< Isaiah 64 >

1 Oh that you would tear the heavens, that you would come down, that the mountains might quake at your presence,
願你裂天而降; 願山在你面前震動-
2 as when fire kindles the brushwood, and the fire causes the waters to boil; to make your name known to your adversaries, that the nations may tremble at your presence.
好像火燒乾柴, 又像火將水燒開, 使你敵人知道你的名, 使列國在你面前發顫!
3 When you did awesome things which we did not look for, you came down, the mountains quaked at your presence.
你曾行我們不能逆料可畏的事。 那時你降臨,山嶺在你面前震動。
4 Since ancient times no one has heard, and no ear has perceived, and no eye has seen a God besides you, who works for him who waits for him.
從古以來,人未曾聽見、未曾耳聞、未曾眼見 在你以外有甚麼神為等候他的人行事。
5 You meet him who rejoices and works righteousness, those who remember you in your ways. Look, you were angry, and we sinned. We have been in sin for a long time; and shall we be saved?
你迎接那歡喜行義、記念你道的人; 你曾發怒,我們仍犯罪; 這景況已久,我們還能得救嗎?
6 For we have all become as one who is unclean, and all our righteousness is as a polluted garment: and we all fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
我們都像不潔淨的人; 所有的義都像污穢的衣服。 我們都像葉子漸漸枯乾; 我們的罪孽好像風把我們吹去。
7 There is none who calls on your name, who stirs up himself to take hold of you; for you have hidden your face from us, and have consumed us by means of our iniquities.
並且無人求告你的名; 無人奮力抓住你。 原來你掩面不顧我們, 使我們因罪孽消化。
8 But now, LORD, you are our Father, and we are clay, and you are our potter; and we all are the work of your hands.
耶和華啊,現在你仍是我們的父! 我們是泥,你是窯匠; 我們都是你手的工作。
9 Do not be furious, LORD, neither remember iniquity forever: see, look, we beg you, we are all your people.
耶和華啊,求你不要大發震怒, 也不要永遠記念罪孽。 求你垂顧我們, 我們都是你的百姓。
10 Your holy cities have become a wilderness, Zion has become like a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
你的聖邑變為曠野。 錫安變為曠野; 耶路撒冷成為荒場。
11 Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised you, is burned with fire; and all our pleasant places are laid waste.
我們聖潔華美的殿- 就是我們列祖讚美你的所在被火焚燒; 我們所羨慕的美地盡都荒廢。
12 Will you refrain yourself for these things, LORD? Will you hold your peace, and afflict us very severely?
耶和華啊,有這些事,你還忍得住嗎? 你仍靜默使我們深受苦難嗎?

< Isaiah 64 >