，因為上主安慰了自己的百姓，救贖了耶路撒冷。
10 Yahweh will show all the nations that he is holy and powerful. People in the most remote/distant places on earth will know that he has rescued his people.
上主在萬民眼前顯露了自己的聖臂，大地四極看見了我們天主的救恩。
11 So, leave [the places where you were taken to when you were captured], where [everything is] unacceptable to God. You men who carry the items used for the worship of Yahweh, leave there [and return to Jerusalem], and purify yourselves [in order to be acceptable to worship God].
離開！離開！從那裏出來罷！不要觸摸不潔之物！你們攜帶上主器皿的人，從巴比倫中間出來，聖潔自己罷！
12 But it will not [be necessary] for you to leave suddenly, to flee in panic, because Yahweh will (go in front of/lead) you; and he will [also] protect you [from being attacked] at the rear [while you travel].
你們出走，不必慌張，更不必奔逃而去，因為上主要走在你們前面，以色列的天主將作你們的後盾。
13 [Yahweh says], “Listen carefully! My servant will act wisely (OR, do the right things to accomplish what he wants to), and I will highly exalt him.”
請看，我的僕人必要成功，必要受尊榮，必要被舉揚，且極受崇奉。
14 But many people will be appalled when they see what has happened to him. [Because of his being beaten very badly], his appearance will be changed; people will hardly recognize that he is a human.
就如許多人對他不勝驚愕，因為他的容貌損傷得已不像人，他的形狀已不像人子，
15 But he will cause [people of] many nations to be surprised; [even] kings will be silent when they stand in front of him, because they will see someone that no one had told them about [previously], and they will understand things that they had not heard about [before].
同樣，眾民族也都要對他不勝驚異，眾君王在他面前都要閉口，因為他們看見了從未向他們講述過的事，聽見了從未聽說過的事。
