1假神与真神无法相比
1Hear ye the word, O house of Israel, That Jehovah hath spoken for you.
2耶和华这样说：“你们不要学习列国的行径，列国因天象惊惶，你们却不要因这些惊惶。
2Thus said Jehovah: Unto the way of the nations accustom not yourselves, And by the signs of the heavens be not affrighted, For the nations are affrighted by them.
3因为万民所信奉的都是虚空，只是从林中砍下的树木，是匠人用凿刀制成的产品。
3For the statutes of the peoples are vanity, For a tree from a forest hath one cut, Work of the hands of an artificer, with an axe,
4他们用金银把它修饰，用钉子和锤子把它钉牢，使它不动摇。
4With silver and with gold they beautify it, With nails and with hammers they fix it, And it doth not stumble.
5它们像瓜田里的稻草人，不能说话；它们必须要人抬着走，因为它们不能走路。你们不要害怕它们，因它们不能降祸，也不能降福。”
5As a palm they [are] stiff, and they speak not, They are surely borne, for they step not, Be not afraid of them, for they do no evil, Yea, also to do good is not in them.
6耶和华啊！没有可以跟你相比的；你是伟大的，你的名大有能力。
6Because there is none like Thee, O Jehovah, Great [art] Thou, and great Thy name in might.
7万国的王啊！谁敢不敬畏你呢？这是你应得的。因为在列国所有的智慧人中，以及在他们的全国里，没有可以跟你相比的。
7Who doth not fear Thee, king of the nations? For to Thee it is becoming, For among all the wise of the nations, And in all their kingdom there is none like Thee.
8他们全是顽梗愚昧，他们所领受的教导是来自那些虚无、木做的偶像。
8And in one they are brutish and foolish, An instruction of vanities [is] the tree itself.
9那些偶像镶有经过锤炼的银片，银子是从他施运来的，也有从乌法运来的金子，都是匠人和金匠手作的产品。它们穿着蓝色和紫色的衣服，全都是巧匠的作品。
9Spread-out silver from Tarshish is brought, And gold from Uphaz, Work of an artizan, and of the hands of a refiner, Blue and purple [is] their clothing, Work of the skilful — all of them.
10只有耶和华是真神；他是永活的 神，是永远的君王。他一发怒，大地就震动，万国都不能抵受他的忿怒。
10And Jehovah [is] a God of truth, He [is] a living God, and a king age-during, From His wrath shake doth the earth, And nations endure not His indignation.
11你们要对他们这样说：“那些没有创造天地的神，必从地上、从天下消灭。”
11Thus do ye say to them, The gods Who the heavens and earth have not made, They do perish from the earth, And from under these heavens.
12耶和华用自己的能力创造了大地，用自己的智慧坚立了世界，又用自己的聪明展开了诸天。
12The maker of the earth by His power, The establisher of the world by His wisdom, Who, by His understanding, stretched forth the heavens,
13他一发声，空中众水就澎湃；他使云雾从地极上腾；他造了闪电和雷雨，又使风从他的仓库里吹出来。
13At the voice He giveth forth, A multitude of waters [is] in the heavens, And He causeth vapours to come up from the end of the earth, Lightnings for rain He hath made, And bringeth out wind from His treasures.
14人人都是顽梗无知；所有的金匠都因偶像羞愧，因为他们铸造的像都是虚假、没有气息的。
14Brutish is every man by knowledge, Put to shame is every refiner by a graven image, For false [is] his molten image. And there is no breath in them.
15偶像都是虚无的，是荒谬可笑的作品；到了讨罪的时候，它们必被除灭。
15Vanity [are] they, work of erring ones, In the time of their inspection they perish.
16那作雅各产业的并不像这些偶像，因为他是万物的创造者；以色列是属他的民族，万军之耶和华是他的名。
16Not like these [is] the Portion of Jacob, For framer of all things [is] He, And Israel [is] the rod of His inheritance, Jehovah of Hosts [is] His name.
17不能逃避的灾祸住在被围困的城中的人哪！你们从地上拾起自己的行囊。
17Gather from the land thy merchandise, O dweller in the bulwark,
18因为耶和华这样说：“看哪！在这时候，我要把这地的居民投掷出去；又使他们受困苦，以致他们被压倒。”
18For thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am slinging out the inhabitants of the land at this time, And have been an adversary to them, So that they are found out.
19因我的损伤，我有祸了！我的创伤不能医治；但我说：“这是我的痛苦，我必须忍受。”
19Wo to me for my breaking, Grievious hath been my smiting, And I said, Only, this [is] my sickness, and I bear it.
20我的帐棚毁坏，我的绳索都折断了；我的儿女都离我而去，不在这里了；再没有人支搭我的帐棚，挂起我的幔子。
20My tent hath been spoiled, And all my cords have been broken, My sons have gone out from me, and they are not, There is none stretching out any more my tent, And raising up my curtains.
21牧人都是顽梗的，他们不求问耶和华；因此，他们不得亨通，他们所有的羊群都四散。
21For the shepherds have become brutish, And Jehovah they have not sought, Therefore they have not acted wisely, And all their flock is scattered.
22听哪！有风声传来，有大骚动从北方之地而来，要使犹大的城市荒凉，成为野狗的巢穴。
22A voice of a report, lo, it hath come, Even a great shaking from the north country, To make the cities of Judah a desolation, A habitation of dragons.
23耶和华啊！我知道人的道路是不由自己的；人行走时，也不能确定自己的脚步。
23I have known, O Jehovah, that not of man [is] his way, Not of man the going and establishing of his step.
24耶和华啊！求你只按着公正惩治我，不要按着你的忿怒施行惩治，免得你使我衰微。
24Chastise me, O Jehovah, only in judgment, Not in Thine anger, lest Thou make me small.
25愿你把你的烈怒倾倒在不认识你的列国，和不求告你名的万族身上；因为他们吞吃了雅各，他们吞吃了他，把他消灭，使他的住处荒凉。
25Pour out Thy fury on the nations that have not known Thee, And on the families that have not called in Thy name, For they have eaten up Jacob, Yea, they have eaten him up, yea, they consume him, And his habitation they have made desolate!