Isaiah 24
1 Behold, the Lord maketh empty the land, and layeth it waste, marreth its surface, and scattereth abroad its inhabitants.
Ecce Dominus dissipabit terram, et nudabit eam, et affliget faciem eius, et disperget habitatores eius.
2 And it shall be with the people as with the priest; with the servant as with his master; with the bondwoman as with her mistress; with the buyer as with the seller; with the lender as with the borrower; with the debtor as with his creditor.
Et erit sicut populus, sic sacerdos: et sicut servus, sic dominus eius: sicut ancilla, sic domina eius: sicut emens, sic ille qui vendit: sicut fœnerator, sic is qui mutuum accipit: sicut qui repetit, sic qui debet.
3 Empty, emptied out shall be the land, and spoiled, utterly spoiled; for the Lord hath spoken this word.
Dissipatione dissipabitur terra, et direptione prædabitur. Dominus enim locutus est verbum hoc.
4 The land mourneth, withereth away, the world languishes, withereth away, the high ones of the people of the land do languish.
Luxit, et defluxit terra, et infirmata est: defluxit orbis, infirmata est altitudo populi terræ.
5 For the land was defiled under its inhabitants; because they had transgressed the laws, neglected the statutes, broken the everlasting covenant.
Et terra infecta est ab habitatoribus suis: quia transgressi sunt leges, mutaverunt ius, dissipaverunt fœdus sempiternum.
6 Therefore hath the curse devoured the land, and they that dwell therein suffer for their guilt; therefore are the inhabitants of the land dried up, and but few men are left.
Propter hoc maledictio vorabit terram, et peccabunt habitatores eius: ideoque insanient cultores eius, et relinquentur homines pauci.
7 The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merry-hearted sigh.
Luxit vindemia, infirmata est vitis, ingemuerunt omnes qui lætabantur corde.
8 At rest is the mirth of the tambourines; ceased hath the tumult of the joyful; at rest is the mirth of the harp.
Cessavit gaudium tympanorum, quievit sonitus lætantium, conticuit dulcedo citharæ.
9 Amidst singing shall they no [more] drink wine; bitter shall be the strong drink to those that drink it.
Cum cantico non bibent vinum: amara erit potio bibentibus illam.
10 Broken down is the city of desolation; shut up is every house that none can enter.
Attrita est civitas vanitatis, clausa est omnis domus nullo introeunte.
11 A [painful] cry for wine is in the streets; darkened is all joy; banished is the mirth of the land.
Clamor erit super vino in plateis: deserta est omnia lætitia: translatum est gaudium terræ.
12 Destruction is left in the city, in ruins is beaten the gate.
Relicta est in urbe solitudo, et calamitas opprimet portas.
13 For thus shall it be in the midst of the land among the nations, as [at] the shaking of an olive-tree, as [at] the gleaning of grains when the vintage is done.
Quia hæc erunt in medio terræ, in medio populorum: quomodo si paucæ olivæ, quæ remanserunt, excutiantur ex olea: et racemi, cum fuerit finita vindemia.
14 These shall lift up their voice, they shall sing; because of the majesty of the Lord, they shout aloud from the sea.
Hi levabunt vocem suam, atque laudabunt: cum glorificatus fuerit Dominus, hinnient de mari.
15 Therefore in the valleys honor ye the Lord; in the isles of the sea, the name of the Lord the God of Israel.
Propter hoc in doctrinis glorificate Dominum: in insulis maris nomen Domini Dei Israel.
16 From the edge of the earth have we heard songs, “Glory to the righteous.” But I said, “Evil is mine, evil is mine, woe is me! the treacherous have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously.”
A finibus terræ laudes audivimus, gloriam iusti. Et dixi: Secretum meum mihi, secretum meum mihi, væ mihi: prævaricantes prævaricati sunt, et prævaricatione transgressorum prævaricati sunt.
17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare are upon thee, O inhabitant of the land.
Formido, et fovea, et laqueus super te, qui habitator es terræ.
18 And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the call of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be caught in the snare; for the windows from on high are opened, and there quaked the foundations of the earth.
Et erit: Qui fugerit a voce formidinis, cadet in foveam: et qui se explicaverit de fovea, tenebitur laqueo: quia cataractæ de excelsis apertæ sunt, et concutientur fundamenta terræ.
19 Crushed entirely is the earth, split in pieces is the earth, shaken to its centre is the earth.
Confractione confringetur terra, contritione conteretur terra, commotione commovebitur terra,
20 The earth reeleth to and fro like a drunkard, and vibrateth like a watch-hut; and heavily lieth upon it its transgression; and it shall fall, and not rise again.
agitatione agitabitur terra sicut ebrius, et auferetur quasi tabernaculum unius noctis: et gravabit eam iniquitas sua, et corruet, et non adiiciet ut resurgat.
21 And it shall come to pass on that day, that the Lord will visit punishment on the host of heaven in heaven, and on the kings of the earth upon the earth.
Et erit: In die illa visitabit Dominus super militiam cæli in excelso: et super reges terræ, qui sunt super terram.
22 And they shall be gathered in heaps, as prisoners, in the prison, and shall be shut up in the dungeon, and thus after many days shall they be punished.
Et congregabuntur in congregatione unius fascis in lacum, et claudentur ibi in carcere: et post multos dies visitabuntur.
23 And the moon shall be put to the blush, and the sun be made ashamed; for the Lord of hosts will reign on mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients in glory.
Et erubescet luna, et confundetur sol, cum regnaverit Dominus exercituum in monte Sion, et in Ierusalem, et in conspectu senum suorum fuerit glorificatus.
