Isaiah 43
1 But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called [thee] by thy name; thou [art] mine.
但是現今，雅各伯啊！那創造你的，以色列啊！那形成你的上主這樣說：「你不要害怕！因為我救贖了你，我以你的名子召叫了你，你是我的。
2 When thou passest through the waters, I [will be] with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
當你由水中經過時，我必與你在一起；當你渡河時，河水不得淹沒你；當你在火中走過時，你不致烙傷，火燄也燒不著你。
3 For I [am] the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Savior: I gave Egypt [for] thy ransom, Cush and Seba for thee.
因為我是上主，你的天主；以色列的聖者，你的救主；我使埃及作你的贖價，以雇士和色巴來代替你。
4 Since thou hast been precious in my sight, thou hast been honorable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.
因為你在我眼中是寶貴的，是貴重的，我愛慕你；所以我拿別人交換了你，拿別的民族交換了你的性命。
5 Fear not: for I [am] with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;
不要害怕！因為我同你在一起，我要從東方領回你的子女，從西方將你召集在一起；
6 I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;
我要向北方說：「交出來！」向南方說：「不要攔阻他們，要將我的兒子們從遠方帶來，要將我的女兒們由地極領回，
7 [Even] every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; verily, I have made him.
就是凡歸於我名下，並為了我的光榮而創造、形成和造化的人。」
8 Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.
領那有眼而瞎，有耳而聾的民族出來罷！
9 Let all the nations be collected, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and show us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, [It is] truth.
讓列國聚在一起，萬民集合起來！他們中誰能預言這事呢﹖誰能預先報告給我們過去的事呢﹖讓他們找出證人來，為證實自己有理，好讓聽眾能說：「對啊！ 」
10 Ye [are] my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I [am] he: before me there was no god formed, neither shall there be after me.
你們就是我的證人－－上主的斷語－－你們是我揀選的僕人，為叫你們認識和信仰我，並明白我就是「那位；」在我以前，沒有受造的神，在我以後，也決不會有。
11 I, [even] I, [am] the LORD; and besides me [there is] no savior.
我，只有我是上主，我以外沒有救主；
12 I have declared, and have saved, and I have shown, when [there was] no strange [god] among you: therefore ye [are] my witnesses, saith the LORD, that I [am] God.
是我預言了，是我施行了拯救，是我宣佈過的；你們中沒有別的神。你們是我的證人－－上主的斷語－－我是天主，
13 Yes, before the day [was], I [am] he; and [there is] none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall hinder it?
且由永遠就是；沒有人能從我手中救出誰來；我要做的，誰能扭轉﹖
14 Thus saith the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry [is] in the ships.
上主，你們的救主，以色列的聖者這樣說：「為了你們，我派了人到巴比倫去，我要打斷一切門閂，將加色丁人的狂歡變為悲哀。
15 I [am] the LORD, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.
我是上主，你們的聖者，以色列的造主，你們的君王。」
16 Thus saith the LORD, who maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;
上主這樣說：－－他曾在海中開了一條路，在怒潮中闢了一條道；
17 Who bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as tow.
曾使車、馬、軍隊和將領一同前來，使他們沉沒，再未浮起，他們遂被消滅，像燈心一樣被熄滅－－「
18 Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.
你們不必追念古代的事，也不必回憶過去的事！
19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, [and] rivers in the desert.
看哪！我要行一件新事，如今即要發生，你們不知道嗎﹖看哪！我要在荒野中開闢道路，在沙漠裏開掘河流。
20 The beast of the field shall honor me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, [and] rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.
田野間的走獸、豺狼和鴕鳥都要讚美我，因為我在曠野中使水湧出，在沙漠裏使河流成渠，為賜給我揀選的百姓喝：
21 This people have I formed for myself; they shall show forth my praise.
就是我為自己所造化的人民，好叫他們講述我的榮耀。」「
22 But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel.
但是，雅各伯啊！你並沒有呼號我；以色列啊！你竟厭煩了我。
23 Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt-offerings; neither hast thou honored me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense.
你沒有獻給我全燔祭羔羊，也沒有用你的犧牲光榮我；我從來沒有因了素祭而勞累你，也沒有因了馨香祭而煩擾你。
24 Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thy iniquities.
你不但沒有花錢給我買香蒲，也沒有以你犧牲的肥脂供養我，反而用你的罪惡勞累了我，以你的愆尤煩擾了我。
25 I, [even] I, [am] he that blotteth out thy transgressions for my own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
是我，是我自己，為了我自己的緣故，免除了你的過犯，不再懷念你的罪惡。
26 Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.
請你提醒我，讓我們一起來辯論：你先說罷！好表示你無罪。
27 Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.
你的祖先犯了罪，你的中保背叛了我！
28 Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.
為此，我使你的聖君受了褻瀆，使雅各伯遭受了毀滅，使以色列遭到了恥辱。」
