Isaiah 51

1 “Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the quarry from which you were hewn.

1 耶和华说：“追求公义、 寻求耶和华的人啊，听我说。 你们要追想那磐石， 你们是从那里被凿出来的； 你们要追想那岩穴， 你们是从那里被挖出来的。

2 Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who gave you birth. When I called him, he was but one; then I blessed him and multiplied him.

2 你们要追想你们的祖先亚伯拉罕和生你们的撒拉。 我呼召亚伯拉罕的时候， 他孤身一人， 但我赐福给他， 使他人丁兴旺。

3 For the LORD will comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; He will make her wilderness like Eden and her desert like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and melodious song.

3 耶和华必安慰锡安和锡安所有的荒场， 使旷野像伊甸园， 使沙漠变成耶和华的园囿， 里面有欢喜、快乐、感谢和歌颂的声音。

4 Pay attention to Me, My people, and listen to Me, My nation; for a law will go out from Me, and My justice will become a light to the nations; I will bring it about quickly.

4 “我的子民啊，要留心听我的话； 我的国民啊，要侧耳听我说。 因为我必赐下训诲， 我的公正必成为万民的光。

5 My righteousness draws near, My salvation is on the way, and My arms will bring justice to the nations. The islands will look for Me and wait in hope for My arm.

5 我的公义临近， 我的拯救已经开始， 我的臂膀要审判万民。 众海岛都在等候我， 仰赖我的臂膀。

6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth below; for the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and its people will die like gnats. But My salvation will last forever, and My righteousness will never fail.

6 你们举目仰望诸天， 俯首观看大地吧。 诸天必像烟云消散， 大地必像衣服一样渐渐破旧， 地上的居民必像蚊蝇一样死亡。 但我的救恩永远长存， 我的公义永不废除。

7 Listen to Me, you who know what is right, you people with My law in your hearts: Do not fear the scorn of men; do not be broken by their insults.

7 认识公义、铭记我训诲的人啊， 要听我说。 你们不要害怕人的辱骂， 也不要畏惧他们的毁谤。

8 For the moth will devour them like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool. But My righteousness will last forever, My salvation through all generations.”

8 因为蛀虫必吃掉他们， 像吃衣服； 虫子必蚕食他们，如食羊毛。 但我的公义永远长存， 我的救恩延及万代。”

9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon?

9 耶和华啊，伸出臂膀， 施展能力吧，施展能力吧， 像从前的日子、远古的时代。 难道不是你砍碎了拉哈伯， 刺死了海怪吗？

10 Was it not You who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made a road in the depths of the sea for the redeemed to cross over?

10 难道不是你使海洋和深渊干涸， 在深海中开出道路让蒙救赎的人穿过的吗？

11 So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.

11 耶和华救赎的子民必归回， 必欢唱着回到锡安， 永远的福乐必临到他们头上。 他们必欢喜快乐， 再没有忧愁和叹息。

12 “I, even I, am He who comforts you. Why should you be afraid of mortal man, of a son of man who withers like grass?

12 耶和华说：“安慰你们的是我，是我。 你为什么要害怕难逃一死、 生命如草芥的世人呢？

13 But you have forgotten the LORD, your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth. You live in terror all day long because of the fury of the oppressor who is bent on destruction. But where is the fury of the oppressor?

13 你忘记了创造你、铺展诸天、 奠立大地根基的耶和华吗？ 你的欺压者大发怒气，决意毁坏， 你就整天惊恐不安吗？ 他们的怒气在哪里呢？

14 The captive will soon be freed; he will not die in the dungeon, and his bread will not be lacking.

14 被囚的人快得释放了， 他们不会死在牢中， 也不会缺乏食物。

15 For I am the LORD your God who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name.

15 我是你的上帝耶和华， 我翻动大海、卷起波涛， 万军之耶和华是我的名。

16 I have put My words in your mouth, and covered you with the shadow of My hand, to establish the heavens, to found the earth, and to say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’”

16 我把我的话传给你， 用我的手庇护你。 我铺展诸天，奠立大地的根基， 对锡安说，‘你是我的子民。’”

17 Awake, awake! Rise up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the LORD the cup of His fury; you who have drained the goblet to the dregs—the cup that makes men stagger.

17 耶路撒冷啊，醒来，醒来，站起来吧！ 你从耶和华手中的杯里喝了祂的愤怒， 喝干了那杯使人东倒西歪的酒。

18 Among all the sons she bore, there is no one to guide her; among all the sons she brought up, there is no one to take her hand.

18 你生育的儿子没有一个来引导你， 你抚养成人的众子没有一个来搀扶你。

19 These pairs have befallen you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? Who can comfort you?

19 这两样灾祸临到你身上， 谁会为你哀哭呢？ 荒凉和毁灭、饥荒和战祸临到你， 谁能安慰你呢 ？

20 Your sons have fainted; they lie at the head of every street, like an antelope in a net. They are full of the wrath of the LORD, the rebuke of your God.

20 你的孩子昏倒在街头， 好像羚羊掉进网罗， 他们饱尝耶和华的烈怒， 承受你上帝的责备。

21 Therefore now hear this, you afflicted one, drunken, but not with wine.

21 你这身受痛苦、并非因酒而醉的人啊， 要听好了。

22 Thus says your Lord, the LORD, even your God, who defends His people: “See, I have removed from your hand the cup of staggering. From that goblet, the cup of My fury, you will never drink again.

22 你的主耶和华是为祂子民申辩的上帝，祂说： “看啊，我已从你手中拿走那使人东倒西歪的杯，就是盛满我愤怒的碗， 你必不再喝。

23 I will place it in the hands of your tormentors, who told you: ‘Lie down, so we can walk over you,’ so that you made your back like the ground, like a street to be traversed.”

23 我必把这杯给苦待你的人， 他们对你说，‘趴下， 我们好从你身上走过。’ 你把你的背当作地面， 当作街道任人走过。”