< Isaiah 53 >
1 Who has believed what they heard from us, and to whom has the arm of Yahweh been revealed?
有誰會相信我們的報道呢﹖上主的手臂又向誰顯示了呢﹖
2 For he grew up before Yahweh like a sapling, and like a sprout out of parched earth; he had no remarkable appearance or splendor; when we saw him, there was no beauty to attract us.
他在上主前生長如嫩芽,又像出自乾地中的根苗;他沒有俊美,也沒有華麗,可使我們瞻仰;他沒有儀容,可使我們戀慕。
3 He was despised and rejected by people; a man of sorrows, and one familiar with pain. Like one from whom men hide their faces, he was despised; and we considered him insignificant.
他受盡了侮辱,被人遺棄;他真是個苦人,熟悉病苦;他好像一個人們掩面不顧的人;他受盡了侮辱,因而我們都以他不算什麼。
4 But surely he has borne our sicknesses and carried our sorrows; yet we thought he was being punished by God, struck by God, and afflicted.
然而他所背負的,是我們的疾苦;擔負的,是我們的疼痛;我們還以為他受了懲罰,為天主所擊傷,和受貶抑的人。
5 But he was pierced because of our rebellious deeds; he was crushed because of our sins. The punishment for our peace was on him, and with his wounds we are healed.
可是他被刺透,是因了我們的悖逆;他被打傷,是因了我們的罪惡;因他受了懲罰,我們便得了安全;因他受了創傷,我們便得了痊癒。
6 We all like sheep have gone astray; we have each turned to his own way, and Yahweh has placed on him the iniquity of us all.
我們都像羊一樣迷了路,各走各自的路;但上主卻把我們眾人的罪過歸到他身上。
7 He was oppressed; yet when he humbled himself, he did not open his mouth; as a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth.
他受虐待,仍然謙遜忍受,總不開口,如同被牽去待宰的羔羊;又像母羊在剪毛的人前不出聲,他也同樣不開口。
8 By coercion and judgment he was condemned; who from that generation thought anymore about him? But he was cut off from the land of the living; because of the offenses of my people the penalty was put on him.
他受了不義的審判而被除掉,有誰懷念他的命運﹖其實他從活人的地上被剪除,受難至死,是為了我人民的罪過。
9 They placed his grave with the criminals, with a rich man in his death, although he had done no violence, nor had there been any deceit in his mouth.
雖然他從未行過強暴,他口中也從未出過謊言,人們仍把他與歹徒同埋,使他同作惡的人同葬。
10 Yet it was Yahweh's will to crush him and make him ill. When he makes his life an offering for sin, he will see his offspring, he will prolong his days, and Yahweh's purpose will be accomplished through him.
上主的旨意是要苦難折磨他;當他犧牲了自己的性命,作了贖過祭時,他要看見他的後輩延年益壽,上主的旨意也藉他的手得以實現。
11 After the suffering of his life, he will see light and be satisfied by his knowledge. My righteous servant will justify many; he will bear their iniquities.
在他受盡了痛苦之後,他要看見光明,並因自己的經歷而滿足;我正義的僕人要使多人成義,因為他承擔了他們的罪過。
12 Therefore will I give him his portion among the multitudes, and he will divide the spoils with the many, because he exposed himself to death and was numbered with the transgressors. He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.
為此,我把大眾賜與他作報酬,他獲得了無數的人作為獵物;因為他為了承擔大眾的罪過,作罪犯的中保,犧牲了自己的性命,至於死亡,被列於罪犯之中。