Isaiæ 5
1 Cantabo dilecto meo canticum patruelis mei vineæ suæ. Vinea facta est dilecto meo in cornu filio olei.
Let me sing for my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved had a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:
2 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.
and he made a trench about it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also hewed out a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
3 Nunc ergo habitatores Ierusalem, et viri Iuda, iudicate inter me et vineam meam.
And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.
4 Quid est quod debui ultra facere vineæ meæ, et non feci ei? An quod expectavi ut faceret uvas, et fecit labruscas?
What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?
5 Et nunc ostendam vobis quid ego faciam vineæ meæ, auferam sepem eius, et erit in direptionem: diruam maceriam eius, et erit in conculcationem.
And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; I will break down the fence thereof, and it shall be trodden down:
6 Et ponam eam desertam: non putabitur, et non fodietur: et ascendent vepres et spinæ: et nubibus mandabo ne pluant super eam imbrem.
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.
7 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.
For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.
8 Væ qui coniungitis domum ad domum, et agrum agro copulatis usque ad terminum loci: numquid habitabitis vos soli in medio terræ?
Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no room, and ye be made to dwell alone in the midst of the land!
9 In auribus meis sunt hæc, dicit Dominus exercituum. Nisi domus multæ desertæ fuerint grandes, et pulchræ absque habitatore.
In mine ears [saith] the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.
10 Decem enim iugera vinearum facient lagunculam unam, et triginta modii sementis facient modios tres.
For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield [but] an ephah.
11 Væ qui consurgitis mane ad ebrietatem sectandam, et potandum usque ad vesperam, ut vino æstuetis.
Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that tarry late into the night, till wine inflame them!
12 Cithara, et lyra, et tympanum, et tibia, et vinum in conviviis vestris: et opus Domini non respicitis, nec opera manuum eius consideratis.
And the harp and the lute, the tabret and the pipe, and wine, are [in] their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither have they considered the operation of his hands.
13 Propterea captivus ductus est populus meus, quia non habuit scientiam, et nobiles eius interierunt fame, et multitudo eius siti exaruit.
Therefore my people are gone into captivity, for lack of knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude are parched with thirst.
14 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)
Therefore hell hath enlarged her desire, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth among them, descend [into it]. (Sheol h7585)
15 Et incurvabitur homo, et humiliabitur vir, et oculi sublimium deprimentur.
And the mean man is bowed down, and the great man is humbled, and the eyes of the lofty are humbled:
16 Et exaltabitur Dominus exercituum in iudicio, et Deus sanctus sanctificabitur in iustitia.
but the LORD of hosts is exalted in judgment, and God the Holy One is sanctified in righteousness.
17 Et pascentur agni iuxta ordinem suum, et deserta in ubertatem versa advenæ comedent.
Then shall the lambs feed as in their pasture, and the waste places of the fat ones shall wanderers eat.
18 Væ qui trahitis iniquitatem in funiculis vanitatis, et quasi vinculum plaustri peccatum.
Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:
19 Qui dicitis: Festinet, et cito veniat opus eius, ut videamus: et appropiet, et veniat consilium Sancti Israel, et sciemus illud.
that 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 nigh and come, that we may know it!
20 Væ qui dicitis malum bonum, et bonum malum: ponentes tenebras lucem, et lucem tenebras: ponentes amarum in dulce, et dulce in amarum.
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
21 Væ qui sapientes estis in oculis vestris, et coram vobismetipsis prudentes.
Woe unto them that are wise their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
22 Væ qui potentes estis ad bibendum vinum, et viri fortes ad miscendam ebrietatem.
Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:
23 Qui iustificatis impium pro muneribus, et iustitiam iusti aufertis ab eo.
which justify the wicked for a reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
24 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.
Therefore as the tongue of fire devoureth the stubble, and as the dry grass sinketh 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 the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
25 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.
Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them, and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were as refuse in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
26 Et elevabit signum in nationibus procul, et sibilabit ad eum de finibus terræ: et ecce festinus velociter veniet.
And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss for them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly:
27 Non est deficiens, neque laborans in eo: non dormitabit, neque dormiet, neque solvetur cingulum renum eius, nec rumpetur corrigia calceamenti eius.
None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:
28 Sagittæ eius acutæ, et omnes arcus eius extenti. Ungulæ equorum eius ut silex, et rotæ eius quasi impetus tempestatis.
whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent; their horses’ hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:
29 Rugitus eius ut leonis, rugiet ut catuli leonum: et frendet et tenebit prædam: et amplexabitur, et non erit qui eruat.
their roaring shall be like a lion, 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.
30 Et sonabit super eum in die illa sicut sonitus maris: aspiciemus in terram, et ecce tenebræ tribulationis, et lux obtenebrata est in caligine eius.
And they shall roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness [and] distress, and the light is darkened in the clouds thereof.
