第十章 永恆拯救與審判(58:1-66:24)

  I. 真假敬拜(58:1-14):
     (I) 禁食真義(58:1-12):
1          "你們要大聲喊叫, 不要停止.                       "Shout it aloud, do not hold back.
                 像吹號－樣提高聲音;                              Raise yoru voice like trumpet.
                   宣告我子民的叛逆                           Declare to my people their rebellion
                    和雅各家的罪惡.                            and to the house of Jacob their sins.
2               因他們天天都尋求我,                          For day after day they seek me out;
                 似乎熱切想知我的道;                          they seem eager to know my ways,
                 看來好像是行義之民,                      as if were a nation that does what is right
                 沒離棄他們神的誡命.                   and has not forsaken the commands of its God.
                 他們求我行公正審判,                              They ask me for just decisions
                 似乎熱切想要親近神.                     and seem eager for God to come near them.
3                        他們說:                                      Why have we fasted,' they say,
                 為何我們禁食你不見?                                  and you have not seen it?
                 為何我們謙卑你不覺?'         Why have we humbled ourselves, and you have not noticed?'

                 "看哪! 你們禁食之日,               "Yet on the day of your fasting, you do as you please
                仍隨己意行事, 壓搾勞工.                              and exploit all your workers.
4                 禁食以爭吵打鬥告終,                      Your fasting ends in quarreling and strife,
                      以兇惡拳頭互毆.                        and in striking each other with wicked fists.
                你們不能像今日這樣禁食,                           you cannot fast as you do today
                而期望發聲能夠上聞於天.                    and expect your voice to be heard on high.
5             難道這是我揀選的禁食方式,                      Is this the kind of fast I have chosen,
               只要克己謙卑一天就可達標?                    only a day for a man to humble himself?
                  難道你們只要垂頭像蘆葦,                  Is it only for bowing one's head like a reed
                  穿麻衣塗爐灰躺下就可以?                      and for lying on sackcloth and ashes?
                    難道這是你所謂的禁食,                              Is that what you call a fast
                    耶和華會悅納的一天嗎?                            a day acceptable to the Lord?

6                        "我揀選的禁食                      "Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen;
                    豈不是要解脫不公鎖鏈,                           to loose the chains of injustice
                           解脫重軛繩索,                              and untie the cords of the yoke,
                   釋放受欺壓者粉碎重軛嗎?              to set the oppressed free and break every yoke?

7                  你們不是要分食物給饑民,                 Is it not to share your food with the humgry
                       供貧苦遊民棲身之所;                  and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter -
                       向赤身露體流民施衣,                       when you see the naked, to clothe him,
                       憐憫自己骨肉同胞嗎?              and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
                      那時你們發出黎明曙光,                  Then your light will break forth like the dawn,
                      很快就會得到美好醫治;                         and your healing will quickly appear;
                      你們的公義行走在前頭,                     then your righteousness will go before you,
                      耶和華榮耀作你們後盾.                 and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.
9                    那時你們呼求主必回應,                      Then you will call, and the Lord will answer;
                    你求救衪必說: '我在這裏!'                 you will cry for help. And he will say: Here am I.

                       "你若能解脫欺壓重軛,                      "If you do away with the yoke of oppression,
                        除去責人指頭傷人話,                        with the pointing finger and malicious talk,
10                    心中憐恤饑餓無食人,                  and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry
                        使受欺壓同胞得飽足,                          and satisfy the needs of the oppressed,
                        你們會在黑暗中發光,                          then your light will rise in the darkness,
                        使你們黑夜成為響午.                      and your night will become like the noonday.
11                    耶和華必常指引你們,                                  The Lord will guide you always;
                        焦土上滿足你們需要,                    he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land
                        使你們身體增強力量.                                  and will strengthen your frame.
                        你們像灌溉良好園子,                             You will be like a well-watered garden,
                        澆灌泉水永流不停息.                              like a spring whose waters never fail.
12                    你的子民必重建廢墟,                           Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins
                        挖起年代古遠的地基;                          and will raise up the aged-old foundations;
                        你們稱為修補破口者,                           you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls,
城中居屋街道重建者. Restorer of Streets with Dwellings.
       (II) 守安息日(58:13-14):
13                 "你若使你的腳不違安息日,         "If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath
                      在我的聖日中不隨意妄為,             and from doing as you please on my holy day,
                      並稱安息日喜樂榮耀聖日;                       if you call the Sabbath a delight
                      又認真遵守不一悥行己路,                      and the Lord's holy day honorable,
                      更不隨意而行說無謂的話,              and if you honor it by not going your own way
                                                                and not doing as you please or speaking idle words,
14                   你必會在耶和華裏得喜樂,                    then you will find your joy in the Lord,
                      我要使你在地的高處馳騁,          and I will cause you to ride on the heights of the land
                      並要在你祖雅各家享盛宴."          and to feast on the inheritance of your father Jacob."
                         這是耶和華親口說的.                          The mouth of the Lord has spoken.

                             第五章 尋找郎君(5:1-16)

                          新郎                                                     Lover
1             我的妹子, 我的新娘啊!                            I have come into my garden,
                我已進入我迷人園子,                                   my sister, my bride;
                採了我的沒藥和香料,                     I have gathered my myrrh with my spice.
                吃了園中的蜂房甜蜜,                    I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey;
                也喝了我的醇酒鮮奶.                          I have drunk my wine and my milk.

                        妃嬪宮女                                                 Friends
                 朋友們, 請開懷吃喝!                              Eat, O friennds, and drink;
            親愛的, 請盡情暢飲不醉無歸!                           drink your fill, O lovers.

                           新娘                                                   Beloved
2                  我雖入睡心清醒.                            I slept but my heart was awake.
                聽啊, 我的郎君在敲門!                           Listen! My lover is knocking:
               "我的妹子, 我的心上人,                                     "Open to me,
              我的鴿子, 我的絕色美人啊!                            my sister, my daring,
                     請妳給我快開門.                               my dove, my fawless one.
                     我的頭滿是露水,                           My head is drenched with dew,
                     夜露濕透我頭髮."                    my hair with the dampness of the night."
3               我回答: "我已脫下衣衫,                           I have taken off my robe -
                     還要我再穿上嗎?                                 must I put it on again?
                     我已洗過我的腳,                                   I have wash my feet -
                     還要把腳弄髒嗎?"                                must I soil them again?
4             我的郎君從門縫中伸手進來,        My lover thrust his hand through the latch-opening.
                    使我為他怦然心動.                         my heart began to pound for him.
5                  我乃起來為他開門,                              I arose to open for my lover,
                    我的雙手滴著沒藥,                          and my hands dripped with myrrh,
                    指頭也在流出沒藥,                             my fingers with flowing myrrh,
                    滴滴落在那門閂上.                                 on the handles of the lock.
6              我終於給我的郎君開了門,                                I opened for my lover,
                可是我的郎君已轉身走了!                      but my lover had left; he was gone.
                   他的消失使我心碎欲絕.                          My heart sank at his departure.
                   我雖四處找他卻找不到,                      I looked for him but did not find him.
                   大聲呼喚他也沒有回應.                       I called him but he did not answer.
7                      守衛巡邏全城時,                                  The watchmen found me
                        在路上遇見了我;                         as they made their rounds in the city.
                  他們竟把我打得遍體鱗傷,                          They beat me, they bruised me;
                  還強脫下拿走了我的披風;                               they took away my cloak,
                    那些該死千殺的守城人!                             those watchmen of the walls!
8              耶路撒冷女子啊! 我要問妳們:                  O daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you -
                      "妳們若找到我郎君,                                      If you find my lover,
                       妳們要告訴他甚麼?                                    what will you tell him?
                       告訴他我相思成疾."                              Tell him I am faint with love.

                              妃嬪宮女                                                  Friends
9                        最美麗的女人啊!                       How is your beloved better than others,
                      妳的郎君究竟好在那裏?                             most beautiful of women?
                      妳的郎君究竟好在那裏,                   How is your beloved better than others,
                         竟敢這樣要求我們?                                   that you charge us so?

                          新娘                                                    Beloved
10              我的郎君紅光煥發,                             My lover is radiant and ruddy,
                  萬人之中鶴立雞群.                          outstanding among ten thousand.
11                    頭似精金,                                       His head is purest gold;
                        髮捲如波,                                             his hair is wavy
                        漆黑如鴉;                                         and black as a raven.
12                    目如溪鴿,                        His eyes are like doves by the water stream,
                        沐浴乳中;                                             washed in milk,
                        如鑲珠寶.                                           mounted like jewels.
13                     頰如香草,                                  His checks are like beds of spice
                        散發芳香;                                              yielding perfume.
                        唇如百合,                                            His lips are like lilies
                        滴出沒藥.                                            dripping with myrrh.
14                    臂像金棒,                                         His arms are rods of gold
                        如鑲蒼玉;                                              set with chrysolite.
                        身如象牙,                                      His body is like polished ivory
                        鑲藍寶石.                                         decorated with sapphires.
15                    腿如玉柱,                                       His lags are pillars of marble
                        安在金座.                                         set on bases of pure gold.
                     外表如黎巴嫩,                                  His appearance is like Lebanon,
                     像上好香柏樹.                                            choice as its cedars.
16                     口甜似蜜,                                       His mouth is sweetness itself,
                         盡善盡美.                                            he is altogether lovely.
                    耶路撒冷女子啊,                                 This is my lover, this is my friend,
             這就是我的郎君, 我的良友!                                  O daughters of Jerusalem.

              第九章 義僕蒙召與以色列復興(II)(52:13-57:21)

V. 義僕受苦與得榮耀(52:13-53:12):
      (I) 預言受苦(52:13-15)
13            看哪! 我的僕人行事明智,                       See, my servant will act wisely,
                 他必被興起舉起到至高.           he will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.
14             然而眾人對他驚奇萬分:          Just as there were many who were appalled at him -
                 他的容貌不揚超過常人,      his appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any man
                 形體毀損嚴重不似人形.                and his form marred beyond human likeness -
15                照樣, 他使列國驚異,                           So will he sprinkle many nations,
                    君王因他閉口無言,                   and kings will shut their mouths because of him.
           因前未對他們述說的, 他們會看見;              For what they were not told, they will see,
               他們前所未聞的, 他們會明白.        and what they have not heard, they will understand.

        (II) 受苦義僕(53:1-12):
1             有誰相信我們傳的信息?                          Who has believed our message
               耶和華的膀臂向誰顯露?          and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
2                  他在耶和華面前,                                    He grew up before him
                       如嫩芽長出,                                          like a tender shoot,
                       像根出乾地.                                 and like a root out of dry ground.
                無佳形美容來吸引我們,               He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,
                也無我們喜愛美好外表.              nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.
3                   他受人藐視排斥,                           He was despised and rejected by men,
                     痛苦多飽經憂患.                      a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering.
                     人人都望之掩面,                        Like one from whom men hide their faces
                     我們不敬人輕看.                       he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

4                他確擔當我們的憂患,                              Surely he look up our infirmities
                     背負我們的痛苦,                                       and carried our sorrows,
                 我們卻以為他受神責打,                        yet we considered him stricken by God,
                     被無情擊打苦待.                                    smitten by him, and afflicted.
5            那知他為我們的過犯被刺透,                     But he was pierced for our transgressions,
                  為我們的罪孽被壓碎;                               he was crushed for our iniquities;
                因他受刑罰, 我們得平安;               the punishment that brought us peace was upon him,
                因他受鞭傷, 我們得醫治.                            and by his wounds we are healed.
6                   我們都如迷途的羊,                             We all, like sheep, have gone astray,
                     各人偏行自已的路.                            each of us has turned to his own way.
                  耶和華把我們所有罪孽,                                 and the Lord has laid on him
                  全都歸在他一個人身上.                                       the iniquities of us all.
7                他被欺壓虐待受盡煎熬,                                He was oppressed and afflicted,
                  然而他毫無怨言不開口.                                 yet he did not open his mouth;
                   他像牽到屠場待宰羔羊.                           he was led like a lamb to the slaughter,
                   又像羊在剪毛時默無聲,                        and as a sheep before her shearers is silent,
                   他也是任人擺佈不開口.                                  so he did not open his mouth.
8                 受欺壓經審判他被帶走.                       By oppression and judgment he was taken away.
                   他從活人之地被人剪除,                              And who can speak of his descendants?
                   受鞭打都因我子民罪過,                          For he was cut off from the land of the living,
                   誰會把真像告訴後人呢?                     for the transgression of my people he was stricken.
9                 他雖然從未使用過暴力,                            He was assigned a grave with the wicked,
                   他的口也從未說過詭詐,                                     and with the rich in his death,
                   然而他死時與惡人同埋,                                   though he had done no violence,
                          與富人同葬.                                          nor was any deceit in his mouth.

10          耶和華定意擊打他使他受苦,     Yet it was the Lord's will to crush him and cause him to suffer,
             耶和華要他以生命作贖罪祭,              and though the Lord makes his life a guilt offering,
                他得見後裔繁衍享長壽,                    he will see his offspring and prolong his days,
                在耶和華手中興旺繁榮.                   and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand.
11              他的心靈飽受折磨後,                                After the suffering of his soul,
                  必見生命之光心滿足;                     he will see the light of life and be satisfied;
               許多人因我義僕之道稱義,         by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many,
                  他要擔當他們的罪孽.                              and he will bear their iniquities.
12           所以, 我要使他與偉人同等,           Therefore I will give him a portion among the great,
                    與強人同分戰利品,                      and he will divide the spoils with the strong,
                    因他倒盡己命致死,                        because he poured out his life into death,
                    竟被列在罪犯之中,                        and was numbered with the transgressors.
                    因他擔當多人的罪,                                   For he bore the sin of many
                    作中保為罪人代求.                        and made intercession for the transgressors.

 VI. 錫安未來榮耀(54:1-17)
      (I) 生養眾多(54:1):
1          "不孕沒生過孩子的女人啊,                              "Sing, O barren woman,
                     你們要歌唱!                                    you who never bore a child;
                 沒經產難的女人啊,                               burst into song, shout for joy,
                   你們要歡唱高呼!                                    you who never in labor;
                        因棄婦比                    because more are the children of the desolate woman
                  有夫之婦更多兒女."                            than of her who has a husband,"
                   這是耶和華說的.                                          says the Lord.
      (II) 拓展帳幕(54:2-3):
2                 擴張你帳棚建地,                               "Enlarge the place of your tent,
                   伸展你幔幕寬闊,                                stretch your tent curtains wide,
                   不必自我設限制;                                          do not hold back;
                   拉長帳繩釘牢樁.                                       lengthen your stakes.
3                 你要向左右拓展                    For you will spread out to the right and to the left;
                   你的子孫滅列國,                         your descendants will dispossess nations
                   進住他們遺棄城.                               and settle in their desolate cities.

    (III) 湔雪恥辱(54:4-6):
4        "不要害怕, 你不會蒙羞;                    "Do not be afriad, you will not suffer shame.
           不要害羞, 你不會受辱.                  Do not fear disgrace; you will not be humiliated.
            你要忘記幼年的羞恥,                          You will forget the shame of your youth
            不再回憶寡居的責辱.               and remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.
5          因造你的是你的丈夫,                                 For your Maker is your husband -
            萬軍之耶和華是衪名.                                  the Lord Almighty is his name -
            以色列聖者是救贖主,                          the Holy One of Isreal is your Redeemer;
            衪的名字叫全地之神.                              he is called the God of all the earth.
6          耶和華要呼召你回來,                                    The Lord will call you back
            就像心靈憂傷被休妻.                 as if you were a wife deserted and distressed in spirit -
            年青之時結髮被休棄."                     a wife who married young, only to be rejected,"
                 你的神這樣說.                                                 says your God.
       (IV) 蒙神眷愛(54:7-10):
7           "我離棄你只在片刻,                             "For a brief moment I abandoned you,
              召回你卻需大施恩.                       but with deep compassion I will bring you back.
8            我在烈怒難忍之下,                                            In a surge of anger
              向你掩面只是片刻,                              I hid my face from you for a moment,
              卻需大慈愛憐憫你."                                  I will have compassion on you."
        這是主耶和華你的救贖主說的.                            says the Lord your Redeemer.

9           "對我言就像挪亞的日子,                          "To me this is like the days of Noah,
              我誓言挪亞時代的洪水,                    when I swore that the waters of Noah would
              永遠不會再在地上肆虐.                                 never again cover the earth.
              故我發誓不再向你發怒,                    So now I have sworn not to be angry with you,
              也永遠不會再去斥責你.                                   never to rebuke you again.
10           縱使大山震動小丘挪移,           Though the mountains he shaken and the hills be removed,
              然我對你的慈愛不動搖,                    yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken
              所立的和平之約不廢除,"                          nor my covenant of peace be removed,"
            這是憐憫你的耶和華說的.                        says the Lord, who has compasson on you.

       (V) 聖城光輝(54:11-17):
             1.外在榮美(54:11-12):
11       受苦雨擊打沒得安慰的城啊!            O afflicted city, lashed by storms and not comforted,
               我要以彩石把你重建,                         I will build you with stones of turquoise,
               用藍寶石作城的地基.                               your foundations with sapphires.
12           用紅寶石作城的牆垛,                          I will make your battlements of rubbies,
              用閃亮珠寶作城的門,                                  your gates of sparkling jewels,
              所有城牆全都用寶石.                             and all your walls of precious stones.
            2. 內在美善(54:13-15):
13           所有兒孫都由主教導,                          All your sons will be taught by the Lord,
              讓你的兒女大享平安.                           and great will be your children's peace.
14           你必以神的公義堅立:                          In righteousness you wil be established:
               擺脫暴政, 無所畏懼;              Tyranny will be far from you; you will have nothing to fear.
               遠離恐懼, 永不侵擾.                   Terror will be far removed; it will not come near you.
15         若有人攻擊你, 非我旨意;                  If anyone does attack you, it will not be my doing;
             凡攻擊你的人, 向你降服.                       whoever attacks you will surrender to you.
           3. 內外平安(54:16-17):
16            看哪! 鐵匠是我造的,                             See, it is I who created the blacksmith
                    他把炭火煽紅,                                       who fans the coals into flame
                    打造精良武器.                                  and forges a weapon fit for the work.
             行毀滅的毀滅者亦我所造;                 And it is I who created the destroyer to work havoc;
17         攻擊你的武器都完全失效,                         no weapon forged against you will prevail,
             你能駁斥所有指責你的話.                   and you will refute every tongue that accuses you.
             這都是耶和華僕人的產業,                     This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord,
             也是他們從我處得到的義."                            and this is their vindication from me."
                   這是耶和華說的.                                               declares the Lord.

VII. 救恩與守約福份(55:1-56:8):
       (I) 白白救恩(55:1-5):
1                 "所有乾渴的人啊!                             "Come, all you who are thirsty,
                    來吧, 到水邊來!                                        come to the water;
                       沒錢的人啊!                                  and you who have no money,
                   來吧, 來買東西吃!                                      come, buy and eat!
                   來吧, 來買酒和奶!                                  Come. Buy wine and milk
                  不用付錢, 分文不收.                            without money and without cost.
2                為何花錢買不是吃的,                       Why spend money on what is not bread,
                  為不能飽足的事勞碌?                       and your labor on what does not satisfy?
               你們細聽我言, 就可吃美食;                  Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good,
                   你們的靈也得享盛宴.                   and your soul will delight in the richest of fare.
3                側耳聽, 到我這裏來吧;                                   Give ear and come to me;
                  聽我言, 你們的靈得活.                              hear me, that your soul may live.
                  我要與你們立永遠的約,                     I will make an everlasting covenant with you,
                  那是應許賜大衛的慈愛.                             my faithful love promised to David.
4             看哪! 我己立他作萬民見證人,                See, I have made him a witness to the people,
                    和萬民的領袖和司令.                           a leader and commander of the peoples.
5                    你必召集不識之國,                        Surely you will summon nations you know not,
                      不識之國忙來就你,                    and nations that do not know you will hasten to you,
                        因耶和華你的神,                                     because of the Lord your God,
                         以色列的聖者,                                             the Holy One of Isreal,
                        己使你們得榮耀."                               for he has endowed you with splendor."

(II) 言岀必行(55:6-13):
6                趁耶和華可尋找時尋找衪,                      Seek the Lord while he may be found;
                      趁祂臨近時呼求衪.                                   call on him while he is near.
7                      讓惡人離棄己路,                                 Let the wicked forsake his way
                         壞人除去己念.                                   and the evil man his thoughts.
                         回轉歸耶和華,                                        Let him turn to the Lord,
                         衪定必憐憫他,                                   and he will have mercy on him,
                         蒙神施恩赦免.                            and to our God, for he will freely pardon.
8                          耶和華說:                               "For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
                 "我的意念不同你們的意念,                             neither are your ways my ways,"
                  我的道路不同你們的道路;                                        declares the Lord.
                         天怎樣高過地,                            "As the heavens are higher than the earth,
              我的道路也照樣高過你們的道路,                     so are my ways higher than your ways.
              我的意念也照樣高過你們的意念.                       and my thoughts than your thoughts.
10                    雨雪怎樣從天降                       As the rain and the snow come down from heavens,
                       不再返回到天上,                                          and do not return to it
                  卻滋潤大地, 使發芽滋長;         without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish,
                       讓撒種的有種撒,                                 so that it yields seed for the sower
                         吃糧的有糧吃;                                           and bread for the eater,
11                我口中說出的話也如此,                        so is my word that goes out from my mouth:
                        絕對不食言落空,                                      It will not return to me empty,
                        而會完成我所願,                                     but will accomplish what I desire
                        達到我期望目的.                              and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.
12                     你們必歡欣出去,                                             You will go out in joy
                        平和帶領邁向前;                                           and be led forth in peace;
                        大山小丘同歡唱,                   the mountains and hills will burst into song before you,
                        田野樹木齊拍掌.                        and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.
13                    青松代荊棘長出,                         Instead of the thornbush will grow the pine tree,
                        石榴替蒺藜生長.                              and instead of briers the myrtle will grow.
                        都為耶和華留名,                                    This will be for the Lord's renown,
                        作永遠不滅明證."                     for an everlasting sign, which will not be destroyed."

VIII. 責以色列惡人(56:9-57:21)
        (I) 譴責領袖(56:9-12):
9                來吧, 田野百獸啊!                             "Come, all you beasts of the field,
               來吞噬吧, 林中百獸啊!                  come and devour, all you beasts of the forest!
10            以色列守望者瞎了眼,                                 Isreal's watchmen are blind,
                  他們全毫無知識,                                     they all lack of knowledge;
                  都是啞狗不會吠,                           they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark;
               只會躺下貪睡作大夢.                     they lie around and dream, they have to sleep.
11       都是胃口極大永不飽足的狗.       They are dogs with mighty appetites; they never have enough.
                他們也是無知牧人,                        They are shepherds who lack of understanding;
              偏行己路, 謀求私利.                   they all turn to their own way, each seeks his own gain.
12     每人都在喊: "來吧, 快拿酒來!                     "Come," each one cries, "let me get wine!
             讓我們暢飲, 不醉無歸!                                     Let us drink our fill of beer!
                明天會跟今天－樣,                                   And tomorrow will be like today,
                   甚至還會更好."                                               or even far better."

      (II) 拜偶受責(57:1-13):
1             義人死亡, 無人關心;             The righteous perish, and no one ponders it in his heart;
               善人去世, 沒人明白.               devout men are taken away, and no one understands
                義人逝去為離邪惡.              that the righteous are taken away to be spared from evil.
2              正直之人得享平安,                        Those who walk uprightly enter into peace;
                他們死後得到安息.                               they find rest as they lie in death.

3                而你們巫婆之子,                                        "But you - come here,
                 姦夫淫婦子孫啊!                                        you sons of a sorceress,
                 你們都到這裏來!                          you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes!
4               你們輕浮嘲笑誰?                                        Whom are you mocking?
                 張牙弄舌譏誚誰?                       At whom do you sneer and stick out your tongue?
                你們不是一窩叛徒,                                   Are you not a brood of rebels,
                撒謊之人的子孫嗎?                                         the offspring of liars?
5             你們在橡樹下樹林中,                              You burn with lust among the oaks
                      慾火中燒;                                       and under every spreading tree;
               在山谷之間岩穴之下,                           you sacrifice your children in the ravines
                      以孩獻祭;                                       and under the overhanging crags;
6             山谷間平石上的偶像,                                The idols among the smooth stones
                  決定你們的命運;                                     of the ravines are your portion;
                  注定你們的福份.                                           they, they are your lot.
               但你們竟向偶像澆奠,                      Yes, to them you have poured out drink offerings
                      獻上供物.                                             and offered grain offerings,
           你們行這些事, 我豈能饒恕?                      in the light of these things, should I relent?
7              你們在高聳山岡鋪床,                      You have made your bed on a high and lofty hill;
                不辭辛勞爬上去獻祭.                           there you went up to offer your sacrifices.
8              你們並且在門前門後,                              Behind your doors and your doorsteps
               擺上異教邪門的標誌.                                  you have put your pagan symbols.
               你們背棄我打開床鋪,                              Forsaking me. You uncovered your bed,
               並爬上床去完全打開;                              you climbed into it and opened it wide;
               你們與喜歡的人立約,                      you made a pact with those whose beds you love,
               盯著他們的赤身露體.                                  and you looked on their nakedness.
9             你們帶橄欖油到王前,                                    You went to Molech with olive oil
               增加你們的芬芳香氣.                                       and increased your perfumes.
               你們派遣使者到遠方,                                You sent your ambassadors far away;
               就此沉淪一直到陰間!                                   you descended to the grave itself!
10            －路走下來精疲力盡,                                  You were wearied by all your ways,
               卻不說: '沒有希望了!'                                but you would not say, 'It is hopeless.'
               因為你們都重新得力,                                   You found renewal of your strength,
               所以你們沒有人昏厥.                                            and so you did not faint.

11              你們究竟害怕誰,                         Whom have you so dreaded and feared
                 膽敢對我撒大謊,                                that you have been false to me,
                 你們都不記念我,                              and have neither remembered me
                 也不把我放心上?                              nor pondered this in your hearts?
                是否因我長期緘默,                        It is not because I have long been silent
                所以你們就不怕我?                                   that you do not fear me?
12       我要顯露你們的公義和行為,              I will expose your righteousness and your works,
                但對你們毫無益處.                                 and they will not benefit you.
13             當你們高聲呼求時,                                   When you cry out for help,
          讓你們收集的偶像救你們吧!                        let your collection of idols save you!
             一陣風就會把牠們颳走,                            The wind will carry all of them off,
             一口氣也能把牠們吹跑.                            a mere breath will blow them away.
             但投靠我的必承受地土,            But the man who makes me his refuge will inherit the land
             並且有福擁有我的聖山."                              and possess my holy mountain."

       (III) 善惡分別(57:14-21):
14                  耶和華說:                                                And it will be said:
            "修築, 修築, 修好道路!                          "Build up, build up, prepare the road!
           移開我子民路上的絆腳石."                 Remove the obstacles of the way of my people."
15        因那永遠長存, 名為聖者,                     For this is what the high and lofty One says,
               至高至上者這樣說:                           he who lives forever, whose name is holy:
           "我雖住在至高至聖之處,                                "I have in high and holy place,
         卻與心靈痛悔謙卑的人同在,               but also with him who is contrite and lowly in spirit,
              使謙卑的人靈甦醒,                                    to revive the spirit of the lowly
                痛悔的人心復甦.                               and to revive the heart of the contrite.
16            我不會永遠責備,                                           I will not accuse forever,
                也不會常常發怒,                                         nor will I always be angry,
          為免人的靈在我面前昏沉;                 for then the spirit of man would grow faint before me -
            因為人的氣息是我造的.                            the breath of man that I have created.
17        我因他的貪婪罪惡發怒,                                I was enraged by his sinful greed;
           忿怒中掩面嚴厲懲處他,                            I punished him, and hid my face in anger,
           而他卻執意犯罪行己路.                                 yet he kept on in his willful ways .
18        我雖見他背道仍醫治他,                            I have seen his ways, but I will heal him;
           引導他再次憐憫安慰他.                           I will guide him and restore comfort to him,
19        讓他口讚慰以色列喪家.                      creating praise on his lips of the mourners in Isreal.
           使遠近的人得平安康泰,"                                Peace, peace, to those far and near,"
         耶和華說: "我要醫治他們."                              says the Lord, "And I will heal them."
20       但惡人像怒海不得平靜.                  But the wicked are like the tossing sea, which cannot rest,
          波濤洶湧翻起污穢淤泥.                                  whose waves cast up mire and mud.
21               我的神說:                                           "There is no peace." says my God,
         "惡人永遠都得不到平安."                                              " for the wicked."

                                      第四章 新郎讚美(4:1-16)

                     新郎                                                    Lover
1          "親愛的, 妳真美麗!                        How beautiful you are, my darling!
                 妳真美麗啊!                                      Oh, How beautiful!
         妳面紗後的雙眸如鴿子眼.                  Your eyes behind your veil are doves.
                   妳的秀髮                                 Your hair is like a flock of goats
          像從基列山下來的羊群.                          descending from Mount Gilead.
2                 妳的皓齒                        Your teeth are like a flock of sheep just shorn,
          像剛剪毛出浴的母羊群,                            coming up from the washing.
               每隻都有雙生羊,                                        Each has its twin;
               沒有一隻是落單.                                  not one of them is alone.

3           妳的朱唇像朱紅絲帶,                         Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon;
             妳的櫻桃小嘴美極了!                                   your mouth is lovely.
             妳面紗後的太陽雙穴,                             Your temples behind your veil
            好像那半邊的紅石榴.                           are like the halves of a pomegrade.
4          妳的粉頸好像大衛塔,                           Your neck is like the tower of David,
            建築宏偉精美又壯麗;                                       built with elegance;
               塔上四圍掛千盾,                                   on it hang a thousand shields,
               全是勇士精盾牌.                                   all of them shields of warriors.
5           妳雙乳像雙生小羚羊,                            Your two breasts are like two fawns,
             在百合花中悠然吃草.              like twin fawns of a gazelle that browse among the lilies.
6                我要登沒藥山                                             Until the day breaks
                  和上乳香崗去;                                           and the shadows flee,
                  直至曙光曦微,                                 I will go to the mountain of myrrh
                  黑影漸漸消逝.                                         and to the hills of incense.
7            親愛的, 妳美麗極了,                                 All beautiful you are, my daring;
                     無瑕無疵!                                               there is no flaw in you.

8      我的新娘啊! 跟我從黎巴嫩出發,                   Come with me from Lebanon, my bride,
                跟我從黎巴嫩出發.                                  Come with me from Lebanon.
                   沿亞瑪拿山脊,                                 Descend from the crest of Amana,
              示尼山頂和黑門高峰,                     from the top of Senir, the summit of Hermon,
                經獅子洞和豹子山                                         from the lions' dens
                     一直往下走.                            and the mountain haunts of the leopards.
9            我的妹子, 我的新娘啊,                                  You have stolen my heart,
                  妳使我神魂顛倒!                                           my sister, my bride;
                    妳的明眸秋波,                                       You have stolen my heart
                    粉頸珠寶項鍊,                                     with one glance of your eyes,
                    就奪走我的心.                                    with one jewel of your necklace.
10           我的妹子, 我的新娘啊,                                   How delightful is your love,
                   妳的愛情多美好!                                           my sister, my bride!
              妳的愛情甜美, 勝過醇酒,                   How much more pleasing is your love than wine,
              妳的香膏芬芳, 勝過香精!                  and the fragrance of your perfume than any spice!
11      我的新娘啊! 妳的香唇甜美如蜜;            Your lips drop sweetness as the honeycomb, my bride;
                  舌下洋溢香奶甜蜜.                              milk and honey are under your tongue.
                  衣裳散發黎巴嫩香.                    The fragrance of your garments is like that of Lebanon.
12            我的妹子, 我的新娘啊!                                   You are a garden locked up,
                   妳是座關閉的園子,                                          my sister, my bride;
                  鎖口水井, 封閉泉源                         you are a spring enclosed, a sealed fountain.
13                 園中妳栽種石榴,                           Your plants are an orchard of pomegranates
                     更種植佳美水果,                                             with choice fruits,
                     鳳仙花和哪噠樹,                                           with henna and nard,
14                     哪噠和紅花,                                                 nard and saffron,
                         昌蒲和肉桂,                                             calamus and cinnamon,
                         各種乳香樹,                                       with every kind of incense tree,
                         沒藥和沉香,                                                with myrrh and aloes
                         及上等香料.                                               and all the finest spices.
15                  妳就是園中的噴泉,                                         You are a garden fountain,
                     川流不息的活水井,                                             a well of flowing water
                     從黎巴嫩奔流直下.                                        streaming down from Lebanon.

16                     北風啊, 醒起!                                  Awake, north wind,
                         南風啊, 吹來!                               and come, south wind!
                         吹進我的園子,                                 Blow on my garden,
                       使園中芬芳四溢.                   that its fragrance may spread abroad.
                  讓我的郎君進入他的園裏,                Let my lover come into his garden
                       親嚐園中上等美果.                          and taste its choice fruits.

                                 第三章 尋郎迎親(3:1-11)

  I. 尋覓郎君(3:1-5):
1                我通宵躺臥床上,                               All night long on my bed
                  找尋我的心上人;                      I looked for the one my heart loves;
                  四處尋覓尋不見.                      I looked for him but did not find him.
2                於是我立即起來,                     I will get up now and go about the city,
                  在全城街道廣場,                          through its streets and squares;
                  尋覓我的心上人,                     I will search for the one my heart loves.
                  四處尋覓尋不見.                     So I looked for him but did not find him.
3                巡邏守衛遇見我,                                 The watchmen found me
                  我就立即問他們:                        as they made their rounds in the city.
             "有沒有看見我的心上人?"                "Have you seen the one my heart loves?
4                我一離開了他們,                               Scarcely had I passed them
                  就找到我心上人.                        when I found the one my heart loves.
                  我緊抱他不讓走,                         I held him and would not let him go,
                  直至進入我母家,                    till I had brought him to my mother's house,
                  到孕我者的房中.                      to the room of the one who conceived me.
5               耶路撒冷眾女子啊!                        Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you
              我指著田野羚羊和母鹿                     by the gazelles and by the does of field:
              請你們勿把愛驚動吵醒,                             Do not arouse or awaken love
              一切順乎自然等他自發.                                       untill it so desires.

 II. 君王迎親(3:6-11):
6                  那從曠野上來,                              Who is this coming up from the desert
                    狀如一根煙柱,                                        like a column of smoke,
               帶著沒藥和客商香料                              perfumed with myrrh and incense
                    香氣的是誰呢?                          made from all the spices of the merchant?
7           看哪! 那是所羅門的御轎,                               Look! It is Solomon's carriage,
                 由六十個勇士護衛,                                      escorted by sixty warriors,
                 是以色列最高貴的.                                           the noblest of Isreal.
8                  個個手持刀劍,                                       all of them wearing the sword,
                    人人身經百戰,                                            all experienced in battle,
                    腰間配帶寶刀,                                        each with his sword at his side,
                    嚴防夜間恐襲.                                     prepared for the terrors of the night.
9              所羅門王用黎巴嫩木                            King Solomon made for himself the carriage;
                    為自己造御轎.                                        he made it of wood from Lebanon.
10                 用白銀造轎柱,                                              Its postshe made of silver,
                    以黃金造轎底,                                                      its base of gold.
                    揀紫布作座墊,                                        its seat was upholstered with purple,
                 並以耶路撒冷仕女                                              its interior lovingly inlaid
                 的柔情作轎內裝飾.                                         by the daughters of Jerusalem.
11           錫安的女子啊, 出來吧!                                      Come out, you daughter of Zion,
              看看所羅門王戴的王冠,                             and look at king Solomon wearing the crown,
                那是他舉行婚禮之日,                             the crown with which his mother crowned him
                   心中歡欣喜樂時,                                               on the day of his wedding,
                   母后為他戴上的.                                                the day his heart rejoiced.

                                    第二章 彼此相愛(2:1-17)

                        新娘                                                    Beloved
1              我是沙崙的玫瑰花,                                   I am a rose of Sharon,
                也是谷中的百合花.                                     a lily of the valleys.

                        新郎                                                      Lover
2             我的新娘在眾女子中                                 Like a lily among thorns
               像荊棘叢中的百合花.                         is my daring among the maidens.

                        新娘                                                     Beloved
3             我的郎君在男子中                      Like an apple tree among trees of the forest
               像森林中的蘋果樹.                           in my lover among the young men.
               我喜坐他的樹蔭下,                                 I delight to sit in his shade,
               享受他甜美的果子.                             and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
4             他帶我進入宴會廳,                           He has taken me to the banquet hall,
               沉醉在他的愛幟下.                                and his banner over me is love.
5             葡萄乾補強我體力,                                   Strengthen me with raisins,
               蘋果使我神清氣爽,                                      refresh me with apples,
               因為我正意亂情迷.                                      for I am faint with love.
6             他的左臂輕枕我頭,                                  His left arm is under my head,
               右臂溫柔擁抱我身.                                  and his right arm embraces me.
7             耶路撒冷眾女子啊!                              Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you
            我指著田野羚羊和母鹿                           by the gazelles and by the does of field:
            請你們勿把愛驚動吵醒,                                  Do not arouse or awaken love
            一切順乎自然等他自發.                                          untill it so desires.
8                聽啊! 我的郎君!                                              Listen, my lover!
                   看哪! 他來了!                                             Look, here he comes!
                      躍過山嶺,                                         leaping across the mountains,
                      跳過崗陵.                                               bounding over the hills.
9             我的郎君像羚羊小鹿,                            My lover is like a gazelle or a young stag.
               看哪! 他正站在牆後,                              Look! There he stands behind our wall,
                     從窗口張望,                                           gazing through the windows,
                     從窗格窺視.                                            peering through the lattice.
10               我的郎君對我說:                                      My lover spoke and said to me,
                 "親愛的, 我的佳人!                                              "Arise, my daring,
                     起來, 跟我走!                                    my beautiful one, and come with me.
11             看哪! 嚴冬已經過去,                                          See! The winter is past;
                   雨水也已下過了.                                          the rains are over and gone.
12               地上百花正盛開,                                          Fllowers appear on the earth;
                   歡唱季節也來到,                                        the season of singing has come,
                   鴿聲遍地都可聞.                                  the cooling of doves is heard in our land.
13                無花果樹初結果,                                        The fig tree forms its early fruit;
                   葡萄花香散芬芳.                                 the blossoming vines spread their fragrance.
                 "親愛的, 我的佳人!                                              Arise, come, my daring;
                     起來, 跟我走!                                          my beautiful one, come with me."

                         新郎                                                             Lover
14             我可愛鴿子在高山                                   My dove in the clefts of the rock,
                 懸崖石穴的隱密處,                           in the hidding places on the mountainside,
                 讓我看看妳的容貌,                                            show me your face,
                 仔細聽聽妳的聲音;                                         let me hear your voice;
                 因為妳的聲音甜美,                                          for your voice is sweet,
                 妳的容貌美麗可愛.                                            and your face lovely.
15             要給我們抓住狐狸,                                           Catch for us the foxes,
            那隻毀壞葡萄園的小狐狸,                           the little foxes that ruin the vineyards,
            我們的葡萄園正葡花盛開.                                 our vineyards that are in bloom.

                        新娘                                                                Beloved
16           郎君屬我, 我屬郎君;                                       My lover is mine and I am his;
             他在百合花中流連觀賞.                                       he browses among the lilies.
17              直至黎明曙光生,                                                 Until the day breaks
                 黑暗陰影漸消逝,                                                 and the shadows flee,
                    我的郎君啊!                                                         turn, my lover,
               要像飛躍羚羊奔馳鹿,                               and be like a gazelle or like a young stag
               跨越崎嶇山嶺轉回來!                                                on the rugged hills.

                                         雅 歌 新 譯

前言
     寫完 "箴言新譯," 續精讀 "雅歌," 這是舊約聖經詩歌智慧書的第五卷, 其名字取自書中的首句:
"所羅門的歌, 歌中的雅歌." 現代猶太教中, 雅歌在逾越節期間, 都會在沙巴讀出, 以紀念豐收和神
領他們出埃及的恩典; 猶太傳統認為雅歌把所羅門王和書拉密女之間昇華愛情, 寓意神和以色列
的關係. 現代教會因對雅歌解讀不一, 且多有誤解, 故甚罕在聚會中頌讀, 或在主日學中開講, 不無
遺憾.
       雅歌表明神的原意, 是要愛情在祂美好的創造裏, 成為受神祝福生活中, 正常和甜蜜的一部份
(創1:26-31, 2:24), 這樣神聖和美好的愛, 只有在婚姻或受神祝福關係中, 才能自由享受. 這是一首
歌頌愛情的詩歌, 所羅門王以自己與書拉密女之間的聖潔愛情, 來表達神與我們個人之間真愛的
意義. 真愛發自個人的意志, 超越教條之上; 故真正的愛情是自發的, 這正是神期待與我們的關係.
"請妳們不要驚動吵醒他, 等他自己情願"(歌2:7), 故主動與情願是愛的起點, 因為自發的忠信堅貞,
與一心奉獻的愛情, 才顯得出真愛可貴. 這也是神給人完全自由的主因, 因神願意我們是出於個人
自由的選擇來愛祂.
      依本佈樂格 31. 但約曲線一文看來, 教會時期一結束, 立即爆發空前絕後的末世七年大災難,
那時, 主必親自從天降臨, 已死的信徒必先復活, 活著還存留的信徒, 必改變形體, 和他們一同被提
到雲裏, 在空中與主相會, 和主永遠同在(帖前5:16-17); 接著, 立即在空中舉行空前盛大的羔羊婚筵
(啓19:7-9), 新郎主耶穌和新娘教會(全體信徒)神聖結合, 彰顯所羅門王與書拉密女之間的聖潔愛情,
實現神與人之間真愛的極致.
      雅歌是一首以和歌方式對話而組成的抒情詩, 而以歌劇形式展現, 劇中人物如次:
                                  男主角: 所羅門王 - 新郎(Lover)
                                  女主角: 書拉密女 - 新娘(Beloved)
                                  配   角: 妃嬪宮女 - 朋友(Friends)
      雅歌是所羅門王另一篇傑作, 真情流露, 字字珠磯, 惟中譯經文, 用字措辭, 似有欠簡潔通順,
工整對稱, 而且有謬誤之處, 讀來詰屈聱牙, 不易朗朗上口, 使這歌中之歌遜色不少; 乃再中英對照,
細讀一遍, 益覺原譯尚有潤飾修正之餘地, 立即祈求聖靈繼續帶領, 著手雅歌新譯, 陸續在 "佈樂格"
披露, 祈我屬靈先進, 多多賜教指正, 以榮神益人.

第一章 男女愛慕(1:1-17)
1         所羅門的歌, 歌中的雅歌.
   I. 思慕郎君(1:1-8):
                      新 譯                                                          英 文
                       新娘                                                       Beloved
2            讓他用口熱吻我吧,                  Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth -
              因你的愛比酒甜美.                    for your love is more delightful than wine.
3            你的膏油氣味芬芳,                    Pleasing is the fragrance of your perfumes,
              你的名如倒出香膏.                       your name is like perfume poured out.
              難怪童女全都愛你!                          No wonder the maidens love you!
4              請你快點接我走!                        Take me away with you - let us hurry!
                願王接我進寢宮.                       Let the king bring me into his chambers.

                     妃嬪宮女                                                   Friends
              我們都為妳歡喜快樂,                         We rejoice and delight in you,
              讚美妳的愛情勝美酒.                  we will praise your love more than wine.

                         新娘                                                     Beloved
                 她們當然愛慕妳!                          How right they are to adore you!
5               耶路撒冷女子啊!                                 Dark am I, yet lovely,
                 我雖黝黑但秀美,                               O daughter of Jerusalem,
                 黑得如基達帳棚,                             dark like the tents of Kedar,
                 又如所羅門幔子.                          like the tent curtains of Solomon.
6               勿因我黑盯著我;                       Do not stare at me because I am dark,
                 因太陽把我晒黑.                          because I am darkened by the sun.
                 同母弟兄生我氣,                        My mother's sons were angry with me
                 叫我看守葡萄園;                      and made me take care of the vuneyards;
                 自己葡園反疏理.                           my own vineyard I have neglected.
7      告訴我, 心愛的, 你在那裏放羊?      Tell me, you whom I love, where you graze your flock
                 晌午羊在何處歇息?                    and where you rest your sheep at midday.
                 我為何要在羊群旁                         Why should I be like a veiled woman
                 像帶著面紗的女郎?                             beside the flock of your friends?

                       妃嬪宮女                                                       Friends
8        最美麗的佳人啊! 妳若不知道,               If you do not know, most beautiful of women,
                  就去跟隨羊群腳蹤,                               follow the tracks of the sheep
                  在牧人的帳棚旁邊,                                and graze your young goats
                  去放牧妳的小公羊.                               by the tents of the shepherds.

II. 讚美新娘(1:9-11):
                         新郎                                                            Lover
9                      親愛的,                                              I liken you, my daring,
                     我把妳當作                                              to a mare harnessed
                套在法老車上的駿馬.                              to one of the chariots of Pharaoh.
10             妳兩頰因耳環顯秀美,                         Your checks are beautiful with earrings,
                妳頸項因珠寶益華麗.                               your neck with strings of jewels.
11             我們要為妳精心打造                              We will make you earrings of gold,
                耀眼金耳環金中鑲銀.                                          studded with silver.

III. 相互讚美(1:12-17):
                          新娘                                                             Beloved
12              當王安坐席上之時,                                   While the king was at his table,
                  我的香膏散發芬香.                                  my perfume spread its fragrance.
13              我郎君如朱紅沒藥,                                 My lover is to me a scarlet of myrrh
                  安祥躺臥在我胸間.                                      resting between my breasts.
14            我郎君又如一束鳯仙花,                       My lover is to me a cluster of henna blossoms
                在隱基底葡萄園中綻放.                                  from the vineyards of En Gedi.

                           新郎                                                               Lover
15               親愛的, 妳真美麗!                                 How beautiful you are, my daring!
                      啊, 美麗極了!                                                Oh, how beautiful!
                  妳的雙眸美如鴿子眼.                                          Your eyes are doves.

                           新娘                                                              Beloved
16               親愛的, 你真英俊!                                    How handsome you are, my daring!
                      啊, 英俊極了!                                                  Oh, how charming!
                 我們以茵茵綠草為床.                                            and our bed is verdant.

                           新郎                                                                 Lover
17                    我們的愛巢                                                The beams of our house
                        以柏木為樑,                                                         are cedars,
                        以松木為椽.                                                    our refters are firs.

                    第九章 義僕蒙召與以色列復興(49:1-57:21)

  I. 義僕蒙召(49:1-13):
1             眾海島啊! 當聽我說;                             Listen to me , you islands;
             遠方列國啊! 要聽這言:                         hear this, you distant nations:
             出生前耶和華就呼召我,                    Before I was born the Lord called me;
               出生後衪就提我的名.            from my birth he has made mention of my name.
2                衪使我口似利劍,                   He made my mouth like a sharpened sword,
                  藏我在祂手影中;                        in the shadow of his hand he hid me;
                  使我成磨亮利箭,                           he made me into a polished arrow
                  藏在祂的箭袋裏.                              and concealed me in his quiver.
3      衪對我說: "你是我的僕人以色列,                 He said to me, "You are my servant,
               我要在他身上顯榮耀."                   Isreal, in whom I will display my splendor."
4                      而我說:                                                  But I said,
                  "我盲目勞碌－生,                               I have labored to no purpose;
                   虛空中白費氣力;                  I have spent my strength in vain and for nothing.
                   所得都來自神手,                        Yet what is due me is in the Lord 's hand,
                   一切賞賜全靠神."                              and my reward is with my God."

5                     現耶和華說:                                       And now the Lord says,
                   "我還在母胎之中,                             "he who formed me in the womb
                    祂就造我成其僕,                                          to be his servant,
                    使雅各回衪身邊,                                    to bring Jacob back to him
                    以色列集祂面前,                                   and gather Isreal to himself,
                    因耶和華珍視我,                          for I am honnored in the eyes of the Lord
                    神就是我的力量."                             and my God has been my strength."
6                        衪又說:                                                       he says,
                   "我要你作我僕人,                                        "It is too small a thing
                    復興雅各的支派,                                       for you to be my servant
                    領回我的以色列,                                     to restore the tribes of Jacob
                    這些都算是小事.                           and bring back those of Isreal I Have kept.
                    要作外邦人之光                            I will also make you a light for the Gentiles,
                    把救恩傳到地極."                that you may bring my salvation to the ends of the earth."

7                     耶和華這樣說:                                      This is what the Lord says -
                 以色列的救贖主和聖者,                         the Redeemer and Holy One of Isreal -
                    列國都藐視厭惡和                   to him who was despised and abhored by the nation,
                    統治者役使僕人說:                                       to the servant of rulers:
                     "君王見你必起立,                                 "Kings will see you and rise up,
                      權貴見你必俯首,                                  princes will see and bow down,
                      因信實的耶和華,                               because of the Lord, who is faithful,
                   以色列的聖者揀選你."                     the Holy One of Isreal, who has chosen you."

8                      耶和華這樣說:                                       This is what the Lord says:
                     "我喜悅時回應你,                         "In the time of my favor I will answer you,
                      救恩之日幫助你;                          and in the day of salvation I will help you;
                      我立你為民中保,     I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people,
                      復興重分荒涼地;          to restore the land and to reassign its desolate inheritances,
9                   對擄民說: '出來吧!'                              to say to captives, 'Come out,'
                     對囚民說: '自由了!'                           and to those in darkness, 'Be free!'
                       他們路旁得飲食,                              "They will feed beside the roads
                       荒山野嶺有草場.                            and find pasture on every barren hill.
10                    他們不饑也不渴,                             They will neither hunger nor thirst,
                        野熱嬌陽不傷身.                 nor will the desert heat or the sun beat upon them.
                        好心善人親帶領,                   He who has compassion on them will guide them,
                        帶到甘泉清水旁.                           and lead them beside springs of water.
11                     我使高山成大路,                           I will turn all my mountains into roads,
                        康莊大道紛隆起.                               and my highways will be raised up.
12                     看哪他們遠方來,                                  See, they will come from afar -
                         有從南來有從西,                        some from the north, some from the west,
                         更有來自亞斯萬."                                some from the region of Aswan."

13                    諸天啊, 大聲歡呼吧!                                   Shout for joy, O heavens;
                       大地啊, 全心歡樂吧!                                          rejoice, O earth;
                       高山啊, 盡情歡唱吧!                                  burst into song, O mountains!
                          因耶和華慰子民,                                  For the Lord comforts his people
                          憐憫困苦中百姓.                         and will have compassion on his afflicted ones.

 II. 選民復興(49:14-26):
14         錫安卻說: "耶和華離棄我,                   But Zion said, "The Lord has forsaken me,
                    我的主忘記我."                                   the Lord has forgotten me."

15          "母親豈會忘記懷中嬰兒,                   "Can a mother forget the baby at her breast
               也不憐憫親生的兒子呢?          and have no compassion on the the child she has borne?
                 母可忘兒, 我不忘你!                     Though she may forget, I will not forget you!
16          看哪! 我已把你刻在我掌上,           See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands;
                 你的牆垣常在我面前.                             your walls are ever before me.
17               你的兒女急速歸來,                                    Your sons hasten back,
                   殘害你的紛紛離去.                   and those who laid you waste depart from you.
18                張開你眼四面觀看,                            Lift up your eyes and look around;
                   你的兒女齊來.聚集"                         all your sons gather and come to you."
                       耶和華宣示說:                                         declares the Lord,
                   "我以我的永生起誓,                                     "As surely as I live,
                    你要以他們為裝飾,                         you will wear them all as ornaments;
                    像新娘以他們裝扮.                           you will put them on, like a bride.

19                 你那毀壞荒涼之地,    Though you were ruined and made desolate and your land waste,
                     現已太小為民居住,                    now you will be too small for your people,
                     而吞噬你的必遠離.                 and those who devoured you will be far away.
20                  淪喪以後所生子女,                  The children born during your bereavement
                      都會同聲對著你說:                              will yet say in your hearing,
                      我們居住地方太小,                              This place is too small for us,
                      要給更大地方安居.'                             give us more space to live in.'
21                   然而你的心裏會說:                            Then you will say in your heart,
                       我喪子又不能生育,                                    Who bore me these?
                       放逐在外邦被棄絕,                                I was bereavedand barren;
                       誰給我生這些孩子?                               I was exiled and rejected.
                       誰給我養這些孩子?                                 Who brought these up?
                       我獨自一人被撇下,                                    I was left all alone,
                       這些孩子從何而來?'"                   but these - where have they come from?'"

22                      主耶和華這樣說:                          This is what the Sovereign Lord says:
                    "看哪! 我要向外邦人招手,                      "See, I will beckon to the Gentilles,
                        向萬民高舉我的旗幟;                       I will lift up my banner to the peoples;
                        他們會抱你的兒子來,                        they will bring your sons in their arms
                        肩背你的女兒上前來.                    and carry your daughters on their shoulders.
23                    列國君王成為你義父,                             Kings will be your foster fathers,
                        各國王后都成你奶娘.                        and their queens your nursing mothers.
                        他們臉伏地向你下拜,  They will bow down before you with their faces to the ground;
                        又在你腳前頻舐塵土.                            they will lick the dust at your feet.
                         你就知道我是耶和華,                         Then you will know that I am the Lord;
                         使仰望我的都不失望.                   those who hope in me will not be disappointed."

24                被搶之物怎能從勇土手中奪回,                       Can plunder be taken from warriors,
                    被擄的人怎能從暴徒牢裏救出?                       or captives rescued from the fierce?

25                           但耶和華這樣說:                                  But this is what the Lord says,
                       "被搶之物可從勇土手中奪回,                  "Yes, captives will be taken from warriors,
                        被擄的人可從暴徒牢裏救出;                       and plunder retrived from the fierce;
                        我必與跟你們爭鬦的人爭鬦,               I will contend with those who contend with you,
                        也要盡力去拯救你們的兒女.                             and your children I will save.
26                     我必使欺壓你們的自食其肉,               I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh;
                         也使他們喝自己的血如喝酒.         they will be drunk on their own blood, as with wine.
                             這樣, 全人類就會知道:                              Then all mankind will know
                               我是你的救主耶和華,                           that I, the Lord, am your Savior,
                           你的救贖主, 雅各的大能者."                 your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob."

III. 選民罪孽與義僕順服(50:1-11):
      (I) 選民罪孽(50:1-3):
1                  耶和華這樣說:                                This is what the Lord says:
                 "我離棄你們母親                  "Where is your mother's certificate of divorce
                    的休書在那裏?                               with which I sent her away?
             我把你們賣給那一個債主?                Or which of my creditors did I sell you?
             因你們的罪才把你們出賣,                   Because of your sins you were sold;
          因你們的過犯才休你們的母親.  because of your transgressions your mother was sent away.
2                我來時為何沒人在?                      When I came, why was there no one?
                  呼召時為何沒人答?              When I called, why was there no one to answer?
                難道我臂短不能救贖?                     Was my arm too short to rensom you?
                   力弱不能拯救嗎?                            Do I lack strength to rescue you?
              只要我一斥責, 海就乾涸,                      By a mere rebuke I dry up the sea,
                 我也能使沙漠成江河;                              I turn rivers into a desert;
                      魚缺水而腐臭,                               their fish rot for lack of water
                      因乾渴而死亡.                                        and die of thirst.
3                我以黑暗為衣蓋高天,                           I clothe the sky with darkness
                     並以麻布遮天空."                           and make sackcloth its covering."

      (II) 義僕順服(50:4-11):
4            主耶和華賜我受教舌,             The Sovereign Lord has given me an instructed tongue,
              知用言語扶助疲乏人.                       to know the word that sustains the weary.
              衪每天早晨把我喚醒,                           He wakens me morning by morning,
              喚醒我的耳朵好聽教.                     wakens my ear to listen like one being taught.

5            主耶和華打開我耳朵,                          The Sovereign Lord has opened my ears,
              我沒叛逆也沒有後退.                and I have not been rebellious; I have not drawn back.
6            我露背給鞭打我的人,                         I offered my back to those who beat me,
              送頰給拔我鬍鬚的人;                      my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard;
              臉朝向我吐口水的人.                    I did not hide my face from mocking and spitting.
7            原因是主耶和華助我,                            Because the Sovereign Lord helps me,
              衪不會使我受到羞辱.                                       I will not be disgraced.
              因此我就板起硬石臉,                            Therefore have I set my face like flint,
              知道絕不會蒙羞受辱.                            and I know I will not be put to shame.
8            為我辯護的愈來愈近,                                   He who vindicates me is near.
              那時誰還會控訴我呢?                            Who then will bring charges against me?
                 讓我們彼此面對!                                           Let us face each other!
                 誰是我的控訴者?                                             Who is my accuser?
                 讓他與我對抗吧!                                            Let him confront me!
9             主耶和華－直幫助我,                            It is the Sovereign Lord who helps me.
               現誰能夠定我的罪呢?                               Who is he that will condemm me?
               他們全都像破舊衣裳,                             They will all wear out like a garment;
               蛀蟲定會把他們吃光.                                      the moth will eat them up.

10           你們中間誰敬畏耶和華                                  Who among you fears the Lord
              會去聽從衪僕人說的話?                               and obeys the word of his servant?
            讓黑暗中行走看不見亮光的,                   Let him who walks in the dark, who has no light,
            信靠耶和華的名信賴他的神.                   trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God.

11                    現你們點火                                        But now, all you who light fires
                       手執火炬的,                              and provide yourselves with flaming touches,
                    去吧, 在你的火把                                    go, walk in the light of your fires
                   和火炬點亮下前進!                              and of the touches you have set ablaze.
              這是你們將從我手中得到的:                     This is what you shall receive from my hand:
                  你們必躺在痛苦煎熬中.                                   You will lie down in torment.

 IV. 安慰餘民(51:1-52:12):
      (I) 安慰錫安(51:1-16):
1       追求公義, 尋求耶和華的啊!                   Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness
                  要聽我的話.                                            and who seek the Lord:
               看你鏧出的磬石,                            Look to the rock from which you were out
               和你挖出的礦石;                         and to the quarry from which you were hewn;
2            再看你父亞伯拉罕,                                   look to Abraham, your father,
                 和生你的撒拉.                                  and to Sarah, who gave you birth.
         他獨自一人之時, 我呼召他,                          When I called him he was but one,
         我賜福給他, 使他多子多孫.                       and I blessed him and made him many.
3          耶和華定必去安慰錫安,                              The Lord will surely comfort Zion
           憐憫看顧錫安所有廢墟;                      and will look with compassion on all her ruins;
              祂使曠野變伊甸園,                                 he will make her deserts like Eden,
              荒漠變耶和華花園.                            her wastelands like the garden of the Lord.
              錫安充滿歡喜快樂,                                Joy and gladness will be found in her,
              四處洋溢感恩歌聲.                               thanksgiving and the sound of singing.

4         "我的子民啊! 細聽我言;                                   "Listen to me, my people;
            我的族人啊! 要聽我說:                                        hear me, my nation:
                律法必從我而出,                                      The law will go out from me;
                公正成萬國之光,                          my justice will become a light to the nations,
5              公義臨近快速來,                                My righteousness draws new speedily,
                救恩也正在路上,                                        my salvation is on the way,
                膀臂要審判列國.                            and my arm will bring justice to the nations.
                島民都在仰望我,                                        The islands will look to me
                盼望膀臂早發威.                                       and wait in hope for my arm.
6              抬頭張目望諸天,                                     Lift up your eyes to the heavens,
               低頭俯視全大地;                                           look at the earth beneath;
               諸天消失如煙雲,                                    the heavens will vanish like smoke,
               大地穿破如衣裳,                                  the earth will wear out like a garment
               地上居民如蠅死.                                       and its inhabitants die like flies.
               而我救恩永長久,                                      But my salvation will last forever,
               公義堅立永不廢.                                       my righteousness will never fail.

7      "明白公義, 心存律法的人啊!                          "Hear me, you who know what is right,
                    要聽我說:                                     you people have my law in your hearts:
                不要怕人的辱罵,                                      Do not fear the reproach of men
                也勿懼人的毀謗.                                        or be terrified by their insults.
8              因蛀蟲吃人如衣,                             For the moth will eat them up like a garment;
                蟲子吃人如羊毛.                                   the worm will devour them like wool.
                而我的公義長存,                                   But my righteousness will last forever,
                我的救恩到萬代."                                my salvation through out all generations."

9               耶和華的膀臂啊!                              Awake, awake! Clothe yourself with strength,
           醒起! 醒起! 穿上力量衣裳;                                          O arm of the Lord;
               像舊日古代－樣醒起.                       awake, as in days gone by, as in generations of old.
             砍碎拉哈伯, 刺透怪物的,                             Was it not you who cut Rahab to pieces,
                     不就是你嗎?                                        who pierced that monster through?
10              使大海深淵乾涸的,                                  Was it not you who dried up the sea,
                     不也是你嗎?                                             the waters of the great deep,
              誰在海的深處開出大路,                             who make a road to the depths of the sea
              讓蒙救贖的人安然走過?                               so that the redeemed might cross over?
11            耶和華救贖的必歸回,                                   The ransomed of the Lord will return,
               他們載歌載舞進錫安,                                       They will enter Zion with singing;
               永遠歡樂成頭上冠冕.                                     everlasting joy will crown their heads.
               他們都充滿歡喜快樂,                                      Galdness and joy will overtake them,
               愁煩嘆息消失無影蹤.                                      and sorrow and sighing will flee away.

12       我, 我耶和華安慰你們,                         "I, even I, am he who comforts you.
          你是誰, 竟怕那必死之人,                      Who are you that you fear mortal men,
         世人之子只不過是地上草,                        the sons of men, who are but grass,
13     你竟忘了創造你的耶和華,                        that you forget the Lord your Maker,
                  衪展開諸天,                                   who stretched out the heavens
                  立大地根基.                               and laid the foundations of the earth,
         因欺壓者存心毀滅發烈怒,                     that you live in constant terror every day
         你們不就終日活在恐懼中?     because of the wrath of the oppressor, who is bent on destruction?
         其實欺壓者的烈怒在那裏?                        For where is the wrath of the oppressor?
14        戰抖的被擄者快要釋放,                      The cowering prisoners will soon be set free;
               他們不會死在牢籠,                                they will not die in their dungeon,
               也不會缺糧挨饑餓.                                       nor will they lack bread.
15         因我是耶和華你們的神,                                 For I am the Lord your God,
            衪攪動大海使波濤洶湧;                    who churns up the sea so that its waves roar -
            萬軍之耶和華是衪的名.                                 the Lord Almighty is his name.
16         我把我的話語放你口中,                             I have put my words in your mouth
            也用我的手蔭蔽護你們;                      and covered you with the shadow of my hand -
            我定諸天奠立大地根基.  I who set the heavens in place, who laid the foundations of the earth,
       並對錫安說: '你們是我的子民.'"                    and who say to Zion , 'You are my people.'"

       (II) 忿怒的杯(51:17-23):
17               耶路撒冷啊!                                           Awake, awake!
              醒來, 醒來, 站起來!                                 Rise up, O Jerusalem,
             你們喝了耶和華手中               you who have drunk from the hand of the Lord
                    烈怒之杯,                                        the cup of his wrath,
                    喝盡祂那                              you who have drained to its dregs
18              使人搖幌的爵.                         the goblet that makes men stagger.
                在她所生眾子中,                                 Of all the sons he bore
                   無一牽引她;                               there was none to guide her;
                在她所養眾子中,                               of all the sons she reared
                   無一扶持她.                       there was none to take her by the hand.
19        荒涼與毀滅, 饑荒與刀劍,           These double calamities have come upon you -
           雙重災禍一同臨到你們時,                           who can comfort you?
                 誰能安慰你們?                     ruin and destruction, famine and sword -
                 誰能撫慰你們?                                   who can console you?
20            你們的子孫昏倒,                                 Your sons have fainted;
               躺臥在每個街頭,                         they lie at the head of every street,
               如羚羊被捕網中.                               like antilope caught in a net.
               他們飽嚐神烈怒,                      They are filled with the wrath of the Lord
               受盡你們神斥責.                                and the rebuke of your God.

21     所以, 非酒而醉受災的人啊!                   Therefore hear this, you afflicted one,
                    細聽這話.                                 make drunk, but not with wine.
22              你的主耶和華,                          This is what your Sovereign Lord says,
             保護子民的神這樣說:                          your God, who defends his people.
             "看哪! 我已從你手中                         "See, I have taken out of your hand
                 把使你搖幌的杯                                the cup that made you stagger;
                和我烈怒的爵拿開,                         from that cup, the goblet of my wrath,
                  你不再會喝這杯.                                  you will never drink again.
23     我要把這杯放在苦待你的人手中,             I will put into the hands of your tormentors,
                     他們對你說:                                            who said to you,
              爬在地上好讓我們踩過.'                     Fall prostrate that we may walk over you.'
                  於是你以背當地,                          And you made your back like the ground,
               像街道一般任人走過."                               like a street to be walked over."

       (III) 神救聖城(52:1-12):
1               醒起, 醒起, 錫安啊!                                 Awake, awake, O Zion,
                  你要穿上力量衣裳.                            Clothe yourself with strength.
                   聖城耶路撒冷啊!                           Put on your garments of splendor,
                  你要穿上華美衣裝.                               O Jerusalem, the holy city.
           因今後未受割禮和不潔淨的人,                     The uncircumcised and defiled
                  不能再進入你中間.                                 will not enter you again.
2              耶路撒冷啊! 抖下塵土,                                 Shake off your dust;
                    起來, 坐上王座!                          rise up, sit enthroned, O Jerusalem.
                  被擄的錫安兒女啊!                    Free yourself from the chains on your neck,
                  解開你頸上的鎖鏈.                               O captive Dauighter of Zion.

3                  因耶和華這樣說:                               For this is what the Lord says:
                "你們被賣時未收分文,                              "You were sold for nothing,
                 贖回你們也無需付款."                   and without money you will be redeemed."

4                 因主耶和華這樣說:                       For this is what the Sovereign Lord says:
             "起初我的子民下埃及寄居,               "At first my people went down to Egypt to live;
              最近亞述人無故欺壓他們."                          lately, Assyria oppressed them."

5                      耶和華說:                       "And now what do I have here?" declare the Lord:
              "我的子民被擄未取分文,               "For my people have been taken away for nothing,
               終日受統治者嘲笑羞辱,                and those who rule them mock," declare the Lord.
               現我在這裏能做甚麼呢?                                    "And all day long
               我的名終日被褻瀆侮蔑.                       my name is constantly blasphemed.
6             所以我的子民必知我名;                   Therefore my people will know my name;
               到那日他們必知是我說,                       therefore in that day they will know
                     是的, 就是我!"                           that it is I who foretold it. Yes, it is I."

7                 衪登山的腳何其美!                             How beautiful on the mountains
                   那傳福音, 報平安,                      are the feet of those who bring good news,
                   播佳音, 宣救恩的,                     who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings,
                         對錫安說:                            who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion,
                     "你的神作王了!"                                        "Your God reigns!"
8                  聽啊! 你的守望者                        Listen! Your watchmen lift up their voices;
                      一同揚聲歡呼,                                    together they shout for joy.
                  因耶和華榮歸錫安時,                            When the Lord returns to Ziuion,
                    他們都將親眼目睹.                           they will see it with their own eyes.
9                  耶路撒冷的廢墟啊!                              Burst into songs of joy together,
                    你們都齊聲歡唱吧!                                     you ruins of Jerusalem,
               因耶和華安慰了衪的子民,                      for the Lord has comforted his people,
                     救贖了耶路撒冷.                                    he has redeemed Jerusalem.
10               耶和華在萬國的眼前,                             The Lord will lay bare his holy arm
                   展現祂強有力的膀臂;                                in the sight of all the nations,
                   讓遠遠在地極上的人,                            and all the ends of the earth will see
                   都親眼看見神的救恩.                                     the salvation of our God.
11         快離開, 快離開, 快從那裏出來!                        Depart, depart, go out from there!
                    不要觸摸不潔之物!                                       Touch no unclean thing!
                    攜帶耶和華器皿的,                                   Come out from it and be pure,
                    要清潔純淨走出來.                              you who carry the vessels of the Lord.
12           但你們出來時不必匆匆奔跑;                   But you will not leave in haste or go in flight;
               因耶和華會在你們前面帶領,                              for the Lord will go before you,
               以色列的神會作你們的後衛.                      the God of Isreal will be your rear guard.