Isaiah 40
1 Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
consolamini consolamini populus meus dicit Deus vester
2 Speak ye [comfort] to the heart of Jerusalem, and call out unto her, that her time of sorrow is accomplished, that her iniquity is atoned for; for she hath received from the hand of the Lord double for all her sins.
loquimini ad cor Hierusalem et avocate eam quoniam conpleta est malitia eius dimissa est iniquitas illius suscepit de manu Domini duplicia pro omnibus peccatis suis
3 A voice calleth out, In the wilderness make ye clear the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for God.
vox clamantis in deserto parate viam Domini rectas facite in solitudine semitas Dei nostri
4 Every valley shall be raised, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the crooked shall be made a straight path, and the rough places a plain:
omnis vallis exaltabitur et omnis mons et collis humiliabitur et erunt prava in directa et aspera in vias planas
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.
et revelabitur gloria Domini et videbit omnis caro pariter quod os Domini locutum est
6 A voice saith, Proclaim; and he saith, What shall I proclaim? all flesh is grass, and all its goodliness is as the flower of the field:
vox dicentis clama et dixi quid clamabo omnis caro faenum et omnis gloria eius quasi flos agri
7 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; because the breath of the Lord hath blown upon it; surely the people is grass.
exsiccatum est faenum et cecidit flos quia spiritus Domini sufflavit in eo vere faenum est populus
8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God will stand firm for ever.
exsiccatum est faenum cecidit flos verbum autem Dei nostri stabit in aeternum
9 Upon a high mountain get thee up, thou that bringest good tidings to Zion; lift up with strength thy voice, thou who bringest good tidings to Jerusalem; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold, [here is] your God!
super montem excelsum ascende tu quae evangelizas Sion exalta in fortitudine vocem tuam quae evangelizas Hierusalem exalta noli timere dic civitatibus Iudae ecce Deus vester
10 Behold, the Lord Eternal will come with might, and his arm ruleth for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.
ecce Dominus Deus in fortitudine veniet et brachium eius dominabitur ecce merces eius cum eo et opus illius coram eo
11 Like a shepherd will he feed his flock: with his arm will he gather the lambs, and in his bosom will he carry them, will he lead gently those that suckle their young.
sicut pastor gregem suum pascet in brachio suo congregabit agnos et in sinu suo levabit fetas ipse portabit
12 Who hath measured in the hollow of his hand the waters, and meted out the heavens with the span, and comprised in a measure the dust of the earth, and weighed in the scale-beam the mountains, and the hills in balances?
quis mensus est pugillo aquas et caelos palmo ponderavit quis adpendit tribus digitis molem terrae et libravit in pondere montes et colles in statera
13 Who hath meted out the Spirit of the Lord? and [who was] his counsellor that he could have given him information?
quis adiuvit spiritum Domini aut quis consiliarius eius fuit et ostendit illi
14 With whom took he counsel, that he gave him understanding, and taught him the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and caused him to know the way of understanding?
cum quo iniit consilium et instruxit eum et docuit eum semitam iustitiae et erudivit eum scientiam et viam prudentiae ostendit illi
15 Behold, nations are as a drop out of a bucket, and as the small dust of the balance are they accounted: behold, isles are like the flying dust.
ecce gentes quasi stilla situlae et quasi momentum staterae reputatae sunt ecce insulae quasi pulvis exiguus
16 And Lebanon is not sufficient for burning, and its beasts do not suffice for burnt-offering.
et Libanus non sufficiet ad succendendum et animalia eius non sufficient ad holocaustum
17 All the nations are as naught before him; less than nothing, and vanity are they accounted to him.
omnes gentes quasi non sint sic sunt coram eo et quasi nihilum et inane reputatae sunt ei
18 To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
cui ergo similem fecistis Deum aut quam imaginem ponetis ei
19 The graven image the artificer hath cast and the goldsmith hath overspread it with gold, and fabricated [on it] silver chains.
numquid sculptile conflavit faber aut aurifex auro figuravit illud et lamminis argenteis argentarius
20 He that is skilled in the choice chooseth a wood that will not rot; he seeketh unto himself a skilful workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.
forte lignum et inputribile elegit artifex sapiens quaerit quomodo statuat simulacrum quod non moveatur
21 Know ye not? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not paid attention to the foundations of the earth?
numquid non scietis numquid non audietis numquid non adnuntiatum est ab initio vobis numquid non intellexistis fundamenta terrae
22 [It is he] that dwelleth above the circle of the earth, while its inhabitants are as grasshoppers; that stretched out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;
qui sedet super gyrum terrae et habitatores eius sunt quasi lucustae qui extendit velut nihilum caelos et expandit eos sicut tabernaculum ad inhabitandum
23 That bringeth princes to naught; rendering the judges of the earth as vanity.
qui dat secretorum scrutatores quasi non sint iudices terrae velut inane fecit
24 Yes, they were not yet planted; yea, they were not yet sown; yea, their stem had not yet taken root in the earth: when he but breathed upon them, and they withered, and the storm-wind carrieth them away as stubble.
et quidem neque plantatos neque satos neque radicato in terra trunco eorum repente flavit in eos et aruerunt et turbo quasi stipulam auferet eos
25 To whom then will ye liken me, that I should be equal to? saith the Holy One.
et cui adsimilastis me et adaequastis dicit Sanctus
26 Lift up your eyes on high, and see who hath created these? he that bringeth out their host by number; that calleth them all by name; from the Mighty One not one escapeth.
levate in excelsum oculos vestros et videte quis creavit haec qui educit in numero militiam eorum et omnes ex nomine vocat prae multitudine fortitudinis et roboris virtutisque eius neque unum reliquum fuit
27 Why wilt thou say, O Jacob, and speak, O Israel, My way is hidden from the Lord, and my cause hath passed from the cognizance of my God?
quare dicis Iacob et loqueris Israhel abscondita est via mea a Domino et a Deo meo iudicium meum transibit
28 Dost thou not know? hast thou not heard? The God of everlasting is the Lord, is the Creator of the ends of the earth; he will not be faint and weary; unsearchable is his understanding.
numquid nescis aut non audisti Deus sempiternus Dominus qui creavit terminos terrae non deficiet neque laborabit nec est investigatio sapientiae eius
29 He giveth to the faint strength; and to the powerless he imparteth much might.
qui dat lasso virtutem et his qui non sunt fortitudinem et robur multiplicat
30 Though youths should grow faint and be weary, and young men should utterly stumble:
deficient pueri et laborabunt et iuvenes in infirmitate cadent
31 Yet they that wait upon the Lord shall acquire new strength, they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk, and not become faint.
qui autem sperant in Domino mutabunt fortitudinem adsument pinnas sicut aquilae current et non laborabunt ambulabunt et non deficient
