Isaiah

Chapter 1

1 THE vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah:

2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for the LORD has spoken, I have reared and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.

3 The ox knows its owner, and the ass its master's crib; but Israel does not know, my people do not understand.

4 Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, an offspring of evildoers, children that are corrupt; you have forsaken the LORD, you have provoked the Holy One of Israel to anger, you have gone away backward.

5 Why should you be stricken any more, and be chastised? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

6 From the sole of the foot even to the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds and bruises, and swelling sores; they have not been closed, neither bound up, nor softened with oil.

7 Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire; your land, strangers devour in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.

8 And the daughter of Zion is left as a booth in a vineyard, and as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.

9 Except the LORD of hosts had left to us a few survivors, we should have been like Sodom, and we should have been like Gomorrah.

10 Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; give ear to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah.

11 Of what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to me? says the LORD; I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I do not delight in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats.

12 When you come to appear before me, who has required this at your hand, to tread my courts?

13 Bring no more vain offerings to me; their savour is an abomination to me; in the new moons and sabbaths, you call an assembly; I do not eat that which is obtained wrongfully, and taken by force.

14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hates; they are a burden to me; I am weary to bear them.

15 And when you spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not hear; your hands are full of blood.

16 Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; cease to do evil;

17 Learn to do good; seek justice, do good to the oppressed, plead for the fatherless, plead for the widows.

18 Come now, and let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be like wool.

19 If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land;

20 But if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of the LORD has spoken it.

21 How is the faithful city become a harlot! For once it was full of justice; and righteousness lodged in it, but now murderers.

22 Your silver has become dross, your wine mixed with water.

23 Your princes are rebellious and companions of thieves; every one of them loves a bribe and runs after rewards; they plead not the cause of the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come before them.

24 Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: Ah, I will avenge myself of my adversaries, I will take vengeance upon my enemies;

25 And I will turn my hand against you, and purge away your rebellious men, and remove all your iniquities;

26 And I will restore your judges as at the first, and your counsellors as at the beginning; afterward you shall be called the city of righteousness, the faithful city.

27 Zion shall be redeemed with justice, and her captivity with righteousness.

28 And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and those who have forsaken the LORD shill perish.

29 For they shall be ashamed of the idols which they have desired, and they shall be confounded by the witchcraft which they have chosen.

30 For they shall be like an oak whose leaves have fallen, and like a garden that has no water.

31 And their strength shall be like cotton, and their works like a spark, and they shall both burn together, and there shall be none to quench them.

以賽亞書

第1章

1 當烏西雅、約坦、亞哈斯、希西家作猶大王的時候,亞摩斯的兒子以賽亞得異象[vision],論到猶大和耶路撒冷。

2 諸天[heavens]哪,要聽;地啊,側耳而聽。因為耶和華說:我養育兒女,將他們養大,他們竟悖逆我。

3 牛認識主人,驢認識主人的槽;以色列卻不認識,我的民卻不留意。

4 [Ah]。犯罪的國民,擔著罪孽的百姓,行惡的種類,敗壞的兒女;他們離棄了[forsaken]耶和華,惹動[provoked]以色列的聖者怒氣發作[unto anger]往後退去[gone away backward]

5 你們為甚麼還要受責打[Why should ye be stricken any more]你們還要屢次悖逆[ye will revolt more and more];你們已經滿頭疼痛,全心發昏。

6 從腳掌到頭頂,沒有一處完全的;盡是傷口、青腫,與新打的傷痕。都沒有收口,沒有包紮[bindeth up],也沒有用膏滋潤。

7 你們的地土已經荒涼,你們的城邑被火焚燬;你們的[land]在你們面前[presence]為外邦人所侵吞,既被外邦人傾覆就成為荒涼。

8 僅存女子錫安[daughter of Zion],好像葡萄園[in]的草棚,瓜田[in]的茅屋,被圍困的城邑。

9 若不是大軍之耶和華給我們稍留餘種,我們早已像所多瑪、蛾摩拉的樣子了。

10 你們這所多瑪的官長啊,要聽耶和華的話;你們這蛾摩拉的百姓啊,要側耳聽我們神的訓誨。

11 耶和華說:你們所獻的許多祭物與我何益呢?公綿羊的燔祭和肥畜的脂油,我已經夠了;公牛的血,綿羊羔[lambs]的血,公山羊的血,我都不喜悅。

12 你們來朝見我,誰向你們討這些,使你們踐踏我的院宇呢?

13 不要再[no more]獻虛浮的供物;香品是我所憎惡的;月朔[new moons]安息日[sabbaths],並宣召的大會,也是我不能容忍的[I cannot away with]守嚴肅會也是罪孽[it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting]

14 你們的月朔和節期,我心裏恨惡。我都以為麻煩;我擔當它們[them],便不耐煩。

15 你們舉手禱告,我必遮眼不看;就是你們多多地祈禱,我也不聽;你們的手都滿了殺人的血。

16 你們要洗濯、自潔;從我眼前除掉你們的惡行;要止住作惡;

17 學習行善;尋求公平,解救受欺壓的,給無父的斷事[judge the fatherless],為寡婦辨屈。

18 耶和華說:你們來,我們彼此辯論。你們的罪雖像朱紅[scarlet],必變[as]雪白;雖紅如緋紅[crimson],必白如羊毛。

19 你們若甘心聽從,必吃地上的美物;

20 你們[ye]若不聽從,反倒叛逆,必被刀劍吞滅;這是耶和華親口說的。

21 忠信的城何竟[How is]變為妓女。這城[it]從前充滿了公平;公義居在其中;現今卻有兇手居住。

22 你的銀子變為渣滓,你的酒用水參混[mixed]

23 你的官長居心叛逆,與盜賊作伴;各都喜愛賄賂,追求贓私;他們不為無父的斷事[judge not the fatherless],寡婦的案件也不得呈到他們面前。

24 因此,主─大軍之耶和華、以色列的大能者說:哎,我要向我的對頭雪恨,向我的敵人報仇。

25 我必反手加在你身上,煉淨[purely purge away]你的渣滓,除[all]你的雜質;

26 我也必復還你的審判官,像起初一樣,復還你的謀士,像起先一般;然後,你必稱為公義之城,忠信之邑。

27 錫安必因公平得蒙救贖,其中歸正的人必因公義得蒙救贖。

28 犯法的[transgressors]和犯罪的必一同敗亡,離棄耶和華的必致消滅。

29 那等人必因你們所喜愛的橡樹蒙羞[ashamed],你們必因所選擇的園子抱愧[confounded]

30 因為,你們必如葉子凋殘[fadeth]的橡樹,好像無水澆灌的園子。

31 有權勢的必如麻屑[tow],他的工作好像火花[spark],都要一同焚燬,無人撲滅。

Isaiah

Chapter 1

以賽亞書

第1章

1 THE vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah:

1 當烏西雅、約坦、亞哈斯、希西家作猶大王的時候,亞摩斯的兒子以賽亞得異象[vision],論到猶大和耶路撒冷。

2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for the LORD has spoken, I have reared and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.

2 諸天[heavens]哪,要聽;地啊,側耳而聽。因為耶和華說:我養育兒女,將他們養大,他們竟悖逆我。

3 The ox knows its owner, and the ass its master's crib; but Israel does not know, my people do not understand.

3 牛認識主人,驢認識主人的槽;以色列卻不認識,我的民卻不留意。

4 Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, an offspring of evildoers, children that are corrupt; you have forsaken the LORD, you have provoked the Holy One of Israel to anger, you have gone away backward.

4 [Ah]。犯罪的國民,擔著罪孽的百姓,行惡的種類,敗壞的兒女;他們離棄了[forsaken]耶和華,惹動[provoked]以色列的聖者怒氣發作[unto anger]往後退去[gone away backward]

5 Why should you be stricken any more, and be chastised? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

5 你們為甚麼還要受責打[Why should ye be stricken any more]你們還要屢次悖逆[ye will revolt more and more];你們已經滿頭疼痛,全心發昏。

6 From the sole of the foot even to the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds and bruises, and swelling sores; they have not been closed, neither bound up, nor softened with oil.

6 從腳掌到頭頂,沒有一處完全的;盡是傷口、青腫,與新打的傷痕。都沒有收口,沒有包紮[bindeth up],也沒有用膏滋潤。

7 Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire; your land, strangers devour in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.

7 你們的地土已經荒涼,你們的城邑被火焚燬;你們的[land]在你們面前[presence]為外邦人所侵吞,既被外邦人傾覆就成為荒涼。

8 And the daughter of Zion is left as a booth in a vineyard, and as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.

8 僅存女子錫安[daughter of Zion],好像葡萄園[in]的草棚,瓜田[in]的茅屋,被圍困的城邑。

9 Except the LORD of hosts had left to us a few survivors, we should have been like Sodom, and we should have been like Gomorrah.

9 若不是大軍之耶和華給我們稍留餘種,我們早已像所多瑪、蛾摩拉的樣子了。

10 Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; give ear to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah.

10 你們這所多瑪的官長啊,要聽耶和華的話;你們這蛾摩拉的百姓啊,要側耳聽我們神的訓誨。

11 Of what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to me? says the LORD; I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I do not delight in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats.

11 耶和華說:你們所獻的許多祭物與我何益呢?公綿羊的燔祭和肥畜的脂油,我已經夠了;公牛的血,綿羊羔[lambs]的血,公山羊的血,我都不喜悅。

12 When you come to appear before me, who has required this at your hand, to tread my courts?

12 你們來朝見我,誰向你們討這些,使你們踐踏我的院宇呢?

13 Bring no more vain offerings to me; their savour is an abomination to me; in the new moons and sabbaths, you call an assembly; I do not eat that which is obtained wrongfully, and taken by force.

13 不要再[no more]獻虛浮的供物;香品是我所憎惡的;月朔[new moons]安息日[sabbaths],並宣召的大會,也是我不能容忍的[I cannot away with]守嚴肅會也是罪孽[it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting]

14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hates; they are a burden to me; I am weary to bear them.

14 你們的月朔和節期,我心裏恨惡。我都以為麻煩;我擔當它們[them],便不耐煩。

15 And when you spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not hear; your hands are full of blood.

15 你們舉手禱告,我必遮眼不看;就是你們多多地祈禱,我也不聽;你們的手都滿了殺人的血。

16 Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; cease to do evil;

16 你們要洗濯、自潔;從我眼前除掉你們的惡行;要止住作惡;

17 Learn to do good; seek justice, do good to the oppressed, plead for the fatherless, plead for the widows.

17 學習行善;尋求公平,解救受欺壓的,給無父的斷事[judge the fatherless],為寡婦辨屈。

18 Come now, and let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be like wool.

18 耶和華說:你們來,我們彼此辯論。你們的罪雖像朱紅[scarlet],必變[as]雪白;雖紅如緋紅[crimson],必白如羊毛。

19 If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land;

19 你們若甘心聽從,必吃地上的美物;

20 But if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of the LORD has spoken it.

20 你們[ye]若不聽從,反倒叛逆,必被刀劍吞滅;這是耶和華親口說的。

21 How is the faithful city become a harlot! For once it was full of justice; and righteousness lodged in it, but now murderers.

21 忠信的城何竟[How is]變為妓女。這城[it]從前充滿了公平;公義居在其中;現今卻有兇手居住。

22 Your silver has become dross, your wine mixed with water.

22 你的銀子變為渣滓,你的酒用水參混[mixed]

23 Your princes are rebellious and companions of thieves; every one of them loves a bribe and runs after rewards; they plead not the cause of the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come before them.

23 你的官長居心叛逆,與盜賊作伴;各都喜愛賄賂,追求贓私;他們不為無父的斷事[judge not the fatherless],寡婦的案件也不得呈到他們面前。

24 Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: Ah, I will avenge myself of my adversaries, I will take vengeance upon my enemies;

24 因此,主─大軍之耶和華、以色列的大能者說:哎,我要向我的對頭雪恨,向我的敵人報仇。

25 And I will turn my hand against you, and purge away your rebellious men, and remove all your iniquities;

25 我必反手加在你身上,煉淨[purely purge away]你的渣滓,除[all]你的雜質;

26 And I will restore your judges as at the first, and your counsellors as at the beginning; afterward you shall be called the city of righteousness, the faithful city.

26 我也必復還你的審判官,像起初一樣,復還你的謀士,像起先一般;然後,你必稱為公義之城,忠信之邑。

27 Zion shall be redeemed with justice, and her captivity with righteousness.

27 錫安必因公平得蒙救贖,其中歸正的人必因公義得蒙救贖。

28 And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and those who have forsaken the LORD shill perish.

28 犯法的[transgressors]和犯罪的必一同敗亡,離棄耶和華的必致消滅。

29 For they shall be ashamed of the idols which they have desired, and they shall be confounded by the witchcraft which they have chosen.

29 那等人必因你們所喜愛的橡樹蒙羞[ashamed],你們必因所選擇的園子抱愧[confounded]

30 For they shall be like an oak whose leaves have fallen, and like a garden that has no water.

30 因為,你們必如葉子凋殘[fadeth]的橡樹,好像無水澆灌的園子。

31 And their strength shall be like cotton, and their works like a spark, and they shall both burn together, and there shall be none to quench them.

31 有權勢的必如麻屑[tow],他的工作好像火花[spark],都要一同焚燬,無人撲滅。