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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。”

Song of Praise for God’s Favor

25 Lord, You are (A)my God;
I will exalt You, I will give thanks to Your name;
For You have (B)worked wonders,
(C)Plans formed long ago, with perfect faithfulness.
For You have turned a city into a (D)heap,
A (E)fortified city into a ruin;
A (F)palace of strangers is no longer a city,
It will never be rebuilt.
Therefore a strong people will (G)glorify You;
(H)Cities of ruthless nations will revere You.
For You have been a (I)stronghold for the helpless,
A stronghold for the poor in his distress,
A (J)refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat;
For the breath of the (K)ruthless
Is like a rain storm against a wall.
Like heat in a dry land, You subdue the (L)uproar of foreigners;
Like heat by the shadow of a cloud, the song of the ruthless is [a]silenced.

(M)Now the Lord of armies will prepare a [b]lavish banquet for (N)all peoples on this mountain;
A banquet of [c]aged wine, [d]choice pieces with marrow,
And [e]refined, aged wine.
And on this mountain He will destroy the [f](O)covering which is over all peoples,
The veil which is [g]stretched over all nations.
He will [h](P)swallow up death for all time,
And the Lord [i]God will (Q)wipe tears away from all faces,
And He will remove the (R)disgrace of His people from all the earth;
For the Lord has spoken.
And it will be said on that day,
“Behold, (S)this is our God for whom we have (T)waited [j]that (U)He might save us.
This is the Lord for whom we have waited;
(V)Let’s rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”
10 For the hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain,
And (W)Moab will be trampled down in his place
As straw is trampled down in the water of a manure pile.
11 And he will (X)spread out his hands in the middle of it
As a swimmer spreads out his hands to swim,
But the Lord will (Y)lay low his pride together with the trickery of his hands.
12 The (Z)unassailable fortifications of your walls He will bring down,
Lay low, and throw to the ground, to the dust.

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 25:5 Lit humbled
  2. Isaiah 25:6 Lit feast of fat things; i.e., abundance
  3. Isaiah 25:6 Lit wine on the lees
  4. Isaiah 25:6 Lit fat pieces
  5. Isaiah 25:6 Lit wine refined on the lees
  6. Isaiah 25:7 Lit face of the covering
  7. Isaiah 25:7 Lit woven
  8. Isaiah 25:8 I.e., destroy
  9. Isaiah 25:8 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
  10. Isaiah 25:9 Or and He saved us

Praise to the Victorious God

25 Lord, you are my God;
    I will exalt you and praise your name,
for you have done marvelous things,
        plans made long ago in faithfulness and truth.
For you have made the city a heap of rubble,
    the fortified city into a ruin;
the foreigners’ citadel[a] is no longer a city—
    it will never be rebuilt!
Therefore strong peoples will glorify you;
    cities of ruthless nations will revere you.
For you have been a stronghold for the poor,
    a stronghold for the needy in distress,
a shelter from the storm
    and a shade from the heat—
for the blistering attack[b] from the ruthless
    is like a rainstorm beating against a wall,
and the noise of foreigners is like the heat of the desert.
    Just as you subdue heat by the shade of clouds,
        so the victory songs of violent men will be stilled.

Celebration of the Righteous

“On this mountain,[c] the Lord of the Heavenly Armies will prepare for all peoples
    a banquet of rich food,
a banquet of well-aged wines—
    rich food full of marrow,
        and refined wines of the finest[d] vintage
And on this mountain,[e] he will swallow up
    the burial[f] shroud that enfolds all peoples,
the veil that is spread over all nations—
he has swallowed up[g] death forever!
Then the Lord God will wipe away the tears from all faces,
    and he will take away the disgrace of his people
        from the entire earth.”
for the Lord has spoken.

“And you[h] will say at that time,[i]
    ‘Look! It’s the Lord![j] This is our God!
We waited for him,
    and he saved us.
This is the Lord!
    We waited for him,
so let us rejoice,
    and we will[k] be glad that he has saved us.”

The Misery of Moab

10 For the Lord’s power[l] will rest on this mountain,[m]
    but the Moabites will be trodden down beneath him,
just as straw is trodden down
    in the slime of[n] a manure pit.
11 They will spread out their hands in the thick of it,
    just as swimmers spread out their hands to swim,
but the Lord will bring down their pride,
    together with the cleverness of their hands.
12 He brings down the high fortifications of your walls
    and lays them low;
he will raze them[o] to the ground,
    right down to the dust.

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 25:2 So 1QIsaa MT; MTmss LXX read citadel of arrogant people
  2. Isaiah 25:4 1QIsaa MT lack attack
  3. Isaiah 25:6 I.e. Mount Zion; cf. 24:23
  4. Isaiah 25:6 1QIsaa MT lack the finest
  5. Isaiah 25:7 I.e. Mount Zion; cf. 24:23
  6. Isaiah 25:7 So 1QIsaa; the Heb. lacks burial
  7. Isaiah 25:8 So 1QIsaa MTms; MT reads And he will swallow up; cf. LXX Syr Theodotian 1Cor 15:54
  8. Isaiah 25:9 So 1QIsaa Syriac; 4QIsac MT read he; LXX reads they
  9. Isaiah 25:9 Lit. say on that day
  10. Isaiah 25:9 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack It’s the Lord
  11. Isaiah 25:9 So 1QIsaa; MT reads and let us
  12. Isaiah 25:10 Lit. hand
  13. Isaiah 25:10 I.e. Mount Zion; cf. 24:23
  14. Isaiah 25:10 Lit. in the water of; so 1QIsaa MT; MTqere reads in; LXX reads in wagons
  15. Isaiah 25:12 Or reach; so 1QIsaa; 4QIsac MT read he casts them

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.