Isaiah 40
1 Be comforted, be comforted, my people, saith your God.
Ankouraje pèp mwen an, ankouraje l'! Se Bondye nou an ki di sa!
2 Speak ye to the heart of Jerusalem, and call to her: for her evil is come to an end, her iniquity is forgiven: she hath received of the hand of the Lord double for all her sins.
Souke kouraj moun lavil Jerizalèm yo! Fè yo konnen yo soufri kont yo atò. Yo fin peye pou sa yo te fè. Seyè a pini yo kont yo pou tout peche yo te fè yo.
3 The voice of one crying in the desert: Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the wilderness the paths of our God.
Tande vwa yon moun k'ap rele byen fò: -Pare chemen Seyè a nan dezè a. Louvri yon wout nan savann lan pou Bondye nou an!
4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall become straight, and the rough ways plain.
Se pou yo konble tout fon yo! Se pou yo kase tèt mòn yo ak tèt bit yo! Se pou ti mòn yo tounen platon, se pou tout mòn yo vin tè pla!
5 And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh together shall see, that the mouth of the Lord hath spoken.
Seyè a pral fè wè pouvwa li a! Tout moun pral wè l' menm lè a. Se Seyè a menm ki di sa ak bouch li.
6 The voice of one, saying: Cry. And I said: What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the glory thereof as the flower of the held.
Yon vwa rete li di: Pale non! Yon lòt mande: Sa pou m' di? Di yo moun se tankou zèb yo ye. Tout bèlte yo, se tankou bèlte flè nan savann.
7 The grass is withered, and the dower is fallen, because the spirit of the Lord hath blown upon it. Indeed the people is grass:
Zèb la cheche, flè a fennen, lè Seyè a voye van li soufle sou yo. Se vre wi! Se tankou zèb pèp la ye!
8 The grass is withered, and the flower is fallen: but the word of our Lord endureth for ever.
Wi, zèb la cheche, flè a fennen, Men, pawòl Bondye nou an la pou tout tan!
9 Get thee up upon a high mountain, thou that bringest good tidings to Sion: lift up thy voice with strength, thou that bringest good tidings to Jerusalem: lift it up, fear not. Say to the cities of Juda: Behold your God:
Nou menm moun lavil Jerizalèm, moute sou yon mòn byen wo, gaye bon nouvèl la! Nou menm moun mòn Siyon yo, pale byen fò, gaye bon nouvèl la! Nou mèt pale fò. Nou pa bezwen pè! Di moun lavil peyi Jida yo men Bondye nou an ap vini!
10 Behold the Lord God shall come with strength, and his arm shall rule: Behold his reward is with him and his work is before him.
Men Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a! L'ap vini avèk tout fòs kouraj li. Li pral pran pouvwa a nan men l'. L'ap mennen moun li te delivre yo avè l'. Y'ap mache devan l'! Se rekonpans li. Se rezilta travay li.
11 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather together the lambs with his arm, and shall take them up in his bosom, and he himself shall carry them that are with young.
Tankou yon gadò, l'ap okipe mouton l' yo. Se li menm k'ap sanble yo. L'ap pote ti mouton yo sou bra l'. Tou dousman l'ap mennen manman mouton ki gen pitit dèyè yo.
12 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and weighed the heavens with his palm? who hath poised with three fingers the bulk of the earth, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Kilès ki ka mezire valè dlo ki nan lanmè a ak men l'? Kilès ki ka pran lajè syèl la ak dwèt li? Kilès ki ka mete tout tè a nan yon ti mezi? Kilès ki ka pran pèz mòn yo ak pèz ti bit yo nan balans?
13 Who hath forwarded the spirit of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor, and hath taught him?
Ki moun ki ka di Seyè a sa pou li fè? Ki moun ki te ba li konsèy?
14 With whom hath he consulted, and who hath instructed him, and taught him the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and shewed him the way of understanding?
Ki moun Seyè a te al jwenn pou l' te ka gen bon konprann? Ki moun ki te moutre l' jan pou l' mache dwat? Ki moun ki te ba li konesans? Ki moun ki te fè l' konnen jan tout bagay fèt?
15 Behold the Gentiles are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the smallest grain of a balance: behold the islands are as a little dust.
Gade! Devan Seyè a, nasyon yo tankou yon gout dlo nan yon bokit. Yo pa peze plis pase ti pousyè nan yon balans. Moun zile yo menm, yo tankou pousyè van ap pote ale!
16 And Libanus shall not be enough to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.
Tout rakbwa peyi Liban yo pa kont pou boule sou lotèl li. Tout bèt ki nan rakbwa peyi Liban yo pa kont ase pou yo fè ofrann bèt pou yo boule pou li yo!
17 All nations are before him as if they had no being at all, and are counted to him as nothing, and vanity.
Tout nasyon yo mete ansanm, yo pa anyen devan Seyè a. Li pa pran yo pou anyen. Yo pa vo anyen nan je l'.
18 To whom then have you likened God? or what image will you make for him?
Ki moun nou ka di ki tankou Bondye? Ki pòtre nou ta fè ki pou ta sanble avè l'?
19 Hath the workman cast a graven statue? or hath the goldsmith formed it with gold, or the silversmith with plates of silver?
Bòs atizan an pran yon moul pou fè yon estati. Efèv la kouvri estati a nèt ak lò. Li fonn ajan pou soude l' nan plas li.
20 He hath chosen strong wood, and that will not rot: the skillful workman seeketh how he may set up an idol that may not be moved.
Sa ki pa gen gwo mwayen fè yon estati an bwa. Li chwazi yon bon bwa ki p'ap pouri. Li chache yon bon bòs atizan pou travay li pou li, pou fè yon estati ki p'ap tonbe kraze.
21 Do you not know? hath it not been heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have you not understood the foundations of the earth?
Se konnen nou pa konnen sa? Ki jan fè yo pa t' janm di nou sa? Pesonn pa t' fè nou konn sa depi lontan? Nou pa janm chache konprann ki moun ki fè latè?
22 It is he that sitteth upon the globe of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as locusts: he that stretcheth out the heavens as nothing, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in.
Moun ki fè l' la chita anwo nèt, anlè tè a, depase syèl la. Moun ki sou latè, se tankou foumi yo ye devan l'. Li deploye syèl la tankou yon rido. Li louvri syèl la tankou yon tant kote pou moun rete.
23 He that bringeth the searchers of secrets to nothing, that hath made the judges of the earth as vanity.
Li wete tout pouvwa wa yo te genyen. Li fè chèf k'ap dirije lèzòm sou latè yo pase pou anyen.
24 And surely their stock was neither planted, nor sown, nor rooted in the earth: suddenly he hath blown upon them, and they are withered, and a whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.
Yo tankou yon jenn ti plan ki fèrenk ap pouse fèy, ki fenk ap fè rasin anba tè. Seyè a fè van li soufle sou yo, yo cheche. Yon toubouyon van an pote yo ale tankou pay.
25 And to whom have ye likened me, or made me equal, saith the Holy One?
Ki moun nou ka di ki tankou m'? Ki moun ki pou ta sanble avè m'? Se Bondye apa a ki di sa.
26 Lift up your eyes on high, and see who hath created these things: who bringeth out their host by number, and calleth them all by their names: by the greatness of his might, and strength, and power, not one of them was missing.
Leve tèt nou gade syèl la. Ki moun ki kreye tout zetwal sa yo? Tankou nan yon lame, li bay yo chak plas yo. Li bay yo tout non, li konn non yo chak. Yonn pa janm manke nan syèl la! Li gen gwo pouvwa, li gen anpil fòs.
27 Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel: My way is hid from the Lord, and my judgment is passed over from my God?
Nou menm, moun fanmi Jakòb yo, poukisa n'ap plenyen konsa? Nou menm, pèp Izrayèl la, poukisa n'ap plede di: Seyè a pa konn sa n'ap pase! Bondye nou an p'ap fè anyen pou defann kòz nou!
28 Knowest thou not, or hast thou not heard? the Lord is the everlasting God, who hath created the ends of the earth: he shall not faint, nor labour, neither is there any searching out of his wisdom.
Se konnen nou pa konnen? Kouman? Se di yo pa janm di nou sa? Seyè a se Bondye ki la pou tout tan an! Se li menm ki kreye tout latè. Li pa janm bouke, li pa konn pèdi souf. Pesonn pa ka konprann lide li gen nan tèt li.
29 It is he that giveth strength to the weary, and increaseth force and might to them that are not.
Lè yon moun pèdi souf, li ba li fòs. Lè yon moun febli, li ba l' kouraj ankò!
30 Youths shall faint, and labour, and young men shall fall by infirmity.
Jenn gason konn pèdi souf, yo konn bouke. Lè konsa, yo bite, yo tonbe.
31 But they that hope in the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall take wings as eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.
Men, Seyè a ap bay moun ki mete konfyans yo nan li fòs ankò. Tankou malfini, y'ap pran zèl pou yo leve ale. Y'ap kouri san yo p'ap janm bouke. Y'ap mache, yo p'ap janm febli.
