Isaiah 40
1 Our God says, “Encourage my people! Encourage them!
你們的上帝說： 你們要安慰，安慰我的百姓。
2 Speak kindly to [the people of] Jerusalem; tell them that their suffering is ended, and that I have forgiven them for the sins that they have committed; I [SYN] have fully punished them for their 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 I hear someone who is shouting, “Prepare in the desert a way for Yahweh to come [to you]; make a smooth road for our God (OR, Prepare yourselves to receive Yahweh when he comes, like people make a straight road for an important official [MET]).
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 Fill in the valleys; flatten every hill and every mountain. Make the uneven ground smooth, and make the rough places smooth.
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 [If you do that], it will become known that Yahweh is glorious/great, and all people will realize it at the same time. [Those things will surely happen] because it is Yahweh who has said [MTY] it.”
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 Someone said to me, “Shout!” I replied, “What should I shout?” [He replied], “[Shout that] people are like [SIM] grass; their influence fades as quickly as flowers in 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 withers and flowers dry up when Yahweh causes a hot wind from the desert to blow on them. And people are [MET] like that.
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 The grass withers and the flowers dry up, but what our God promises will last forever.”
草必枯乾，花必凋殘， 惟有我們上帝的話必永遠立定。
9 You [people of] Jerusalem, you have good news to tell to people, so, shout it from the top of a high mountain! Shout it loudly, and do not be afraid! Tell the people in the towns of Judah, “Your God is coming here!”
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 Yahweh your God will be coming with power; he will rule powerfully [MTY]. And when he comes, he will bring with him the people whom he has freed [MET] [from being slaves in Babylonia].
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 will take care of his people like [SIM] a shepherd takes care of his sheep, and carries the young lambs in his arms. He carries them close to his chest and he gently leads the female sheep that are nursing their young lambs.
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 [There is no one like Yahweh]! (Who else has measured the water in the oceans in the palm of his hand?/No one else has measured the water in the oceans in the palm of his hand!) [RHQ] (Who else has measured the sky with his fingers?/No one else has measured the sky with his fingers!) [RHQ] (Who else knows how much the earth weighs?/No one else knows how much the earth weighs!) [RHQ] (Who else has weighed the mountains and hills on scales?/No one else has weighed the mountains and hills on scales!) [RHQ]
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 And (who else can advise Yahweh’s Spirit?/No one else can advise Yahweh’s Spirit!) [RHQ] (Who can teach him or advise/tell him what he should do?/No one can teach him or advise/tell him what he should do!) [RHQ]
誰曾測度耶和華的心， 或作他的謀士指教他呢？
14 (Has Yahweh consulted anyone else to get advice?/Yahweh has certainly not consulted anyone else to get advice!) [RHQ] (Does he need someone to tell him what is right to do and how to act justly?/He certainly does not need someone to tell him what is right to do and how to act justly!) [RHQ]
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 [Yahweh considers that] the nations are [as insignificant as] [MET] one drop from a bucket [full of water]. They are [as insignificant as] dust on scales. He is able to weigh islands [as though they weighed no more than] grains of sand.
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 There would be [not] enough wood from all the trees in Lebanon to make a suitable fire for [sacrificing animals to] him, and there are not enough animals in Lebanon to offer as sacrifices to him.
黎巴嫩的樹林不夠當柴燒； 其中的走獸也不夠作燔祭。
17 The nations of the world are completely insignificant/unimportant to him; he considers that they are worthless and less than nothing [HYP, DOU].
萬民在他面前好像虛無， 被他看為不及虛無，乃為虛空。
18 So, to whom can you compare God? What image resembles him?
你們究竟將誰比上帝， 用甚麼形像與上帝比較呢？
19 Can you compare him to an idol that is made in a mold, and then is covered with [a thin sheet of] gold and decorated with silver chains?
偶像是匠人鑄造， 銀匠用金包裹， 為它鑄造銀鍊。
20 A man who is poor [cannot buy silver or gold for his idol]; [so] he selects a piece of wood that will not rot, and he gives it to a craftsman to carve an idol that will not fall down!
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 Have you(pl) not heard this? Do you not understand it? Are you unable to hear what God said long ago— [messages that he gave] before he created 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 God sits [on his throne] above the earth, and the people [on the earth] below seem to be [as small] as [SIM] grasshoppers. He spreads out the sky like a curtain; it is like [SIM] a tent for him to live 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 causes kings to have no more power, and he causes the rulers to be worth nothing.
他使君王歸於虛無， 使地上的審判官成為虛空。
24 They start to rule, like small plants start to grow and form roots; but then [he gets rid of them] as though [MET] they withered when he blew on them, like [SIM] chaff that is blown away by the wind.
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 The Holy One asks, “To whom will you compare me? Is anyone equal to me?”
那聖者說：你們將誰比我， 叫他與我相等呢？
26 Look up toward the sky: Consider who [RHQ] created all the stars. [Yahweh created them], and at night he causes them to appear; he calls each one by its name. Because he is extremely powerful [DOU], all of the stars are there [LIT] [when he calls out their names].
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 You people of Israel [DOU], why do you complain that Yahweh does not see the [troubles that you are experiencing]? Why do you say that he does not act fairly toward you?
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 never heard and have you never understood that Yahweh is the everlasting God; he is the one who created the earth, [even the] most distant places on the earth. He never becomes weak or weary, and no one can find out how much he understands.
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 strengthens [DOU] those who feel weak and tired.
疲乏的，他賜能力； 軟弱的，他加力量。
30 Even youths become faint and weary, and young men will fall when they are exhausted.
就是少年人也要疲乏困倦； 強壯的也必全然跌倒。
31 But those who trust in Yahweh will become strong again; [it will be as though] they will soar/fly high like [SIM] eagles do. They will run [for a long time] and not become weary; they will walk [long distances] and 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。
