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].
錫安哪，興起！興起！ 披上你的能力！ 聖城耶路撒冷啊，穿上你華美的衣服！ 因為從今以後， 未受割禮、不潔淨的必不再進入你中間。
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],
耶路撒冷啊，要抖下塵土！ 起來坐在位上！ 錫安被擄的居民哪， 要解開你頸項的鎖鍊！
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!”
耶和華如此說：「你們是無價被賣的，也必無銀被贖。
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.
主耶和華如此說：起先我的百姓下到埃及，在那裏寄居，又有亞述人無故欺壓他們。
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].
耶和華說：我的百姓既是無價被擄去，如今我在這裏做甚麼呢？耶和華說：轄制他們的人呼叫，我的名整天受褻瀆。
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].”
所以，我的百姓必知道我的名；到那日他們必知道說這話的就是我。看哪，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!
那報佳音，傳平安， 報好信，傳救恩的， 對錫安說：你的上帝作王了！ 這人的腳登山何等佳美！
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.
聽啊，你守望之人的聲音， 他們揚起聲來，一同歌唱； 因為耶和華歸回錫安的時候， 他們必親眼看見。
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.
耶路撒冷的荒場啊， 要發起歡聲，一同歌唱； 因為耶和華安慰了他的百姓， 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.
耶和華在萬國眼前露出聖臂； 地極的人都看見我們上帝的救恩了。
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].
你們離開吧！離開吧！ 從巴比倫出來。 不要沾不潔淨的物； 要從其中出來。 你們扛抬耶和華器皿的人哪， 務要自潔。
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].
你們出來必不致急忙， 也不致奔逃。 因為，耶和華必在你們前頭行； 以色列的上帝必作你們的後盾。
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.”
我的僕人行事必有智慧， 必被高舉上升， 且成為至高。
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.
許多人因他驚奇； 他的面貌比別人憔悴； 他的形容比世人枯槁。
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].
這樣，他必洗淨許多國民； 君王要向他閉口。 因所未曾傳與他們的，他們必看見； 未曾聽見的，他們要明白。
