Isaiah 44

1 But now listen, O Jacob My servant, Israel, whom I have chosen.

1 “我的仆人雅各， 我所拣选的以色列啊， 现在你要留心听。

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.

2 造你、使你在母胎中成形、 帮助你的耶和华说， ‘我的仆人雅各， 我所拣选的耶书仑 啊， 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.

3 我要用水浇灌干渴之地， 使河流滋润干旱之土。 我要用我的灵浇灌你的后裔， 使我赐的福临到你的子孙。

4 They will sprout among the grass like willows by flowing streams.

4 他们要滋长如青草， 又如溪旁杨柳。’

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.”

5 这个说，‘我属于耶和华，’ 那个说，‘我是雅各的子孙，’ 还有人手上写着，‘耶和华之民，’ 把自己归在以色列名下。

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.

6 “耶和华，以色列的君王和救赎主—— 万军之耶和华说， ‘我是首先的，我是末后的， 除我以外再没有真神。

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.

7 谁能与我相比？让他公之于众。 让他细说自从我设立这古老民族以来的往事， 让他宣告未来将要发生的事。

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.”

8 不要恐惧，不要害怕， 我不是从古时告诉过你们吗？ 你们是我的证人。 除我以外还有真神吗？ 没有，没有别的磐石， 一个也没有。’”

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.

9 制造偶像的真是无用，他们珍爱的偶像毫无价值。拜神像的人目盲眼瞎，愚昧无知，自找羞辱。

10 Who fashions a god or casts an idol which profits him nothing?

10 制造神像、铸造无益偶像的是谁？

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.

11 看啊，拜偶像的人必羞愧，制造神像的工匠不过是人。让他们聚在一起来对质吧，他们必恐惧、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.

12 铁匠拿起工具在炭火上工作，用他强壮的臂膀挥动铁锤打造偶像。他饥饿时就会无力，口渴时就会疲乏。

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.

13 木匠拉线测量木料，用笔勾出轮廓，用圆规画出模样，用凿子雕成人的样子，形态逼真，放在庙宇里。

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.

14 他砍伐香柏木，或从林中选取柏木和橡木。他栽种松树，雨水使它长大。

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 also fashions it into a god and worships it; he makes an idol and bows down to it.

15 这树可以用来烧柴，他取一些木料生火取暖、烤饼，又制成神像来祭拜，雕成偶像来叩拜。

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.”

16 他用一半木头生火烤肉，饱餐一顿，并用火取暖，说：“啊！我这里有火，真暖和。”

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.”

17 他用另一半木头造了一个神明，作他的偶像，向它俯伏叩拜、祷告说：“你是我的神明，求你拯救我。”

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.

18 他们愚昧无知，因为他们的眼睛被封住以致看不见，他们的心窍被塞住以致不明白。

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?”

19 他们无人思想，无人明白，无人醒悟说：“我用一半木头生火，在炭上烤饼烤肉吃，我岂能用另一半木头造可憎的神像？我岂能向一块木头叩拜？”

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?”

20 他们以灰为食，心智迷糊，走入歧途，不能自救，也不会说：“我右手拿的神像岂不是假的吗？”

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.

21 “雅各啊，以色列啊， 要记住这些事， 因为你是我的仆人。 我造了你，你是我的仆人； 以色列啊，我必不忘记你。

22 I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.

22 我除去了你的过犯和罪恶， 使它们如云雾消散。 归向我吧，因为我救赎了你。”

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.

23 诸天啊，歌唱吧！ 因为耶和华成就了这事。 地的深处啊，欢呼吧！ 众山岭和林中的树木啊， 你们都要歌唱！ 因为耶和华救赎了雅各， 在以色列彰显了祂的荣耀。

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,

24 在母腹中造你、救赎你的耶和华说： “我是创造万物的耶和华， 我独自铺展穹苍，开辟大地。

25 who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who confounds the wise and turns their knowledge into nonsense,

25 我使假先知的预兆无法应验， 使占卜者丑态百出； 我颠覆智者的知识， 使之愚不可及。

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,’

26 我使我仆人的话应验， 使我使者的计划成就。 我说耶路撒冷必有人居住， 我说犹大的城邑必重建起来， 从废墟中重建起来。

27 who says to the depths of the sea, ‘Be dry, and I will dry up your currents,’

27 我对深海说，‘枯干吧！ 我要使你的河流干涸’；

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.’”

28 我说塞鲁士是我的牧人， 他必完成我的旨意， 他会下令重建耶路撒冷， 降旨奠定圣殿的根基。