< Isaiah 1 >

1 [I am] Isaiah, the son of Amoz. [Yahweh showed me] visions about Jerusalem and [all the other places in] Judah. He showed me these visions during the years that Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were kings of Judah.
在烏齊雅、約堂、阿哈次和希則克雅為猶大王時,阿摩茲的兒子依撒意亞,關於猶大和耶路撒冷所見的異象如下:
2 This is what Yahweh says: “All you [angels in] [APO] heaven and [all you people on] [APO] earth, listen to me! The people that I caused to exist and took care of [DOU] have rebelled against me.
諸天,請諦聽!大地,請側耳! 因為上主有話說:「我把孩子撫養長大,他們竟背叛了我 !
3 Oxen know their owners, and donkeys know who provides food for them, but my Israeli people do not know [me]; they do not realize [that I am the one who takes care of them].”
牛認識自己的主人,驢也認識自己主人的槽,以色列卻毫不知情,我的百姓卻一點不懂。」
4 Terrible things will happen to that sinful nation, to those people who are guilty of sinning greatly. They are a group of very evil people, who act very unjustly. They have abandoned Yahweh, the holy one of Israel; they have (abandoned/turned away from) him.
禍哉,犯罪的民族,惡貫滿盈的百姓,作惡的後裔,敗壞的子孫!他們離棄了上主,蔑視了以色列的聖者,轉身背棄了他。
5 Why do you [RHQ] continue to [do things for which] you should be punished? Why do you continue to rebel against Yahweh? [You are like] [MET] someone whose head is badly injured and whose mind is sick/corrupt.
你們為什麼還繼續叛逆,再遭受打擊呢﹖整個頭已患了病,整個心已經焦悴;
6 [It is as though] [MET] from the soles/bottoms of your feet to the [tops of your] heads nothing is healthy; there are only open wounds and cuts and sores that have not been cleaned or bandaged, and no [olive] oil has been put on them [to heal them].
從腳掌直到頭頂已體無完膚,盡是創痍、傷痕和新的傷口;沒有擠淨,沒有包紮,也沒有軟膏滋潤。
7 [It is as though] your country is ruined/desolate; your towns have been burned. Foreigners plunder/steal the crops in your fields while you watch; they destroy everything [that they see].
你們的地區變成荒蕪,你們的城市被火燒盡,你們面前的莊田被異民吞併,變成一片荒涼,宛如索多瑪的廢墟;
8 The city of Jerusalem has [already] been abandoned, it is like [SIM] a shelter in a vineyard that has been abandoned by the watchmen; it is like [SIM] a watchman’s hut in a field of melons that has been deserted. It is a city surrounded by its enemies who are waiting to attack it.
僅存的熙雍女兒,有如葡萄園裏的茅舍,胡瓜園中的草廬,被圍困著的城市。
9 If the Commander of the armies of angels had not allowed a few of us [his people] to (survive/remain alive), we would have [all] been [destroyed], like [the cities of] Sodom and Gomorrah [were destroyed].
若非萬軍的上主給我們留下些許殘餘,我們早已如同索多瑪,相似哈摩辣了。
10 You [leaders of Judah are as wicked as] the rulers of Sodom were, and you [other people in Jerusalem areas are as wicked as] the people in Gomorrah [were]. Listen to this message from Yahweh, [all of you]!
索多瑪的統治者,請聽上主的話!哈摩辣的百姓,請聽天主的訓示:「
11 He says, “You continue to bring many sacrifices to me, but I do not [RHQ] want them [because you do not worship me sincerely]! You bring me many offerings to be completely burned [on the altar], [but] I (am tired/do not want any more) of your burning all those offerings, the burning rams and the fat from fat cattle. I am not pleased with the blood of bulls and lambs and goats that [the priest] pours [against the altar].
你們為什麼向我奉獻那麼多的犧牲﹖--上主說:我已飽饜了公羊的燔祭和肥犢的脂膏;牛犢、羔羊和山羊的血我已不喜歡;
12 When you come to my temple to worship me, no one [RHQ] told you to trample on my courtyard while you perform all those rituals.
你們來見我的面時,誰向你們要求了這些東西﹖這簡直是蹂躪我的殿院。
13 Stop bringing to me those offerings, because they are useless [to me]; I am disgusted with the incense that [the priests burn]. And [your feasts to celebrate] the new moon [each month] and your (Sabbath [days]/days of rest) and your [other] festivals— I detest them because of the wicked things [that you do].
不要再奉獻無謂的祭品!馨香已為我所憎惡,月朔、安息日、集會、齋戒和盛大的宴會,我已都不能容受。
14 I [SYN] hate [all] your celebrations of each new moon and the [other] festivals that you celebrate each year. They are [like] [MET] a heavy burden that I am tired of carrying.
我的心痛恨你們的月朔和你們的慶節,它們為我是種累贅,使我忍無可忍。
15 [So], when you lift up your hands when you pray [to me], I will not [even] look at you. Even if you pray [to me very] frequently, I will not listen [to you], [because it is as though] your hands are covered with the blood [of people whom you have killed].
你們伸出手時,我必掩目不看;你們行大祈禱時,我決不俯聽,因為你們的手染滿了血!
16 Cleanse your inner beings, and become [spiritually] clean! Stop your evil behavior! Stop doing things that are wrong!
你們應該洗滌,應該自潔,從我眼前革除你們的惡行,停止作孽,
17 Learn to do [things that are] good! [Try to] cause people to do what is just. Help people who are (oppressed/treated cruelly). Defend orphans and widows [when people take them to court].”
學習行善,尋求正義,責斥壓迫人的人,為孤兒伸冤,為寡婦辯護。
18 Yahweh says, “You need to think about the results of what you do. Even though [the guilt of] your sins be [as evident and as difficult to get rid of] as [SIM] red [stains on a white garment] [DOU], [I will get rid of them completely] [like someone who can make that stained garment] become as white as snow or wool [DOU].
現在你們來,讓我們互相辯論--上主說:你們的罪雖似朱紅,將變成雪一樣的潔白;雖紅得發紫,仍能變成羊毛一樣的皎潔。
19 If you are willing to obey [me], [I will enable] you to have plenty to eat.
假使你們樂意服從,你們將享用地上的美物;
20 But, if you turn away [from me and] rebel against me, you will be killed [by your enemies’] swords. [That will surely happen, because I, ] Yahweh, have said it.”
假使你們拒絕反抗,你們將為刀劍所吞滅。」這是上主親口說的。
21 “[You people of Jerusalem previously] faithfully [worshiped only] me, but now you have become like [MET] prostitutes [who are not faithful to any husband]. Previously, people there always acted justly/fairly and righteously, but now your city [is full of] murderers.
忠貞的城邑,怎麼變成了蕩婦! 昔日充滿著正義,寄居著公平的,現今卻住滿了謀殺的兇手!
22 Previously, you were [like] [MET] pure silver, but now you have become [like] [MET] the scum that is left [when silver is purified]. Previously you were [like pure] wine, but you have become [like] [MET] wine that has [a lot of] water mixed with it.
你的銀子變成了渣滓,你的美酒攙和了水份;
23 Your leaders are rebels; they spend time with thieves. They all want to get bribes and force others to give them gifts [in order that they do good things for them]. They do not defend orphans [in court], and they do not do all they can to enable widows to get what they should receive.
你的首領謀反作亂,成了盜賊的幫兇;他們都愛好賄賂,索取報酬,不為孤兒伸冤,不受理寡婦的訴訟。
24 Therefore [I, ] the Commander of the armies of angels, the mighty God of Israel, say to my enemies, ‘will get revenge on you; you will not cause me any more trouble. And I will pay you back for the evil things that you did.
因此吾主,萬軍的上主,以色列的大能者說:「哎!我必向我的敵人雪恨,我必向我的仇人復仇。
25 I will raise my fist to strike you. I will [punish you severely] [MET], as though [MET] you were silver [and I needed to heat you very greatly to] melt you and get rid of the impurities.
我必向你伸出我的手,用爐火煉盡你的渣滓,除去你所有的鉛錫。
26 [After that happens, ] I will give you good judges like you had previously; you will have [wise] counselors like you had long ago. Then people will call your city “a city where people [act] righteously, a city where people are loyal to me.”'”
我要使你的民長復興如初;使你的參謀恢復如初;以後你將被稱為正義的城市,忠貞的城邑。」
27 Because the people of Jerusalem will do what is fair/just, their city will be restored; those who repent [will be saved] because of [their acting] righteously.
熙雍將因正直獲得救贖,她的居民將因正義蒙受救恩;
28 But rebels and sinners will be crushed by Yahweh, and those who forsake him will disappear.
然而惡人和罪人必將一同滅亡,背棄上主的人必要滅絕。
29 You will be ashamed because [you worshiped] idols under the oak trees [that you considered to be] sacred; you will be disgraced because [you worshiped idols] in the gardens where you chose [to worship them].
你們必因你們所喜愛的橡樹而蒙羞,必因你們所選擇的花園而慚愧;
30 You will be like [SIM] a very large tree which has withered leaves, like [SIM] a garden that [is dried up because] it has no water.
你們將變成一棵落葉的橡樹,一座無水的花園。
31 Those among you who are [very] strong will become [like] [MET] dry wood, and the work they do will be [like] [MET] a spark; both they and the evil things that they do will burn up completely, and no one will be able to put out the fire.
強者將似麻絮,他的工作猶如火花:二者必要同時焚燒,無人予以熄滅。

< Isaiah 1 >