以赛亚书 42
1 看哪，我的仆人— 我所扶持所拣选、心里所喜悦的！ 我已将我的灵赐给他； 他必将公理传给外邦。
Look! Here is my servant, the one I support; my chosen one who pleases me. I have placed my Spirit on him, and he will show the nations what is right.
2 他不喧嚷，不扬声， 也不使街上听见他的声音。
He won't shout or cry out; he won't raise his voice in the street.
3 压伤的芦苇，他不折断； 将残的灯火，他不吹灭。 他凭真实将公理传开。
He won't break a damaged reed; he won't snuff out a smoldering wick. He will faithfully make sure everyone is treated fairly.
4 他不灰心，也不丧胆， 直到他在地上设立公理； 海岛都等候他的训诲。
He won't give up or become discouraged until he has made sure that justice is upheld throughout the world. Even lands overseas will look forward to his teachings.
5 创造诸天，铺张穹苍， 将地和地所出的一并铺开， 赐气息给地上的众人， 又赐灵性给行在其上之人的 神耶和华， 他如此说：
This is what God the Lord says, the one who created the heavens and stretched them out, who made the earth and everything in it, who gives breath to the people on it, and life to those who live there:
6 我—耶和华凭公义召你， 必搀扶你的手，保守你， 使你作众民的中保， 作外邦人的光，
“I, the Lord, have called you to demonstrate what's right, and I will hold your hand. I will take care of you, and give you as a sign of my agreement with the people and as a light to the nations.
7 开瞎子的眼， 领被囚的出牢狱， 领坐黑暗的出监牢。
You will make the blind see, set free those who are locked up, and lead those who sit in darkness out from prison.
8 我是耶和华，这是我的名； 我必不将我的荣耀归给假神， 也不将我的称赞归给雕刻的偶像。
I am the Lord—that is my name! I do not give my honor to anyone else; I do not give my praise to idols.
9 看哪，先前的事已经成就， 现在我将新事说明， 这事未发以先，我就说给你们听。
Notice that what I foretold has come true, as will the new things I'm saying to you now. I tell you what will happen before it does.”
10 航海的和海中所有的， 海岛和其上的居民， 都当向耶和华唱新歌， 从地极赞美他。
Sing a new song to the Lord! Sing praise from everywhere on earth, you who sail on the sea and everything in it, you islands and everyone who lives in them.
11 旷野和其中的城邑， 并基达人居住的村庄都当扬声； 西拉的居民当欢呼， 在山顶上呐喊。
Let the people in the desert and its towns shout; let the people of the villages of Kedar cry out loud. Let the people of Sela sing for joy; let them shout from the mountaintops.
12 他们当将荣耀归给耶和华， 在海岛中传扬他的颂赞。
Let them glorify the Lord and praise him in the islands.
13 耶和华必像勇士出去， 必像战士激动热心， 要喊叫，大声呐喊， 要用大力攻击仇敌。
Like a mighty warrior the Lord will march out, like a seasoned soldier he goes out with courage. He gives his war-cry, shouting as he battles and defeats his enemies.
14 我许久闭口不言，静默不语； 现在我要喊叫，像产难的妇人； 我要急气而喘哮。
“I didn't say anything for a long time, I kept quiet and restrained myself. But now like a woman giving birth, I will moan and gasp and pant.
15 我要使大山小冈变为荒场， 使其上的花草都枯干； 我要使江河变为洲岛， 使水池都干涸。
I will dry up the mountains and the hills, and make all their greenery wither. I will turn rivers into islands and dry up the pools.
16 我要引瞎子行不认识的道， 领他们走不知道的路； 在他们面前使黑暗变为光明， 使弯曲变为平直。 这些事我都要行， 并不离弃他们。
I will lead the blind along a road they don't know; I will guide them along paths they don't know. I will turn darkness into light before them, and smooth out the rough places. This is what I'm going to do for them; I won't let them down.
17 倚靠雕刻的偶像， 对铸造的偶像说： 你是我们的神； 这等人要退后，全然蒙羞。
But those who trust in idols and say to images, ‘You are our gods!’ will be rejected in humiliation and shame.
18 你们这耳聋的，听吧！ 你们这眼瞎的，看吧！ 使你们能看见。
Listen, you deaf people! Look and see, you blind people!
19 谁比我的仆人眼瞎呢？ 谁比我差遣的使者耳聋呢？ 谁瞎眼像那与我和好的？ 谁瞎眼像耶和华的仆人呢？
Who is blind like my servant? Who is deaf like my messenger that I send? Who is as blind as the people of the agreement? Who is as blind as the servant of the Lord?
20 你看见许多事却不领会， 耳朵开通却不听见。
You've looked at many things but have not really seen; you've heard but never really listened.”
21 耶和华因自己公义的缘故， 喜欢使律法为大，为尊。
Because the Lord does what is right he wanted to show how important and wonderful his instructions were.
22 但这百姓是被抢被夺的， 都牢笼在坑中，隐藏在狱里； 他们作掠物，无人拯救， 作掳物，无人说交还。
But this people ended up robbed and raided, all of them trapped in holes or hidden in prisons. They have been stolen like loot, with no one to save them from being someone's prize, no one to say “Give them back!”
23 你们中间谁肯侧耳听此， 谁肯留心而听，以防将来呢？
Who of you is going to listen to this, or pay attention later on?
24 谁将雅各交出当作掳物， 将以色列交给抢夺的呢？ 岂不是耶和华吗？ 就是我们所得罪的那位。 他们不肯遵行他的道， 也不听从他的训诲。
Who let Jacob be taken as loot; who let Israel be taken by robbers? Wasn't it the Lord who we sinned against? The people weren't willing to follow his ways, and they refused to obey his law.
25 所以，他将猛烈的怒气和争战的勇力 倾倒在以色列的身上。 在他四围如火着起，他还不知道， 烧着他，他也不介意。
So he poured out his furious anger on them, and the violence of war. Even though they were surrounded by flames, but they still didn't understand. The fire burned them up, but they still did not take the situation seriously.
