Isaiæ 10
1 vae qui condunt leges iniquas et scribentes iniustitiam scripserunt
Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees,
2 ut opprimerent in iudicio pauperes et vim facerent causae humilium populi mei ut essent viduae praeda eorum et pupillos diriperent
to deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey and orphans their plunder.
3 quid facietis in die visitationis et calamitatis de longe venientis ad cuius fugietis auxilium et ubi derelinquetis gloriam vestram
What will you do on the day of reckoning when devastation comes from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth?
4 ne incurvemini sub vinculo et cum interfectis cadatis super omnibus his non est aversus furor eius sed adhuc manus eius extenta
Nothing will remain but to crouch among the captives or fall among the slain. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
5 vae Assur virga furoris mei et baculus ipse in manu eorum indignatio mea
Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.
6 ad gentem fallacem mittam eum et contra populum furoris mei mandabo illi ut auferat spolia et diripiat praedam et ponat illum in conculcationem quasi lutum platearum
I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets.
7 ipse autem non sic arbitrabitur et cor eius non ita aestimabit sed ad conterendum erit cor eius et ad internicionem gentium non paucarum
But this is not his intention; this is not his plan. For it is in his heart to destroy and cut off many nations.
8 dicet enim
“Are not all my commanders kings?” he says.
9 numquid non principes mei simul reges sunt numquid non ut Charchamis sic Chalanno et ut Arfad sic Emath numquid non ut Damascus sic Samaria
“Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?
10 quomodo invenit manus mea regna idoli sic et simulacra eorum de Hierusalem et de Samaria
As my hand seized the idolatrous kingdoms whose images surpassed those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
11 numquid non sicut feci Samariae et idolis eius sic faciam Hierusalem et simulacris eius
and as I have done to Samaria and its idols, will I not also do to Jerusalem and her idols?”
12 et erit cum impleverit Dominus cuncta opera sua in monte Sion et in Hierusalem visitabo super fructum magnifici cordis regis Assur et super gloriam altitudinis oculorum eius
So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes.
13 dixit enim in fortitudine manus meae feci et in sapientia mea intellexi et abstuli terminos populorum et principes eorum depraedatus sum et detraxi quasi potens in sublime residentes
For he says: ‘By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, for I am clever. I have removed the boundaries of nations and plundered their treasures; like a mighty one I subdued their rulers.
14 et invenit quasi nidum manus mea fortitudinem populorum et sicut colliguntur ova quae derelicta sunt sic universam terram ego congregavi et non fuit qui moveret pinnam et aperiret os et ganniret
My hand reached as into a nest to seize the wealth of the nations. Like one gathering abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth. No wing fluttered, no beak opened or chirped.’”
15 numquid gloriabitur securis contra eum qui secat in ea aut exaltabitur serra contra eum a quo trahitur quomodo si elevetur virga contra levantem se et exaltetur baculus qui utique lignum est
Does an axe raise itself above the one who swings it? Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, or a staff lifting him who is not wood!
16 propter hoc mittet Dominator Deus exercituum in pinguibus eius tenuitatem et subtus gloriam eius succensa ardebit quasi conbustio ignis
Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts will send a wasting disease among Assyria’s stout warriors, and under his pomp will be kindled a fire like a burning flame.
17 et erit lumen Israhel in igne et Sanctus eius in flamma et succendetur et devorabitur spina eius et vepres in die una
And the Light of Israel will become a fire, and its Holy One a flame. In a single day it will burn and devour Assyria’s thorns and thistles.
18 et gloria saltus eius et Carmeli eius ab anima usque ad carnem consumetur et erit terrore profugus
The splendor of its forests and orchards, both soul and body, it will completely destroy, as a sickness consumes a man.
19 et reliquiae ligni saltus eius pro paucitate numerabuntur et puer scribet eos
The remaining trees of its forests will be so few that a child could count them.
20 et erit in die illa non adiciet residuum Israhel et hii qui fugerint de domo Iacob inniti super eo qui percutit eos sed innitetur super Dominum Sanctum Israhel in veritate
On that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no longer depend on him who struck them, but they will truly rely on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.
21 reliquiae convertentur reliquiae inquam Iacob ad Deum fortem
A remnant will return —a remnant of Jacob— to the Mighty God.
22 si enim fuerit populus tuus Israhel quasi harena maris reliquiae convertentur ex eo consummatio adbreviata inundabit iustitiam
Though your people, O Israel, be like the sand of the sea, only a remnant will return. Destruction has been decreed, overflowing with righteousness.
23 consummationem enim et adbreviationem Dominus Deus exercituum faciet in medio omnis terrae
For the Lord GOD of Hosts will carry out the destruction decreed upon the whole land.
24 propter hoc haec dicit Dominus Deus exercituum noli timere populus meus habitator Sion ab Assur in virga percutiet te et baculum suum levabit super te in via Aegypti
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD of Hosts says: “O My people who dwell in Zion, do not fear Assyria, who strikes you with a rod and lifts his staff against you as the Egyptians did.
25 adhuc enim paululum modicumque et consummabitur indignatio et furor meus super scelus eorum
For in just a little while My fury against you will subside, and My anger will turn to their destruction.”
26 et suscitabit super eum Dominus exercituum flagellum iuxta plagam Madian in petra Oreb et virgam suam super mare et levabit eam in via Aegypti
And the LORD of Hosts will brandish a whip against them, as when He struck Midian at the rock of Oreb. He will raise His staff over the sea, as He did in Egypt.
27 et erit in die illa auferetur onus eius de umero tuo et iugum eius de collo tuo et conputrescet iugum a facie olei
On that day the burden will be lifted from your shoulders, and the yoke from your neck. The yoke will be broken because your neck will be too large.
28 veniet in Aiath transibit in Magron apud Machmas commendabit vasa sua
Assyria has entered Aiath and passed through Migron, storing their supplies at Michmash.
29 transierunt cursim Gabee sedes nostra obstipuit Rama Gabaath Saulis fugit
They have crossed at the ford: “We will spend the night at Geba.” Ramah trembles; Gibeah of Saul flees.
30 hinni voce tua filia Gallim adtende Laisa paupercula Anathoth
Cry aloud, O Daughter of Gallim! Listen, O Laishah! O wretched Anathoth!
31 migravit Medemena habitatores Gebim confortamini
Madmenah flees; the people of Gebim take refuge.
32 adhuc dies est ut in Nob stetur agitabit manum suam super montem filiae Sion collem Hierusalem
Yet today they will halt at Nob, shaking a fist at the mount of Daughter Zion, at the hill of Jerusalem.
33 ecce Dominator Dominus exercituum confringet lagunculam in terrore et excelsi statura succidentur et sublimes humiliabuntur
Behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts will lop off the branches with terrifying power. The tall trees will be cut down, the lofty ones will be felled.
34 et subvertentur condensa saltus ferro et Libanus cum excelsis cadet
He will clear the forest thickets with an axe, and Lebanon will fall before the Mighty One.
