Isaiah 41

1 “Be silent before Me, O islands, and let the peoples renew their strength. Let them come forward and testify; let us together draw near for judgment.

1 上帝说：“众海岛啊， 要在我面前安静！ 让众民重新得力， 让他们前来说话， 让我们一起来理论。

2 Who has aroused one from the east and called him to his feet in righteousness? He hands nations over to him and subdues kings before him. He turns them to dust with his sword, to windblown chaff with his bow.

2 “谁使一人从东方兴起？ 谁凭公义把他召到跟前？ 谁把列国交给他， 使他征服列国的君王， 用刀将他们化为尘土， 用弓驱散他们如风吹的碎秸？

3 He pursues them, going on safely, hardly touching the path with his feet.

3 他追赶他们， 安然走过从未踏足之路。

4 Who has performed this and carried it out, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD—the first and the last—I am He.”

4 谁成就了这事？ 谁从太初就决定各个世代？ 是我耶和华， 我太初就在那里， 末了也在那里。

5 The islands see and fear; the ends of the earth tremble. They approach and come forward.

5 “众海岛看见就害怕， 地极也颤抖， 他们都上前来，

6 Each one helps the other and says to his brother, “Be strong!”

6 彼此帮助， 互相勉励说，‘要刚强！’

7 The craftsman encourages the goldsmith, and he who wields the hammer cheers him who strikes the anvil, saying of the welding, “It is good.” He nails it down so it will not be toppled.

7 工匠鼓励金匠， 打磨的勉励打砧的， 谈到焊接的说，‘焊得好！’ 他们用钉子把偶像钉牢，免得摇晃。

8 “But you, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham My friend—

8 “然而，以色列啊，你是我的仆人； 雅各啊，你是我拣选的， 是我朋友亚伯拉罕的后裔。

9 I brought you from the ends of the earth and called you from its farthest corners. I said, ‘You are My servant.’ I have chosen and not rejected you.

9 我把你从地极带来， 从遥远的角落召来。 我对你说，‘你是我的仆人， 我拣选了你，没有丢弃你。

10 Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.

10 你不要害怕，因为我与你同在， 你不要惊慌，因为我是你的上帝。 我必赐你力量，帮助你， 用我公义的右手扶持你。’

11 Behold, all who rage against you will be ashamed and disgraced; those who contend with you will be reduced to nothing and will perish.

11 “看啊，凡向你发怒的人必抱愧蒙羞； 与你为敌的人都要灭亡， 归于无有。

12 You will seek them but will not find them. Those who wage war against you will come to nothing.

12 你寻找与你相争的人， 却找不到； 与你争战的人必归于无有。

13 For I am the LORD your God, who takes hold of your right hand and tells you: Do not fear, I will help you.

13 因为我是你的上帝耶和华， 我拉着你的右手对你说， ‘不要怕，我必帮助你。’

14 Do not fear, O Jacob, you worm, O few men of Israel. I will help you,” declares the LORD. “Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.

14 “蠕虫雅各啊，以色列人啊，不要怕！ 你的救赎主——以色列的圣者耶和华说， ‘我必帮助你。’

15 Behold, I will make you into a threshing sledge, new and sharp, with many teeth. You will thresh the mountains and crush them, and reduce the hills to chaff.

15 看啊，我要使你成为一具簇新、 带许多利齿的打谷器。 你要打碎高山， 使丘陵碎如糠秕。

16 You will winnow them, and a wind will carry them away; a gale will scatter them. But you will rejoice in the LORD; you will glory in the Holy One of Israel.

16 你要簸它们，让风吹散它们， 让狂风卷走它们。 但你要以耶和华为喜乐， 以以色列的圣者为荣耀。

17 The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

17 “贫穷困苦的人找不到水喝， 他们口干舌燥。 但我耶和华必应允他们的呼求， 我，以色列的上帝不会撇弃他们。

18 I will open rivers on the barren heights, and fountains in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water, and the dry land into flowing springs.

18 我要使光秃的山岭上江河奔流， 山谷中泉水涌流； 我要使沙漠变成水塘， 使干地冒出泉水。

19 I will plant cedars in the wilderness, acacias, myrtles, and olive trees. I will set cypresses in the desert, elms and boxwood together,

19 我要在旷野栽种香柏树、 皂荚树、番石榴树和橄榄树。 我要在沙漠种松树、杉树和黄杨树，

20 so that all may see and know, may consider and understand, that the hand of the LORD has done this and the Holy One of Israel has created it.”

20 好让人一看就知道， 一想就明白， 这是耶和华亲手所为， 是以色列的圣者创造的。”

21 “Present your case,” says the LORD. “Submit your arguments,” says the King of Jacob.

21 耶和华对偶像说： “陈明你们的主张吧。” 雅各的王说： “摆出你们的证据吧。”

22 “Let them come and tell us what will happen. Tell the former things, so that we may reflect on them and know the outcome. Or announce to us what is coming.

22 告诉我们将要发生的事， 告诉我们以前发生的事， 我们好思想并明白事情的结局。 向我们宣告将来的事，

23 Tell us the things that are to come, so that we may know that you are gods. Yes, do something good or evil, that we may look on together in dismay.

23 告诉我们以后会发生什么， 好叫我们知道你们是神明。 不论降福降祸， 好叫我们一同惊惧！

24 Behold, you are nothing and your work is of no value. Anyone who chooses you is detestable.

24 看啊，你们实在算不得什么， 你们所做的毫无意义， 选择你们的人真是可憎！

25 I have raised up one from the north, and he has come—one from the east who calls on My name. He will march over rulers as if they were mortar, like a potter who treads the clay.

25 “我使一人从北方兴起， 他来了， 他在东方求告我的名。 他必把掌权者像灰泥一样踏在脚下， 像窑匠踩泥一样。

26 Who has declared this from the beginning, so that we may know, and from times past, so that we may say: ‘He was right’? No one announced it, no one foretold it, no one heard your words.

26 谁从太初就宣告这事，让我们知道呢？ 谁预先讲明这事，让我们说他是对的呢？ 谁也没有宣告过， 谁也没有预言过， 谁也没有听见你们说什么。

27 I was the first to tell Zion: ‘Look, here they are!’ And I gave to Jerusalem a herald of good news.

27 是我首先告诉锡安的， 我给耶路撒冷一个报好消息的使者。

28 When I look, there is no one; there is no counselor among them; when I ask them, they have nothing to say.

28 我看了看，没有一个出谋划策的。 我问话，没有一个回答。

29 See, they are all a delusion; their works amount to nothing; their images are as empty as the wind.

29 看啊，偶像全是假的， 毫无作为，铸像虚空如风。