¹耶和华对以色列的爱不能生育、没有生养过孩子的啊！你要欢呼。没有生产过的啊！你要发声欢呼，高声呼喊。因为弃妇比有夫之妇有更多儿子。这是耶和华说的。

¹Sing, O barren, she hath not borne! Break forth with singing, and cry aloud, She hath not brought forth! For more [are] the sons of the desolate, Than the sons of the married one, said Jehovah.

²要扩张你帐幕的地方，伸展你居所的幔子，不要限制；要拉长你的绳索，坚固你的橛子。

²Enlarge the place of thy tent, And the curtains of thy tabernacles they stretch out, Restrain not — lengthen thy cords, And thy pins make strong.

³因为你要向南向北扩展，你的后裔必占有列国之地，又使荒废了的城镇有人居住。

³For right and left thou breakest forth, And thy seed doth nations possess,

⁴不要惧怕，因为你必不致蒙羞；也不要抱愧，因为你必不致受辱，你必忘记你幼年时的羞愧，也不再记念你寡居时的耻辱。

⁴And desolate cities they cause to be inhabited. Fear not, for thou art not ashamed, Nor blush, for thou art not confounded, For the shame of thy youth thou forgettest, And the reproach of thy widowhood Thou dost not remember any more.

⁵因为造你的，就是你的丈夫；万军之耶和华是他的名；救赎你的，就是以色列的圣者；他被称为全地的　神。

⁵For thy Maker [is] thy husband, Jehovah of Hosts [is] His name, And thy Redeemer [is] the Holy One of Israel, `God of all the earth,` He is called.

⁶因为耶和华召唤你，如同召唤被离弃、心灵忧伤的妻子，就是幼年时所娶却被弃绝的妻子；这是你的　神说的。

⁶For, as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, Called thee hath Jehovah, Even a youthful wife when she is refused, said thy God.

⁷我只是暂时离弃你，却以极大的怜悯把你招聚回来。

⁷In a small moment I have forsaken thee, And in great mercies I do gather thee,

⁸在怒气涨溢的时候，我暂时向你掩面，却要以永远的慈爱怜悯你；这是耶和华你的救赎主说的。

⁸In overflowing wrath I hid my face [for] a moment from thee, And in kindness age-during I have loved thee, Said thy Redeemer — Jehovah!

⁹这事对我就好像挪亚时代的洪水一般；我怎样起誓不再使挪亚时代的洪水漫过大地，我也照样起誓不向你发怒，也不斥责你。

⁹For, the waters of Noah [is] this to Me, In that I have sworn — the waters of Noah Do not pass again over the earth — So I have sworn, Wrath is not upon thee, Nor rebuke against thee.

¹⁰虽然大山可以挪开，小山可以迁移，但我的慈爱必不从你身上挪开，我和平的约也必不迁移；这是怜悯你的耶和华说的。

¹⁰For the mountains depart, and the hills remove, And My kindness from thee departeth not, And the covenant of My peace removeth not, Said hath thy loving one — Jehovah.

¹¹耶路撒冷将来的景况受困苦、被风飘荡、不得安慰的啊！你看，我要用彩色的石头安置你的基石，以蓝宝石奠定你的根基。

¹¹O afflicted, storm-tossed, not comforted, Lo, I am laying with cement thy stones, And have founded thee with sapphires,

¹²又用红宝石做你的城楼，用红玉做你的城门，用各种宝石做你四周的围墙。

¹²And have made of agate thy pinnacles, And thy gates of carbuncle stones, And all thy border of stones of delight,

¹³你所有的儿女都必受耶和华的教导，你的儿女必大享平安。

¹³And all thy sons are taught of Jehovah, And abundant [is] the peace of thy sons.

¹⁴你必因公义得以坚立；你必远离欺压，你必无所惧怕；你也必远离惊吓，因为惊吓必不会临近你。

¹⁴In righteousness thou establishest thyself, Be far from oppression, for thou fearest not, And from ruin, for it cometh not near unto thee.

¹⁵看哪！必有人起来攻击你，但那不是出于我；攻击你的，必因你仆倒。

¹⁵Lo, he doth diligently assemble without My desire, Who hath assembled near thee? By thee he falleth!

¹⁶看哪！那吹炭火、打造出合用武器的铁匠，是我创造的；那残害人、行毁灭的，也是我创造的。

¹⁶Lo, I — I have prepared an artizan, Blowing on a fire of coals, And bringing out an instrument for his work, And I have prepared a destroyer to destroy.

¹⁷为攻击你而制成的武器，都没有效用；在审判的时候兴起来与你争辩的舌头，你都必定它为有罪。这是耶和华众仆人的产业，他们的义是从我而得；这是耶和华说的。

¹⁷No weapon formed against thee prospereth, And every tongue rising against thee, In judgment thou condemnest. This [is] the inheritance of the servants of Jehovah, And their righteousness from me, an affirmation of Jehovah!