Isaiah 32
1 Watch! A king is coming who does what's right when he rules, and those who rule under him will act fairly.
Ecce in iustitia regnabit rex, et principes in iudicio præerunt.
2 Each one will be like a shelter from the wind, like a protection from the storm, like rivers of water in the dry desert, like the shade of a large rock in a sun-baked land.
Et erit vir sicut qui absconditur a vento, et celat se a tempestate, sicut rivi aquarum in siti, et umbra petræ prominentis in terra deserta.
3 Then everyone with eyes will be able to truly see, and everyone who has ears will be able to truly hear.
Non caligabunt oculi videntium, et aures audientium diligenter auscultabunt.
4 Those whose minds are impulsive will be sensible and think things through; those who stammer will speak clearly.
Et cor stultorum intelliget scientiam, et lingua balborum velociter loquetur et plane.
5 No longer will fools be called respectable or crooks highly-regarded.
Non vocabitur ultra is, qui insipiens est, princeps: neque fraudulentus appellabitur maior:
6 For fools only talk foolishness, thinking evil things. They act in opposition to the Lord, misrepresenting him in what they say. They refuse to give food to the hungry and deny water to the thirsty.
stultus enim fatua loquetur, et cor eius faciet iniquitatem, ut perficiat simulationem, et loquatur ad Dominum fraudulenter, et vacuam faciat animam esurientis, et potum sitienti auferat.
7 Cheats use evil methods; they devise schemes to ruin the poor with lies, even when right is on the side of the poor.
Fraudulenti vasa pessima sunt: ipse enim cogitationes concinnavit ad perdendos mites in sermone mendaci, cum loqueretur pauper iudicium.
8 But noble people act unselfishly; they keep to their principles of generosity.
Princeps vero ea, quæ digna sunt principe, cogitabit, et ipse super duces stabit.
9 Get up, you women who are lying around relaxing, and pay attention to what I'm saying! You ladies without a care in the world, listen to me!
Mulieres opulentæ surgite, et audite vocem meam: filiæ confidentes percipite auribus eloquium meum.
10 In just over a year, you who think yourselves so safe will tremble with fear. The grape harvest is going to fail and there'll be no harvest.
Post dies enim, et annum vos conturbabimini confidentes: consummata est enim vindemia, collectio ultra non veniet.
11 Shudder, you women relaxing! Tremble, you ladies who feel so safe! Strip off your clothes, bare yourselves and put on sackcloth around your waists.
Obstupescite opulentæ, conturbamini confidentes: exuite vos, et confundimini, accingite lumbos vestros.
12 Beat your breasts in sadness over the loss of your lovely fields, your productive vines,
Super ubera plangite, super regione desiderabili, super vinea fertili.
13 over the loss of the land of my people. Mourn because it's now overgrown with thorns and brambles, mourn because of the loss of all the happy homes and joyful towns.
Super humum populi mei spinæ et vepres ascendent: quanto magis super omnes domos gaudii civitatis exultantis?
14 The palace is abandoned, the crowded town is deserted. Castles and watch towers will forever become homes loved by wild donkeys, and places where sheep graze,
Domus enim dimissa est, multitudo urbis relicta est, tenebræ et palpatio factæ sunt super speluncas usque in æternum. Gaudium onagrorum pascua gregum,
15 until the Spirit is poured out on us from above, and the desert becomes like a good field full of crops, and a good field will grow like a forest.
donec effundatur super nos spiritus de excelso: et erit desertum in charmel, et charmel in saltum reputabitur.
16 Then people living in the desert will practice justice, and those living among the fields will do what is right.
Et habitabit in solitudine iudicium, et iustitia in charmel sedebit.
17 Living right will bring peace and security that endures.
Et erit opus iustitiæ pax, et cultus iustitiæ silentium, et securitas usque in sempiternum.
18 My people will live in peace, safe and secure in their homes.
Et sedebit populus meus in pulchritudine pacis, et in tabernaculis fiduciæ, et in requie opulenta.
19 Even though hail can destroy a forest, and a town can be demolished,
Grando autem in descensione saltus, et humilitate humiliabitur civitas.
20 you will be happy as you sow your crops beside the waters and let your cattle and donkeys roam freely.
Beati, qui seminatis super omnes aquas, immittentes pedem bovis et asini.
