Isaiah 10
1 Alas! for them who ordain iniquitous decrees, —And, busy writers, who make a business of writing mischief:
Væ qui condunt leges iniquas: et scribentes, iniustitiam scripserunt:
2 Turning aside from judgment, the poor, And robbing, of justice, the oppressed of my people, —So that, widows, become, their spoil, And of the fatherless, they make prey.
ut opprimerent in iudicio pauperes, et vim facerent causæ humilium populi mei: ut essent viduæ præda eorum, et pupillos diriperent.
3 What, then, will ye do for the day of visitation, And for the devastation, which from afar, shall come? Unto whom, will ye flee for help? And where will ye leave your gory?
Quid facietis in die visitationis, et calamitatis de longe venientis? Ad cuius confugietis auxilium? Et ubi derelinquetis gloriam vestram,
4 Without me, one hath bowed under a prisoner Yea under the slain, do they fall! For all this, hath his anger, not turned back, But still, is his hand outstretched.
ne incurvemini sub vinculo, et cum interfectis cadatis? Super omnibus his non est aversus furor eius, sed adhuc manus eius extenta.
5 Alas! for Assyria, the rod of mine anger, —Yea, the very staff in their hand, is, my displeasure:
Væ Assur, virga furoris mei et baculus ipse est, in manu eorum indignatio mea.
6 Against an irreligious nation, will I send him, Yea against the people with whom I am wroth, will I command him, —To capture spoil And lay hold on prey, And cause them to be trodden down as the mire of the lanes.
Ad gentem fallacem mittam eum, et contra populum furoris mei mandabo illi, ut auferat spolia, et diripiat prædam, et ponat illum in conculcationem quasi lutum platearum.
7 But as for him, not so, doth he deem, And in his heart, not so, doth he think, —For, to destroy, is in his heart, And to cut off nations, not a few;
Ipse autem non sic arbitrabitur, et cor eius non ita existimabit: sed ad conterendum erit cor eius, et ad internecionem gentium non paucarum.
8 For he saith: —Are not, my generals, all alike, kings?
Dicet enim:
9 Is not, Calno, like Carchemish? Is not, Hamath, like Arpad? Is not, Samaria, like Damascus?
Numquid non principes mei simul reges sunt? Numquid non ut Charcamis, sic Calano: et ut Arphad, sic Emath? Numquid non ut Damascus, sic Samaria?
10 As my hand hath reached unto the kingdoms of idols, —whose images did excel them of Jerusalem and Samaria,
Quomodo invenit manus mea regna idoli, sic et simulachra eorum de Ierusalem, et de Samaria.
11 Shall I not as I have done to Samaria and her idols, so, do to Jerusalem and her images?
Numquid non sicut feci Samariæ et idolis eius, sic faciam Ierusalem et simulachris eius?
12 Wherefore it shall come to pass—When My Lord shall finish his whole work upon Mount Zion and upon Jerusalem, I will bring punishment—Upon the fruit of the greatness of heart of the king of Assyria. And upon the vainglory of his uplifted eyes,
Et erit: cum impleverit Dominus cuncta opera sua in monte Sion, et in Ierusalem, visitabo super fructum magnifici cordis regis Assur, et super gloriam altitudinis oculorum eius.
13 For he hath said—By the strength of mine own hand, have I effectually wrought, And by my wisdom—for I have discernment, —That I might remove the bounds of peoples, Yea their treasures, have I plundered That I might lay prostrate as a mighty one the inhabitants;
Dixit enim: In fortitudine manus meæ feci, et in sapientia mea intellexi: et abstuli terminos populorum, et principes eorum deprædatus sum, et detraxi quasi potens in sublimi residentes.
14 And my hand hath found as a nest the wealth of the peoples, And as the gathering of eggs that are forsaken, all the earth, have, I, gathered, —And there was none to flap a wing, or open a mouth or chirp.
Et invenit quasi nidum manus mea fortitudinem populorum: et sicut colliguntur ova, quæ derelicta sunt, sic universam terram ego congregavi: et non fuit qui moveret pennam, et aperiret os, et ganniret.
15 Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? Or, the saw, magnify itself, against him that wieldeth it? As if a rod, could wield, them who lift it up! As if a staff, could raise, what is, not wood!
Numquid gloriabitur securis contra eum, qui secat in ea? Aut exaltabitur serra contra eum, a quo trahitur? Quomodo si elevetur virga contra elevantem se, et exaltetur baculus, qui utique lignum est?
16 Therefore, shall the Lord, Yahweh of hosts, Send, among his fat ones, leanness, And under his glory, shall he kindle a kindling, like the kindling of fire;
Propter hoc mittet dominator Dominus exercituum in pinguibus eius tenuitatem: et subtus gloriam eius succensa ardebit quasi combustio ignis.
17 So shall, the Light of Israel, become, a fire, And his Holy One, a flame, Which shall burn and consume his thorns and his briars, in one day;
Et erit lumen Israel in igne, et Sanctus eius in flamma: et succendetur, et devorabitur spina eius, et vepres in die una.
18 And the glory of his forest and of his garden land, both soul and body, shall it bring to an end, —And it shall be like the wasting away of a consumptive.
Et gloria saltus eius, et carmeli eius ab anima usque ad carnem consumetur, et erit terrore profugus.
19 And, the remnant of his forest-trees, few in number, shall become, —yea, a child, might describe them!
Et reliquiæ ligni saltus eius præ paucitate numerabuntur, et puer scribet eos.
20 And it shall come to pass in that day, That the remnant of Israel. And the escaped of the house of Jacob Shall, no more again, lean upon him that smote them, —But shall lean upon Yahweh the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
Et erit in die illa: non adiiciet residuum Israel, et hi, qui fugerint de domo Iacob, inniti super eo, qui percutit eos: sed innitetur super Dominum Sanctum Israel in veritate.
21 A remnant, shall return, The remnant of Jacob, —unto the mighty GOD;
Reliquiæ convertentur, reliquiæ, inquam, Iacob ad Deum fortem.
22 For though thy people, O Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, A [mere] remnant, shall return of them, —A full end decreed, bringeth in, justice, like a flood;
Si enim fuerit populus tuus Israel quasi arena maris, reliquiæ convertentur ex eo, consummatio abbreviata inundabit iustitiam.
23 For, a full end and that a decreed one, is My Lord Yahweh of hosts executing in the midst of all the earth.
Consummationem enim et abbreviationem Dominus Deus exercituum faciet in medio omnis terræ.
24 Therefore, thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh of hosts, Do not fear O my people dwelling in Zion, because of Assyria, —When with his rod, he would smite thee, And when his staff, he would lift up against thee in the manner of Egypt;
Propter hoc, hæc dicit Dominus Deus exercituum: Noli timere populus meus habitator Sion, ab Assur: in virga percutiet te, et baculum suum levabit super te in via Ægypti.
25 For, yet a very little while, and displeasure shall end, Yea, mine anger, over their destruction.
Adhuc enim paululum modicumque et consummabitur indignatio et furor meus super scelus eorum.
26 And Yahweh of hosts, will brandish over him, a scourge—Like the smiting of Midian at the rock Oreb, —And his staff being over the sea, He will lift it up in the manner of Egypt;
Et suscitabit super eum Dominus exercituum flagellum iuxta plagam Madian in Petra Oreb, et virgam suam super mare, et levabit eam in via Ægypti.
27 And it shall come to pass, in that day, That his burden shall remove from off thy shoulder, And his yoke from off thy neck, —Yea, the yoke shall be broken because of fatness.
Et erit in die illa: Auferetur onus eius de humero tuo, et iugum eius de collo tuo, et computrescet iugum a facie olei.
28 He hath come in unto Ayyath, Hath passed through Migron, —At Michmash, storeth his baggage:
Veniet in Aiath, transibit in Magron: apud Machmas commendabit vasa sua.
29 They have passed over the pass, Geba is his halting-place, —Terror-stricken is Ramah, Gibeah of Saul, hath fled!
Transierunt cursim Gaba sedes nostra: obstupuit Rama, Gabaath Saulis fugit.
30 Make shrill thy voice, O daughter of Gallim! Hearken, O Laishah, Answer, O Anathoth!
Hinni voce tua filia Gallim, attende Laisa, paupercula Anathoth.
31 Madmenah, hath fled, —The inhabitants of Gebim, have gone into safety:
Migravit Medemena: habitatores Gabim confortamini.
32 While yet to-day, in Nob, he tarrieth, He brandisheth his hand toward The mount of the daughter of Zion, The hill of Jerusalem.
Adhuc dies est, ut in Nobe stetur: agitabit manum suam super montem filiæ Sion, collem Ierusalem.
33 Behold! the Lord, Yahweh of hosts, is about to lop off a tree-crown, with a crash, —Then shall, they who are lifted on high, be hewn down, And, the lofty, be laid low;
Ecce dominator Dominus exercituum confringet lagunculam in terrore, et excelsi statura succidentur, et sublimes humiliabuntur.
34 Then will he fell the thickets of the forest with iron, —And, Lebanon by a majestic one shall fall.
Et subvertentur condensa saltus ferro: et Libanus cum excelsis cadet.
