以赛亚书 44
1 我的仆人雅各， 我所拣选的以色列啊， 现在你当听。
Yet now hear, O Jacob, my servant, And Israel, whom I have chosen;
2 造作你，又从你出胎造就你， 并要帮助你的耶和华如此说： 我的仆人雅各， 我所拣选的耶书 哪， 不要害怕！
Thus saith Jehovah, thy Creator, He that formed thee, and hath helped thee from thy birth, Fear not, O Jacob, my servant, O Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
3 因为我要将水浇灌口渴的人， 将河浇灌干旱之地。 我要将我的灵浇灌你的后裔， 将我的福浇灌你的子孙。
For I will pour water upon the thirsty land, And streams upon the dry ground. I will pour out my spirit on thy children, And my blessing on thine offspring;
4 他们要发生在草中， 像溪水旁的柳树。
And they shall grow up, as among grass; As willows by the water-brooks.
5 这个要说：我是属耶和华的； 那个要以雅各的名自称； 又一个要亲手写：归耶和华的， 并自称为以色列。
One shall say, “I belong to Jehovah”; Another shall call upon the name of Jacob; Another shall write upon his hand, Jehovah's! And praise the name of Israel.
6 耶和华—以色列的君， 以色列的救赎主—万军之耶和华如此说： 我是首先的，我是末后的； 除我以外再没有真神。
Thus saith Jehovah, the King of Israel, His redeemer, Jehovah of hosts: I am the first, and I the last, And besides me there is no God.
7 自从我设立古时的民， 谁能像我宣告，并且指明，又为自己陈说呢？ 让他将未来的事和必成的事说明。
Who like me hath proclaimed the future, —Let him declare it, and set it in order before me!— Since I established the people of old? Let them make known the future, even that which is to come!
8 你们不要恐惧，也不要害怕。 我岂不是从上古就说明指示你们吗？ 并且你们是我的见证！ 除我以外，岂有真神吗？ 诚然没有磐石，我不知道一个！
Fear ye not, neither be ye afraid! Have I not declared and made it known to you of old? Ye are my witnesses; Is there a God beside me? Yea, there is no other rock; I know not any.
9 制造雕刻偶像的尽都虚空；他们所喜悦的都无益处；他们的见证无所看见，无所知晓，他们便觉羞愧。
They that make a graven image are all of them vanity, And their valued works are profitable for nothing; They are their own witnesses; They neither see nor understand, So that they may be ashamed.
10 谁制造神像，铸造无益的偶像？
Who hath formed a god, And cast a graven image, that is profitable for nothing?
11 看哪，他的同伴都必羞愧。工匠也不过是人，任他们聚会，任他们站立，都必惧怕，一同羞愧。
Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed; The workmen are themselves mortal men; They shall all be assembled; they shall stand up; They shall tremble, and be put to shame together!
12 铁匠把铁在火炭中烧热，用锤打铁器，用他有力的膀臂锤成；他饥饿而无力，不喝水而发倦。
The smith prepareth an axe in the coals, And fashioneth it with hammers, And worketh it with his strong arm; He becometh hungry, and his strength faileth; He drinketh no water, and is faint.
13 木匠拉线，用笔划出样子，用刨子刨成形状，用圆尺划了模样，仿照人的体态，做成人形，好住在房屋中。
The carpenter stretcheth out the line; He marketh out the form of it with the sharp tool; He formeth it with planes; He marketh it with the compass; He maketh it in the figure of a man, With the beauty of a man, To dwell in a house.
14 他砍伐香柏树，又取柞树和橡树，在树林中选定了一棵。他栽种松树，得雨长养。
He heweth him down cedars; He taketh the ilex and the oak; He chooseth for himself among the trees of the forest; He planteth the ash, and the rain matureth it;
15 这树，人可用以烧火；他自己取些烤火，又烧着烤饼，而且做神像跪拜，做雕刻的偶像向它叩拜。
These are fuel for man; He taketh thereof and warmeth himself; He kindleth with it, and baketh bread; A god also he formeth of it, and worshippeth it; A graven image, and falleth down before it.
16 他把一分烧在火中，把一分烤肉吃饱。自己烤火说：“啊哈，我暖和了，我见火了。”
Half of it he burneth with fire; With half of it he eateth flesh; He roasteth meat, and satisfieth himself; He also warmeth himself, and saith, Aha! I am warm; I feel the fire.
17 他用剩下的做了一神，就是雕刻的偶像。他向这偶像俯伏叩拜，祷告它说：“求你拯救我，因你是我的神。”
Of the residue he maketh a god, even his graven image; He falleth down before it and worshippeth it, And prayeth to it, and saith, “Deliver me, for thou art my God!”
18 他们不知道，也不思想；因为耶和华闭住他们的眼，不能看见，塞住他们的心，不能明白。
They know not, neither understand; For their eyes are closed up, that they cannot see, And their hearts, that they cannot understand.
19 谁心里也不醒悟，也没有知识，没有聪明，能说：“我曾拿一分在火中烧了，在炭火上烤过饼；我也烤过肉吃。这剩下的，我岂要作可憎的物吗？我岂可向木墩子叩拜呢？”
None considereth in his mind, Or hath knowledge and understanding to say: “Half of it I have burned with fire; I have also baked bread on the coals of it; I have roasted flesh and have eaten; And shall I make the remnant an abomination? Shall I fall down before the stock of a tree?”
20 他以灰为食，心中昏迷，使他偏邪，他不能自救，也不能说：“我右手中岂不是有虚谎吗？”
He toileth for ashes; A deluded heart turneth him aside, So that he cannot deliver himself, and say “Is there not a lie in my right hand?”
21 雅各，以色列啊， 你是我的仆人，要记念这些事。 以色列啊，你是我的仆人， 我造就你必不忘记你。
Remember these things, O Jacob, O Israel, for thou art my servant! I formed thee; thou art my servant; O Israel, I will not forget thee.
22 我涂抹了你的过犯，像厚云消散； 我涂抹了你的罪恶，如薄云灭没。 你当归向我，因我救赎了你。
I have caused thy transgressions to vanish like a cloud, And thy sins like a mist; Return to me, for I have redeemed thee!
23 诸天哪，应当歌唱， 因为耶和华做成这事。 地的深处啊，应当欢呼； 众山应当发声歌唱； 树林和其中所有的树都当如此！ 因为耶和华救赎了雅各， 并要因以色列荣耀自己。
Sing, O ye heavens, for Jehovah hath done it; Shout, O ye depths of the earth! Break forth into song, ye mountains! Thou forest, and every tree therein! For Jehovah hath redeemed Jacob, And glorified himself in Israel.
24 从你出胎，造就你的救赎主—耶和华如此说： 我—耶和华是创造万物的， 是独自铺张诸天、铺开大地的。 谁与我同在呢？
Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, Even he that formed thee from the womb; I am Jehovah, who made all things; Who stretched out the heavens alone; Who spread out the earth by myself;
25 使说假话的兆头失效， 使占卜的癫狂， 使智慧人退后， 使他的知识变为愚拙；
Who frustrateth the signs of deceivers, And maketh the diviners mad; Who putteth the wise men to shame, And maketh their knowledge folly;
26 使我仆人的话语立定， 我使者的谋算成就。 论到耶路撒冷说：必有人居住； 论到犹大的城邑说：必被建造， 其中的荒场我也必兴起。
Who establisheth the word of his servant, And performeth the purpose of his messengers; Who saith of Jerusalem, “She shall be inhabited,” And of the cities of Judah, “They shall be built,” And, “Her desolated places I will restore.”
27 对深渊说：你干了吧！ 我也要使你的江河干涸。
Who saith to the deep, “Be dry! I will dry up thy streams!”
28 论塞鲁士说：他是我的牧人， 必成就我所喜悦的， 必下令建造耶路撒冷， 发命立稳圣殿的根基。
Who saith of Cyrus, “He is my shepherd; He shall perform all my pleasure”; Who saith of Jerusalem, “She shall be built,” And of the temple, “Her foundation shall be laid.”
