讚美之歌

25 耶和華啊!你是我的上帝,我要尊崇你,讚美你的名。你信實無比,

按你古時定下的計劃行了奇妙的事。
你使城邑淪為廢墟,
使堅壘淪為荒場。
外族人的宮殿不復存在,
永遠不能重建。
因此,強盛的國家必頌揚你,
殘暴的民族必敬畏你。
你是貧窮人的避難所,
是困苦之人患難中的避難所,
你是避風港,
是酷暑中的陰涼處。
殘暴之徒的氣息好像吹襲牆垣的暴風,
又像沙漠中的熱氣。
但你平息外族人的喧嘩,
止息殘暴之徒的歌聲,
好像雲朵消去酷熱。

在錫安山上,萬軍之耶和華必為天下萬民擺設豐盛的宴席,有陳年佳釀和精選的美食。 在這山上,祂必除去遮蔽萬民的面紗和籠罩萬國的幔子。 祂必永遠吞滅死亡。主耶和華必擦去各人臉上的眼淚,從世上除掉祂子民的羞辱。這是耶和華說的。 到那日,人們必說:「看啊,這是我們的上帝,我們信靠祂,祂拯救了我們。這是耶和華,我們信靠祂,我們要因祂的拯救而歡喜快樂。」 10 耶和華必伸手保護這山,但摩押人必被踐踏,像乾草被踐踏在糞池中。 11 他們必在裡面張開手臂,好像張開手臂游泳的人一樣。耶和華必摧毀他們的驕傲,挫敗他們手中的詭計。 12 祂必拆毀他們高大堅固的城牆,將其夷為平地、化為塵土。

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.