Isaiæ 41
1 Taceant ad me insulæ, et gentes mutent fortitudinem: accedant, et tunc loquantur, simul ad iudicium propinquemus.
Keep silence before me, islands; and let the peoples renew [their] strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us draw near together to judgment.
2 Quis suscitavit ab Oriente iustum, vocavit eum ut sequeretur se? Dabit in conspectu eius gentes, et reges obtinebit: dabit quasi pulverem gladio eius, sicut stipulam vento raptam arcui eius.
Who raised up from the east him whom righteousness calleth to its foot? He gave the nations before him, and caused him to have dominion over kings; he gave them as dust to his sword, as driven stubble to his bow.
3 Persequetur eos, transibit in pace, semita in pedibus eius non apparebit.
He pursued them, he passed on in safety, by a way he had never come with his feet.
4 Quis hæc operatus est, et fecit, vocans generationes ab exordio? Ego Dominus, primus et novissimus ego sum.
Who hath wrought and done [it], calling the generations from the beginning? I, Jehovah, the first; and with the last, I [am] HE.
5 Viderunt insulæ, et timuerunt, extrema terræ obstupuerunt, appropinquaverunt, et accesserunt.
The isles saw [it], and feared; the ends of the earth trembled: they drew near, and came.
6 Unusquisque proximo suo auxiliabitur, et fratri suo dicet: Confortare.
They helped every one his neighbour, and [each] said to his brother, Take courage.
7 Confortavit faber ærarius percutiens malleo eum, qui cudebat tunc temporis, dicens: Glutino bonum est: et confortavit eum clavis, ut non moveretur.
And the artizan encouraged the founder, he that smootheth [with] the hammer him that smiteth on the anvil, saying of the soldering, It is good; and he fasteneth it with nails, that it be not moved.
8 Et tu Israel serve meus, Iacob quem elegi, semen Abraham amici mei:
But thou, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham, my friend
9 In quo apprehendi te ab extremis terræ, et a longinquis eius vocavi te, et dixi tibi: Servus meus es tu, elegi te, et non abieci te.
— thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called from the extremities thereof, and to whom I said, Thou art my servant, I have chosen thee and not rejected thee,
10 Ne timeas, quia ego tecum sum: ne declines, quia ego Deus tuus: confortavi te, et auxiliatus sum tibi, et suscepit te dextera iusti mei.
— Fear not, for I [am] with thee; be not dismayed, for I [am] thy God: I will strengthen thee, yea, I will help thee, yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
11 Ecce confundentur et erubescent omnes, qui pugnant adversum te: erunt quasi non sint, et peribunt viri, qui contradicunt tibi.
Lo, all that are incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded; they that strive with thee shall be as nothing, and shall perish.
12 Quæres eos, et non invenies, viros rebelles tuos: erunt quasi non sint: et veluti consumptio homines bellantes adversum te.
Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them — them that contend with thee; they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.
13 Quia ego Dominus Deus tuus apprehendens manum tuam, dicensque tibi: Ne timeas, ego adiuvi te.
For I, Jehovah, thy God, hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
14 Noli timere vermis Iacob, qui mortui estis ex Israel: ego auxiliatus sum tibi, dicit Dominus: et Redemptor tuus Sanctus Israel.
Fear not, thou worm Jacob, ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith Jehovah, and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
15 Ego posui te quasi plaustrum triturans novum, habens rostra serrantia: triturabis montes, et comminues: et colles quasi pulverem pones.
Behold, I have made of thee a new sharp threshing instrument having double teeth: thou shalt thresh and beat small the mountains, and shalt make the hills as chaff;
16 Ventilabis eos, et ventus tollet, et turbo disperget eos: et tu exultabis in Domino, in Sancto Israel lætaberis.
thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them; and thou shalt rejoice in Jehovah, thou shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.
17 Egeni, et pauperes quærunt aquas, et non sunt: lingua eorum siti aruit. Ego Dominus exaudiam eos, Deus Israel non derelinquam eos.
The afflicted and the needy seek water, and there is none; their tongue faileth for thirst: I, Jehovah, will answer them, [I], the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
18 Aperiam in supinis collibus flumina, et in medio camporum fontes: ponam desertum in stagna aquarum, et terram inviam in rivos aquarum.
I will open rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness into a pool of water, and the dry land into water-springs.
19 Dabo in solitudinem cedrum, et spinam, et myrtum, et lignum olivæ: ponam in deserto abietem, ulmum, et buxum simul:
I will give in the wilderness the cedar, acacia, myrtle, and oleaster; I will set in the desert the cypress, pine, and box-tree together;
20 Ut videant, et sciant, et recogitent, et intelligant pariter quia manus Domini fecit hoc, et Sanctus Israel creavit illud.
that they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of Jehovah hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.
21 Prope facite iudicium vestrum, dicit Dominus: afferte, siquid forte habetis, dicit Rex Iacob.
Produce your cause, saith Jehovah; bring forward your arguments, saith the King of Jacob.
22 Accedant, et nuncient nobis quæcumque ventura sunt: priora quæ fuerunt nunciate: et ponemus cor nostrum, et sciemus novissima eorum, et quæ ventura sunt indicate nobis.
Let them bring them forward, and declare to us what shall happen: shew the former things, what they are, that we may give attention to them, and know the end of them; — or let us hear things to come:
23 Annunciate quæ ventura sunt in futurum, et sciemus quia dii estis vos. Bene quoque aut male, si potestis, facite: et loquamur, et videamus simul.
declare the things that are to happen hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods; yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be astonished, and behold it together.
24 Ecce, vos estis ex nihilo, et opus vestrum ex eo, quod non est: abominatio est qui elegit vos.
Behold, ye are less than nothing, and your work is of nought; an abomination is he that chooseth you. ...
25 Suscitavi ab Aquilone, et veniet ab ortu solis: vocabit nomen meum, et adducet magistratus quasi lutum, et velut plastes conculcans humum.
I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come, — from the rising of the sun, he who will call upon my name; and he shall come upon princes as on mortar, and as the potter treadeth clay.
26 Quis annunciavit ab exordio ut sciamus: et a principio ut dicamus: Iustus es? non est neque annuncians, neque prædicens, neque audiens sermones vestros.
Who hath declared [it] from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, [It is] right? Indeed, there is none that declareth; no, none that sheweth; no, none that heareth your words.
27 Primus ad Sion dicet: Ecce adsunt, et Ierusalem evangelistam dabo.
The first, [I said] to Zion, Behold, behold them! and to Jerusalem, I will give one that bringeth glad tidings.
28 Et vidi, et non erat neque ex istis quisquam qui iniret consilium, et interrogatus responderet verbum.
And I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, — and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.
29 Ecce omnes iniusti, et vana opera eorum: ventus et inane simulachra eorum.
Behold, they are all vanity, their works are nought, their molten images are wind and emptiness.
