Isaiah 40
1 Our God says, “Encourage my people! Encourage them!
Παρηγορείτε, παρηγορείτε τον λαόν μου, λέγει ο Θεός σας.
2 Speak kindly to [the people of] Jerusalem; tell them that their suffering is ended, and that I have forgiven them for the sins that they have committed; I [SYN] have fully punished them for their sins.”
Λαλήσατε παρηγορητικά προς την Ιερουσαλήμ, και φωνήσατε προς αυτήν, ότι ο καιρός της ταπεινώσεως αυτής επληρώθη, ότι η ανομία αυτής συνεχωρήθη· διότι έλαβεν εκ της χειρός Κυρίου διπλάσιον διά πάσας τας αμαρτίας αυτής.
3 I hear someone who is shouting, “Prepare in the desert a way for Yahweh to come [to you]; make a smooth road for our God (OR, Prepare yourselves to receive Yahweh when he comes, like people make a straight road for an important official [MET]).
Φωνή βοώντος εν τη ερήμω, Ετοιμάσατε την οδόν του Κυρίου. ευθείας κάμετε εν τη ερήμω τας τρίβους του Θεού ημών.
4 Fill in the valleys; flatten every hill and every mountain. Make the uneven ground smooth, and make the rough places smooth.
Πάσα φάραγξ θέλει υψωθή και παν όρος και βουνός θέλει ταπεινωθή· και τα σκολιά θέλουσι γείνει ευθέα· και οι τραχείς τόποι ομαλοί·
5 [If you do that], it will become known that Yahweh is glorious/great, and all people will realize it at the same time. [Those things will surely happen] because it is Yahweh who has said [MTY] it.”
και η δόξα του Κυρίου θέλει φανερωθή και πάσα σαρξ ομού θέλει ιδεί· διότι το στόμα του Κυρίου ελάλησε.
6 Someone said to me, “Shout!” I replied, “What should I shout?” [He replied], “[Shout that] people are like [SIM] grass; their influence fades as quickly as flowers in the field.
Φωνή λέγουσα, Φώνησον· και είπε, Τι να φωνήσω; πάσα σαρξ είναι χόρτος και πάσα η δόξα αυτής ως άνθος του αγρού.
7 Grass withers and flowers dry up when Yahweh causes a hot wind from the desert to blow on them. And people are [MET] like that.
Ο χόρτος εξηράνθη, το άνθος εμαράνθη· διότι πνεύμα Κυρίου έπνευσεν επ' αυτό· χόρτος τη αληθεία είναι ο λαός.
8 The grass withers and the flowers dry up, but what our God promises will last forever.”
Ο χόρτος εξηράνθη, το άνθος εμαράνθη· ο λόγος όμως του Θεού ημών μένει εις τον αιώνα.
9 You [people of] Jerusalem, you have good news to tell to people, so, shout it from the top of a high mountain! Shout it loudly, and do not be afraid! Tell the people in the towns of Judah, “Your God is coming here!”
Συ, ο φέρων εις την Σιών αγαθάς αγγελίας, ανάβα εις το όρος το υψηλόν· συ, ο φέρων αγαθάς αγγελίας εις την Ιερουσαλήμ, ύψωσον ισχυρώς την φωνήν σου· ύψωσον· μη φοβού· ειπέ προς τας πόλεις του Ιούδα, Ιδού, ο Θεός υμών.
10 Yahweh your God will be coming with power; he will rule powerfully [MTY]. And when he comes, he will bring with him the people whom he has freed [MET] [from being slaves in Babylonia].
Ιδού, Κύριος ο Θεός θέλει ελθεί μετά δυνάμεως και ο βραχίων αυτού θέλει εξουσιάζει δι' αυτόν· ιδού, ο μισθός αυτού είναι μετ' αυτού και η αμοιβή αυτού ενώπιον αυτού.
11 He will take care of his people like [SIM] a shepherd takes care of his sheep, and carries the young lambs in his arms. He carries them close to his chest and he gently leads the female sheep that are nursing their young lambs.
Θέλει βοσκήσει το ποίμνιον αυτού ως ποιμήν· θέλει συνάξει τα αρνία διά του βραχίονος αυτού και βαστάσει εν τω κόλπω αυτού· και θέλει οδηγεί τα θηλάζοντα.
12 [There is no one like Yahweh]! (Who else has measured the water in the oceans in the palm of his hand?/No one else has measured the water in the oceans in the palm of his hand!) [RHQ] (Who else has measured the sky with his fingers?/No one else has measured the sky with his fingers!) [RHQ] (Who else knows how much the earth weighs?/No one else knows how much the earth weighs!) [RHQ] (Who else has weighed the mountains and hills on scales?/No one else has weighed the mountains and hills on scales!) [RHQ]
Τις εμέτρησε τα ύδατα εν τω κοιλώματι της χειρός αυτού και εστάθμισε τους ουρανούς με την σπιθαμήν και συμπεριέλαβεν εν μέτρω το χώμα της γης και εζύγισε τα όρη διά στατήρος και τους λόφους διά πλάστιγγος;
13 And (who else can advise Yahweh’s Spirit?/No one else can advise Yahweh’s Spirit!) [RHQ] (Who can teach him or advise/tell him what he should do?/No one can teach him or advise/tell him what he should do!) [RHQ]
Τις εστάθμισε το πνεύμα του Κυρίου ή έγεινε σύμβουλος αυτού και, εδίδαξεν αυτόν;
14 (Has Yahweh consulted anyone else to get advice?/Yahweh has certainly not consulted anyone else to get advice!) [RHQ] (Does he need someone to tell him what is right to do and how to act justly?/He certainly does not need someone to tell him what is right to do and how to act justly!) [RHQ]
Μετά τίνος συνεβουλεύθη, και τις εσυνέτισεν αυτόν και εδίδαξεν αυτόν την οδόν της κρίσεως και παρέδωκεν εις αυτόν επιστήμην και έδειξεν εις αυτόν την οδόν της συνέσεως;
15 [Yahweh considers that] the nations are [as insignificant as] [MET] one drop from a bucket [full of water]. They are [as insignificant as] dust on scales. He is able to weigh islands [as though they weighed no more than] grains of sand.
Ιδού, τα έθνη είναι ως σανίς από κάδου και λογίζονται ως η λεπτή σκόνη της πλάστιγγος· ιδού, η μετατοπίζει τας νήσους ως σκόνην.
16 There would be [not] enough wood from all the trees in Lebanon to make a suitable fire for [sacrificing animals to] him, and there are not enough animals in Lebanon to offer as sacrifices to him.
Και ο Λίβανος δεν είναι ικανός εις καύσιν ουδέ τα ζώα αυτού ικανά εις ολοκαύτωμα.
17 The nations of the world are completely insignificant/unimportant to him; he considers that they are worthless and less than nothing [HYP, DOU].
Πάντα τα έθνη ενώπιον αυτού είναι ως μηδέν· λογίζονται παρ' αυτώ ολιγώτερον παρά το μηδέν και την ματαιότητα.
18 So, to whom can you compare God? What image resembles him?
Με τίνα λοιπόν θέλετε εξομοιώσει τον Θεόν; ή τι ομοίωμα θέλετε προσαρμόσει εις αυτόν;
19 Can you compare him to an idol that is made in a mold, and then is covered with [a thin sheet of] gold and decorated with silver chains?
Ο τεχνίτης χωνεύει εικόνα γλυπτήν, και ο χρυσοχόος εκτείνει χρυσόν επ' αυτήν και χύνει αργυράς αλύσεις.
20 A man who is poor [cannot buy silver or gold for his idol]; [so] he selects a piece of wood that will not rot, and he gives it to a craftsman to carve an idol that will not fall down!
Ο πτωχός κάμνων προσφοράν εκλέγει ξύλον άσηπτον· και ζητεί εις εαυτόν επιδέξιον τεχνίτην, διά να κατασκευάση εικόνα γλυπτήν μη σαλευομένην.
21 Have you(pl) not heard this? Do you not understand it? Are you unable to hear what God said long ago— [messages that he gave] before he created the earth?
Δεν εγνωρίσατε; δεν ηκούσατε; δεν ανηγγέλθη προς εσάς εξ αρχής; δεν ενοήσατε από καταβολής της γης;
22 God sits [on his throne] above the earth, and the people [on the earth] below seem to be [as small] as [SIM] grasshoppers. He spreads out the sky like a curtain; it is like [SIM] a tent for him to live in.
Αυτός είναι ο καθήμενος επί τον γύρον της γης και οι κάτοικοι αυτής είναι ως ακρίδες· ο εκτείνων τους ουρανούς ως παραπέτασμα και εξαπλόνων αυτούς ως σκηνήν προς κατοίκησιν·
23 He causes kings to have no more power, and he causes the rulers to be worth nothing.
ο φέρων τους ηγεμόνας εις το μηδέν και καθιστών ως ματαιότητα τους κριτάς της γης.
24 They start to rule, like small plants start to grow and form roots; but then [he gets rid of them] as though [MET] they withered when he blew on them, like [SIM] chaff that is blown away by the wind.
Αλλ' ουδέ θέλουσι φυτευθή· αλλ' ουδέ θέλουσι σπαρθή· αλλ' ουδέ θέλει ριζωθή εν τη γη το στέλεχος αυτών· μόνον να πνεύση επ' αυτούς, θέλουσι πάραυτα ξηρανθή και ο ανεμοστρόβιλος θέλει αναρπάσει αυτούς ως άχυρον.
25 The Holy One asks, “To whom will you compare me? Is anyone equal to me?”
Με τίνα λοιπόν θέλετε με εξομοιώσει και θέλω εξισωθή; λέγει ο Άγιος.
26 Look up toward the sky: Consider who [RHQ] created all the stars. [Yahweh created them], and at night he causes them to appear; he calls each one by its name. Because he is extremely powerful [DOU], all of the stars are there [LIT] [when he calls out their names].
Σηκώσατε υψηλά τους οφθαλμούς σας και ιδέτε, τις εποίησε ταύτα; Ο εξάγων το στράτευμα αυτών κατά αριθμόν· ο ονομαστί καλών ταύτα πάντα εν τη μεγαλειότητι της δυνάμεως αυτού, διότι είναι ισχυρός εις εξουσίαν· δεν λείπει ουδέν.
27 You people of Israel [DOU], why do you complain that Yahweh does not see the [troubles that you are experiencing]? Why do you say that he does not act fairly toward you?
Διά τι λέγεις, Ιακώβ, και λαλείς, Ισραήλ, Η οδός μου είναι κεκρυμμένη από του Κυρίου και η κρίσις μου παραμελείται υπό του Θεού μου;
28 Have you never heard and have you never understood that Yahweh is the everlasting God; he is the one who created the earth, [even the] most distant places on the earth. He never becomes weak or weary, and no one can find out how much he understands.
Δεν εγνώρισας; δεν ήκουσας, ότι ο αιώνιος Θεός, ο Κύριος, ο Ποιητής των άκρων της γης, δεν ατονεί και δεν αποκάμνει; δεν εξιχνιάζεται η φρόνησις αυτού.
29 He strengthens [DOU] those who feel weak and tired.
Δίδει ισχύν εις τους ητονημένους και αυξάνει την δύναμιν εις τους αδυνάτους.
30 Even youths become faint and weary, and young men will fall when they are exhausted.
Και οι νέοι θέλουσιν ατονήσει και αποκάμει, και οι εκλεκτοί νέοι θέλουσιν αδυνατήσει παντάπασιν·
31 But those who trust in Yahweh will become strong again; [it will be as though] they will soar/fly high like [SIM] eagles do. They will run [for a long time] and not become weary; they will walk [long distances] and not faint.
αλλ' οι προσμένοντες τον Κύριον θέλουσιν ανανεώσει την δύναμιν αυτών· θέλουσιν αναβή με πτέρυγας ως αετοί· θέλουσι τρέξει και δεν θέλουσιν αποκάμει· θέλουσι περιπατήσει και δεν θέλουσιν ατονήσει.
