真正的虔誠

58 「你要高聲呼喊,不要停止;
要放聲高呼,像響亮的號角。
要向我的子民宣告他們的過犯,
向雅各家宣告他們的罪惡。
他們天天尋求我,
好像渴慕認識我的律法,
儼然像沒有丟棄他們上帝法令的正義之邦。
他們向我求公義的判決,
似乎渴慕到我面前。
他們說,『我們禁食,你為什麼不看呢?
我們刻苦己身,你為什麼不理睬呢?』
我說,『看啊,禁食之日你們仍然隨心所欲,
壓榨你們的工人。
你們一面禁食,一面爭鬧打鬥,
彼此惡拳相向。
不要指望這樣的禁食會使你們的禱告在天上蒙垂聽。
難道這是我要的禁食嗎?
難道刻苦己身、
像蘆葦一樣垂著頭、
躺在麻布和爐灰上就是禁食嗎?
這就是你們所謂的禁食,
所謂的蒙耶和華悅納的日子嗎?

『我要的禁食是,
除去罪惡的鎖鏈,
解開軛上的繩索,
折斷一切的軛,
使受欺壓的人得到自由,
把你們的食物分給饑餓的人,
接待無家可歸的窮人,
送衣服給赤身露體的人,
不躲避求助的親人。
如果你們這樣做,你們的光必如晨光照耀,
你們的創傷必迅速痊癒,
你們的公義必在前方為你們開路,
耶和華的榮耀必在後面保護你們。
你們求告,我必應允;
你們呼求,我必回應。
如果你們不再欺壓、指責、譭謗,
10 如果你們給饑餓的人食物,
扶助困苦的人,
你們的光必照亮黑暗,
你們的黑夜必變成正午。
11 耶和華必不斷地引導你們,
使你們在乾旱之地也能得到供應,筋骨強健。
你們必像灌溉充足的園子,
又像湧流不息的泉源。
12 你們當中必有人重修古老的荒場,
重建遠古的根基。
你們必被稱為修補斷垣、
重建街道的人。

13 『如果你們遵守安息日,
在我的聖日不做私事,
以安息日為樂,
尊崇我的聖日,
不隨意而行,
不妄自說話,
14 就必以耶和華為樂,
耶和華必使你們在地上受尊崇,
並享用你們先祖雅各的產業。』」
這是耶和華親口說的。

True Fasting

58 “Shout it aloud,(A) do not hold back.
    Raise your voice like a trumpet.(B)
Declare to my people their rebellion(C)
    and to the descendants of Jacob their sins.(D)
For day after day they seek(E) me out;
    they seem eager to know my ways,
as if they were a nation that does what is right
    and has not forsaken(F) the commands of its God.
They ask me for just decisions
    and seem eager for God to come near(G) them.
‘Why have we fasted,’(H) they say,
    ‘and you have not seen it?
Why have we humbled(I) ourselves,
    and you have not noticed?’(J)

“Yet on the day of your fasting, you do as you please(K)
    and exploit all your workers.
Your fasting ends in quarreling and strife,(L)
    and in striking each other with wicked fists.
You cannot fast as you do today
    and expect your voice to be heard(M) on high.
Is this the kind of fast(N) I have chosen,
    only a day for people to humble(O) themselves?
Is it only for bowing one’s head like a reed(P)
    and for lying in sackcloth and ashes?(Q)
Is that what you call a fast,
    a day acceptable to the Lord?

“Is not this the kind of fasting(R) I have chosen:
to loose the chains of injustice(S)
    and untie the cords of the yoke,
to set the oppressed(T) free
    and break every yoke?(U)
Is it not to share your food with the hungry(V)
    and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter(W)
when you see the naked, to clothe(X) them,
    and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?(Y)
Then your light will break forth like the dawn,(Z)
    and your healing(AA) will quickly appear;
then your righteousness[a](AB) will go before you,
    and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.(AC)
Then you will call,(AD) and the Lord will answer;(AE)
    you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I.

“If you do away with the yoke of oppression,
    with the pointing finger(AF) and malicious talk,(AG)
10 and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry
    and satisfy the needs of the oppressed,(AH)
then your light(AI) will rise in the darkness,
    and your night will become like the noonday.(AJ)
11 The Lord will guide(AK) you always;
    he will satisfy your needs(AL) in a sun-scorched land(AM)
    and will strengthen(AN) your frame.
You will be like a well-watered garden,(AO)
    like a spring(AP) whose waters never fail.
12 Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins(AQ)
    and will raise up the age-old foundations;(AR)
you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls,(AS)
    Restorer of Streets with Dwellings.

13 “If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath(AT)
    and from doing as you please on my holy day,
if you call the Sabbath a delight(AU)
    and the Lord’s holy day honorable,
and if you honor it by not going your own way
    and not doing as you please or speaking idle words,(AV)
14 then you will find your joy(AW) in the Lord,
    and I will cause you to ride in triumph on the heights(AX) of the land
    and to feast on the inheritance(AY) of your father Jacob.”
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.(AZ)

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 58:8 Or your righteous One

真正的虔誠

58 「你要高聲呼喊,不要停止;
要放聲高呼,像響亮的號角。
要向我的子民宣告他們的過犯,
向雅各家宣告他們的罪惡。
他們天天尋求我,
好像渴慕認識我的律法,
儼然像沒有丟棄他們上帝法令的正義之邦。
他們向我求公義的判決,
似乎渴慕到我面前。
他們說,『我們禁食,你為什麼不看呢?
我們刻苦己身,你為什麼不理睬呢?』
我說,『看啊,禁食之日你們仍然隨心所欲,
壓榨你們的工人。
你們一面禁食,一面爭鬧打鬥,
彼此惡拳相向。
不要指望這樣的禁食會使你們的禱告在天上蒙垂聽。
難道這是我要的禁食嗎?
難道刻苦己身、
像蘆葦一樣垂著頭、
躺在麻布和爐灰上就是禁食嗎?
這就是你們所謂的禁食,
所謂的蒙耶和華悅納的日子嗎?

『我要的禁食是,
除去罪惡的鎖鏈,
解開軛上的繩索,
折斷一切的軛,
使受欺壓的人得到自由,
把你們的食物分給饑餓的人,
接待無家可歸的窮人,
送衣服給赤身露體的人,
不躲避求助的親人。
如果你們這樣做,你們的光必如晨光照耀,
你們的創傷必迅速痊癒,
你們的公義必在前方為你們開路,
耶和華的榮耀必在後面保護你們。
你們求告,我必應允;
你們呼求,我必回應。
如果你們不再欺壓、指責、譭謗,
10 如果你們給饑餓的人食物,
扶助困苦的人,
你們的光必照亮黑暗,
你們的黑夜必變成正午。
11 耶和華必不斷地引導你們,
使你們在乾旱之地也能得到供應,筋骨強健。
你們必像灌溉充足的園子,
又像湧流不息的泉源。
12 你們當中必有人重修古老的荒場,
重建遠古的根基。
你們必被稱為修補斷垣、
重建街道的人。

13 『如果你們遵守安息日,
在我的聖日不做私事,
以安息日為樂,
尊崇我的聖日,
不隨意而行,
不妄自說話,
14 就必以耶和華為樂,
耶和華必使你們在地上受尊崇,
並享用你們先祖雅各的產業。』」
這是耶和華親口說的。

True Fasting

58 “Shout it aloud,(A) do not hold back.
    Raise your voice like a trumpet.(B)
Declare to my people their rebellion(C)
    and to the descendants of Jacob their sins.(D)
For day after day they seek(E) me out;
    they seem eager to know my ways,
as if they were a nation that does what is right
    and has not forsaken(F) the commands of its God.
They ask me for just decisions
    and seem eager for God to come near(G) them.
‘Why have we fasted,’(H) they say,
    ‘and you have not seen it?
Why have we humbled(I) ourselves,
    and you have not noticed?’(J)

“Yet on the day of your fasting, you do as you please(K)
    and exploit all your workers.
Your fasting ends in quarreling and strife,(L)
    and in striking each other with wicked fists.
You cannot fast as you do today
    and expect your voice to be heard(M) on high.
Is this the kind of fast(N) I have chosen,
    only a day for people to humble(O) themselves?
Is it only for bowing one’s head like a reed(P)
    and for lying in sackcloth and ashes?(Q)
Is that what you call a fast,
    a day acceptable to the Lord?

“Is not this the kind of fasting(R) I have chosen:
to loose the chains of injustice(S)
    and untie the cords of the yoke,
to set the oppressed(T) free
    and break every yoke?(U)
Is it not to share your food with the hungry(V)
    and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter(W)
when you see the naked, to clothe(X) them,
    and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?(Y)
Then your light will break forth like the dawn,(Z)
    and your healing(AA) will quickly appear;
then your righteousness[a](AB) will go before you,
    and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.(AC)
Then you will call,(AD) and the Lord will answer;(AE)
    you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I.

“If you do away with the yoke of oppression,
    with the pointing finger(AF) and malicious talk,(AG)
10 and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry
    and satisfy the needs of the oppressed,(AH)
then your light(AI) will rise in the darkness,
    and your night will become like the noonday.(AJ)
11 The Lord will guide(AK) you always;
    he will satisfy your needs(AL) in a sun-scorched land(AM)
    and will strengthen(AN) your frame.
You will be like a well-watered garden,(AO)
    like a spring(AP) whose waters never fail.
12 Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins(AQ)
    and will raise up the age-old foundations;(AR)
you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls,(AS)
    Restorer of Streets with Dwellings.

13 “If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath(AT)
    and from doing as you please on my holy day,
if you call the Sabbath a delight(AU)
    and the Lord’s holy day honorable,
and if you honor it by not going your own way
    and not doing as you please or speaking idle words,(AV)
14 then you will find your joy(AW) in the Lord,
    and I will cause you to ride in triumph on the heights(AX) of the land
    and to feast on the inheritance(AY) of your father Jacob.”
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.(AZ)

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 58:8 Or your righteous One