Isaiah 41
1 “Be silent before Me, O islands, and let the peoples renew their strength. Let them come forward and testify; let us together draw near for judgment.
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。
2 Who has aroused one from the east and called him to his feet in righteousness? He hands nations over to him and subdues kings before him. He turns them to dust with his sword, to windblown chaff with his bow.
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。
3 He pursues them, going on safely, hardly touching the path with his feet.
他追趕他們， 走他所未走的道， 坦然前行。
4 Who has performed this and carried it out, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD—the first and the last— I am He.”
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。
5 The islands see and fear; the ends of the earth tremble. They approach and come forward.
海島看見就都害怕； 地極也都戰兢， 就近前來。
6 Each one helps the other and says to his brother, “Be strong!”
他們各人幫助鄰舍， 各人對弟兄說：壯膽吧！
7 The craftsman encourages the goldsmith, and he who wields the hammer cheers him who strikes the anvil, saying of the welding, “It is good.” He nails it down so it will not be toppled.
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。
8 “But you, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham My friend—
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，
9 I brought you from the ends of the earth and called you from its farthest corners. I said, ‘You are My servant.’ I have chosen and not rejected you.
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。
10 Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand of righteousness.
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。
11 Behold, all who rage against you will be ashamed and disgraced; those who contend with you will be reduced to nothing and will perish.
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。
12 You will seek them but will not find them. Those who wage war against you will come to nothing.
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。
13 For I am the LORD your God, who takes hold of your right hand and tells you: Do not fear, I will help you.
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。
14 Do not fear, O worm of Jacob, O few men of Israel. I will help you,” declares the LORD. “Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
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。
15 Behold, I will make you into a threshing sledge, new and sharp, with many teeth. You will thresh the mountains and crush them, and reduce the hills to chaff.
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。
16 You will winnow them, and a wind will carry them away; a gale will scatter them. But you will rejoice in the LORD; you will glory in the Holy One of Israel.
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。
17 The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
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。
18 I will open rivers on the barren heights, and fountains in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water, and the dry land into flowing springs.
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。
19 I will plant cedars in the wilderness, acacias, myrtles, and olive trees. I will set cypresses in the desert, elms and boxwood together,
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；
20 so that all may see and know, may consider and understand, that the hand of the LORD has done this and the Holy One of Israel has created it.”
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。
21 “Present your case,” says the LORD. “Submit your arguments,” says the King of Jacob.
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。
22 “Let them come and tell us what will happen. Tell the former things, so that we may reflect on them and know the outcome. Or announce to us what is coming.
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。
23 Tell us the things that are to come, so that we may know that you are gods. Yes, do something good or evil, that we may look on together in dismay.
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。
24 Behold, you are nothing and your work is of no value. Anyone who chooses you is detestable.
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。
25 I have raised up one from the north, and he has come— one from the east who calls on My name. He will march over rulers as if they were mortar, like a potter who treads the clay.
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。
26 Who has declared this from the beginning, so that we may know, and from times past, so that we may say: ‘He was right’? No one announced it, no one foretold it, no one heard your words.
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。
27 I was the first to tell Zion: ‘Look, here they are!’ And I gave to Jerusalem a herald of good news.
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。
28 When I look, there is no one; there is no counselor among them; when I ask them, they have nothing to say.
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。
29 See, they are all a delusion; their works amount to nothing; their images are as empty as the wind.
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。
