1耶和华掌管历史
1Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, Who are called by the name of Israel, And from the waters of Judah came out, Who are swearing by the name of Jehovah, And of the God of Israel make mention, Not in truth nor in righteousness.
2他们被称为圣城的人，又倚靠以色列的 神；他的名字是万军之耶和华。
2For from the Holy City they have been called, And on the God of Israel been supported, Jehovah of Hosts [is] His name.
3主说：“先前的事，我从古时就预言过了，已经从我的口里说出来了，又说给人听了；我忽然行事，事情就都成就了。
3The former things from that time I declared, And from my mouth they have gone forth, And I proclaim them, Suddenly I have done, and it cometh.
4因为我知道你是顽固的，你的颈项是铁的，你的额是铜的，
4From my knowing that thou art obstinate, And a sinew of iron thy neck, And thy forehead brass,
5所以我从古时就告诉了你；在事情还没有发生以前，我就说给你听了，免得你说：‘这些事是我的偶像所作的，是我的雕像和铸像所命定的。’
5And I declare to thee from that time, Before it cometh I have caused thee to hear, Lest thou say, `Mine idol hath done them, And my graven image, And my molten image did command them.
6你已经听见了，现在要注意这一切事。难道你不述说吗？从今以后，我要把新的事，就是你不知道的隐秘的事，告诉你。
6Thou hast heard, see the whole of it, And ye, do ye not declare? I have caused thee to hear new things from this time, And things reserved that ye knew not.
7这些事是现在才造成的，并不是从古时就有的；在今天以前，你还未曾听见过，免得你说：‘看哪！这些事我早已知道了。’
7Now they have been produced and not from that time, Yea, before the day, and thou hast not heard them, Lest thou say, `Lo, I have known them.`
8你从来没有听过，也不知道；你的耳朵从来未曾开通。我原知道你行事非常诡诈；你自出母胎以来，就被称为叛徒。
8Yea, thou hast not heard, Yea, thou hast not known, Yea, from that time not opened hath thine ear, For I have known thou dealest treacherously, And `Transgressor from the belly,` One is crying to thee.
9为了我的名的缘故，我暂时不发怒；为了我的名誉的缘故，我向你忍耐；不把你剪除。
9For My name`s sake I defer Mine anger, And My praise I restrain for thee, So as not to cut thee off.
10看哪！我熬炼了你，却不像熬炼银子；你在苦难的炉中，我拣选了你。
10Lo, I have refined thee, and not with silver, I have chosen thee in a furnace of affliction.
11为了我自己的缘故，我必作这事。我的名怎能被亵渎呢？我必不把我的荣耀归给别人。
11For My sake, for Mine own sake, I do [it], For how is it polluted? And Mine honour to another I give not.
12古列的使命“雅各，我所呼召的以色列啊！你要听我的话。我就是‘那位’，我是首先的，也是末后的。
12Hearken to me, O Jacob, and Israel, My called one, I [am] He, I [am] first, and I [am] last;
13我的手奠定了大地的根基，我的右手展开了诸天；我一呼唤它们，它们就一同站着侍候。
13Also, My hand hath founded earth, And My right hand stretched out the heavens, I am calling unto them, they stand together.
14列国啊！你们都要集合起来听。他们中间有谁预言过这些事呢？耶和华爱他，他必向巴比伦行他所喜悦的；他的膀臂也必击打迦勒底人。
14Be gathered all of you, and hear, Who among them did declare these things? Jehovah hath loved him, He doth His pleasure on Babylon, And His arm [is on] the Chaldeans.
15我亲自说过，又呼召了他；我带领了他来，他所行的就必亨通。
15I — I have spoken, yea, I have called him, I have brought him in, And he hath made prosperous his way.
16你们要就近我，当听这话：‘从起初我就没有在隐密处说过话，自从有这事情的存在，我就在那里。’现在主耶和华差遣了我和他的灵。
16Come ye near unto me, hear this, Not from the beginning in secret spake I, From the time of its being, there [am] I, And now the Lord Jehovah hath sent me, and His Spirit.
17耶和华你的救赎主，以色列的圣者，这样说：‘我是耶和华你的 神，是教导你，使你得益处的，是在你当行的道路上引导你的。
17Thus said Jehovah, thy redeemer, The Holy One of Israel, `I [am] Jehovah thy God, teaching thee to profit, Causing thee to tread in the way thou goest.
18但愿你一向都留心听从我的命令，这样你的平安就像河水滔滔，你的公义就如海浪滚滚；
18O that thou hadst attended to My commands, Then as a river is thy peace, And thy righteousness as billows of the sea,
19你的后裔必像海沙那么多，你腹中的子孙要如沙粒这样多；他们的名字必不会被剪除，也不会从我面前消灭。
19And as sand is thy seed, And the offspring of thy bowels as its gravel, Not cut off nor destroyed his name before Me.
20 神的子民脱离巴比伦“你们要从巴比伦出来，从迦勒底人中逃出来，你们要用欢呼的声音宣告，把这事说给人听，你们要把这事宣扬出去，直到地极，说：‘耶和华救赎了他的仆人雅各了。’
20Go out from Babylon, flee from the Chaldeans, With a voice of singing declare, Cause ye this to be heard, Bring it forth unto the end of the earth, Say, Redeemed hath Jehovah His servant Jacob.
21耶和华领他们走过荒野的时候，他们并不干渴；他为他们使水从磐石流出来。他裂开磐石，水就涌出来。
21And they have not thirsted in waste places, He hath caused them to go on, Waters from a rock he hath caused to flow to them, Yea, he cleaveth a rock, and flow do waters.
22耶和华说：‘恶人没有平安。’”
22There is no peace, said Jehovah, to the wicked!