Isaiah 43
1 And now thus says the Lord who created you, O Jacob, and who formed you, O Israel: Do not be afraid. For I have redeemed you, and I have called you by your name. You are mine.
雅各啊，創造你的耶和華， 以色列啊，造成你的那位， 現在如此說： 你不要害怕！因為我救贖了你。 我曾提你的名召你，你是屬我的。
2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and the rivers will not cover you. When you walk through fire, you will not be burned, and the flames will not scorch you.
你從水中經過，我必與你同在； 你詵過江河，水必不漫過你； 你從火中行過，必不被燒， 火焰也不着在你身上。
3 For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I have presented Egypt as your atonement, Ethiopia and Seba on your behalf.
因為我是耶和華－你的上帝， 是以色列的聖者－你的救主； 我已經使埃及作你的贖價， 使古實和西巴代替你。
4 Since then, you have become honorable in my eyes, and glorious. I have loved you, and I will present men on behalf of you, and people on behalf of your life.
因我看你為寶為尊； 又因我愛你， 所以我使人代替你， 使列邦人替換你的生命。
5 Fear not, for I am with you. I will lead your offspring from the East, and I will gather you from the West.
不要害怕，因我與你同在； 我必領你的後裔從東方來， 又從西方招聚你。
6 I will say to the North, “Release him,” and to the South, “Do not turn him away.” Bring my sons from far away, and my daughters from the ends of the earth.
我要對北方說，交出來！ 對南方說，不要拘留！ 將我的眾子從遠方帶來， 將我的眾女從地極領回，
7 And each one who calls upon my name, I have created for my glory. I have formed him, and I have made him.
就是凡稱為我名下的人， 是我為自己的榮耀創造的， 是我所做成，所造作的。
8 Lead forth the people who are blind and have eyes, who are deaf and have ears.
你要將有眼而瞎、 有耳而聾的民都帶出來！
9 All the nations have been assembled together, and the tribes have been collected. Who among you will announce this, and who will cause us to listen to the things that are first? Let them present their witnesses. Let them act justly, and listen, and say: “It is true.”
任憑萬國聚集； 任憑眾民會合。 其中誰能將此聲明， 並將先前的事說給我們聽呢？ 他們可以帶出見證來，自顯為是； 或者他們聽見便說：這是真的。
10 You are my witnesses, says the Lord, and you are my servant, whom I have chosen, so that you may know, and may believe in me, and so that you may understand that I am the same. Before me, there was no god formed, and after me there will be none.
耶和華說：你們是我的見證， 我所揀選的僕人。 既是這樣，便可以知道，且信服我， 又明白我就是耶和華。 在我以前沒有真神； 在我以後也必沒有。
11 I am. I am the Lord. And there is no savior apart from me.
惟有我是耶和華； 除我以外沒有救主。
12 I have announced, and I have saved. I have caused it to be heard. And there was no stranger among you. You are my witnesses, says the Lord, and I am God.
我曾指示，我曾拯救，我曾說明， 並且在你們中間沒有別神。 所以耶和華說： 你們是我的見證。 我也是上帝；
13 And from the beginning, I am the same. And there is no one who can rescue from my hand. I act, and who can turn it aside?
自從有日子以來，我就是上帝； 誰也不能救人脫離我手。 我要行事誰能阻止呢？
14 Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: For your sake, I sent to Babylon, and tore down all their bars, with the Chaldeans who glory in their ships.
耶和華－你們的救贖主、 以色列的聖者如此說： 因你們的緣故， 我已經打發人到巴比倫去； 並且我要使迦勒底人如逃民， 都坐自己喜樂的船下來。
15 I am the Lord, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.
我是耶和華－你們的聖者， 是創造以色列的，是你們的君王。
16 Thus says the Lord, who gave you a way through the sea and a path through the torrent of waters,
耶和華在滄海中開道， 在大水中開路，
17 who led out the chariot and the horse, the column of robust troops. They went to sleep together, and they will not arise. They have been crushed like flax, and they have been extinguished.
使車輛、馬匹、軍兵、勇士都出來， 一同躺下，不再起來； 他們滅沒，好像熄滅的燈火。
18 You need not call to mind the past, nor consider the things of antiquity.
耶和華如此說： 你們不要記念從前的事， 也不要思想古時的事。
19 Behold, I am accomplishing new things. And presently, they will spring forth. With certainty, you will know them. I will make a way in the desert, and rivers in an impassible place.
看哪，我要做一件新事； 如今要發現，你們豈不知道嗎？ 我必在曠野開道路， 在沙漠開江河。
20 The wild beasts of the field will glorify me, with the serpents and the ostriches. For I have brought waters to the desert, rivers to inaccessible places, in order to give drink to my people, to my elect.
野地的走獸必尊重我； 野狗和鴕鳥也必如此。 因我使曠野有水， 使沙漠有河， 好賜給我的百姓、我的選民喝。
21 This is the people whom I have formed for myself. They will speak my praise.
這百姓是我為自己所造的， 好述說我的美德。
22 But you have not called upon me, O Jacob, nor have you struggled for me, O Israel.
雅各啊，你並沒有求告我； 以色列啊，你倒厭煩我。
23 You have not offered me the ram of your holocaust, and you have not glorified me with your victims. I have not burdened you with oblations, nor have I wearied you with incense.
你沒有將你的羊帶來給我作燔祭， 也沒有用祭物尊敬我； 我沒有因供物使你服勞， 也沒有因乳香使你厭煩。
24 You have bought me no sweet cane with money, and you have not inebriated me with the fat of your victims. Yet truly, you have burdened me with your sins; you have wearied me with your iniquities.
你沒有用銀子為我買菖蒲， 也沒有用祭物的脂油使我飽足； 倒使我因你的罪惡服勞， 使我因你的罪孽厭煩。
25 I am. I am the very One who wipes away your iniquities for my own sake. And I will not remember your sins.
惟有我為自己的緣故塗抹你的過犯； 我也不記念你的罪惡。
26 Call me to mind, and let us go to judgment together. If you have anything to justify yourself, explain it.
你要提醒我，你我可以一同辯論； 你可以將你的理陳明，自顯為義。
27 Your first father sinned, and your interpreters have betrayed me.
你的始祖犯罪； 你的師傅違背我。
28 And so, I have defiled the holy leaders. I have handed over Jacob to slaughter, and Israel to calumny.
所以，我要辱沒聖所的首領， 使雅各成為咒詛， 使以色列成為辱罵。
