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。
Now, then—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 Yahweh—Who made thee and formed thee from birth, Who helpeth thee: Do not fear O my Servant Jacob, and 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 soil, and Floods upon the dry ground, —I will pour My spirit upon thy seed, and My blessing upon thine offspring;
4 他们要发生在草中， 像溪水旁的柳树。
So will they spring up among the grass, As willows by the water-courses:
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。
This one, will say Yahweh’s, am I, and That one, will call himself by the name of Jacob, and Yonder one will write on his hand—Yahweh’s, And after the name of Israel, will one entitle himself.
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 Yahweh—King of Israel, Even his Redeemer, Yahweh of hosts, —I, am, First, and, I, 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 then, like me, can call, and declare it, and order it, for me, Seeing that I appointed an age-abiding people, —Or things yet to be, and that shall come to pass, Let them declare on their part.
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！
Do not ye dread, nor yet be alarmed, Have I not from olden time, told thee and declared? So that, ye, are my witnesses, —Whether there is a GOD besides me? Or is no Rock—I knew of none!
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。
The fashioners of an image—all of them, are emptiness, And, the things they delight in, cannot profit, —And, their, witnesses, they, neither see nor know, That they may be ashamed.
10 谁制造神像，铸造无益的偶像？
Who hath fashioned a GOD, Oran image, hath molten? It cannot profit!
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。
Lo! all his partners, turn pale, Even, the artificers themselves, are of the sons of earth, —Let them gather themselves together—all of them. Let them take their stand, Let them dread, and turn pale, 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。
As for the smith, [with his] cutting-tool, —When he hath wrought in the live coals, And, with hammers, hath fashioned it, —And hath wrought it with his strong arm, Anon he is hungry, and hath no strength, He hath drunk no water and so hath become 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。
As for the carpenter, —He hath stretched out a line hath drawn it with a pencil, Hath made it with carving tools, With compasses, hath rounded it, —And so hath made it after the figure of a great man, After the beauty of a son of earth, that it may remain 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。
When one was cutting him down cedars, Then took he a holm-tree and an oak, And secured them for himself, among the trees of the forest, —He planted a fir-tree and the pouring rain made it grow;
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。
So it serveth for a man to burn, And he hath taken of the branches and warmed himself, Also he kindleth a fire, and baketh bread, —Also he maketh a GOD, and hath bowed himself down, Hath made of it a carved image, and adored 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。”
The half thereof, hath he burned in the fire, Over half thereof, he eateth flesh, He roasteth roast, that he may be satisfied, —Also he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen a blaze;
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。”
And the residue thereof, Into a GOD, he maketh, Into his carved image, —Adoreth it, and boweth down and prayeth unto it, And saith Deliver me, for, my GOD, thou art!
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 have not taken note, neither can they perceive, —He hath besmeared—past seeing—their eyes, Past understanding, their hearts;
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？”
And no one reflecteth—There is neither knowledge nor discernment—to say, Half thereof, have I burned up in the fire Moreover also I have baked, on the coals thereof, bread, I roasted flesh, and have been eating, —And of the remainder thereof, an abomination, shall I make? And, to a log of wood, shall I pay adoration?
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 is feeding on ashes, A deluded heart, hath turned him aside, —And he cannot deliver his own soul nor say, Is there not a falsehood 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, And, Israel, —for, my Servant, thou art, —I have fashioned thee, a Servant of mine, thou art.
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。
O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me, I have wiped out, As with a thick cloud, thy transgressions, And as with a broad cloud, thy sins, —Return unto 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。
Shout in triumph ye heavens for Yahweh, hath effectually wrought. Shout, O ye underparts of the earth, Ring out, Ye mountains, into cries of triumph, Thou forest, and every tree therein, —For, Yahweh, hath redeemed, Jacob, And in Israel, will he get himself glory.
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 Yahweh Who hath redeemed thee, Who hath fashioned thee from birth, —I—Yahweh, am the maker of all things, Stretching out the heavens, alone, Spreading forth the earth, of 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；
Frustrating the signs of praters, And, diviners, he confoundeth, —Turning wise men backwards, And their knowledge, he maketh 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。
Establishing the word of his Servant, And the counsel of his Messengers, he maketh good, —Who saith of Jerusalem—She shall be inhabited! And of the cities of Judah—They shall be built! And the ruins thereof, will I set up!
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 and Thy rivers, will I drain!
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—My Shepherd! and All my pleasure, shall he make good Even saying of Jerusalem—She shall be built! And of the temple—Be her foundation laid!
