Isaiah 40
1 “Comfort, comfort my people,” says your God.
你们的 神说： 你们要安慰，安慰我的百姓。
2 “Speak tenderly to Jerusalem; and proclaim to her that her warfare has ended, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received double from Yahweh's hand for all her sins.”
要对耶路撒冷说安慰的话， 又向她宣告说， 她争战的日子已满了； 她的罪孽赦免了； 她为自己的一切罪， 从耶和华手中加倍受罚。
3 A voice cries out, “In the wilderness prepare the way of Yahweh; make straight in the Arabah a highway for our God.”
有人声喊着说： 在旷野预备耶和华的路， 在沙漠地修平我们 神的道。
4 Every valley will be lifted up, and every mountain and hill will be leveled; and the rugged land will be made level, and the rough places a plain;
一切山洼都要填满， 大小山冈都要削平； 高高低低的要改为平坦， 崎崎岖岖的必成为平原。
5 and the glory of Yahweh will be revealed, and all people will see it together; for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it.
耶和华的荣耀必然显现； 凡有血气的必一同看见； 因为这是耶和华亲口说的。
6 A voice says, “Cry.” Another answers, “What should I cry?” “All flesh is grass, and all their covenant faithfulness is like the flower of the field.
有人声说：你喊叫吧！ 有一个说：我喊叫什么呢？ 说：凡有血气的尽都如草； 他的美容都像野地的花。
7 The grass withers and the flower wilts when the breath of Yahweh blows on it; surely humanity is grass.
草必枯干，花必凋残， 因为耶和华的气吹在其上； 百姓诚然是草。
8 The grass withers, the flower wilts, but the word of our God will stand forever.”
草必枯干，花必凋残， 惟有我们 神的话必永远立定。
9 Go up on a high mountain, Zion, bearer of good news. Shout out loud, Jerusalem. You who bring good news, raise your voice, do not be afraid. Say to the cities of Judah, “Here is your God!”
报好信息给锡安的啊， 你要登高山； 报好信息给耶路撒冷的啊， 你要极力扬声。 扬声不要惧怕， 对犹大的城邑说： 看哪，你们的 神！
10 Look, the Lord Yahweh comes as a victorious warrior, and his strong arm rules for him. See, his reward is with him, and those he has rescued go before him.
主耶和华必像大能者临到； 他的膀臂必为他掌权。 他的赏赐在他那里； 他的报应在他面前。
11 He will feed his flock like a shepherd, he will gather in his arm the lambs, and carry them close to his heart, and will gently lead the ewes nursing their young.
他必像牧人牧养自己的羊群， 用膀臂聚集羊羔抱在怀中， 慢慢引导那乳养小羊的。
12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, measured the sky with the span of his hand, held the dust of the earth in a basket, weighed the mountains in scales, or the hills in a balance?
谁曾用手心量诸水， 用手虎口量苍天， 用升斗盛大地的尘土， 用秤称山岭， 用天平平冈陵呢？
13 Who has comprehended the mind of Yahweh, or instructed him as his counselor?
谁曾测度耶和华的心， 或作他的谋士指教他呢？
14 From whom did he ever receive instruction? Who taught him the correct way to do things, and taught him knowledge, or showed to him the way of understanding?
他与谁商议，谁教导他， 谁将公平的路指示他， 又将知识教训他， 将通达的道指教他呢？
15 Look, the nations are like a drop in a bucket, and are regarded like the dust on the scales; see, he weighs the isles as a speck.
看哪，万民都像水桶的一滴， 又算如天平上的微尘； 他举起众海岛，好像极微之物。
16 Lebanon is not sufficient fuel, nor its wild animals sufficient for a burnt offering.
黎巴嫩的树林不够当柴烧； 其中的走兽也不够作燔祭。
17 All the nations are insufficient before him; they are regarded by him as nothing.
万民在他面前好像虚无， 被他看为不及虚无，乃为虚空。
18 To whom then will you compare God? To what idol will you liken him?
你们究竟将谁比 神， 用什么形象与 神比较呢？
19 An idol! A craftsman casts it: The goldsmith overlays it with gold and forges silver chains for it.
偶像是匠人铸造， 银匠用金包裹， 为它铸造银链。
20 To make an offering one chooses a wood that will not rot; he seeks a skillful artisan to make an idol that will not fall over.
穷乏献不起这样供物的， 就拣选不能朽坏的树木， 为自己寻找巧匠， 立起不能摇动的偶像。
21 Have you not known? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?
你们岂不曾知道吗？ 你们岂不曾听见吗？ 从起初岂没有人告诉你们吗？ 自从立地的根基， 你们岂没有明白吗？
22 He is the one who sits above the horizon of the earth; and the inhabitants are like grasshoppers before him. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain and spreads them out as a tent to live in.
神坐在地球大圈之上； 地上的居民好像蝗虫。 他铺张穹苍如幔子， 展开诸天如可住的帐棚。
23 He reduces rulers to nothing and makes the rulers of the earth insignificant.
他使君王归于虚无， 使地上的审判官成为虚空。
24 They are barely planted, barely sown, their stem has barely taken root in the earth, when he blows upon them and they wither, and the wind carries them away like straw.
他们是刚才栽上， 刚才种上， 根也刚才扎在地里， 他一吹在其上，便都枯干； 旋风将他们吹去，像碎秸一样。
25 “To whom then will you compare me, whom do I resemble?” says the Holy One.
那圣者说：你们将谁比我， 叫他与我相等呢？
26 Look up at the sky! Who has created all these stars? He leads out their formations and calls them all by name. By the greatness of his might and by the strength of his power, not one is missing.
你们向上举目， 看谁创造这万象， 按数目领出， 他一一称其名； 因他的权能， 又因他的大能大力， 连一个都不缺。
27 Why do you say, Jacob, and declare, Israel, “My way is hidden from Yahweh, and my God is not concerned about my vindication”?
雅各啊，你为何说， 我的道路向耶和华隐藏？ 以色列啊，你为何言， 我的冤屈 神并不查问？
28 Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, Yahweh, the Creator of the ends of the earth, does not get tired or weary; there is no limit to his understanding.
你岂不曾知道吗？ 你岂不曾听见吗？ 永在的 神耶和华，创造地极的主， 并不疲乏，也不困倦； 他的智慧无法测度。
29 He gives strength to the tired; and to the weak he gives renewed energy.
疲乏的，他赐能力； 软弱的，他加力量。
30 Even young people become tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall:
就是少年人也要疲乏困倦； 强壮的也必全然跌倒。
31 but those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength; they will soar with wings like eagles; they will run and not be weary; they will walk and not faint.
但那等候耶和华的必从新得力。 他们必如鹰展翅上腾； 他们奔跑却不困倦， 行走却不疲乏。
