以赛亚书 1

Chinese New Version (Traditional)

責備子民

1 在烏西雅、約坦、亞哈斯和希西家作猶大王的時候，亞摩斯的兒子以賽亞看見異象，是關於猶大和耶路撒冷的：

²諸天哪！要聽。大地啊！要留心聽。

因為耶和華說：

“我把孩子養育，使他們成長，

他們卻背叛了我。

³牛認識主人，

驢認識主人的槽；

以色列卻不認識我，

我的子民不明白我。”

⁴嗐！犯罪的國，

罪孽深重的子民，

行惡的子孫，

敗壞的兒女！

他們離棄了耶和華，

藐視以色列的聖者，

他們轉離了他。

⁵你們為甚麼屢次悖逆，

還要受責打嗎？

你們整個頭都受了傷，

整個心都發昏了。

⁶從腳掌到頭頂，沒有一處是完全的；

盡是創傷、鞭痕和流血的傷口；

沒有擠乾淨傷口，沒有包紮，

也沒有用膏油滋潤。

⁷你們的土地荒涼，

你們的城鎮被火燒毀，

你們的田地，在你們面前給外族人侵吞；

被外族人傾覆之後，就荒涼了。

⁸僅存的錫安居民（“居民”原文作“女子”），

好像葡萄園中的草棚，

瓜田裡的茅屋，

被圍困的城鎮。

⁹若不是萬軍之耶和華

給我們留下一些生還者，

我們早已像所多瑪、

蛾摩拉一樣了。

一面守節，一面犯罪

¹⁰你們這些所多瑪的官長啊！要聽耶和華的話；

你們這些蛾摩拉的人民啊！要側耳聽我們　神的教訓。

¹¹耶和華說：“你們獻上眾多祭物，

對我有甚麼益處呢？

公綿羊的燔祭和肥畜的脂肪，我已經夠了；

公牛、羊羔和公山羊的血，我都不喜悅。

¹²你們來朝見我的時候，

誰要求你們這樣踐踏我的院子呢？

¹³不要再帶沒有意義的供物來了，

燒獻祭物的香氣也是我厭惡的。

我厭煩月朔、安息日和集會；

作罪孽又守嚴肅會，是我不能容忍的。

¹⁴你們的月朔和制定的節期，我心裡恨惡；

它們都成了我的重擔，

我已承擔得不耐煩了。

¹⁵所以你們張開雙手的時候，

我必掩眼不看你們；

即使你們多多禱告，

我也不聽；

你們的手都沾滿血腥。

務要除惡行善

¹⁶你們要洗滌自己，潔淨自己；

從我眼前除掉你們的惡行；

要停止作惡，

¹⁷學習行善，

尋求公平，

指責殘暴的人，

替孤兒伸冤，

為寡婦辨屈。”

¹⁸耶和華說：“你們來，我們彼此辯論；

你們的罪雖像硃紅，

必變成雪白；

雖紅如丹顏，

必白如羊毛。

¹⁹你們若願意聽從，

就必得吃地上的美物；

²⁰你們若不聽從，反而悖逆，

就必被刀劍吞滅。”

這是耶和華親口說的。

聖城的罪惡

²¹那忠貞的城，怎麼會變成妓女！

她從前充滿公平，

有公義居在其中，

現在卻有兇手居住。

²²你的銀子變成了渣滓，

你的酒用水攙混。

²³你的官長存心悖逆，

與盜賊同夥；

人都貪愛賄賂，

追索私酬；

他們不替孤兒伸冤，

寡婦的案件也呈不到他們面前。

若悔改必得救贖

²⁴因此，主萬軍之耶和華，

以色列的大能者說：

“哎！我要向我的對頭雪恨，

向我的仇敵報復。

²⁵我必把手轉過來攻擊你；

我要煉除你的渣滓，如同用鹼來煉一樣，

我要除去你的一切雜質。

²⁶我必恢復你的審判官，像起初一樣；

也必恢復你的謀士，像起先一般；

以後，你必稱為公義的城、

忠貞的城。”

²⁷錫安必因公平蒙救贖，

城中悔改的人也必因公義蒙救贖。

²⁸但悖逆的和犯罪的，必一同滅亡，

離棄耶和華的，也必滅亡。

²⁹你們必因你們所喜愛的橡樹抱愧，

必因你們所選擇的園子蒙羞。

³⁰因為你們必像一棵葉子凋落的橡樹，

又如一個缺水的園子。

³¹有權勢的必如麻絮，

他所作的好像火星；

都要一同焚毀，

沒有人能撲滅。

Isaiah 1

International Children’s Bible

God’s Message in Troubled Times

1 This is the vision Isaiah son of Amoz saw. God showed Isaiah what would happen to Judah and Jerusalem. Isaiah saw these things while Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah were kings of Judah.

God Finds Fault with His People

²Heaven and earth, listen,
    because the Lord is speaking:
“I raised my children and helped them grow.
    But they have turned against me.
³An ox knows its master.
    And a donkey knows where its owner feeds it.
But the people of Israel do not know me.
    My people do not understand.”

⁴Terrible times are coming for Israel, a nation of sin.
    The people are loaded down with guilt.
They are like a group of children doing evil.
    They are full of evil.
They have left the Lord.
    They hate God, the Holy One of Israel.
    They have turned away from him.

⁵Why should you continue to be punished?
    Why do you continue to turn against him?
Your whole head is hurt.
    And your whole heart is sick.
⁶There is no healthy spot
    from the bottom of your foot to the top of your head.
    You are covered with wounds, hurts and open sores.
Your wounds are not cleaned and covered.
    No medicine takes away the pain.

⁷Your land is ruined.
    Your cities have been burned with fire.
While you watch,
    your enemies are stealing everything from your land.
    Your land is ruined like a country destroyed by enemies.
⁸Jerusalem is left alone
    like an empty shelter in a vineyard.
It is like a hut left in a field of melons.
    It is like a city surrounded by enemies.
⁹The Lord of heaven’s armies
    allowed a few of our people to live.
    Otherwise we would have been completely destroyed
    like the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.

¹⁰Jerusalem, your rulers are like those of Sodom.
    Your people are like those of Gomorrah.
Hear the word of the Lord.
    Listen to the teachings of our God!
¹¹The Lord says,
    “I do not want all these sacrifices you give me.
I have had enough of your sacrifices
    of male sheep and fat from fine animals.
I am not pleased
    by the blood of bulls, sheep and goats.
¹²You come to meet with me.
    But who asked you to do
    all this running in and out?
¹³Don’t continue bringing me worthless sacrifices!
    I hate the incense you burn.
I can’t stand your New Moons, Sabbaths and other feast days.
    I can’t stand the evil you do in holding your holy meetings.
¹⁴I hate your New Moon feasts
    and your other yearly feasts.
They have become like heavy weights on me.
    I am tired of carrying them.
¹⁵You will raise your arms in prayer to me.
    But I will refuse to look at you.
Even if you say many prayers,
    I will not listen to you.
It’s because your hands are full of blood.
¹⁶Wash yourselves and make yourselves clean.
    Stop doing the evil things I see you do.
Stop doing wrong!
¹⁷    Learn to do good.
Be fair to other people.
    Punish those who hurt others.
Help the orphans.
    Stand up for the rights of widows.”

¹⁸The Lord says,
    “Come, we will talk these things over.
Your sins are red like deep red cloth.
    But they can be as white as snow.
Your sins are bright red.
    But you can be white like wool.
¹⁹If you will obey me,
    you will eat good crops from the land.
²⁰But if you refuse to obey and if you turn against me,
    you will be destroyed by your enemies’ swords.”
The Lord himself said these things.

Jerusalem Is Not Loyal to God

²¹The city of Jerusalem once followed the Lord.
    But she is no longer loyal to the Lord.
She used to be filled with fairness.
    People there lived the way God wanted.
    But now, murderers live there.
²²Jerusalem, you have become like the scum left when silver is purified.
    You are like wine mixed with water.
²³Your rulers are rebels.
    They are friends of thieves.
They all accept money for doing wrong things.
    They are paid to cheat people.
They don’t try to help the orphans.
    And they don’t listen to the widows’ needs.
²⁴The Master, the Lord of heaven’s armies,
    the Mighty One of Israel, says:
“You, my enemies, will not cause me any more trouble.
    I will pay you back for what you did.
²⁵I will turn against you.
    I will clean away all your wrongs as if with soap.
    I will take all the worthless things out of you.
²⁶I will bring back judges as you had long ago.
    Your counselors will be like the ones you had in the beginning.
Then you will be called the City That Is Right with God.
    You will be called the Loyal City.”

²⁷Because the Lord does what is fair,
    he will rescue Jerusalem.
Because the Lord does what is right,
    he will save her people who come back to him.
²⁸But sinners and those who turn against him will be destroyed.
    Those who have left the Lord will die.

²⁹“You will be ashamed
    because you have worshiped false gods under the oak trees.
You will be disgraced
    because you have worshiped idols in your gardens.
³⁰You will be like an oak whose leaves are dying.
    You will be like a garden without water.
³¹Powerful people will be like small, dry pieces of wood.
    And what they do will be like sparks.
The people and what they do will burn together.
    And no one will be able to stop that fire.”

Isaiah 1

New International Version

1 The vision^(A) concerning Judah and Jerusalem^(B) that Isaiah son of Amoz saw^(C) during the reigns of Uzziah,^(D) Jotham,^(E) Ahaz^(F) and Hezekiah,^(G) kings of Judah.

A Rebellious Nation

²Hear me, you heavens! Listen, earth!^(H)
    For the Lord has spoken:^(I)
“I reared children^(J) and brought them up,
    but they have rebelled^(K) against me.
³The ox knows^(L) its master,
    the donkey its owner’s manger,^(M)
but Israel does not know,^(N)
    my people do not understand.^(O)”

⁴Woe to the sinful nation,
    a people whose guilt is great,^(P)
a brood of evildoers,^(Q)
    children given to corruption!^(R)
They have forsaken^(S) the Lord;
    they have spurned the Holy One^(T) of Israel
    and turned their backs^(U) on him.

⁵Why should you be beaten^(V) anymore?
    Why do you persist^(W) in rebellion?^(X)
Your whole head is injured,
    your whole heart^(Y) afflicted.^(Z)
⁶From the sole of your foot to the top of your head^(AA)
    there is no soundness^(AB)—
only wounds and welts^(AC)
    and open sores,
not cleansed or bandaged^(AD)
    or soothed with olive oil.^(AE)

⁷Your country is desolate,^(AF)
    your cities burned with fire;^(AG)
your fields are being stripped by foreigners^(AH)
    right before you,
    laid waste as when overthrown by strangers.^(AI)
⁸Daughter Zion^(AJ) is left^(AK)
    like a shelter in a vineyard,
like a hut^(AL) in a cucumber field,
    like a city under siege.
⁹Unless the Lord Almighty
    had left us some survivors,^(AM)
we would have become like Sodom,
    we would have been like Gomorrah.^(AN)

¹⁰Hear the word of the Lord,^(AO)
    you rulers of Sodom;^(AP)
listen to the instruction^(AQ) of our God,
    you people of Gomorrah!^(AR)
¹¹“The multitude of your sacrifices—
    what are they to me?” says the Lord.
“I have more than enough of burnt offerings,
    of rams and the fat of fattened animals;^(AS)
I have no pleasure^(AT)
    in the blood of bulls^(AU) and lambs and goats.^(AV)
¹²When you come to appear before me,
    who has asked this of you,^(AW)
    this trampling of my courts?
¹³Stop bringing meaningless offerings!^(AX)
    Your incense^(AY) is detestable^(AZ) to me.
New Moons,^(BA) Sabbaths and convocations^(BB)—
    I cannot bear your worthless assemblies.
¹⁴Your New Moon^(BC) feasts and your appointed festivals^(BD)
    I hate with all my being.^(BE)
They have become a burden to me;^(BF)
    I am weary^(BG) of bearing them.
¹⁵When you spread out your hands^(BH) in prayer,
    I hide^(BI) my eyes from you;
even when you offer many prayers,
    I am not listening.^(BJ)

Your hands^(BK) are full of blood!^(BL)

¹⁶Wash^(BM) and make yourselves clean.
    Take your evil deeds out of my sight;^(BN)
    stop doing wrong.^(BO)
¹⁷Learn to do right;^(BP) seek justice.^(BQ)
    Defend the oppressed.^[a]^(BR)
Take up the cause of the fatherless;^(BS)
    plead the case of the widow.^(BT)

¹⁸“Come now, let us settle the matter,”^(BU)
    says the Lord.
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
    they shall be as white as snow;^(BV)
though they are red as crimson,
    they shall be like wool.^(BW)
¹⁹If you are willing and obedient,^(BX)
    you will eat the good things of the land;^(BY)
²⁰but if you resist and rebel,^(BZ)
    you will be devoured by the sword.”^(CA)
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.^(CB)

²¹See how the faithful city
    has become a prostitute!^(CC)
She once was full of justice;
    righteousness^(CD) used to dwell in her—
    but now murderers!^(CE)
²²Your silver has become dross,^(CF)
    your choice wine is diluted with water.
²³Your rulers are rebels,^(CG)
    partners with thieves;^(CH)
they all love bribes^(CI)
    and chase after gifts.
They do not defend the cause of the fatherless;
    the widow’s case does not come before them.^(CJ)

²⁴Therefore the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    the Mighty One^(CK) of Israel, declares:
“Ah! I will vent my wrath on my foes
    and avenge^(CL) myself on my enemies.^(CM)
²⁵I will turn my hand against you;^[b]^(CN)
    I will thoroughly purge^(CO) away your dross^(CP)
    and remove all your impurities.^(CQ)
²⁶I will restore your leaders as in days of old,^(CR)
    your rulers as at the beginning.
Afterward you will be called^(CS)
    the City of Righteousness,^(CT)
    the Faithful City.^(CU)”

²⁷Zion will be delivered with justice,
her penitent^(CV) ones with righteousness.^(CW)
²⁸But rebels and sinners^(CX) will both be broken,
and those who forsake^(CY) the Lord will perish.^(CZ)

²⁹“You will be ashamed^(DA) because of the sacred oaks^(DB)
    in which you have delighted;
you will be disgraced because of the gardens^(DC)
    that you have chosen.
³⁰You will be like an oak with fading leaves,^(DD)
    like a garden without water.
³¹The mighty man will become tinder
    and his work a spark;
both will burn together,
    with no one to quench the fire.^(DE)”

Footnotes

Isaiah 1:17 Or justice. / Correct the oppressor
Isaiah 1:25 That is, against Jerusalem

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