以賽亞書 41
1 眾海島啊，當在我面前靜默； 眾民當重新得力， 都要近前來才可以說話， 我們可以彼此辯論。
Come quietly before me, O sea-lands, and let the peoples get together their strength: let them come near; then let them say what they have to say: let us put forward our cause against one another.
2 誰從東方興起一人， 憑公義召他來到腳前呢？ 耶和華將列國交給他， 使他管轄君王， 把他們如灰塵交與他的刀， 如風吹的碎稭交與他的弓。
Who sent out from the east one who is right wherever he goes? he gives the nations into his hands, and makes him ruler over kings; he gives them as the dust to his sword, as dry stems before the wind to his bow.
3 他追趕他們， 走他所未走的道， 坦然前行。
He goes after them safely, not touching the road with his feet.
4 誰行做成就這事， 從起初宣召歷代呢？ 就是我－耶和華！ 我是首先的， 也與末後的同在。
Whose purpose and work was it? His who sent out the generations from the start. I the Lord, the first, and with the last, I am he.
5 海島看見就都害怕； 地極也都戰兢， 就近前來。
The sea-lands saw it, and were in fear; the ends of the earth were shaking: they came near.
6 他們各人幫助鄰舍， 各人對弟兄說：壯膽吧！
They gave help everyone to his neighbour; and everyone said to his brother, Take heart!
7 木匠勉勵銀匠， 用鎚打光的勉勵打砧的， 論銲工說，銲得好； 又用釘子釘穩，免得偶像動搖。
So the metal-worker put heart into the gold-worker, and he who was hammering the metal smooth said kind words to the iron-worker, saying of the plate, It is ready: and he put it together with nails, so that there might be no slipping.
8 惟你以色列－我的僕人， 雅各－我所揀選的， 我朋友亞伯拉罕的後裔，
But as for you, Israel, my servant, and you, Jacob, whom I have taken for myself, the seed of Abraham my friend:
9 你是我從地極所領來的， 從地角所召來的， 且對你說：你是我的僕人； 我揀選你，並不棄絕你。
You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and sent for from its farthest parts, saying to you, You are my servant, whom I have taken for myself, and whom I have not given up:
10 你不要害怕，因為我與你同在； 不要驚惶，因為我是你的上帝。 我必堅固你，我必幫助你； 我必用我公義的右手扶持你。
Have no fear, for I am with you; do not be looking about in trouble, for I am your God; I will give you strength, yes, I will be your helper; yes, my true right hand will be your support.
11 凡向你發怒的必都抱愧蒙羞； 與你相爭的必如無有，並要滅亡。
Truly, all those who are angry with you will be made low and put to shame: those desiring to do you wrong will come to nothing and never again be seen.
12 與你爭競的，你要找他們也找不着； 與你爭戰的必如無有，成為虛無。
You will make search for your haters but they will not be there; those who make war against you will be as nothing and will come to destruction.
13 因為我耶和華－ 你的上帝必攙扶你的右手， 對你說：不要害怕！ 我必幫助你。
For I, the Lord your God, have taken your right hand in mine, saying to you, Have no fear; I will be your helper.
14 你這蟲雅各和你們以色列人， 不要害怕！ 耶和華說：我必幫助你。 你的救贖主就是以色列的聖者。
Have no fear, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel; I will be your helper, says the Lord, even he who takes up your cause, the Holy One of Israel.
15 看哪，我已使你成為 有快齒打糧的新器具； 你要把山嶺打得粉碎， 使岡陵如同糠詷。
See, I will make you like a new grain-crushing instrument with teeth, crushing the mountains small, and making the hills like dry stems.
16 你要把它簸揚，風要吹去； 旋風要把它颳散。 你倒要以耶和華為喜樂， 以以色列的聖者為誇耀。
You will send the wind over them, and it will take them away; they will go in all directions before the storm-wind: you will have joy in the Lord, and be glad in the Holy One of Israel.
17 困苦窮乏人尋求水卻沒有； 他們因口渴，舌頭乾燥。 我－耶和華必應允他們； 我－以色列的上帝必不離棄他們。
The poor and crushed are looking for water where no water is, and their tongue is dry for need of it: I the Lord will give ear to their prayer, I the God of Israel will not give them up.
18 我要在淨光的高處開江河， 在谷中開泉源； 我要使沙漠變為水池， 使乾地變為湧泉。
I will make rivers on the dry mountain-tops, and fountains in the valleys: I will make the waste land a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
19 我要在曠野種上香柏樹、 皂莢樹、番石榴樹，和野橄欖樹。 我在沙漠要把松樹、杉樹， 並黃楊樹一同栽植；
I will put in the waste land the cedar, the acacia, the myrtle, and the olive-tree; and in the lowland will be planted the fir-tree, the plane, and the cypress together:
20 好叫人看見、知道、 思想、明白； 這是耶和華的手所做的， 是以色列的聖者所造的。
So that they may see and be wise and give their mind to it, and that it may be clear to them all that the hand of the Lord has done this, and that the Holy One of Israel has made it.
21 耶和華對假神說： 你們要呈上你們的案件； 雅各的君說： 你們要聲明你們確實的理由。
Put forward your cause, says the Lord; let your strong argument come out, says the King of Jacob.
22 可以聲明，指示我們將來必遇的事， 說明先前的是甚麼事， 好叫我們思索，得知事的結局， 或者把將來的事指示我們。
Let the future be made clear to us: give us news of the past things, so that we may give thought to them; or of the things to come, so that we may see if they are true.
23 要說明後來的事， 好叫我們知道你們是神。 你們或降福，或降禍， 使我們驚奇，一同觀看。
Give us word of what will be after this, so that we may be certain that you are gods: yes, do good or do evil, so that we may all see it and be surprised.
24 看哪，你們屬乎虛無； 你們的作為也屬乎虛空。 那選擇你們的是可憎惡的。
But you are nothing, and your work is of no value: foolish is he who takes you for his gods.
25 我從北方興起一人； 他是求告我名的， 從日出之地而來。 他必臨到掌權的， 好像臨到灰泥， 彷彿窯匠踹泥一樣。
I have sent for one from the north, and from the dawn he has come; in my name he will get rulers together and go against them; they will be like dust, even as the wet earth is stamped on by the feet of the potter.
26 誰從起初指明這事，使我們知道呢？ 誰從先前說明，使我們說他不錯呢？ 誰也沒有指明； 誰也沒有說明； 誰也沒有聽見你們的話。
Who has given knowledge of it from the first, so that we may be certain of it? and from the start, so that we may say, His word is true? There is no one who gives news, or says anything, or who gives ear to your words.
27 我首先對錫安說： 看哪，我要將一位報好信息的賜給耶路撒冷。
I was the first to give word of it to Zion, and I gave the good news to Jerusalem.
28 我看的時候並沒有人； 我問的時候， 他們中間也沒有謀士可以回答一句。
And I saw that there was no man, even no wise man among them, who might give an answer to my questions.
29 看哪，他們和他們的工作都是虛空， 且是虛無。 他們所鑄的偶像都是風， 都是虛的。
Truly they are all nothing, their works are nothing and of no value: their metal images are of no more use than wind.
