Isaiæ 40

VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Consolamini, consolamini, popule meus, dicit Deus vester.	1 “Be consoled, be consoled, O my people!” says your God.
2 Loquimini ad cor Jerusalem, et advocate eam, quoniam completa est malitia ejus, dimissa est iniquitas illius : suscepit de manu Domini duplicia pro omnibus peccatis suis.	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.
3 Vox clamantis in deserto : Parate viam Domini, rectas facite in solitudine semitas Dei nostri.	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.
4 Omnis vallis exaltabitur, et omnis mons et collis humiliabitur, et erunt prava in directa, et aspera in vias planas :	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.
5 et revelabitur gloria Domini, et videbit omnis caro pariter quod os Domini locutum est.	5 And the glory of the Lord will be revealed. And all flesh together will see that the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
6 Vox dicentis : Clama. Et dixi : Quid clamabo ? Omnis caro fœnum, et omnis gloria ejus quasi flos agri.	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.
7 Exsiccatum est fœnum, et cecidit flos, quia spiritus Domini sufflavit in eo. Vere fœnum est populus :	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.
8 exsiccatum est fœnum, et cecidit flos ; verbum autem Domini nostri manet in æternum.	8 The grass has dried up, and the flower has fallen. But the Word of our Lord remains for eternity.”
9 Super montem excelsum ascende, tu qui evangelizas Sion ; exalta in fortitudine vocem tuam, qui evangelizas Jerusalem : exalta, noli timere. Dic civitatibus Juda : Ecce Deus vester :	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!”
10 ecce Dominus Deus in fortitudine veniet, et brachium ejus dominabitur : ecce merces ejus cum eo, et opus illius coram illo.	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.
11 Sicut pastor gregem suum pascet, in brachio suo congregabit agnos, et in sinu suo levabit ; fœtas ipse portabit.	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.
12 Quis mensus est pugillo aquas, et cælos palmo ponderavit ? quis appendit tribus digitis molem terræ, et libravit in pondere montes, et colles in statera ?	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?
13 Quis adjuvit spiritum Domini ? aut quis consiliarius ejus fuit, et ostendit illi ?	13 Who has assisted the Spirit of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor and has revealed things to him?
14 cum quo iniit consilium, et instruxit eum, et docuit eum semitam justitiæ, et erudivit eum scientiam, et viam prudentiæ 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?
15 Ecce gentes quasi stilla situlæ, et quasi momentum stateræ reputatæ sunt ; ecce insulæ quasi pulvis exiguus.	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.
16 Et Libanus non sufficiet ad succendendum, et animalia ejus non sufficient ad holocaustum.	16 And Lebanon will not be sufficient to start a fire, and its animals will not be sufficient for a burnt offering.
17 Omnes gentes quasi non sint, sic sunt coram eo, et quasi nihilum et inane reputatæ sunt ei.	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.
18 Cui ergo similem fecisti Deum ? aut quam imaginem ponetis ei ?	18 Therefore, to whom would you liken God? Or with what image would you replace him?
19 Numquid sculptile conflavit faber ? aut aurifex auro figuravit illud, et laminis argenteis argentarius ?	19 Should the workman cast a statue? Or has the goldsmith formed it with gold, or the silversmith with plates of silver?
20 Forte lignum et imputribile elegit ; artifex sapiens quærit quomodo statuat simulacrum, quod non moveatur.	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.
21 Numquid non scitis ? numquid non audistis ? numquid non annuntiatum est vobis ab initio ? numquid non intellexistis fundamenta terræ ?	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?
22 Qui sedet super gyrum terræ, et habitatores ejus sunt quasi locustæ ; qui extendit velut nihilum cælos, et expandit eos sicut tabernaculum ad inhabitandum ;	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.
23 qui dat secretorum scrutatores quasi non sint, judices terræ velut inane fecit.	23 He has brought those who examine what is secret to nothingness. He has brought the judges of the earth to emptiness.
24 Et quidem neque plantatus, neque satus, neque radicatus in terra truncus eorum ; repente flavit in eos, et aruerunt, et turbo quasi stipulam auferet eos.	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.
25 Et cui assimilastis me, et adæquastis ? dicit Sanctus.	25 “And to whom would you compare me or equate me?” says the Holy One.
26 Levate in excelsum oculos vestros, et videte quis creavit hæc : qui educit in numero militiam eorum, et omnes ex nomine vocat ; præ multitudine fortitudinis et roboris, virtutisque ejus, neque unum reliquum fuit.	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.
27 Quare dicis, Jacob, et loqueris, Israël : Abscondita est via mea a Domino, et a Deo meo judicium meum transivit ?	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.”
28 Numquid nescis, aut non audisti ? Deus sempiternus Dominus, qui creavit terminos terræ : non deficiet, neque laborabit, nec est investigatio sapientiæ ejus.	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.
29 Qui dat lasso virtutem, et his qui non sunt, fortitudinem et robur multiplicat.	29 It is he who gives strength to the weary, and it is he who increases fortitude and strength in those who are failing.
30 Deficient pueri, et laborabunt, et juvenes in infirmitate cadent ;	30 Servants will struggle and fail, and young men will fall into infirmity.
31 qui autem sperant in Domino mutabunt fortitudinem, assument pennas sicut aquilæ : current et non laborabunt, ambulabunt et non deficient.	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.