以賽亞書
CH. 59
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耶和華的膀臂、並非縮短不能拯救.耳朵、並非發沉不能聽見.

Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear.
2
但你們的罪孽使你們與 神隔絕、你們的罪惡使他掩面不聽你們。

But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.
3
因你們的手被血沾染、你們的指頭被罪孽沾污.你們的嘴唇說謊言、你們的舌頭出惡語。

For your hands are stained with blood, your fingers with guilt. Your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters wicked things.
4
無一人按公義告狀、無一人憑誠實辨白.都倚靠虛妄、說謊言.所懷的是毒害、所生的是罪孽.

No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case with integrity. They rely on empty arguments and speak lies; they conceive trouble and give birth to evil.
5
他們菢毒蛇蛋、結蜘蛛網.人喫這蛋必死.這蛋被踏、必出蝮蛇.

They hatch the eggs of vipers and spin a spider's web. Whoever eats their eggs will die, and when one is broken, an adder is hatched.
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所結的網、不能成為衣服、所作的、也不能遮蓋自己.他們的行為都是罪孽、手所作的都是強暴。

Their cobwebs are useless for clothing; they cannot cover themselves with what they make. Their deeds are evil deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands.
7
他們的腳奔跑行惡、他們急速流無辜人的血.意念都是罪孽.所經過的路都荒涼毀滅。

Their feet rush into sin; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are evil thoughts; ruin and destruction mark their ways.
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平安的路、他們不知道.所行的事、沒有公平.他們為自己修彎曲的路.凡行此路的、都不知道平安。

The way of peace they do not know; there is no justice in their paths. They have turned them into crooked roads; no one who walks in them will know peace.
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因此公平離我們遠、公義追不上我們.我們指望光亮、卻是黑暗.指望光明、卻行幽暗。

So justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We look for light, but all is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in deep shadows.
10
我們摸索牆壁、好像瞎子.我們摸索、如同無目之人.我們晌午絆腳、如在黃昏一樣.我們在肥壯人中、像死人一般。

Like the blind we grope along the wall, feeling our way like men without eyes. At midday we stumble as if it were twilight; among the strong, we are like the dead.
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我們咆哮如熊、哀鳴如鴿.指望公平、卻是沒有.指望救恩、卻遠離我們。

We all growl like bears; we moan mournfully like doves. We look for justice, but find none; for deliverance, but it is far away.
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我們的過犯在你面前增多、罪惡作見證告我們.過犯與我們同在.至於我們的罪孽、我們都知道.

For our offenses are many in your sight, and our sins testify against us. Our offenses are ever with us, and we acknowledge our iniquities:
13
就是悖逆不認識耶和華、轉去不跟從我們的 神、說欺壓和叛逆的話、心懷謊言、隨即說出。

rebellion and treachery against the LORD, turning our backs on our God, fomenting oppression and revolt, uttering lies our hearts have conceived.
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並且公平轉而退後、公義站在遠處.誠實在街上仆倒、正直也不得進入。

So justice is driven back, and righteousness stands at a distance; truth has stumbled in the streets, honesty cannot enter.
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誠實少見.離惡的人反成掠物。那時、耶和華看見沒有公平、甚不喜悅。

Truth is nowhere to be found, and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey. The LORD looked and was displeased that there was no justice.
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他見無人拯救、無人代求、甚為詫異.就用自己的膀臂施行拯救.以公義扶持自己。

He saw that there was no one, he was appalled that there was no one to intervene; so his own arm worked salvation for him, and his own righteousness sustained him.
17
他以公義為鎧甲、〔或作護心鏡〕以拯救為頭盔、以報仇為衣服、以熱心為外袍。

He put on righteousness as his breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on his head; he put on the garments of vengeance and wrapped himself in zeal as in a cloak.
18
他必按人的行為施報、惱怒他的敵人、報復他的仇敵、向眾海島施行報應。

According to what they have done, so will he repay wrath to his enemies and retribution to his foes; he will repay the islands their due.
19
如此、人從日落之處、必敬畏耶和華的名.從日出之地、也必敬畏他的榮耀.因為仇敵好像急流的河水沖來、是耶和華之氣所驅逐的。

From the west, men will fear the name of the LORD, and from the rising of the sun, they will revere his glory. For he will come like a pent-up flood that the breath of the LORD drives along.
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必有一位救贖主、來到錫安雅各族中轉離過犯的人那裡.這是耶和華說的。

"The Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who repent of their sins," declares the LORD.
21
耶和華說、至於我與他們所立的約、乃是這樣.我加給你的靈、傳給你的話、必不離你的口、也不離你後裔與你後裔之後裔的口、從今直到永遠.這是耶和華說的。

"As for me, this is my covenant with them," says the LORD. "My Spirit, who is on you, and my words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your mouth, or from the mouths of your children, or from the mouths of their descendants from this time on and forever," says the LORD.