God Yahweh, he who created the heavens and stretched them out, he who spread out the earth and that which comes out of it, he who gives breath to its people and spirit to those who walk in it, says:
“I, Yahweh, have called you in righteousness. I will hold your hand. I will keep you, and make you a covenant for the people, as a light for the nations,
Sing to Yahweh a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and all that is therein, the islands and their inhabitants.
42:11
ትትፌሣሕ፡ በድዉ፡ ወአህጉሪሃ።
曠野和其中的城邑, 並基達人居住的村莊都當揚聲; 西拉的居民當歡呼, 在山頂上吶喊。
Let the wilderness and its cities raise their voices, with the villages that Kedar inhabits. Let the inhabitants of Sela sing. Let them shout from the top of the mountains!
42:12
ወይሴብሕዎ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፤ ወይነግርዎሙ፡ ለደሰያት፡ ሠናይቶ።
他們當將榮耀歸給耶和華, 在海島中傳揚他的頌讚。
Let them give glory to Yahweh, and declare his praise in the islands.
Yahweh will go out like a mighty man. He will stir up zeal like a man of war. He will raise a war cry. Yes, he will shout aloud. He will triumph over his enemies.
I will bring the blind by a way that they don’t know. I will lead them in paths that they don’t know. I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. I will do these things, and I will not forsake them.
42:17
ወእሙንቱሰ፡ ተመይጡ፡ ድኅሬሆሙ።
倚靠雕刻的偶像, 對鑄造的偶像說: 你是我們的神; 這等人要退後,全然蒙羞。
“Those who trust in engraved images, who tell molten images, ‘You are our gods,’ will be turned back. They will be utterly disappointed.
42:18
ስምዑ፡ ጽሙማን፡ ወርእዩ፡ ዕውራን።
你們這耳聾的,聽吧! 你們這眼瞎的,看吧! 使你們能看見。
“Hear, you deaf, and look, you blind, that you may see.
But this is a robbed and plundered people. All of them are snared in holes, and they are hidden in prisons. They have become captives, and no one delivers, and a plunder, and no one says, ‘Restore them!’
42:23
መኑ፡ እምኔክሙ፡ ዘያጸምዕ፡ ዘንተ፡ ከመ፡ ይስማዕ፡ ዘይመጽእ።
你們中間誰肯側耳聽此, 誰肯留心而聽,以防將來呢?
Who is there among you who will give ear to this? Who will listen and hear for the time to come?
Who gave Jacob as plunder, and Israel to the robbers? Didn’t Yahweh, he against whom we have sinned? For they would not walk in his ways, and they disobeyed his law.
Therefore he poured the fierceness of his anger on him, and the strength of battle. It set him on fire all around, but he didn’t know. It burned him, but he didn’t take it to heart.”