¹Tolažite, tolažite ljudstvo moje, govori Bog vaš.

¹“Comfort, comfort my people,” says your God.

²Govorite na srce Jeruzalemu in kličite mu, da je dopolnjena vojna služba njegova, da je poravnana krivica njegova, da je dobil dvojno iz roke GOSPODOVE za vse grehe svoje.

²“Speak comfortably to Jerusalem; and call out to her that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received of Yahweh’s hand double for all her sins.”

³Glas vpijočega v puščavi: Pripravljajte pot GOSPODU, ravnajte v pustinji cesto Bogu našemu.

³The voice of one who calls out, “Prepare the way of Yahweh in the wilderness! Make a level highway in the desert for our God.

⁴Vsaka dolina naj se dvigne in vsako goro in vsak grič znižajte, in kar je krivega, naj se poravna, in hribasto bodi ravnina!

⁴Every 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.

⁵In razodene se slava GOSPODOVA in vse meso vkup jo bo videlo; kajti usta GOSPODOVA so govorila.

⁵The glory of Yahweh shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it.”

⁶Glas govorečega: Oznanjaj! In vpraša: Kaj naj oznanjam? „Vse meso je trava in vsa milina njegova kakor cvetica na polju.

⁶The voice of one saying, “Cry!” One said, “What shall I cry?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory is like the flower of the field.

⁷Trava sahne, cvetica vene, ker veje nanjo dih GOSPODOV. Res, ljudstvo je trava!

⁷The grass withers, the flower fades, because Yahweh’s breath blows on it. Surely the people are like grass.

⁸Trava sahne, cvetica vene, a beseda Boga našega ostane vekomaj!“

⁸The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God stands forever.”

⁹Idi na goro visoko, o Sion, ki oznanjaš veselo vest; povzdigni močno glas svoj, Jeruzalem, ki oznanjaš veselo vest; povzdigni ga, ne boj se, reci mestom Judovim: Glejte, Bog vaš!

⁹You 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!”

¹⁰Glejte, Gospod, Jehova, prihaja kot mogočni in rama njegova gospoduje zanj; glejte, plačilo njegovo je pri njem in povračilo njegovo pred njim!

¹⁰Behold, the Lord Yahweh will come as a mighty one, and his arm will rule for him. Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.

¹¹Kakor pastir bo pasel čredo svojo, z roko svojo bo zbiral jagnjeta in jih nosil v naročju svojem, in doječe bo vodil rahlo.

¹¹He 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.

¹²Kdo je izmeril z dlanjo svojo vode in s pedjo svojo premeril nebesa in vtlačil zemlje prah v merico in s tehtnico pretehtal gore in hribe na njenih torilih?

¹²Who 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 measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

¹³Kdo je vodil duha GOSPODOVEGA, in kdo mu je bil svetovalec ter ga je učil?

¹³Who has directed the Spirit of Yahweh, or has taught him as his counselor?

¹⁴S kom se je posvetoval, da bi mu dodelil razuma in ga učil poti pravice in ga vadil v znanju in mu pokazal najvišje razumnosti pot?

¹⁴Who 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?

¹⁵Glej, narodi so kakor kapljica v vedru in se čislajo kakor prašek na tehtničnem torilu; glej, otoke vzdiguje kakor trohico.

¹⁵Behold, 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.

¹⁶Tudi Libanona ne bi bilo dovolj za ogenj in živali njegovih ne bi bilo dovolj za žgalno daritev.

¹⁶Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor its animals sufficient for a burnt offering.

¹⁷Vsi narodi so kakor nič pred njim, manj nego nič in ničevost.

¹⁷All the nations are like nothing before him. They are regarded by him as less than nothing, and vanity.

¹⁸Komu torej hočete primerjati Boga mogočnega? in kako podobo hočete postaviti poleg njega?

¹⁸To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare to him?

¹⁹Podobo ulije umetnik in zlatar jo prevleče z zlatom in ji privari verižice srebrne.

¹⁹A workman has cast an image, and the goldsmith overlays it with gold, and casts silver chains for it.

²⁰Kdor je ubožen, da ne more toliko darovati, izbere les, ki ne trohni; poišče si spretnega umetnika, da mu napravi podobo, ki se ne omaja.

²⁰He who is too impoverished for such an offering chooses a tree that will not rot. He seeks a skillful workman to set up an engraved image for him that will not be moved.

²¹Ali ne veste? ali ne čujete? ali se vam ne oznanja od začetka? ali ne umejete ustanovitve zemlje?

²¹Haven’t you known? Haven’t you heard, yet? Haven’t you been told from the beginning? Haven’t you understood from the foundations of the earth?

²²On je, ki stoluje nad zemlje okrožjem, in prebivalci njeni so kakor kobilice, ki razprostira nebesa kakor tenčico in jih razpenja kakor šator v prebivanje;

²²It 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;

²³ki deva v nič kneze, sodnike na zemlji nareja kakor ničevo stvar.

²³who brings princes to nothing; who makes the judges of the earth like meaningless.

²⁴Komaj so zasajeni, komaj zasejani, komaj se ukorenini v zemlji njih deblo, že pihne on vanje, in posuše se in piš jih odnese kakor slamico.

²⁴They 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.

²⁵Komu me torej hočete pripodobiti, da bi mu bil enak? pravi Sveti.

²⁵“To whom then will you liken me? Who is my equal?” says the Holy One.

²⁶Povzdignite kvišku oči in glejte: Kdo je ustvaril vse te zvezde? On, ki vodi po številu njih vojsko, jih kliče vse po imenu; vsled presilne moči njegove in ker je mogočen v krepkoti, se niti ena ne pogreša.

²⁶Lift 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.

²⁷Zakaj praviš, o Jakob, in govoriš, Izrael: Skrita je pot moja pred GOSPODOM in pravda moja gre mimo Boga mojega?

²⁷Why do you say, Jacob, and speak, Israel, “My way is hidden from Yahweh, and the justice due me is disregarded by my God?”

²⁸Ali ne veš? in nisi li slišal? GOSPOD je Bog večni, Stvarnik krajev zemlje; on ne opeša in se ne utrudi, nedoumna je razumnost njegova.

²⁸Haven’t you known? Haven’t you heard? The everlasting God, Yahweh, The Creator of the ends of the earth, doesn’t faint. He isn’t weary. His understanding is unsearchable.

²⁹Trudnemu daje krepkosti in onemoglemu podeljuje obilo moči.

²⁹He gives power to the weak. He increases the strength of him who has no might.

³⁰Pešajo res mladi in se utrujajo, in mladeniči se spotikajo in padajo;oni pa, ki čakajo GOSPODA, dobivajo nove moči, dvigajo se na perutih kakor orli, teko, a se ne utrudijo, hodijo, pa ne opešajo.

³⁰Even the youths faint and get weary, and the young men utterly fall;

³¹oni pa, ki čakajo GOSPODA, dobivajo nove moči, dvigajo se na perutih kakor orli, teko, a se ne utrudijo, hodijo, pa ne opešajo.

³¹But those who wait for Yahweh 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.