以赛亚书 49
1 众海岛啊，当听我言！ 远方的众民哪，留心而听！ 自我出胎，耶和华就选召我； 自出母腹，他就提我的名。
Listen, islands, to me; and listen, you peoples, from far: Jehovah has called me from the womb; from the body of my mother has he made mention of my name:
2 他使我的口如快刀， 将我藏在他手荫之下； 又使我成为磨亮的箭， 将我藏在他箭袋之中；
and he has made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand, he has hidden me; and he has made me a polished arrow, in his quiver has he kept me close:
3 对我说：你是我的仆人以色列； 我必因你得荣耀。
and he said to me, "You are my servant; Israel, in whom I will be glorified."
4 我却说：我劳碌是徒然； 我尽力是虚无虚空。 然而，我当得的理必在耶和华那里； 我的赏赐必在我 神那里。
But I said, "I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity; yet surely the justice due to me is with Jehovah, and my reward with my God."
5 耶和华从我出胎，造就我作他的仆人， 要使雅各归向他， 使以色列到他那里聚集。 原来耶和华看我为尊贵； 我的 神也成为我的力量。
Now says Jehovah who formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, and that Israel be gathered to him; for I am honorable in the eyes of Jehovah, and my God has become my strength.
6 现在他说：你作我的仆人， 使雅各众支派复兴， 使以色列中得保全的归回尚为小事， 我还要使你作外邦人的光， 叫你施行我的救恩，直到地极。
And he says, "Is it too insignificant a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel? I will also give you as a light to the nations, that you may bring salvation to the farthest part of the earth."
7 救赎主—以色列的圣者耶和华 对那被人所藐视、本国所憎恶、 官长所虐待的如此说： 君王要看见就站起， 首领也要下拜； 都因信实的耶和华， 就是拣选你—以色列的圣者。
Thus says Jehovah, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to the one who is despised, to those abhorred as a nation, the servant of rulers: "Kings shall see and arise; princes, and they shall worship; because of Jehovah who is faithful, even the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you."
8 耶和华如此说： 在悦纳的时候，我应允了你； 在拯救的日子，我济助了你。 我要保护你， 使你作众民的中保； 复兴遍地， 使人承受荒凉之地为业。
Thus says Jehovah, "In an acceptable time I have answered you, and in a day of salvation I have helped you; and I will preserve you, and give you as a covenant to the people, to raise up the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritage:
9 对那被捆绑的人说：出来吧！ 对那在黑暗的人说：显露吧！ 他们在路上必得饮食， 在一切净光的高处必有食物。
saying to those who are bound, 'Come out.'; to those who are in darkness, 'Show yourselves.' "They shall feed in the ways, and on all bare heights shall be their pasture.
10 不饥不渴， 炎热和烈日必不伤害他们； 因为怜恤他们的必引导他们， 领他们到水泉旁边。
They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun strike them: for he who has mercy on them will lead them, even by springs of water he will guide them.
11 我必使我的众山成为大道； 我的大路也被修高。
I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.
12 看哪，这些从远方来； 这些从北方、从西方来； 这些从秦国来。
Look, these shall come from far; and look, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Syene."
13 诸天哪，应当欢呼！ 大地啊，应当快乐！ 众山哪，应当发声歌唱！ 因为耶和华已经安慰他的百姓， 也要怜恤他困苦之民。
Sing, heavens; and be joyful, earth; and break forth into singing, mountains: for Jehovah has comforted his people, and will have compassion on his afflicted.
14 锡安说：耶和华离弃了我； 主忘记了我。
But Zion said, "Jehovah has forsaken me, and my Lord has forgotten me."
15 妇人焉能忘记她吃奶的婴孩， 不怜恤她所生的儿子？ 即或有忘记的， 我却不忘记你。
"Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you.
16 看哪，我将你铭刻在我掌上； 你的墙垣常在我眼前。
Look, I have inscribed you on the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me.
17 你的儿女必急速归回； 毁坏你的，使你荒废的，必都离你出去，
Your builders hurry; your destroyers and those who devastated you shall depart from you.
18 你举目向四方观看； 他们都聚集来到你这里。 耶和华说：我指着我的永生起誓： 你必要以他们为妆饰佩戴， 以他们为华带束腰，像新妇一样。
Lift up your eyes all around, and see: all these gather themselves together, and come to you. As I live," says Jehovah, "you shall surely clothe yourself with them all as with an ornament, and dress yourself with them, like a bride.
19 至于你荒废凄凉之处， 并你被毁坏之地， 现今众民居住必显为太窄； 吞灭你的必离你遥远。
"For, as for your waste and your desolate places, and your land that has been destroyed, surely now you shall be too small for the inhabitants, and those who swallowed you up shall be far away.
20 你必听见丧子之后所生的儿女说： 这地方我居住太窄， 求你给我地方居住。
The children of your bereavement shall yet say in your ears, The place is too small for me; give place to me that I may dwell.
21 那时你心里必说：我既丧子独居， 是被掳的，漂流在外。 谁给我生这些？ 谁将这些养大呢？ 撇下我一人独居的时候， 这些在哪里呢？
Then you will say in your heart, 'Who has conceived these for me, since I have been bereaved of my children, and am solitary, an exile, and wandering back and forth? Who has brought up these? Look, I was left alone; these, where were they?'"
22 主耶和华如此说： 我必向列国举手， 向万民竖立大旗； 他们必将你的众子怀中抱来， 将你的众女肩上扛来。
Thus says the Lord Jehovah, "Look, I will lift up my hand to the nations, and set up my banner to the peoples; and they shall bring your sons in their bosom, and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.
23 列王必作你的养父； 王后必作你的乳母。 他们必将脸伏地，向你下拜， 并舔你脚上的尘土。 你便知道我是耶和华； 等候我的必不致羞愧。
Kings shall be your nursing fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers: they shall bow down to you with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of your feet; and you shall know that I am Jehovah; and those who wait for me shall not be disappointed."
24 勇士抢去的岂能夺回？ 该掳掠的岂能解救吗？
Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the captives of a tyrant be delivered?
25 但耶和华如此说： 就是勇士所掳掠的，也可以夺回； 强暴人所抢的，也可以解救。 与你相争的，我必与他相争； 我要拯救你的儿女。
But thus says Jehovah, "Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the tyrant shall be delivered; for I will contend with him who contends with you, and I will save your children.
26 并且我必使那欺压你的吃自己的肉， 也要以自己的血喝醉，好像喝甜酒一样。 凡有血气的必都知道我—耶和华是你的救主， 是你的救赎主，是雅各的大能者。
I will feed those who oppress you with their own flesh; and they shall be drunk with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I, Jehovah, am your Savior, and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob."
