Isaiæ 13
1 Onus Babylonis, quod vidit Isaias filius Amos.
The doom of Babylon, which Isaiah Amoz' son foresaw.
2 Super montem caliginosum levate signum, exaltate vocem, levate manum, et ingrediantur portas duces.
Upon a high mountain lift ye up a banner, raise high your voice unto them, wave the hand, that they may enter into the gates of the princes.
3 Ego mandavi sanctificatis meis, et vocavi fortes meos in ira mea, exultantes in gloria mea.
I have charged my prepared ones, I have also called my heroes for my anger, those that rejoice in my highness.
4 Vox multitudinis in montibus, quasi populorum frequentium: vox sonitus regum, gentium congregatarum: Dominus exercituum præcepit militiæ belli,
There is a noise of tumult on the mountains, like that of a numerous people; a noise of shouting of kingdoms of nations assembled; the Lord of hosts mustereth a host of battle.
5 venientibus de terra procul, a summitate cæli: Dominus, et vasa furoris eius, ut disperdat omnem terram.
They are coming from a far-off country, from the end of the heavens, [here is] the Lord, with the weapons of his indignation, to destroy all the land.
6 Ululate, quia prope est dies Domini: quasi vastitas a Domino veniet.
Wail ye; for nigh is the day of the Lord; like wasting from the Almighty shall it come.
7 Propter hoc, omnes manus dissolventur, et omne cor hominis contabescet, et conteretur.
Therefore all hands shall become weak, and every mortal's heart shall melt;
8 Torsiones et dolores tenebunt, quasi parturiens, dolebunt: unusquisque ad proximum suum stupebit, facies combustæ vultus eorum.
And they shall be affrighted, pangs and pains shall seize on them; they shall have throes as a woman that travaileth; one at the other shall they look amazed; red like flames shall their faces glow.
9 Ecce dies Domini veniet, crudelis, et indignationis plenus, et iræ, furorisque ad ponendam terram in solitudinem, et peccatores eius conterendos de ea.
Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, direful, [laden] with wrath and the fierceness of anger, to render the earth desolate: and its sinners will he destroy out of it.
10 Quoniam stellæ cæli, et splendor earum non expandent lumen suum: obtenebratus est sol in ortu suo, et luna non splendebit in lumine suo.
For the stars of the heavens and their constellations shall not give forth their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not shed abroad her light.
11 Et visitabo super orbis mala, et contra impios iniquitatem eorum, et quiscere faciam superbiam infidelium, et arrogantiam fortium humiliabo.
And I will visit on the world its evil, and on the wicked their iniquity; and I will stop the arrogance of the presumptuous, and the haughtiness of the tyrants will I humble.
12 Pretiosior erit vir auro, et homo mundo obrizo.
I will make the mortal more precious than fine gold; and man, more than the valued metal of Ophir.
13 Super hoc cælum turbabo: et movebitur terra de loco suo propter indignationem Domini exercituum, et propter diem iræ furoris eius.
Therefore will I shake the heavens, and the earth shall start quaking out of her place, at the wrath of the Lord of hosts, and on the day of his fierce anger.
14 Et erit quasi damula fugiens, et quasi ovis: et non erit qui congreget: unusquisque ad populum suum convertetur, et singuli ad terram suam fugient.
And the people shall be as the chased roe, and as flocks which no one gathereth up; every man to his own people shall they turn, and every man into his own land shall they flee.
15 Omnis, qui inventus fuerit, occidetur: et omnis, qui supervenerit, cadet in gladio.
Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.
16 Infantes eorum allidentur in oculis eorum: diripientur domus eorum, et uxores eorum violabuntur.
And their babes shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes: spoiled shall be their houses, and their wives ravished.
17 Ecce ego suscitabo super eos Medos, qui argentum non quærant, nec aurum velint:
Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes; who will not regard silver, and who will not delight in gold.
18 sed sagittis parvulos interficient, et lactantibus uteris non miserebuntur, et super filios non parcet oculus eorum.
And their bows will dash young men to pieces; and on the fruit of the womb will they have no mercy; on children their eye will not look with pity.
19 Et erit Babylon illa gloriosa in regnis, inclyta superbia Chaldæorum: sicut subvertit Dominus Sodomam et Gomorrham.
And [thus] shall Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the proud ornament of the Chaldeans, become like the overthrow through God of Sodom and Gomorrah.
20 Non habitabitur usque in finem, et non fundabitur usque ad generationem et generationem: nec ponet ibi tentoria Arabs, nec pastores requiescent ibi.
It shall not be inhabited for ever, and it shall not be dwelt in from generation to generation; nor shall the Arabian pitch there his tent; and shepherds shall not let their flocks rest there.
21 Sed requiescent ibi bestiæ, et replebuntur domus eorum draconibus: et habitabunt ibi struthiones, et pilosi saltabunt ibi:
But there shall rest the wild beasts of the desert; and their houses shall be full of owls; and ostriches shall dwell there, and evil spirits shall dance there.
22 et respondebunt ibi ululæ in ædibus eius, et sirenes in delubris voluptatis.
And jackals shall howl in her palaces, and monsters in the temples of pleasure; and near to come is her time, and her days shall not be extended.
