Isaiah 54

1 “Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth in song and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the LORD.

1 耶和华说：“不生育、未生养的妇人啊，要欢唱； 未曾生产的女子啊， 要欢呼高歌； 因为没有丈夫的比有丈夫的儿女更多。

2 “Enlarge the site of your tent, stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, do not hold back. Lengthen your ropes and drive your stakes in deep.

2 要扩大你支帐篷的地方， 尽量铺开帐篷的幔子， 放长绳子，钉牢橛子。

3 For you will spread out to the right and left; your descendants will dispossess the nations and inhabit the desolate cities.

3 因为你要向左右扩展， 你的后裔要占据列国， 使荒凉的城邑重新有人居住。

4 Do not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame; do not be intimidated, for you will not be humiliated. For you will forget the shame of your youth and will remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.

4 “不要害怕，因为你不会再受羞辱； 不要恐惧，因为你不会再受凌辱。 你必忘记年轻时的羞辱， 不再想起寡居时的耻辱。

5 For your husband is your Maker—the LORD of Hosts is His name—the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.

5 因为造你的是你的丈夫， 祂名叫万军之耶和华； 你的救赎主是以色列的圣者， 祂被称为普天下的上帝。

6 For the LORD has called you back, like a wife deserted and wounded in spirit, like the rejected wife of one’s youth,” says your God.

6 耶和华要召你回来， 如同召一个遭遗弃、 心中忧伤的少妻。 这是你的上帝说的。

7 “For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will bring you back.

7 我丢弃了你片刻， 但我要怀着极大的怜悯接你回来。

8 In a surge of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,” says the LORD your Redeemer.

8 我盛怒之下暂时掩面不理你， 但我要以永远不变的慈爱怜悯你。 这是你的救赎主耶和华说的。

9 “For to Me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you.

9 “这对我而言就像挪亚的时代， 我怎样起誓不再让挪亚时代的洪水淹没大地， 我也照样起誓不再向你发怒， 也不再斥责你。

10 Though the mountains may be removed and the hills may be shaken, My loving devotion will not depart from you, and My covenant of peace will not be broken,” says the LORD, who has compassion on you.

10 大山可以挪开， 小山可以迁移， 但我的慈爱必不离开你， 我平安的约也不会更改。 这是怜悯你的耶和华说的。

11 “O afflicted city, lashed by storms, without solace, surely I will set your stones in antimony and lay your foundations with sapphires.

11 “困苦不堪、饱经风雨、 得不着安慰的城啊， 我要以彩石作你的地基， 用蓝宝石建造你的根基，

12 I will make your pinnacles of rubies, your gates of sparkling jewels, and all your walls of precious stones.

12 用红宝石建你的城楼、 水晶造你的城门、 宝石建你的城墙。

13 Then all your sons will be taught by the LORD, and great will be their prosperity.

13 你的儿女都必受耶和华的训诲， 安享太平。

14 In righteousness you will be established, far from oppression, for you will have no fear. Terror will be far removed, for it will not come near you.

14 你必因公义而坚立， 再不会受欺压， 也不会担惊受怕， 因为恐惧不会临近你。

15 If anyone attacks you, it is not from Me; whoever assails you will fall before you.

15 倘若有人来攻打你， 那必不是我的旨意。 攻打你的必然失败。

16 Behold, I have created the craftsman who fans the coals into flame and forges a weapon fit for its task; and I have created the destroyer to wreak havoc.

16 看啊，是我造了扇旺炭火、 铸造合用兵器的铁匠， 是我造了毁灭者。

17 No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD.

17 为攻击你而造的兵器必不能奏效， 你必驳倒所有控告你的人。 这是耶和华众仆人的产业， 是我给他们的胜利 。 这是耶和华说的。”