< Isaiah 64 >
1 Didst Thou not rend the heavens? Thou didst come down, From thy presence did mountains flow,
望你衝破諸天降下,諸山在你面前震盪。
2 (As fire kindleth stubble — Fire causeth water to boil, ) To make known Thy name to Thine adversaries, From Thy presence do nations tremble.
有如火怎樣燒乾了水,火也怎樣燒毀你的敵人,好使你的敵人認識你的名,使萬民在你面前戰慄,
3 In Thy doing fearful things — we expect not, Thou didst come down, From Thy presence did mountains flow.
因為你行了誰也想不到的驚人事蹟;【你下降,使山嶺在你面前震盪。】
4 Even from antiquity [men] have not heard, They have not given ear, Eye hath not seen a God save Thee, He doth work for those waiting for Him.
是人從未聽過的,耳朵從未聽過,眼睛從未見過你以外,有一個神對依靠自己的人如此行事的。
5 Thou hast met with the rejoicer And the doer of righteousness, In Thy ways they remember Thee, Lo, Thou hast been wroth when we sin, By them [is] continuance, and we are saved.
你是歡迎那些履行正義和紀念你道路的人;但是,看,你發了怒,我們仍犯罪如初,仍照舊違叛你。
6 And we are as unclean — all of us, And as a garment passing away, all our righteous acts; And we fade as a leaf — all of us. And our iniquities as wind do take us away.
我們都好像成了不潔的人,所行的正義好似染了經血的內衣,又似乾枯的葉子;我們的罪惡好似狂風一般將我們捲去,
7 And there is none calling in Thy name, Stirring up himself to lay hold on Thee, For Thou hast hid Thy face from us, And thou meltest us away by our iniquities.
沒有一個呼求你名的,或奮起契合於你的,因為你掩面不顧我們,將我們委棄於我們罪惡的權下。
8 And now, O Jehovah, thou [art] our Father, We [are] the clay, and Thou our Framer, And the work of Thy hand — all of us.
如今,上主啊!你是我們的父親;我們只是泥土,你是的我們的陶工,我們都是你手中的作品。
9 Be not wroth, O Jehovah, very sore, Nor for ever remember iniquity, Lo, look attentively, we beseech Thee, Thy people [are] we all.
上主啊!不要嚴加忿怒,不要時常記念我們的罪惡;求你垂顧!我們都是你的子民。
10 Thy holy cities have been a wilderness, Zion a wilderness hath been, Jerusalem a desolation.
你的聖城都已成了荒地,熙雍已變為曠野,耶路撒冷成 了廢墟。
11 Our holy and our beautiful house, Where praise Thee did our fathers, Hath become burnt with fire, And all our desirable things have become a waste.
我們那華美的聖殿,即我們祖先讚頌你的所在,已被火焚燒,我們所喜愛的器皿都成了垃圾。
12 For these dost Thou refrain Thyself, Jehovah? Thou art silent, and dost afflict us very sore!'
上主,對這些事你還忍得住嗎﹖你還緘默,重重難為我們嗎﹖