Isaiah 40
1 Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
consolamini consolamini populus meus dicit Deus vester
2 Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned; that she hath received of the LORD’S hand 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 The voice of one that crieth, Prepare ye in the wilderness the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
vox clamantis in deserto parate viam Domini rectas facite in solitudine semitas Dei nostri
4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places 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 The voice of one saying, Cry. And one said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof 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 bloweth 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 shall stand for ever.
exsiccatum est faenum cecidit flos verbum autem Dei nostri stabit in aeternum
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!
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 GOD will come as a mighty one, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his recompence before him.
ecce Dominus Deus in fortitudine veniet et brachium eius dominabitur ecce merces eius cum eo et opus illius coram eo
11 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd, he shall gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom, [and] shall gently lead those that give suck.
sicut pastor gregem suum pascet in brachio suo congregabit agnos et in sinu suo levabit fetas ipse portabit
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?
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 directed the spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him?
quis adiuvit spiritum Domini aut quis consiliarius eius fuit et ostendit illi
14 With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him 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, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
ecce gentes quasi stilla situlae et quasi momentum staterae reputatae sunt ecce insulae quasi pulvis exiguus
16 And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.
et Libanus non sufficiet ad succendendum et animalia eius non sufficient ad holocaustum
17 All the nations are as nothing before him; they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
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, a workman melted [it], and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth [for it] silver chains.
numquid sculptile conflavit faber aut aurifex auro figuravit illud et lamminis argenteis argentarius
20 He that is too impoverished for [such] an oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to set up a graven image, that shall not be moved.
forte lignum et inputribile elegit artifex sapiens quaerit quomodo statuat simulacrum quod non moveatur
21 Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from 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 sitteth upon 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:
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 nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
qui dat secretorum scrutatores quasi non sint iudices terrae velut inane fecit
24 Yea, they have not been planted; yea, they have not been sown; yea, their stock hath not taken root in the earth: moreover he bloweth upon them, and they wither, and the whirlwind taketh 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 him]? 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, 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 is lacking.
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 sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed away from my God?
quare dicis Iacob et loqueris Israhel abscondita est via mea a Domino et a Deo meo iudicium meum transibit
28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard? the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary; there is no searching of 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 power to the faint; and to him that hath no might he increaseth strength.
qui dat lasso virtutem et his qui non sunt fortitudinem et robur multiplicat
30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
deficient pueri et laborabunt et iuvenes in infirmitate cadent
31 but they that wait upon 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.
qui autem sperant in Domino mutabunt fortitudinem adsument pinnas sicut aquilae current et non laborabunt ambulabunt et non deficient
