以賽亞書 42
1 看哪，我的僕人－ 我所扶持所揀選、心裏所喜悅的！ 我已將我的靈賜給他； 他必將公理傳給外邦。
Behold my servant, whom I uphold, My chosen, in whom my soul delighteth, I have put my spirit upon him; He shall cause law to go forth to the nations.
2 他不喧嚷，不揚聲， 也不使街上聽見他的聲音。
He shall not cry aloud, nor lift up his voice, Nor cause it to be heard in the street.
3 壓傷的蘆葦，他不折斷； 將殘的燈火，他不吹滅。 他憑真實將公理傳開。
The bruised reed shall he not break, And the glimmering flax shall he not quench; He shall send forth law according to truth.
4 他不灰心，也不喪膽， 直到他在地上設立公理； 海島都等候他的訓誨。
He shall not fail, nor become weary, Until he shall have established justice in the earth. And distant nations shall wait for his law.
5 創造諸天，鋪張穹蒼， 將地和地所出的一併鋪開， 賜氣息給地上的眾人， 又賜靈性給行在其上之人的上帝耶和華， 他如此說：
Thus saith God Jehovah, Who created the heavens and stretched them out, Who spread forth the earth, and that which springeth forth from it, Who gave breath to the people upon it, And spirit to them that walk thereon:
6 我－耶和華憑公義召你， 必攙扶你的手，保守你， 使你作眾民的中保， 作外邦人的光，
I, Jehovah, have called thee for salvation; I will hold thee by the hand; I will defend thee, and make thee a covenant to the people, A light to the nations;
7 開瞎子的眼， 領被囚的出牢獄， 領坐黑暗的出監牢。
To open the blind eyes, To bring out the prisoners from the prison, And them that sit in darkness out of the prison-house.
8 我是耶和華，這是我的名； 我必不將我的榮耀歸給假神， 也不將我的稱讚歸給雕刻的偶像。
I am Jehovah, that is my name; And my glory will I not give to another, Nor my praise to graven images.
9 看哪，先前的事已經成就， 現在我將新事說明， 這事未發以先，我就說給你們聽。
The former things, behold! they are come to pass, And new things do I now declare; Before they spring forth, I make them known to you.
10 航海的和海中所有的， 海島和其上的居民， 都當向耶和華唱新歌， 從地極讚美他。
Sing to Jehovah a new song; His praise to the ends of the earth; Ye that go down upon the sea, and all that fill it; Ye distant coasts, and ye that dwell therein!
11 曠野和其中的城邑， 並基達人居住的村莊都當揚聲； 西拉的居民當歡呼， 在山頂上吶喊。
Let the desert cry aloud, and the cities thereof; The villages, that Kedar inhabiteth; Let the inhabitants of the rock sing; Let them shout from the top of the mountains!
12 他們當將榮耀歸給耶和華， 在海島中傳揚他的頌讚。
Let them give glory to Jehovah, And proclaim his praise in distant lands!
13 耶和華必像勇士出去， 必像戰士激動熱心， 要喊叫，大聲吶喊， 要用大力攻擊仇敵。
Jehovah shall march forth like a hero; Like a mighty warrior shall he rouse his indignation, He shall cry aloud; he shall shout the war-cry, And show himself mighty against his enemies.
14 我許久閉口不言，靜默不語； 現在我要喊叫，像產難的婦人； 我要急氣而喘哮。
“I have long held my peace; I have been still and refrained myself; But now will I cry like a woman in travail; I will destroy and swallow up at once.
15 我要使大山小岡變為荒場， 使其上的花草都枯乾； 我要使江河變為洲島， 使水池都乾涸。
I will lay waste mountains and hills, And dry up all their herbs. I will make the river solid land, And dry up the pools of water.
16 我要引瞎子行不認識的道， 領他們走不知道的路； 在他們面前使黑暗變為光明， 使彎曲變為平直。 這些事我都要行， 並不離棄他們。
Then will I lead the blind in a way which they know not, And in unknown paths will I guide them; I will make darkness light before them, And crooked paths straight; These things will I do for them, and not forsake them.”
17 倚靠雕刻的偶像， 對鑄造的偶像說： 你是我們的神； 這等人要退後，全然蒙羞。
Then shall they be turned back, and be put to shame, Who trust in graven images; Who say to molten images, “Ye are our gods!”
18 你們這耳聾的，聽吧！ 你們這眼瞎的，看吧！ 使你們能看見。
Hear, O ye deaf! And look, ye blind, and see!
19 誰比我的僕人眼瞎呢？ 誰比我差遣的使者耳聾呢？ 誰瞎眼像那與我和好的？ 誰瞎眼像耶和華的僕人呢？
Who is blind, if not my servant? And who so deaf as my messenger, whom I send? Who so blind as the friend of God, So blind as the servant of Jehovah?
20 你看見許多事卻不領會， 耳朵開通卻不聽見。
Thou seest many things, but regardest them not; Thou hast thine ears open, but hearest not!
21 耶和華因自己公義的緣故， 喜歡使律法為大，為尊。
It pleased Jehovah for his goodness' sake To give him a law, great and glorious;
22 但這百姓是被搶被奪的， 都牢籠在坑中，隱藏在獄裏； 他們作掠物，無人拯救， 作擄物，無人說交還。
And yet it is a robbed and plundered people; They are all of them bound in prisons, And hid in dungeons; They have become a spoil, and none delivereth; A prey, and none saith, “Restore!”
23 你們中間誰肯側耳聽此， 誰肯留心而聽，以防將來呢？
Who is there among you that will give ear to this, That will listen and attend for the time to come?
24 誰將雅各交出當作擄物， 將以色列交給搶奪的呢？ 豈不是耶和華嗎？ 就是我們所得罪的那位。 他們不肯遵行他的道， 也不聽從他的訓誨。
Who gave Jacob to be a spoil, And Israel to plunderers? Was it not Jehovah, against whom we sinned, In whose ways we would not walk, And whose laws we would not obey?
25 所以，他將猛烈的怒氣和爭戰的勇力 傾倒在以色列的身上。 在他四圍如火着起，他還不知道， 燒着他，他也不介意。
Therefore hath he poured out upon Israel the fury of his wrath, and the violence of war; It kindled a flame around about him, yet he did not regard it; It set him on fire, yet he laid it not to heart.
