¹以色列的罪恶与仆人的顺服

¹Thus said Jehovah: `Where [is] this — the bill of your mother`s divorce, Whom I sent away? Or to which of My creditors have I sold you? Lo, for your iniquities ye have been sold, And for your transgressions Hath your mother been sent away.

²为什么我来的时候，没有人在呢？为什么我呼唤的时候，没有人答应呢？难道我的手太软弱不能救赎吗？或是我没有能力拯救吗？看哪！我以斥责使海干涸，我使江河变成旷野，江河的鱼因无水发臭，因干渴而死。

²Wherefore have I come, and there is no one? I called, and there is none answering, Hath My hand been at all short of redemption? And is there not in me power to deliver? Lo, by My rebuke I dry up a sea, I make rivers a wilderness, Their fish stinketh, for there is no water, And dieth with thirst.

³我使诸天以黑暗为衣服，以麻布作它们的遮盖。”

³I clothe the heavens [with] blackness, And sackcloth I make their covering.

⁴主耶和华赐给了我一个受教者的舌头，使我知道怎样用言语扶助疲乏的人；主每天清晨唤醒我，他每天清晨唤醒我的耳朵，使我能像受教者一样静听。

⁴The Lord Jehovah hath given to me The tongue of taught ones, To know to aid the weary [by] a word, He waketh morning by morning, He waketh for me an ear to hear as taught ones.

⁵主耶和华开启了我的耳朵，我并没有违抗，也没有后退。

⁵The Lord Jehovah opened for me the ear, And I rebelled not — backward I moved not.

⁶我把我的背给打我的人打，把我的腮颊给拔我胡须的人拔；我并没有掩面躲避人的羞辱和人的唾液。

⁶My back I have given to those smiting, And my cheeks to those plucking out, My face I hid not from shame and spitting.

⁷但主耶和华必帮助我，所以我必不羞愧，因此我板着脸好像坚硬的燧石，我也知道我必不会蒙羞。

⁷And the Lord Jehovah giveth help to me, Therefore I have not been ashamed, Therefore I have set my face as a flint, And I know that I am not ashamed.

⁸那称我为义的，与我相近；谁与我争讼呢？让我们一同站起来吧！谁是指控我的？让他就近我来。

⁸Near [is] He who is justifying me, Who doth contend with me? We stand together, who [is] mine opponent? Let him come nigh unto me.

⁹看哪！主耶和华帮助我，谁能定我有罪呢？看哪！他们都要像衣服渐渐破旧，蛀虫必把他们吃光。

⁹Lo, the Lord Jehovah giveth help to me, Who [is] he that declareth me wicked? Lo, all of them as a garment wear out, A moth doth eat them.

¹⁰你们中间谁是敬畏耶和华，听从他仆人的声音的？谁是行在黑暗中，没有亮光的呢？他该倚靠耶和华的名，依赖他的　神。

¹⁰Who [is] among you, fearing Jehovah, Hearkening to the voice of His servant, That hath walked in dark places, And there is no brightness for him? Let him trust in the name of Jehovah, And lean upon his God.

¹¹看哪！你们点火的，用火把围绕自己的，都行在你们火焰的光里，都走在你们所燃点的火把中吧！这是你们从我手里所要得的：你们必躺卧在痛苦之中。

¹¹Lo, all ye kindling a fire, girding on sparks, Walk ye in the light of your fire, And in the sparks ye have caused to burn, From my hand hath this been to you, In grief ye lie down!