Isaiah 40
1 Our God says, “Encourage my people! Encourage them!
Утешайте, утешайте народ Мой, говорит Бог ваш;
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.”
говорите к сердцу Иерусалима и возвещайте ему, что исполнилось время борьбы его, что за неправды его сделано удовлетворение, ибо он от руки Господней принял вдвое за все грехи свои.
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]).
Глас вопиющего в пустыне: приготовьте путь Господу, прямыми сделайте в степи стези Богу нашему;
4 Fill in the valleys; flatten every hill and every mountain. Make the uneven ground smooth, and make the rough places smooth.
всякий дол да наполнится, и всякая гора и холм да понизятся, кривизны выпрямятся и неровные пути сделаются гладкими;
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.”
и явится слава Господня, и узрит всякая плоть спасение Божие; ибо уста Господни изрекли это.
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.
Голос говорит: возвещай! И сказал: что мне возвещать? Всякая плоть - трава, и вся красота ее - как цвет полевой.
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.
Засыхает трава, увядает цвет, когда дунет на него дуновение Господа: так и народ - трава.
8 The grass withers and the flowers dry up, but what our God promises will last forever.”
Трава засыхает, цвет увядает, а слово Бога нашего пребудет вечно.
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!”
Взойди на высокую гору, благовествующий Сион! возвысь с силою голос твой, благовествующий Иерусалим! возвысь, не бойся; скажи городам Иудиным: вот Бог ваш!
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].
Вот, Господь Бог грядет с силою, и мышца Его со властью. Вот, награда Его с Ним и воздаяние Его пред лицем Его.
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.
Как пастырь Он будет пасти стадо Свое; агнцев будет брать на руки и носить на груди Своей, и водить дойных.
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]
Кто исчерпал воды горстью своею и пядью измерил небеса, и вместил в меру прах земли, и взвесил на весах горы и на чашах весовых холмы?
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]
Кто уразумел дух Господа, и был советником у Него и учил Его?
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]
С кем советуется Он, и кто вразумляет Его и наставляет Его на путь правды, и учит Его знанию, и указывает Ему путь мудрости?
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.
Вот народы - как капля из ведра, и считаются как пылинка на весах. Вот, острова как порошинку поднимает Он.
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.
И Ливана недостаточно для жертвенного огня, и животных на нем - для всесожжения.
17 The nations of the world are completely insignificant/unimportant to him; he considers that they are worthless and less than nothing [HYP, DOU].
Все народы пред Ним как ничто, - менее ничтожества и пустоты считаются у Него.
18 So, to whom can you compare God? What image resembles him?
Итак кому уподобите вы Бога? И какое подобие найдете Ему?
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?
Идола выливает художник, и золотильщик покрывает его золотом и приделывает серебряные цепочки.
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!
А кто беден для такого приношения, выбирает негниющее дерево, приискивает себе искусного художника, чтобы сделать идола, который стоял бы твердо.
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?
Разве не знаете? разве вы не слышали? разве вам не говорено было от начала? разве вы не уразумели из оснований земли?
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.
Он есть Тот, Который восседает над кругом земли, и живущие на ней - как саранча пред Ним; Он распростер небеса, как тонкую ткань, и раскинул их, как шатер для жилья.
23 He causes kings to have no more power, and he causes the rulers to be worth nothing.
Он обращает князей в ничто, делает чем-то пустым судей земли.
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.
Едва они посажены, едва посеяны, едва укоренился в земле ствол их, и как только Он дохнул на них, они высохли, и вихрь унес их, как солому.
25 The Holy One asks, “To whom will you compare me? Is anyone equal to me?”
Кому же вы уподобите Меня и с кем сравните? говорит Святый.
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].
Поднимите глаза ваши на высоту небес и посмотрите, кто сотворил их? Кто выводит воинство их счетом? Он всех их называет по имени: по множеству могущества и великой силе у Него ничто не выбывает.
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?
Как же говоришь ты, Иаков, и высказываешь, Израиль: “путь мой сокрыт от Господа, и дело мое забыто у Бога моего”?
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.
Разве ты не знаешь? разве ты не слышал, что вечный Господь Бог, сотворивший концы земли, не утомляется и не изнемогает? разум Его неисследим.
29 He strengthens [DOU] those who feel weak and tired.
Он дает утомленному силу, и изнемогшему дарует крепость.
30 Even youths become faint and weary, and young men will fall when they are exhausted.
Утомляются и юноши и ослабевают, и молодые люди падают,
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.
а надеющиеся на Господа обновятся в силе: поднимут крылья, как орлы, потекут - и не устанут, пойдут - и не утомятся.
