Isaiah 44
1 But now listen, O Jacob My servant, Israel, whom I have chosen.
我的僕人雅各， 我所揀選的以色列啊， 現在你當聽。
2 This is the word of the LORD, your Maker, who formed you from the womb and who will help you: “Do not be afraid, O Jacob My servant, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
造作你，又從你出胎造就你， 並要幫助你的耶和華如此說： 我的僕人雅各， 我所揀選的耶書崙哪， 不要害怕！
3 For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.
因為我要將水澆灌口渴的人， 將河澆灌乾旱之地。 我要將我的靈澆灌你的後裔， 將我的福澆灌你的子孫。
4 They will sprout among the grass like willows by flowing streams.
他們要發生在草中， 像溪水旁的柳樹。
5 One will say, ‘I belong to the LORD,’ another will call himself by the name of Jacob, and still another will write on his hand, ‘The LORD’s,’ and will take the name of Israel.”
這個要說：我是屬耶和華的； 那個要以雅各的名自稱； 又一個要親手寫：歸耶和華的， 並自稱為以色列。
6 Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.
耶和華－以色列的君， 以色列的救贖主－萬軍之耶和華如此說： 我是首先的，我是末後的； 除我以外再沒有真神。
7 Who then is like Me? Let him say so! Let him declare his case before Me, since I established an ancient people. Let him foretell the things to come, and what is to take place.
自從我設立古時的民， 誰能像我宣告，並且指明，又為自己陳說呢？ 讓他將未來的事和必成的事說明。
8 Do not tremble or fear. Have I not told you and declared it long ago? You are My witnesses! Is there any God but Me? There is no other Rock; I know not one.”
你們不要恐懼，也不要害怕。 我豈不是從上古就說明指示你們嗎？ 並且你們是我的見證！ 除我以外，豈有真神嗎？ 誠然沒有磐石，我不知道一個！
9 All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame.
製造雕刻偶像的盡都虛空；他們所喜悅的都無益處；他們的見證無所看見，無所知曉，他們便覺羞愧。
10 Who fashions a god or casts an idol which profits him nothing?
誰製造神像，鑄造無益的偶像？
11 Behold, all his companions will be put to shame, for the craftsmen themselves are only human. Let them all assemble and take their stand; they will all be brought to terror and shame.
看哪，他的同伴都必羞愧。工匠也不過是人，任他們聚會，任他們站立，都必懼怕，一同羞愧。
12 The blacksmith takes a tool and labors over the coals; he fashions an idol with hammers and forges it with his strong arms. Yet he grows hungry and loses his strength; he fails to drink water and grows faint.
鐵匠把鐵在火炭中燒熱，用鎚打鐵器，用他有力的膀臂錘成；他飢餓而無力，不喝水而發倦。
13 The woodworker extends a measuring line; he marks it out with a stylus; he shapes it with chisels and outlines it with a compass. He fashions it in the likeness of man, like man in all his glory, that it may dwell in a shrine.
木匠拉線，用筆劃出樣子，用鉋子鉋成形狀，用圓尺劃了模樣，仿照人的體態，做成人形，好住在房屋中。
14 He cuts down cedars or retrieves a cypress or oak. He lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a laurel, and the rain makes it grow.
他砍伐香柏樹，又取柞樹和橡樹，在樹林中選定了一棵。他栽種松樹，得雨長養。
15 It serves as fuel for man. He takes some of it to warm himself, and he kindles a fire and bakes his bread; he even fashions it into a god and worships it; he makes an idol and bows down to it.
這樹，人可用以燒火；他自己取些烤火，又燒着烤餅，而且做神像跪拜，做雕刻的偶像向它叩拜。
16 He burns half of it in the fire, and he roasts meat on that half. He eats the roast and is satisfied. Indeed, he warms himself and says, “Ah! I am warm; I see the fire.”
他把一分燒在火中，把一分烤肉吃飽。自己烤火說：「啊哈，我暖和了，我見火了。」
17 From the rest he makes a god, his graven image. He bows down to it and worships; he prays to it and says, “Save me, for you are my god.”
他用剩下的做了一神，就是雕刻的偶像。他向這偶像俯伏叩拜，禱告它說：「求你拯救我，因你是我的神。」
18 They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand.
他們不知道，也不思想；因為耶和華閉住他們的眼，不能看見，塞住他們的心，不能明白。
19 And no one considers in his heart, no one has the knowledge or insight to say, “I burned half of it in the fire, and I baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat and I ate. Shall I make something detestable with the rest of it? Shall I bow down to a block of wood?”
誰心裏也不醒悟，也沒有知識，沒有聰明，能說：「我曾拿一分在火中燒了，在炭火上烤過餅；我也烤過肉吃。這剩下的，我豈要做可憎的物嗎？我豈可向木触子叩拜呢？」
20 He feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”
他以灰為食，心中昏迷，使他偏邪，他不能自救，也不能說：「我右手中豈不是有虛謊嗎？」
21 Remember these things, O Jacob, for you are My servant, O Israel. I have made you, and you are My servant; O Israel, I will never forget you.
雅各，以色列啊， 你是我的僕人，要記念這些事。 以色列啊，你是我的僕人， 我造就你必不忘記你。
22 I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.
我塗抹了你的過犯，像厚雲消散； 我塗抹了你的罪惡，如薄雲滅沒。 你當歸向我，因我救贖了你。
23 Sing for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done this; shout aloud, O depths of the earth. Break forth in song, O mountains, you forests and all your trees. For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and revealed His glory in Israel.
諸天哪，應當歌唱， 因為耶和華做成這事。 地的深處啊，應當歡呼； 眾山應當發聲歌唱； 樹林和其中所有的樹都當如此！ 因為耶和華救贖了雅各， 並要因以色列榮耀自己。
24 Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer who formed you from the womb: “I am the LORD, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who by Myself spread out the earth,
從你出胎，造就你的救贖主－耶和華如此說： 我－耶和華是創造萬物的， 是獨自鋪張諸天、鋪開大地的。 誰與我同在呢？
25 who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who confounds the wise and turns their knowledge into nonsense,
使說假話的兆頭失效， 使占卜的癲狂， 使智慧人退後， 使他的知識變為愚拙；
26 who confirms the message of His servant and fulfills the counsel of His messengers, who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be inhabited,’ and of the cities of Judah, ‘They will be rebuilt, and I will restore their ruins,’
使我僕人的話語立定， 我使者的謀算成就。 論到耶路撒冷說：必有人居住； 論到猶大的城邑說：必被建造， 其中的荒場我也必興起。
27 who says to the depths of the sea, ‘Be dry, and I will dry up your currents,’
對深淵說：你乾了吧！ 我也要使你的江河乾涸。
28 who says of Cyrus, ‘My shepherd will fulfill all that I desire,’ who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be rebuilt,’ and of the temple, ‘Let its foundation be laid.’”
論塞魯士說：他是我的牧人， 必成就我所喜悅的， 必下令建造耶路撒冷， 發命立穩聖殿的根基。
