以賽亞書 49
1 眾海島啊，當聽我言！ 遠方的眾民哪，留心而聽！ 自我出胎，耶和華就選召我； 自出母腹，他就提我的名。
Pay attention, you islands, and listen closely, you far away peoples. The Lord has called me from the womb; from the womb of my mother, he has been mindful of my name.
2 他使我的口如快刀， 將我藏在他手蔭之下； 又使我成為磨亮的箭， 將我藏在他箭袋之中；
And he has appointed my mouth as a sharp sword. In the shadow of his hand, he has protected me. And he has appointed me as an elect arrow. In his quiver, he has hidden me.
3 對我說：你是我的僕人以色列； 我必因你得榮耀。
And he has said to me: “You are my servant, Israel. For in you, I will glory.”
4 我卻說：我勞碌是徒然； 我盡力是虛無虛空。 然而，我當得的理必在耶和華那裏； 我的賞賜必在我上帝那裏。
And I said: “I have labored toward emptiness. I have consumed my strength without purpose and in vain. Therefore, my judgment is with the Lord, and my work is with my God.”
5 耶和華從我出胎，造就我作他的僕人， 要使雅各歸向他， 使以色列到他那裏聚集。 原來耶和華看我為尊貴； 我的上帝也成為我的力量。
And now, says the Lord, who formed me from the womb as his servant, so that I may bring back Jacob to him, for Israel will not be gathered together, but I have been glorified in the eyes of the Lord and my God has become my strength,
6 現在他說：你作我的僕人， 使雅各眾支派復興， 使以色列中得保全的歸回尚為小事， 我還要使你作外邦人的光， 叫你施行我的救恩，直到地極。
and so he has said: “It is a small thing that you should be my servant so as to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and so as to convert the dregs of Israel. Behold, I have offered you as a light for the Gentiles, so that you may be my salvation, even to the furthest regions of the earth.”
7 救贖主－以色列的聖者耶和華 對那被人所藐視、本國所憎惡、 官長所虐待的如此說： 君王要看見就站起， 首領也要下拜； 都因信實的耶和華， 就是揀選你－以色列的聖者。
Thus says the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, to a contemptible soul, to an abominable nation, to the servant of lords: The kings will see, and the princes will rise up, and they will adore, because of the Lord. For he is faithful, and he is the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.
8 耶和華如此說： 在悅納的時候，我應允了你； 在拯救的日子，我濟助了你。 我要保護你， 使你作眾民的中保； 復興遍地， 使人承受荒涼之地為業。
Thus says the Lord: In a pleasing time, I have heeded you, and in the day of salvation, I have assisted you. And I have preserved you, and I have presented you as a covenant of the people, so that you would lift up the earth, and possess the scattered inheritances,
9 對那被捆綁的人說：出來吧！ 對那在黑暗的人說：顯露吧！ 他們在路上必得飲食， 在一切淨光的高處必有食物。
so that you would say to those who are bound, “Go forth!” and to those who are in darkness, “Be released!” They will pasture along the roads, and their pastures will be in every open place.
10 不飢不渴， 炎熱和烈日必不傷害他們； 因為憐恤他們的必引導他們， 領他們到水泉旁邊。
They will not hunger or thirst, nor will the heat of the sun beat down upon them. For the one who takes pity on them will rule them, and he will give them to drink from fountains of waters.
11 我必使我的眾山成為大道； 我的大路也被修高。
And I will make all my mountains into a road, and my paths will be exalted.
12 看哪，這些從遠方來； 這些從北方、從西方來； 這些從秦國來。
Behold, some will come from far away, and behold, others from the north and from the sea, and still others from the land of the south.
13 諸天哪，應當歡呼！ 大地啊，應當快樂！ 眾山哪，應當發聲歌唱！ 因為耶和華已經安慰他的百姓， 也要憐恤他困苦之民。
Give praise, O heavens! And exult, O earth! Let the mountains give praise with jubilation! For the Lord has consoled his people, and he will take pity on his poor ones.
14 錫安說：耶和華離棄了我； 主忘記了我。
And Zion said: “The Lord has abandoned me, and the Lord has forgotten me.”
15 婦人焉能忘記她吃奶的嬰孩， 不憐恤她所生的兒子？ 即或有忘記的， 我卻不忘記你。
Can a woman forget her infant, so as not to take pity on the child of her womb? But even if she would forget, still I shall never forget you.
16 看哪，我將你銘刻在我掌上； 你的牆垣常在我眼前。
Behold, I have engraved you on my hands. Your walls are always before my eyes.
17 你的兒女必急速歸回； 毀壞你的，使你荒廢的，必都離你出去，
Your builders have arrived. Those who would tear you down and destroy you, they will depart from you.
18 你舉目向四方觀看； 他們都聚集來到你這裏。 耶和華說：我指着我的永生起誓： 你必要以他們為妝飾佩戴， 以他們為華帶束腰，像新婦一樣。
Lift up your eyes all around, and see: all these have been gathered together; they have come to you. As I live, says the Lord, you shall be clothed with all these things, as if with an ornament. And like a bride, you shall wrap these things all around you.
19 至於你荒廢淒涼之處， 並你被毀壞之地， 現今眾民居住必顯為太窄； 吞滅你的必離你遙遠。
For your deserts, and your solitary places, and the land of your ruination will now be too narrow, because of all the inhabitants. And those who devoured you will be chased far away.
20 你必聽見喪子之後所生的兒女說： 這地方我居住太窄， 求你給我地方居住。
Even the children of your barrenness will say in your ears: “This place is too narrow for me. Make me a spacious place in which to dwell.”
21 那時你心裏必說：我既喪子獨居， 是被擄的，漂流在外。 誰給我生這些？ 誰將這些養大呢？ 撇下我一人獨居的時候， 這些在哪裏呢？
And you will say in your heart: “Who has conceived them? I was barren and unable to give birth. I was taken away and held captive. And so, who has raised them? I was destitute and alone. And so, where have they been?”
22 主耶和華如此說： 我必向列國舉手， 向萬民豎立大旗； 他們必將你的眾子懷中抱來， 將你的眾女肩上扛來。
Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will lift up my hand to the Gentiles, and I will exalt my sign before the peoples. And they will carry your sons in their arms, and they will bear your daughters on their shoulders.
23 列王必作你的養父； 王后必作你的乳母。 他們必將臉伏地，向你下拜， 並舔你腳上的塵土。 你便知道我是耶和華； 等候我的必不致羞愧。
And kings will be your caretakers, and queens will be your nursemaids. They will reverence you with their face to the ground, and they will lick the dust at your feet. And you will know that I am the Lord. For those who hope in him will not be confounded.
24 勇士搶去的豈能奪回？ 該擄掠的豈能解救嗎？
Can prey be taken from the strong? Or is anything taken captive by the powerful able to be saved?
25 但耶和華如此說： 就是勇士所擄掠的，也可以奪回； 強暴人所搶的，也可以解救。 與你相爭的，我必與他相爭； 我要拯救你的兒女。
For thus says the Lord: Certainly, even the captives will be taken away from the strong, even what has been taken by the powerful will be saved. And truly, I will judge those who have judged you, and I will save your children.
26 並且我必使那欺壓你的吃自己的肉， 也要以自己的血喝醉，好像喝甜酒一樣。 凡有血氣的必都知道我－耶和華是你的救主， 是你的救贖主，是雅各的大能者。
And I will feed your enemies their own flesh. And they will be inebriated with their own blood, as with new wine. And all flesh will know that I am the Lord, who saves you, and your Redeemer, the Strong One of Jacob.
