以賽亞書 46
1 貝耳塌下了，乃波傾倒了，他們的神像，負在走獸和牲口身上；他們的重載，重壓著筋疲的畜類。
Bel sinketh down; Nebo falleth; Their images are laid upon beasts and cattle; Those that ye once bore are packed upon them; A burden to the weary beast!
2 他們都一齊傾倒了，塌下了，神像不但不能救助馱運他們的畜類，甚至連自己也該流徙遠配。
They sink down; they fall together; They cannot rescue the burden; They themselves go into captivity.
3 雅各伯家啊！以色列家所有的遺民啊！請你們聽我：自出母胎我就抱著你，自離母腹我就懷著你；
Hearken to me, O house of Jacob, And all the remnant of the house of Israel; Ye that have been borne by me from your birth, That have been carried by me from your earliest breath!
4 直到你年老，我仍是一樣；直到你白頭，我依然扶持你。我既然如此做了，我必要提攜你，扶持你，拯救你。
Even to your old age I am the same; Even to hoar hairs I will carry you; I have done it, and I will still bear you; I will carry, and will deliver you.
5 你們拿我同誰比擬，與誰相等，跟誰比較，以求我們相同呢﹖
To whom will ye liken me, and compare me? Yea, to whom will ye compare me, that we may be like?
6 有些人從錢囊中把金子倒出，放銀子在天平上衡量；以後僱了一個金匠，製造了一個神像，遂向它屈膝朝拜；
They lavish gold out of the bag, And weigh silver in the balance; They hire a goldsmith, and he maketh it a god; They fall down, yea, they worship it.
7 又將神像抬起，放在肩上扛著，以後安置在一個地方，它就立在那裏，再不能離開那地方；人呼求它，它也不答應，也不能救人脫離災殃。
They lift him upon the shoulder, and carry him; They set him in his place, and there he standeth; From his place he moveth not; Yea, one may cry to him, yet doth he not answer, Nor save him out of his distress.
8 你們應記住這事，應站穩！叛逆的人啊！你們應記在心頭！
Remember these things, and show yourselves men; Lay them to heart, ye apostates!
9 你們應追憶以前古時所發生的事，因為我是天主，沒有另一個；我是天主，沒有與我相似的，
Remember the former things in ancient times! For I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me.
10 我從起出就預言了末後的事，早就宣佈了未來的事；我如今說：「我的計劃必要成功，我的旨意都要實現；」
Declaring the end from the beginning; From ancient times the things that were not yet done; Saying, My purpose shall stand, And I will do all my pleasure;
11 我要把老鷹從東方召來，把履行我計劃的人由遠方叫來；我說了，必要去行；我決定了，必要去做。
Calling from the East the eagle, The man that executeth my purpose from a far country; I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.
12 心硬的人！遠離正義的人！ 聽我說罷！
Hearken to me, ye stubborn-hearted, That are far from deliverance!
13 我的仁義來近了，已不遠了，我的救恩不再延遲；我必在熙雍賜與救恩，把我的光榮賜給以色列。
I have brought near my deliverance; it is not far off; My salvation shall not tarry; I will give to Zion salvation, To Israel, my glory.
