今日讀經

巴比倫使者來訪

¹那時，巴比倫王巴拉但的兒子米羅達‧巴拉但聽見希西家病而痊癒，就送書信和禮物給他。At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard about Hezekiah’s illness and recovery.

²希西家喜歡見使者，就把自己寶庫的金子、銀子、香料、貴重的膏油，和他武庫的一切軍器，並所有的財寶都給他們看；他家中和全國之內，希西家沒有一樣不給他們看的。And Hezekiah welcomed the envoys gladly and showed them what was in his treasure house—the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil, as well as his entire armory—all that was found in his storehouses. There was nothing in his palace or in all his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them.

以賽亞預言被擄到巴比倫

³於是先知以賽亞來見希西家王，問他說：「這些人說甚麼？他們從哪裡來見你？」希西家說：「他們從遠方的巴比倫來見我。」Then the prophet Isaiah went to King Hezekiah and asked, “Where did those men come from, and what did they say to you?” “They came to me from a distant land,” Hezekiah replied, “from Babylon.”

⁴以賽亞說：「他們在你家裡看見了甚麼？」希西家說：「凡我家中所有的，他們都看見了；我財寶中沒有一樣不給他們看的。」“What have they seen in your palace?” Isaiah asked. “They have seen everything in my palace,” answered Hezekiah. “There is nothing among my treasures that I did not show them.”

⁵以賽亞對希西家說：「你要聽萬軍之耶和華的話：Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the LORD of Hosts:

⁶日子必到，凡你家裡所有的，並你列祖積蓄到如今的，都要被擄到巴比倫去，不留下一樣；這是耶和華說的。The time will surely come when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD.

⁷並且從你本身所生的眾子，其中必有被擄去、在巴比倫王宮裡當太監的。」And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, will be taken away to be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”

⁸希西家對以賽亞說：「你所說耶和華的話甚好，因為在我的年日中必有太平和穩固的景況。」But Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the LORD that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “At least there will be peace and security in my lifetime.”

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安慰我的百姓

¹你們的　神說：你們要安慰，安慰我的百姓。“Comfort, comfort My people,” says your God.

²要對耶路撒冷說安慰的話，又向她宣告說，她爭戰的日子已滿了；她的罪孽赦免了；她為自己的一切罪，從耶和華手中加倍受罰。“Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her forced labor has been completed; her iniquity has been pardoned. For she has received from the hand of the LORD double for all her sins.”

在曠野預備耶和華的路

³有人聲喊著說：在曠野預備耶和華的路（或譯：在曠野，有人聲喊著說：當預備耶和華的路），在沙漠地修平我們　神的道。A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.

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⁴一切山窪都要填滿，大小山岡都要削平；高高低低的要改為平坦，崎崎嶇嶇的必成為平原。Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill made low; the uneven ground will become smooth, and the rugged land a plain.

⁵耶和華的榮耀必然顯現；凡有血氣的必一同看見；因為這是耶和華親口說的。And the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all humanity together will see it.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.

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草必枯乾，神的話永遠立定

⁶有人聲說：你喊叫吧！有一個說：我喊叫甚麼呢？說：凡有血氣的盡都如草；他的美容都像野地的花。A voice says, “Cry out!” And I asked, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field.

⁷草必枯乾，花必凋殘，因為耶和華的氣吹在其上；百姓誠然是草。The grass withers and the flowers fall when the breath of the LORD blows on them; indeed, the people are grass.

⁸草必枯乾，花必凋殘，惟有我們　神的話必永遠立定。The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”

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看哪，你們的神

⁹報好信息給錫安的啊，你要登高山；報好信息給耶路撒冷的啊，你要極力揚聲。揚聲不要懼怕，對猶大的城邑說：看哪，你們的　神！Go up on a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news. Raise your voice loudly, O Jerusalem, herald of good news. Lift it up, do not be afraid! Say to the cities of Judah, “Here is your God!”

¹⁰主耶和華必像大能者臨到；他的膀臂必為他掌權。他的賞賜在他那裡；他的報應在他面前。Behold, the Lord GOD comes with might, and His arm establishes His rule. His reward is with Him, and His recompense accompanies Him.

¹¹他必像牧人牧養自己的羊群，用膀臂聚集羊羔抱在懷中，慢慢引導那乳養小羊的。He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.

誰能與神相比

¹²誰曾用手心量諸水，用手虎口量蒼天，用升斗盛大地的塵土，用秤稱山嶺，用天平平岡陵呢？Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on a scale and the hills with a balance?

¹³誰曾測度耶和華的心（或譯：誰曾指示耶和華的靈），或作他的謀士指教他呢？Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, or informed Him as His counselor?

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¹⁴他與誰商議，誰教導他，誰將公平的路指示他，又將知識教訓他，將通達的道指教他呢？Whom did He consult to enlighten Him, and who taught Him the paths of justice? Who imparted knowledge to Him and showed Him the way of understanding?

¹⁵看哪，萬民都像水桶的一滴，又算如天平上的微塵；他舉起眾海島，好像極微之物。Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are considered a speck of dust on the scales; He lifts up the islands like fine dust.

¹⁶黎巴嫩的樹林不夠當柴燒；其中的走獸也不夠作燔祭。Lebanon is not sufficient for fuel, nor its animals enough for a burnt offering.

¹⁷萬民在他面前好像虛無，被他看為不及虛無，乃為虛空。All the nations are as nothing before Him; He regards them as nothingness and emptiness.

偶像算甚麼

¹⁸你們究竟將誰比　神，用甚麼形像與　神比較呢？To whom will you liken God? To what image will you compare Him?

¹⁹偶像是匠人鑄造，銀匠用金包裹，為它鑄造銀鍊。To an idol that a craftsman casts and a metalworker overlays with gold and fits with silver chains?

²⁰窮乏獻不起這樣供物的，就揀選不能朽壞的樹木，為自己尋找巧匠，立起不能搖動的偶像。One lacking such an offering chooses wood that will not rot. He seeks a skilled craftsman to set up an idol that will not topple.

神坐在地球大圈之上

²¹你們豈不曾知道嗎？你們豈不曾聽見嗎？從起初豈沒有人告訴你們嗎？自從立地的根基，你們豈沒有明白嗎？Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been declared to you from the beginning? Have you not understood since the foundation of the earth?

²²神坐在地球大圈之上；地上的居民好像蝗蟲。他鋪張穹蒼如幔子，展開諸天如可住的帳棚。He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth; its dwellers are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.

²³他使君王歸於虛無，使地上的審判官成為虛空。He brings the princes to nothing and makes the rulers of the earth meaningless.

²⁴他們是剛才（或譯：不曾；下同）栽上，剛才種上，根也剛才扎在地裡，他一吹在其上，便都枯乾；旋風將他們吹去，像碎秸一樣。No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner have their stems taken root in the ground, than He blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like stubble.

²⁵那聖者說：你們將誰比我，叫他與我相等呢？“To whom will you liken Me, or who is My equal?” asks the Holy One.

²⁶你們向上舉目，看誰創造這萬象，按數目領出，他一一稱其名；因他的權能，又因他的大能大力，連一個都不缺。Lift up your eyes on high: Who created all these? He leads forth the starry host by number; He calls each one by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.

等候耶和華的必重新得力

²⁷雅各啊，你為何說，我的道路向耶和華隱藏？以色列啊，你為何言，我的冤屈　神並不查問？Why do you say, O Jacob, and why do you assert, O Israel, “My way is hidden from the LORD, and my claim is ignored by my God”?

²⁸你豈不曾知道嗎？你豈不曾聽見嗎？永在的　神耶和華，創造地極的主，並不疲乏，也不困倦；他的智慧無法測度。Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching out.

²⁹疲乏的，他賜能力；軟弱的，他加力量。He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak.

³⁰就是少年人也要疲乏困倦；強壯的也必全然跌倒。Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall.

³¹但那等候耶和華的必重新得力。他們必如鷹展翅上騰；他們奔跑卻不困倦，行走卻不疲乏。But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.

基督是神的像，萬有藉他而造

¹⁵愛子是那不能看見之　神的像，是首生的，在一切被造的以先。The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.

¹⁶因為萬有都是靠他造的，無論是天上的，地上的；能看見的，不能看見的；或是有位的，主治的，執政的，掌權的；一概都是藉著他造的，又是為他造的。For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him.

¹⁷他在萬有之先；萬有也靠他而立。He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.

基督是教會之首

¹⁸他也是教會全體之首。他是元始，是從死裡首先復生的，使他可以在凡事上居首位。And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have preeminence.

¹⁹因為父喜歡叫一切的豐盛在他裡面居住。For God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him,

²⁰既然藉著他在十字架上所流的血成就了和平，便藉著他叫萬有─無論是地上的、天上的─都與自己和好了。and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through the blood of His cross.

藉基督與神和好

²¹你們從前與　神隔絕，因著惡行，心裡與他為敵。Once you were alienated from God and were hostile in your minds, engaging in evil deeds.

²²但如今他藉著基督的肉身受死，叫你們與自己和好，都成了聖潔，沒有瑕疵，無可責備，把你們引到自己面前。But now He has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy, unblemished, and blameless in His presence—

²³只要你們在所信的道上恆心，根基穩固，堅定不移，不至被引動失去（原文是離開）福音的盼望。這福音就是你們所聽過的，也是傳與普天下萬人聽的（原文是凡受造的），我－保羅也作了這福音的執事。if indeed you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope of the gospel you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.

為教會受苦

²⁴現在我為你們受苦，倒覺歡樂；並且為基督的身體，就是為教會，要在我肉身上補滿基督患難的缺欠。Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church.

²⁵我照　神為你們所賜我的職分作了教會的執事，要把　神的道理傳得全備，I became its servant by the commission God gave me to fully proclaim to you the word of God,

歷世歷代隱藏的奧祕

²⁶這道理就是歷世歷代所隱藏的奧祕；但如今向他的聖徒顯明了。the mystery that was hidden for ages and generations but is now revealed to His saints.

²⁷神願意叫他們知道，這奧祕在外邦人中有何等豐盛的榮耀，就是基督在你們心裡成了有榮耀的盼望。To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

把各人完完全全引到神面前

²⁸我們傳揚他，是用諸般的智慧，勸戒各人，教導各人，要把各人在基督裡完完全全地引到　神面前。We proclaim Him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ.

²⁹我也為此勞苦，照著他在我裡面運用的大能盡心竭力。To this end I also labor, striving with all His energy working powerfully within me.