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作歌勉人唯主是赖

26 当那日,在犹大地人必唱这歌说:“我们有坚固的城,耶和华要将救恩定为城墙,为外郭。 敞开城门,使守信的义民得以进入! 坚心倚赖你的,你必保守他十分平安,因为他倚靠你。 你们当倚靠耶和华,直到永远,因为耶和华是永久的磐石。 他使住高处的与高城一并败落,将城拆毁,拆平直到尘埃。 要被脚践踏,就是被困苦人的脚和穷乏人的脚践踏。” 义人的道是正直的,你为正直的主,必修平义人的路。

耶和华啊,我们在你行审判的路上等候你,我们心里所羡慕的是你的名,就是你那可记念的名。 夜间我心中羡慕你,我里面的灵切切寻求你,因为你在世上行审判的时候,地上的居民就学习公义。 10 以恩惠待恶人,他仍不学习公义,在正直的地上他必行事不义,也不注意耶和华的威严。

11 耶和华啊,你的手高举,他们仍然不看;却要看你为百姓发的热心,因而抱愧,并且有火烧灭你的敌人。 12 耶和华啊,你必派定我们得平安,因为我们所做的事,都是你给我们成就的。 13 耶和华我们的神啊,在你以外曾有别的主管辖我们,但我们专要倚靠你,提你的名。 14 他们死了必不能再活,他们去世必不能再起;因为你刑罚他们,毁灭他们,他们的名号就全然消灭。 15 耶和华啊,你增添国民,你增添国民;你得了荣耀,又扩张地的四境。

16 耶和华啊,他们在急难中寻求你,你的惩罚临到他们身上,他们就倾心吐胆祷告你。 17 妇人怀孕,临产疼痛,在痛苦之中喊叫,耶和华啊,我们在你面前也是如此! 18 我们也曾怀孕疼痛,所产的竟像风一样,我们在地上未曾行什么拯救的事,世上的居民也未曾败落。 19 死人[a]要复活,尸首[b]要兴起。睡在尘埃的啊,要醒起歌唱!因你的甘露好像菜蔬上的甘露,地也要交出死人来。

劝民避主之怒

20 我的百姓啊,你们要来进入内室,关上门,隐藏片时,等到愤怒过去。 21 因为耶和华从他的居所出来,要刑罚地上居民的罪孽,地也必露出其中的血,不再掩盖被杀的人。

Footnotes

  1. 以赛亚书 26:19 原文作:你的死人。
  2. 以赛亚书 26:19 原文作:我的尸首。

犹大的凯歌

26 到那日,犹大境内的人必唱这首歌:

“我们有一座坚城,
耶和华使祂的拯救成为保护我们的城墙和屏障。
打开城门,
让忠信的公义之民进来。
你使坚信不移的人全然平安,
因为他们信靠你。
要永远信靠耶和华,
因为耶和华是永远屹立的磐石。
祂贬抑高傲的人,
拆毁他们高耸的城邑,
把它们夷为平地、化为尘土,
被困苦人的脚践踏,被贫穷人的足踩踏。”

义人的道路是平坦的,
公正的主啊,你必修平义人所走的道路。
耶和华啊,我们等候你,
遵从你的法令,
我们心里渴慕尊崇你的名。
在夜间,我思慕你,
我切切地寻求你。
你在世上施行审判的时候,
世人就知道何为公义。
10 你恩待恶人,
但他们仍然不学习行义。
即使在公义之地,
他们依然作恶,
全不把耶和华的威严放在眼里。
11 你惩罚的手高高举起,
他们却看不见。
愿他们因看见你向你子民所发的热心而感到羞愧。
愿你为敌人预备的火烧灭他们。
12 耶和华啊,你必赐我们平安,
因为我们所做的事都是你为我们成就的。
13 我们的上帝耶和华啊!
在你以外曾有别的主人管辖我们,
但我们只尊崇你的名。
14 他们都已死去,再不能复生,
逝去的灵魂不能回来。
因为你惩罚他们,毁灭他们,
使他们被人彻底遗忘。
15 耶和华啊,你增添我们的人口,
增添我们的人口,
扩张我们的疆界,
你得到了荣耀。

16 耶和华啊,我们是你的子民,
我们在危难中寻求你。
你管教我们的时候,
我们就向你祈求。
17 耶和华啊,我们在你面前呼求,
如临产的妇人在阵痛中喊叫。
18 我们曾怀胎,痛苦呻吟,
但产下来的却是一阵风。
我们没有给世界带来拯救,
也没有给世上带来生命。
19 然而,属你的人必复活,
他们的尸体必站起来。
睡在尘土中的人必醒来欢唱!
你必使死人复活,
如清晨的甘露使大地恢复生机。
20 我的百姓啊,
回到你们的房子里,
关上门躲藏一会儿,
等耶和华的愤怒平息。
21 看啊,耶和华要走出祂的居所,
惩罚世上犯罪的人。
大地必不再隐藏被杀之人的尸首,
必将所流的血显露出来。

God Will Give His People Victory

26 A day is coming when the people will sing this song in the land of Judah:

Our city is strong!
God himself defends its walls!
Open the city gates
    and let the faithful nation enter,
    the nation whose people do what is right.
You, Lord, give perfect peace
    to those who keep their purpose firm
    and put their trust in you.
Trust in the Lord forever;
    he will always protect us.
He has humbled those who were proud;
    he destroyed the strong city they lived in,
    and sent its walls crashing into the dust.
Those who were oppressed walk over it now
    and trample it under their feet.

Lord, you make the path smooth for good people;
    the road they travel is level.
We follow your will and put our hope in you;
    you are all that we desire.
At night I long for you with all my heart;
    when you judge the earth and its people,
    they will all learn what justice is.
10 Even though you are kind to the wicked,
    they never learn to do what is right.
Even here in a land of righteous people
    they still do wrong;
    they refuse to recognize your greatness.
11 (A)Your enemies do not know that you will punish them.
Lord, put them to shame and let them suffer;
    let them suffer the punishment you have prepared.
Show them how much you love your people.

12 You will give us prosperity, Lord;
    everything that we achieve
    is the result of what you do.[a]
13 Lord our God, we have been ruled by others,
    but you alone are our Lord.
14 Now they are dead and will not live again;
    their ghosts will not rise,
    for you have punished them and destroyed them.
No one remembers them any more.
15 Lord, you have made our nation grow,
    enlarging its territory on every side;
    and this has brought you honor.
16 You punished your people, Lord,
    and in anguish they prayed to you.[b]
17 You, Lord, have made us cry out,
    as a woman in labor cries out in pain.
18 We were in pain and agony,
    but we gave birth to nothing.
We have won no victory for our land;
    we have accomplished nothing.[c]

19 Those of our people who have died will live again!
Their bodies will come back to life.
All those sleeping in their graves
    will wake up and sing for joy.
As the sparkling dew refreshes the earth,
    so the Lord will revive those who have long been dead.

Judgment and Restoration

20 Go into your houses, my people, and shut the door behind you. Hide yourselves for a little while until God's anger is over. 21 The Lord is coming from his heavenly dwelling place to punish the people of the earth for their sins. The murders that were secretly committed on the earth will be revealed, and the ground will no longer hide those who have been killed.

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 26:12 everything that … do; or you treat us according to what we do.
  2. Isaiah 26:16 Verse 16 in Hebrew is unclear.
  3. Isaiah 26:18 We have won … nothing; Hebrew unclear.