Isaiah 40
1 Comfort ye, comfort ye My people, saith your God.
Whakamarietia, whakamarietia taku iwi, e ai ta to koutou Atua.
2 Bid Jerusalem take heart, and proclaim unto her, that her time of service is accomplished, that her guilt is paid off; that she hath received of the LORD'S hand double for all her sins.
Korero i runga i te whakamarie ki Hiruharama, karanga ki a ia, kua mutu tana whawhai, kua murua tona he: i haere rua hoki ta te ringa o Ihowa ki a ia hei utu mo ona hara katoa.
3 Hark! one calleth: 'Clear ye in the wilderness the way of the LORD, make plain in the desert a highway for our God.
He reo no tetahi e karanga ana, Whakapaia e koutou i te koraha te huarahi o Ihowa, whakatikaia i te titiohea he ara nui mo to tatou Atua.
4 Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the rugged shall be made level, and the rough places a plain;
Ko nga raorao katoa ka whakarewaina ake, ko nga maunga katoa me nga pukepuke, ka whakapapakutia iho: ko nga wahi kopikopiko ka meinga kia tika, ko nga wahi taratara kia papatairite.
5 And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.'
Ka whakapuakina ano te kororia o Ihowa, a ka kite ngatahi nga kikokiko katoa: he mea korero hoki tenei na te mangai o Ihowa.
6 Hark! one saith: 'Proclaim!' And he saith: 'What shall I proclaim?' 'All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field;
I mea mai te reo o tetahi, Karanga. A ka mea tetahi, Ko te aha kia karangatia e ahau? He tarutaru nga kikokiko katoa, a ko tona pai katoa, rite tonu ki te puawai o te parae.
7 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; because the breath of the LORD bloweth upon it — surely the people is grass.
Ko te tarutaru ka maroke, ko te puawai ka memenga, no te mea e hangia ana e te wairua o Ihowa: he pono, he tarutaru te iwi.
8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God shall stand for ever.'
Ko te tarutaru e maroke, ko te puawai e memenge; ko te kupu ia a to tatou Atua, tu tonu.
9 O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, get thee up into the 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!'
E koe, e te kaikawe o te rongo pai ki Hiona, e piki ki te maunga tiketike; e koe, e te kaikawe o te rongo pai ki Hiruharama, whakaarahia tou reo, kia kaha; whakaarahia, kaua hei wehi; korero atu ki nga pa o Hura, Nana, to koutou Atua!
10 Behold, the Lord GOD will come as a Mighty One, and His arm will rule for Him; behold, His reward is with Him, and His recompense before Him.
Nana, ka haere mai te Ariki, a Ihowa, i runga i te kaha, ka whakahaerea ano tona kingitanga e tona ringa: na, ko te utu mona kei a ia ano, kei tona aroaro te wahi mana.
11 Even as a shepherd that feedeth his flock, that gathereth the lambs in his arm, and carrieth them in his bosom, and gently leadeth those that give suck.
Ka rite ki ta te hepara tana whangai i tana kahui, ka whakaminea nga reme e tona ringa, ka hikitia ki tona uma, ka ata arahina nga mea e whakangote ana.
12 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?
Na wai i mehua nga wai ki te kapu o tona ringa, he whanganga ringaringa ano tana ruri mo nga rangi, whaowhina ake e ia te puehu o te whenua ki te mehua, ko nga maunga, paunatia ana e ia, ki te pauna ringaringa, ko nga pukepuke ki te pauna papa?
13 Who hath meted out the spirit of the LORD? Or who was His counsellor that he might instruct Him?
Na wai ta te wairua o Ihowa i tika ai? ko wai ranei tana kaiwhakatakoto whakaaro hei whakaako i a ia?
14 With whom took He counsel, and who instructed Him, and taught Him in the path of right, and taught Him knowledge, and made Him to know the way of discernment?
Ko wai tona hoa whakatakoto whakaaro hei tohutohu i a ia ki te ara o te whakawa, hei whakaako i a ia ki te matauranga, hei whakakite i te ara o te mohio ki a ia?
15 Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance; behold the isles are as a mote in weight.
Nana, ko nga iwi, ano he pata wai i roto i te peere! ki ta te whakaaro he puehu ririki ratou i te pauna; nana, ko nga motu, maua ake e ia, he mea ririki rawa te rite.
16 And Lebanon is not sufficient fuel, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for burnt-offerings.
E kore ano e ranea a Repanona mo te ahi, me nga kararehe hoki o reira, e kore e ranea hei tahunga tinana.
17 All the nations are as nothing before Him; they are accounted by Him as things of nought, and vanity.
Ko nga iwi katoa, he kore noa iho i tona aroaro; iti iho ratou i te kahore, he horihori kau i tona whakaaro.
18 To whom then will ye liken God? Or what likeness will ye compare unto Him?
Na ka whakaritea e koutou te Atua ki a wai? he aha hoki te ahua e whakaahuatia ai ia e koutou?
19 The image perchance, which the craftsman hath melted, and the goldsmith spread over with gold, the silversmith casting silver chains?
Ko te whakapakoko, na te kaimahi ia i whakarewa, na te kaitahu i whakakikorua ki te koura, a hanga ana mo reira he mekameka hiriwa.
20 A holm-oak is set apart, he chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning craftsman to set up an image, that shall not be moved.
Ko te tangata, he rawakore rawa ia ki te hoatu whakahere pera, whiriwhiria ana e ia he rakau e kore e pirau; rapua ana e ia he kaimahi mohio mana, hei hanga i tetahi whakapakoko e kore e nekenekehia.
21 Know ye not? hear ye not? Hath it not been told you from the beginning? Have ye not understood the foundations of the earth?
Kahore ianei koutou i mohio? kahore koutou i rongo? kahore ianei i korerotia ki a koutou i te timatanga? kahore ianei koutou i matau i nga whakaturanga ra ano o te whenua?
22 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;
Ko ia te noho ana i runga i te porohita o te whenua, a ko o reira tangata, ano he mawhitiwhiti; ko nga rangi, horahia ana e ia ano he kakahu tauarai, horahia ana e ia ano he teneti hei nohoanga;
23 That bringeth princes to nothing; He maketh the judges of the earth as a thing of nought.
Ko nga rangatira, whakahokia iho e ia ki te kahore; ko nga kaiwhakawa o te whenua, meinga ana e ia hei mea horihori noa iho.
24 Scarce are they planted, scarce are they sown, scarce hath their stock taken root in the earth; when He bloweth upon them, they wither, and the whirlwind taketh them away as stubble.
Ae ra, kahore ratou i whakatokia; ae ra, kahore ratou i ruia; ae ra, kahore to ratou take i whai pakiaka ki te whenua: ka pupuhi hoki ia ki a ratou, a ka maroke ratou; ka rite ki te kakau witi, ka kawhakina e te paroro.
25 To whom then will ye liken Me, that I should be equal? saith the Holy One.
Na ki ta koutou, kei to wai he ahua moku? ka rite ranei ahau ki a wai? e ai ta te Mea Tapu.
26 Lift up your eyes on high, and see: who hath created these? He 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 faileth.
E ara o koutou kanohi ki runga titiro ai, na wai enei mea i hanga, na wai o ratou mano i whakaputa mai he mea tatau tonu: karangatia ana e ia nga ingoa o ratou katoa, maroro rawa, pakari tonu te kaha; e kore tetahi e ngaro.
27 Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel: 'My way is hid from the LORD, and my right is passed over from my God'?
He aha koe i korero ai, e Hakopa, i mea ai, e Iharaira, Kua huna toku ara ki a Ihowa, kua mahue i toku Atua toku whakawa?
28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? His discernment is past searching out.
Kahore koe i mohio? kahore koe i rongo, ko te Atua onamata, ko Ihowa, ko te Kaihanga o nga pito o te whenua, e kore ia e ngenge, e kore ia e mauiui? e kore tona matauranga e taea te rapu.
29 He giveth power to the faint; and to him that hath no might He increaseth strength.
E homai ana e ia he kaha ki te hunga ngenge: a whakanuia ana e ia te pakari o te mea ngoikore.
30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall;
Ahakoa ko nga taitamariki, ka ngenge tonu, ka mauiui, a ko nga taitama, ka hinga rawa.
31 But they that wait for the LORD 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.
Tena ko te hunga e tatari ana ki a Ihowa, puta hou ana he kaha mo ratou; kake ana ratou ki runga; ko nga parirau, koia ano kei o nga ekara; ka rere ratou, a e kore e mauiui; ka haere, a e kore e ngenge.
