Isaiæ 33
1 Væ qui prædaris! Nonne et ipse prædaberis? Et qui spernis! Nonne et ipse sperneris? Cum consummaveris deprædationem, deprædaberis: cum fatigatus desieris contemnere, contemneris.
Ho! you who make waste those who did not make you waste; acting falsely to those who were not false to you. When you have come to an end of wasting, you will be made waste, and after your false acts, they will do the same to you.
2 Domine miserere nostri: te enim expectavimus: esto brachium nostrum in mane, et salus nostra in tempore tribulationis.
O Lord, have mercy on us; for we have been waiting for your help: be our strength every morning, our salvation in time of trouble.
3 A voce Angeli fugerunt populi, et ab exaltatione tua dispersæ sunt gentes.
At the loud noise the peoples have gone in flight; at your coming up the nations have gone in all directions.
4 Et congregabuntur spolia vestra sicut colligitur bruchus, velut cum fossæ plenæ fuerint de eo.
And the goods taken in war will be got together like the massing of young locusts; men will be rushing on them like the rushing of locusts.
5 Magnificatus est Dominus, quoniam habitavit in excelso: implevit Sion iudicio et iustitia.
The Lord is lifted up; his place is on high: he has made Zion full of righteousness and true religion.
6 Et erit fides in temporibus tuis: divitiæ salutis sapientia et scientia: timor Domini ipse est thesaurus eius.
And she will have no more fear of change, being full of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge: the fear of the Lord is her wealth.
7 Ecce videntes clamabunt foris, Angeli pacis amare flebunt.
See, the men of war are sorrowing outside the town: those who came looking for peace are weeping bitterly.
8 Dissipatæ sunt viæ, cessavit transiens per semitam, irritum factum est pactum, proiecit civitates, non reputavit homines.
The highways are waste, no man is journeying there: the agreement is broken, he has made sport of the towns, he has no thought for man.
9 Luxit, et elanguit terra: confusus est Libanus, et obsorduit, et factus est Saron sicut desertum: et concussa est Basan, et Carmelus.
The earth is sorrowing and wasting away; Lebanon is put to shame and has become waste; Sharon is like the Arabah; and in Bashan and Carmel the leaves are falling.
10 Nunc consurgam, dicit Dominus: nunc exaltabor, nunc sublevabor.
Now will I come forward, says the Lord; now will I be lifted up; now will my power be seen.
11 Concipietis ardorem, parietis stipulam: spiritus vester ut ignis vorabit vos.
Your designs will be without profit, and their effect will be nothing: you will be burned up by the fire of my breath.
12 Et erunt populi quasi de incendio cinis, spinæ congregatæ igni comburentur.
And the peoples will be like the burning of chalk: as thorns cut down, which are burned in the fire.
13 Audite qui longe estis, quæ fecerim, et cognoscite vicini fortitudinem meam.
Give ear, you who are far off, to what I have done: see my power, you who are near.
14 Conterriti sunt in Sion peccatores, possedit tremor hypocritas. Quis poterit habitare de vobis cum igne devorante? Quis habitabit ex vobis cum ardoribus sempiternis?
The sinners in Zion are full of fear; the haters of God are shaking with wonder. Who among us may keep his place before the burning fire? who among us may see the eternal burnings?
15 Qui ambulat in iustitiis, et loquitur veritatem, qui proiicit avaritiam ex calumnia, et excutit manus suas ab omni munere, qui obturat aures suas ne audiat sanguinem, et claudit oculos suos ne videat malum.
He whose ways are true, and whose words are upright; he who gives no thought to the profits of false acts, whose hands have not taken rewards, who will have no part in putting men to death, and whose eyes are shut against evil;
16 Iste in excelsis habitabit, munimenta saxorum sublimitas eius: panis ei datus est, aquæ eius fideles sunt.
He will have a place on high: he will be safely shut in by the high rocks: his bread will be given to him; his waters will be certain.
17 Regem in decore suo videbunt oculi eius, cernent terram de longe.
Your eyes will see the king in his glory: they will be looking on a far-stretching land.
18 Cor tuum meditabitur timorem: ubi est litteratus? Ubi legis verba ponderans? Ubi doctor parvulorum?
Your heart will give thought to the cause of your fear: where is the scribe, where is he who made a record of the payments, where is he by whom the towers were numbered?
19 Populum impudentem non videbis, populum alti sermonis: ita ut non possis intelligere disertitudinem linguæ eius, in quo nulla est sapientia.
Never again will you see the cruel people, a people whose tongue has no sense for you; whose language is strange to you.
20 Respice Sion civitatem sollemnitatis nostræ: oculi tui videbunt Ierusalem, habitationem opulentam, tabernaculum, quod nequaquam transferri poterit: nec auferentur clavi eius in sempiternum, et omnes funiculi eius non rumpentur:
Let your eyes be resting on Zion, the town of our holy feasts: you will see Jerusalem, a quiet resting-place, a tent which will not be moved, whose tent-pins will never be pulled up, and whose cords will never be broken.
21 quia solummodo ibi magnificus est Dominus noster: locus fluviorum rivi latissimi et patentes: non transibit per eum navis remigum, neque trieris magna transgredietur eum.
But there the Lord will be with us in his glory, ... wide rivers and streams; where no boat will go with blades, and no fair ship will be sailing.
22 Dominus enim iudex noster: Dominus legifer noster, Dominus rex noster: ipse salvabit nos.
For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our law-giver, the Lord is our king; he will be our saviour.
23 Laxati sunt funiculi tui, et non prævalebunt: sic erit malus tuus ut dilatare signum non queas. Tunc dividentur spolia prædarum multarum: claudi diripient rapinam.
Your cords have become loose; they were not able to make strong the support of their sails, the sail was not stretched out: then the blind will take much property, the feeble-footed will make division of the goods of war.
24 Nec dicet vicinus: Elangui: populus qui habitat in ea, auferetur ab eo iniquitas.
And the men of Zion will not say, I am ill: for its people will have forgiveness for their sin.
