Comfort ye My people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplish'd, that her iniquity is pardon'd. 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. /lsaiah 40:1-33. Aria (tenor):
Ev'ry valley shall be exalted, and ev'ry mountain and hill made low, the crooked straight and the rough places plain. /Isaiah 40:43.
Niech się podniosą wszystkie doliny, a wszystkie góry i wzgórza obniżą; równiną niechaj się staną urwiska, a strome zbocza niziną gładką. /Iz 40,44. Chorus:
And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed. And all flesh shall see it together, for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. /lsaiah 40:54.
Wtedy się chwała Pańska objawi, razem ją wszelkie ciało zobaczy, bo usta Pańskie to powiedziały». /Iz 40,5 5. Recitativo (bass):
Thus saith the Lord of Hosts: Yet once, a little while, and I will shake the heav'ns and the earth, the sea and the dry land, and I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come. /Haggai 2:6-7
The Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to His temple, ev'n the messenger of the Covenant, whom ye delight in;