Aizaia 40

1 Vahe'nimota mani so'e huta maniho, huno tamagri Anumzamo'a hu'ne.

Our God says, “Encourage my people! Encourage them!

2 Jerusalemi vahe'mofona fru kefinti nanekea zamasamio, Hapima manita neaza zamo'a amare eme vagare hunka kezatinka zamasamio. Na'ankure Ra Anumzamo'a kumi'ma hu'naza zantera knazana ante agofetu huno ranknaza zamigahie. Hianagi menina maka kumi'zmia ko atrezmante'ne.

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.”

3 Mago vahe'mofo ageru'mo kezatino amanage nehie, Ra Anumzamo'ma esania kana ka'ma kokampina retro nehuta, hagege kokampina Anumzamo'ma esania rankana varita eripehe hiho. (Matiu 3:3, Maki 1:3, Joni 1:23)

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]).

4 Ana nehutma maka urami erami hu'nesnia agupofina mopa kateta ante pehe nehutma, ranra agonaramine ne'onse agonaramina kafitma eri agupo nehutma, marerino tamino'ma hu'nesiama'a erinte fatgo hu so'e hiho.

Fill in the valleys; flatten every hill and every mountain. Make the uneven ground smooth, and make the rough places smooth.

5 Anama hanageno'a Ra Anumzamofona hankavenentake masa'amo'a eama hanige'za, maka ama mopafima mani'naza vahe'mo'za kevagaregahaze. E'i ama ana nanekea Ra Anumzamo'a agra'a agipinti huama hu'ne. (Luk 3:4-6.)

[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.”

6 Hagi mago kezankemo'a huno, Ranke hunka kezatio huno higeno, Na'ane huna kezatigahue huno magomo'a higeno, Maka ama mopafima mani'naza vahera trazankna hu'nazankino, tanopafi me'nea trazaramimo amosre aheteno rutri huramiaza huno, ra zamagima eneriza zamo'a fanene hugahie.

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.

7 Trazamo'a hagege nehigeno, amosre'amo'a mopafi evuneramie. Na'ankure Ra Anumzamo'a agra'a zahora huhu hutregeno eno eme zamazeri tore hige'za mopafi evuneramize. Tamagerfa hu'za maka vahe'mo'za trazankna hu'naze.

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.

8 Hanki trazamo'a hagege nehanigeno, trazamofo amosre'amo'a mopafi evuramigahie. Hianagi tagri Anumzamofo nanekemo'a, vaga oreno mevava hugahie. (1 Pita 1:24-25.)

The grass withers and the flowers dry up, but what our God promises will last forever.”

9 Saioni rankumapinti'ma knare musenkema huama'ma nehana vahe'moka, agonarega marerinka kagerura erisga hunka hankavetinka ana musenkea huama huo. Jerusalemi rankumapima mani'neta musenkema huama'ma nehaza vahe'mota, korora osutma kezatitma, Juda mopafima me'nea rankumatmimpima nemaniza vahera tamagri Anumzana ama'nagi keho hutma zamasamiho!

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!”

10 Keho, Hihamu hankave'ane Ra Anumzamo'a egahiankino Agra'a hankave'areti vahera eme kegava hugahie. Ana hugahiankino mizama zamisia zana azampi eri'neno egahie.

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].

11 Sipisipi afu kva vahe'mo nehiaza huno, agra vahe'a kegava hu so'e nehuno, Sipisipi afute kva vahe'mo sipisipi afu anenta'a asagufinka avrenteaza huno, agra vahe'a asagufinka zamavarenenteno, anenta'ma ante'naza sipisipi afutamina akoheno zamavareno vugahie.

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.

12 Hanki mago vahe'mo'a maka hagerina afino azampina erinteno refko'a huno kege, azamofo atumpa'aretira anteno mona refkoa huno kegahifi? I'za maka mopa kateno mago ekaeka kupina erinte vaga nereno, agonaramimofo kna'a erintenora refko huno negeno, ne'onse agonaramimofo kna'anena erinteno refko huno kegahie?

[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]

13 Iza Ra Anumzamofo antahi'zana keno antahino nehuno, e'ina hunka maka zana trora huo hunora antahi'zana ami'ne?

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]

14 Ra Anumzamo'a izampinti ama' antahi'zana enerino, antahintahi'zanena e'nerie? Antahi'zane fatgoma huno refkoma hu avu'ava zanena, iza rempia hunemie?

(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]

15 Tamagerfa huno ama mopafi vahe'ma Ra Anumzamo'ma zamageana, kavofinti timo osi'a pake huramiaza nehazageno, nanaza erinte'za kna'a negaza sigerire kugusopa meaza nehaze. Ana nehigeno hageri amu'nompima me'nea moparamina erinteno refko huno keana amne zankna hu'za osi kugusopagna hu'naze.

[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.

16 Lebanoni mopafima ana maka mani'naza bulimakao afutminteti'ene, Lebanonima me'nea zafaramina ana maka antagita Ra Anumzamofontega tevefi kre fanane hu ofa huntegahaze. Hianagi anazamo'a Ra Anumzamo'ma antahi'nea kantera ovugahie.

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.

17 Agri avurera mika ama mopafi vahe'mo'za amane zaga mani'naze. Agrama zamageana amane zagama zamageaza huno nezmage.

The nations of the world are completely insignificant/unimportant to him; he considers that they are worthless and less than nothing [HYP, DOU].

18 Ina vahete huntenka Anumzanena mago avame hu'ne hunka hugahane? Inazamofo amema'amo agriknara hu'ne hunka hugahane?

So, to whom can you compare God? What image resembles him?

19 Mago'zamofo amema'a zafareti antreza tro hute'za golireti eri anovazinte'za silvareti seni nofira tro hu'za avasase'a hunte'naza havi anumzankna, Ra Anumzamo'a hu'nefi?

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?

20 Hagi amunte omane vahe'mo'a havi anumzamofo amema'ama miza segama osia vahe'mo'a hankave zafa erino ana zama tro'ma nehaza eri'za vahe amigeno, ana havi anumzamofo amema'a zafare antreno tro hutegeno erinte fatgo huno antegeno me'neno avugosaregatira mopafina evunoramie.

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!

21 Kagra ontahi'nampi? Kagrira onkasmi'nafi? Ra Anumzamo'ma mopamofo agafa'ama erigafa huno tro'ma hu'neazana kora kasamigenka ontahi'nampi?

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?

22 Ra Anumzamo'a kini tra'are monafi manisga huno mani'nege'za, ama mopafi vahe'mo'za kenu taminkna hu'naze. Anamifima me'nea monaramina, selinoma hiaza huno eri atarentegeno enevigeno, vahe'ma mani seli noma eri atareno kintegeno meaza huno noma'a kintene.

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.

23 Ama mopafi kva vahetmina, Ra Anumzamo'a zamazeri fenkami atrege'za amane zankna nehaze.

He causes kings to have no more power, and he causes the rulers to be worth nothing.

24 Mago vahe'mo mensintfa avimza avina vati krigeno rafu'namo zahufa mopafi uorami'negeno, Ra Anumzamo'a amuho nentake zaho atregeno ame huno eno ana avimza eri hagege higeno, kagikagi zaho'mo witi hona'ama eri harafi huno freaza nehaze.

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.

25 Ruotge'ma hu'nea Ra Anumzamo'a amanage huno nehie, Ina vahete hunteta nagrikna vahe mani'ne huta hugahaze?

The Holy One asks, “To whom will you compare me? Is anyone equal to me?”

26 Kavua kesga hunka monafima me'nea hanafitmina iza trora hu'nefi ko? Ra Anumzamo agrake tro huzmanteteno, nama'a hanafitami me'neana, ana maka keno antahino nehuno, mago magomofona agi'a amitere hu'ne. Agrira tusi'a hankave'a me'negu huno kegava higeno, mago'mo'e huno fananea nosie.

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].

27 Hagi na'a higeta tamagra Israeli vahera Jekopu naga'mota amanage hutma ke hakarea nehaze, Ra Anumzamo'a knazantia nonkeno fatgo avu'avara hunorante hutma nehaze.

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?

28 Tamagra ontahi'nazafi? Tamagrira ontamasami'nazafi? Ra Anumzamo'a fanane osuno manivava Anumza mani'ne. Ama mopafima maka zama me'nea zantamina, agrake tro hu'ne. Magore huno agrira kasrora ahege, avesra hugera osugahie. E'ina hu'neankino mago vahe'mo'a agri antahi'zana hakenora eri forera osugahie.

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.

29 Hankavezmima omne'nea vahera Ra Anumzamo'a hankavea nezamino, hankavezamima omanegezama kasrokasarama nehaza vahera mago'ene hihamua sotu huno nezamie.

He strengthens [DOU] those who feel weak and tired.

30 Kasefa mofavreramimo'za zamavesra kosara hugahaze. Hankave kasefa vahe'mofonena hankavezmia omanesige'za traka hugahaze.

Even youths become faint and weary, and young men will fall when they are exhausted.

31 Hianagi Ra Anumzamofonte'ma, amuha nehu'za zamentintima nehaza vahe'mo'za, kasefa hankave eneri'za tumpamo hiaza hu'za haresga hu'za vano nehu'za, zamagama resnazana zmasafekura nosu'za, kama vanazana zamavesra osugahie.

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.