以賽亞書52章

    以賽亞書52:1-6  ,

    以賽亞書52:7-15 ,  以賽亞書52:7 ,

以賽亞書52:1-6

52:1 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。
52:2 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！
52:3 耶和華如此說：「你們是無價被賣的，也必無銀被贖。
52:4 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。
52:5 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。
52:6 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！」

Awake, awake,

put on your strength, O Zion!

Put on your beautiful garments,

O Jerusalem, the holy city;

for the uncircumcised and the unclean

shall enter you no more.

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Shake yourself from the dust, rise up,

O captive Jerusalem;

loose the bonds from your neck,

O captive daughter Zion!

³ For thus says the Lord: You were sold for nothing, and you shall be redeemed without money. ⁴For thus says the Lord God: Long ago, my people went down into Egypt to reside there as aliens; the Assyrian, too, has oppressed them without cause. ⁵Now therefore what am I doing here, says the Lord, seeing that my people are taken away without cause? Their rulers howl, says the Lord, and continually, all day long, my name is despised. ⁶Therefore my people shall know my name; therefore in that day they shall know that it is I who speak; here am I.

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    上帝雖然因為以色列人犯罪而懲罰他們，甚至是滅國被擄。但是，上帝必不會放棄祂的子民，祂必要救他們脫離轄制者的手，使他們重新回到上帝的懷抱，成為上帝的子民。

    然而上帝所關心的不只是以色列人，而是全人類，祂透過以色列來拯救萬民，因為祂是萬國萬民的上帝。也因此主耶穌的大使命會說：「所以，你們要去，使萬民作我的門徒，奉父、子、聖靈的名給他們施洗（或譯：給他們施洗，歸於父、子、聖靈的名）。」（馬太福音28章19節）

    而成為耶穌基督的門徒，就是成為上帝的兒女，在耶穌基督裡尊上帝為大！從悖逆犯罪，轉變成歸回上帝，那才是真正得上帝的拯救。

    

以賽亞書51:17-23

51:17 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。
51:18 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。
51:19 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？
51:20 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─你上帝的斥責。
51:21 因此，你這困苦卻非因酒而醉的，要聽我言。
51:22 你的主耶和華─就是為他百姓辨屈的上帝如此說：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。
51:23 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。

17

Rouse yourself, rouse yourself!

Stand up, O Jerusalem,

you who have drunk at the hand of the Lord

the cup of his wrath,

who have drunk to the dregs

the bowl of staggering.

18

There is no one to guide her

among all the children she has borne;

there is no one to take her by the hand

among all the children she has brought up.

19

These two things have befallen you

—who will grieve with you?—

devastation and destruction, famine and sword—

who will comfort you?

20

Your children 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

Therefore hear this, you who are wounded,

who are drunk, but not with wine:

22

Thus says your Sovereign, the Lord,

your God who pleads the cause of his people:

See, I have taken from your hand the cup of staggering;

you shall drink no more

from the bowl of my wrath.

23

And I will put it into the hand of your tormentors,

who have said to you,

“Bow down, that we may walk on you”;

and you have made your back like the ground

and like the street for them to walk on.

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    大家對上帝感覺是和善與慈愛的，其實上帝是會憤怒的！這也就是說，不要將上帝看成聖誕老公公，不要以為上帝會包庇罪惡的事，會對我們做的事睜一隻眼、閉一隻眼。

    也因為這樣，我們在做任何事情時，不要以自己的想法來任意而為。我們必須常常讀聖經明白上帝的心意，才知道如何行才會討上帝的喜悅，不至於招惹上帝的怒氣，而受到懲罰。

    所以，我們要隨時隨地，存著敬畏的心，來與上帝同行！

 

以賽亞書51:12-16

51:12 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？
51:13 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？
51:14 被擄去的快得釋放，必不死而下坑；他的食物也不致缺乏。
51:15 我是耶和華─你的上帝─攪動大海，使海中的波浪匉訇─萬軍之耶和華是我的名。
51:16 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。

12

I, I am he who comforts you;

why then are you afraid of a mere mortal who must die,

a human being who fades like grass?

13

You have forgotten the Lord, your Maker,

who stretched out the heavens

and laid the foundations of the earth.

You fear continually all day long

because of the fury of the oppressor,

who is bent on destruction.

But where is the fury of the oppressor?

14

The oppressed shall speedily be released;

they shall not die and go down to the Pit,

nor shall they lack bread.

15

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

I have put my words in your mouth,

and hidden you in the shadow of my hand,

stretching out the heavens

and laying the foundations of the earth,

and saying to Zion, “You are my people.”

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    上帝藉由自己的大能來宣告祂拯救的決心，要猶大百姓敬畏和倚靠上帝，尋求上帝的安慰，不具要懼怕人的威脅，不要懼怕君王，因為上帝勝過這一切，祂是掌管萬有的上帝。

    也因此，上帝透過耶穌基督來撿選我們成為他的兒女，是多麼有福啊！雖然，會受到許多的逼迫，主耶穌也勉勵過門徒：「那殺身體、不能殺靈魂的，不要怕他們；惟有能把身體和靈魂都滅在地獄裡的，正要怕他。」（馬太福音10:28）

    同樣，今日我們要是真的敬畏上帝，我們必定有勇氣來面對從人而來的壓力、脅迫、傷害、…。因此，我們要常存敬畏上帝的心，就可以成為的得勝的兒女，不怕惡人的攻擊！

以賽亞書51:9-11

51:9 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？
51:10 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？
51:11 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。

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Awake, awake, put on strength,

O arm of the Lord!

Awake, as in days of old,

the generations of long ago!

Was it not you who cut Rahab in pieces,

who pierced the dragon?

10

Was it not you who dried up the sea,

the waters of the great deep;

who made the depths of the sea a way

for the redeemed to cross over?

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So the ransomed of the Lord shall return,

and come to Zion with singing;

everlasting joy shall be upon their heads;

they shall obtain joy and gladness,

and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

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    這是先知以賽亞的禱告，他盼望上帝拯救猶大，使猶大的百姓歸回故地，雖然將來會被巴比倫人擄到外地去！所以，祂向上帝乎求：「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。」

    他相信上帝必定成就拯救得大事，所以勇敢宣告：「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。」

    這也讓我們看見蒙救贖的記號，就是「喜樂」！一個被上帝拯救的人必定快樂讚美上帝，正如詩歌所說：「快樂！快樂！我們崇拜，榮耀上主，愛之神！」