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安慰錫安的話

51 追求公義、尋求耶和華的啊!

你們要聽我的話。

你們要瞻仰那磐石,你們就是從其上鑿出來的;

你們要瞻仰那採石坑,你們就是從其中挖出來的。

你們要瞻仰你們的祖宗亞伯拉罕,

他們也要瞻仰那生你們的撒拉。

亞伯拉罕獨自一人的時候,我呼召了他,

賜福給他,使他有很多子孫。

耶和華必安慰錫安,

他要安慰它的一切荒場,

使它的曠野像伊甸園一樣,

使它的荒地像耶和華的園子一般,

在其中必有歡喜快樂、

感謝和歌聲。

我的子民哪!你們要留心聽我;

我的民族啊!你們要側耳聽我。

因為訓誨必從我而去;

我必堅立我的判詞為萬民之光。

我的公義臨近,我的拯救已經發出了,

我的膀臂審判萬民,

眾海島的人都要等候我,

並且仰賴我的膀臂。

你們要仰觀天空,

俯視大地;

因為諸天必像煙雲消散,

大地要像衣服漸漸破舊;

其上的居民必像蠓蟲死亡(“必像蠓蟲死亡”或譯:“必要這樣死去”),

但我的拯救卻永遠長存,

我的公義也不會廢去。

認識公義,把我的訓誨存在心裡的人民哪!

你們要聽我的話。

你們不要怕人的辱罵,

也不要因人的毀謗而驚惶。

因為蛀蟲必吃他們,像吃衣服一樣;

蟲子必吃他們,像吃羊羢一樣。

但我的公義永遠長存。

我的拯救直到萬代。

耶和華的膀臂啊,醒來吧!醒來吧!穿上能力吧!

像古時的日子,像上古的世代一樣醒來吧!

從前砍碎了拉哈伯,

刺透了海龍的,不是你嗎?

10 使海,就是大淵的水乾涸,

使海的深處變為蒙救贖的人

經過之路的,

不是你嗎?

11 耶和華所贖的人必歸回;

他們必歡呼著進入錫安;

永遠的快樂要臨到他們的頭上。

他們必得著歡喜快樂,

憂愁歎息都必逃避。

12 “我,我耶和華是安慰你們的;

你是誰,竟怕那會死的人,

怕那被造如草的世人呢?

13 你忘記了造你的耶和華,

就是那展開諸天,

奠定大地的根基的;

又因那欺壓者準備行毀滅的時候所發的烈怒,

你就終日不住懼怕呢?

其實那欺壓者的烈怒在哪裡呢?

14 被擄的快得釋放了,

他們必不會死,必不會下到陰間裡,

他們的食物也必不會缺乏。

15 我是耶和華你們的 神,

就是那攪動大海,使海中的波浪澎湃的;

萬軍之耶和華是他的名。

16 我把我的話放在你的口裡,

用我的手影蔽護你,

好立定諸天,奠定大地的根基,

對錫安說:‘你是我的子民。’”

17 耶路撒冷啊,醒來!醒來!站起來吧!

你從耶和華的手中喝了他烈怒的杯,

喝盡了那使人搖搖擺擺的爵。

18 她所生的眾子中,沒有一個引導她的;

她養大的眾子中,沒有一個扶持她的。

19 荒涼與毀滅,饑荒與刀劍,

這兩樣臨到你,

誰為你悲哀呢?

誰能安慰你呢(按照《馬索拉文本》,“誰能安慰你呢?”作“我如何能安慰你呢?”;現參照《死海古卷》和其他古譯本翻譯)?

20 你的眾子昏倒了,

在各街頭上躺臥,

好像羚羊在網羅之中;

他們飽嘗了耶和華的烈怒,

你的 神的斥責。

21 所以,你這困苦的,

不是因酒而醉倒的,要聽這話。

22 你的主耶和華,就是為自己的子民爭辯的 神,

這樣說:

“看哪!我已經把那使人搖搖擺擺的杯,

就是我烈怒的爵,

從你的手裡挪去了;你必不再喝這杯。

23 我必把這杯放在那些苦待你的人的手裡;

他們曾對你說:‘你屈身俯伏,讓我們走過去吧!’

你就以你的背作陸地,作街道,

任由他們踏過去。”

主對錫安的安慰

51 耶和華說:「追求公義、
尋求我的人啊,聽我說。
你們要追想那磐石,
你們是從那裡被鑿出來的;
你們要追想那岩穴,
你們是從那裡被挖出來的。
你們要追想你們的祖先亞伯拉罕和生你們的撒拉。
我呼召亞伯拉罕的時候,
他是孤身一人,
但我賜福給他,
使他子孫眾多。
我必安慰錫安和錫安所有的荒場,
使曠野像伊甸園,
使沙漠變成我的園囿,
裡面有歡喜、快樂、感謝和歌頌的聲音。

「我的子民啊,要留心聽我的話;
我的國民啊,要側耳聽我說。
因為我必賜下訓誨,
我的公正必成為萬民的光。
我的公義臨近,
我的拯救已經開始,
我的臂膀要審判萬民。
眾海島都在等候我,
仰賴我的臂膀。
你們舉目仰望穹蒼,
俯首觀看大地吧。
穹蒼必像煙雲消散,
大地必像衣服一樣漸漸破舊,
地上的居民必像蚊蠅一樣死亡。
但我的救恩永遠長存,
我的公義永不廢除。
認識公義、銘記我訓誨的人啊,
聽我說。
你們不要害怕人的辱罵,
也不要畏懼他們的譭謗。
因為蛀蟲必吃掉他們,
像吃衣服;
蟲子必蠶食他們,如食羊毛。
但我的公義永遠長存,
我的救恩延及萬代。」

耶和華啊,伸出臂膀,
施展能力吧,
像在從前的世代一樣施展你的能力吧!
難道不是你砍碎了拉哈伯,
刺死了海怪嗎?
10 難道不是你使海洋和深淵乾涸,
在海中開出道路讓蒙救贖的人穿過的嗎?
11 耶和華所救贖的人必回來,
必歡唱著回到錫安,
得到永遠的福樂。
他們將歡喜快樂,
再沒有憂愁和歎息。

12 耶和華說:「安慰你們的是我,是我。
你為什麼要害怕難逃一死、
生命如草芥的世人呢?
13 難道你忘記了創造你、
鋪展穹蒼、
奠立大地根基的耶和華嗎?
難道因為試圖毀滅你的欺壓者大發怒氣,
你就整天驚恐不安嗎?
他們的怒氣如今在哪裡呢?
14 被囚的人快得釋放了,
他們不會死在牢中,
也不會缺乏食物。
15 我是你的上帝耶和華,
我翻動大海、捲起波濤,
萬軍之耶和華是我的名。
16 我把我的話傳給你,
用我的手庇護你。
我鋪展穹蒼,奠立大地的根基,
對錫安說,『你是我的子民。』」

17 耶路撒冷啊,醒來,醒來,站起來吧!你從耶和華手中的杯裡喝了祂的憤怒,喝乾了那杯使人東倒西歪的酒。

18 你生育的兒子沒有一個來引導你,
你撫養成人的眾子沒有一個來攙扶你。
19 荒涼、毀滅、饑荒、
戰禍已臨到你身上,
誰會為你哀哭呢?
誰能安慰你呢[a]
20 你的兒子們昏倒在街頭,
好像羚羊掉進網羅,
你的上帝耶和華把祂的憤怒和責備重重地降在他們身上。
21 你這身受痛苦、並非因酒而醉的人啊,
要聽我的話。
22 你的主耶和華是為祂子民申辯的上帝,祂說:
「看啊,我已從你手中拿走那使人東倒西歪的杯和盛滿我憤怒的碗,
你必不再喝。
23 我必把這杯給苦待你的人,
他們曾對你說,『趴下,
我們好從你身上走過。』
你曾把你的背當作地面,
當作街道任人踐踏。」

Footnotes

  1. 51·19 誰能安慰你呢」有古卷作「我該怎樣安慰你呢」。

Everlasting Salvation for Zion

51 “Listen(A) to me, you who pursue righteousness(B)
    and who seek(C) the Lord:
Look to the rock(D) from which you were cut
    and to the quarry from which you were hewn;
look to Abraham,(E) your father,
    and to Sarah, who gave you birth.
When I called him he was only one man,
    and I blessed him and made him many.(F)
The Lord will surely comfort(G) Zion(H)
    and will look with compassion on all her ruins;(I)
he will make her deserts like Eden,(J)
    her wastelands(K) like the garden of the Lord.
Joy and gladness(L) will be found in her,
    thanksgiving(M) and the sound of singing.

“Listen to me, my people;(N)
    hear me,(O) my nation:
Instruction(P) will go out from me;
    my justice(Q) will become a light to the nations.(R)
My righteousness draws near speedily,
    my salvation(S) is on the way,(T)
    and my arm(U) will bring justice to the nations.
The islands(V) will look to me
    and wait in hope(W) for my arm.
Lift up your eyes to the heavens,
    look at the earth beneath;
the heavens will vanish like smoke,(X)
    the earth will wear out like a garment(Y)
    and its inhabitants die like flies.
But my salvation(Z) will last forever,(AA)
    my righteousness will never fail.(AB)

“Hear me, you who know what is right,(AC)
    you people who have taken my instruction to heart:(AD)
Do not fear the reproach of mere mortals
    or be terrified by their insults.(AE)
For the moth will eat them up like a garment;(AF)
    the worm(AG) will devour them like wool.
But my righteousness will last forever,(AH)
    my salvation through all generations.”

Awake, awake,(AI) arm(AJ) of the Lord,
    clothe yourself with strength!(AK)
Awake, as in days gone by,
    as in generations of old.(AL)
Was it not you who cut Rahab(AM) to pieces,
    who pierced that monster(AN) through?
10 Was it not you who dried up the sea,(AO)
    the waters of the great deep,(AP)
who made a road in the depths of the sea(AQ)
    so that the redeemed(AR) might cross over?
11 Those the Lord has rescued(AS) will return.
    They will enter Zion with singing;(AT)
    everlasting joy will crown their heads.
Gladness and joy(AU) will overtake them,
    and sorrow and sighing will flee away.(AV)

12 “I, even I, am he who comforts(AW) you.
    Who are you that you fear(AX) mere mortals,(AY)
    human beings who are but grass,(AZ)
13 that you forget(BA) the Lord your Maker,(BB)
    who stretches out the heavens(BC)
    and who lays the foundations of the earth,
that you live in constant terror(BD) every day
    because of the wrath of the oppressor,
    who is bent on destruction?
For where is the wrath of the oppressor?(BE)
14     The cowering prisoners will soon be set free;(BF)
they will not die in their dungeon,
    nor will they lack bread.(BG)
15 For I am the Lord your God,
    who stirs up the sea(BH) so that its waves roar(BI)
    the Lord Almighty(BJ) is his name.
16 I have put my words in your mouth(BK)
    and covered you with the shadow of my hand(BL)
I who set the heavens in place,
    who laid the foundations of the earth,(BM)
    and who say to Zion, ‘You are my people.(BN)’”

The Cup of the Lord’s Wrath

17 Awake, awake!(BO)
    Rise up, Jerusalem,
you who have drunk from the hand of the Lord
    the cup(BP) of his wrath,(BQ)
you who have drained to its dregs(BR)
    the goblet that makes people stagger.(BS)
18 Among all the children(BT) she bore
    there was none to guide her;(BU)
among all the children she reared
    there was none to take her by the hand.(BV)
19 These double calamities(BW) have come upon you—
    who can comfort you?(BX)
ruin and destruction,(BY) famine(BZ) and sword(CA)
    who can[a] console you?
20 Your children have fainted;
    they lie at every street corner,(CB)
    like antelope caught in a net.(CC)
They are filled with the wrath(CD) of the Lord,
    with the rebuke(CE) of your God.

21 Therefore hear this, you afflicted(CF) one,
    made drunk,(CG) but not with wine.
22 This is what your Sovereign Lord says,
    your God, who defends(CH) his people:
“See, I have taken out of your hand
    the cup(CI) that made you stagger;
from that cup, the goblet of my wrath,
    you will never drink again.
23 I will put it into the hands of your tormentors,(CJ)
    who said to you,
    ‘Fall prostrate(CK) that we may walk(CL) on you.’
And you made your back like the ground,
    like a street to be walked on.”(CM)

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 51:19 Dead Sea Scrolls, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; Masoretic Text / how can I

51 Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the Lord: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.

Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.

For the Lord shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.

Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people.

My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.

Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.

Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.

For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.

Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?

10 Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?

11 Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.

12 I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;

13 And forgettest the Lord thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?

14 The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.

15 But I am the Lord thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The Lord of hosts is his name.

16 And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.

17 Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the Lord the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out.

18 There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all the sons that she hath brought up.

19 These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee?

20 Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the Lord, the rebuke of thy God.

21 Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:

22 Thus saith thy Lord the Lord, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again:

23 But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.