以賽亞書 40
1 你們的上帝說： 你們要安慰，安慰我的百姓。
“Comfort, yes comfort my people!” says your God.
2 要對耶路撒冷說安慰的話， 又向她宣告說， 她爭戰的日子已滿了； 她的罪孽赦免了； 她為自己的一切罪， 從耶和華手中加倍受罰。
“Speak lovingly to the people of Jerusalem, telling them that their hard times are over, that their sins have been forgiven, and that the Lord has paid them twice over for their sins.”
3 有人聲喊着說： 在曠野預備耶和華的路， 在沙漠地修平我們上帝的道。
A voice is heard calling, “Prepare the way for the Lord in the wilderness, make a straight highway for our God through the desert.
4 一切山窪都要填滿， 大小山岡都要削平； 高高低低的要改為平坦， 崎崎嶇嶇的必成為平原。
Fill in all the valleys; level all the mountains and hills; smooth out the uneven ground; make the rough places flat.
5 耶和華的榮耀必然顯現； 凡有血氣的必一同看見； 因為這是耶和華親口說的。
The Lord's glory will be revealed, and everyone will see it together. This is what the Lord has declared.”
6 有人聲說：你喊叫吧！ 有一個說：我喊叫甚麼呢？ 說：凡有血氣的盡都如草； 他的美容都像野地的花。
A voice is heard saying, “Shout it out.” I asked, “What shall I shout?” “All human beings are like grass, and all their trustworthiness is like the flowers of the field.
7 草必枯乾，花必凋殘， 因為耶和華的氣吹在其上； 百姓誠然是草。
The grass wilts and the flower fades when the Lord's breathes on them. Yes, the people are grass!
8 草必枯乾，花必凋殘， 惟有我們上帝的話必永遠立定。
However, even though the grass wilts and the flower fades, the word of our God will endure forever.”
9 報好信息給錫安的啊， 你要登高山； 報好信息給耶路撒冷的啊， 你要極力揚聲。 揚聲不要懼怕， 對猶大的城邑說： 看哪，你們的上帝！
Zion, bringer of good news, go up a high mountain. Jerusalem, bringer of good news, raise your voice and shout out loud. Don't be afraid to shout really loud! Tell the towns of Judah, “Here is your God!”
10 主耶和華必像大能者臨到； 他的膀臂必為他掌權。 他的賞賜在他那裏； 他的報應在他面前。
Look! The Lord God is coming with power! He will rule with a firm hand. Look! He's bringing his reward with him, coming to give his gift.
11 他必像牧人牧養自己的羊群， 用膀臂聚集羊羔抱在懷中， 慢慢引導那乳養小羊的。
He looks after his flock like a shepherd. He picks up the lambs in his arms and holds them close to his chest. He leads those that are nursing young.
12 誰曾用手心量諸水， 用手虎口量蒼天， 用升斗盛大地的塵土， 用秤稱山嶺， 用天平平岡陵呢？
Who has measured the waters he holds in the palm of his hand? Who has marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? Who has worked out the amount of dust of the earth? Who has weighed the mountains on a scale and the hills with a balance?
13 誰曾測度耶和華的心， 或作他的謀士指教他呢？
Who has measured the Spirit of the Lord, or taught him what to do as his counselor?
14 他與誰商議，誰教導他， 誰將公平的路指示他， 又將知識教訓他， 將通達的道指教他呢？
Who did the Lord go to for advice to help him understand? Who taught him right from wrong? Who gave him knowledge and showed him the way of wisdom?
15 看哪，萬民都像水桶的一滴， 又算如天平上的微塵； 他舉起眾海島，好像極微之物。
It's obvious that the nations are just a drop in a bucket. They're like dust on a set of scales. He can pick up islands as if they weigh next to nothing.
16 黎巴嫩的樹林不夠當柴燒； 其中的走獸也不夠作燔祭。
All the wood in Lebanon for a fire and all its animals as a sacrifice wouldn't be enough a burnt offering.
17 萬民在他面前好像虛無， 被他看為不及虛無，乃為虛空。
To him all the nations are like nothing. He counts them as less than nothing—like they don't exist.
18 你們究竟將誰比上帝， 用甚麼形像與上帝比較呢？
Who do you think is like God? What image do you think he looks like?
19 偶像是匠人鑄造， 銀匠用金包裹， 為它鑄造銀鍊。
Is he a metal idol that a craftsman casts in a mold, and then a goldsmith overlays it with gold and makes silver chains for it?
20 窮乏獻不起這樣供物的， 就揀選不能朽壞的樹木， 為自己尋找巧匠， 立起不能搖動的偶像。
Those who are too poor to pay for that choose wood that won't rot, then they look for a skilled wood-carver to make an idol that won't fall over.
21 你們豈不曾知道嗎？ 你們豈不曾聽見嗎？ 從起初豈沒有人告訴你們嗎？ 自從立地的根基， 你們豈沒有明白嗎？
Don't you know? Haven't you heard? Hasn't it been explained to you from the very beginning? Haven't you understood from the time the world was created?
22 上帝坐在地球大圈之上； 地上的居民好像蝗蟲。 他鋪張穹蒼如幔子， 展開諸天如可住的帳棚。
God sits on his throne above the horizon of the earth; the people that live there are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, spreading them out like a tent to live in.
23 他使君王歸於虛無， 使地上的審判官成為虛空。
He brings leaders down; he makes the rulers of the world like nothing.
24 他們是剛才栽上， 剛才種上， 根也剛才扎在地裏， 他一吹在其上，便都枯乾； 旋風將他們吹去，像碎稭一樣。
In fact they are hardly even planted, hardly even sown, hardly even taken root, when he blows on them and they wither, and the wind carries them away like straw.
25 那聖者說：你們將誰比我， 叫他與我相等呢？
“Who are you going to compare me with? Who is equal to me?” asks the Holy One.
26 你們向上舉目， 看誰創造這萬象， 按數目領出， 他一一稱其名； 因他的權能， 又因他的大能大力， 連一個都不缺。
Look at the heavens. Who created all this? He leads the stars like an army, and calls each one by name. Because he has great power and incredible strength, not a single one of them is missing.
27 雅各啊，你為何說， 我的道路向耶和華隱藏？ 以色列啊，你為何言， 我的冤屈上帝並不查問？
Why do you speak like this, Jacob, and why do you say, Israel, “The Lord doesn't see what's happening to me, and he's ignoring my rights!”
28 你豈不曾知道嗎？ 你豈不曾聽見嗎？ 永在的上帝耶和華，創造地極的主， 並不疲乏，也不困倦； 他的智慧無法測度。
Don't you know? Haven't you heard? The Lord is the eternal God, the Creator of the whole earth. He's never weak or tired; you can't find out all he knows.
29 疲乏的，他賜能力； 軟弱的，他加力量。
He gives strength to the weary and power the powerless.
30 就是少年人也要疲乏困倦； 強壯的也必全然跌倒。
Even young people grow weak and tired—they fall down when they're exhausted.
31 但那等候耶和華的必重新得力。 他們必如鷹展翅上騰； 他們奔跑卻不困倦， 行走卻不疲乏。
But those who trust in the Lord will have their strength renewed. They will fly high with wings like eagles. They will run and not be tired. They will walk and not be worn out.
