今日讀經

被賣是因自己的罪孽

¹耶和華如此說：我休你們的母親，休書在哪裡呢？我將你們賣給我哪一個債主呢？你們被賣，是因你們的罪孽；你們的母親被休，是因你們的過犯。This is what the LORD says: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of My creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold for your iniquities, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.

²我來的時候，為何無人等候呢？我呼喚的時候，為何無人答應呢？我的膀臂豈是縮短、不能救贖嗎？我豈無拯救之力嗎？看哪，我一斥責，海就乾了；我使江河變為曠野；其中的魚因無水腥臭，乾渴而死。Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.

³我使諸天以黑暗為衣服，以麻布為遮蓋。I clothe the heavens in black and make sackcloth their covering.”

僕人有受教者的舌頭

⁴主耶和華賜我受教者的舌頭，使我知道怎樣用言語扶助疲乏的人。主每早晨提醒，提醒我的耳朵，使我能聽，像受教者一樣。The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of discipleship, to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning; He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.

⁵主耶和華開通我的耳朵；我並沒有違背，也沒有退後。The Lord GOD has opened My ears, and I have not been rebellious, nor have I turned back.

⁶人打我的背，我任他打；人拔我腮頰的鬍鬚，我由他拔；人辱我，吐我，我並不掩面。I offered My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle.

⁷主耶和華必幫助我，所以我不抱愧。我硬著臉面好像堅石；我也知道我必不致蒙羞。Because the Lord GOD helps Me, I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set My face like flint, and I know that I will not be put to shame.

⁸稱我為義的與我相近；誰與我爭論，可以與我一同站立；誰與我作對，可以就近我來。The One who vindicates Me is near. Who will dare to contend with Me? Let us confront each other! Who has a case against Me? Let him approach Me!

⁹主耶和華要幫助我；誰能定我有罪呢？他們都像衣服漸漸舊了，為蛀蟲所咬。Surely the Lord GOD helps Me. Who is there to condemn Me? See, they will all wear out like a garment; the moths will devour them.

當倚靠耶和華的名

¹⁰你們中間誰是敬畏耶和華、聽從他僕人之話的？這人行在暗中，沒有亮光。當倚靠耶和華的名，仗賴自己的　神。Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of His Servant? Who among you walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the LORD; let him lean on his God.

¹¹凡你們點火，用火把圍繞自己的可以行在你們的火焰裡，並你們所點的火把中。這是我手所定的：你們必躺在悲慘之中。Behold, all you who kindle a fire, who array yourselves with firebrands, walk in the light of your fire and of the firebrands you have lit! This is what you will receive from My hand: You will lie down in a place of torment.

追想你們被鑿而出的磐石

¹你們這追求公義、尋求耶和華的，當聽我言！你們要追想被鑿而出的磐石，被挖而出的巖穴。“Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the quarry from which you were hewn.

²要追想你們的祖宗亞伯拉罕和生養你們的撒拉；因為亞伯拉罕獨自一人的時候，我選召他，賜福與他，使他人數增多。Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who gave you birth. When I called him, he was but one; then I blessed him and multiplied him.

³耶和華已經安慰錫安和錫安一切的荒場，使曠野像伊甸，使沙漠像耶和華的園囿；在其中必有歡喜、快樂、感謝，和歌唱的聲音。For the LORD will comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; He will make her wilderness like Eden and her desert like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and melodious song.

神的救恩永遠長存

⁴我的百姓啊，要向我留心；我的國民哪，要向我側耳；因為訓誨必從我而出；我必堅定我的公理為萬民之光。Pay attention to Me, My people, and listen to Me, My nation; for a law will go out from Me, and My justice will become a light to the nations; I will bring it about quickly.

⁵我的公義臨近；我的救恩發出。我的膀臂要審判萬民；海島都要等候我，倚賴我的膀臂。My righteousness draws near, My salvation is on the way, and My arms will bring justice to the nations. The islands will look for Me and wait in hope for My arm.

⁶你們要向天舉目，觀看下地；因為天必像煙雲消散，地必如衣服漸漸舊了；其上的居民也要如此死亡（如此死亡：或譯像蠓蟲死亡）。惟有我的救恩永遠長存；我的公義也不廢掉。Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth below; for the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and its people will die like gnats. But My salvation will last forever, and My righteousness will never fail.

⁷知道公義、將我訓誨存在心中的民，要聽我言！不要怕人的辱罵，也不要因人的毀謗驚惶。Listen to Me, you who know what is right, you people with My law in your hearts: Do not fear the scorn of men; do not be broken by their insults.

⁸因為蛀蟲必咬他們，好像咬衣服；蟲子必咬他們，如同咬羊絨。惟有我的公義永遠長存，我的救恩直到萬代。For the moth will devour them like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool. But My righteousness will last forever, My salvation through all generations.”

耶和華的膀臂啊，興起

⁹耶和華的膀臂啊，興起！興起！以能力為衣穿上，像古時的年日、上古的世代興起一樣。從前砍碎拉哈伯、刺透大魚的，不是你嗎？Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon?

¹⁰使海與深淵的水乾涸、使海的深處變為贖民經過之路的，不是你嗎？Was it not You who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made a road in the depths of the sea for the redeemed to cross over?

¹¹耶和華救贖的民必歸回，歌唱來到錫安；永樂必歸到他們的頭上。他們必得著歡喜快樂；憂愁歎息盡都逃避。So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.

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唯有神安慰你們

¹²惟有我，是安慰你們的。你是誰，竟怕那必死的人？怕那要變如草的世人？“I, even I, am He who comforts you. Why should you be afraid of mortal man, of a son of man who withers like grass?

¹³卻忘記鋪張諸天、立定地基、創造你的耶和華？又因欺壓者圖謀毀滅要發的暴怒，整天害怕，其實那欺壓者的暴怒在哪裡呢？But you have forgotten the LORD, your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth. You live in terror all day long because of the fury of the oppressor who is bent on destruction. But where is the fury of the oppressor?

¹⁴被擄去的快得釋放，必不死而下坑；他的食物也不致缺乏。The captive will soon be freed; he will not die in the dungeon, and his bread will not be lacking.

¹⁵我是耶和華─你的　神─攪動大海，使海中的波浪匉訇─萬軍之耶和華是我的名。For I am the LORD your God who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name.

¹⁶我將我的話傳給你，用我的手影遮蔽你，為要栽定諸天，立定地基，又對錫安說：你是我的百姓。I have put My words in your mouth, and covered you with the shadow of My hand, to establish the heavens, to found the earth, and to say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’”

耶路撒冷喝盡忿怒的杯

¹⁷耶路撒冷啊，興起！興起！站起來！你從耶和華手中喝了他忿怒之杯，喝了那使人東倒西歪的爵，以致喝盡。Awake, awake! Rise up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the LORD the cup of His fury; you who have drained the goblet to the dregs—the cup that makes men stagger.

¹⁸她所生育的諸子中，沒有一個引導她的；她所養大的諸子中，沒有一個攙扶她的。Among all the sons she bore, there is no one to guide her; among all the sons she brought up, there is no one to take her hand.

¹⁹荒涼、毀滅、饑荒、刀兵，這幾樣臨到你，誰為你舉哀？我如何能安慰你呢？These pairs have befallen you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? Who can comfort you?

²⁰你的眾子發昏，在各市口上躺臥，好像黃羊在網羅之中，都滿了耶和華的忿怒─你　神的斥責。Your sons have fainted; they lie at the head of every street, like an antelope in a net. They are full of the wrath of the LORD, the rebuke of your God.

²¹因此，你這困苦卻非因酒而醉的，要聽我言。Therefore now hear this, you afflicted one, drunken, but not with wine.

²²你的主耶和華─就是為他百姓辨屈的　神如此說：看哪，我已將那使人東倒西歪的杯，就是我忿怒的爵，從你手中接過來；你必不致再喝。Thus says your Lord, the LORD, even your God, who defends His people: “See, I have removed from your hand the cup of staggering. From that goblet, the cup of My fury, you will never drink again.

²³我必將這杯遞在苦待你的人手中；他們曾對你說：你屈身，由我們踐踏過去吧！你便以背為地，好像街市，任人經過。I will place it in the hands of your tormentors, who told you: ‘Lie down, so we can walk over you,’ so that you made your back like the ground, like a street to be traversed.”

錫安哪，披上能力

¹錫安哪，興起！興起！披上你的能力！聖城耶路撒冷啊，穿上你華美的衣服！因為從今以後，未受割禮、不潔淨的必不再進入你中間。Awake, awake, clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your garments of splendor, O Jerusalem, holy city! For the uncircumcised and unclean will no longer enter you.

²耶路撒冷啊，要抖下塵土！起來坐在位上！錫安被擄的居民（原文是女子）哪，要解開你頸項的鎖鍊！Shake off your dust! Rise up and sit on your throne, O Jerusalem. Remove the chains from your neck, O captive Daughter of Zion.

無價被賣，無銀被贖

³耶和華如此說：「你們是無價被賣的，也必無銀被贖。For this is what the LORD says: “You were sold for nothing, and without money you will be redeemed.”

⁴主耶和華如此說：起先我的百姓下到埃及，在那裡寄居，又有亞述人無故欺壓他們。For this is what the Lord GOD says: “At first My people went down to Egypt to live, then Assyria oppressed them without cause.

⁵耶和華說：我的百姓既是無價被擄去，如今我在這裡做甚麼呢？耶和華說：轄制他們的人呼叫，我的名整天受褻瀆。And now what have I here? declares the LORD. For My people have been taken without cause; those who rule them taunt, declares the LORD, and My name is blasphemed continually all day long.

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⁶所以，我的百姓必知道我的名；到那日他們必知道說這話的就是我。看哪，是我！」Therefore My people will know My name; therefore they will know on that day that I am He who speaks. Here I am!”

報佳音的腳何等佳美

⁷那報佳音，傳平安，報好信，傳救恩的，對錫安說：你的　神作王了！這人的腳登山何等佳美！How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!”

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⁸聽啊，你守望之人的聲音，他們揚起聲來，一同歌唱；因為耶和華歸回錫安的時候，他們必親眼看見。Listen! Your watchmen lift up their voices, together they shout for joy. For every eye will see when the LORD returns to Zion.

⁹耶路撒冷的荒場啊，要發起歡聲，一同歌唱；因為耶和華安慰了他的百姓，救贖了耶路撒冷。Break forth in joy, sing together, O ruins of Jerusalem, for the LORD has comforted His people; He has redeemed Jerusalem.

¹⁰耶和華在萬國眼前露出聖臂；地極的人都看見我們　神的救恩了。The LORD has bared His holy arm in the sight of all the nations; all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.

離開吧，從巴比倫出來

¹¹你們離開吧！離開吧！從巴比倫出來。不要沾不潔淨的物；要從其中出來。你們扛抬耶和華器皿的人哪，務要自潔。Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing; come out from it, purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the LORD.

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¹²你們出來必不致急忙，也不致奔逃。因為，耶和華必在你們前頭行；以色列的　神必作你們的後盾。For you will not leave in a hurry nor flee in haste, for the LORD goes before you, and the God of Israel is your rear guard.

差派推基古和阿尼西謀

⁷有我親愛的兄弟推基古要將我一切的事都告訴你們。他是忠心的執事，和我一同作主的僕人。Tychicus will tell you all the news about me. He is a beloved brother, a faithful minister, and a fellow servant in the Lord.

⁸我特意打發他到你們那裡去，好叫你們知道我們的光景，又叫他安慰你們的心。I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know about us, and that he may encourage your hearts.

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⁹我又打發一位親愛忠心的兄弟阿尼西謀同去；他也是你們那裡的人。他們要把這裡一切的事都告訴你們。With him I am sending Onesimus, our faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will tell you about everything here.

同工們的問安

¹⁰與我一同坐監的亞里達古問你們安。巴拿巴的表弟馬可也問你們安。（說到這馬可，你們已經受了吩咐；他若到了你們那裡，你們就接待他。）My fellow prisoner Aristarchus sends you greetings, as does Mark the cousin of Barnabas. You have already received instructions about him: If he comes to you, welcome him.

¹¹耶數又稱為猶士都，也問你們安。奉割禮的人中，只有這三個人是為　神的國與我一同做工的，也是叫我心裡得安慰的。Jesus, who is called Justus, also sends greetings. These are the only Jews among my fellow workers for the kingdom of God, and they have been a comfort to me.

¹²有你們那裡的人，作基督耶穌僕人的以巴弗問你們安。他在禱告之間，常為你們竭力地祈求，願你們在　神一切的旨意上得以完全，信心充足，能站立得穩。Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends you greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you, so that you may stand mature and fully assured in the full will of God.

¹³他為你們和老底嘉並希拉坡里的弟兄多多地勞苦，這是我可以給他作見證的。For I testify about him that he goes to great pains for you and for those at Laodicea and Hierapolis.

¹⁴所親愛的醫生路加和底馬問你們安。Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas send you greetings.

問候老底嘉、交換書信

¹⁵請問老底嘉的弟兄和寧法，並她家裡的教會安。Greet the brothers in Laodicea, as well as Nympha and the church that meets at her house.

¹⁶你們念了這書信，便交給老底嘉的教會，叫他們也念；你們也要念從老底嘉來的書信。After this letter has been read among you, make sure that it is also read in the church of the Laodiceans, and that you in turn read the letter from Laodicea.

提醒亞基布盡職分

¹⁷要對亞基布說：「務要謹慎，盡你從主所受的職分。」Tell Archippus: “See to it that you complete the ministry you have received in the Lord.”

保羅親筆問安

¹⁸我－保羅親筆問你們安。你們要記念我的捆鎖。願恩惠常與你們同在！This greeting is in my own hand—Paul. Remember my chains. Grace be with you.