Jesajas 40
1 Iepriecinājiet, iepriecinājiet Manus ļaudis, saka jūsu Dievs.
Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, says your God.
2 Runājiet laipnīgi ar Jeruzālemi un sauciet uz viņu, ka viņas karošana pagalam, ka viņas noziegums salīdzināts, ka viņa divkārtīgu tiesu dabūjusi no Tā Kunga rokas par visiem saviem grēkiem.
Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry to her, that her warfare has been completed, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received of Jehovah's hand double for all her sins.
3 Saucēja balss ir tuksnesī: sataisiet Tam Kungam ceļu, dariet klajumā staigājamu ceļu mūsu Dievam.
The voice of a man crying out in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of Jehovah, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
4 Visas ielejas taps paaugstinātas un visi kalni taps pazemoti, un kas nelīdzens, taps līdzens, un kas celmains, taps klajums.
Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low. And the crooked shall become straight, and the rough places smooth.
5 Un Tā Kunga godība taps parādīta un visa miesa kopā to redzēs, jo Tā Kunga mute ir runājusi.
And the glory of Jehovah shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together. For the mouth of Jehovah has spoken it.
6 Balss saka: Sauc! Un viņš saka: Ko man būs saukt? Visa miesa ir zāle, un viss viņas labums kā puķe laukā.
The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness of it is as the flower of the field.
7 Zāle nokalst, puķe savīst, kad Tā Kunga Gars pūš virsū; tiešām tie ļaudis ir zāle.
The grass withers, the flower fades, because the breath of Jehovah blows upon it. Surely the people is grass.
8 Zāle nokalst, puķe savīst, bet mūsu Dieva vārds pastāv mūžīgi.
The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God shall stand forever.
9 Ciāna, labas vēsts sludinātāja, kāp uz augstu kalnu; Jeruzāleme, labas vēsts sludinātāja, pacel savu balsi ar spēku, pacel to, nebīsties! Saki Jūda pilsētām: redzi, jūsu Dievs!
O thou who tell good news to Zion, get thee up on a high mountain. O thou who tell good news to Jerusalem, lift up thy voice with strength. Lift it up, be not afraid, say to the cities of Judah, Behold, your God!
10 Redzi, Tas Kungs Dievs nāk varens, un Viņa elkonis valdīs, redzi, Viņa alga ir pie Viņa, un Viņa atmaksāšana Viņa priekšā.
Behold, the lord Jehovah will come as a mighty one, and his arm will rule for him. Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.
11 Viņš ganīs Savu ganāmo pulku kā gans, Viņš sapulcinās tos jērus Savās rokās un nesīs Savā klēpī un vedīs lēnītiņām tās grūtās avju mātes.
He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and will gently lead those who have their young.
12 Kas izmērojis ūdeni ar sauju un apņēmis debesis ar sprīdi un satvēris zemes pīšļus ar sieciņu(mērtrauku) un nosvēris kalnus ar svaru un pakalnus svaru kausā.
Who has 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?
13 Kas ir pamācījis Tā Kunga Garu un bijis Viņa padoma devējs, kas Viņam būtu mācījis gudrību?
Who has known the mind of Jehovah, or being his counselor has taught him?
14 Pie kā Viņš padomu meklējis, ka tas Viņam saprašanu būtu devis un Viņam būtu mācījis tiesas ceļu, un Viņam būtu mācījis atzīšanu un Viņam zināmu darījis gudrības ceļu?
With whom did he take counsel. And who instructed him, and taught him in the path of justice. And taught him knowledge, and showed to him the way of understanding?
15 Redzi, tautas ir kā pilīte pie spaiņa un kā puteklītis svaru kausā; redzi, Viņš salas paceļ kā putekļus.
Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are accounted as the small dust of the balance. Behold, he takes up the isles as a very little thing.
16 Un ar Lībanu nepietiek priekš dedzināšanas, un ar viņa zvēriem priekš Viņa dedzināmiem upuriem.
And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts of it sufficient for a burnt offering.
17 Visas tautas ir kā nekas priekš Viņa, un pie Viņa top turētas par nieku un par neko.
All the nations are as nothing before him. They are accounted by him as less than nothing, and vanity.
18 Kam jūs līdzināsiet to stipro Dievu? Jeb kādu līdzību jūs Viņam gribat taisīt?
To whom then will ye liken God? Or what likeness will ye compare to him?
19 Gan amatnieks lej bildi un sudrabkalis to apvelk ar zeltu un pielej sudraba ķēdes klāt.
The image, a workman has cast it, and the goldsmith overlays it with gold, and casts for it silver chains.
20 Kas ir nabags, kam maz pie rokas upurēt, tas izmeklē koku, kas nesatrūd, viņš sev meklē gudru meistaru, taisīt bildi, kas nešķobās.
He who is too impoverished for such an oblation chooses a tree that will not rot. He seeks for him a skilful workman to set up a graven image that shall not be moved.
21 Vai jūs nezināt? Vai jūs nedzirdat? Vai jums no iesākuma nav stāstīts? Vai jūs neesat izpratuši zemes radīšanu?
Have ye not known? Have yet not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?
22 Viņš sēž pār zemes virsu, un viņas iedzīvotāji ir kā siseņi. Viņš debesis izklāj kā smalku palagu un tās izpleš kā telti, kur dzīvo.
It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers, who stretches out the heavens as a curtain, and spreads them out as a tent to dwell in,
23 Viņš lielus kungus dara par nieku un zemes soģus par neko.
who brings rulers to nothing, who makes the judges of the earth as vanity.
24 Tā kā tie nebūtu ne dēstīti, ne sēti, nedz viņu celms iesakņojies zemē; kad Viņš uz tiem pūtīs, tad tie nokaltīs, un viesulis tos aizvedīs kā pelus.
Yea, they have not been planted. Yea, they have not been sown. Yea, their stock has not taken root in the earth. Moreover he blows upon them, and they wither, and the whirlwind takes them away as stubble.
25 Ar ko tad jūs Mani līdzināsiet, kam Es būtu līdzīgs? Saka tas Svētais.
To whom then will ye liken me, that I should be equal to him? says the Holy One.
26 Paceļat savas acis uz augšu un skatāties, kas šīs lietas ir radījis un izved viņu pulku pēc skaita? Viņš tos visus sauc pie vārda pēc sava lielā spēka, un viņa stiprums ir tik varens, ka neviena netrūkst.
Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these, who brings out their host by number. He calls them all by name, by the greatness of his might. And because he is strong in power, not one is lacking.
27 Kāpēc tad tu saki, Jēkab, un tu Israēl, runā: mans ceļš ir priekš Tā Kunga paslēpts, un mana tiesa aiziet manam Dievam garām?
Why do thou say, O Jacob, and speak, O Israel, My way is hid from Jehovah. And the justice due to me is passed away from my God?
28 Vai tu to nezini, vai tu to neesi dzirdējis? Mūžīgs Dievs ir Tas Kungs, kas zemes galus radījis; viņš nepiekūst un nenogurst, viņa prāts ir neizprotams.
Have thou not known? Have thou not heard? The everlasting God, Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, faints not, nor is weary. There is no searching of his understanding.
29 Viņš piekusušiem dod spēku un vairo stiprumu nespēcīgiem.
He gives power to the faint. And to him who has no might he increases strength.
30 Jaunie piekusīs un nogurs un jaunekļi kritin kritīs:
Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall.
31 Bet kas uz To Kungu paļaujas, dabūs jaunu spēku; tie skries uz augšu ar spārniem kā ērgļi, tie tecēs un nepiekusīs, tie staigās un nenogurs,
But those who wait for Jehovah 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.
