Isaiah 21
1 A declaration about the desert by the sea. Like stormwinds sweeping through the Negev it comes passing through from the wilderness, from a terrible land.
Onus deserti maris. Sicut turbines ab africo veniunt, de deserto venit, de terra horribili.
2 A distressing vision has been given to me: the treacherous man deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. Go up and attack, Elam; besiege, Media; I will stop all her groaning.
Visio dura nuntiata est mihi: qui incredulus est infideliter agit; et qui depopulator est vastat. Ascende, Ælam; obside, Mede; omnem gemitum ejus cessare feci.
3 Therefore my loins are filled with pain; pains like the pains of a woman in labor have taken hold of me; I am bowed down by what I heard; I am disturbed by what I saw.
Propterea repleti sunt lumbi mei dolore; angustia possedit me sicut angustia parturientis; corrui cum audirem, conturbatus sum cum viderem.
4 My heart pounds; I shake with fear. Twilight was my desire, but it brought me terror.
Emarcuit cor meum; tenebræ stupefecerunt me: Babylon dilecta mea posita est mihi in miraculum.
5 They prepare the table, they spread rugs and eat and drink; arise, princes, anoint your shields with oil.
Pone mensam, contemplare in specula comedentes et bibentes: surgite, principes, arripite clypeum.
6 For this is what the Lord said to me, “Go, post a watchman; he must report what he sees.
Hæc enim dixit mihi Dominus: Vade, et pone speculatorem, et quodcumque viderit annuntiet.
7 When he sees a chariot, a pair of horsemen, riders on donkeys, and riders on camels, then he must pay attention and be very alert.”
Et vidit currum duorum equitum, ascensorem asini, et ascensorem cameli; et contemplatus est diligenter multo intuitu.
8 The watchman cries out, “Lord, on the watchtower I stand all day, every day, and at my post I stand all night long.”
Et clamavit leo: Super speculam Domini ego sum, stans jugiter per diem; et super custodiam meam ego sum, stans totis noctibus.
9 Here comes a chariot with a man and a pair of horsemen. He calls out, “Babylon has fallen, fallen, and all the carved figures of its gods are broken to the ground.”
Ecce iste venit ascensor vir bigæ equitum; et respondit, et dixit: Cecidit, cecidit Babylon, et omnia sculptilia deorum ejus contrita sunt in terram.
10 My threshed and winnowed ones, children of my threshing floor! What I have heard from Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, I have declared to you.
Tritura mea et filii areæ meæ, quæ audivi a Domino exercituum, Deo Israël, annuntiavi vobis.
11 A declaration about Dumah. One calls to me from Seir, “Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night?”
Onus Duma. Ad me clamat ex Seir: Custos, quid de nocte? custos, quid de nocte?
12 The watchman said, “The morning comes and also the night. If you want to ask, then ask; and come back again.”
Dixit custos: Venit mane et nox; si quæritis, quærite; convertimini, venite.
13 A declaration about Arabia. In the wilderness of Arabia you spend the night, you caravans of Dedanites.
Onus in Arabia. In saltu ad vesperam dormietis, in semitis Dedanim.
14 Bring water for the thirsty; inhabitants of the land of Tema, meet the fugitives with bread.
Occurrentes sitienti ferte aquam, qui habitatis terram austri; cum panibus occurrite fugienti.
15 For they have fled from the sword, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow, and from the weight of war.
A facie enim gladiorum fugerunt, a facie gladii imminentis, a facie arcus extenti, a facie gravis prælii.
16 For this is what the Lord said to me, “Within a year, as a laborer hired for a year would see it, all the glory of Kedar will end.
Quoniam hæc dicit Dominus ad me: Adhuc in uno anno, quasi in anno mercenarii, et auferetur omnis gloria Cedar.
17 Only a few of the archers, the warriors of Kedar will remain,” for Yahweh, the God of Israel, has spoken.
Et reliquiæ numeri sagittariorum fortium de filiis Cedar imminuentur; Dominus enim Deus Israël locutus est.
