Jesajas 40
1 Iepriecinājiet, iepriecinājiet Manus ļaudis, saka jūsu Dievs.
“Comfort, comfort 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 comfortably to Jerusalem, and call out to her that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received of the LORD’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 one who calls out, “Prepare the way of the LORD in the wilderness! Make a level highway in the desert 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. The uneven shall be made level, and the rough places a plain.
5 Un Tā Kunga godība taps parādīta un visa miesa kopā to redzēs, jo Tā Kunga mute ir runājusi.
The LORD’s glory shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of the LORD 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 of one saying, “Cry out!” One said, “What shall I cry?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory is like 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 LORD’s breath blows on it. Surely the people are like grass.
8 Zāle nokalst, puķe savīst, bet mūsu Dieva vārds pastāv mūžīgi.
The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God stands 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!
You who tell good news to Zion, go up on a high mountain. You who tell good news to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with strength! Lift it up! Don’t be 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 GOD 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. He 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 marked off the sky with his span, and calculated the dust of the earth in a measuring basket, 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 directed the LORD’s Spirit, or has taught him as his counselor?
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?
Who did he take counsel with, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and showed 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 like a drop in a bucket, and are regarded as a speck of dust on a balance. Behold, he lifts up the islands like a very little thing.
16 Un ar Lībanu nepietiek priekš dedzināšanas, un ar viņa zvēriem priekš Viņa dedzināmiem upuriem.
Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor its animals 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 like nothing before him. They are regarded 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 you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare to him?
19 Gan amatnieks lej bildi un sudrabkalis to apvelk ar zeltu un pielej sudraba ķēdes klāt.
A workman has cast an image, and the goldsmith overlays it with gold, and casts silver chains for it.
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 offering chooses a tree that will not rot. He seeks a skillful workman to set up a carved image for him that will not be moved.
21 Vai jūs nezināt? Vai jūs nedzirdat? Vai jums no iesākuma nav stāstīts? Vai jūs neesat izpratuši zemes radīšanu?
Haven’t you known? Haven’t you heard? Haven’t you been told from the beginning? Haven’t you 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 its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in,
23 Viņš lielus kungus dara par nieku un zemes soģus par neko.
who brings princes to nothing, who makes the judges of the earth meaningless.
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.
They are planted scarcely. They are sown scarcely. Their stock has scarcely taken root in the ground. He merely blows on 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 you liken me? Who is my equal?” 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 army 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 you say, Jacob, and speak, Israel, “My way is hidden from the LORD, and the justice due me is disregarded by 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.
Haven’t you known? Haven’t you heard? The everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, doesn’t faint. He isn’t weary. His understanding is unsearchable.
29 Viņš piekusušiem dod spēku un vairo stiprumu nespēcīgiem.
He gives power to the weak. He increases the strength of him who has no might.
30 Jaunie piekusīs un nogurs un jaunekļi kritin kritīs:
Even the youths faint and get weary, and the young men 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 the LORD will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.
