中英對照/摩爾門經/尼腓一書/第20章

英文語音

主向以色列顯明祂的旨意──以色列在苦難的爐中被揀選，並從巴比倫出來──比照以賽亞書第四十八章。約主前五八八年至五七○年。

The Lord reveals his purposes to Israel—Israel has been chosen in the furnace of affliction and is to go forth from Babylon—Compare Isaiah 48. About 588–570 B.C.

1 聽啊，聽這話啊，雅各家，稱為以色列名下，從猶大之水出來的，也就是從^ａ洗禮之水出來的，你們指著主的名起誓，說著以色列的神，卻不憑真理與公義起誓。

1 ^aHearken and hear this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, or out of the waters of ^bbaptism, who ^cswear by the name of the Lord, and make mention of the God of Israel, yet they swear ^dnotin truth nor in righteousness.

2 然而，他們自稱為^ａ聖城的人，卻不依靠以色列的神，祂就是萬軍之主，是的，萬軍之主就是祂的名。

2 Nevertheless, they call themselves of the ^aholy city, but they do^bnot stay themselves upon the God of Israel, who is the Lord of Hosts; yea, the Lord of Hosts is his name.

3 看啊，^ａ早先的事我從起初就已宣告，那些事是從我口中說出的，是我指示的，我突然指示的。

3 Behold, I have declared the ^aformer things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I showed them. I did show them suddenly.

4 我這樣做因為我素來知道^ａ你是頑梗的，你的頸項似鐵，你的額頭如黃銅。

4 And I did it because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy^aneck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;

5 我從起初就已向你宣告，在未成以先指示你，我指示你這些，免得你說：那些事是我的^ａ偶像所行的，是我雕刻的偶像和我鑄造的偶像所命令的。

5 And I have even from the beginning declared to thee; before it came to pass I ^ashowed them thee; and I showed them for fear lest thou shouldst say—Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image hath commanded them.

6 你已經聽見、看見這一切，你不宣告嗎？並且宣告我已將從今以後的新事物，就是隱藏的事，是你所不知道的事，指示你。

6 Thou hast seen and heard all this; and will ye ^anot declare them? And that I have showed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them.

7 這些事是現在造的，並非從起初就有，在你未曾聽見之前，這事已向你宣告，免得你說：看啊，這事我早已知道了。

7 They are created now, and not from the beginning, even before the day when thou heardest them not they were declared unto thee, lest thou shouldst say—Behold I knew them.

8 是的，你未曾聽見；是的，你未曾知道；是的，你的耳朵自那時起從未開通；因為，我原知道你行事極其詭詐，^ａ你自出母胎，便稱為罪人。

8 Yea, and thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time thine ear was not opened; for I knew that thou wouldst deal very treacherously, and wast called a ^atransgressor from the womb.

9 然而，我^ａ為我的名暫且忍怒，並為我的頌讚容忍你，不將你剪除。

9 Nevertheless, for my ^aname’s sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain from thee, that I cut thee not off.

10 因為看啊，我熬煉你，在^ａ苦難的爐中揀選了你。

10 For, behold, I have refined thee, I have chosen thee in the furnace of ^aaffliction.

11 為自己的緣故，是的，我為自己的緣故必行這事，因為我不讓我的^ａ名被褻瀆，也決^ｂ不將我的榮耀歸給別人。

11 For mine own sake, yea, for mine own sake will I do this, for I will not suffer my ^aname to be polluted, and I will ^bnot give my glory unto another.

12 雅各，我所選召的以色列啊，當聽我言，因為我是祂；我是^ａ首先的，也是^ｂ末後的。

12 Hearken unto me, O Jacob, and Israel my called, for I am he; I am the ^afirst, and I am also the last.

13 我手也^ａ立了地的根基，我右手鋪張諸天，我一招呼，他們便都一起站立。

13 Mine hand hath also ^alaid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens. I ^bcall unto them and they stand up together.

14 你們都當聚集而聽；他們之中誰向他們宣告過這些事？主愛他，是的，祂必^ａ實現祂藉他們所說的話，祂必向^ｂ巴比倫行祂所喜悅的事，祂的臂膀也要加在迦勒底人身上。

14 All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; who among them hath declared these things unto them? The Lord hath loved him; yea, and he will ^afulfil his word which he hath declared by them; and he will do his pleasure on ^bBabylon, and his arm shall come upon the Chaldeans.

15 而且，主說：我，主，是的，曾說過；是的，我曾召他宣講，我引領了他，他就必使他的道路昌盛。

15 Also, saith the Lord; I the Lord, yea, I have spoken; yea, I have called ^ahim to declare, I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.

16 你們要接近我；我未曾在^ａ隱密處說話；從起初，從這事宣告後，我就說過；而主神和祂的靈差遣我來。

16 Come ye near unto me; I have not spoken in ^asecret; from the beginning, from the time that it was declared have I spoken; and the Lord God, and his ^bSpirit, hath sent me.

17 主，你的^ａ救贖主，以色列聖者如此說；我已差遣他，那教訓你使你得益處，^ｂ引導你所當行之路的主你的神成就了這事。

17 And thus saith the Lord, thy ^aRedeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I have sent him, the Lord thy God who teacheth thee to profit, who ^bleadeth thee by the way thou shouldst go, hath done it.

18 但願你已聽從了我的^ａ誡命，那樣你的平安就如河流，你的公義就如海浪。

18 O that thou hadst hearkened to my ^acommandments—then had thy ^bpeace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea.

19 你的^ａ後裔也必多如沙，你腹中所生的也必多如沙粒；他的名必不會從我面前被剪除，也不會滅絕。

19 Thy ^aseed also had been as the sand; the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.

20 ^ａ你們要從巴比倫出來，從迦勒底人中逃脫，以歌唱的聲音這樣傳宣講，向大地各端傳揚說：主救贖了祂的^ｂ僕人雅各。

20 ^aGo ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the ^bChaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter to the end of the earth; say ye: The Lord hath redeemed his ^cservant Jacob.

21 他們並不^ａ乾渴；祂引導他們經過沙漠；祂為他們使水從^ｂ磐石流出；祂又分裂磐石，水就湧出。

21 And they ^athirsted not; he led them through the deserts; he caused the waters to flow out of the ^brock for them; he clave the rock also and the waters gushed out.

22 儘管祂已成就這一切，以及更偉大的事，主說：惡人必不得^ａ平安。

22 And notwithstanding he hath done all this, and greater also, there is no ^apeace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked.