Isaiæ 45
1 Hæc dicit Dominus christo meo Cyro, cuius apprehendi dexteram, ut subiiciam ante faciem eius Gentes, et dorsa regum vertam, et aperiam coram eo ianuas, et portæ non claudentur.
Thus says the Lord God to my anointed Cyrus, whose right hand I have held, that nations might be obedient before him; and I will break through the strength of kings; I will open doors before him, and cities shall not be closed.
2 Ego ante te ibo: et gloriosos terræ humiliabo: portas æreas conteram, et vectes ferreos confringam.
I will go before you, and will level mountains: I will break to pieces brazen doors, and burst iron bars.
3 Et dabo tibi thesauros absconditos, et arcana secretorum: ut scias quia ego Dominus, qui voco nomen tuum, Deus Israel.
And I will give you the treasures of darkness, I will open to you hidden, unseen [treasures], that you may know that I, the Lord your God, that call you by name, am the God of Israel.
4 Propter servum meum Iacob, et Israel electum meum, et vocavi te nomine tuo: assimilavi te, et non cognovisti me.
For the sake of my servant Jacob, and Israel mine elect, I will call you by your name, and accept you: but you have not known me.
5 Ego Dominus, et non est amplius: extra me non est deus: accinxi te, et non cognovisti me:
For I am the Lord God, and there is no other God beside me; I strengthened you, and you have not known me.
6 Ut sciant hi, qui ab ortu solis, et qui ab occidente, quoniam absque me non est: ego Dominus, et non est alter,
That they that [come] from the east and they that [come] from the west may know that there is no God but me. I am the Lord God, and there is none beside.
7 formans lucem, et creans tenebras, faciens pacem, et creans malum: ego Dominus faciens omnia hæc.
I am he that prepared light, and formed darkness; who make peace, and create evil; I am the Lord God, that does all these things.
8 Rorate cæli desuper, et nubes pluant iustum: aperiatur terra, et germinet salvatorem: et iustitia oriatur simul: ego Dominus creavi eum.
Let the heaven rejoice from above, and let the clouds rain righteousness: let the earth bring forth, and blossom [with] mercy, and bring forth righteousness likewise: I am the Lord that created you.
9 Væ qui contradicit Fictori suo, testa de samiis terræ: numquid dicet lutum figulo suo: Quid facis, et opus tuum absque manibus est?
What excellent thing have I prepared as clay of the potter? Will the ploughman plough the earth all day? shall the clay say to the potter, What are you doing that you do not work, nor have hands? shall the thing formed answer him that formed it?
10 Væ qui dicit patri: Quid generas? et mulieri: Quid parturis?
As though one should say to [his] father, What will you beget me? and to his mother, What are you bringing forth?
11 Hæc dicit Dominus, Sanctus Israel, Plastes eius: Ventura interrogate me, super filios meos, et super opus manuum mearum mandate mihi.
For thus says the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, who has formed the things that are to come, Enquire of me concerning my sons, and concerning the works of my hands command me.
12 Ego feci terram, et hominem super eam creavi ego: manus meæ tetenderunt cælos, et omni militiæ eorum mandavi.
I have made the earth, and man upon it: I with my hand have established the heaven; I have given commandment to all the stars.
13 Ego suscitavi eum ad iustitiam, et omnes vias eius dirigam: ipse ædificabit civitatem meam, et captivitatem meam dimittet, non in pretio, neque in muneribus, dicit Dominus Deus exercituum.
I have raised him up [to be] a king with righteousness, and all his ways are right: he shall build my city, and shall turn the captivity of my people, not for ransoms, nor for rewards, says the Lord of hosts.
14 Hæc dicit Dominus: Labor Ægypti, et negotiatio Æthiopiæ, et Sabaim viri sublimes, ad te transibunt, et tui erunt: Post te ambulabunt, vincti manicis pergent: et te adorabunt, teque deprecabuntur: Tantum in te est Deus, et non est absque te Deus.
Thus says the Lord of hosts, Egypt has laboured [for you]; and the merchandise of the Ethiopians, and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall pass over to you, and shall be your servants; and they shall follow after you bound in fetters, and shall pass over to you, and shall do obeisance to you, and make supplication to you: because God is in you; and there is no God beside you, [O Lord].
15 Vere tu es Deus absconditus, Deus Israel Salvator.
For you are God, yet we knew [it] not, the God of Israel, the Saviour.
16 Confusi sunt, et erubuerunt omnes: simul abierunt in confusionem fabricatores errorum.
All that are opposed to him shall be ashamed and confounded, and shall walk in shame: you isles, keep a feast to me.
17 Israel salvatus est in Domino salute æterna: non confundemini, et non erubescetis usque in sæculum sæculi.
Israel is saved by the Lord with an everlasting salvation: they shall not be ashamed nor confounded for evermore.
18 Quia hæc dicit Dominus creans cælos, ipse Deus formans terram, et faciens eam, ipse Plastes eius: non in vanum creavit eam: ut habitaretur, formavit eam. Ego Dominus, et non est alius.
Thus says the Lord that made the heaven, this God that created the earth, and made it; he marked it out, he made it not in vain, but formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord, and there is none beside.
19 Non in abscondito locutus sum, in loco terræ tenebroso: non dixi semini Iacob: Frustra quærite me. Ego Dominus loquens iustitiam, annuncians recta.
I have not spoken in secret, nor in a dark place of the earth: I said not to the seed of Jacob, Seek vanity: I, even I, am the Lord, speaking righteousness, and proclaiming truth.
20 Congregamini, et venite, et accedite simul qui salvati estis ex Gentibus: nescierunt qui levant lignum sculpturæ suæ, et rogant deum non salvantem.
Assemble yourselves and come; take counsel together, you that escape of the nations: they that set up wood, [even] their graven image, have no knowledge, nor they who pray to gods that do not save.
21 Annunciate, et venite, et consiliamini simul: Quis auditum fecit hoc ab initio, ex tunc prædixit illud? Numquid non ego Dominus, et non est ultra deus absque me? Deus iustus, et salvans non est præter me.
If they will declare, let them draw near, that they may know together, who has caused these things to be heard from the beginning: then was it told you. I am God, and there is not another beside me; a just [God] and a Saviour; there is none but me.
22 Convertimini ad me, et salvi eritis omnes fines terræ: quia ego Deus, et non est alius.
Turn you to me, and you shall be saved, you that [come] from the end of the earth: I am God, and there is none other.
23 In memetipso iuravi, egredietur de ore meo iustitiæ verbum, et non revertetur: quia mihi curvabitur omne genu, et iurabit omnis lingua.
By myself I swear, righteousness shall surely proceed out of my mouth; my words shall not be frustrated; that to me every knee shall bend, and every tongue shall swear by God,
24 Ergo in Domino, dicet, meæ sunt iustitiæ et imperium: ad eum venient, et confundentur omnes qui repugnant ei.
saying, Righteousness and glory shall come to him: and all that remove them from their borders shall be ashamed.
25 In Domino iustificabitur, et laudabitur omne semen Israel.
By the Lord shall they be justified, and in God shall all the seed of the children of Israel be glorified.
