Isaiah 57

1 The righteous perisheth and no man layeth it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil [to come].

義人死亡， 無人放在心上； 虔誠人被收去， 無人思念。 這義人被收去是免了將來的禍患；

2 He entereth into peace; they rest in their beds, each one that walketh in his uprightness.

他們得享平安。 素行正直的，各人在墳裏安歇。

3 But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.

你們這些巫婆的兒子， 姦夫和妓女的種子， 都要前來！

4 Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,

你們向誰戲笑？ 向誰張口吐舌呢？ 你們豈不是悖逆的兒女， 虛謊的種類呢？

5 ye that inflame yourselves among the oaks, under every green tree; that slay the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?

你們在橡樹中間，在各青翠樹下慾火攻心； 在山谷間，在石穴下殺了兒女；

6 Among the smooth [stones] of the valley is thy portion; they, they are thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offered an oblation. Shall I be appeased for these things?

在谷中光滑石頭裏有你的分。 這些就是你所得的分； 你也向他澆了奠祭，獻了供物， 因這事我豈能容忍嗎？

7 Upon a high and lofty mountain hast thou set thy bed: thither also wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.

你在高而又高的山上安設床榻， 也上那裏去獻祭。

8 And behind the doors and the posts hast thou set up thy memorial: for thou hast discovered [thyself] to another than me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with them; thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest it.

你在門後，在門框後， 立起你的紀念； 向外人赤露，又上去擴張床榻， 與他們立約； 你在那裏看見他們的床就甚喜愛。

9 And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thine ambassadors far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell. (Sheol h7585)

你把油帶到王那裏， 又多加香料， 打發使者往遠方去， 自卑自賤直到陰間， (Sheol h7585)

10 Thou wast wearied with the length of thy way; yet saidst thou not, There is no hope: thou didst find a quickening of thy strength; therefore thou wast not faint.

你因路遠疲倦， 卻不說這是枉然； 你以為有復興之力， 所以不覺疲憊。

11 And of whom hast thou been afraid and in fear, that thou liest, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of long time, and fearest me not?

你怕誰？因誰恐懼？ 竟說謊，不記念我， 又不將這事放在心上。 我不是許久閉口不言， 你仍不怕我嗎？

12 I will declare thy righteousness; and as for thy works, they shall not profit thee.

我要指明你的公義； 至於你所行的都必與你無益。

13 When thou criest, let them which thou hast gathered deliver thee; but the wind shall take them, a breath shall carry them all away: but he that putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain.

你哀求的時候， 讓你所聚集的拯救你吧！ 風要把他們颳散， 一口氣要把他們都吹去。 但那投靠我的必得地土， 必承受我的聖山為業。

14 And he shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.

耶和華要說： 你們修築修築，預備道路， 將絆腳石從我百姓的路中除掉。

15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

因為那至高至上、永遠長存 名為聖者的如此說： 我住在至高至聖的所在， 也與心靈痛悔謙卑的人同居； 要使謙卑人的靈甦醒， 也使痛悔人的心甦醒。

16 For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.

我必不永遠相爭，也不長久發怒， 恐怕我所造的人與靈性都必發昏。

17 For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth and smote him, I hid [my face] and was wroth: and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.

因他貪婪的罪孽，我就發怒擊打他； 我向他掩面發怒， 他卻仍然隨心背道。

18 I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.

我看見他所行的道，也要醫治他； 又要引導他， 使他和那一同傷心的人再得安慰。

19 I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to him that is far off and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him.

我造就嘴唇的果子； 願平安康泰歸與遠處的人， 也歸與近處的人； 並且我要醫治他。 這是耶和華說的。

20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.

惟獨惡人，好像翻騰的海， 不得平靜； 其中的水常湧出污穢和淤泥來。

21 There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.

我的上帝說：惡人必不得平安！