Isaiah 40
1 “Comfort, comfort My people,” says your God.
你們的上帝說： 你們要安慰，安慰我的百姓。
2 Speak to the heart of Jerusalem, and call to her, That her warfare has been completed, That her punishment has been accepted, That she has received from the hand of YHWH Double for all her sins.
要對耶路撒冷說安慰的話， 又向她宣告說， 她爭戰的日子已滿了； 她的罪孽赦免了； 她為自己的一切罪， 從耶和華手中加倍受罰。
3 A voice is crying in a wilderness: “Prepare the way of YHWH, Make straight in a desert a highway for our God.
有人聲喊着說： 在曠野預備耶和華的路， 在沙漠地修平我們上帝的道。
4 Every valley is raised up, And every mountain and hill become low, And the crooked place has become a plain, And the entangled places a valley.
一切山窪都要填滿， 大小山岡都要削平； 高高低低的要改為平坦， 崎崎嶇嶇的必成為平原。
5 And the glory of YHWH has been revealed, And all flesh have seen [it] together, For the mouth of YHWH has spoken.”
耶和華的榮耀必然顯現； 凡有血氣的必一同看見； 因為這是耶和華親口說的。
6 A voice is saying, “Call,” And he said, “What do I call?” All flesh [is] grass, and all its goodness [Is] as a flower of the field:
有人聲說：你喊叫吧！ 有一個說：我喊叫甚麼呢？ 說：凡有血氣的盡都如草； 他的美容都像野地的花。
7 Grass has withered, the flower faded, For the Spirit of YHWH blew on it, Surely the people [is] grass;
草必枯乾，花必凋殘， 因為耶和華的氣吹在其上； 百姓誠然是草。
8 Grass has withered, the flower faded, But a word of our God rises forever.
草必枯乾，花必凋殘， 惟有我們上帝的話必永遠立定。
9 Get up on a high mountain, O Zion, Proclaiming tidings, Lift up your voice with power, O Jerusalem, proclaiming tidings, Lift up, do not fear, say to cities of Judah, “Behold, your God.”
報好信息給錫安的啊， 你要登高山； 報好信息給耶路撒冷的啊， 你要極力揚聲。 揚聲不要懼怕， 對猶大的城邑說： 看哪，你們的上帝！
10 Behold, Lord YHWH comes with strength, And His arm is ruling for Him, Behold, His hire [is] with Him, and His wage before Him.
主耶和華必像大能者臨到； 他的膀臂必為他掌權。 他的賞賜在他那裏； 他的報應在他面前。
11 He feeds His flock as a shepherd, He gathers lambs with His arm, And He carries [them] in His bosom: He leads suckling ones.
他必像牧人牧養自己的羊群， 用膀臂聚集羊羔抱在懷中， 慢慢引導那乳養小羊的。
12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, And has meted out the heavens by a span, And comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, And has weighed the mountains in scales, And the hills in a balance?
誰曾用手心量諸水， 用手虎口量蒼天， 用升斗盛大地的塵土， 用秤稱山嶺， 用天平平岡陵呢？
13 Who has meted out the Spirit of YHWH, And [being] His counselor, teaches Him?
誰曾測度耶和華的心， 或作他的謀士指教他呢？
14 With whom [did] He consult, That he causes Him to understand? And teaches Him in the path of judgment, And teaches Him knowledge? And causes Him to know the way of understanding?
他與誰商議，誰教導他， 誰將公平的路指示他， 又將知識教訓他， 將通達的道指教他呢？
15 Behold, nations [are] as a drop from a bucket, And have been reckoned as small dust of the balance, Behold, He takes up islands as a small thing.
看哪，萬民都像水桶的一滴， 又算如天平上的微塵； 他舉起眾海島，好像極微之物。
16 And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, Nor its beasts sufficient for a burnt-offering.
黎巴嫩的樹林不夠當柴燒； 其中的走獸也不夠作燔祭。
17 All the nations [are] as nothing before Him, Less than nothing and emptiness, They have been reckoned to Him.
萬民在他面前好像虛無， 被他看為不及虛無，乃為虛空。
18 And to whom do you liken God, And what likeness do you compare to Him?
你們究竟將誰比上帝， 用甚麼形像與上帝比較呢？
19 An artisan has poured out the carved image, And a refiner spreads it over with gold, And he is refining chains of silver.
偶像是匠人鑄造， 銀匠用金包裹， 為它鑄造銀鍊。
20 He who is poor [by] raised-offerings, Chooses a tree [that is] not rotten, He seeks a skillful artisan for it, To establish a carved image—not moved.
窮乏獻不起這樣供物的， 就揀選不能朽壞的樹木， 為自己尋找巧匠， 立起不能搖動的偶像。
21 Do you not know—do you not hear? Has it not been declared from the first to you? Have you not understood [From] the foundations of the earth?
你們豈不曾知道嗎？ 你們豈不曾聽見嗎？ 從起初豈沒有人告訴你們嗎？ 自從立地的根基， 你們豈沒有明白嗎？
22 He who is sitting on the circle of the earth, And its inhabitants [are] as grasshoppers, He who is stretching out the heavens as a thin thing, And spreads them as a tent to dwell in.
上帝坐在地球大圈之上； 地上的居民好像蝗蟲。 他鋪張穹蒼如幔子， 展開諸天如可住的帳棚。
23 He who is making princes become nothing, Has made judges of earth formless;
他使君王歸於虛無， 使地上的審判官成為虛空。
24 Indeed, they have not been planted, Indeed, they have not been sown, Indeed, their stock is not taking root in the earth, And He has also blown on them, and they wither, And a whirlwind takes them away as stubble.
他們是剛才栽上， 剛才種上， 根也剛才扎在地裏， 他一吹在其上，便都枯乾； 旋風將他們吹去，像碎稭一樣。
25 And to whom do you liken Me, And [to whom] I equal? Says the Holy One.
那聖者說：你們將誰比我， 叫他與我相等呢？
26 Lift up your eyes on high, And see—who has created these? He who is bringing out their host by number, He calls to all of them by name, By the abundance of His strength And mighty power, Not one is lacking.
你們向上舉目， 看誰創造這萬象， 按數目領出， 他一一稱其名； 因他的權能， 又因他的大能大力， 連一個都不缺。
27 Why say, O Jacob, and speak, O Israel, “My way has been hid from YHWH, And from my God my judgment passes over?”
雅各啊，你為何說， 我的道路向耶和華隱藏？ 以色列啊，你為何言， 我的冤屈上帝並不查問？
28 Have you not known? Have you not heard? The God of the age—YHWH, Preparer of the ends of the earth, Is not wearied nor fatigued, There is no searching of His understanding.
你豈不曾知道嗎？ 你豈不曾聽見嗎？ 永在的上帝耶和華，創造地極的主， 並不疲乏，也不困倦； 他的智慧無法測度。
29 He is giving power to the weary, And to those not strong He increases might.
疲乏的，他賜能力； 軟弱的，他加力量。
30 Even youths are wearied and fatigued, And young men utterly stumble,
就是少年人也要疲乏困倦； 強壯的也必全然跌倒。
31 But those expecting YHWH pass [to] power, They raise up the pinion as eagles, They run and are not fatigued, They go on and do not faint!
但那等候耶和華的必重新得力。 他們必如鷹展翅上騰； 他們奔跑卻不困倦， 行走卻不疲乏。
