以赛亚书 41
1 众海岛啊，当在我面前静默； 众民当从新得力， 都要近前来才可以说话， 我们可以彼此辩论。
Let the islands keep silence before me, and the nations take new strength: let them come near, and then speak, let us come near to judgment together.
2 谁从东方兴起一人， 凭公义召他来到脚前呢？ 耶和华将列国交给他， 使他管辖君王， 把他们如灰尘交与他的刀， 如风吹的碎秸交与他的弓。
Who hath raised up the just one from the east, hath called him to follow him? he shall give the nations in his sight, and he shall rule over kings: he shall give them as the dust to his sword, as stubble driven by the wind, to his bow.
3 他追赶他们， 走他所未走的道， 坦然前行。
He shall pursue them, he shall pass in peace, no path shall appear after his feet.
4 谁行做成就这事， 从起初宣召历代呢？ 就是我—耶和华！ 我是首先的， 也与末后的同在。
Who hath wrought and done these things, calling the generations from the beginning? I the Lord, I am the first and the last.
5 海岛看见就都害怕； 地极也都战兢， 就近前来。
The islands saw it, and feared, the ends of the earth were astonished, they drew near, and came.
6 他们各人帮助邻舍， 各人对弟兄说：壮胆吧！
Every one shall help his neighbour, and shall say to his brother: Be of good courage.
7 木匠勉励银匠， 用锤打光的勉励打砧的， 论焊工说，焊得好； 又用钉子钉稳，免得偶像动摇。
The coppersmith striking with the hammer encouraged him that forged at that time, saying: It is ready for soldering: and he strengthened it with nails, that it should not be moved.
8 惟你以色列—我的仆人， 雅各—我所拣选的， 我朋友亚伯拉罕的后裔，
But thou Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend:
9 你是我从地极所领来的， 从地角所召来的， 且对你说：你是我的仆人； 我拣选你，并不弃绝你。
In whom I have taken thee from the ends of the earth, and from the remote parts thereof have called thee, and said to thee: Thou art my servant, I have chosen thee, and have not cast thee away.
10 你不要害怕，因为我与你同在； 不要惊惶，因为我是你的 神。 我必坚固你，我必帮助你； 我必用我公义的右手扶持你。
Fear not, for I am with thee: turn not aside, for I am thy God: I have strengthened thee, and have helped thee, and the right hand of my just one hath upheld thee.
11 凡向你发怒的必都抱愧蒙羞； 与你相争的必如无有，并要灭亡。
Behold all that fight against thee shall be confounded and ashamed, they shall be as nothing, and the men shall perish that strive against thee.
12 与你争竞的，你要找他们也找不着； 与你争战的必如无有，成为虚无。
Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find the men that resist thee: they shall be as nothing: and as a thing consumed the men that war against thee.
13 因为我耶和华— 你的 神必搀扶你的右手， 对你说：不要害怕！ 我必帮助你。
For I am the Lord thy God, who take thee by the hand, and say to thee: Fear not, I have helped thee.
14 你这虫雅各和你们以色列人， 不要害怕！ 耶和华说：我必帮助你。 你的救赎主就是以色列的圣者。
Fear not, thou worm of Jacob, you that are dead of Israel: I have helped thee, saith the Lord: and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel.
15 看哪，我已使你成为 有快齿打粮的新器具； 你要把山岭打得粉碎， 使冈陵如同糠秕。
I have made thee as a new thrashing wain, with teeth like a saw: thou shall thrash the mountains, and break them in pieces: and shalt make the hills as chaff.
16 你要把它簸扬，风要吹去； 旋风要把它刮散。 你倒要以耶和华为喜乐， 以以色列的圣者为夸耀。
Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the Lord, in the Holy One of Israel thou shalt be joyful.
17 困苦穷乏人寻求水却没有； 他们因口渴，舌头干燥。 我—耶和华必应允他们； 我—以色列的 神必不离弃他们。
The needy and the poor seek for waters, and there are none: their tongue hath been dry with thirst. I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
18 我要在净光的高处开江河， 在谷中开泉源； 我要使沙漠变为水池， 使干地变为涌泉。
I will open rivers in the high bills, and fountains in the midst of the plains: I will turn the desert into pools of waters, and the impassable land into streams of waters.
19 我要在旷野种上香柏树、 皂荚树、番石榴树，和野橄榄树。 我在沙漠要把松树、杉树， 并黄杨树一同栽植；
I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, and the thorn, and the myrtle, and the olive tree: I will set in the desert the fir tree, the elm, and the box tree together:
20 好叫人看见、知道、 思想、明白； 这是耶和华的手所做的， 是以色列的圣者所造的。
That they may see and know, and consider, and understand together that the hand of the Lord hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.
21 耶和华对假神说： 你们要呈上你们的案件； 雅各的君说： 你们要声明你们确实的理由。
Bring your cause near, saith the Lord: bring hither, if you have any thing to allege, saith the King of Jacob.
22 可以声明，指示我们将来必遇的事， 说明先前的是什么事， 好叫我们思索，得知事的结局， 或者把将来的事指示我们。
Let them come, and tell us all things that are to come: tell us the former things what they were: and we will set our heart upon them, and shall know the latter end of them, and tell us the things that are to come.
23 要说明后来的事， 好叫我们知道你们是神。 你们或降福，或降祸， 使我们惊奇，一同观看。
Shew the things that are to come hereafter, and we shall know that ye are gods. Do ye also good or evil, if you can: and let us speak, and see together.
24 看哪，你们属乎虚无； 你们的作为也属乎虚空。 那选择你们的是可憎恶的。
Behold, you are of nothing, and your work of that which hath no being: he that hath chosen you is an abomination.
25 我从北方兴起一人； 他是求告我名的， 从日出之地而来。 他必临到掌权的， 好像临到灰泥， 仿佛窑匠踹泥一样。
I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come from the rising of the sun: he shall call upon my name, and he shall make princes to be as dirt, and as the potter treading clay.
26 谁从起初指明这事，使我们知道呢？ 谁从先前说明，使我们说他不错呢？ 谁也没有指明； 谁也没有说明； 谁也没有听见你们的话。
Who bath declared from the beginning, that we may know: and from time of old, that we may say: Thou art just. There is none that sheweth, nor that foretelleth, nor that heareth your words.
27 我首先对锡安说： 看哪，我要将一位报好信息的赐给耶路撒冷。
The first shall say to Sion: Behold they are here, and to Jerusalem I will give an evangelist.
28 我看的时候并没有人； 我问的时候， 他们中间也没有谋士可以回答一句。
And I saw, and there was no one even among them to consult, or who, when I asked, could answer a word.
29 看哪，他们和他们的工作都是虚空， 且是虚无。 他们所铸的偶像都是风， 都是虚的。
Behold they are all in the wrong, and their works are vain: their idols are wind and vanity.
