以賽亞書 48
1 雅各家，稱為以色列名下， 從猶大水源出來的，當聽我言！ 你們指着耶和華的名起誓， 提說以色列的上帝， 卻不憑誠實，不憑公義。
“Listen to this, O house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, who have descended from the line of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD, who invoke the God of Israel— but not in truth or righteousness—
2 他們自稱為聖城的人， 所倚靠的是 名為萬軍之耶和華－以色列的上帝。
who indeed call yourselves after the holy city and lean on the God of Israel; the LORD of Hosts is His name.
3 主說：早先的事，我從古時說明， 已經出了我的口， 也是我所指示的； 我忽然行做，事便成就。
I foretold the former things long ago; they came out of My mouth and I proclaimed them. Suddenly I acted, and they came to pass.
4 因為我素來知道你是頑梗的－ 你的頸項是鐵的； 你的額是銅的。
For I knew that you are stubborn; your neck is iron and your forehead is bronze.
5 所以，我從古時將這事給你說明， 在未成以先指示你， 免得你說：這些事是我的偶像所行的， 是我雕刻的偶像和我鑄造的偶像所命定的。
Therefore I declared it to you long ago; I announced it before it came to pass, so that you could not claim, ‘My idol has done this; my carved image and molten god has ordained it.’
6 你已經聽見，現在要看見這一切； 你不說明嗎？ 從今以後，我將新事， 就是你所不知道的隱密事指示你。
You have heard these things; look at them all. Will you not acknowledge them? From now on I will tell you of new things, hidden things unknown to you.
7 這事是現今造的，並非從古就有； 在今日以先，你也未曾聽見， 免得你說：這事我早已知道了。
They are created now, and not long ago; you have not heard of them before today. So you cannot claim, ‘I already knew them!’
8 你未曾聽見，未曾知道； 你的耳朵從來未曾開通。 我原知道你行事極其詭詐， 你自從出胎以來， 便稱為悖逆的。
You have never heard; you have never understood; for a long time your ears have not been open. For I knew how deceitful you are; you have been called a rebel from birth.
9 我為我的名暫且忍怒， 為我的頌讚向你容忍， 不將你剪除。
For the sake of My name I will delay My wrath; for the sake of My praise I will restrain it, so that you will not be cut off.
10 我熬煉你，卻不像熬煉銀子； 你在苦難的爐中，我揀選你。
See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
11 我為自己的緣故必行這事， 我焉能使我的名被褻瀆？ 我必不將我的榮耀歸給假神。
For My own sake, My very own sake, I will act; for how can I let Myself be defamed? I will not yield My glory to another.
12 雅各－我所選召的以色列啊， 當聽我言： 我是耶和華， 我是首先的，也是末後的。
Listen to Me, O Jacob, and Israel, whom I have called: I am He; I am the first, and I am the last.
13 我手立了地的根基； 我右手鋪張諸天； 我一招呼便都立住。
Surely My own hand founded the earth, and My right hand spread out the heavens; when I summon them, they stand up together.
14 你們都當聚集而聽， 他們內中誰說過這些事？ 耶和華所愛的人必向巴比倫行他所喜悅的事； 他的膀臂也要加在迦勒底人身上。
Come together, all of you, and listen: Which of the idols has foretold these things? The LORD’s chosen ally will carry out His desire against Babylon, and His arm will be against the Chaldeans.
15 惟有我曾說過，我又選召他， 領他來，他的道路就必亨通。
I, even I, have spoken; yes, I have called him. I have brought him, and he will succeed in his mission.
16 你們要就近我來聽這話： 我從起頭並未曾在隱密處說話； 自從有這事，我就在那裏。 現在，主耶和華差遣我和他的靈來。
Come near to Me and listen to this: From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time it happened, I was there.” And now the Lord GOD has sent me, accompanied by His Spirit.
17 耶和華－你的救贖主， 以色列的聖者如此說： 我是耶和華－你的上帝， 教訓你，使你得益處， 引導你所當行的路。
Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you for your benefit, who directs you in the way you should go.
18 甚願你素來聽從我的命令！ 你的平安就如河水； 你的公義就如海浪。
If only you had paid attention to My commandments, your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like waves of the sea.
19 你的後裔也必多如海沙； 你腹中所生的也必多如沙粒。 他的名在我面前必不剪除， 也不滅絕。
Your descendants would have been as countless as the sand, and your offspring as numerous as its grains; their name would never be cut off or eliminated from My presence.”
20 你們要從巴比倫出來， 從迦勒底人中逃脫， 以歡呼的聲音傳揚說： 耶和華救贖了他的僕人雅各！ 你們要將這事宣揚到地極。
Leave Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare it with a shout of joy, proclaim it, let it go out to the ends of the earth, saying, “The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob!”
21 耶和華引導他們經過沙漠。 他們並不乾渴； 他為他們使水從磐石而流， 分裂磐石，水就湧出。
They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts; He made water flow for them from the rock; He split the rock, and water gushed out.
22 耶和華說： 惡人必不得平安！
“There is no peace,” says the LORD, “for the wicked.”
