Isaiæ 42
1 Ecce servus meus, suscipiam eum: electus meus, complacuit sibi in illo anima mea: dedi spiritum meum super eum, iudicium Gentibus proferet.
Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul delighteth: I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the Gentiles.
2 Non clamabit, neque accipiet personam, nec audietur vox eius foris.
He will not cry, nor lift up his voice, nor cause it to be heard in the street.
3 Calamum quassatum non conteret, et linum fumigans non extinguet: in veritate educet iudicium.
A bruised reed will he not break, and a dimly burning wick will he not quench: he will bring forth justice in truth.
4 Non erit tristis, neque turbulentus, donec ponat in terra iudicium: et legem eius insulae expectabunt.
He will not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set justice in the earth; and the isles shall wait for his law.
5 Haec dicit Dominus Deus creans caelos, et extendens eos: formans terram, et quae germinant ex ea: dans flatum populo, qui est super eam, et spiritum calcantibus eam.
Thus saith God Jehovah, he that created the heavens, and stretched them forth; he that spread abroad the earth and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:
6 Ego Dominus vocavi te in iustitia, et apprehendi manum tuam, et servavi te. Et dedi te in foedus populi, in lucem Gentium:
I, Jehovah, have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thy hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
7 Ut aperires oculos caecorum, et educeres de conclusione vinctum, de domo carceris sedentes in tenebris.
to open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison-house.
8 Ego Dominus, hoc est nomen meum: gloriam meam alteri non dabo, et laudem meam sculptilibus.
I am Jehovah, that is my name; and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise unto graven images.
9 Quae prima fuerunt, ecce venerunt: nova quoque ego annuncio: antequam oriantur, audita vobis faciam.
Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them.
10 Cantate Domino canticum novum, laus eius ab extremis terrae: qui descenditis in mare, et plenitudo eius, insulae, et habitatores earum.
Sing unto Jehovah a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth; ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein, the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.
11 Sublevetur desertum, et civitates eius: in domibus habitabit Cedar: laudate habitatores Petrae, de vertice montium clamabunt.
Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up [their voice], the villages that Kedar doth inhabit; let the inhabitants of Sela sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.
12 Ponent Domino gloriam, et laudem eius in insulis nunciabunt.
Let them give glory unto Jehovah, and declare his praise in the islands.
13 Dominus sicut fortis egredietur, sicut vir praeliator suscitabit zelum: vociferabitur, et clamabit: super inimicos suos confortabitur.
Jehovah will go forth as a mighty man; he will stir up [his] zeal like a man of war: he will cry, yea, he will shout aloud; he will do mightily against his enemies.
14 Tacui semper, silui, patiens fui, sicut parturiens loquar: dissipabo, et absorbebo simul.
I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: [now] will I cry out like a travailing woman; I will gasp and pant together.
15 Desertos faciam montes, et colles, et omne gramen eorum exiccabo: et ponam flumina in insulas, et stagna arefaciam.
I will lay waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and will dry up the pools.
16 Et ducam caecos in viam, quam nesciunt, et in semitis, quas ignoraverunt, ambulare eos faciam: ponam tenebras coram eis in lucem, et prava in recta: haec verba feci eis, et non dereliqui eos.
And I will bring the blind by a way that they know not; in paths that they know not will I lead them; I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. These things will I do, and I will not forsake them.
17 Conversi sunt retrorsum: confundantur confusione qui confidunt in sculptili, qui dicunt conflatili: Vos dii nostri.
They shall be turned back, they shall be utterly put to shame, that trust in graven images, that say unto molten images, Ye are our gods.
18 Surdi audite, et caeci intuemini ad videndum.
Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
19 Quis caecus, nisi servus meus? et surdus, nisi ad quem nuncios meos misi? quis caecus, nisi qui venundatus est? et quis caecus, nisi servus Domini?
Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I send? who is blind as he that is at peace [with me], and blind as Jehovah’s servant?
20 Qui vides multa, nonne custodies? qui apertas habes aures, nonne audies?
Thou seest many things, but thou observest not; his ears are open, but he heareth not.
21 Et Dominus voluit ut sanctificaret eum, et magnificaret legem, et extolleret.
It pleased Jehovah, for his righteousness’ sake, to magnify the law, and make it honorable.
22 Ipse autem populus direptus, et vastatus: laqueus iuvenum omnes, et in domibus carcerum absconditi sunt: facti sunt in rapinam, nec est qui eruat: in direptionem, nec est qui dicat: Redde.
But this is a people robbed and plundered; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison-houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.
23 Quis est in vobis qui audiat hoc, attendat et auscultet futura?
Who is there among you that will give ear to this? that will hearken and hear for the time to come?
24 Quis dedit in direptionem Iacob, et Israel vastantibus? nonne Dominus ipse, cui peccavimus? Et noluerunt in viis eius ambulare, et non audierunt legem eius.
Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not Jehovah? he against whom we have sinned, and in whose ways they would not walk, neither were they obedient unto his law.
25 Et effudit super eum indignationem furoris sui, et forte bellum, et combussit eum in circuitu, et non cognovit: et succendit eum, et non intellexit.
Therefore he poured upon him the fierceness of his anger, and the strength of battle; and it set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.
