The Sin-Bearing Messiah

53 Who (A)has believed our report?
And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant,
And as a root out of dry ground.
He has no [a]form or [b]comeliness;
And when we see Him,
There is no [c]beauty that we should desire Him.
(B)He is despised and [d]rejected by men,
A Man of [e]sorrows and (C)acquainted with [f]grief.
And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him;
He was despised, and (D)we did not esteem Him.

Surely (E)He has borne our [g]griefs
And carried our [h]sorrows;
Yet we [i]esteemed Him stricken,
[j]Smitten by God, and afflicted.
But He was (F)wounded[k] for our transgressions,
He was [l]bruised for our iniquities;
The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,
And by His (G)stripes[m] we are healed.
All we like sheep have gone astray;
We have turned, every one, to his own way;
And the Lord [n]has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.

He was oppressed and He was afflicted,
Yet (H)He opened not His mouth;
(I)He was led as a lamb to the slaughter,
And as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
So He opened not His mouth.
He was (J)taken from [o]prison and from judgment,
And who will declare His generation?
For (K)He was cut off from the land of the living;
For the transgressions of My people He was stricken.
(L)And [p]they made His grave with the wicked—
But with the rich at His death,
Because He had done no violence,
Nor was any (M)deceit in His mouth.

10 Yet it pleased the Lord to [q]bruise Him;
He has put Him to grief.
When You make His soul (N)an offering for sin,
He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days,
And the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand.
11 [r]He shall see the labor of His soul, and be satisfied.
By His knowledge (O)My righteous (P)Servant shall (Q)justify many,
For He shall bear their iniquities.
12 (R)Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great,
(S)And He shall divide the [s]spoil with the strong,
Because He (T)poured out His soul unto death,
And He was (U)numbered with the transgressors,
And He bore the sin of many,
And (V)made intercession for the transgressors.

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 53:2 Stately form
  2. Isaiah 53:2 splendor
  3. Isaiah 53:2 Lit. appearance
  4. Isaiah 53:3 Or forsaken
  5. Isaiah 53:3 Lit. pains
  6. Isaiah 53:3 Lit. sickness
  7. Isaiah 53:4 Lit. sicknesses
  8. Isaiah 53:4 Lit. pains
  9. Isaiah 53:4 reckoned
  10. Isaiah 53:4 Struck down
  11. Isaiah 53:5 Or pierced through
  12. Isaiah 53:5 crushed
  13. Isaiah 53:5 Blows that cut in
  14. Isaiah 53:6 Lit. has caused to land on Him
  15. Isaiah 53:8 confinement
  16. Isaiah 53:9 Lit. he or He
  17. Isaiah 53:10 crush
  18. Isaiah 53:11 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; DSS, LXX From the labor of His soul He shall see light
  19. Isaiah 53:12 plunder

受苦的僕人

53 誰相信我們所傳的呢?

耶和華的大能向誰彰顯過呢?
祂像嫩芽一樣在耶和華面前長大,
像生長在旱地裡的根。
祂沒有軒昂俊美的外表可以吸引我們,
沒有令我們羡慕的容貌。
祂被藐視,遭人厭棄,
飽受痛苦,歷盡憂患。
人們對祂不屑一顧,
我們也不尊重祂。

其實祂擔當了我們的憂患,
背負了我們的痛苦。
我們卻以為是上帝責罰、
擊打、苦待祂。
誰知祂是因我們的過犯而被刺透,
因我們的罪惡而被壓傷。
我們因祂所受的刑罰而得到平安,
因祂所受的鞭傷而得到醫治。
我們都像迷路的羊,
各人偏行己路,
但上帝卻讓祂承擔我們眾人的罪惡。
祂遭欺壓、受痛苦,
卻默然不語,
像被人牽去宰殺的羔羊,
又如在剪毛人手下一聲不吭的綿羊。
祂被逮捕,受審判,被處死。
祂那個世代的人誰會想到祂受鞭打、
從世上被除去是因為我百姓的過犯呢?
雖然祂沒有做過殘暴之事,
口中也沒有詭詐,
人卻將祂與惡人同葬,
祂死後葬在富人的墓穴。

10 然而,祂被壓傷、
受痛苦是耶和華的旨意;
祂的性命作了贖罪祭[a]
祂必看見自己的後裔,
祂必長久活著。
耶和華的旨意必在祂手中實現。
11 祂必看見自己勞苦的成果,
並心滿意足。
耶和華說:「我公義的僕人必憑祂的知識使許多人被算為義人,
祂要擔當他們的罪惡。
12 我要使祂與偉人同享尊榮,
跟強者同分戰利品,
因為祂奉獻了自己的生命。
祂被列在罪犯中,
卻擔當了許多人的罪,
又為罪人代求。」

Footnotes

  1. 53·10 祂的性命作了贖罪祭」或譯「耶和華以祂的性命作贖罪祭」。

53 (A)Who has believed what he has heard from us?[a]
    And to whom has (B)the arm of the Lord been revealed?
For he grew up before him like a young plant,
    (C)and like a root out of dry ground;
(D)he had no form or majesty that we should look at him,
    and no beauty that we should desire him.
(E)He was despised and rejected[b] by men,
    a man of sorrows[c] and acquainted with[d] grief;[e]
and as one from whom men hide their faces[f]
    he was despised, and (F)we esteemed him not.

(G)Surely he has borne our griefs
    and carried our sorrows;
yet we esteemed him stricken,
    (H)smitten by God, and afflicted.
(I)But he was pierced for our transgressions;
    he was crushed for our iniquities;
upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace,
    (J)and with his wounds we are healed.
(K)All we like sheep have gone astray;
    we have turned—every one—to his own way;
(L)and the Lord has laid on him
    the iniquity of us all.

He was oppressed, and he was afflicted,
    (M)yet he opened not his mouth;
(N)like a (O)lamb that is led to the slaughter,
    and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent,
    so he opened not his mouth.
By oppression and judgment he was taken away;
    and as for his generation, (P)who considered
that he was cut off out of the land of the living,
    stricken for the transgression of my people?
And they made his grave with the wicked
    (Q)and with a rich man in his death,
although[g] (R)he had done no violence,
    and there was no deceit in his mouth.

10 Yet (S)it was the will of the Lord to crush him;
    he has put him to grief;[h]
(T)when his soul makes[i] an offering for guilt,
    he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days;
(U)the will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
11 Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see[j] and be satisfied;
by his knowledge shall (V)the righteous one, my servant,
    (W)make many to be accounted righteous,
    (X)and he shall bear their iniquities.
12 (Y)Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many,[k]
    (Z)and he shall divide the spoil with the strong,[l]
because he poured out his soul to death
    and was numbered with the transgressors;
(AA)yet he bore the sin of many,
    and makes intercession for the transgressors.

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 53:1 Or Who has believed what we have heard?
  2. Isaiah 53:3 Or forsaken
  3. Isaiah 53:3 Or pains; also verse 4
  4. Isaiah 53:3 Or and knowing
  5. Isaiah 53:3 Or sickness; also verse 4
  6. Isaiah 53:3 Or as one who hides his face from us
  7. Isaiah 53:9 Or because
  8. Isaiah 53:10 Or he has made him sick
  9. Isaiah 53:10 Or when you make his soul
  10. Isaiah 53:11 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scroll he shall see light
  11. Isaiah 53:12 Or with the great
  12. Isaiah 53:12 Or with the numerous