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.
41:3
ወይዴግኖሙ፡ ወየሐውራ፡ እገሪሁ፡ ፍኖተ፡ ሰላም።
他追趕他們, 走他所未走的道, 坦然前行。
He pursues them and passes by safely, even by a way that he had not gone with his feet.
41:4
መኑ፡ ዘአጽንዐ፡ ወገብረ፡ ዘንተ፤ ወጸውዓ፡ ዘይጼውዓ፡ እምፍጥረተ፡ ዓለም።
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。
Who has worked and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, Yahweh, the first, and with the last, I am he.”
41:5
ርእዩ፡ አሕዛብ፡ ዘአጽናፈ፡ ምድር፡ ወፍርሁ፤ ቅረቡ፡ ወምጽኡ፡ ኅቡረ።
海島看見就都害怕; 地極也都戰兢, 就近前來。
The islands have seen, and fear. The ends of the earth tremble. They approach, and come.
41:6
ወኵሉ፡ ይትዋቀሥ፡ ለእኁሁ፡ ወኵሉ፡ ይረድእ፡ ቢጾ፡ ወይብል።
他們各人幫助鄰舍, 各人對弟兄說:壯膽吧!
Everyone helps his neighbor. They say to their brothers, “Be strong!”
41:7
ያጸንዕ፡ ብእሲ፡ ጸራቢ፡ ወነሃቢ፡ ዘይዘብጥ፡ በሰፌልያ፡ ወኅቡረ፡ ይዘብጥዎሙ።
木匠勉勵銀匠, 用鎚打光的勉勵打砧的, 論銲工說,銲得好; 又用釘子釘穩,免得偶像動搖。
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.
41:16
ወትደምቆሙ፡ ወያነሥኦሙ፡ ነፋስ፡ ወይዘርዎሙ፡ ዐውሎ።
你要把它簸揚,風要吹去; 旋風要把它颳散。 你倒要以耶和華為喜樂, 以以色列的聖者為誇耀。
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.
41:27
ቀዳሚ፡ እሁባ፡ ለጽዮን፡ ወአገብኣ፡ ውስተ፡ ፍኖታ፡ ለኢየሩሳሌም።
我首先對錫安說: 看哪,我要將一位報好信息的賜給耶路撒冷。
I am the first to say to Zion, ‘Behold, look at them;’ and I will give one who brings good news to Jerusalem.