Isaiah 51
1 Here ye me, that suen that that is iust, and seken the Lord. Take ye hede to the stoon, fro whennys ye ben hewun doun, and to the caue of the lake, fro which ye ben kit doun.
你們追求正義，尋覓上主的人，請聽我說：你們又細察那巖石，你們是從那上邊鑿下來的；要細察那石穴，你們是從那裏挖出來的。
2 Take ye heede to Abraham, youre fadir, and to Sare, that childide you; for Y clepide hym oon, and Y blesside hym, and Y multipliede hym.
你們要細察你們的父親亞巴郎和產生你們的撒辣，因為當我召叫他時，只有他一人，但我祝福了他，使他繁盛。
3 Therfor the Lord schal coumforte Sion, and he schal coumforte alle the fallyngis therof; and he schal sette the desert therof as delices, and the wildirnesse therof as a gardyn of the Lord; ioie and gladnesse schal be foundun therynne, the doyng of thankyngis and the vois of heriyng.
的確，上主必要憐憫熙雍，憐憫她所有的廢墟，使她的荒野成為伊甸，使她的沙漠變為上主的樂園，其中必有歡樂和愉快，歌頌和絃樂之聲。
4 Mi puple, take ye heede to me, and, my lynage, here ye me; for whi a lawe schal go out fro me, and my doom schal reste in to the liyt of puplis.
萬民啊！請傾聽我；萬邦啊！請側耳聽我：法律將由我而出，我的正義要作為萬民的光明。
5 My iust man is nyy, my sauyour is gon out, and myn armes schulen deme puplis; ilis schulen abide me, and schulen suffre myn arm.
我的正義要迅速降臨，我的救恩業已出現，我的手臂要掌管萬民；諸島嶼都仰望我，依賴我的手臂。
6 Reise youre iyen to heuene, and se ye vndur erthe bynethe; for whi heuenes schulen melte awei as smoke, and the erthe schal be al to-brokun as a cloth, and the dwelleris therof schulen perische as these thingis; but myn helthe schal be withouten ende, and my riytfulnesse schal not fayle.
你們仰觀諸天，俯察大地：縱然諸天將如煙雲消散，大地要像衣服破舊，地上的居民要如蚊子死去，然而我的救恩永遠常存，我的正義決不廢除。
7 Ye puple, that knowen the iust man, here me, my lawe is in the herte of hem; nyle ye drede the schenschipe of men, and drede ye not the blasfemyes of hem.
你們認識正義，心懷法律的人民，請聽我說：不要怕人家的侮辱，對他們的嘲笑也不必驚恐；
8 For whi a worm schal ete hem so as a cloth, and a mouyte schal deuoure hem so as wolle; but myn helthe schal be withouten ende, and my riytfulnesse in to generaciouns of generaciouns.
因為他們必如衣服一樣，為蠹蟲所吃掉；如羊毛一樣，為衣魚所吃掉；然而我的正義永遠常存，我的救恩直到萬世。
9 Rise thou, rise thou, arm of the Lord, be thou clothyd in strengthe; rise thou, as in elde daies, in generaciouns of worldis. Whether thou smytidist not the proude man, woundidist not the dragoun?
上主的手臂！醒來，醒來！施展威能罷！醒來有如在古時古代一樣。不是你斬了辣哈布，刺殺了巨龍嗎﹖
10 Whether thou driedist not the see, the watir of the greet depthe, which settidist the depthe of the see a weie, that men `that weren delyuered, schulden passe?
不是你令海令大洋的水涸竭了嗎﹖不是你使海底變為大路，叫蒙救的人走過嗎﹖
11 And now thei that ben ayenbouyt of the Lord schulen turne ayen, and schulen come heriynge in to Syon, and euerlastynge gladnesse on the heedis of hem; thei schulen holde ioie and gladnesse, sorewe and weilyng schal fle awei.
上主所解救的人必要歸來，快樂地來到熙雍，永久的歡樂將臨於他們頭上；他們將享盡歡欣與快樂，憂愁與悲哀必將遠遁。
12 `Y my silf schal coumforte you; what art thou, that thou drede of a deedli man, and of the sone of man, that schal wexe drie so as hei?
是我，是我親自安慰了你，你怎麼還怕那有死的人，怕那命如草芥的人子呢﹖
13 And thou hast foryete `the Lord, thi creatour, that stretchide abrood heuenes, and foundide the erthe; and thou dreddist contynueli al dai of the face of his woodnesse, that dide tribulacioun to thee, and made redi for to leese. Where is now the woodnesse of the troblere?
你怎麼竟忘記了那創造你，展開諸天，奠定大地的上主，而終日不斷對那壓迫你，決意要消滅你的人的狂怒恐怖呢﹖如今壓迫你者的狂怒在那裏呢﹖
14 Soone he schal come, goynge for to opene; and he schal not sle til to deth, nether his breed schal faile.
囚禁的人即將釋放，不致死於深坑，他的口糧也不會缺乏。
15 Forsothe Y am thi Lord God, that disturble the see, and the wawis therof wexen greet; the Lord of oostis is my name.
我是上主你的天主，即那攪動海洋使浪濤澎湃的，他的名字是「萬軍的上主。」
16 Y haue put my wordis in thi mouth, and Y defendide thee in the schadewe of myn hond; that thou plaunte heuenes, and founde the erthe, and seie to Sion, Thou art my puple.
是我把我的話放在你的口中，將你掩護在我的手蔭之下；是我展開了諸天，奠定了大地，並給熙雍說：「你是我的百姓。」
17 Be thou reisid, be thou reisid, rise thou, Jerusalem, that hast drunke of the hond of the Lord the cuppe of his wraththe; thou hast drunke `til to the botme of the cuppe of sleep, thou hast drunke of `til to the drastis.
起來，起來！耶路撒冷！立起來！你這由上主手中飲了他震怒之杯，啜盡了那麻醉爵中渣滓的！
18 Noon is that susteyneth it, of alle the sones whiche it gendride; and noon is that takith the hond therof, of alle the sones whiche it nurshide.
她所生的兒子中沒有一個來引領她的，她養大的兒子中沒有一個來扶持她手的。
19 Twei thingis ben that camen to thee; who schal be sori on thee? distriyng, and defoulyng, and hungur, and swerd. Who schal coumforte thee?
這兩件事臨到了你身上，有誰哀憐你呢﹖就是荒涼與滅亡，饑饉與兵燹，有誰安慰你呢﹖
20 Thi sones ben cast forth, thei slepten in the heed of alle weies, as the beeste orix, takun bi a snare; thei ben ful of indignacioun of the Lord, of blamyng of thi God.
你的兒子昏迷不醒，躺在街頭，像陷入羅網的羚羊；他們還飽嘗了上主的憤怒，受盡了你的天主的恐嚇。
21 Therfor, thou pore, and drunkun, not of wyn, here these thingis.
為此，你這受苦難的，非因酒而醉倒的，請聽這事！
22 Thi lordli gouernour, the Lord, and thi God, that fauyt for his puple, seith these thingis, Lo! Y haue take fro thyn hond the cuppe of sleep, the botme of the cuppe of myn indignacioun; Y schal not leie to, that thou drynke it ony more.
你的主宰上主，為自己的人民辯護的天主，這樣說：「看！我已從你手中取回了那麻醉的杯，我憤怒的爵，你必不再喝，
23 And Y schal sette it in the hond of hem that maden thee low, and seiden to thi soule, Be thou bowid that we passe; and thou hast set thi bodi as erthe, and as a weye to hem that goen forth.
我將此杯放在壓迫你者的手中，就是曾對你說：「躺下來！讓我們走過去！」你便使你的背脊作為平地，作為街道，任他們走過去的那些人。
