Isaiah 42
1 Lo! my Servant, I will uphold him, My chosen, well-pleased is my soul, —I have put my spirit upon him, Justice—to the nations, will he bring forth:
Ecce servus meus, suscipiam eum: electus meus, complacuit sibi in illo anima mea: dedi spiritum meum super eum, iudicium Gentibus proferet.
2 He will not cry out nor will he speak loud, —Nor cause to be heard, in the street, his voice:
Non clamabit, neque accipiet personam, nec audietur vox eius foris.
3 Cane that is crushed, will he not break, And wick that is fading, will he not quench, —Faithfully, will he bring forth justice:
Calamum quassatum non conteret, et linum fumigans non extinguet: in veritate educet iudicium.
4 He will not fade, nor will he be crushed, Until he establish, in the earth, justice, And for his instruction, Coastlands, wait.
Non erit tristis, neque turbulentus, donec ponat in terra iudicium: et legem eius insulæ expectabunt.
5 Thus, saith GOD himself—Yahweh, —Creator of the heavens that stretched them forth, Out-spreader of earth, and the products thereof, —Giver of breath to the people thereon, And of spirit to them who walk therein,
Hæc dicit Dominus Deus creans cælos, et extendens eos: formans terram, et quæ germinant ex ea: dans flatum populo, qui est super eam, et spiritum calcantibus eam.
6 I—Yahweh, have called thee in righteousness, And will firmly grasp thy hand, —And will keep thee And give thee—As the covenant of a people, As the light of nations:
Ego Dominus vocavi te in iustitia, et apprehendi manum tuam, et servavi te. Et dedi te in fœdus populi, in lucem Gentium:
7 To open eyes that are blind, —To bring forth Out of the dungeon the captive Out of the prison, the dwellers in darkness.
Ut aperires oculos cæcorum, et educeres de conclusione vinctum, de domo carceris sedentes in tenebris.
8 I, am Yahweh, that, is my Name, And, my glory, to another, will I not give, Nor my praise to images.
Ego Dominus, hoc est nomen meum: gloriam meam alteri non dabo, et laudem meam sculptilibus.
9 Things told in advance, lo! they have come to pass, —And new things, am I telling, Ere yet they spring forth, I let, you, hear them.
Quæ prima fuerunt, ecce venerunt: nova quoque ego annuncio: antequam oriantur, audita vobis faciam.
10 Sing to Yahweh, a song that is new, His praise, from the end of the earth, —Ye that go down to the sea, and the fulness thereof, The Coastlands and ye who dwell therein.
Cantate Domino canticum novum, laus eius ab extremis terræ: qui descenditis in mare, et plenitudo eius, insulæ, et habitatores earum.
11 Let the wilderness shout, and the cities thereof, The villages wherein dwelleth Kedar, —Let the inhabitants of the crag, raise shouts of triumph, From the top of the mountains, let them cry aloud:
Sublevetur desertum, et civitates eius: in domibus habitabit Cedar: laudate habitatores Petræ, de vertice montium clamabunt.
12 Let them render unto Yahweh, glory, —And, his praise, in the Coastlands let them tell.
Ponent Domino gloriam, et laudem eius in insulis nunciabunt.
13 Yahweh, as a hero, goeth forth, As a man of war, he stirreth up jealousy, —He giveth a cry, yea he raiseth a war-cry, Over his foes, he showeth his strength.
Dominus sicut fortis egredietur, sicut vir præliator suscitabit zelum: vociferabitur, et clamabit: super inimicos suos confortabitur.
14 I have held my peace from age-past times, I kept still, I restrained myself, —As a travailing woman, I pant, I breathe hard and gasp, all at once!
Tacui semper, silui, patiens fui, sicut parturiens loquar: dissipabo, et absorbebo simul.
15 I will lay waste mountains, and hills, And all their vegetation, will I wither, —And I will make rivers to be shores, And lakes, will I dry up:
Desertos faciam montes, et colles, et omne gramen eorum exiccabo: et ponam flumina in insulas, et stagna arefaciam.
16 Thus will I lead the blind, by a way they know not, In paths they know not, will I guide them, —I will make the place that was dark before them to be, light. And crooked ways, to be, straight, These things, have I done unto them, And have not forsaken them.
Et ducam cæcos in viam, quam nesciunt, et in semitis, quas ignoraverunt, ambulare eos faciam: ponam tenebras coram eis in lucem, et prava in recta: hæc verba feci eis, et non dereliqui eos.
17 They have drawn back They turn very pale Who have been trusting in a graven image, —Who have been saying to a molten image, Ye, are our gods!
Conversi sunt retrorsum: confundantur confusione qui confidunt in sculptili, qui dicunt conflatili: Vos dii nostri.
18 Ye deaf hear! And ye blind look around that ye may see,
Surdi audite, et cæci intuemini ad videndum.
19 Who is blind if not my Servant? Or deaf, like, my messenger whom I send? Who is, blind, like an intimate friend? Or blind like the Servant of Yahweh?
Quis cæcus, nisi servus meus? et surdus, nisi ad quem nuncios meos misi? quis cæcus, nisi qui venundatus est? et quis cæcus, nisi servus Domini?
20 Seeing many things, yet thou heedest not, Opening the ears yet he heareth not,
Qui vides multa, nonne custodies? qui apertas habes aures, nonne audies?
21 Yahweh, is well-pleased for his own righteousness’ sake, He magnifieth instruction and maketh it majestic.
Et Dominus voluit ut sanctificaret eum, et magnificaret legem, et extolleret.
22 But, that, is a people preyed upon and plundered, Snared in holes, all of them, And, in houses of restraint, concealed, —They have become a prey, and there is none to deliver, —A booty, and there is none to say—Restore!
Ipse autem populus direptus, et vastatus: laqueus iuvenum omnes, et in domibus carcerum absconditi sunt: facti sunt in rapinam, nec est qui eruat: in direptionem, nec est qui dicat: Redde.
23 Who among you, will give ear to this, —Let him hearken and hear, for an aftertime?
Quis est in vobis qui audiat hoc, attendat et auscultet futura?
24 Who gave, as a booty, Jacob. And, Israel, to them who were ready to take prey? Was it not, Yahweh? He against whom we have sinned, And they were not willing, in his ways, to walk, Neither hearkened they to his instruction?
Quis dedit in direptionem Iacob, et Israel vastantibus? nonne Dominus ipse, cui peccavimus? Et noluerunt in viis eius ambulare, et non audierunt legem eius.
25 So he hath poured out, upon him, the glow of his anger, and the strength of battle; And it hath set him aflame round about, yet he knoweth it not, And it hath kindled upon him yet he layeth it not to heart.
Et effudit super eum indignationem furoris sui, et forte bellum, et combussit eum in circuitu, et non cognovit: et succendit eum, et non intellexit.
