中英對照/摩爾門經/尼腓二書/第7章

英文語音

以賽亞論彌賽亞──彌賽亞有學者的舌頭──祂任人打祂的背──祂不抱愧──比照以賽亞書第五十章。約主前五五九年至五四五年。

Isaiah speaks messianically—The Messiah will have the tongue of the learned—He will give his back to the smiters—He will not be confounded—Compare Isaiah 50. About 559–545 B.C.

1 是的，主如此說：我豈休了你們，或永遠拋棄你們？主如此說：你們母親的休書在哪裡呢？我把你們休給誰，或我將你們賣給我哪一個債主呢？是的，我將你們賣給誰？看啊，你們^ａ賣掉自己，是因你們的罪孽；你們的母親被休，是因你們的過犯。

1 ^aYea, for thus saith the Lord: Have I put thee away, or have I cast thee off forever? For thus saith the Lord: Where is the ^bbill of your mother’s ^cdivorcement? To whom have I put thee away, or to which of my ^dcreditors have I ^esold you? Yea, to whom have I sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.

2 因此，我來的時候，無人在那兒；我^ａ呼喚的時候，是的，無人回答。以色列家啊，我的臂膀豈是短縮，不能救贖嗎？我豈無拯救之力嗎？看啊，我一斥責，^ｂ海就乾了，我使^ｃ江河變為曠野，其中的^ｄ魚，因無水腥臭，乾渴而死。

2 Wherefore, when I came, there was no man; when I ^acalled, yea, there was none to answer. O house of Israel, is my hand shortened at all that it cannot redeem, or have I no power to deliver? Behold, at my rebuke I ^bdry up the ^csea, I make their ^drivers a wilderness and their ^efish to stink because the waters are dried up, and they die because of thirst.

3 我使諸天以^ａ黑暗為衣服，以^ｂ麻布為遮蓋。

3 I clothe the heavens with ^ablackness, and I make ^bsackcloththeir covering.

4 以色列家啊，主神賜我學者的^ａ舌頭，使我知道怎樣用適當的言語對你說話。你疲乏時，祂每天早晨喚醒你。祂喚醒我的耳朵，使我能像學者一樣聆聽。

4 The Lord God hath given me the ^atongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season unto thee, O house of Israel. When ye are weary he waketh morning by morning. He waketh mine ear to hear as the learned.

5 主神開通我的^ａ耳朵，我並沒有違背，也沒有退後。

5 The Lord God hath opened mine ^aear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back.

6 我把背給^ａ擊打我的人，把腮頰給拔我鬍鬚的人；人辱我吐我，我並不掩面。

6 I gave my back to the ^asmiter, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair. I hid not my face from ^bshame and spitting.

7 主神必幫助我，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。

7 For the Lord God will help me, therefore shall I not be confounded. Therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ^aashamed.

8 主在近處，祂稱我為義。誰要與我爭論？讓我們站在一起；誰與我作對？讓他走近我，我要用口中的力量擊打他。

8 And the Lord is near, and he ^ajustifieth me. Who will contend with me? Let us stand together. Who is mine adversary? Let him come near me, and I will ^bsmite him with the strength of my mouth.

9 因為主神必幫助我；凡要^ａ定我罪的，看啊，他們都會像衣服漸漸變舊，為蛀蟲所咬。

9 For the Lord God will help me. And all they who shall ^acondemnme, behold, all they shall ^bwax old as a garment, and the moth shall eat them up.

10 你們中間有誰敬畏主、聽從祂僕人^ａ聲音，卻行在暗中，沒有亮光？

10 Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the^avoice of his servant, that ^bwalketh in darkness and hath no light?

11 看啊，凡你們點火，用火花圍繞自己的，儘管在你們所點燃的^ａ火燄及火花中行走。這是你們會從我手中接受的──你們必躺在悲慘之中。

11 Behold all ye that kindle fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks, walk in the light of ^ayour fire and in the sparks which ye have kindled. ^bThis shall ye have of mine hand—ye shall lie down in sorrow.