Isaiah 44
1 Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:
我的僕人雅各， 我所揀選的以色列啊， 現在你當聽。
2 Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, who will help thee: Fear not, O Jacob my servant; and thou, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
造作你，又從你出胎造就你， 並要幫助你的耶和華如此說： 我的僕人雅各， 我所揀選的耶書崙哪， 不要害怕！
3 For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and streams upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
因為我要將水澆灌口渴的人， 將河澆灌乾旱之地。 我要將我的靈澆灌你的後裔， 將我的福澆灌你的子孫。
4 and they shall spring up among the grass, as willows by the watercourses.
他們要發生在草中， 像溪水旁的柳樹。
5 One shall say, I am the LORD’S; and another shall call [himself] by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname [himself] by the name of Israel.
這個要說：我是屬耶和華的； 那個要以雅各的名自稱； 又一個要親手寫：歸耶和華的， 並自稱為以色列。
6 Thus saith the LORD, the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts: I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
耶和華－以色列的君， 以色列的救贖主－萬軍之耶和華如此說： 我是首先的，我是末後的； 除我以外再沒有真神。
7 And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and that shall come to pass, let them declare.
自從我設立古時的民， 誰能像我宣告，並且指明，又為自己陳說呢？ 讓他將未來的事和必成的事說明。
8 Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have I not declared unto thee of old, and shewed it? and ye are my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no Rock; I know not any.
你們不要恐懼，也不要害怕。 我豈不是從上古就說明指示你們嗎？ 並且你們是我的見證！ 除我以外，豈有真神嗎？ 誠然沒有磐石，我不知道一個！
9 They that fashion a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit: and their own witnesses see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.
製造雕刻偶像的盡都虛空；他們所喜悅的都無益處；他們的見證無所看見，無所知曉，他們便覺羞愧。
10 Who hath fashioned a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing?
誰製造神像，鑄造無益的偶像？
11 Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed; and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; they shall fear, they shall be ashamed together.
看哪，他的同伴都必羞愧。工匠也不過是人，任他們聚會，任他們站立，都必懼怕，一同羞愧。
12 The smith [maketh] an axe, and worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with his strong arm: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth; he drinketh no water, and is faint.
鐵匠把鐵在火炭中燒熱，用鎚打鐵器，用他有力的膀臂錘成；他飢餓而無力，不喝水而發倦。
13 The carpenter stretcheth out a line; he marketh it out with a pencil; he shapeth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compasses, and shapeth it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man, to dwell in the house.
木匠拉線，用筆劃出樣子，用鉋子鉋成形狀，用圓尺劃了模樣，仿照人的體態，做成人形，好住在房屋中。
14 He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the holm tree and the oak, and strengtheneth for himself one among the trees of the forest: he planteth a fir tree, and the rain doth nourish it.
他砍伐香柏樹，又取柞樹和橡樹，在樹林中選定了一棵。他栽種松樹，得雨長養。
15 Then shall it be for a man to burn; and he taketh thereof, and warmeth himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread: yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.
這樹，人可用以燒火；他自己取些烤火，又燒着烤餅，而且做神像跪拜，做雕刻的偶像向它叩拜。
16 He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire:
他把一分燒在火中，把一分烤肉吃飽。自己烤火說：「啊哈，我暖和了，我見火了。」
17 And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image: he falleth down unto it and worshippeth, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god.
他用剩下的做了一神，就是雕刻的偶像。他向這偶像俯伏叩拜，禱告它說：「求你拯救我，因你是我的神。」
18 They know not, neither do they consider: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
他們不知道，也不思想；因為耶和華閉住他們的眼，不能看見，塞住他們的心，不能明白。
19 And none calleth to mind, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?
誰心裏也不醒悟，也沒有知識，沒有聰明，能說：「我曾拿一分在火中燒了，在炭火上烤過餅；我也烤過肉吃。這剩下的，我豈要做可憎的物嗎？我豈可向木墩子叩拜呢？」
20 He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
他以灰為食，心中昏迷，使他偏邪，他不能自救，也不能說：「我右手中豈不是有虛謊嗎？」
21 Remember these things, O Jacob; and Israel, for thou art my servant: I have formed thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me.
雅各，以色列啊， 你是我的僕人，要記念這些事。 以色列啊，你是我的僕人， 我造就你必不忘記你。
22 I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.
我塗抹了你的過犯，像厚雲消散； 我塗抹了你的罪惡，如薄雲滅沒。 你當歸向我，因我救贖了你。
23 Sing, O ye heavens, for the LORD hath done it; shout, ye lower parts of the earth; break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and will glorify himself in Israel.
諸天哪，應當歌唱， 因為耶和華做成這事。 地的深處啊，應當歡呼； 眾山應當發聲歌唱； 樹林和其中所有的樹都當如此！ 因為耶和華救贖了雅各， 並要因以色列榮耀自己。
24 Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb: I am the LORD, that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth; who is with me?
從你出胎，造就你的救贖主－耶和華如此說： 我－耶和華是創造萬物的， 是獨自鋪張諸天、鋪開大地的。 誰與我同在呢？
25 that frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish:
使說假話的兆頭失效， 使占卜的癲狂， 使智慧人退後， 使他的知識變為愚拙；
26 that confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith of Jerusalem, She shall be inhabited; and of the cities of Judah, They shall be built, and I will raise up the waste places thereof:
使我僕人的話語立定， 我使者的謀算成就。 論到耶路撒冷說：必有人居住； 論到猶大的城邑說：必被建造， 其中的荒場我也必興起。
27 that saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:
對深淵說：你乾了吧！ 我也要使你的江河乾涸。
28 That saith of Cyrus, [He is] my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying of Jerusalem, She shall be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.
論塞魯士說：他是我的牧人， 必成就我所喜悅的， 必下令建造耶路撒冷， 發命立穩聖殿的根基。
