Esias 40
1 Comfort you, comfort you my people, says God.
E HOOMAHA aku, e hoomaha aku oukou i ko'u poe kanaka, Wahi a ke Akua o oukou.
2 Speak, you priests, to the heart of Jerusalem; comfort her, for her humiliation is accomplished, her sin is put away: for she has received of the Lord's hand double [the amount of] 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 you the way of the Lord, make straight the paths of 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 filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low: and all the crooked [ways] shall become straight, and the rough [places] plains.
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 the Lord shall appear, and all flesh shall see the salvation of God: for the Lord has spoken [it].
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 The voice of one saying, Cry; and I said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass:
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;
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 withers, and the flower fades: but the word of our God abides 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 you that bring glad tidings to Zion, go up on the high mountain; lift up your voice with strength, you that bring glad tidings to Jerusalem; lift it up, fear not; say to the cities of Juda, 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! The Lord is coming with strength, and [his] arm is with power: behold, his reward is with him, and [his] work 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 shall tend his flock as a shepherd, and he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and shall soothe them that are with young.
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 has measured the water in his hand, and the heaven with a span, and all the earth in a handful? Who has weighed the mountains in scales, and the forests in a balance?
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 has known the mind of the Lord? and who has been his counsellor, to instruct him?
Owai ka mea i alakai i ka Uhane o Iehova, A noho i kakaolelo nona, a ao aku ia ia?
14 Or with whom has he taken counsel, and he has instructed him? or who has taught him judgment, or who has taught 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 since all the nations are counted as a drop from a bucket, and as the turning of a balance, [and] shall be counted as spittle?
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 Libanus is not enough to burn, nor all beasts enough for a whole burnt offering:
Aole i nui o Lebanona i mea puhi, Aole hoi i nui kolaila holoholona, i mea mohaikuni.
17 and all the nations are as nothing, and counted as nothing.
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 have you compared the Lord? and with what likeness have you compared him?
Me wai oukou e hoohalike ai i ke Akua? Heaha ka mea like, e hoohalike ai oukou me ia?
19 Has not the artificer made an image, or the goldsmith having melted gold, gilt it over, [and] made it a similitude?
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 For the artificer chooses out a wood that will not rot, and will wisely enquire how he shall set up his image, and [that so] that it should 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 Will you not know? will you not hear? has it not been told you of old? Have you not known the foundations 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 comprehends the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants in it are as grasshoppers; he that set up the heaven as a chamber, and stretched [it] 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 he that appoints princes to rule as nothing, and has made the earth as nothing.
Oia ke hoolilo i na'lii i mea ole, A me na lunakanawai o ka honua, me he mea lapuwale la.
24 For they shall not plant, neither shall they sow, neither shall their root be fixed in the ground: he has blown upon them, and they are withered, and a storm shall carry them away like sticks.
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 Now then to whom have you compared me, that I may be exalted? says 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 has displayed all these things? [even] he that brings forth his host by number: he shall call them all by name by [means of his] great glory, and by the power of his might: nothing has escaped you.
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 For say not you, O Jacob, and why have you spoken, Israel, [saying], My way is hid from God, and my God has taken away [my] judgement, and has departed?
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 And now, have you not known? have you not heard? the eternal God, the God that formed the ends of the earth, shall not hunger, nor be weary, and 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 gives strength to the hungry, and sorrow to them that are not suffering.
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 For the young [men] shall hunger, and the youths shall be weary, and the choice [men] shall be powerless:
E maule auanei ka poe ui, a e maloeloe hoi, E kulanalana loa no na kanaka hou:
31 but they that wait on God shall renew [their] strength; they shall put forth new feathers like eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not hunger.
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.
