1 "Comfort, comfort my people," says your God. 2 "Speak comfortably to Jerusalem, and call out to her that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received of Yahweh’s hand double for all her sins."
3 The voice of one who calls out,
"Prepare the way of Yahweh in the wilderness!
Make a level highway in the desert for our God.
4 Every valley shall be exalted,
and every mountain and hill shall be made low.
The uneven shall be made level,
and the rough places a plain.
5 Yahweh’s glory shall be revealed,
and all flesh shall see it together;
for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it."
6 The voice of one saying, "Cry out!"
One said, "What shall I cry?"
"All flesh is like grass,
and all its glory is like the flower of the field.
7 The grass withers,
the flower fades,
because Yahweh’s breath blows on it.
Surely the people are like grass.
8 The grass withers,
the flower fades;
but the word of our God stands forever."
9 You who tell good news to Zion, go up on a high mountain.
You who tell good news to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with strength!
Lift it up! Don’t be afraid!
Say to the cities of Judah, "Behold, your God!"
10 Behold, the Lord Yahweh will come as a mighty one,
and his arm will rule for him.
Behold, his reward is with him,
and his recompense before him.
11 He will feed his flock like a shepherd.
He will gather the lambs in his arm,
and carry them in his bosom.
He will gently lead those who have their young.
12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand,
and marked off the sky with his span,
and calculated the dust of the earth in a measuring basket,
and weighed the mountains in scales,
and the hills in a balance?
13 Who has directed Yahweh’s Spirit,
or has taught him as his counselor?
14 Who did he take counsel with,
and who instructed him,
and taught him in the path of justice,
and taught him knowledge,
and showed him the way of understanding?
15 Behold, the nations are like a drop in a bucket,
and are regarded as a speck of dust on a balance.
Behold, he lifts up the islands like a very little thing.
16 Lebanon is not sufficient to burn,
nor its animals sufficient for a burnt offering.
17 All the nations are like nothing before him.
They are regarded by him as less than nothing, and vanity.
18 To whom then will you liken God?
Or what likeness will you compare to him?
19 A workman has cast an image,
and the goldsmith overlays it with gold,
and casts silver chains for it.
20 He who is too impoverished for such an offering chooses a tree that will not rot.
He seeks a skillful workman to set up a carved image for him that will not be moved.
21 Haven’t you known?
Haven’t you heard?
Haven’t you been told from the beginning?
Haven’t you understood from the foundations of the earth?
22 It is he who sits above the circle of the earth,
and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers;
who stretches out the heavens like a curtain,
and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in,
23 who brings princes to nothing,
who makes the judges of the earth meaningless.
24 They are planted scarcely.
They are sown scarcely.
Their stock has scarcely taken root in the ground.
He merely blows on them, and they wither,
and the whirlwind takes them away as stubble.
25 "To whom then will you liken me?
Who is my equal?" says the Holy One.
26 Lift up your eyes on high,
and see who has created these,
who brings out their army by number.
He calls them all by name.
by the greatness of his might,
and because he is strong in power,
not one is lacking.
27 Why do you say, Jacob,
and speak, Israel,
"My way is hidden from Yahweh,
and the justice due me is disregarded by my God?"
28 Haven’t you known?
Haven’t you heard?
The everlasting God, Yahweh,
the Creator of the ends of the earth, doesn’t faint.
He isn’t weary.
His understanding is unsearchable.
29 He gives power to the weak.
He increases the strength of him who has no might.
30 Even the youths faint and get weary,
and the young men utterly fall;
31 but those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength.
They will mount up with wings like eagles.
They will run, and not be weary.
They will walk, and not faint.
1 你们的 神说： "你们要安慰， 要安慰我的子民！
2 你们要向耶路撒冷说慈爱的话， 又要向它宣告： 他们的苦难已经满足了， 他们的罪孽已经还清了， 他们因着自己的一切罪， 已经从耶和华的手里受到过重的刑罚。"
3 有声音呼喊说： "你们要在旷野清理耶和华的路， 在沙漠修直我们 神的大道。
4 一切深谷都要填满， 一切山冈都要削平； 险峻的要改为平地， 崎岖的要改为平原。
5 耶和华的荣耀必要显现， 所有的人都必一同看见， 因为这是耶和华亲口说的。"
6 有声音说： "你呼喊吧！ "他问： "我呼喊什么呢？""所有的人尽都如草； 他们的荣美都像野地的花。
7 草必枯干， 花必凋谢； 因为耶和华的气吹在上面； 真的， 这民的确是草！
8 草必枯干， 花必凋谢， 唯有我们 神的道永远长存。"
9 报好信息给锡安的啊！ 你要登上高山。报好信息给耶路撒冷的啊！ 你要极力扬声。要扬声， 不要惧怕！ 要对犹大的众城说： "看哪， 你们的 神！ "
10 看哪！ 主耶和华必像大能者临到， 他的膀臂要为他掌权； 看哪！ 他给予人的赏赐在他那里， 他施予人的报应在他面前。
11 他必像牧人牧养自己的羊群， 像用膀臂聚集羊羔， 抱在自己的怀中， 慢慢引导乳养小羊的。
12 谁曾用掌心量过海水， 用手掌测过苍天呢？谁曾用升斗量过大地的尘土， 用秤称山岭， 用天平称冈陵呢？
13 谁曾测度耶和华的灵， 或作过他的谋士教导他呢？
14 他与谁商议， 谁使他有聪明？谁把正确的路指教他， 把知识指教他， 又把明智的路教导他呢？
15 看哪！ 万国都像水桶里的一滴， 又被看作天平上的微尘。看哪！ 他举起众海岛， 好像微细之物。
16 黎巴嫩的树林不够当柴烧， 其中的走兽也不够作燔祭。
17 万国在他跟前好像不存在， 在他看来， 只是乌有和虚空。
18 你们把谁来跟 神相比呢？你们用什么形象来与 神并列呢？
19 至于偶像， 是匠人铸造的， 铸匠用金子把它包裹， 用银子为它做银链。
20 贫穷献不起这供物的， 就拣选不朽坏的树木， 为自己寻找巧匠， 立起不会动摇的偶像。
21 你们不曾知道吗？你们不曾听见吗？不是从起初就已经告诉过你们吗？自从大地的根基立了以来， 你们还不曾明白吗？
22 神坐在大地的圆穹之上， 地上的居民好像蚱蜢， 他铺张诸天如铺张幔子， 展开众天像展开可以居住的帐棚。
23 他使诸侯都归于无有， 使地上的审判官成为虚空。
24 他们才刚刚栽上， 刚刚种上， 他们的树头刚刚在地里扎根， 他一吹在其上， 他们就枯干了， 旋风把他们像碎秸一样吹去。
25 那圣者说： "你们把谁来跟我相比， 使他与我相等呢？"
26 你们向天举目吧！ 看是谁创造了这些万象？是谁按着数目把万象领出来， 一一指名呼唤？因他的大能大力， 连一个也不缺少。
27 雅各啊！ 你为什么这样说； 以色列啊！ 你为什么埋怨说： "我的道路向耶和华隐藏， 我的案件被我的 神忽略了"？
28 你不知道吗？你没有听过吗？永在的 神、耶和华、地极的创造主既不疲乏， 也不困倦； 他的知识无法测度。
29 疲乏的， 他赐气力， 无力的， 他加力量。
30 就是年轻人也会疲乏困倦， 强壮的人也会全然跌倒。
31 但那些仰望耶和华的人， 必重新得力； 他们必像鹰一样展翅上腾； 他们奔跑， 也不困倦， 他们行走， 也不疲乏。