1Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. 2Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD’s hand double for all her sins.40.2 comfortably: Heb. to the heart40.2 warfare: or, appointed time
3¶ The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. 4Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:40.4 straight: or, a straight place40.4 plain: or, a plain place 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. 6The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: 7The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. 8The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
9¶ O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!40.9 O Zion…: or, O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion40.9 O Jerusalem…: or, O thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem 10Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.40.10 with strong…: or, against the strong40.10 his work: or, recompence for his work 11He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.40.11 that…: or, that give suck
12¶ Who 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?40.12 a measure: Heb. a tierce 13Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him?40.13 his…: Heb. man of his counsel 14With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?40.14 instructed…: Heb. made him understand40.14 understanding: Heb. understandings? 15Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing. 16And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering. 17All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
18¶ To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him? 19The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains. 20He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.40.20 is so…: Heb. is poor of oblation 21Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth? 22It is he that sitteth upon 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:40.22 It is…: or, Him that 23That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity. 24Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble. 25To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One. 26Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.
27Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God?
28¶ Hast 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? there is no searching of his understanding. 29He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. 30Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: 31But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.40.31 renew: Heb. change
Ebigambo eby’Essuubi
140:1 Is 12:1; 49:13; 51:3, 12; 52:9; 61:2; 66:13; Yer 31:13; Zef 3:14-17; 2Ko 1:3Mugumye, mugumye abantu bange,
bw’ayogera Katonda wammwe.
240:2 a Is 35:4 b Is 41:11-13; 49:25 c Is 61:7; Yer 16:18; Zek 9:12; Kub 18:6Muzzeemu Yerusaalemi amaanyi mumubuulire nti,
entalo ze ziweddewo,
n’obutali butuukirivu bwe
busasuliddwa.
Era Mukama amusasudde emirundi ebiri
olw’ebibi bye byonna.
340:3 a Mal 3:1 b Mat 3:3*; Mak 1:3*; Yk 1:23*Eddoboozi ly’oyo ayogera
liwulikika ng’agamba nti,
“Muteeketeeke ekkubo lya Mukama mu ddungu,
mutereeze oluguudo lwe mu ddungu.
440:4 Is 45:2, 13Buli kiwonvu kirigulumizibwa,
na buli lusozi n’akasozi ne bikkakkanyizibwa.
N’obukyamu buligololwa,
ebifo ebitali bisende ne bitereezebwa.
540:5 a Is 52:10; Luk 3:4-6* b Is 1:20; 58:14Ekitiibwa kya Mukama kiribikkulwa,
ne bonna abalina omubiri balikirabira wamu,
kubanga akamwa ka Mukama ke kakyogedde.”
640:6 Yob 14:2Ne mpulira eddoboozi nga ligamba nti,
“Yogera mu ddoboozi ery’omwanguka.”
Ne ŋŋamba nti, “Nnaayogera ki?” Ne linziramu nti, gamba nti,
“Abantu bonna bali nga muddo, n’obulungi bwabwe bumala ennaku ntono ng’ebimuli eby’omu nnimiro.
740:7 Yob 41:21Omuddo guwotoka, ekimuli kiyongobera,
omukka gwa Mukama bwe gugufuuwako.
Mazima abantu muddo.
840:8 a Is 55:11; 59:21 b Mat 5:18; 1Pe 1:24-25*Omuddo guwotoka, ekimuli kiyongobera,
naye ekigambo kya Katonda waffe kibeerera emirembe gyonna.”
940:9 a Is 52:7-10; 61:1; Bar 10:15 b Is 25:9Ggwe abuulira Sayuuni ebigambo ebirungi,
werinnyire ku lusozi oluwanvu;
ggwe abuulira Yerusaalemi ebigambo ebirungi,
yimusa eddoboozi lyo n’amaanyi, liyimuse oyogere, totya.
Gamba ebibuga bya Yuda nti, “Laba Katonda wammwe ajja!”
1040:10 a Kub 22:7 b Is 9:6-7 c Is 59:16 d Is 62:11; Kub 22:12Laba, Mukama Katonda ajja n’amaanyi mangi
era afuga n’omukono gwe ogw’amaanyi ag’ekitalo.
Laba empeera ye eri mu mukono gwe,
buli muntu afune nga bw’akoze.
1140:11 Ez 34:23; Mi 5:4; Yk 10:11Aliisa ekisibo kye ng’omusumba,
akuŋŋaanya abaana b’endiga mu mukono gwe
n’abasitula mu kifuba kye,
n’akulembera mpola mpola ezibayonsa.
1240:12 a Yob 38:10 b Nge 30:4 c Beb 1:10-12Ani eyali ageze amazzi g’ennyanja mu kibatu kye,
n’apima eggulu n’oluta,
n’apima enfuufu y’oku nsi mu kibbo,
oba n’apima ensozi ku minzaani,
n’obusozi ku kipima?
1340:13 Bar 11:34*; 1Ko 2:16*Ani eyali aluŋŋamizza Omwoyo wa Mukama?
Ani ayinza okumuyigiriza n’amuwa amagezi?
1440:14 Yob 21:22; Bak 2:3Ani gwe yali yeebuuzizzako amuwe ku magezi,
era ani eyali amuyigirizza ekkubo ettuufu?
Ani eyali amusomesezza eby’amagezi n’amulaga okuyiga,
n’okumanya n’okutegeera?
15Laba amawanga gali ng’ettondo eriri mu nsuwa,
era ng’enfuufu ekutte ku minzaani,
apima ebizinga ng’apima olufuufu ku minzaani.
1640:16 Zab 50:9-11; Mi 6:7; Beb 10:5-9N’ensolo zonna ez’omu kibira kya Lebanooni tezimala kubeera kiweebwayo eri Katonda waffe,
n’emiti gyamu gyonna mitono nnyo tegisobola kuvaamu nku zimala.
1740:17 a Is 30:28 b Is 29:7 c Dan 4:35Amawanga gonna ag’omu nsi
gabalibwa mu maaso ge,
gy’ali gabalibwa nga si kintu n’akamu.
1840:18 a Kuv 8:10; 1Sa 2:2; Is 46:5 b Bik 17:29Kale ani gwe mulifaananya Katonda?
Oba kifaananyi ki kye mulimugeraageranyizaako?
1940:19 a Zab 115:4 b Is 41:7; Yer 10:3 c Is 2:20Ekifaananyi ekyole omukozi akifumba,
n’omuweesi wa zaabu n’akibikkako zaabu,
n’akibikkako n’emikuufu egya ffeeza.
2040:20 1Sa 5:3Oyo omwavu atasobola kufuna ffeeza
oba zaabu afuna omuti omugumu ogutavunda
ne yenoonyeza omukozi omugezigezi
okusimba n’okunyweza ekifaananyi ekyole.
2140:21 a Zab 19:1; 50:6; Bik 14:17 b Bar 1:19 c Is 48:13; 51:13Temunnamanya,
temunnawulira,
temubuulirwanga
okuva ku kutondebwa kw’ensi?
2240:22 a Kbl 13:33; Zab 104:2; Is 42:5 b Yob 22:14 c Yob 36:29Katonda atuula ku nsi enneekulungirivu,
era gy’ali abantu bali ng’amayanzi.
Atimba eggulu ng’olutimbe
era alibamba ng’eweema ey’okubeeramu.
2340:23 a Is 34:12 b Yob 12:21; Zab 107:40Afuula abafuzi obutaba kintu,
afuula n’abalamuzi mu nsi okuba ekitaliimu.
2440:24 Is 41:16Bali ng’ebisimbe ebyakamera biba bya kasimbibwa,
biba byakasigibwa,
biba byakaleeta emirandira,
nga abifuuwa nga biwotoka,
ng’embuyaga ebitwalira ddala ng’ebisasiro.
2540:25 nny 18“Kale mulinfaananya ani,
ani gwe mulinnenkanya?” bw’ayogera Omutukuvu.
2640:26 a Is 51:6 b Zab 89:11-13; Is 42:5 c Zab 147:4 d Is 34:16Muyimuse amaaso gammwe mulabe ebiri ku ggulu.
Ani eyatonda ebyo byonna?
Oyo afulumya ebyaka eby’omu bbanga afulumya kina kimu,
byonna nga bwe biri, n’abiyita amannya gaabyo.
Olw’obukulu bw’obuyinza bwe era kubanga wa maanyi ga nsusso,
tewali na kimu kibulako.
2740:27 Yob 27:2; Luk 18:7-8Lwaki ogamba ggwe Yakobo era ne wemulugunya ggwe Isirayiri nti,
“Mukama tamanyi mitawaana gye mpitamu,
era tafaayo nga tuggyibwako
eddembe lyaffe ery’obwebange”?
2840:28 a nny 21 b Zab 90:2 c Zab 147:5; Bar 11:33Tonnamanya?
Tonnawulira?
Mukama, ye Katonda ataliggwaawo.
Omutonzi w’enkomerero y’ensi.
Tazirika so takoowa
era n’amagezi ge tewali n’omu ayinza kugapima.
2940:29 Is 50:4; Yer 31:25Awa amaanyi abazirika,
n’oyo atalina buyinza amwongerako amaanyi.
3040:30 Is 9:17; Yer 6:11; 9:21Abavubuka bazirika, bakoowa,
n’abalenzi bagwira ddala.
3140:31 a Luk 18:1 b 2Ko 4:16 c Kuv 19:4; Zab 103:5 d 2Ko 4:1; Beb 12:1-3Naye abo abalindirira Mukama
baliddamu buggya amaanyi gaabwe,
balitumbiira n’ebiwaawaatiro ng’empungu;
balidduka mbiro ne batakoowa,
balitambula naye ne batazirika.
