“你们拿谁与我相比,
使之与我同等呢?
你们把谁比作我,
使之与我相同呢?
有些人从囊中取金子,
又用天平称银子,
雇银匠制造神像,
然后向它俯伏叩拜。
他们把神像抬起来扛在肩上,
找个地方把它安置好,
它就在那里呆立不动。
人向它呼求,它不能回应,
也不能救人脱离困境。

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“With whom will you compare me or count me equal?
    To whom will you liken me that we may be compared?(A)
Some pour out gold from their bags
    and weigh out silver on the scales;
they hire a goldsmith(B) to make it into a god,
    and they bow down and worship it.(C)
They lift it to their shoulders and carry(D) it;
    they set it up in its place, and there it stands.
    From that spot it cannot move.(E)
Even though someone cries out to it, it cannot answer;(F)
    it cannot save(G) them from their troubles.

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