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稱頌的詩歌

25 耶和華啊!你是我的 神,

我要尊崇你,稱謝你的名,

因為你以信實真誠作成了奇妙的事,

就是你遠古以前所計劃的事。

你使城市變成廢堆,

使堅固城變為荒涼的地方,

使外族人的城堡不再為城,

永遠不得重建。

因此,強大的民族必榮耀你;

強暴之國的城也要敬畏你。

你作了困乏人的保障、

貧窮人急難中的保障、

躲暴風雨的避難所、避炎熱的陰涼處;

因為強暴者所吹的氣,

如同直吹牆壁的暴風。

你抑制外族人的喧嘩,好像減低乾旱之地的炎熱;

你禁止強暴者的凱歌,好像熱氣因雲彩而消散。

聖山上擺設筵席

萬軍之耶和華必在這山上為萬民擺設豐盛美筵,有陳酒、滿髓的肥甘和醇美好酒。 他又必在這山上除滅那遮蓋萬民的面巾,和那遮蓋列國的帕子。 他要吞滅死亡,直到永遠;主耶和華必擦去各人臉上的眼淚,又從地上除掉他子民的羞辱;這是耶和華說的。

 神施行拯救,懲罰敵人

到那日,必有人說:“看哪!這是我們的 神;我們信靠他,他必拯救我們。這是耶和華,我們所倚靠的,我們要因他的拯救歡喜快樂。 10 耶和華的手必放在這山上;但摩押人在自己的地方必受踐踏,好像乾草在糞坑中被踐踏一樣。 11 他們必在其中伸開手來,好像游泳者伸開手來游泳一樣;但耶和華要使他們的驕傲和他們手所行的詭計,一同敗落。 12 耶和華必使他們高聳而堅固的城牆傾倒下陷,落在地面,變作塵土。”

A song to thank God

25 Lord, you are my God!
I will praise you
    because your name is great.
You have done wonderful things.
You decided a long time ago what you would do.
    And you have done exactly what you promised to do.
You have destroyed cities
    so that they become a heap of stones.
You have destroyed the strongest cities.
The beautiful palaces in foreign lands have disappeared.
    Nobody will build them again.
So people of strong nations will praise you.
    The people of cruel nations will be afraid of you.
You Lord have been a safe place for poor people.
When helpless people were in trouble,
    you have kept them safe.
You were a place for them to hide from the storm.
    You gave them shade from the heat.
Yes, cruel people attack them
    like a storm that hits against a wall.
    and like strong heat in the desert.
You Lord stopped the proud noise of foreign people.
Like the shadow of a cloud that stops the heat of the sun,
    you stopped our cruel enemy's songs.
You stopped them as they boasted of their strength.
The Lord Almighty will prepare a feast on this mountain.[a]
    It will be a feast for all the nations of the world.
It will be a great feast, with plenty of meat and wine.
    The best meat and the best wine will be there.
On this mountain the Lord will take away the things
    that make all people sad.
He will remove the cloth
    that covers the people of all nations.
The Almighty Lord will destroy death for ever.
    He will clean away the tears in everyone's eyes.
His people will not feel ashamed any more.
    Nobody in all the world will ever insult them again.
That is what the Lord has said.

At that time, people will say,
    ‘Look! This is our God!
We trusted him to keep us safe,
    and he rescued us.
Yes, this is the Lord!
    We trusted him to keep us safe.
We will sing with joy,
    because he has saved us.’
10 The Lord's power will bless this mountain.
He will knock down Moab's people
    and he will walk all over them.
He will walk on them,
    as if they are straw in a heap of dung.
11 Moab's people will try to escape from that punishment.
    They will push with their hands as they try to swim out!
But the Lord will make their proud strength useless,
    whatever they do to escape.
12 He will knock down the high walls of Moab's city.
    He will completely destroy their strong place.
It will all fall down into the dust on the ground.

Footnotes

  1. 25:6 ‘this mountain’ is Mount Zion in Jerusalem.

Praise to the Lord

25 Lord, you are my God;(A)
    I will exalt you and praise your name,(B)
for in perfect faithfulness(C)
    you have done wonderful things,(D)
    things planned(E) long ago.
You have made the city a heap of rubble,(F)
    the fortified(G) town a ruin,(H)
the foreigners’ stronghold(I) a city no more;
    it will never be rebuilt.(J)
Therefore strong peoples will honor you;(K)
    cities of ruthless(L) nations will revere you.
You have been a refuge(M) for the poor,(N)
    a refuge for the needy(O) in their distress,
a shelter from the storm(P)
    and a shade from the heat.
For the breath of the ruthless(Q)
    is like a storm driving against a wall
    and like the heat of the desert.
You silence(R) the uproar of foreigners;(S)
    as heat is reduced by the shadow of a cloud,
    so the song of the ruthless(T) is stilled.

On this mountain(U) the Lord Almighty will prepare
    a feast(V) of rich food for all peoples,
a banquet of aged wine—
    the best of meats and the finest of wines.(W)
On this mountain he will destroy
    the shroud(X) that enfolds all peoples,(Y)
the sheet that covers all nations;
    he will swallow up death(Z) forever.
The Sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears(AA)
    from all faces;
he will remove his people’s disgrace(AB)
    from all the earth.
The Lord has spoken.(AC)

In that day(AD) they will say,

“Surely this is our God;(AE)
    we trusted(AF) in him, and he saved(AG) us.
This is the Lord, we trusted in him;
    let us rejoice(AH) and be glad in his salvation.”(AI)

10 The hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain;(AJ)
    but Moab(AK) will be trampled in their land
    as straw is trampled down in the manure.
11 They will stretch out their hands in it,
    as swimmers stretch out their hands to swim.
God will bring down(AL) their pride(AM)
    despite the cleverness[a] of their hands.
12 He will bring down your high fortified walls(AN)
    and lay them low;(AO)
he will bring them down to the ground,
    to the very dust.

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 25:11 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.