Isaiah 49

1 Listen to Me, O islands; pay attention, O distant peoples: The LORD called Me from the womb; from the body of My mother He named Me.

1 众海岛啊，听我说！ 远方的列邦啊，要留心听！ 我还没有出生， 耶和华就呼召我； 我还没有离开母腹， 祂就提及我的名。

2 He made My mouth like a sharp sword; He hid Me in the shadow of His hand. He made Me like a polished arrow; He hid Me in His quiver.

2 祂使我的口像利剑， 用祂的手荫庇我； 祂使我成为磨亮的箭， 把我藏在祂的箭囊中。

3 He said to Me, “You are My Servant, Israel, in whom I will display My glory.”

3 祂对我说：“以色列啊， 你是我的仆人， 我要借着你彰显我的荣耀。”

4 But I said, “I have labored in vain, I have spent My strength in futility and vanity; yet My vindication is with the LORD, and My reward is with My God.”

4 但我说：“我虚耗精力， 徒劳无功。 然而，耶和华必公正地待我， 我的报酬在我的上帝那里。”

5 And now says the LORD, who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant, to bring Jacob back to Him, that Israel might be gathered to Him—for I am honored in the sight of the LORD, and My God is My strength—

5 我在母腹之中，耶和华便塑造我做祂的仆人， 叫我带领雅各归向祂， 把以色列人召集到祂那里。 我在耶和华眼中是尊贵的， 我的上帝是我的力量。

6 He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.”

6 祂对我说：“我不单单只是让你做我的仆人， 去复兴雅各的众支派， 使以色列得保全的人重归故土。 我还要使你成为外族人的光， 好把我的救恩带到地极。”

7 Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, to Him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the Servant of rulers: “Kings will see You and rise, and princes will bow down, because of the LORD, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen You.”

7 以色列的救赎主和圣者耶和华对受藐视、 被本国人憎恨、 遭官长奴役的那位说： “因着信实的耶和华——拣选你的以色列的圣者， 君王一见你必肃然起立， 首领一见你必俯伏下拜。”

8 This is what the LORD says: “In the time of favor I will answer You, and in the day of salvation I will help You; I will keep You and appoint You to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land, to apportion its desolate inheritances,

8 耶和华说： “在悦纳的时候，我应允了你； 在拯救的日子，我帮助了你。 我要保护你， 使你做我跟民众立约的中保， 复兴这片土地， 分配荒凉的产业。

9 to say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’ They will feed along the pathways, and find pasture on every barren hill.

9 你要对被囚禁的人说， ‘出来吧！’ 要对黑暗中的人说， ‘你们自由了。’ 他们在路上必有吃的， 光秃的山岭上必有食物。

10 They will not hunger or thirst, nor will scorching heat or sun beat down on them. For He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water.

10 他们不再饥渴， 也不再被热风和烈日灼伤， 因为怜悯他们的那位必引导他们， 领他们到泉水边。

11 I will turn all My mountains into roads, and My highways will be raised up.

11 我要使我的群山变为通途， 修筑我的大路。

12 Behold, they will come from far away, from the north and from the west, and from the land of Aswan.”

12 看啊，他们必从远方来。 有的来自北方，有的来自西方， 还有的来自希尼 。”

13 Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; break forth in song, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted His people, and He will have compassion on His afflicted ones.

13 诸天啊，要欢呼！ 大地啊，要快乐！ 群山啊，要歌唱！ 因为耶和华安慰祂的子民， 怜悯祂受苦的百姓。

14 But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me; the Lord has forgotten me!”

14 但锡安说：“耶和华撇弃了我， 主把我忘了。”

15 “Can a woman forget her nursing child, or lack compassion for the son of her womb? Even if she could forget, I will not forget you!

15 耶和华说：“母亲岂能忘记自己吃奶的婴儿， 不怜悯自己亲生的孩子？ 就算有母亲忘记， 我也不会忘记你。

16 Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your walls are ever before Me.

16 看啊，我已经把你铭刻在我的手掌上， 你的墙垣时刻在我的看顾之下。

17 Your builders hasten back; your destroyers and wreckers depart from you.

17 你的儿女必很快回来， 毁灭和破坏你的必离你而去。

18 Lift up your eyes and look around. They all gather together; they come to you. As surely as I live,” declares the LORD, “you will wear them all as jewelry and put them on like a bride.

18 举目四下看看吧， 你的儿女正聚集到你这里。 我凭我的永恒起誓， 你必把他们作为饰物戴在身上， 如新娘一样用他们妆扮自己。 这是耶和华说的。

19 For your ruined and desolate places and your ravaged land will now indeed be too small for your people, and those who devoured you will be far away.

19 “你那荒废、凄凉、 遭到毁坏之地现在必容不下你的居民， 那些吞灭你的人必远远地离开你。

20 Yet the children of your bereavement will say in your hearing, ‘This place is too small for us; make room for us to live here.’

20 你流亡期间所生的子女必在你耳边说， ‘这地方太小了， 再给我们一些地方住吧。’

21 Then you will say in your heart, ‘Who has begotten these for me? I was bereaved and barren; I was exiled and rejected. So who has reared them? Look, I was left all alone, so where did they come from?’”

21 你会在心里问，‘我丧失了儿女、 不再生育，流亡在外，漂流不定， 谁给我生了这些儿女？ 谁把他们养大？ 我孤身留下， 他们是从哪里来的？’”

22 This is what the Lord GOD says: “Behold, I will lift up My hand to the nations, and raise My banner to the peoples. They will bring your sons in their arms and carry your daughters on their shoulders.

22 主耶和华说： “看啊，我必向列国招手， 向万民竖立我的旗帜， 他们必抱着你的儿子、 背着你的女儿回来。

23 Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in Me will never be put to shame.”

23 列王必做你的养父， 王后必做你的乳母。 他们必向你俯伏下拜， 舔你脚上的尘土。 那时你便知道我是耶和华， 仰望我的必不致羞愧。”

24 Can the plunder be snatched from the mighty, or the captives of a tyrant be delivered?

24 勇士抢去的能夺回来吗？ 暴君掳走的能救回来吗？

25 Indeed, this is what the LORD says: “Even the captives of the mighty will be taken away, and the plunder of the tyrant will be retrieved; I will contend with those who contend with you, and I will save your children.

25 但耶和华说： “勇士掳去的必被夺回， 暴君抢去的必被救出。 我必与你的对头作对， 拯救你的儿女。

26 I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will be drunk on their own blood, as with wine. Then all mankind will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”

26 我要使那些欺压你的人吞吃自己的肉， 喝自己的血喝得酩酊大醉， 好像喝酒一样。 那时候，世人都必知道我耶和华是你的救主， 是你的救赎主， 是雅各的大能者。”