Isaiah 46
1 Bel crouches; Nebo cowers. Their idols weigh down beasts and cattle. The images you carry are burdensome, a load to the weary animal.
Confractus est Bel, contritus est Nabo: facta sunt simulachra eorum bestiis et iumentis, onera vestra gravi pondere usque ad lassitudinem.
2 The gods cower; they crouch together, unable to relieve the burden; but they themselves go into captivity.
Contabuerunt, et contrita sunt simul: non potuerunt salvare portantem, et anima eorum in captivitatem ibit.
3 “Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been sustained from the womb, carried along since birth.
Audite me domus Iacob, et omne residuum domus Israel, qui portamini a meo utero, qui gestamini a mea vulva.
4 Even to your old age, I will be the same, and I will bear you up when you turn gray. I have made you, and I will carry you; I will sustain you and deliver you.
Usque ad senectam ego ipse, et usque ad canos ego portabo: ego feci, et ego feram: ego portabo, et salvabo.
5 To whom will you liken Me or count Me equal? To whom will you compare Me, that we should be alike?
Cui assimilastis me, et adæquastis, et comparastis me, et fecistis similem?
6 They pour out their bags of gold and weigh out silver on scales; they hire a goldsmith to fashion it into a god, so they can bow down and worship.
Qui confertis aurum de sacculo, et argentum statera ponderatis: conducentes aurificem, ut faciat deum: et procidunt, et adorant.
7 They lift it to their shoulder and carry it along; they set it in its place, and there it stands, not budging from that spot. They cry out to it, but it does not answer; it saves no one from his troubles.
Portant illum in humeris gestantes, et ponentes in loco suo: et stabit, ac de loco suo non movebitur. sed et cum clamaverint ad eum, non audiet: de tribulatione non salvabit eos.
8 Remember this and be brave; take it to heart, you transgressors!
Mementote istud, et confundamini: redite prævaricatores ad cor.
9 Remember what happened long ago, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me.
Recordamini prioris sæculi, quoniam ego sum Deus, et non est ultra Deus, nec est similis mei:
10 I declare the end from the beginning, and ancient times from what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’
Annuncians ab exordio novissimum, et ab initio quæ necdum facta sunt, dicens: Consilium meum stabit, et omnis voluntas mea fiet:
11 I summon a bird of prey from the east, a man for My purpose from a far-off land. Truly I have spoken, and truly I will bring it to pass. I have planned it, and I will surely do it.
Vocans ab Oriente avem, et de terra longinqua virum voluntatis meæ. et locutus sum, et adducam illud: creavi, et faciam illud.
12 Listen to Me, you stubborn people, far removed from righteousness:
Audite me duro corde, qui longe estis a iustitia.
13 I am bringing My righteousness near; it is not far away, and My salvation will not be delayed. I will grant salvation to Zion and adorn Israel with My splendor.
Prope feci iustitiam meam, non elongabitur, et salus mea non morabitur. Dabo in Sion salutem, et in Israel gloriam meam.
