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耶和华之仆自述其徒劳

49 “众海岛啊,当听我言!远方的众民哪,留心而听!自我出胎,耶和华就选召我;自出母腹,他就提我的名。 他使我的口如快刀,将我藏在他手荫之下;又使我成为磨亮的箭,将我藏在他箭袋之中。 对我说:‘你是我的仆人以色列,我必因你得荣耀。’ 我却说:‘我劳碌是徒然,我尽力是虚无虚空,然而我当得的理必在耶和华那里,我的赏赐必在我神那里。’

自言将施救恩至于地极

“耶和华从我出胎造就我做他的仆人,要使雅各归向他,使以色列到他那里聚集。原来耶和华看我为尊贵,我的神也成为我的力量。 现在他说:‘你做我的仆人,使雅各众支派复兴,使以色列中得保全的归回,尚为小事,我还要使你做外邦人的光,叫你施行我的救恩,直到地极。’” 救赎主以色列的圣者耶和华,对那被人所藐视、本国所憎恶、官长所虐待的如此说:“君王要看见就站起,首领也要下拜,都因信实的耶和华,就是拣选你以色列的圣者。”

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The Servant of the Lord

49 Listen(A) to me, you islands;(B)
    hear this, you distant nations:
Before I was born(C) the Lord called(D) me;
    from my mother’s womb he has spoken my name.(E)
He made my mouth(F) like a sharpened sword,(G)
    in the shadow of his hand(H) he hid me;
he made me into a polished arrow(I)
    and concealed me in his quiver.
He said to me, “You are my servant,(J)
    Israel, in whom I will display my splendor.(K)
But I said, “I have labored in vain;(L)
    I have spent my strength for nothing at all.
Yet what is due me is in the Lord’s hand,(M)
    and my reward(N) is with my God.”(O)

And now the Lord says—
    he who formed me in the womb(P) to be his servant
to bring Jacob back to him
    and gather Israel(Q) to himself,
for I am[a] honored(R) in the eyes of the Lord
    and my God has been my strength(S)
he says:
“It is too small a thing for you to be my servant(T)
    to restore the tribes of Jacob
    and bring back those of Israel I have kept.(U)
I will also make you a light(V) for the Gentiles,(W)
    that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.”(X)

This is what the Lord says—
    the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel(Y)
to him who was despised(Z) and abhorred by the nation,
    to the servant of rulers:
“Kings(AA) will see you and stand up,
    princes will see and bow down,(AB)
because of the Lord, who is faithful,(AC)
    the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen(AD) you.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 49:5 Or him, / but Israel would not be gathered; / yet I will be