Esias 54
1 Rejoice, you barren that bear not; break forth and cry, you that do not travail: for more are the children of the desolate than of her that has a husband: for the Lord has said,
Lauda sterilis quæ non paris: decanta laudem, et hinni quæ non pariebas: quoniam multi filii desertæ magis quam eius, quæ habet virum, dicit Dominus.
2 Enlarge the place of your tent, and of your curtains: fix [the pins], spare not, lengthen your cords, and strengthen your pins;
Dilata locum tentorii tui, et pelles tabernaculorum tuorum extende, ne parcas: longos fac funiculos tuos, et clavos tuos consolida.
3 spread forth [your tent] yet to the right and the left: for your seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and you shall make the desolate cities to be inhabited.
Ad dexteram enim, et ad lævam penetrabis: et semen tuum gentes hereditabit, et civitates desertas inhabitabit.
4 Fear not, because you has been put to shame, neither be confounded, because you was reproached: for you shall forget your former shame, and shall no more at all remember the reproach of your widowhood.
Noli timere quia non confunderis, neque erubesces: non enim te pudebit, quia confusionis adolescentiæ tuæ oblivisceris, et opprobrii viduitatis tuæ non recordaberis amplius.
5 For [it is] the Lord that made you; the Lord of hosts is his name: and he that delivered you, he is the God of Israel, [and] shall be called [so] by the whole earth.
Quia dominabitur tui qui fecit te, Dominus exercituum nomen eius: et Redemptor tuus, Sanctus Israel, Deus omnis terræ vocabitur.
6 The Lord has not called you as a deserted and faint-hearted woman, nor as a woman hated from [her] youth, says your God.
Quia et mulierem derelictam et mœrentem spiritu vocavit te Dominus, et uxorem ab adolescentia abiectam, dixit Deus tuus.
7 For a little while I left you: but with great mercy will I have compassion upon you.
Ad punctum in modico dereliqui te, et in miserationibus magnis congregabo te.
8 In a little wrath I turned away my face from you; but with everlasting mercy will I have compassion upon you, says the Lord that delivers you.
In momento indignationis abscondi faciem meam parumper a te, et in misericordia sempiterna misertus sum tui: dixit Redemptor tuus Dominus.
9 From the time of the water of Noe this is my [purpose]: as I sware to him at that time, [saying] of the earth, I will no more be angry with you, neither when you are threatened,
Sicut in diebus Noe istud mihi est, cui iuravi ne inducerem aquas Noe ultra super terram: sic iuravi ut non irascar tibi, et non increpem te.
10 shall the mountains depart, nor shall your hills be removed: so neither shall my mercy fail you, nor shall the covenant of your peace be at all removed: for the Lord [who is] gracious to you has spoken [it].
Montes enim commovebuntur, et colles contremiscent: misericordia autem mea non recedet a te, et fœdus pacis meæ non movebitur: dixit miserator tuus Dominus.
11 Afflicted and outcast you has not been comforted: behold, I [will] prepare carbuncle [for] your stones, and sapphire for your foundations;
Paupercula tempestate convulsa, absque ulla consolatione. Ecce ego sternam per ordinem lapides tuos, et fundabo te in sapphiris,
12 and I will make your buttresses jasper, and your gates crystal, and your border precious stones.
et ponam iaspidem propugnacula tua: et portas tuas in lapides sculptos, et omnes terminos tuos in lapides desiderabiles.
13 And [I will cause] all your sons [to be] taught of God, and your children [to be] in great peace.
Universos filios tuos doctos a Domino: et multitudinem pacis filiis tuis.
14 And you shall be built in righteousness: abstain from injustice, and you shall not fear; and trembling shall not come near you.
Et in iustitia fundaberis: recede procul a calumnia, quia non timebis: et a pavore, quia non appropinquabit tibi.
15 Behold, strangers shall come to you by me, and shall sojourn with you, and shall run to you for refuge.
Ecce accola veniet, qui non erat mecum, advena quondam tuus adiungetur tibi.
16 Behold, I have created you, not as the coppersmith blowing coals, and bringing out a vessel [fit] for work; but I have created you, not for ruin, that [I] should destroy [you].
Ecce ego creavi fabrum sufflantem in igne prunas, et proferentem vas in opus suum, et ego creavi interfectorem ad disperdendum.
17 I will not suffer any weapon formed against you to prosper; and every voice that shall rise up against you for judgement, you shall vanquish them all; and your adversaries shall be [condemned] thereby. There is an inheritance to them that serve the Lord, and you shall be righteous before me, says the Lord.
Omne vas, quod fictum est contra te, non dirigetur: et omnem linguam resistentem tibi in iudicio, iudicabis. Hæc est hereditas servorum Domini, et iustitia eorum apud me, dicit Dominus.
A Dove is Sent Forth from the Ark
