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Isaiah 1 1 Thus says the LORD: Where is the bill of divorce with which I dismissed your mother? Or to which of my creditors have I sold you? It was for your sins that you were sold, for your crimes that your mother was dismissed. 上主这样说：“我离弃你们母亲的离婚书在那里呢？或者我把你们卖给了我的那一位债主呢？看！因了你们的恶行，你们才被出卖，因了你们的过犯，你们的母亲才被离弃。 2 2 Why was no one there when I came? Why did no one answer when I called? Is my hand too short to ransom? Have I not the strength to deliver? Lo, with my rebuke I dry up the sea, I turn rivers into a desert; Their fish rot for lack of water, and die of thirst. 为什么我来到的时候，没有人在呢？为什么我召呼的时候，无人答应？难道我的手短小而不能施救？或者我再无救助之力？看！我一怒喝，海便涸竭，江河便成为旷野，其中的鱼类因无水而萎缩渴死。 3 I clothe the heavens in mourning, and make sackcloth their vesture. 我可使黑暗笼罩诸天，使麻衣掩蔽天际。” 4 3 The Lord GOD has given me a well-trained tongue, That I might know how to speak to the weary a word that will rouse them. Morning after morning he opens my ear that I may hear; 5 4 And I have not rebelled, have not turned back. 6 5 I gave my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who plucked my beard; My face I did not shield from buffets and spitting. 我将我的背转给打击我的人，把我的腮转给扯我胡须的人；对于侮辱和唾污，我没有遮掩我的面。 7 The Lord GOD is my help, therefore I am not disgraced; I have set my face like flint, knowing that I shall not be put to shame. 因为吾主上主协助我，因此我不以为羞耻；所以我板着脸，像一块燧石，因我知道我不会受耻辱。 8 He is near who upholds my right; if anyone wishes to oppose me, let us appear together. Who disputes my right? Let him confront me. 那给我伸冤者已来近了。谁要和我争辩，让我们一齐站起来罢！谁是我的对头，叫他到我这里来罢！ 9 See, the Lord GOD is my help; who will prove me wrong? Lo, they will all wear out like cloth, the moth will eat them up. 10 6 Who among you fears the LORD, heeds his servant's voice, And walks in darkness without any light, Trusting in the name of the LORD and relying on his God? 你们中凡敬畏上主的，应听他仆人的声音！凡于黑暗中行走而不见光明的，该依靠上主的名字，并仰仗自己的天主。 11 All of you kindle flames and carry about you fiery darts; Walk by the light of your own fire and by the flares you have burnt! This is your fate from my hand: you shall lie down in a place of pain. 看哪！凡你们点了火，燃了火把的，必要在你们所点的火焰里，在你们所燃的火把中行走！这是我的手所加于你们的，你们必倒卧在痛苦之中。 Footnotes(注解) 1 [1] Responding to the people's complaint of utter abandonment by God, the prophet shows that their sins were responsible for their banishment. Since there was no bill of divorce, the bond between the Lord and his people still exists and he will ultimately save them. 2 [2] 3 [4-11] The third of the four "Servant-of-the-Lord" oracles; in Isaiah 50:4-9 the Servant speaks; in Isaiah 50:10-11 God reproves the people for not following the Servant. 4 [5] The Servant does not refuse the divine vocation. 5 [6] He willingly submits to insults and beatings. Plucked my beard: a grave insult. 6 [10-11] Instead of trusting in the Lord and his Servant, the people rely on their own devices, to their own destruction. |
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