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 神要施怜悯

55 来!你们所有干渴的,都当来到水边;
没有银钱的也可以来。
你们都来,买了吃;
不用银钱,不付代价,
就可买酒和奶。
你们为何花钱买那不是食物的东西,
用劳碌得来的买那无法使人饱足的呢?
你们要留意听从我的话,就能吃那美物,
得享肥甘,心中喜乐。
当侧耳而听,来到我这里;
要听,就必存活。
我要与你们立永约,
就是应许给大卫那可靠的慈爱。
看哪,我已立他作万民的见证,
立他作万民的君王和发令者。
看哪,你要召集素不认识的国民,
素不认识的国民要奔向你;
这都因耶和华—你的 神,
以色列的圣者已经荣耀了你。

当趁耶和华可寻找的时候寻找他,
在他接近的时候求告他。
恶人当离弃自己的道路,
不义的人应除掉自己的意念。
归向耶和华,耶和华就必怜悯他;
当归向我们的 神,因为他必广行赦免。
我的意念非同你们的意念,
我的道路非同你们的道路。
这是耶和华说的。
天怎样高过地,
照样,我的道路高过你们的道路,
我的意念高过你们的意念。

10 雨雪从天而降,并不返回,
却要滋润土地,使地面发芽结实,
使撒种的有种,使要吃的有粮。
11 我口所出的话也必如此,
绝不徒然返回,
却要成就我的旨意,
达成我差它的目的。

12 你们必欢欢喜喜出来,
平平安安蒙引导。
大山小山必在你们面前欢呼,
田野的树木也都拍掌。
13 松树长出,代替荆棘;
番石榴长出,代替蒺藜。
这要为耶和华留名,
作为永不磨灭的证据。

Invitation to the Thirsty

55 “Come, all you who are thirsty,(A)
    come to the waters;(B)
and you who have no money,
    come, buy(C) and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk(D)
    without money and without cost.(E)
Why spend money on what is not bread,
    and your labor on what does not satisfy?(F)
Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good,(G)
    and you will delight in the richest(H) of fare.
Give ear and come to me;
    listen,(I) that you may live.(J)
I will make an everlasting covenant(K) with you,
    my faithful love(L) promised to David.(M)
See, I have made him a witness(N) to the peoples,
    a ruler and commander(O) of the peoples.
Surely you will summon nations(P) you know not,
    and nations you do not know will come running to you,(Q)
because of the Lord your God,
    the Holy One(R) of Israel,
    for he has endowed you with splendor.”(S)

Seek(T) the Lord while he may be found;(U)
    call(V) on him while he is near.
Let the wicked forsake(W) their ways
    and the unrighteous their thoughts.(X)
Let them turn(Y) to the Lord, and he will have mercy(Z) on them,
    and to our God, for he will freely pardon.(AA)

“For my thoughts(AB) are not your thoughts,
    neither are your ways my ways,”(AC)
declares the Lord.
“As the heavens are higher than the earth,(AD)
    so are my ways higher than your ways
    and my thoughts than your thoughts.(AE)
10 As the rain(AF) and the snow
    come down from heaven,
and do not return to it
    without watering the earth
and making it bud and flourish,(AG)
    so that it yields seed(AH) for the sower and bread for the eater,(AI)
11 so is my word(AJ) that goes out from my mouth:
    It will not return to me empty,(AK)
but will accomplish what I desire
    and achieve the purpose(AL) for which I sent it.
12 You will go out in joy(AM)
    and be led forth in peace;(AN)
the mountains and hills
    will burst into song(AO) before you,
and all the trees(AP) of the field
    will clap their hands.(AQ)
13 Instead of the thornbush will grow the juniper,
    and instead of briers(AR) the myrtle(AS) will grow.
This will be for the Lord’s renown,(AT)
    for an everlasting sign,
    that will endure forever.”