Isaiah 26
1 On that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah: A strong city have we; his aid will he grant [us] as walls and defence.
In die illa cantabitur canticum istud in terra Iuda: Urbs fortitudinis nostræ Sion salvator, ponetur in ea murus et antemurale.
2 Open ye the gates, that there may enter in the righteous nation which guardeth the truth.
Aperite portas, et ingrediatur gens iusta, custodiens veritatem.
3 The confiding mind wilt thou keep in perfect peace; because he trusteth in thee.
Vetus error abiit: servabis pacem: pacem, quia in te speravimus.
4 Trust ye in the Lord unto eternity; for in Yah the Lord is everlasting protection.
Sperastis in Domino in sæculis æternis, in Domino Deo forti in perpetuum.
5 For he bendeth down the dwellers of the height; the lofty fortress—he layeth it low; he layeth it low, along the ground; he casteth it down to the dust.
Quia incurvabit habitantes in excelso, civitatem sublimem humiliabit. Humiliabit eam usque ad terram, detrahet eam usque ad pulverem.
6 The foot shall tread it down, the feet of the poor, the steps of the needy.
Conculcabit eam pes, pedes pauperis, gressus egenorum.
7 The path of the just is straight: thou, most upright, dost ever level the road of the just.
Semita iusti recta est, rectus callis iusti ad ambulandum.
8 Yea, on the path of thy judgments, O Lord, have we waited for thee; for thy name, and for the remembrance of thee, was the longing of our soul.
Et in semita iudiciorum tuorum Domine sustinuimus te: nomen tuum, et memoriale tuum in desiderio animæ.
9 In my soul have I longed for thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek for thee; for when thy judgments are [sent] on the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
Anima mea desideravit te in nocte: sed et spiritu meo in præcordiis meis de mane vigilabo ad te. Cum feceris iudicia tua in terra, iustitiam discent habitatores orbis.
10 If favor be shown to the wicked, he will not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not regard the majesty of the Lord.
Misereamur impio, et non discet iustitiam: in terra sanctorum iniqua gessit, et non videbit gloriam Domini.
11 Lord, thy hand was raised high, but they would not see: oh that they might see, and be ashamed, [thy] zeal for the people; yea, the fire which shall devour them—thy enemies.
Domine exaltetur manus tua, et non videant: videant, et confundantur zelantes populi: et ignis hostes tuos devoret.
12 Lord, thou wilt ordain peace for us; for also all our works hast thou accomplished for us.
Domine dabis pacem nobis: omnia enim opera nostra operatus es nobis.
13 O Lord our God, lords have had dominion over us beside thee; [but] of thee only would we make mention, —of thy name.
Domine Deus noster, possederunt nos domini absque te, tantum in te recordemur nominis tui.
14 [They are] dead, they will not live [again]; [they are] departed, they will not rise [again]; therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made to perish every memorial of them.
Morientes non vivant, gigantes non resurgant: propterea visitasti et contrivisti eos, et perdidisti omnem memoriam eorum.
15 Thou hast done more for the nation, O Lord, thou hast done more for the nation; thou hast glorified thyself: thou hast enlarged all the ends of the earth.
Indulsisti genti Domine, indulsisti genti: numquid glorificatus es? Elongasti omnes terminos terræ.
16 Lord, in trouble have they sought thee, they poured out earnest prayers when thy chastening was upon them.
Domine in angustia requisierunt te, in tribulatione murmuris doctrina tua eis.
17 Like as a pregnant woman, that is near giving birth, is in pain, [and] crieth out in her pangs: so have we been in thy presence, O Lord.
Sicut quæ concipit, cum appropinquaverit ad partum, dolens clamat in doloribus suis: sic facti sumus a facie tua Domine.
18 We have been pregnant and in pain, [but it was] as though we brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the land; and the inhabitants of the world have not fallen.
Concepimus, et quasi parturivimus, et peperimus spiritum: salutes non fecimus in terra, ideo non ceciderunt habitatores terræ.
19 Thy dead shall live, my dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing ye, that dwell in the dust; for a dew on herbs is thy dew, and the earth shall cast out the departed.
Vivent mortui tui, interfecti mei resurgent: expergiscimini, et laudate qui habitatis in pulvere: quia ros lucis ros tuus, et terram gigantum detrahes in ruinam.
20 Go, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy door behind thee: hide thyself but for a little moment, until the indignation be passed away.
Vade populus meus, intra in cubicula tua, claude ostia tua super te, abscondere modicum ad momentum, donec pertranseat indignatio.
21 For, behold, the Lord cometh out of his place to visit the iniquity of the inhabitants of the earth on them: and the earth shall disclose her blood, and shall no more be a cover over her slain.
Ecce enim Dominus egredietur de loco suo, ut visitet iniquitatem habitatoris terræ contra eum: et revelabit terra sanguinem suum, et non operiet ultra interfectos suos.
