Isaiah 40
1 Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
E HOOMAHA aku, e hoomaha aku oukou i ko'u poe kanaka, Wahi a ke Akua o oukou.
2 Speak to the heart of Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her time of suffering is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned; for she hath received of Jehovah's hand double for all her sins.
E olelo hoomaha aku i ko Ierusalema, E kahea aku hoi ia ia, ua pau kona kaua ana, Ua kalaia hoi kona hala; No ka mea, ma ka lima o Iehova, Ua loaa papalua ia ia no na hewa ona a pau.
3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of Jehovah, make straight in the desert a highway for our God!
Ka leo o ka mea e kala ana, ma ka waonahele, E hoomakaukau oukou i alanui no Iehova, E hoopololei hoi ma ka waoakua, I kuamoo no ko kakou Akua.
4 Every valley shall be raised up, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places a plain.
E hoopihaia'na na awawa a pau, A e hoohaahaaia'na na mauna a pau, a me na puu; E lilo no ka mea kekee i pololei, A me kahi puupuu i laumania.
5 And the glory of Jehovah shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see [it] together: for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken.
E hoikeia mai no ka nani o Iehova, A e ike pu aku no na kanaka a pau; No ka mea, na ka waha o Iehova i olelo mai.
6 A voice saith, Cry. And he saith, What shall I cry? — All flesh is grass, and all the comeliness thereof as the flower of the field.
I mai la ka leo, E kala aku. I aku la ia, Heaha ka'u o kala'i? He mauu no na kanaka a pau, Ua like hoi kona nani a pau me ka pua o ke kula;
7 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, for the breath of Jehovah bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.
Mimino ka mauu, a mae wale ka pua, Ke pa mai ka makani o Iehova maluna ona; He oiaio no, he mauu keia poe kanaka.
8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God abideth for ever.
Mimino ka mauu, a mae wale ka pua; Aka, o ka olelo a ko kakou Akua, e kupaa mau loa no ia.
9 O Zion, that bringest glad tidings, get thee up into a high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest glad tidings, lift up thy voice with strength: lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!
E ka mea hai i ka olelo maikai no Ziona, E pii aku oe iluna o ka mauna kiekie; E ka mea hai i ka olelo maikai no Ierusalema, E hookiekie oe i kou leo me ka ikaika; E hookiekie hoi, mai makau; E olelo ae i na kulanakauhale o ka Iuda, Aia hoi ko oukou Akua!
10 Behold, the Lord Jehovah will come with might, and his arm shall rule for him; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompence before him.
Aia hoi, e hele mai ana ka Haku, o Iehova me ka ikaika, Na kona lima no e malama ia; Aia hoi, me ia pu no kana uku mai, A o kana ukuhuna hoi ma kona alo.
11 He will feed his flock like a shepherd: he will gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom; he will gently lead those that give suck.
E hanai no oia i kana ohana me he kahuhipa la; E hoiliili no hoi i na keikihipa i kona lima, A hiipoi hoi ia lakou ma kona poli, A alakai i ka poe hanai waiu.
12 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out the heavens with [his] span, and grasped the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in a balance, and the hills in scales?
Owai ka mea i ana i na wai maloko o ka poho o kona lima? A ana aku hoi i na lani ma ke kikoo, A ana no hoi i ka lepo o ka honua iloko o ka mea ana, A kaupaona i na kuahiwi ma na mea kaupaona, A me na mauna hoi maloko o na paonakaulike?
13 Who hath directed the Spirit of Jehovah, and, [as] his counsellor, hath taught him?
Owai ka mea i alakai i ka Uhane o Iehova, A noho i kakaolelo nona, a ao aku ia ia?
14 With whom took he counsel, and [who] gave him intelligence, and instructed him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed him the way of understanding?
Me wai la oia i kukakuka pu ai? Nawai hoi i ao aku ia ia, A kuhikuhi hoi ia ia i ke ia ala o ka pono, A hoike aku ia ia i ke ala o ka naauao?
15 Behold, the nations are esteemed as a drop of the bucket, and as the fine dust on the scales; behold, he taketh up the isles as an atom.
Aia hoi, ua like na lahuikanaka, me ke kulu hookahi o ka bakeke, A ua manaoia hoi o like me ka huna lepo uuku maloko o na mea kaulike; Kaikai oia i na aina me he mea uuku la.
16 And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt-offering.
Aole i nui o Lebanona i mea puhi, Aole hoi i nui kolaila holoholona, i mea mohaikuni.
17 All the nations are as nothing before him; they are esteemed by him less than a cipher, and vanity.
Me he mea ole la na lahuikanaka a pau imua ona, A ua manaoia lakou e ia ua uuku iho i ka ole, He mea lapuwale loa hoi.
18 To whom then will ye liken God? and what likeness will ye compare unto him?
Me wai oukou e hoohalike ai i ke Akua? Heaha ka mea like, e hoohalike ai oukou me ia?
19 The workman casteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains [for it].
O ka mea hana, hoohehee no oia i akuakii, A o ka mea hana gula, hohola ae la oia i ke gula maluna o ia mea, A hana hoi i na kaula kala.
20 He that is impoverished, so that he hath no offering, chooseth a tree that doth not rot; he seeketh unto him a skilled workman to prepare a graven image that shall not be moved.
A o ka mea loaa ole ka mohai no ka hune, Wae no oia i wahi laau popo ole; A imi aku la i kahuna akamai i ka hana, Nana e hoomakaukau i akuakii kalaiia naueue ole.
21 — Do ye not know? Have ye not heard? Hath it not been told you from the beginning? Have ye not understood the foundation of the earth?
Aole anei oukou i ike, aole hoi i lohe? Aole anei i haiia mai ia oukou mai kinohi mai? Aole anei oukou i hoomaopopo, mai ka hookumu ana o ka honua?
22 [It is] he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a gauze curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;
Oia no ke noho ma ka poai o ka honua, A ua like hoi kolaila poe e noho ana me na uhini; Nana no e hoopalahalaha aku na lani me he paku la, A hohola no hoi lakou me he hale lole la, kahi e noho ai.
23 that bringeth the princes to nothing, that maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
Oia ke hoolilo i na'lii i mea ole, A me na lunakanawai o ka honua, me he mea lapuwale la.
24 Scarcely are they planted, scarcely are they sown, scarcely hath their stock taken root in the earth, but he also bloweth upon them and they wither, and the whirlwind taketh them away as stubble.
He oiaio, aole lakou e kanuia, Ho oiaio, aole lakou e luluia, He oiaio, aole e paa ka lakou kumu maloko o ka honua; A e puhi mai Oia maluna o lakou, a e mae wale lakou, A e lawe no ka puahiohio ia lakou me he opala la.
25 To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.
Me wai la hoi oukou e hoohalike ai ia'u? A e like au me wai? wahi a ka Mea Hemolele.
26 Lift up your eyes on high, and see! Who hath created these things, bringing out their host by number? He calleth them all by name; through the greatness of his might and strength of power, not one faileth.
E alawa ae i ko oukou mau maka iluna, E nana hoi i ka Mea nana i hana i kela mau mea, Alakai aku no oia i ko lakou lehulehu a pau ma ka helu ana. Hea aku no oia ia lakou a pau ma ka iuoa, No ka nui loa o kona mana, a me ka mana loa o kona ikaika; Aohe mea o lakou i nalowale.
27 Why sayest thou, Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from Jehovah, and my right is passed away from my God?
No ke aha la oe e olelo ai, o Iakoba, A kamailio iho, e ka Iseraela, Ua hunaia ko'u ala, mai o Iehova aku, Ua hoaloia ko'u hoaponoia mai ko'u Akua aku?
28 Dost thou not know, hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not nor tireth? There is no searching of his understanding.
Aole anei oe i ike, aole anei oe i lohe? O ke Akua mau loa o Iehova, O ka mea nana i hana i na kukulu o ka honua; Aole ia e maule, aole hoi e luhi; Aohe mea e hiki ke hoomaopopo i kona ike.
29 He giveth power to the faint; and to him that hath no might he increaseth strength.
Nana no i haawi i ka ikaika i ka mea i maule; A o ka mea ikaika ole, hoomahuahua no ia i ka ikaika.
30 Even the youths shall faint and shall tire, and the young men shall stumble and fall;
E maule auanei ka poe ui, a e maloeloe hoi, E kulanalana loa no na kanaka hou:
31 but they that wait upon Jehovah shall renew [their] strength: they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not tire; they shall walk, and not faint.
Aka, o ka poe hilinai aku ia Iehova, e ulu hou no ko lakou ikaika; E pii eheu aku no lakou iluna, e liko me na aito; E holo no lakou, aole hoi e maloeloe, E hele mua no lakou, aole hoi e maule.
