以赛亚书 41 – CCB & KJV

Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)

以赛亚书 41:1-29

上帝是以色列的帮助

1上帝说:“众海岛啊,

要在我面前安静!

让众民重新拿出勇力,

让他们前来说话,

让我们一起来理论。

2“谁使一人从东方兴起?

谁凭公义把他召到跟前?

谁把列国交给他,

使他征服列国的君王,

用刀将他们化为尘土,

用弓将他们沦为风吹的碎秸?

3他追赶他们,

安然走过从未踏足之路。

4谁成就了这事?

谁在太初就掌管历史的方向?

是我耶和华,

我太初就在那里,

末了也在那里。

5“众海岛看见我的作为就害怕,

地极也颤抖,

他们都上前来,

6彼此帮助,

互相勉励说,‘要刚强!’

7工匠鼓励银匠,

打磨的勉励打砧的,

说,‘打得好!’

他们用钉子把偶像钉牢,免得摇晃。

8“然而,以色列啊,你是我的仆人;

雅各啊,你是我拣选的,

是我朋友亚伯拉罕的后裔。

9我把你从地极带来,

从遥远的角落召来。

我对你说,‘你是我的仆人,

我拣选了你,没有丢弃你。

10我是你的上帝,我必与你同在,

你不用惊慌也不用害怕。

我必赐你力量,帮助你,

用我公义的右手扶持你。’

11“看啊,向你发怒的人必抱愧蒙羞;

与你为敌的人都要灭亡,

归于无有。

12你寻找与你相争的人,

却找不到;

与你争战的人必归于无有。

13因为我是你的上帝耶和华,

我必拉着你的右手对你说,

‘不要怕,我必帮助你。’

14“如蛆如虫的雅各啊,以色列人啊,不要怕!

我耶和华必帮助你。

以色列的圣者是你的救赎主。

15看啊,我要使你成为一具簇新、

带许多利齿的打谷器。

你要打烂高山,

使丘陵碎如糠秕。

16你要簸它们,让风吹散它们,

让狂风卷走它们。

但你要以耶和华为喜乐,

以色列的圣者为荣耀。

17“贫穷困苦的人找不到水喝,

他们口干舌燥。

但我耶和华必应允他们的呼求,

我——以色列的上帝不会撇弃他们。

18我要使光秃的山岭上江河奔流,

山谷中泉水涌流;

我要使沙漠变成水塘,

使干地冒出泉水。

19我要在旷野栽香柏树、

皂荚树、番石榴树和橄榄树。

我要在沙漠种松树、杉树和黄杨树。

20人一看就知道,

一想就明白,

这是耶和华亲手成就的,

以色列的圣者创造的。”

21耶和华对偶像说:

“陈明你们的理由。”

雅各的王说:

“拿出你们的证据吧。”

22告诉我们将要发生的事,

给我们说说以前发生的事,

我们好思想,以便明白事情的结局。

向我们宣告将来的事,

23告诉我们以后会发生什么,

好叫我们知道你们是神明。

不论降福降祸,显显身手吧,

好叫我们一同惊惧!

24看啊,你们实在算不得什么,

你们所做的毫无意义,

拜你们的人真是可憎!

25“我使一人从北方兴起,

他来了,

他在东方求告我的名。

他必把掌权者像灰泥一样踏在脚下,

像窑匠踩泥一样践踏。

26谁从太初就宣告这事,让我们知道呢?

谁预先讲明这事,让我们说他能未卜先知呢?

谁也没有说过,

谁也没有预言过,

谁也没有听见你们说过什么。

27是我首先把这件事告诉锡安

我要给耶路撒冷一个报好消息的使者。

28我看了看,没有出谋划策的。

我问话,没有一个回答。

29看啊,它们全是假的,

毫无作为,虚空如风。

King James Version

Isaiah 41:1-29

1Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment. 2Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.41.2 the righteous…: Heb. righteousness 3He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet.41.3 safely: Heb. in peace 4Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he. 5The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came. 6They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage.41.6 Be…: Heb. Be strong 7So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.41.7 goldsmith: or, founder41.7 him…: or, the smiting41.7 saying…: or, saying of the soder, It is good 8But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend. 9Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.

10¶ Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. 11Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish.41.11 they that strive…: Heb. the men of thy strife 12Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.41.12 them that…: Heb. the men of thy contention41.12 they…: Heb. the men of thy war 13For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee. 14Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.41.14 men: or, few men 15Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.41.15 teeth: Heb. mouths 16Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel. 17When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. 18I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water. 19I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together: 20That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.

21Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.41.21 Produce: Heb. Cause to come near 22Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come.41.22 consider…: Heb. set our heart upon them 23Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together. 24Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.41.24 of nothing: or, worse than nothing41.24 of nought: or, worse than of a viper 25I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay. 26Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that sheweth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that heareth your words. 27The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings. 28For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.41.28 answer: Heb. return 29Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.