Isaiah 40
1 Comfort ye—comfort ye my people, —Saith your God.
你们的 神说： 你们要安慰，安慰我的百姓。
2 Speak ye unto the heart of Jerusalem, And cry unto her, —That accomplished is her warfare, That accepted is her punishment, —That she hath received, at the hand of Yahweh, According to the full measure of 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 of one crying!—In the desert, prepare ye the way of Yahweh, —Make smooth in the waste plain 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 Let, every valley, be exalted, And every mountain and hill, be made low, —And, the steep ground become, level, And, the chain of hills—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 Then shall be revealed the glory of Yahweh, —And all flesh shall see it together, For, the mouth of Yahweh, hath spoken!
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 saying Cry! And one said—What should I cry? All flesh, is grass, And, all the grace thereof, 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 hath withered The flower hath faded, Because, the breath of Yahweh, hath blown upon it! Surely the people 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, hath withered, The flower, hath faded, —But the word of our God, shall stand unto times age-abiding!
草必枯干，花必凋残， 惟有我们 神的话必永远立定。
9 To a high mountain, get ye up, O herald—band of Zion, Lift high with strength your voice, O herald—band of Jerusalem, —Lift it high, do not fear, Say to the cities of Judah—Lo! 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 Lo! My Lord, Yahweh, as a mighty one, doth come, And, his own arm, is about to rule for him, —Lo! his reward, is with him, And, his recompense, 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 Like a shepherd, his flock, will he tend, In his own arm, will he take up the lambs, And in his own bosom, will he carry [them], —Them which are with young, will he lead to a place of rest.
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 hath measured, with the hollow of his hand, the waters. Or the heavens with a span, hath meted out, Or hath comprehended, in a measure, the dust of the earth, Or weighed, in scales, the mountains, 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 hath proved the spirit of Yahweh? Or being his counsellor hath been giving him knowledge?
谁曾测度耶和华的心， 或作他的谋士指教他呢？
14 With whom hath he taken counsel—And he hath given him intelligence, And instructed him in the path of justice, —And taught him knowledge, And in the way of intelligence, hath been giving him 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 Lo! nations, Are us a drop on a bucket, And as fine dust on a balance, are accounted, —Lo! islands, like an atom, can he hoist;
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 And, Lebanon, is not sufficient to burn, —Nor, the beasts thereof sufficient for an ascending-sacrifice!
黎巴嫩的树林不够当柴烧； 其中的走兽也不够作燔祭。
17 All nations, are as nothing before him, —A thing of nought or a waste, are they accounted unto him?
万民在他面前好像虚无， 被他看为不及虚无，乃为虚空。
18 Unto whom then can ye liken GOD? Or, what likeness, can ye compare unto him?
你们究竟将谁比 神， 用什么形象与 神比较呢？
19 The image, hath been cast by an artificer, And a goldsmith, with gold, overlayeth it, —And, chains of silver, he worketh.
偶像是匠人铸造， 银匠用金包裹， 为它铸造银链。
20 The needy offerer, of a tree that will not rot, maketh choice, —A skilled artificer, seeketh he out for himself to construct an image that shall not totter,
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 ye never taken note? Have ye never heard? Hath it not from the beginning, been told you? Have ye not been led to discern, 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 It is he who sitteth upon the circle of the earth, While the inhabitants thereof are, as grass-hoppers, —Who stretcheth forth, as a curtain, the heavens, And spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell 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 Who delivereth dignitaries to nothingness, —Judges of earth, like a desolation, hath he made:
他使君王归于虚无， 使地上的审判官成为虚空。
24 Scarcely have they been planted, Scarcely have they been sown, Scarcely hath their stock, begun to take root in the earth, When he hath just blown upon them and they have withered, And, a whirlwind, as though they had been chaff, carrieth them away.
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 Unto whom then, can ye liken me, or can I be equal? Saith the Holy One.
那圣者说：你们将谁比我， 叫他与我相等呢？
26 Lift on high your eyes—and see who hath created these, That bringeth forth, by number, their host, —To all of them by name, doth call, Because of the abundance of vigour and alertness of strength, 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 Wherefore, shouldest thou say, O Jacob, or speak, O Israel, —Hidden is my path from Yahweh, And from my God, my vindication, will pass?
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 Hast thou not known, Hast thou not heard, That The God of age-past time—Yahweh The Creator of the ends of the earth Fainteth not neither groweth weary—There is no searching of 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 Giving to him that fainteth, strength, And to him that hath no vigour, he causeth, power to abound?
疲乏的，他赐能力； 软弱的，他加力量。
30 Youths both faint and grow weary, And, young warriors—they fall, they fall;
就是少年人也要疲乏困倦； 强壮的也必全然跌倒。
31 But, they who wait for Yahweh, shall renew their strength, They shall mount on strong pinion like eagles, —They shall run and not grow weary, They shall 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。
