Isaiah 40

1 “Comfort, comfort My people,” says your God.

1 你们的上帝说： “你们要安慰安慰我的子民。

2 “Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her forced labor has been completed; her iniquity has been pardoned. For she has received from the hand of the LORD double for all her sins.”

2 要劝慰耶路撒冷， 向她宣告，她的苦难已经结束， 她的罪恶已经被除去。 她因自己的一切罪已受到耶和华加倍的惩罚 。”

3 A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.

3 有人高喊： “在旷野预备耶和华的道， 在沙漠修直我们上帝的路。

4 Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill made low; the uneven ground will become smooth, and the rugged land a plain.

4 一切山谷要被填满， 大山小丘要被削平； 坎坷之地要变得平坦， 崎岖之地要成为平原。

5 And the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all humanity together will see it.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.

5 耶和华的荣耀必彰显， 世人必一同看见。 这是耶和华亲口说的。”

6 A voice says, “Cry out!” And I asked, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field.

6 有声音说：“呼喊吧！” 我问道：“我呼喊什么呢？” 那声音说：“芸芸众生尽如草， 荣华纷缛像野地的花。

7 The grass withers and the flowers fall when the breath of the LORD blows on them; indeed, the people are grass.

7 耶和华吹一口气， 草就枯干，花也凋谢。 人类诚然如草。

8 The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”

8 草必枯干，花必凋谢， 唯有我们上帝的话永远长存。”

9 Go up on a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news. Raise your voice loudly, O Jerusalem, herald of good news. Lift it up, do not be afraid! Say to the cities of Judah, “Here is your God!”

9 报好消息的锡安啊， 要登上高山！ 报好消息的耶路撒冷啊， 要大声宣告！ 要高声说，不要害怕！ 要对犹大的城邑说： “你们的上帝来了！”

10 Behold, the Lord GOD comes with might, and His arm establishes His rule. His reward is with Him, and His recompense accompanies Him.

10 看啊，主耶和华带着能力来了， 祂的臂膀执掌王权； 看啊，祂带着赏赐而来， 要酬劳祂的子民。

11 He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.

11 祂像牧人一样牧养自己的羊群， 用臂膀把羊羔聚在一起， 抱在怀中， 温柔地引导母羊。

12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on a scale and the hills with a balance?

12 谁曾用手心量海水？ 谁曾用手掌度苍天？ 谁曾用升斗盛大地的尘土？ 谁曾用秤称高山，用天平称丘陵？

13 Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, or informed Him as His counselor?

13 谁曾测度耶和华的心？ 谁曾做祂的谋士指点祂？

14 Whom did He consult to enlighten Him, and who taught Him the paths of justice? Who imparted knowledge to Him and showed Him the way of understanding?

14 祂受过谁的点悟？ 谁教过祂公正之道？ 谁教过祂知识？ 谁传授过祂悟性之道？

15 Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are considered a speck of dust on the scales; He lifts up the islands like fine dust.

15 看啊，列国就像水桶中的一滴水， 又如天平上的尘埃。 看啊，祂举起众海岛，好像捧起微尘。

16 Lebanon is not sufficient for fuel, nor its animals enough for a burnt offering.

16 黎巴嫩的树木不够作献祭的柴， 它林中的走兽也不够作燔祭。

17 All the nations are as nothing before Him; He regards them as nothingness and emptiness.

17 万国在祂面前都不算什么， 在祂看来还不如虚无。

18 To whom will you liken God? To what image will you compare Him?

18 你们拿谁与上帝相比呢？ 你们用什么形象比作上帝呢？

19 To an idol that a craftsman casts and a metalworker overlays with gold and fits with silver chains?

19 偶像是工匠制造的， 金匠替它镶金、打造银链。

20 One lacking such an offering chooses wood that will not rot. He seeks a skilled craftsman to set up an idol that will not topple.

20 买不起这种偶像的人就选一块耐用的木头， 找个能工巧匠， 雕出一个可以站立不倒的偶像。

21 Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been declared to you from the beginning? Have you not understood since the foundation of the earth?

21 难道你们不知道吗？ 难道你们没有听过吗？ 难道不是从起初就告诉过你们吗？ 难道从大地奠立根基以来， 你们一直没有明白吗？

22 He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth; its dwellers are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.

22 上帝坐在大地的圆圈之上， 地上的人类好像蚱蜢。 祂铺展诸天，就像铺展幔子； 展开诸天，如展开居住的帐篷。

23 He brings the princes to nothing and makes the rulers of the earth meaningless.

23 祂使掌权者归于无有， 使世上的审判官化为虚无。

24 No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner have their stems taken root in the ground, than He blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like stubble.

24 他们刚被栽上， 刚被种上， 刚在土里扎根， 上帝一吹，他们便枯干了， 暴风将他们像碎秸一样吹去。

25 “To whom will you liken Me, or who is My equal?” asks the Holy One.

25 圣者说：“你们拿谁与我相比， 使之与我同等呢？”

26 Lift up your eyes on high: Who created all these? He leads forth the starry host by number; He calls each one by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.

26 你们向天举目， 看看是谁创造了这万象？ 是谁把众星一一领出来， 按各自的名字叫它们？ 祂的权柄和能力伟大无比， 它们一个也不会少。

27 Why do you say, O Jacob, and why do you assert, O Israel, “My way is hidden from the LORD, and my claim is ignored by my God”?

27 雅各啊，你怎能说耶和华看不见你的遭遇呢？ 以色列啊，你怎能说上帝无视你的冤情呢？

28 Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching out.

28 难道你不知道？ 难道你没有听见过？ 耶和华是永恒的上帝，是创造地极的主宰。 祂不会疲乏，也不会困倦， 祂的智慧深不可测。

29 He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak.

29 祂赐疲乏的人能力， 给软弱的人加力量。

30 Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall.

30 即使青年也会疲乏困倦， 强壮的人也会踉跄跌倒；

31 But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.

31 但仰望耶和华的人必重新得力。 他们必像鹰一样展翅高飞， 他们奔跑也不困倦， 他们行走也不疲乏。