Isaiah 48
1 Give ear to this, O family of Jacob, you who are named by the name of Israel, and have come out of the body of Judah; who take oaths by the name of the Lord, and make use of the name of the God of Israel, but not truly and not in good faith.
雅各家，称为以色列名下， 从犹大水源出来的，当听我言！ 你们指着耶和华的名起誓， 提说以色列的 神， 却不凭诚实，不凭公义。
2 For they say that they are of the holy town, and put their faith in the God of Israel: the Lord of armies is his name.
他们自称为圣城的人， 所倚靠的是 名为万军之耶和华—以色列的 神。
3 I gave word in the past of the things which came about; they came from my mouth, and I made them clear: suddenly I did them, and they came about.
主说：早先的事，我从古时说明， 已经出了我的口， 也是我所指示的； 我忽然行做，事便成就。
4 Because I saw that your heart was hard, and that your neck was an iron cord, and your brow brass;
因为我素来知道你是顽梗的— 你的颈项是铁的； 你的额是铜的。
5 For this reason I made it clear to you in the past, before it came I gave you word of it: for fear that you might say, My god did these things, and my pictured and metal images made them come about.
所以，我从古时将这事给你说明， 在未成以先指示你， 免得你说：这些事是我的偶像所行的， 是我雕刻的偶像和我铸造的偶像所命定的。
6 All this has come to your ears and you have seen it; will you not give witness to it? I am now making clear new things, even secret things, of which you had no knowledge.
你已经听见，现在要看见这一切； 你不说明吗？ 从今以后，我将新事， 就是你所不知道的隐密事指示你。
7 They have only now been effected, and not in the past: and before this day they had not come to your ears; for fear that you might say, I had knowledge of them.
这事是现今造的，并非从古就有； 在今日以先，你也未曾听见， 免得你说：这事我早已知道了。
8 Truly you had no word of them, no knowledge of them; no news of them in the past had come to your ears; because I saw how false was your behaviour, and that your heart was turned against me from your earliest days.
你未曾听见，未曾知道； 你的耳朵从来未曾开通。 我原知道你行事极其诡诈， 你自从出胎以来， 便称为悖逆的。
9 Because of my name I will put away my wrath, and for my praise I will keep myself from cutting you off.
我为我的名暂且忍怒， 为我的颂赞向你容忍， 不将你剪除。
10 See, I have been testing you for myself like silver; I have put you through the fire of trouble.
我熬炼你，却不像熬炼银子； 你在苦难的炉中，我拣选你。
11 For myself, even because of my name, I will do it; for I will not let my name be shamed; and my glory I will not give to another.
我为自己的缘故必行这事， 我焉能使我的名被亵渎？ 我必不将我的荣耀归给假神。
12 Give ear to me, Jacob, and Israel, my loved one; I am he, I am the first and I am the last.
雅各—我所选召的以色列啊， 当听我言： 我是耶和华， 我是首先的，也是末后的。
13 Yes, by my hand was the earth placed on its base, and by my right hand the heavens were stretched out; at my word they take up their places.
我手立了地的根基； 我右手铺张诸天； 我一招呼便都立住。
14 Come together, all of you, and give ear; who among you has given news of these things? the Lord's loved one will do his pleasure with Babylon, and with the seed of the Chaldaeans.
你们都当聚集而听， 他们内中谁说过这些事？ 耶和华所爱的人必向巴比伦行他所喜悦的事； 他的膀臂也要加在迦勒底人身上。
15 I, even I, have given the word; I have sent for him: I have made him come, and have given effect to his undertakings.
惟有我曾说过，我又选召他， 领他来，他的道路就必亨通。
16 Come near to me, and give ear to this; from the start I did not keep it secret; from the time of its coming into existence I was there: and now the Lord God has sent me, and given me his spirit.
你们要就近我来听这话： 我从起头并未曾在隐密处说话； 自从有这事，我就在那里。 现在，主耶和华差遣我和他的灵来。
17 The Lord who takes up your cause, the Holy One of Israel, says, I am the Lord your God, who is teaching you for your profit, guiding you by the way in which you are to go.
耶和华—你的救赎主， 以色列的圣者如此说： 我是耶和华—你的 神， 教训你，使你得益处， 引导你所当行的路。
18 If only you had given ear to my orders, then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness as the waves of the sea:
甚愿你素来听从我的命令！ 你的平安就如河水； 你的公义就如海浪。
19 Your seed would have been like the sand, and your offspring like the dust: your name would not be cut off or come to an end before me.
你的后裔也必多如海沙； 你腹中所生的也必多如沙粒。 他的名在我面前必不剪除， 也不灭绝。
20 Go out of Babylon, go in flight from the Chaldaeans; with the sound of song make it clear, give the news, let the word go out even to the end of the earth: say, The Lord has taken up the cause of his servant Jacob.
你们要从巴比伦出来， 从迦勒底人中逃脱， 以欢呼的声音传扬说： 耶和华救赎了他的仆人雅各！ 你们要将这事宣扬到地极。
21 They had no need of water when he was guiding them through the waste lands: he made water come out of the rock for them: the rock was parted and the waters came flowing out.
耶和华引导他们经过沙漠。 他们并不干渴； 他为他们使水从磐石而流， 分裂磐石，水就涌出。
22 There is no peace, says the Lord, for the evil-doers.
耶和华说： 恶人必不得平安！
