中英對照/摩爾門經/尼腓一書/第21章

英文語音

彌賽亞會是外邦人之光，也會釋放囚俘──在末世以色列會藉大能聚集──列王會作他們的養父──比照以賽亞書第四十九章。約主前五八八年至五七○年。

The Messiah will be a light to the Gentiles and will free the prisoners—Israel will be gathered with power in the last days—Kings will be their nursing fathers—Compare Isaiah 49. About 588–570 B.C.

1 再者，以色列家族啊，凡因我人民牧者的邪惡，而被折下來並逐出的，是的，以色列家族啊，凡被折下來並分散至各地的我的人民，當聽我言。^ａ眾海島啊，當聽我言，^ｂ遠方的眾民啊，要留心聽；自我出母胎，主就選召我，自我出母腹，祂就提我的名。

1 ^aAnd again: Hearken, O ye house of Israel, all ye that are broken off and are driven out because of the wickedness of the pastors of my people; yea, all ye that are broken off, that are scattered abroad, who are of my people, O house of Israel. Listen, O ^bisles, unto me, and hearken ye people from ^cfar; the Lord hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.

2 祂使我的口如利劍，將我藏在祂手蔭之下，又使我成為磨亮的箭，將我藏在祂箭袋之中。

2 And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;

3 並對我說：你是我的^ａ僕人，以色列啊，我必因你得榮耀。

3 And said unto me: Thou art my ^aservant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.

4 我卻說：我勞碌是徒然，我盡力是虛空，是徒然；我的審判確實在主那裡，我的事工在我神那裡。

4 Then I said, I have labored in ^avain, I have spent my strength for naught and in vain; surely my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God.

5 主說──主從我出母胎即^ａ造就我作祂的僕人，要再帶雅各歸向祂。縱使以色列尚未聚集，在主眼中我仍然尊貴，我的神必成為我的力量。

5 And now, saith the Lord—that ^aformed me from the womb that I should be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him—though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the Lord, and my God shall be my ^bstrength.

6 祂說：你作我的僕人，使雅各^ａ眾支派復興，使以色列中得保全的歸回，是件小事，我還要使你作^ｂ外邦人的^ｃ光，好叫你施行我的救恩，直到大地各端。

6 And he said: It is a light thing that thou shouldst be my servant to raise up the ^atribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel. I will also give thee for a ^blight to the ^cGentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the ends of the earth.

7 主，以色列的救贖主，他的聖者，對那被人藐視、被各國憎惡、作統治者僕人的如此說：君王看見就起立，王子也要下拜，都因信實的主。

7 Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nations abhorreth, to servant of rulers: Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the Lord that is faithful.

8 主如此說：在適宜的時候我聽到了你，眾海島啊，在救恩的日子我幫助了你；我要保護你，並把^ａ我的僕人賜給你，作眾民的約，重建大地，使人承受荒涼之地為業。

8 Thus saith the Lord: In an acceptable time have I heard thee, O isles of the sea, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee; and I will preserve thee, and give thee ^amy servant for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;

9 使你能對^ａ囚俘說：出來吧；對那坐在^ｂ黑暗中的人說：顯露自己吧！他們在路上必得飲食，在一切高處必有他們的^ｃ牧場。

9 That thou mayest say to the ^aprisoners: Go forth; to them that sit in ^bdarkness: Show yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their ^cpastures shall be in all high places.

10 他們必不飢不渴，炎熱和烈日也必不傷害他們；因為憐恤他們的，必引導他們，領他們到水泉旁邊。

10 They shall not hunger nor thirst, neither shall the heat nor the sun smite them; for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.

11 我必使我的眾山成為道路，我的^ａ大路也要升高。

11 And I will make all my mountains a way, and my ^ahighwaysshall be exalted.

12 然後，以色列家族啊，看啊，^ａ這些要從遠方來；並且看啊，這些從北方和從西方來；這些從希尼地來。

12 And then, O house of Israel, behold, ^athese shall come from far; and lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.

13 諸天啊，應當^ａ歌唱；大地啊，應當快樂；因為那在東方之人的腳必穩固；眾山啊，應當發聲歌唱；因為他們必不再受擊打；因為主已經安慰祂的百姓，也要憐恤祂困苦之民。

13 ^aSing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; for the feet of those who are in the east shall be established; and ^bbreak forth into singing, O mountains; for they shall be smitten no more; for the Lord hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his^cafflicted.

14 但是，看啊，錫安說：主離棄了我、主忘記了我──但祂必證明祂沒有。

14 But, behold, Zion hath said: The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me—but he will show that he hath not.

15 ^ａ婦人焉能忘記她吃奶的嬰孩，不憐恤她所生的兒子？是的，即或有^ｂ忘記的，以色列家族啊，我卻不忘記你。

15 For can a ^awoman forget her sucking child, that she should not have ^bcompassion on the son of her womb? Yea, they may ^cforget, yet will I not forget thee, O house of Israel.

16 看啊，我已將你銘刻在我^ａ掌上；你的牆垣常在我面前。

16 Behold, I have graven thee upon the ^apalms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.

17 你的兒女必急速反對毀壞你的；使你^ａ荒廢的必都離你而去。

17 Thy children shall make haste against thy destroyers; and they that made thee ^awaste shall go forth of thee.

18 你舉目向四方觀看；他們都^ａ聚集，他們必來到你這裡。主說：像我活著一樣真實，你必要以他們為妝飾佩戴，以他們束腰，像新婦一樣。

18 Lift up thine eyes round about and behold; all these ^agatherthemselves together, and they shall come to thee. And as I live, saith the Lord, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on even as a bride.

19 至於你荒廢和你荒涼之處，及你被毀壞之地，現今因眾民之故必顯得太窄；吞滅你的必離你遙遠。

19 For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants; and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.

20 你失喪先前的孩子後所生的兒女必再在你耳邊說：這地方我居住太窄；給我地方我好居住。

20 The children whom thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the first, shall ^aagain in thine ears say: The place is too strait for me; give place to me that I may dwell.

21 那時^ａ你必在心裡說：我既喪子，又^ｂ無法生育，是被擄的，四處漂流；誰給我生這些？誰將這些養大呢？看啊，我被孤獨撇下；這些在哪裡呢？

21 Then shalt thou say in thine heart: Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am ^adesolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? And who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where have they been?

22 主神如此說：看啊，我必向^ａ外邦人舉手，向人民豎立我的^ｂ大旗；他們必將你的眾子^ｃ懷中抱來，將你的眾女肩上扛來。

22 Thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the^aGentiles, and set up my ^bstandard to the people; and they shall bring thy sons in their ^carms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.

23 ^ａ列王必作你的^ｂ養父，他們的皇后必作你的乳母；他們必將臉伏地，向你下拜，並舐你腳上的塵土。你便知道我是主；^ｃ等候我的必不致羞愧。

23 And ^akings shall be thy ^bnursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers; they shall bow down to thee with their face towards the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord; for they shall not be ashamed that ^cwaitfor me.

24 勇士搶來的豈能奪走？^ａ合法擄掠的豈能獲救呢？

24 For shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the ^alawfulcaptives delivered?

25 但主如此說：就是勇士所擄掠的，也可以奪走；可怖之人所搶的，也可以獲救；與你相爭的，我必與他相爭；我要拯救你的兒女。

25 But thus saith the Lord, even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered; for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.

26 並且我必使那欺壓你的^ａ吃自己的肉，他們也要以自己的血喝醉，好像喝甜酒一樣；凡有血氣的，必都^ｂ知道我，主，是你的救主和你的救贖主，是雅各的^ｃ大能者。

26 And I will ^afeed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; they shall be drunken with their own blood as with sweet wine; and all flesh shall ^bknow that I, the Lord, am thy ^cSavior and thy Redeemer, the ^dMighty One of Jacob.