Isaiah 26
1 In that day, this song will be sung in the land of Judah: “We have a strong city. God appoints salvation for walls and bulwarks.
當那日，在猶大地人必唱這歌說： 我們有堅固的城。 耶和華要將救恩定為城牆，為外郭。
2 Open the gates, that the righteous nation may enter: the one which keeps faith.
敞開城門， 使守信的義民得以進入。
3 You will keep whoever’s mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you.
堅心倚賴你的， 你必保守他十分平安， 因為他倚靠你。
4 Trust in the LORD forever; for in the LORD, the LORD, is an everlasting Rock.
你們當倚靠耶和華直到永遠， 因為耶和華是永久的磐石。
5 For he has brought down those who dwell on high, the lofty city. He lays it low. He lays it low even to the ground. He brings it even to the dust.
他使住高處的與高城一併敗落， 將城拆毀，拆平，直到塵埃，
6 The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor and the steps of the needy.”
要被腳踐踏， 就是被困苦人的腳和窮乏人的腳踐踏。
7 The way of the just is uprightness. You who are upright make the path of the righteous level.
義人的道是正直的； 你為正直的主，必修平義人的路。
8 Yes, in the way of your judgments, LORD, we have waited for you. Your name and your renown are the desire of our soul.
耶和華啊，我們在你行審判的路上等候你； 我們心裏所羨慕的是你的名， 就是你那可記念的名。
9 With my soul I have desired you in the night. Yes, with my spirit within me I will seek you earnestly; for when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
夜間，我心中羨慕你； 我裏面的靈切切尋求你。 因為你在世上行審判的時候， 地上的居民就學習公義。
10 Let favor be shown to the wicked, yet he will not learn righteousness. In the land of uprightness he will deal wrongfully, and will not see the LORD’s majesty.
以恩惠待惡人， 他仍不學習公義； 在正直的地上，他必行事不義， 也不注意耶和華的威嚴。
11 LORD, your hand is lifted up, yet they do not see; but they will see your zeal for the people and be disappointed. Yes, fire will consume your adversaries.
耶和華啊，你的手高舉， 他們仍然不看； 卻要看你為百姓發的熱心，因而抱愧， 並且有火燒滅你的敵人。
12 LORD, you will ordain peace for us, for you have also done all our work for us.
耶和華啊，你必派定我們得平安， 因為我們所做的事都是你給我們成就的。
13 LORD our God, other lords besides you have had dominion over us, but we will only acknowledge your name.
耶和華－我們的上帝啊， 在你以外曾有別的主管轄我們， 但我們專要倚靠你，提你的名。
14 The dead shall not live. The departed spirits shall not rise. Therefore you have visited and destroyed them, and caused all memory of them to perish.
他們死了，必不能再活； 他們去世，必不能再起； 因為你刑罰他們，毀滅他們， 他們的名號就全然消滅。
15 You have increased the nation, O LORD. You have increased the nation! You are glorified! You have enlarged all the borders of the land.
耶和華啊，你增添國民， 你增添國民； 你得了榮耀， 又擴張地的四境。
16 LORD, in trouble they have visited you. They poured out a prayer when your chastening was on them.
耶和華啊，他們在急難中尋求你； 你的懲罰臨到他們身上， 他們就傾心吐膽禱告你。
17 Just as a woman with child, who draws near the time of her delivery, is in pain and cries out in her pangs, so we have been before you, LORD.
婦人懷孕，臨產疼痛， 在痛苦之中喊叫； 耶和華啊，我們在你面前也是如此。
18 We have been with child. We have been in pain. We gave birth, it seems, only to wind. We have not worked any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
我們也曾懷孕疼痛， 所產的竟像風一樣。 我們在地上未曾行甚麼拯救的事； 世上的居民也未曾敗落。
19 Your dead shall live. Their dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust; for your dew is like the dew of herbs, and the earth will cast out the departed spirits.
死人要復活， 屍首要興起。 睡在塵埃的啊，要醒起歌唱！ 因你的甘露好像菜蔬上的甘露， 地也要交出死人來。
20 Come, my people, enter into your rooms, and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourself for a little moment, until the indignation is past.
我的百姓啊，你們要來進入內室， 關上門，隱藏片時， 等到忿怒過去。
21 For, behold, the LORD comes out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth also will disclose her blood, and will no longer cover her slain.
因為耶和華從他的居所出來， 要刑罰地上居民的罪孽。 地也必露出其中的血， 不再掩蓋被殺的人。
