Who has raised up one from the east? Who called him to his feet in righteousness? He hands over nations to him and makes him rule over kings. He gives them like the dust to his sword, like the driven stubble to his bow.
He pursues them and passes by safely, even by a way that he had not gone with his feet.
他追趕他們， 走他所未走的道， 坦然前行。
41:4
መኑ፡ ዘአጽንዐ፡ ወገብረ፡ ዘንተ፤ ወጸውዓ፡ ዘይጼውዓ፡ እምፍጥረተ፡ ዓለም።
Who has worked and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, Yahweh, the first, and with the last, I am he.”
誰行做成就這事， 從起初宣召歷代呢？ 就是我－耶和華！ 我是首先的， 也與末後的同在。
41:5
ርእዩ፡ አሕዛብ፡ ዘአጽናፈ፡ ምድር፡ ወፍርሁ፤ ቅረቡ፡ ወምጽኡ፡ ኅቡረ።
The islands have seen, and fear. The ends of the earth tremble. They approach, and come.
海島看見就都害怕； 地極也都戰兢， 就近前來。
41:6
ወኵሉ፡ ይትዋቀሥ፡ ለእኁሁ፡ ወኵሉ፡ ይረድእ፡ ቢጾ፡ ወይብል።
Everyone helps his neighbor. They say to their brothers, “Be strong!”
他們各人幫助鄰舍， 各人對弟兄說：壯膽吧！
41:7
ያጸንዕ፡ ብእሲ፡ ጸራቢ፡ ወነሃቢ፡ ዘይዘብጥ፡ በሰፌልያ፡ ወኅቡረ፡ ይዘብጥዎሙ።
So the carpenter encourages the goldsmith. He who smooths with the hammer encourages him who strikes the anvil, saying of the soldering, “It is good;” and he fastens it with nails, that it might not totter.
you whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and called from its corners, and said to you, ‘You are my servant. I have chosen you and have not cast you away.’
Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.
Behold, I have made you into a new sharp threshing instrument with teeth. You will thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and will make the hills like chaff.
看哪，我已使你成為 有快齒打糧的新器具； 你要把山嶺打得粉碎， 使岡陵如同糠詷。
41:16
ወትደምቆሙ፡ ወያነሥኦሙ፡ ነፋስ፡ ወይዘርዎሙ፡ ዐውሎ።
You will winnow them, and the wind will carry them away, and the whirlwind will scatter them. You will rejoice in Yahweh. You will glory in the Holy One of Israel.
The poor and needy seek water, and there is none. Their tongue fails for thirst. I, Yahweh, will answer them. I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
I will open rivers on the bare heights, and springs in the middle of the valleys. I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
“Let them announce and declare to us what will happen! Declare the former things, what they are, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or show us things to come.
Declare the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that you are gods. Yes, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and see it together.
“I have raised up one from the north, and he has come, from the rising of the sun, one who calls on my name, and he shall come on rulers as on mortar, and as the potter treads clay.
Who has declared it from the beginning, that we may know? and before, that we may say, ‘He is right’? Surely, there is no one who declares. Surely, there is no one who shows. Surely, there is no one who hears your words.