Isaiah 44
1 But now listen, O Jacob My servant, Israel, whom I have chosen.
我的仆人雅各， 我所拣选的以色列啊， 现在你当听。
2 This is the word of the LORD, your Maker, who formed you from the womb and who will help you: “Do not be afraid, O Jacob My servant, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
造作你，又从你出胎造就你， 并要帮助你的耶和华如此说： 我的仆人雅各， 我所拣选的耶书 哪， 不要害怕！
3 For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.
因为我要将水浇灌口渴的人， 将河浇灌干旱之地。 我要将我的灵浇灌你的后裔， 将我的福浇灌你的子孙。
4 They will sprout among the grass like willows by flowing streams.
他们要发生在草中， 像溪水旁的柳树。
5 One will say, ‘I belong to the LORD,’ another will call himself by the name of Jacob, and still another will write on his hand, ‘The LORD’s,’ and will take the name of Israel.”
这个要说：我是属耶和华的； 那个要以雅各的名自称； 又一个要亲手写：归耶和华的， 并自称为以色列。
6 Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.
耶和华—以色列的君， 以色列的救赎主—万军之耶和华如此说： 我是首先的，我是末后的； 除我以外再没有真神。
7 Who then is like Me? Let him say so! Let him declare his case before Me, since I established an ancient people. Let him foretell the things to come, and what is to take place.
自从我设立古时的民， 谁能像我宣告，并且指明，又为自己陈说呢？ 让他将未来的事和必成的事说明。
8 Do not tremble or fear. Have I not told you and declared it long ago? You are My witnesses! Is there any God but Me? There is no other Rock; I know not one.”
你们不要恐惧，也不要害怕。 我岂不是从上古就说明指示你们吗？ 并且你们是我的见证！ 除我以外，岂有真神吗？ 诚然没有磐石，我不知道一个！
9 All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame.
制造雕刻偶像的尽都虚空；他们所喜悦的都无益处；他们的见证无所看见，无所知晓，他们便觉羞愧。
10 Who fashions a god or casts an idol which profits him nothing?
谁制造神像，铸造无益的偶像？
11 Behold, all his companions will be put to shame, for the craftsmen themselves are only human. Let them all assemble and take their stand; they will all be brought to terror and shame.
看哪，他的同伴都必羞愧。工匠也不过是人，任他们聚会，任他们站立，都必惧怕，一同羞愧。
12 The blacksmith takes a tool and labors over the coals; he fashions an idol with hammers and forges it with his strong arms. Yet he grows hungry and loses his strength; he fails to drink water and grows faint.
铁匠把铁在火炭中烧热，用锤打铁器，用他有力的膀臂锤成；他饥饿而无力，不喝水而发倦。
13 The woodworker extends a measuring line; he marks it out with a stylus; he shapes it with chisels and outlines it with a compass. He fashions it in the likeness of man, like man in all his glory, that it may dwell in a shrine.
木匠拉线，用笔划出样子，用刨子刨成形状，用圆尺划了模样，仿照人的体态，做成人形，好住在房屋中。
14 He cuts down cedars or retrieves a cypress or oak. He lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a laurel, and the rain makes it grow.
他砍伐香柏树，又取柞树和橡树，在树林中选定了一棵。他栽种松树，得雨长养。
15 It serves as fuel for man. He takes some of it to warm himself, and he kindles a fire and bakes his bread; he even fashions it into a god and worships it; he makes an idol and bows down to it.
这树，人可用以烧火；他自己取些烤火，又烧着烤饼，而且做神像跪拜，做雕刻的偶像向它叩拜。
16 He burns half of it in the fire, and he roasts meat on that half. He eats the roast and is satisfied. Indeed, he warms himself and says, “Ah! I am warm; I see the fire.”
他把一分烧在火中，把一分烤肉吃饱。自己烤火说：“啊哈，我暖和了，我见火了。”
17 From the rest he makes a god, his graven image. He bows down to it and worships; he prays to it and says, “Save me, for you are my god.”
他用剩下的做了一神，就是雕刻的偶像。他向这偶像俯伏叩拜，祷告它说：“求你拯救我，因你是我的神。”
18 They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand.
他们不知道，也不思想；因为耶和华闭住他们的眼，不能看见，塞住他们的心，不能明白。
19 And no one considers in his heart, no one has the knowledge or insight to say, “I burned half of it in the fire, and I baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat and I ate. Shall I make something detestable with the rest of it? Shall I bow down to a block of wood?”
谁心里也不醒悟，也没有知识，没有聪明，能说：“我曾拿一分在火中烧了，在炭火上烤过饼；我也烤过肉吃。这剩下的，我岂要作可憎的物吗？我岂可向木墩子叩拜呢？”
20 He feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”
他以灰为食，心中昏迷，使他偏邪，他不能自救，也不能说：“我右手中岂不是有虚谎吗？”
21 Remember these things, O Jacob, for you are My servant, O Israel. I have made you, and you are My servant; O Israel, I will never forget you.
雅各，以色列啊， 你是我的仆人，要记念这些事。 以色列啊，你是我的仆人， 我造就你必不忘记你。
22 I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.
我涂抹了你的过犯，像厚云消散； 我涂抹了你的罪恶，如薄云灭没。 你当归向我，因我救赎了你。
23 Sing for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done this; shout aloud, O depths of the earth. Break forth in song, O mountains, you forests and all your trees. For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and revealed His glory in Israel.
诸天哪，应当歌唱， 因为耶和华做成这事。 地的深处啊，应当欢呼； 众山应当发声歌唱； 树林和其中所有的树都当如此！ 因为耶和华救赎了雅各， 并要因以色列荣耀自己。
24 Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer who formed you from the womb: “I am the LORD, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who by Myself spread out the earth,
从你出胎，造就你的救赎主—耶和华如此说： 我—耶和华是创造万物的， 是独自铺张诸天、铺开大地的。 谁与我同在呢？
25 who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who confounds the wise and turns their knowledge into nonsense,
使说假话的兆头失效， 使占卜的癫狂， 使智慧人退后， 使他的知识变为愚拙；
26 who confirms the message of His servant and fulfills the counsel of His messengers, who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be inhabited,’ and of the cities of Judah, ‘They will be rebuilt, and I will restore their ruins,’
使我仆人的话语立定， 我使者的谋算成就。 论到耶路撒冷说：必有人居住； 论到犹大的城邑说：必被建造， 其中的荒场我也必兴起。
27 who says to the depths of the sea, ‘Be dry, and I will dry up your currents,’
对深渊说：你干了吧！ 我也要使你的江河干涸。
28 who says of Cyrus, ‘My shepherd will fulfill all that I desire,’ who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be rebuilt,’ and of the temple, ‘Let its foundation be laid.’”
论塞鲁士说：他是我的牧人， 必成就我所喜悦的， 必下令建造耶路撒冷， 发命立稳圣殿的根基。
