Isaiah 40
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Baibala Hemolele (Hawaiian Bible, 1868 revision)
1Comfort ye, comfort ye My people, saith your God.
1E HOOMAHA aku, e hoomaha aku oukou i ko'u poe kanaka, Wahi a ke Akua o oukou.
2Bid Jerusalem take heart, and proclaim unto her, that her time of service is accomplished, that her guilt is paid off; that she hath received of the LORD'S hand double for all her sins.
2E olelo hoomaha aku i ko Ierusalema, E kahea aku hoi ia ia, ua pau kona kaua ana, Ua kalaia hoi kona hala; No ka mea, ma ka lima o Iehova, Ua loaa papalua ia ia no na hewa ona a pau.
3Hark! one calleth: 'Clear ye in the wilderness the way of the LORD, make plain in the desert a highway for our God.
3Ka leo o ka mea e kala ana, ma ka waonahele, E hoomakaukau oukou i alanui no Iehova, E hoopololei hoi ma ka waoakua, I kuamoo no ko kakou Akua.
4Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the rugged shall be made level, and the rough places a plain;
4E hoopihaia'na na awawa a pau, A e hoohaahaaia'na na mauna a pau, a me na puu; E lilo no ka mea kekee i pololei, A me kahi puupuu i laumania.
5And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.'
5E hoikeia mai no ka nani o Iehova, A e ike pu aku no na kanaka a pau; No ka mea, na ka waha o Iehova i olelo mai.
6Hark! one saith: 'Proclaim!' And he saith: 'What shall I proclaim?' 'All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field;
6I mai la ka leo, E kala aku. I aku la ia, Heaha ka'u o kala'i? He mauu no na kanaka a pau, Ua like hoi kona nani a pau me ka pua o ke kula;
7The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; because the breath of the LORD bloweth upon it — surely the people is grass.
7Mimino ka mauu, a mae wale ka pua, Ke pa mai ka makani o Iehova maluna ona; He oiaio no, he mauu keia poe kanaka.
8The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God shall stand for ever.'
8Mimino ka mauu, a mae wale ka pua; Aka, o ka olelo a ko kakou Akua, e kupaa mau loa no ia.
9O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, get thee up into the high mountain; O thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah: 'Behold your God!'
9E ka mea hai i ka olelo maikai no Ziona, E pii aku oe iluna o ka mauna kiekie; E ka mea hai i ka olelo maikai no Ierusalema, E hookiekie oe i kou leo me ka ikaika; E hookiekie hoi, mai makau; E olelo ae i na kulanakauhale o ka Iuda, Aia hoi ko oukou Akua!
10Behold, 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.
10Aia hoi, e hele mai ana ka Haku, o Iehova me ka ikaika, Na kona lima no e malama ia; Aia hoi, me ia pu no kana uku mai, A o kana ukuhuna hoi ma kona alo.
11Even as a shepherd that feedeth his flock, that gathereth the lambs in his arm, and carrieth them in his bosom, and gently leadeth those that give suck.
11E hanai no oia i kana ohana me he kahuhipa la; E hoiliili no hoi i na keikihipa i kona lima, A hiipoi hoi ia lakou ma kona poli, A alakai i ka poe hanai waiu.
12Who hath 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?
12Owai ka mea i ana i na wai maloko o ka poho o kona lima? A ana aku hoi i na lani ma ke kikoo, A ana no hoi i ka lepo o ka honua iloko o ka mea ana, A kaupaona i na kuahiwi ma na mea kaupaona, A me na mauna hoi maloko o na paonakaulike?
13Who hath meted out the spirit of the LORD? Or who was His counsellor that he might instruct Him?
13Owai ka mea i alakai i ka Uhane o Iehova, A noho i kakaolelo nona, a ao aku ia ia?
14With whom took He counsel, and who instructed Him, and taught Him in the path of right, and taught Him knowledge, and made Him to know the way of discernment?
14Me wai la oia i kukakuka pu ai? Nawai hoi i ao aku ia ia, A kuhikuhi hoi ia ia i ke ia ala o ka pono, A hoike aku ia ia i ke ala o ka naauao?
15Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance; behold the isles are as a mote in weight.
15Aia hoi, ua like na lahuikanaka, me ke kulu hookahi o ka bakeke, A ua manaoia hoi o like me ka huna lepo uuku maloko o na mea kaulike; Kaikai oia i na aina me he mea uuku la.
16And Lebanon is not sufficient fuel, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for burnt-offerings.
16Aole i nui o Lebanona i mea puhi, Aole hoi i nui kolaila holoholona, i mea mohaikuni.
17All the nations are as nothing before Him; they are accounted by Him as things of nought, and vanity.
17Me he mea ole la na lahuikanaka a pau imua ona, A ua manaoia lakou e ia ua uuku iho i ka ole, He mea lapuwale loa hoi.
18To whom then will ye liken God? Or what likeness will ye compare unto Him?
18Me wai oukou e hoohalike ai i ke Akua? Heaha ka mea like, e hoohalike ai oukou me ia?
19The image perchance, which the craftsman hath melted, and the goldsmith spread over with gold, the silversmith casting silver chains?
19O ka mea hana, hoohehee no oia i akuakii, A o ka mea hana gula, hohola ae la oia i ke gula maluna o ia mea, A hana hoi i na kaula kala.
20A holm-oak is set apart, he chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning craftsman to set up an image, that shall not be moved.
20A o ka mea loaa ole ka mohai no ka hune, Wae no oia i wahi laau popo ole; A imi aku la i kahuna akamai i ka hana, Nana e hoomakaukau i akuakii kalaiia naueue ole.
21Know ye not? hear ye not? Hath it not been told you from the beginning? Have ye not understood the foundations of the earth?
21Aole anei oukou i ike, aole hoi i lohe? Aole anei i haiia mai ia oukou mai kinohi mai? Aole anei oukou i hoomaopopo, mai ka hookumu ana o ka honua?
22It is He that sitteth above the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;
22Oia no ke noho ma ka poai o ka honua, A ua like hoi kolaila poe e noho ana me na uhini; Nana no e hoopalahalaha aku na lani me he paku la, A hohola no hoi lakou me he hale lole la, kahi e noho ai.
23That bringeth princes to nothing; He maketh the judges of the earth as a thing of nought.
23Oia ke hoolilo i na'lii i mea ole, A me na lunakanawai o ka honua, me he mea lapuwale la.
24Scarce are they planted, scarce are they sown, scarce hath their stock taken root in the earth; when He bloweth upon them, they wither, and the whirlwind taketh them away as stubble.
24He oiaio, aole lakou e kanuia, Ho oiaio, aole lakou e luluia, He oiaio, aole e paa ka lakou kumu maloko o ka honua; A e puhi mai Oia maluna o lakou, a e mae wale lakou, A e lawe no ka puahiohio ia lakou me he opala la.
25To whom then will ye liken Me, that I should be equal? saith the Holy One.
25Me wai la hoi oukou e hoohalike ai ia'u? A e like au me wai? wahi a ka Mea Hemolele.
26Lift up your eyes on high, and see: who hath created these? He that bringeth out their host by number, He calleth them all by name; by the greatness of His might, and for that He is strong in power, not one faileth.
26E alawa ae i ko oukou mau maka iluna, E nana hoi i ka Mea nana i hana i kela mau mea, Alakai aku no oia i ko lakou lehulehu a pau ma ka helu ana. Hea aku no oia ia lakou a pau ma ka iuoa, No ka nui loa o kona mana, a me ka mana loa o kona ikaika; Aohe mea o lakou i nalowale.
27Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel: 'My way is hid from the LORD, and my right is passed over from my God'?
27No ke aha la oe e olelo ai, o Iakoba, A kamailio iho, e ka Iseraela, Ua hunaia ko'u ala, mai o Iehova aku, Ua hoaloia ko'u hoaponoia mai ko'u Akua aku?
28Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? His discernment is past searching out.
28Aole anei oe i ike, aole anei oe i lohe? O ke Akua mau loa o Iehova, O ka mea nana i hana i na kukulu o ka honua; Aole ia e maule, aole hoi e luhi; Aohe mea e hiki ke hoomaopopo i kona ike.
29He giveth power to the faint; and to him that hath no might He increaseth strength.
29Nana no i haawi i ka ikaika i ka mea i maule; A o ka mea ikaika ole, hoomahuahua no ia i ka ikaika.
30Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall;
30E maule auanei ka poe ui, a e maloeloe hoi, E kulanalana loa no na kanaka hou:
31But they that wait for the LORD 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.
31Aka, o ka poe hilinai aku ia Iehova, e ulu hou no ko lakou ikaika; E pii eheu aku no lakou iluna, e liko me na aito; E holo no lakou, aole hoi e maloeloe, E hele mua no lakou, aole hoi e maule.
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