Isaiah 5
1 Let me sing for my well-beloved a song of my beloved concerning his vineyard. My well-beloved had a vineyard in a very fruitful hill.
Cantabo dilecto meo canticum patruelis mei vineæ suæ. Vinea facta est dilecto meo in cornu filio olei.
2 And he dug it, and gathered out the stones of it, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also hewed out a winepress in it. And he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
Et sepivit eam, et lapides elegit ex illa, et plantavit eam electam, et ædificavit turrim in medio eius, et torcular extruxit in ea: et expectavit ut faceret uvas, et fecit labruscas.
3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, between me and my vineyard.
Nunc ergo habitatores Ierusalem, et viri Iuda, iudicate inter me et vineam meam.
4 What could have been done more to my vineyard that I have not done in it? Why, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, it brought forth wild grapes?
Quid est quod debui ultra facere vineæ meæ, et non feci ei? An quod expectavi ut faceret uvas, et fecit labruscas?
5 And now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard. I will take away the hedge of it, and it shall be eaten up. I will break down the wall of it, and it shall be trodden down.
Et nunc ostendam vobis quid ego faciam vineæ meæ, auferam sepem eius, et erit in direptionem: diruam maceriam eius, et erit in conculcationem.
6 And I will lay it waste. It shall not be pruned nor hoed, but there shall come up briers and thorns. I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
Et ponam eam desertam: non putabitur, et non fodietur: et ascendent vepres et spinæ: et nubibus mandabo ne pluant super eam imbrem.
7 For the vineyard of Jehovah of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant. And he looked for justice, but behold, oppression, for righteousness, but behold, a cry.
Vinea enim Domini exercituum domus Israel est: et vir Iuda germen eius delectabile: et expectavi ut faceret iudicium, et ecce iniquitas: et iustitiam, et ecce clamor.
8 Woe to those who join house to house, who lay field to field, till there is no room, and ye be made to dwell alone in the midst of the land!
Væ qui coniungitis domum ad domum, et agrum agro copulatis usque ad terminum loci: numquid habitabitis vos soli in medio terræ?
9 In my ears says Jehovah of hosts, of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.
In auribus meis sunt hæc, dicit Dominus exercituum. Nisi domus multæ desertæ fuerint grandes, et pulchræ absque habitatore.
10 For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield but an ephah.
Decem enim iugera vinearum facient lagunculam unam, et triginta modii sementis facient modios tres.
11 Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink, who tarry late into the night, till wine inflame them!
Væ qui consurgitis mane ad ebrietatem sectandam, et potandum usque ad vesperam, ut vino æstuetis.
12 And the harp and the lute, the tambourine and the pipe, and wine, are in their feasts, but they do not regard the work of Jehovah, nor have they considered the operation of his hands.
Cithara, et lyra, et tympanum, et tibia, et vinum in conviviis vestris: et opus Domini non respicitis, nec opera manuum eius consideratis.
13 Therefore my people have gone into captivity for lack of knowledge, and their honorable men are famished, and their multitude are parched with thirst.
Propterea captivus ductus est populus meus, quia non habuit scientiam, et nobiles eius interierunt fame, et multitudo eius siti exaruit.
14 Therefore Sheol has enlarged its desire, and opened its mouth without measure. And their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he who rejoices among them, descend into it. (Sheol h7585)
Propterea dilatavit infernus animam suam, et aperuit os suum absque ullo termino: et descendent fortes eius, et populus eius, et sublimes, gloriosique eius ad eum. (Sheol h7585)
15 And the common man is bowed down, and the great man is debased, and the eyes of the lofty are humbled,
Et incurvabitur homo, et humiliabitur vir, et oculi sublimium deprimentur.
16 but Jehovah of hosts is exalted in justice, and God the Holy One is sanctified in righteousness.
Et exaltabitur Dominus exercituum in iudicio, et Deus sanctus sanctificabitur in iustitia.
17 Then the lambs shall feed as in their pasture, and wanderers shall eat the waste places of the fat ones.
Et pascentur agni iuxta ordinem suum, et deserta in ubertatem versa advenæ comedent.
18 Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and sin as it were with a cart rope,
Væ qui trahitis iniquitatem in funiculis vanitatis, et quasi vinculum plaustri peccatum.
19 who say, Let him make speed, let him hasten his work, that we may see it. And let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, that we may know it!
Qui dicitis: Festinet, et cito veniat opus eius, ut videamus: et appropiet, et veniat consilium Sancti Israel, et sciemus illud.
20 Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil, who put darkness for light, and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Væ qui dicitis malum bonum, et bonum malum: ponentes tenebras lucem, et lucem tenebras: ponentes amarum in dulce, et dulce in amarum.
21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
Væ qui sapientes estis in oculis vestris, et coram vobismetipsis prudentes.
22 Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink,
Væ qui potentes estis ad bibendum vinum, et viri fortes ad miscendam ebrietatem.
23 who justify the wicked for rewards, and take away the justice of the righteous man from him!
Qui iustificatis impium pro muneribus, et iustitiam iusti aufertis ab eo.
24 Therefore as the tongue of fire devours the stubble, and as the dry grass sinks down in the flame, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust, because they have rejected the law of Jehovah of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Propter hoc, sicut devorat stipulam lingua ignis, et calor flammæ exurit; sic radix eorum quasi favilla erit, et germen eorum ut pulvis ascendet. Abiecerunt enim legem Domini exercituum, et eloquium Sancti Israel blasphemaverunt.
25 Therefore the anger of Jehovah is kindled against his people, and he has stretched forth his hand against them, and has smitten them. And the mountains tremble, and their dead bodies are as refuse in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Ideo iratus est furor Domini in populum suum, et extendit manum suam super eum, et percussit eum: et conturbati sunt montes, et facta sunt morticina eorum quasi stercus in medio platearum. In his omnibus non est adversus furor eius, sed adhuc manus eius extenta.
26 And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will whistle for them from the end of the earth, and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly.
Et elevabit signum in nationibus procul, et sibilabit ad eum de finibus terræ: et ecce festinus velociter veniet.
27 None shall be weary nor stumble among them. None shall slumber nor sleep, nor shall the belt of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken,
Non est deficiens, neque laborans in eo: non dormitabit, neque dormiet, neque solvetur cingulum renum eius, nec rumpetur corrigia calceamenti eius.
28 whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent. Their horses' hoofs shall be accounted as flint, and their wheels as a whirlwind.
Sagittæ eius acutæ, et omnes arcus eius extenti. Ungulæ equorum eius ut silex, et rotæ eius quasi impetus tempestatis.
29 Their roaring shall be like a lioness. They shall roar like young lions. Yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and carry it away safe, and there shall be none to deliver.
Rugitus eius ut leonis, rugiet ut catuli leonum: et frendet et tenebit prædam: et amplexabitur, et non erit qui eruat.
30 And they shall roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea. And if a man looks to the land, behold, darkness and distress, and the light is darkened in the clouds of it.
Et sonabit super eum in die illa sicut sonitus maris: aspiciemus in terram, et ecce tenebræ tribulationis, et lux obtenebrata est in caligine eius.
