以赛亚书 65
1 素来没有访问我的，现在求问我； 没有寻找我的，我叫他们遇见； 没有称为我名下的，我对他们说： 我在这里！我在这里！
[This is what Yahweh said]: “I was ready to reply [to my people], but no one requested me [to help them]. I was ready to help [even] those who did not call out to me. I continued to say, ‘I am here [to help you]!’
2 我整天伸手招呼那悖逆的百姓； 他们随自己的意念行不善之道。
[It is as though] I have continually held out my arms [to show that I am ready to help] my people who rebel [against me], and who [continually] do the evil things that they want to do.
3 这百姓时常当面惹我发怒； 在园中献祭， 在坛上烧香；
They boldly continue to do things that cause me to be angry: They offer sacrifices [to their idols] in their gardens, and they burn incense [to them] on [altars made of] bricks.
4 在坟墓间坐着， 在隐密处住宿， 吃猪肉； 他们器皿中有可憎之物做的汤；
They secretly remain awake at night in burial caves, [talking with the spirits of] ([dead people/their ancestors]). They eat the meat of pigs, and their pots are full of [other] meat that is [also] unacceptable to me.
5 且对人说：你站开吧！ 不要挨近我，因为我比你圣洁。 主说：这些人是我鼻中的烟， 是整天烧着的火。
[Then] they say [to others], ‘Stay away from me; do not come near me, because I am very holy, [with the result that you should not touch me].’ People like that are [like] [MET] smoke in my nose [from] a fire that burns continually.
6 看哪，这都写在我面前。 我必不静默，必施行报应， 必将你们的罪孽和你们列祖的罪孽， 就是在山上烧香， 在冈上亵渎我的罪孽， 一同报应在他们后人怀中， 我先要把他们所行的量给他们； 这是耶和华说的。
I have written [a record of all the evil things that they have done]. And I will not do nothing about all those things; I will certainly punish them
for the sins that they and their ancestors have committed. They have mocked/insulted me by burning incense [to their idols] on the hilltops. So I will punish them like they deserve for doing those things.”
8 耶和华如此说：葡萄中寻得新酒， 人就说：不要毁坏， 因为福在其中。 我因我仆人的缘故也必照样而行， 不将他们全然毁灭。
This is [also] what Yahweh said: “When there is a cluster of nice grapes on a vine, people do not throw them away, because they know that there is good juice in those grapes. Similarly, because there are some people [in Judah] who faithfully serve/worship me, I will not get rid of all of them.
9 我必从雅各中领出后裔， 从犹大中领出承受我众山的。 我的选民必承受； 我的仆人要在那里居住。
I will spare some of the descendants of Jacob who are living on the hills of Judah. I have chosen them, and they will possess that land; they will worship/serve me, and they will live there.
10 沙 平原必成为羊群的圈； 亚割谷必成为牛群躺卧之处， 都为寻求我的民所得。
[Then all the land from the] Sharon [Plain near the Mediterranean Sea] and [as far east as] Achor Valley [near Jericho] will become pastureland where their cattle and sheep will rest.
11 但你们这些离弃耶和华、 忘记我的圣山、给时运摆筵席、 给天命盛满调和酒的，
But [it will be different] for you who have abandoned me, you who do not worship me on [Zion], my sacred hill, you who worship Gad and Meni, [the gods who you think will bring you] good luck and good fortune.
12 我要命定你们归在刀下， 都必屈身被杀； 因为我呼唤，你们没有答应； 我说话，你们没有听从； 反倒行我眼中看为恶的， 拣选我所不喜悦的。
[It is I, not Meni, who will decide/say what will happen to you]; you will all [be slaughtered by] swords. [That will happen] because you did not answer when I called out to you. I spoke to you, but you did not pay attention. Instead, you did things that I said are evil; you chose to do things that do not please me.
13 所以，主耶和华如此说： 我的仆人必得吃，你们却饥饿； 我的仆人必得喝，你们却干渴； 我的仆人必欢喜，你们却蒙羞。
I, Yahweh the Lord, will give to those who worship and obey me things to eat and drink, and they will be happy; but [all] you evil people will be hungry and thirsty, and you will be [sad and] disgraced.
14 我的仆人因心中高兴欢呼， 你们却因心中忧愁哀哭， 又因心里忧伤哀号。
Those who worship and obey me will sing joyfully, but you [evil people] will wail loudly because you will be suffering in your inner beings.
15 你们必留下自己的名， 为我选民指着赌咒。 主耶和华必杀你们， 另起别名称呼他的仆人。
Those whom I have chosen will use your names when they curse people; [I], Yahweh the Lord, will get rid of you. But I will give to those who worship and obey me a new name [that they will use when they bless people].
16 这样，在地上为自己求福的， 必凭真实的 神求福； 在地上起誓的， 必指真实的 神起誓。 因为，从前的患难已经忘记， 也从我眼前隐藏了。
The people in this land have had many troubles, but I will cause those troubles to occur no more. Therefore those who ask me to bless them and those who solemnly promise to do something should never forget that I am God, who faithfully [do what I promise to do].”
17 看哪！我造新天新地； 从前的事不再被记念，也不再追想。
“Note this: [Some day] I will create a new heaven and a new earth. [They will be very wonderful, with the result that] you will no longer think about all [the troubles] you had previously.
18 你们当因我所造的永远欢喜快乐； 因我造耶路撒冷为人所喜， 造其中的居民为人所乐。
Be glad and always rejoice because of what I will do: Jerusalem will be a place where [people] rejoice; the people who live there will always be happy.
19 我必因耶路撒冷欢喜， 因我的百姓快乐； 其中必不再听见哭泣的声音和哀号的声音。
I will rejoice about Jerusalem, and I will be delighted with my people. [People] will no longer weep or cry because of being distressed.
20 其中必没有数日夭亡的婴孩， 也没有寿数不满的老者； 因为百岁死的仍算孩童， 有百岁死的罪人算被咒诅。
No child will die when it is still an infant; all people will live until they are very old. [People will consider that] anyone who is 100 years old is still young; [they will consider that] anyone who dies who is younger than that has been cursed.
21 他们要建造房屋，自己居住； 栽种葡萄园，吃其中的果子。
My people will build houses and [then] live in them. They will plant vineyards and then eat grapes from those vineyards.
22 他们建造的，别人不得住； 他们栽种的，别人不得吃； 因为我民的日子必像树木的日子； 我选民亲手劳碌得来的必长久享用。
As for the houses that they build, no one will [take those houses away from them and] live in them. No one will take a vineyard away from its owner. My chosen people will live a long time, like trees do, and they will enjoy what they have accomplished— [the houses that they have built and the crops that they have planted].
23 他们必不徒然劳碌， 所生产的，也不遭灾害， 因为都是蒙耶和华赐福的后裔； 他们的子孙也是如此。
They will not work hard in vain, and their children will not die from some (calamity/terrible thing happening to them). I will [certainly] bless their children and their grandchildren.
24 他们尚未求告，我就应允； 正说话的时候，我就垂听。
Before they call to me [to help them], I will answer; I will answer their prayers while they are still praying [for me to do something for them].
25 豺狼必与羊羔同食； 狮子必吃草与牛一样； 尘土必作蛇的食物。 在我圣山的遍处， 这一切都不伤人，不害物。 这是耶和华说的。
No one will be harmed or injured anywhere on [Zion], my sacred hill: Wolves and lambs will eat grass together [peacefully]; lions will eat hay like oxen do, [and they will not attack people]. Snakes will [not hurt anyone; they will lie on the ground and] eat [only] dirt. [That is surely what it will be like because I], Yahweh, have said it.”
