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40:1
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你们的神说：你们要安慰，安慰我的百姓。
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Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
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40:2
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要对耶路撒冷说安慰的话，又向他宣告说，他争战的日子已满了；他的罪孽赦免了；他为自己的一切罪，从耶和华手中加倍受罚。
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Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem; and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she hath received of Jehovah`s hand double for all her sins.
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40:3
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有人声喊着说：在旷野预备耶和华的路（或作：在旷野，有人声喊着说：当预备耶和华的路），在沙漠地修平我们神的道。
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The voice of one that crieth, Prepare ye in the wilderness the way of Jehovah; make level in the desert a highway for our God.
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40:4
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一切山洼都要填满，大小山冈都要削平；高高低低的要改为平坦，崎崎岖岖的必成为平原。
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Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the uneven shall be made level, and the rough places a plain:
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40:5
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耶和华的荣耀必然显现；凡有血气的必一同看见；因为这是耶和华亲口说的。
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and the glory of Jehovah shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken it.
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40:6
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有人声说：你喊叫吧！有一个说：我喊叫什么呢？说：凡有血气的尽都如草；他的美容都像野地的花。
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The voice of one saying, Cry. And one said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field.
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40:7
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草必枯干，花必凋残，因为耶和华的气吹在其上；百姓诚然是草。
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The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, because the breath of Jehovah bloweth upon it; surely the people is grass.
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40:8
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草必枯干，花必凋残，惟有我们神的话必永远立定。
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The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God shall stand forever.
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40:9
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报好信息给锡安的啊，你要登高山；报好信息给耶路撒冷的啊，你要极力扬声。扬声不要惧怕，对犹大的城邑说：看哪，你们的神！
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O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, get thee up on a high mountain; O thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold, your God!
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40:10
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主耶和华必像大能者临到；他的膀臂必为他掌权。他的赏赐在他那里；他的报应在他面前。
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Behold, the Lord Jehovah will come as a mighty one, and his arm will rule for him: Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.
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40:11
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他必像牧人牧养自己的羊群，用膀臂聚集羊羔抱在怀中，慢慢引导那乳养小羊的。
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He will feed his flock like a shepherd, he will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom, [and] will gently lead those that have their young.
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40:12
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谁曾用手心量诸水，用手虎口量苍天，用升斗盛大地的尘土，用秤称山岭，用天平平冈陵呢？
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Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
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40:13
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谁曾测度耶和华的心（或作：谁曾指示耶和华的灵），或作他的谋士指教他呢？
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Who hath directed the Spirit of Jehovah, or being his counsellor hath taught him?
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40:14
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他与谁商议，谁教导他，谁将公平的路指示他，又将知识教训他，将通达的道指教他呢？
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With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and showed to him the way of understanding?
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40:15
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看哪，万民都像水桶的一滴，又算如天平上的微尘；他举起众海岛，好像极微之物。
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Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are accounted as the small dust of the balance: Behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
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40:16
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利巴嫩的树林不够当柴烧；其中的走兽也不够作燔祭。
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And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt-offering.
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40:17
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万民在他面前好像虚无，被他看为不及虚无，乃为虚空。
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All the nations are as nothing before him; they are accounted by him as less than nothing, and vanity.
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40:18
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你们究竟将谁比神，用什么形像与神比较呢？
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To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
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40:19
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偶像是匠人铸造，银匠用金包裹，为他铸造银炼。
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The image, a workman hath cast [it], and the goldsmith overlayeth it with gold, and casteth [for it] silver chains.
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40:20
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穷乏献不起这样供物的，就拣选不能朽坏的树木，为自己寻找巧匠，立起不能摇动的偶像。
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He that is too impoverished for [such] an oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a skilful workman to set up a graven image, that shall not be moved.
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40:21
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你们岂不曾知道吗？你们岂不曾听见吗？从起初岂没有人告诉你们吗？自从立地的根基，你们岂没有明白吗？
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Have ye not known? have yet not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?
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40:22
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神坐在地球大圈之上；地上的居民好像蝗虫。他铺张穹苍如幔子，展开诸天如可住的帐棚。
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[It is] he that sitteth above the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;
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40:23
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他使君王归于虚无，使地上的审判官成为虚空。
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that bringeth princes to nothing; that maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
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40:24
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他们是刚才（或作：不曾；下同）栽上，刚才种上，根也刚才扎在地里，他一吹在其上，便都枯干；旋风将他们吹去，像碎稓一样。
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Yea, they have not been planted; yea, they have not been sown; yea, their stock hath not taken root in the earth: moreover he bloweth upon them, and they wither, and the whirlwind taketh them away as stubble.
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40:25
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那圣者说：你们将谁比我，叫他与我相等呢？
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To whom then will ye liken me, that I should be equal [to him]? saith the Holy One.
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40:26
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你们向上举目，看谁创造这万象，按数目领出，他一一称其名；因他的权能，又因他的大能大力，连一个都不缺。
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Lift up your eyes on high, and see who hath created these, that bringeth out their host by number; he calleth them all by name; by the greatness of his might, and for that he is strong in power, not one is lacking.
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40:27
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雅各啊，你为何说，我的道路向耶和华隐藏？以色列啊，你为何言，我的冤屈神并不查问？
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Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from Jehovah, and the justice [due] to me is passed away from my God?
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40:28
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你岂不曾知道吗？你岂不曾听见吗？永在的神耶和华，创造地极的主，并不疲乏，也不困倦；他的智慧无法测度。
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Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard? The everlasting God, Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary; there is no searching of his understanding.
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40:29
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疲乏的，他赐能力；软弱的，他加力量。
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He giveth power to the faint; and to him that hath no might he increaseth strength.
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40:30
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就是少年人也要疲乏困倦；强壮的也必全然跌倒。
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Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
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40:31
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但那等候耶和华的必从新得力。他们必如鹰展翅上腾；他们奔跑却不困倦，行走却不疲乏。
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but they that wait for Jehovah shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.
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