Isaiah 5
1 Now will I sing to my well-beloved a song of my beloved concerning his vineyard. My well-beloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:
Cantabo dilecto meo canticum patruelis mei vineæ suæ. Vinea facta est dilecto meo in cornu filio olei.
2 And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones of it, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a wine-press therein: and he expected that it would bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
Et sepivit eam, et lapides elegit ex illa, et plantavit eam electam, et ædificavit turrim in medio eius, et torcular extruxit in ea: et expectavit ut faceret uvas, et fecit labruscas.
3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.
Nunc ergo habitatores Ierusalem, et viri Iuda, iudicate inter me et vineam meam.
4 What more could have been done to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? Why, when I expected that it would bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?
Quid est quod debui ultra facere vineæ meæ, et non feci ei? an quod expectavi ut faceret uvas, et fecit labruscas?
5 And now come; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it shall be eaten up; [and] break down the wall of it, and it shall be trodden down:
Et nunc ostendam vobis quid ego faciam vineæ meæ, auferam sepem eius, et erit in direptionem: diruam maceriam eius, et erit in conculcationem.
6 And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
Et ponam eam desertam: non putabitur, et non fodietur: et ascendent vepres et spinæ: et nubibus mandabo ne pluant super eam imbrem.
7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts [is] the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.
Vinea enim Domini exercituum domus Israel est: et vir Iuda germen eius delectabile: et expectavi ut faceret iudicium, et ecce iniquitas: et iustitiam, et ecce clamor.
8 Woe to them that join house to house, [that] lay field to field, till [there is] no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!
Væ qui coniungitis domum ad domum, et agrum agro copulatis usque ad terminum loci: numquid habitabitis vos soli in medio terræ?
9 In my ears [said] the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, [even] great and fair, without inhabitant.
In auribus meis sunt hæc, dicit Dominus exercituum. Nisi domus multæ desertæ fuerint grandes, et pulchræ absque habitatore.
10 Yes, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of a homer shall yield an ephah.
Decem enim iugera vinearum facient lagunculam unam, et triginta modii sementis facient modios tres.
11 Woe to them that rise early in the morning, [that] they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, [till] wine inflameth them!
Væ qui consurgitis mane ad ebrietatem sectandam, et potandum usque ad vesperam, ut vino æstuetis.
12 And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.
Cithara, et lyra, et tympanum, et tibia, et vinum in conviviis vestris: et opus Domini non respicitis, nec opera manuum eius consideratis.
13 Therefore my people have gone into captivity, because [they have] no knowledge: and their honorable men [are] famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.
Propterea captivus ductus est populus meus, quia non habuit scientiam, et nobiles eius interierunt fame, et multitudo eius siti exaruit.
14 Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it. (Sheol h7585)
Propterea dilatavit infernus animam suam, et aperuit os suum absque ullo termino: et descendent fortes eius, et populus eius, et sublimes, gloriosique eius ad eum. (Sheol h7585)
15 And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be abased.
Et incurvabitur homo, et humiliabitur vir, et oculi sublimium deprimentur.
16 But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.
Et exaltabitur Dominus exercituum in iudicio, et Deus sanctus sanctificabitur in iustitia.
17 Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.
Et pascentur agni iuxta ordinem suum, et deserta in ubertatem versa advenæ comedent.
18 Woe to them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart-rope:
Væ qui trahitis iniquitatem in funiculis vanitatis, et quasi vinculum plaustri peccatum.
19 That say, Let him make speed, [and] hasten his work, that we may see [it]: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know [it]!
Qui dicitis: Festinet, et cito veniat opus eius, ut videamus: et appropiet, et veniat consilium sancti Israel, et sciemus illud.
20 Woe to them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Væ qui dicitis malum bonum, et bonum malum: ponentes tenebras lucem, et lucem tenebras: ponentes amarum in dulce, et dulce in amarum.
21 Woe to [them that are] wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
Væ qui sapientes estis in oculis vestris, et coram vobismetipsis prudentes.
22 Woe to [them that are] mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:
Væ qui potentes estis ad bibendum vinum, et viri fortes ad miscendam ebrietatem.
23 Who justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
Qui iustificatis impium pro muneribus, et iustitiam iusti aufertis ab eo.
24 Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, [so] their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Propter hoc, sicut devorat stipulam lingua ignis, et calor flammæ exurit; sic radix eorum quasi favilla erit, et germen eorum ut pulvis ascendet. Abiecerunt enim legem Domini exercituum, et eloquium sancti Israel blasphemaverunt.
25 Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills trembled, and their carcasses [were] torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand [is] stretched out still.
Ideo iratus est furor Domini in populum suum, et extendit manum suam super eum, et percussit eum: et conturbati sunt montes, et facta sunt morticina eorum quasi stercus in medio platearum. In his omnibus non est adversus furor eius, sed adhuc manus eius extenta.
26 And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from afar, and will hiss to them from the end of the earth: and behold, they shall come with speed swiftly:
Et elevabit signum in nationibus procul, et sibilabit ad eum de finibus terræ: et ecce festinus velociter veniet.
27 None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:
Non est deficiens, neque laborans in eo: non dormitabit, neque dormiet, neque solvetur cingulum renum eius, nec rumpetur corigia calceamenti eius.
28 Whose arrows [are] sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:
Sagittæ eius acutæ, et omnes arcus eius extenti. Ungulæ equorum eius ut silex, et rotæ eius quasi impetus tempestatis.
29 Their roaring [shall be] like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yes, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry [it] away safe, and none shall deliver [it].
Rugitus eius ut leonis, rugiet ut catuli leonum: et frendet et tenebit prædam: et amplexabitur, et non erit qui eruat.
30 And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if [one] looketh to the land, behold darkness [and] sorrow, and the light is darkened in its heavens.
Et sonabit super eum in die illa sicut sonitus maris: aspiciemus in terram, et ecce tenebræ tribulationis, et lux obtenebrata est in caligine eius.
