Isaiah 48
1 Hear ye this, house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, who swear by the name of Jehovah, and make mention of the God of Israel, not in truth, nor in righteousness.
雅各伯家請聽這話：──你們以以色列的名字自稱，出自猶大之後，奉上主的名字起誓，又稱揚「以色列的天主，」但都不是出自誠心誠意；
2 For they are named after the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel: Jehovah of hosts is his name.
雖然你們自稱是出自聖城，依賴名為「萬軍上主」的以色列的天主──「
3 I have declared the former things long ago; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I caused them to be heard: I wrought suddenly, and they came to pass.
那過去的事，我早就預言過了，由我口中所發出的，也叫人聽見了；轉瞬間我行了那事，那事也就成就了。
4 Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass,
因為我知道你是頑固的，你的頸項似鐵槓，你的額是銅製的，
5 so I have long ago declared [them] to thee; before they came to pass I caused thee to hear [them]; lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, or my molten image hath commanded them.
為此我早就告訴了你，在事未發生之前我就向你說明了，免得你說：「是我的神像行了這事，是我雕刻鑄成的神像命定了這事。」
6 Thou heardest, see all this; — and ye, will not ye declare [it]? I have caused thee to hear new things from this time, and things hidden, and that thou knewest not:
你既聽見了，也看見了這一切，難道你們不該作證嗎﹖如今我要宣佈新事，即你不知的隱密事。
7 they are created now, and not long ago; and before this day thou hast not heard them, lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.
這些事是現今而不是從前造成的，是今日之前你從沒有聽說過的，免得你說：「看，我早就知道了！」
8 Yea, thou heardest not, yea, thou knewest not, yea, from of old thine ear was not opened; for I knew that thou wouldest ever deal treacherously, and thou wast called a transgressor from the womb.
你從來沒有聽過，也不知道，也是你的耳朵聞所未聞的。因為我知道你好背信叛逆，你實在可稱為「胎生的叛徒。」
9 For my name's sake I will defer mine anger, and [for] my praise will I refrain as to thee, that I cut thee not off.
但是為了我名的緣故，我暫緩發怒；為了我榮譽的緣故，我抑制了我自己，而沒有消滅你。
10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
看啊！我只是鍛煉了你，有如銀子，在患難的爐中磨煉了你。
11 For mine own sake, for mine own sake, will I do [it]; for how should [my name] be profaned? and I will not give my glory unto another.
為了我自己，為了我自己的緣故，我必要去行。我豈能讓我的名字受褻瀆﹖我決不將我的光榮讓與別人。」
12 Hearken unto me, Jacob, and [thou] Israel, my called. I [am] HE; I, the first, and I, the last.
雅各伯啊！我所召叫的以色列啊！你聽我說：我就是那位，我是元始， 我也是終末。
13 Yea, my hand hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spread abroad the heavens: I call unto them, they stand up together.
我的手奠定了大地，我的右手展開了諸天；我一叫它們，它們就一同出現。
14 All ye, gather yourselves together, and hear: which among them hath declared these things? He whom Jehovah hath loved shall execute his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm [shall be on] the Chaldeans.
你們都集合起來聽罷！邪神中有誰預言了這事呢﹖「我所愛的，必實行我的旨意：攻擊巴比倫和加色丁的苗裔。」
15 I, [even] I, have spoken; yea, I have called him; I have brought him, and his way shall be prosperous.
只有我，只有我預言了這事，召叫了他，引導了他，使他所行的道路順利。
16 Come near unto me, hear ye this: I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I; and now the Lord Jehovah hath sent me, and his Spirit.
你們走近我前，聽這話罷！我從起初就沒有在暗處說過話，從實現之時起，我就在那裏。我上主現在即要施行救援。
17 Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I [am] Jehovah thy God, who teacheth thee for [thy] profit, who leadeth thee in the way that thou shouldest go.
你的救主上主，以色列的聖者這樣說：「我是上主你的天主，教訓你為你有益的事，引你走當走的道路。
18 Oh that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! Then would thy peace have been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea;
恨不得你一向聽從我的命令！ 那麼你的安樂將似江河，你的幸福將似海濤；
19 and thy seed would have been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof: their name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.
你的子孫多如海沙，出於你身的苗裔多似沙粒；你的名字在我前決不會抹去，也決不會被刪除。」
20 Go ye forth from Babylon, flee from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing; declare, cause this to be heard, utter it to the end of the earth; say ye, Jehovah hath redeemed his servant Jacob.
你們出離巴比倫，逃出加色丁罷！你們要以歡樂的呼聲宣告此事，叫人聽見，傳佈到地極說：「上主救贖了他的僕人雅各伯。」
21 And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts; he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them; yea, he clave the rock, and the waters gushed out.
當上主率領他們過曠野時，他們並不覺渴，因為他使水由巖石中流出給他們喝；他分開了巖石，水就湧流出來。
22 There is no peace, saith Jehovah, unto the wicked.
上主說：惡人決無平安！
