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 神懲罰罪過

65 沒有求問我的,我讓他們尋著;

沒有尋找我的,我讓他們遇見。

沒有呼求我名的國,

我對他們說:“我在這裡!我在這裡!”

我整天向著悖逆的子民伸開雙手,

他們隨著自己的意念行不善的道。

這人民常常當面惹我發怒,

在園中獻祭,在磚壇上燒香,

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Chapter 65

[a]I was ready to respond to those who did not ask,
    to be found by those who did not seek me.
I said: Here I am! Here I am!
    To a nation that did not invoke my name.(A)
I have stretched out my hands all day
    to a rebellious people,
Who walk in a way that is not good,
    following their own designs;(B)
A people who provoke me
    continually to my face,
Offering sacrifices in gardens
    and burning incense on bricks,

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Footnotes

  1. 65:1–7 These verses serve as a response to the preceding questions about God’s inaction (64:6, 11). It is not God who has been absent, but the people who have walked away from God by idolatrous acts and rituals (vv. 3–4). That is the reason for their punishment (vv. 6–7).