Isaiah 48
1 Hear ye this—O house of Jacob, Ye who call yourselves by the name of Israel, Yea from the waters of Judah, came they forth, —Who swear by the name of Yahweh, And, by the God of Israel, call to remembrance—Not in truth, nor in righteousness;
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 of the holy city, do they call themselves, And on the God of Israel, do they stay themselves, —Yahweh of hosts, 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 Things in advance, of old, I declared, Yea out of mine own mouth, came they forth, that I might let them be known, —Suddenly, I wrought and they came to pass.
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 knew that—Obstinate, thou wast, —And, a sinew of iron, was thy neck, And thy brow, brazen,
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 therefore told I thee—in time past, Ere yet it came, I let thee hear, —Lest thou shouldest say Mine idol wrought them, Yea, my carved image and my molten image, commanded them!
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 Thou hast heard—see it whole, And will, ye, not tell? I have let thee hear new things—from the present time, Even secrets which ye knew not.
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 Now, are they created, and not in time past, And, before to-day, thou hadst not heard of them, —Lest thou shouldest say, Lo! I knew 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 Nay! thou hadst not heard, Nay! thou hadst not known, Nay! in time past, thine ear, was not opened, —For I knew that thou, wouldst be treacherous, Yea a transgressor from birth, hast thou been called.
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 For the sake of mine own Name, will I defer mine anger, And for my praise, will I restrain myself towards thee, —So as not to cut thee 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 Lo! I have refined thee, but not as silver, —I have tested thee, in a smelting-pot of affliction.
我熬炼你，却不像熬炼银子； 你在苦难的炉中，我拣选你。
11 For mine own sake—for mine own sake, will I effectually work For how should it be profaned? And, my glory—to another, will I not give.
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 Hearken unto me O Jacob, And Israel, my called one, —I, am, the Same I, the first, yea, I, 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 Surely, mine own hand, founded the earth, And, my right hand, stretched out the heavens, —While I was calling unto them, they stood forth, at once
我手立了地的根基； 我右手铺张诸天； 我一招呼便都立住。
14 Assemble yourselves—all of you and hear, Who among them, hath told these things? he whom Yahweh loveth, will execute—His pleasure, on Babylon, And his stroke on the Chaldeans.
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—I, have spoken, Yea I have called him, —I have brought him in, and he shall make prosperous his way.
惟有我曾说过，我又选召他， 领他来，他的道路就必亨通。
16 Draw ye near unto me—hear ye this, Not in advance in secret, have I spoken, From the very time it cometh into being, there, am I, —And, now, My Lord Yahweh hath sent me and 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 Thus saith Yahweh—Thy Redeemer, The Holy One of Israel, —I—Yahweh, am thy God, Teaching thee to profit, Guiding thee in the way thou shouldest 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 Oh! that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments, —Then had been, like a river, thy prosperity, And, thy righteousness, like 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 Then had been, like the sand, thy seed, And, the offspring of thy body, like the grains thereof, —Neither cut off nor destroyed had been his name from 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 Come ye forth out of Babylon, Flee from among the Chaldeans, With triumphant voice, tell ye—let this be heard, Let it go forth as far as the end of the earth, —Say ye—Yahweh hath redeemed 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 And they thirsted not, when, through dry places, he led them, Waters out of the rock, caused he to flow out to them, —Yea be cleft a rock and, there gushed out waters:
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 No well-being, saith Yahweh to the lawless,
耶和华说： 恶人必不得平安！
