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.
Adonai says to his anointed, to Cyrus [Sun], whose right hand I have held, to subdue nations before him, and strip kings of their armor; to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut:
2 Ego ante te ibo: et gloriosos terræ humiliabo: portas æreas conteram, et vectes ferreos confringam.
“I will go before you, and make the rough places smooth. I will break the doors of bronze in pieces, and cut apart the bars of iron.
3 Et dabo tibi thesauros absconditos, et arcana secretorum: ut scias quia ego Dominus, qui voco nomen tuum, Deus Israel.
I will give you the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that you may know that it is I, Adonai, who call you by your name, even the God of Israel [God prevails].
4 Propter servum meum Iacob, et Israel electum meum, et vocavi te nomine tuo: assimilavi te, et non cognovisti me.
For Jacob [Supplanter] my servant’s sake, and Israel [God prevails] my chosen, I have called you by your name. I have given you a title, though you have not known me.
5 Ego Dominus, et non est amplius: extra me non est deus: accinxi te, et non cognovisti me:
I am Adonai, and there is no one else. Besides me, there are no elohim ·gods, judges·. I will strengthen you, though 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 may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is no one besides me. I am Adonai, and there is no one else.
7 formans lucem, et creans tenebras, faciens pacem, et creans malum: ego Dominus faciens omnia hæc.
I form the light, and create darkness. I make peace, and create calamity. I am Adonai, who 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.
Rain, you heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. Let the earth open, that it may produce yesha' ·salvation·, and let it cause righteousness to spring up with it. I, Adonai, have created it.
9 Væ qui contradicit Fictori suo, testa de samiis terræ: numquid dicet lutum figulo suo: Quid facis, et opus tuum absque manibus est?
Woe to him who strives with his Maker— a clay pot among the clay pots of the earth! Shall the clay ask him who fashions it, ‘What are you making?’ or your work, ‘He has no hands?’
10 Væ qui dicit patri: Quid generas? et mulieri: Quid parturis?
Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What have you become the father of?’ or to a mother, ‘To what have you given birth?’”
11 Hæc dicit Dominus, Sanctus Israel, Plastes eius: Ventura interrogate me, super filios meos, et super opus manuum mearum mandate mihi.
Adonai, the haKadosh Isra'el [the Holy One of God prevails], and his Maker says: “You ask me about the things that are to come, concerning my sons, and you enjoin me concerning the work of my hands!
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 created man on it. I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens; and I have enjoined all their army.
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 in righteousness, and I will make straight all his ways. He shall build my city, and he shall let my exiles go free, not for price nor reward,” says Adonai Tzva'ot [Yahweh Commander of heaven’s armies].
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.
Adonai says: “The labor of Egypt [Abode of slavery], and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over to you, and they shall be yours. They will go after you. They shall come over in chains; and they will bow down to you. They will make supplication to you: ‘Surely God is in you; and there is no one else. There is no other Elohim ·Deity, Judge·.
15 Vere tu es Deus absconditus, Deus Israel Salvator.
Most certainly you are a God who hidden yourself, God of Israel [God prevails], the One who saves.’”
16 Confusi sunt, et erubuerunt omnes: simul abierunt in confusionem fabricatores errorum.
They will be disappointed, yes, confounded, all of them. Those who are makers of idols will go into confusion together.
17 Israel salvatus est in Domino salute æterna: non confundemini, et non erubescetis usque in sæculum sæculi.
Israel [God prevails] will be saved by Adonai with an everlasting salvation. You will not be disappointed nor confounded to ages everlasting.
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.
For Adonai who created the heavens, the God who formed the earth and made it, who established it and didn’t create it a waste, who formed it to be inhabited says: “I am Adonai; and there is no other.
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, in a place of the land of darkness. I didn’t say to the offspring of Jacob [Supplanter], ‘Seek me in vain.’ I, Adonai, speak righteousness. I declare things that are right.
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. Draw near together, you who have escaped from the nations. Those have no knowledge who carry the wood of their engraved image, and pray to a deity that can’t 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.
Declare and present it. Yes, let them take counsel together. Who has sh'ma ·heard obeyed, declared· this from ancient time? Who has declared it of old? Haven’t I, Adonai? There is no other Elohim ·Deity, Judge· besides me, a just God and able to save; There is no one besides me.
22 Convertimini ad me, et salvi eritis omnes fines terræ: quia ego Deus, et non est alius.
“Look to me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
23 In memetipso iuravi, egredietur de ore meo iustitiæ verbum, et non revertetur: quia mihi curvabitur omne genu, et iurabit omnis lingua.
I have sworn by myself. The word has gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and will not be revoked, that to me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear
24 Ergo in Domino, dicet, meæ sunt iustitiæ et imperium: ad eum venient, et confundentur omnes qui repugnant ei.
about me, ‘There is righteousness and strength only in Adonai.’” Even to him shall men come; and all those who raged against him shall be disappointed.
25 In Domino iustificabitur, et laudabitur omne semen Israel.
All the offspring of Israel [God prevails] will be justified in Adonai, and will rejoice!
