Yǐsaìyàshū 49:1-13

1 Zhòng hǎidǎo a , dāng tīng wǒ yán . yuǎnfāng de zhòng mín nǎ , liú xīn ér tīng . zì wǒ chū tāi , Yēhéhuá jiù xuǎn zhào wǒ , zì chū mǔ fù , tā jiù tí wǒde míng .

2 Tā shǐ wǒde kǒu rú kuaì dāo , jiāng wǒ cáng zaì tā shǒu yīn zhī xià . yòu shǐ wǒ chéngwéi mó liàng de jiàn , jiāng wǒ cáng zaì tāde jiàn daì zhī zhōng .

3 Duì wǒ shuō , nǐ shì wǒde púrén Yǐsèliè , wǒ bì yīn nǐ dé róngyào .

4 Wǒ què shuō , wǒ laólù shì túrán , wǒ jìnlì shì xū wú xū kōng , ránér wǒ dāng dé de lǐ bì zaì Yēhéhuá nàli , wǒde shǎngcì bì zaì wǒde shén nàli .

5 Yēhéhuá cóng wǒ chū tāi zào jiù wǒ zuò tāde púrén , yào shǐ Yǎgè guī xiàng tā , shǐ Yǐsèliè dào Tānàli jùjí . ( yuánlái Yēhéhuá kàn wǒ wèi zūnguì , wǒde shén yĕ chéngwéi wǒde lìliang )

6 Xiànzaì tā shuō , nǐ zuò wǒde púrén , shǐ Yǎgè zhòng zhīpaì fùxīng , shǐ Yǐsèliè zhōng dé bǎoquán de guī huí , shàng wèi xiǎoshì , wǒ hái yào shǐ nǐ zuò waìbāngrén de guāng , jiào nǐ shīxíng wǒde jiùēn , zhídào dìjí .

7 Jiùshú zhǔ Yǐsèliè de shèng zhĕ Yēhéhuá , duì nà beì rén suǒ miǎoshì , bĕn guó suǒ zēngwù , guān zhǎng suǒ nüè dāi de , rúcǐ shuō , jūnwáng yào kànjian jiù zhàn qǐ , shǒulǐng yĕ yào xià baì , dōu yīn xìnshí de Yēhéhuá , jiù shì jiǎnxuǎn nǐ Yǐsèliè de shèng zhĕ .

8 Yēhéhuá rúcǐ shuō , zaì yuènà de shíhou wǒ yīngyún le nǐ , zaì zhĕngjiù de rìzi wǒ jǐ zhù le nǐ , wǒ yào bǎohù nǐ , shǐ nǐ zuò zhòng mín de zhōngbǎo , ( zhōngbǎo yuánwén zuò yuē ) fùxīng biàn dì , shǐ rén chéngshòu huāngliáng zhī dì wèi yè .

9 Duì nà beì kúnbǎng de rén shuō , chūlai ba . duì nà zaì hēiàn de rén shuō , xiǎnlù ba . tāmen zaì lù shang bì dé yǐnshí , zaì yīqiè jìng guāng de gāo chù bì yǒu shíwù .

10 Bùjībù kĕ , yán rè hé liè rì bì bù shānghaì tāmen , yīnwei liánxù tāmende , bì yǐndǎo tāmen , lǐng tāmen dào shuǐ quán pángbiān .

11 Wǒ bì shǐ wǒde zhòng shān chéngwéi dà dào , wǒde dà lù yĕ beì xiū gāo .

12 Kàn nǎ , zhèxie cóng yuǎnfāng lái , zhèxie cóng bĕi fāng , cóng xī fāng lái , zhèxie cóng qín guó lái . ( qín yuánwén zuò xī ní )

13 Zhū tiān nǎ , yīngdāng huānhū . dàdì a , yīngdāng kuaìlè . zhòng shān nǎ , yīngdāng fā shēng gē chàng . yīnwei Yēhéhuá yǐjing ānwèi tāde bǎixìng , yĕ yào liánxù tā kùnkǔ zhī mín .

Yǐsaìyàshū 49:1-13 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 49

This is a prophecy concerning Christ, and redemption by him; and of the enlargement of the church in the latter day, by the conversion of Jews and Gentiles; which the isles, and people afar off, are exhorted to listen and hearken to, delivered out by the prophet, in the person of Christ; who gives an account of his call to his office, and the time of it; of what the Lord did for him, and said unto him, Isa 49:1-3, then follows a complaint of his labouring in vain, and a correction of it, Isa 49:4 and a further declaration of his call and appointment to office, and of each of the parts of the work assigned him, with encouragement to it, Isa 49:5,6. Christ is again represented under discouraging circumstances, as despised of men, abhorred by the nation, and a servant of rulers; who is encouraged by divine promises that kings should rise up before him, and worship him; that God would be faithful to his promise to him, and yet choose him, hear and help him, at a proper time; preserve him, and give him for a covenant to the people, to the establishment of the earth, and making it habitable, Isa 49:7,8 for the release of prisoners, and feeding, leading, and guiding them, and removing all difficulties out of the way, Isa 49:9-11 when the calling of the Gentiles is foretold, which would occasion great joy in the world, Isa 49:12,13 yet the church is introduced as complaining that she was forsaken of God, Isa 49:14 which is denied, and the contrary affirmed; being dear to the Lord as a sucking child to its mother, and more so; never forgotten by him, and always under his care, Isa 49:16, and, for her comfort, she is assured that those who had destroyed and made her waste should be removed; and that she should have converts that would be an ornament to her, and these numerous, insomuch that the place of their habitation would be too strait and narrow, and which would be matter of astonishment to her, Isa 49:17-21 and, besides those that would be converted in the land of Judea, there would be great numbers in the Gentile world converted by the power of God accompanying his Gospel, set up as a standard there, kings and queens countenancing and encouraging the interest of Christ, Isa 49:22,23 and yet still it is questioned whether the church should be delivered from her oppressors, Isa 49:24 to which it is answered, that she should be delivered, and her persecutors destroyed; by which it would be known that the Lord is the Redeemer and Saviour of his people, Isa 49:25,26.