Isaiah 40
1 “Comfort, comfort My people,” says your God.
Ankouraje pèp mwen an, ankouraje l'! Se Bondye nou an ki di sa!
2 Speak to the heart of Jerusalem, and call to her, That her warfare has been completed, That her punishment has been accepted, That she has received from the hand of YHWH 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 A voice is crying in a wilderness: “Prepare the way of YHWH, Make straight in a desert a highway for 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 is raised up, And every mountain and hill become low, And the crooked place has become a plain, And the entangled places a valley.
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 YHWH has been revealed, And all flesh have seen [it] together, For the mouth of YHWH has 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 A voice is saying, “Call,” And he said, “What do I call?” All flesh [is] grass, and all its goodness [Is] as a flower of the field:
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 Grass has withered, the flower faded, For the Spirit of YHWH blew on it, Surely 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 Grass has withered, the flower faded, But a word of our God rises forever.
Wi, zèb la cheche, flè a fennen, Men, pawòl Bondye nou an la pou tout tan!
9 Get up on a high mountain, O Zion, Proclaiming tidings, Lift up your voice with power, O Jerusalem, proclaiming tidings, Lift up, do not fear, say to cities of Judah, “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, Lord YHWH comes with strength, And His arm is ruling for Him, Behold, His hire [is] with Him, and His wage 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 feeds His flock as a shepherd, He gathers lambs with His arm, And He carries [them] in His bosom: He leads suckling ones.
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 has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, And has meted out the heavens by a span, And comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, And has 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 has meted out the Spirit of YHWH, And [being] His counselor, teaches Him?
Ki moun ki ka di Seyè a sa pou li fè? Ki moun ki te ba li konsèy?
14 With whom [did] He consult, That he causes Him to understand? And teaches Him in the path of judgment, And teaches Him knowledge? And causes Him to know 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, nations [are] as a drop from a bucket, And have been reckoned as small dust of the balance, Behold, He takes up islands as a small thing.
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 Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, Nor its beasts 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 the nations [are] as nothing before Him, Less than nothing and emptiness, They have been reckoned to Him.
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 And to whom do you liken God, And what likeness do you compare to Him?
Ki moun nou ka di ki tankou Bondye? Ki pòtre nou ta fè ki pou ta sanble avè l'?
19 An artisan has poured out the carved image, And a refiner spreads it over with gold, And he is refining chains 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 who is poor [by] raised-offerings, Chooses a tree [that is] not rotten, He seeks a skillful artisan for it, To establish a carved image—not 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—do you not hear? Has it not been declared from the first to you? Have you not understood [From] 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 He who is sitting on the circle of the earth, And its inhabitants [are] as grasshoppers, He who is stretching out the heavens as a thin thing, And spreads them 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 who is making princes become nothing, Has made judges of earth formless;
Li wete tout pouvwa wa yo te genyen. Li fè chèf k'ap dirije lèzòm sou latè yo pase pou anyen.
24 Indeed, they have not been planted, Indeed, they have not been sown, Indeed, their stock is not taking root in the earth, And He has also blown on them, and they wither, And a whirlwind takes 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 do you liken Me, And [to whom] I equal? Says 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 has created these? He who is bringing out their host by number, He calls to all of them by name, By the abundance of His strength And mighty power, Not one is lacking.
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 say, O Jacob, and speak, O Israel, “My way has been hid from YHWH, And from my God my judgment passes over?”
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 Have you not known? Have you not heard? The God of the age—YHWH, Preparer of the ends of the earth, Is not wearied nor fatigued, There is no searching of His understanding.
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 He is giving power to the weary, And to those not strong He increases might.
Lè yon moun pèdi souf, li ba li fòs. Lè yon moun febli, li ba l' kouraj ankò!
30 Even youths are wearied and fatigued, And young men utterly stumble,
Jenn gason konn pèdi souf, yo konn bouke. Lè konsa, yo bite, yo tonbe.
31 But those expecting YHWH pass [to] power, They raise up the pinion as eagles, They run and are not fatigued, They go on and do 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.
