以赛亚书 51
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
主对锡安的安慰
51 耶和华说:“追求公义、
寻求我的人啊,听我说。
你们要追想那磐石,
你们是从那里被凿出来的;
你们要追想那岩穴,
你们是从那里被挖出来的。
2 你们要追想你们的祖先亚伯拉罕和生你们的撒拉。
我呼召亚伯拉罕的时候,
他是孤身一人,
但我赐福给他,
使他子孙众多。
3 我必安慰锡安和锡安所有的荒场,
使旷野像伊甸园,
使沙漠变成我的园囿,
里面有欢喜、快乐、感谢和歌颂的声音。
4 “我的子民啊,要留心听我的话;
我的国民啊,要侧耳听我说。
因为我必赐下训诲,
我的公正必成为万民的光。
5 我的公义临近,
我的拯救已经开始,
我的臂膀要审判万民。
众海岛都在等候我,
仰赖我的臂膀。
6 你们举目仰望穹苍,
俯首观看大地吧。
穹苍必像烟云消散,
大地必像衣服一样渐渐破旧,
地上的居民必像蚊蝇一样死亡。
但我的救恩永远长存,
我的公义永不废除。
7 认识公义、铭记我训诲的人啊,
听我说。
你们不要害怕人的辱骂,
也不要畏惧他们的毁谤。
8 因为蛀虫必吃掉他们,
像吃衣服;
虫子必蚕食他们,如食羊毛。
但我的公义永远长存,
我的救恩延及万代。”
9 耶和华啊,伸出臂膀,
施展能力吧,
像在从前的世代一样施展你的能力吧!
难道不是你砍碎了拉哈伯,
刺死了海怪吗?
10 难道不是你使海洋和深渊干涸,
在海中开出道路让蒙救赎的人穿过的吗?
11 耶和华所救赎的人必回来,
必欢唱着回到锡安,
得到永远的福乐。
他们将欢喜快乐,
再没有忧愁和叹息。
12 耶和华说:“安慰你们的是我,是我。
你为什么要害怕难逃一死、
生命如草芥的世人呢?
13 难道你忘记了创造你、
铺展穹苍、
奠立大地根基的耶和华吗?
难道因为试图毁灭你的欺压者大发怒气,
你就整天惊恐不安吗?
他们的怒气如今在哪里呢?
14 被囚的人快得释放了,
他们不会死在牢中,
也不会缺乏食物。
15 我是你的上帝耶和华,
我翻动大海、卷起波涛,
万军之耶和华是我的名。
16 我把我的话传给你,
用我的手庇护你。
我铺展穹苍,奠立大地的根基,
对锡安说,‘你是我的子民。’”
17 耶路撒冷啊,醒来,醒来,站起来吧!你从耶和华手中的杯里喝了祂的愤怒,喝干了那杯使人东倒西歪的酒。
18 你生育的儿子没有一个来引导你,
你抚养成人的众子没有一个来搀扶你。
19 荒凉、毁灭、饥荒、
战祸已临到你身上,
谁会为你哀哭呢?
谁能安慰你呢[a]?
20 你的儿子们昏倒在街头,
好像羚羊掉进网罗,
你的上帝耶和华把祂的愤怒和责备重重地降在他们身上。
21 你这身受痛苦、并非因酒而醉的人啊,
要听我的话。
22 你的主耶和华是为祂子民申辩的上帝,祂说:
“看啊,我已从你手中拿走那使人东倒西歪的杯和盛满我愤怒的碗,
你必不再喝。
23 我必把这杯给苦待你的人,
他们曾对你说,‘趴下,
我们好从你身上走过。’
你曾把你的背当作地面,
当作街道任人践踏。”
Footnotes
- 51:19 “谁能安慰你呢”有古卷作“我该怎样安慰你呢”。
Isaiah 51
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Salvation for Zion
51 Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness,
you who seek the Lord:
Look to the rock from which you were cut,
and to the quarry from which you were dug.
2 Look to Abraham your father,
and to Sarah who gave birth to you in pain.
When I called him, he was only one;
I blessed him and made him many.(A)
3 For the Lord will comfort Zion;(B)
He will comfort all her waste places,
and He will make her wilderness like Eden,(C)
and her desert like the garden of the Lord.(D)
Joy and gladness will be found in her,
thanksgiving and melodious song.
4 Pay attention to Me, My people,
and listen to Me, My nation;
for instruction will come from Me,
and My justice for a light to the nations.(E)
I will bring it about quickly.
5 My righteousness is near,(F)
My salvation appears,
and My arms will bring justice to the nations.(G)
The coastlands[a] will put their hope in Me,
and they will look to My strength.[b]
6 Look up to the heavens,
and look at the earth beneath;
for the heavens will vanish like smoke,
the earth will wear out like a garment,
and its inhabitants will die like gnats.[c](H)
But My salvation will last forever,(I)
and My righteousness will never be shattered.
7 Listen to Me, you who know righteousness,
the people in whose heart is My instruction:(J)
do not fear disgrace by men,
and do not be shattered by their taunts.
8 For the moth will devour them like a garment,(K)
and the worm will eat them like wool.(L)
But My righteousness will last forever,
and My salvation for all generations.
9 Wake up, wake up!
Put on the strength of the Lord’s power.
Wake up as in days past,
as in generations of long ago.
Wasn’t it You who hacked Rahab to pieces,(M)
who pierced the sea monster?(N)
10 Wasn’t it You who dried up the sea,(O)
the waters of the great deep,
who made the sea-bed into a road
for the redeemed to pass over?(P)
11 And the redeemed of the Lord will return(Q)
and come to Zion with singing,
crowned with unending joy.
Joy and gladness will overtake them,
and sorrow and sighing will flee.
12 I—I am the One who comforts you.
Who are you that you should fear man who dies,(R)
or a son of man who is given up like grass?(S)
13 But you have forgotten the Lord, your Maker,
who stretched out the heavens
and laid the foundations of the earth.(T)
You are in constant dread all day long
because of the fury of the oppressor,
who has set himself to destroy.
But where is the fury of the oppressor?(U)
14 The prisoner[d] is soon to be set free;
he will not die and go to the Pit,
and his food will not be lacking.
15 For I am Yahweh your God
who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar(V)—
His name is Yahweh of Hosts.
16 I have put My words in your mouth,(W)
and covered you in the shadow of My hand,(X)
in order to plant[e] the heavens,
to found the earth,
and to say to Zion, “You are My people.”
17 Wake yourself, wake yourself up!
Stand up, Jerusalem,
you who have drunk the cup of His fury(Y)
from the hand of the Lord;
you who have drunk the goblet to the dregs—
the cup that causes people to stagger.
18 There is no one to guide her
among all the children she has raised;
there is no one to take hold of her hand
among all the offspring she has brought up.
19 These two things have happened to you:(Z)
devastation and destruction,
famine and sword.
Who will grieve for you?
How can I[f] comfort you?
20 Your children have fainted;
they lie at the head of every street
like an antelope in a net.
They are full of the Lord’s fury,
the rebuke of your God.
21 So listen to this, afflicted
and drunken one—but not with wine.(AA)
22 This is what your Lord says—
Yahweh, even your God,
who defends His people(AB)—
“Look, I have removed
the cup of staggering from your hand;
that goblet, the cup of My fury.
You will never drink it again.
23 I will put it into the hands of your tormentors,
who said to you:(AC)
Lie down, so we can walk over you.
You made your back like the ground,
and like a street for those who walk on it.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 51:5 Or islands
- Isaiah 51:5 Lit arm
- Isaiah 51:6 Or die in like manner
- Isaiah 51:14 Hb obscure
- Isaiah 51:16 Syr reads to stretch out
- Isaiah 51:19 DSS, LXX, Syr, Vg read you? Who can
Isaiah 51
New International Version
Everlasting Salvation for Zion
51 “Listen(A) to me, you who pursue righteousness(B)
and who seek(C) the Lord:
Look to the rock(D) from which you were cut
and to the quarry from which you were hewn;
2 look to Abraham,(E) your father,
and to Sarah, who gave you birth.
When I called him he was only one man,
and I blessed him and made him many.(F)
3 The Lord will surely comfort(G) Zion(H)
and will look with compassion on all her ruins;(I)
he will make her deserts like Eden,(J)
her wastelands(K) like the garden of the Lord.
Joy and gladness(L) will be found in her,
thanksgiving(M) and the sound of singing.
4 “Listen to me, my people;(N)
hear me,(O) my nation:
Instruction(P) will go out from me;
my justice(Q) will become a light to the nations.(R)
5 My righteousness draws near speedily,
my salvation(S) is on the way,(T)
and my arm(U) will bring justice to the nations.
The islands(V) will look to me
and wait in hope(W) for my arm.
6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens,
look at the earth beneath;
the heavens will vanish like smoke,(X)
the earth will wear out like a garment(Y)
and its inhabitants die like flies.
But my salvation(Z) will last forever,(AA)
my righteousness will never fail.(AB)
7 “Hear me, you who know what is right,(AC)
you people who have taken my instruction to heart:(AD)
Do not fear the reproach of mere mortals
or be terrified by their insults.(AE)
8 For the moth will eat them up like a garment;(AF)
the worm(AG) will devour them like wool.
But my righteousness will last forever,(AH)
my salvation through all generations.”
9 Awake, awake,(AI) arm(AJ) of the Lord,
clothe yourself with strength!(AK)
Awake, as in days gone by,
as in generations of old.(AL)
Was it not you who cut Rahab(AM) to pieces,
who pierced that monster(AN) through?
10 Was it not you who dried up the sea,(AO)
the waters of the great deep,(AP)
who made a road in the depths of the sea(AQ)
so that the redeemed(AR) might cross over?
11 Those the Lord has rescued(AS) will return.
They will enter Zion with singing;(AT)
everlasting joy will crown their heads.
Gladness and joy(AU) will overtake them,
and sorrow and sighing will flee away.(AV)
12 “I, even I, am he who comforts(AW) you.
Who are you that you fear(AX) mere mortals,(AY)
human beings who are but grass,(AZ)
13 that you forget(BA) the Lord your Maker,(BB)
who stretches out the heavens(BC)
and who lays the foundations of the earth,
that you live in constant terror(BD) every day
because of the wrath of the oppressor,
who is bent on destruction?
For where is the wrath of the oppressor?(BE)
14 The cowering prisoners will soon be set free;(BF)
they will not die in their dungeon,
nor will they lack bread.(BG)
15 For I am the Lord your God,
who stirs up the sea(BH) so that its waves roar(BI)—
the Lord Almighty(BJ) is his name.
16 I have put my words in your mouth(BK)
and covered you with the shadow of my hand(BL)—
I who set the heavens in place,
who laid the foundations of the earth,(BM)
and who say to Zion, ‘You are my people.(BN)’”
The Cup of the Lord’s Wrath
17 Awake, awake!(BO)
Rise up, Jerusalem,
you who have drunk from the hand of the Lord
the cup(BP) of his wrath,(BQ)
you who have drained to its dregs(BR)
the goblet that makes people stagger.(BS)
18 Among all the children(BT) she bore
there was none to guide her;(BU)
among all the children she reared
there was none to take her by the hand.(BV)
19 These double calamities(BW) have come upon you—
who can comfort you?(BX)—
ruin and destruction,(BY) famine(BZ) and sword(CA)—
who can[a] console you?
20 Your children have fainted;
they lie at every street corner,(CB)
like antelope caught in a net.(CC)
They are filled with the wrath(CD) of the Lord,
with the rebuke(CE) of your God.
21 Therefore hear this, you afflicted(CF) one,
made drunk,(CG) but not with wine.
22 This is what your Sovereign Lord says,
your God, who defends(CH) his people:
“See, I have taken out of your hand
the cup(CI) that made you stagger;
from that cup, the goblet of my wrath,
you will never drink again.
23 I will put it into the hands of your tormentors,(CJ)
who said to you,
‘Fall prostrate(CK) that we may walk(CL) on you.’
And you made your back like the ground,
like a street to be walked on.”(CM)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 51:19 Dead Sea Scrolls, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; Masoretic Text / how can I
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