Isaiæ 42
1 ecce servus meus suscipiam eum electus meus conplacuit sibi in illo anima mea dedi spiritum meum super eum iudicium gentibus proferet
Jacob is my servant, I will help him: Israel is my chosen, my soul has accepted him; I have put my Spirit upon him; he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
2 non clamabit neque accipiet personam nec audietur foris vox eius
He shall not cry, nor lift up [his voice], nor shall his voice be heard without.
3 calamum quassatum non conteret et linum fumigans non extinguet in veritate educet iudicium
A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench; but he shall bring forth judgment to truth.
4 non erit tristis neque turbulentus donec ponat in terra iudicium et legem eius insulae expectabunt
He shall shine out, and shall not be discouraged, until he have set judgment on the earth: and in his name shall the Gentiles trust.
5 haec dicit Dominus Deus creans caelos et extendens eos firmans terram et quae germinant ex ea dans flatum populo qui est super eam et spiritum calcantibus eam
Thus says the Lord God, who made the heaven, and established it; who settled the earth, and the things in it, and gives breath to the people on it, and spirit to them that tread on it:
6 ego Dominus vocavi te in iustitia et adprehendi manum tuam et servavi et dedi te in foedus populi in lucem gentium
I the Lord God have called you in righteousness, and will hold your hand, and will strengthen you: and I have given you for the covenant of a race, 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 eyes of the blind, to bring the bound and them that sit in darkness out of bonds and the prison-house.
8 ego Dominus hoc est nomen meum gloriam meam alteri non dabo et laudem meam sculptilibus
I am the Lord God: that is my name: I will not give my glory to another, nor my praises to graven images.
9 quae prima fuerant ecce venerunt nova quoque ego adnuntio antequam oriantur audita vobis faciam
Behold, the ancient things have come to pass, and [so will] the new things which I tell you: yes, before I tell [them] they are made known to you.
10 cantate Domino canticum novum laus eius ab extremis terrae qui descenditis in mare et plenitudo eius insulae et habitatores earum
Sing a new hymn to the Lord: you [who are] his dominion, glorify his name from the end of the earth: you that go down to the sea, and sail upon it; the islands, and they that dwell in them.
11 sublevetur desertum et civitates eius in domibus habitabit Cedar laudate habitatores Petrae de vertice montium clamabunt
Rejoice, you wilderness, and the villages thereof, the hamlets, and the dwellers in Kedar: the inhabitants of the rock shall rejoice, they shall shout from the top of the mountains.
12 ponent Domino gloriam et laudem eius in insulis nuntiabunt
They shall give glory to God, [and] shall proclaim his praises in the islands.
13 Dominus sicut fortis egredietur sicut vir proeliator suscitabit zelum vociferabitur et clamabit super inimicos suos confortabitur
The Lord God of hosts shall go forth, and crush the war: he shall stir up jealousy, and shall shout mightily against his enemies.
14 tacui semper silui patiens fui sicut pariens loquar dissipabo et absorbebo simul
I have been silent: shall I also always be silent and forbear: I have endured like a travailing [woman]: I will [now] amaze and wither at once.
15 desertos faciam montes et colles et omne gramen eorum exsiccabo et ponam flumina in insulas et stagna arefaciam
I will make desolate mountains and hills, and will dry up all their grass; and I will make the rivers islands, and dry up the pools.
16 et ducam caecos in via quam nesciunt 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 knew not, and I will cause them to tread paths which they have not known: I will turn darkness into light for them, and crooked things into straight. These things will I do, and will not forsake them.
17 conversi sunt retrorsum confundantur confusione qui confidunt in sculptili qui dicunt conflatili vos dii nostri
But they are turned back: be you utterly ashamed that trust in graven [images], who say to the molten [images], You are our gods.
18 surdi audite et caeci intuemini ad videndum
Hear, you deaf, and look up, you blind, to see.
19 quis caecus nisi servus meus et surdus nisi ad quem nuntios meos misi quis caecus nisi qui venundatus est quis caecus nisi servus Domini
And who is blind, but my servants? and deaf, but they that rule over them? yes, the servants of God have been made blind.
20 qui vides multa nonne custodies qui apertas habes aures nonne audies
You have often seen, and have not taken heed; [your] ears have been opened, and you have not heard.
21 et Dominus voluit ut sanctificaret eum et magnificaret legem et extolleret
The Lord God has taken counsel that he might be justified, and might magnify [his] praise.
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 et non est qui dicat redde
And I saw, and the people were spoiled and plundered: for [there is] a snare in the secret chambers everywhere, and in the houses also, where they have hidden them: they became a spoil, and there was no one that delivered the prey, and there was none who said, Restore.
23 quis est in vobis qui audiat hoc adtendat et auscultet futura
Who [is there] among you that will give ear to these things? listen you to the things which are coming to pass.
24 quis dedit in direptionem Iacob et Israhel vastantibus nonne Dominus ipse cui peccavimus et noluerunt in viis eius ambulare et non audierunt legem eius
For what did he give to Jacob up to spoil, and Israel to them that plundered him? Did not God [do it] against whom they sinned? [and] they would not walk in his ways, nor listen to his law.
25 et effudit super eum indignationem furoris sui et forte bellum et conbusit eum in circuitu et non cognovit et succendit eum et non intellexit
So he brought upon them the fury of his wrath; and the war, and those that burnt round about them, prevailed against them; yet no one of them knew [it], neither did they lay [it] to heart.
