Isaiæ 43
1 et nunc haec dicit Dominus creans te Iacob et formans te Israhel noli timere quia redemi te et vocavi nomine tuo meus es tu
But now thus saith Jehovah, that created thee, O Jacob, That formed thee, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed thee; I have called thee by name; thou art mine!
2 cum transieris per aquas tecum ero et flumina non operient te cum ambulaveris in igne non conbureris et flamma non ardebit in te
When thou passest through waters, I will be with thee; And through rivers, they shall not overflow thee; When thou walkest through fire, thou shalt not be burned, And the flame shall not consume thee.
3 quia ego Dominus Deus tuus Sanctus Israhel salvator tuus dedi propitiationem tuam Aegyptum Aethiopiam et Saba pro te
For I am Jehovah, thy God, The Holy One of Israel, thy saviour. I will give Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee;
4 ex quo honorabilis factus es in oculis meis et gloriosus ego dilexi te et dabo homines pro te et populos pro anima tua
Because thou art precious in my sight, Because thou art honored, and I love thee, Therefore will I give men for thee, And nations for thy life.
5 noli timere quoniam tecum ego sum ab oriente adducam semen tuum et ab occidente congregabo te
Fear not, for I am with thee! I will bring thy children from the East, And gather thee from the West.
6 dicam aquiloni da et austro noli prohibere adfer filios meos de longinquo et filias meas ab extremis terrae
I will say to the North, “Give them up!” And to the South, “Withhold them not! Bring my sons from afar, And my daughters from the ends of the earth;
7 et omnem qui invocat nomen meum in gloriam meam creavi eum et formavi eum et feci eum
Every one that is called by my name, That I have created for my glory, That I have formed and made!”
8 educ foras populum caecum et oculos habentem surdum et aures ei sunt
Bring forth the blind people, having eyes, And the deaf, having ears.
9 omnes gentes congregatae sunt simul et collectae sunt tribus quis in vobis adnuntiet istud et quae prima sunt audire nos faciat dent testes eorum et iustificentur et audiant et dicant vere
Let all the nations be gathered together, And the kingdoms be assembled! Who among them hath declared this, And can show us former predictions? Let them produce their witnesses that they are right; That men may hear, and say, It is true!
10 vos testes mei dicit Dominus et servus meus quem elegi ut sciatis et credatis mihi et intellegatis quia ego ipse sum ante me non est formatus deus et post me non erit
Ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, And my servant whom I have chosen, That ye may know and believe me, And understand that I am He. Before me was no god formed, And after me there shall be none.
11 ego sum ego sum Dominus et non est absque me salvator
I, I am Jehovah, And besides me there is no saviour.
12 ego adnuntiavi et salvavi auditum feci et non fuit in vobis alienus vos testes mei dicit Dominus et ego Deus
I have declared and have saved; I made it known, when there was no strange god among you; Ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, That I am God.
13 et ab initio ego ipse et non est qui de manu mea eruat operabor et quis avertet illud
Even from the beginning of time I have been He, And none can rescue from my hand; I undertake, and who can hinder?
14 haec dicit Dominus redemptor vester Sanctus Israhel propter vos emisi Babylonem et detraxi vectes universos et Chaldeos in navibus suis gloriantes
Thus saith Jehovah, Your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sakes have I sent to Babylon, And caused all her fugitives, And the Chaldeans, to descend to the ships of their delight.
15 ego Dominus Sanctus vester creans Israhel Rex vester
I, Jehovah, am your Holy One, The creator of Israel, your king.
16 haec dicit Dominus qui dedit in mari viam et in aquis torrentibus semitam
Thus saith Jehovah, —He that made a way in the sea, And a path in the mighty waters,
17 qui eduxit quadrigam et equum agmen et robustum simul obdormierunt nec resurgent contriti sunt quasi linum et extincti sunt
That caused the chariot and the horse, the army and the forces, to march forth; There they lay down together; they rose no more; They were extinguished; they were quenched like a torch; —
18 ne memineritis priorum et antiqua ne intueamini
Remember not the former things; The things of old regard no more!
19 ecce ego facio nova et nunc orientur utique cognoscetis ea ponam in deserto viam et in invio flumina
Behold, I do a new thing; Now shall it spring forth; yea, ye shall see it. Behold, I make a way in the wilderness, And streams in the desert;
20 glorificabit me bestia agri dracones et strutiones quia dedi in deserto aquas flumina in invio ut darem potum populo meo electo meo
The beasts of the forest shall honor me, The jackals and the ostriches; For I make rivers in the wilderness And streams in the desert, To give drink to my people, my chosen.
21 populum istum formavi mihi laudem meam narrabit
This people, which I have formed for myself Shall make known my praise.
22 non me invocasti Iacob nec laborasti in me Israhel
Yet thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob, So as to have wearied thyself for me, O Israel!
23 non obtulisti mihi arietem holocausti tui et victimis tuis non glorificasti me non te servire feci in oblatione nec laborem tibi praebui in ture
Thou hast not brought me thy lambs for a burnt-offering, Nor honored me with thy sacrifices; I have not burdened thee with oblations, Nor wearied thee with incense;
24 non emisti mihi argento calamum et adipe victimarum tuarum non inebriasti me verumtamen servire me fecisti in peccatis tuis praebuisti mihi laborem in iniquitatibus tuis
Thou hast bought me no sweet-smelling reed with silver, Neither hast thou satisfied me with the fat of thy sacrifices; With thy sins hast thou burdened me, And wearied me with thine iniquities.
25 ego sum ego sum ipse qui deleo iniquitates tuas propter me et peccatorum tuorum non recordabor
I, I myself, blot out thy transgressions for my own sake, And will not remember thy sins.
26 reduc me in memoriam et iudicemur simul narra si quid habes ut iustificeris
Put me in remembrance; let us plead together; Speak that thou mayst justify thyself.
27 pater tuus primus peccavit et interpretes tui praevaricati sunt in me
Thy forefathers sinned, And thy teachers were rebellious against me;
28 et contaminavi principes sanctos dedi ad internicionem Iacob et Israhel in blasphemiam
Therefore have I profaned the princes of the sanctuary, And given up Jacob to a curse, And Israel to reproach.
