Isaiah 40

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	NOVA VULGATA
1 “Be consoled, be consoled, O my people!” says your God.	1 Consolamini, consolamini populum meum, dicit Deus vester.
2 Speak to the heart of Jerusalem, and call out to her! For her malice has reached its end. Her iniquity has been forgiven. She has received double for all her sins from the hand of the Lord.	2 Loquimini ad cor Ierusalem et clamate ad eam, quoniam completa est militia eius, expiata est iniquitas illius; suscepit de manu Domini duplicia pro omnibus peccatis suis.
3 The voice of one crying out in the desert: “Prepare the way of the Lord! Make straight the paths of our God, in a solitary place.	3 Vox clamantis: “ In deserto parate viam Domini, rectas facite in solitudine semitas Dei nostri.
4 Every valley will be exalted, and every mountain and hill will be brought low. And the crooked will be straightened, and the uneven will become level ways.	4 Omnis vallis exaltetur, et omnis mons et collis humilietur; et fiant prava in directa, et aspera in plana:
5 And the glory of the Lord will be revealed. And all flesh together will see that the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”	5 et revelabitur gloria Domini, et videbit omnis caro pariter quod os Domini locutum est ”.
6 The voice of one saying, “Cry out!” And I said, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is grass, and all its glory is like the flower of the field.	6 Vox dicentis: “ Clama! ”. Et dixi: “ Quid clamabo? ”. Omnis caro fenum, et omnis gloria eius quasi flos agri;
7 The grass has dried up, and the flower has fallen. For the Spirit of the Lord has blown over it. Truly, the people are like grass.	7 exsiccatum est fenum, et cecidit flos, quia spiritus Domini sufflavit in eo. Vere fenum est populus.
8 The grass has dried up, and the flower has fallen. But the Word of our Lord remains for eternity.”	8 Exsiccatum est fenum, et cecidit flos; verbum autem Dei nostri manet in aeternum.
9 You who evangelize Zion, climb a high mountain! You who evangelize Jerusalem, lift up your voice with strength! Lift it up! Do not be afraid! Say to the cities of Judah: “Behold, your God!”	9 Super montem excelsum ascende, tu, quae evangelizas Sion; exalta in fortitudine vocem tuam, quae evangelizas Ierusalem; exalta, noli timere; dic civitatibus Iudae: “ Ecce Deus vester,
10 Behold, the Lord God will arrive in strength, and his arm will rule. Behold, his reward is with him, and his work is before him.	10 ecce Dominus Deus in virtute venit, et brachium eius dominatur: ecce merces eius cum eo, et praemium illius coram illo.
11 He will pasture his flock like a shepherd. He will gather together the lambs with his arm, and he will lift them up to his bosom, and he himself will carry the very young.	11 Sicut pastor gregem suum pascit, in brachio suo congregat agnos et in sinu suo levat; fetas ipse portat ”.
12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and who has weighed the heavens with his palm? Who has suspended the mass of the earth with three fingers, and who has weighed the mountains on a balance and the hills on a scale?	12 Quis mensus est pugillo aquas et caelos palmo disposuit, modio continuit pulverem terrae et libravit in pondere montes et colles in statera?
13 Who has assisted the Spirit of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor and has revealed things to him?	13 Quis direxit spiritum Domini? Aut quis consilium suum ostendit illi?
14 With whom has he consulted? And who has instructed him, and taught him the path of justice, and guided him to knowledge, and revealed the way of understanding to him?	14 Cum quo iniit consilium, et instruxit eum et docuit eum semitam iustitiae et erudivit eum scientiam et viam prudentiae ostendit illi?
15 Behold, the nations are like a drop of water in a bucket, and they are considered as the smallest grain on a balance. Behold, the islands are like a little dust.	15 Ecce gentes quasi stilla situlae et quasi momentum pulveris in statera reputantur; ecce insulae quasi pulvis exiguus.
16 And Lebanon will not be sufficient to start a fire, and its animals will not be sufficient for a burnt offering.	16 Et Libanus non sufficiet ad succendendum, et animalia eius non sufficient ad holocaustum.
17 All the nations in his sight are as if they did not exist, and they are considered by him as if they were nothingness and emptiness.	17 Omnes gentes, quasi non sint, coram eo; quasi nihilum et inane reputantur ab eo.
18 Therefore, to whom would you liken God? Or with what image would you replace him?	18 Cui ergo similem facitis Deum? Aut quam imaginem ponitis ei?
19 Should the workman cast a statue? Or has the goldsmith formed it with gold, or the silversmith with plates of silver?	19 Sculptile conflat faber, et aurifex auro figurat illud, et laminis argenteis argentarius.
20 He has chosen strong wood that will not decay. The skillful artisan seeks a way to set up an idol that cannot be moved.	20 Nimis pauper, ut offerat lignum imputribile: exquirit sibi sapientem artificem, ut statuat simulacrum, quod non moveatur.
21 Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been announced to you from the beginning? Have you not understood the foundations of the earth?	21 Numquid non scitis? Numquid non audistis? Numquid non annuntiatum est vobis ab initio? Numquid non intellexistis fundamenta terrae?
22 He is the One who sits upon the globe of the earth, and its inhabitants are like locusts. He extends the heavens as if they were nothing, and he spreads them out like a tent, in which to dwell.	22 Qui sedet super gyrum terrae, et habitatores eius sunt quasi locustae; qui extendit sicut velum caelos et expandit eos sicut tabernaculum ad inhabitandum;
23 He has brought those who examine what is secret to nothingness. He has brought the judges of the earth to emptiness.	23 qui redigit in nihilum principes, iudices terrae velut inane facit.
24 And certainly, their stalk was neither planted, nor sown, nor rooted in the ground. He has suddenly blown them across them, and they have withered, and a whirlwind will carry them away like chaff.	24 Et quidem neque plantatus neque satus neque radicatus in terra truncus eorum; repente flavit in eos, et aruerunt, et turbo quasi stipulam aufert eos.
25 “And to whom would you compare me or equate me?” says the Holy One.	25 “ Et cui assimilabitis me, quasi aequalis ei sim ego? ”, dicit Sanctus.
26 Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these things. He leads forth their army by number, and he calls them all by name. Because of the fullness of his strength and robustness and virtue, not one of them was left behind.	26 Levate in excelsum oculos vestros et videte: Quis creavit haec? Qui educit in numero militiam eorum et omnes ex nomine vocat; prae multitudine fortitudinis et roboris virtutisque eius neque unum deest.
27 Why do you say this, O Jacob, and why do you speak this way, O Israel? “My way has been hidden from the Lord, and my judgment escaped notice by my God.”	27 Quare dicis, Iacob, et loqueris, Israel: “ Abscondita est via mea a Domino, et a Deo meo iudicium meum transit? ”.
28 Do you not know, or have you not heard? The Lord is the eternal God, who has created the limits of the earth. He does not diminish, and he does not struggle. Neither is his wisdom searchable.	28 Numquid nescis? Aut non audisti? Deus sempiternus Dominus, qui creavit terminos terrae; non deficiet neque laborabit, nec est investigatio sapientiae eius.
29 It is he who gives strength to the weary, and it is he who increases fortitude and strength in those who are failing.	29 Qui dat lasso virtutem et invalido robur multiplicat.
30 Servants will struggle and fail, and young men will fall into infirmity.	30 Deficient pueri et laborabunt, et iuvenes lapsu labentur;
31 But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will take up wings like eagles. They will run and not struggle. They will walk and not tire.	31 qui autem sperant in Domino, mutabunt fortitudinem, assument pennas sicut aquilae, current et non laborabunt, ambulabunt et non deficient.