Isaiah 40
1 “Comfort, comfort My people,” says your God.
「你們安慰，安慰我的百姓罷！」你們的天主說。
2 “Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her forced labor has been completed; her iniquity has been pardoned. For she has received from the hand of the LORD double for all her sins.”
你們應向耶路撒冷說寬心的話，並向她宣告：她的苦役已滿期，她的罪債已清償，因為她為了自己的一切罪過，已由上主手中承受了雙倍的懲罰。
3 A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.
有一個呼聲喊說：「你們要在曠野中預備上主的道路，在荒原中為我們的天主修平一條大路！
4 Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill made low; the uneven ground will become smooth, and the rugged land a plain.
一切深谷要填滿，一切山陵要產平，隆起的要削為平地，崎嶇的要闢成坦途！
5 And the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all humanity together will see it.
上主的光榮要顯示出來，凡有血肉的都會看見：這是上主親口說的。」
6 A voice says, “Cry out!” And I asked, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field.
有個聲音說：「呼喊罷！」我答說：「我呼喊什麼﹖」「凡有血肉的都似草，他的美麗似田野的花；
7 The grass withers and the flowers fall when the breath of the LORD blows on them; indeed, the people are grass.
上主的風吹來，草必枯萎，花必凋謝。【的確，人民好像草。】
8 The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”
草能枯萎，花能凋謝，但我們天主的話永遠常存。」
9 Go up on a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news. Raise your voice loudly, O Jerusalem, herald of good news. Lift it up, do not be afraid! Say to the cities of Judah, “Here is your God!”
給熙雍傳喜訊的啊！請登上高山！給耶路撒冷報喜訊的啊！請大聲疾呼！ 高呼罷！不要畏懼！向猶大各城報告說：你們的天主來了！
10 Behold, the Lord GOD comes with might, and His arm establishes His rule. His reward is with Him, and His recompense accompanies Him.
吾主上主帶著威能來到，他的手臂獲得了勝利；他的勝利品與他同在，他獲得的酬勞在他面前。
11 He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.
他必如牧人，牧放自己的羊群，以自己的手臂集合小羊，把牠們抱在自己的懷中，溫良地領導哺乳的母羊。
12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on a scale and the hills with a balance?
誰曾用手心量過海水，用手掌測量過天，用升斗量過地上的塵土，用天秤稱過高山，用戥子撐過丘陵呢﹖
13 Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, or informed Him as His counselor?
誰曾指揮過上主的心靈；或做過他的參謀，教導過他呢﹖
14 Whom did He consult to enlighten Him, and who taught Him the paths of justice? Who imparted knowledge to Him and showed Him the way of understanding?
他曾向誰請教過，請他教導自己，指導自己正路，教授自己智識，指示明智的行徑呢﹖
15 Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are considered a speck of dust on the scales; He lifts up the islands like fine dust.
看哪！萬民像桶中的一滴水，如天秤上的一粒沙；看，島嶼重如一粒灰塵。
16 Lebanon is not sufficient for fuel, nor its animals enough for a burnt offering.
黎巴嫩不夠當柴燒，其中的野獸不足作燔祭。
17 All the nations are as nothing before Him; He regards them as nothingness and emptiness.
萬民在他面前好像烏有，在他看來只是空虛淨無。
18 To whom will you liken God? To what image will you compare Him?
你們要把天主同誰相比擬呢﹖你們把他與什麼相對照呢﹖
19 To an idol that a craftsman casts and a metalworker overlays with gold and fits with silver chains?
與偶像嗎﹖偶像是工匠鑄造，金匠再包上金子，然後再鑄銀鍊圍起來。
20 To one bereft of an offering who chooses wood that will not rot, who seeks a skilled craftsman to set up an idol that will not topple?
精於選料的人，在選擇一塊不朽的木頭，再尋找一位精明的工匠，將鑄像立定，不致倒下。
21 Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been declared to you from the beginning? Have you not understood since the foundation of the earth?
難道你們不知道﹖難道你們沒有聽說﹖難道從起初沒有人告訴過你們﹖難道由大地肇基以來你們沒有細察過嗎﹖
22 He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth; its dwellers are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.
他坐在大地的穹窿之上，地上的居民有如蝗蟲一般。他展開天幕有如帷幔，伸開天空有如居住的蓬帳。
23 He brings the princes to nothing and makes the rulers of the earth meaningless.
他使王侯化為烏有，叫地上的士紳成為虛無。
24 No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner have their stems taken root in the ground, than He blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like stubble.
他們剛被栽上，剛被種植，剛在土中扎根，他向他們一噓氣，他們一噓氣，他們便立即枯萎，暴風捲枯湝似的將他們捲走。「
25 “To whom will you liken Me, or who is My equal?” asks the Holy One.
你們把我同誰比擬呢﹖要我與誰相似呢﹖」聖者如此說。
26 Lift up your eyes on high: Who created all these? He leads forth the starry host by number; He calls each one by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.
你們舉目向上，看看是誰造了這些呢﹖是他按照數目展開了他的萬軍，按照次序一一點名，在這強有力和威能者前，沒有一個敢缺席的。
27 Why do you say, O Jacob, and why do you assert, O Israel, “My way is hidden from the LORD, and my claim is ignored by my God”?
雅各伯！你為什麼說﹖以色列！你為什麼講：「上主看不見我的命運！天主忽略了我的案件！」
28 Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching out.
難道你不知道，或者沒有聽說：上主是永生的天主，是創造地極之主嗎﹖他縱不疲倦，決不困乏，他的智慧高深莫測。
29 He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak.
他賜給疲倦者力量，賜給無力者勇氣。
30 Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall.
少年人能疲倦困乏，青年人能失足跌倒；
31 But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.
然而仰望上主的，必獲得新力量，必能振翼高飛有如兀鷹，疾馳而不困乏，奔走而不疲倦。
