Isaiah 55

1 “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!

1 “来吧！所有口渴的人啊，来喝水吧！ 没有钱的人啊，来买东西吃吧！ 来买酒买奶吧，不花钱，不付费！

2 Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.

2 你们为什么花钱买不能吃的食物？ 为什么拿辛苦赚来的钱买不能令人饱足的东西？ 要留心听我的话， 就可以吃美物， 享受丰盛的佳肴。

3 Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant—My loving devotion promised to David.

3 你们要到我这里来， 侧耳听我的话，就必存活。 我要跟你们立永远的约， 将应许大卫的可靠恩福赐给你们。

4 Behold, I have made him a witness to the nations, a leader and commander of the peoples.

4 看啊，我使他向万民做见证， 立他作万民的领袖和统帅。

5 Surely you will summon a nation you do not know, and nations who do not know you will run to you. For the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, has bestowed glory on you.”

5 看啊，你必召集素不认识的国民， 不认识你的国民必来投奔你， 因为以色列的圣者——你的上帝耶和华赐给你荣耀。”

6 Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.

6 要趁着还可以找到耶和华的时候寻找祂， 趁祂还在附近的时候求告祂。

7 Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.

7 愿邪恶的人停止作恶， 不义的人除掉恶念。 愿他们归向耶和华， 祂必怜悯他们； 愿他们归向我们的上帝， 祂必大施赦免。

8 “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD.

8 耶和华说：“我的意念并非你们的意念， 我的道路并非你们的道路。

9 “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.

9 正如天高过地， 我的道路也高过你们的道路， 我的意念也高过你们的意念。

10 For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat,

10 雨雪从天降下，并不返回， 而是要滋润大地， 使地上的植物发芽生长， 叫播种的有种子， 吃饭的有食粮。

11 so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it.

11 同样，我口中所出的话也不会徒然返回， 而是要成就我的旨意， 实现我的计划。

12 You will indeed go out with joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.

12 你们必欢欢喜喜地出来， 平平安安地蒙引导， 大山小山都要在你们面前歌唱， 田野的树木也都拍掌。

13 Instead of the thornbush, the cypress will grow, and instead of the brier, the myrtle will spring up; this will make a name for the LORD, an everlasting sign, never to be destroyed.”

13 曾经的荆棘之地必长出松树， 曾经的蒺藜之地必长出番石榴。 这必使耶和华扬名， 是永远长存的记号。”