Isaiæ 24
1 Ecce Dominus dissipabit terram, et nudabit eam, et affliget faciem eius, et disperget habitatores eius.
Lo! Yahweh emptying the earth and laying it waste, —And he will overturn the face thereof, And scatter them who dwell therein.
2 Et erit sicut populus, sic sacerdos: et sicut servus, sic dominus eius: sicut ancilla, sic domina eius: sicut emens, sic ille qui vendit: sicut fœnerator, sic is qui mutuum accipit: sicut qui repetit, sic qui debet.
And it shall be—As the people, so, the priest, As the servant, so his lord, As the maid, so, her mistress, —As the buyer, so, the seller, As the lender, so, the borrower, As the debtor, so! his creditor.
3 Dissipatione dissipabitur terra, et direptione prædabitur. Dominus enim locutus est verbum hoc.
Emptied—emptied—shall be the earth yea pillaged—pillaged, —For, Yahweh, hath spoken this word.
4 Luxit, et defluxit terra, et infirmata est: defluxit orbis, infirmata est altitudo populi terræ.
Mourneth, fadeth, the earth Languisheth, fadeth, the world, —Languished have the lofty of the people of the earth.
5 Et terra infecta est ab habitatoribus suis: quia transgressi sunt leges, mutaverunt ius, dissipaverunt fœdus sempiternum.
Yea the earth itself is profaned under them who dwell therein, —For they have Set aside laws, Gone beyond statute, Broken an age-abiding covenant.
6 Propter hoc maledictio vorabit terram, et peccabunt habitatores eius: ideoque insanient cultores eius, et relinquentur homines pauci.
For this cause, a curse, hath devoured the earth, And punished are the dwellers therein, —For this cause, are burned the inhabitants of the earth, And the men left remaining—are few.
7 Luxit vindemia, infirmata est vitis, ingemuerunt omnes qui lætabantur corde.
Mourneth the new wine. Withereth the vine, —Sighing are all the merryhearted:
8 Cessavit gaudium tympanorum, quievit sonitus lætantium, conticuit dulcedo citharæ.
Ceased hath the mirth of timbrels, Ended is the noise of the uproarious, —Ceased hath the mirth of the lyre:
9 Cum cantico non bibent vinum: amara erit potio bibentibus illam.
With a song, they drink not wine, —Bitter is strong drink, to them who drink it:
10 Attrita est civitas vanitatis, clausa est omnis domus nullo introeunte.
Broken down is the city of desolation, —Shut up every house that it cannot be entered.
11 Clamor erit super vino in plateis: deserta est omnia lætitia: translatum est gaudium terræ.
There is an outcry concerning wine in the streets, —Darkened is all joy, Departed the gladness of the earth.
12 Relicta est in urbe solitudo, et calamitas opprimet portas.
There is left in the city. desolation, —And to ruins, have been broken the gate.
13 Quia hæc erunt in medio terræ, in medio populorum: quomodo si paucæ olivæ, quæ remanserunt, excutiantur ex olea: et racemi, cum fuerit finita vindemia.
When, thus, it shall be in the earth in the midst of the peoples, [There shall be] like the shaking of an olive-tree, like the going round to pick when closed is the harvest.
14 Hi levabunt vocem suam, atque laudabunt: cum glorificatus fuerit Dominus, hinnient de mari.
They, shall lift up their voice—shall raise a tremulous note, —On account of the splendour of Yahweh, have they made a shrill cry, on the West;
15 Propter hoc in doctrinis glorificate Dominum: in insulis maris nomen Domini Dei Israel.
For this cause, In the Regions of Light, give ye glory to Yahweh, —In the Coastlands of the Sea, unto the Name of Yahweh. God of Israel,
16 A finibus terræ laudes audivimus, gloriam Iusti. Et dixi: Secretum meum mihi, secretum meum mihi, væ mihi: prævaricantes prævaricati sunt, et prævaricatione transgressorum prævaricati sunt.
From the uttermost part of the earth, melodies, have we heard—Beauty, to the righteous one! But I had said—Ruin to me! Ruin to me! Woe to me! Traitors, have betrayed, Yea traitorously, have traitors betrayed!
17 Formido, et fovea, et laqueus super te, qui habitator es terræ.
Terror and pit and snare, —are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth!
18 Et erit: Qui fugerit a voce formidinis, cadet in foveam: et qui se explicaverit de fovea, tenebitur laqueo: quia cataractæ de excelsis apertæ sunt, et concutientur fundamenta terræ.
So shall it be—He that fleeth from the sound of the terror! shall fall into the pit, And, he that getteth up out of the midst of the pit, shall be captured in the snare, —For, the windows on high, have opened, And shaken are the foundations of earth.
19 Confractione confringetur terra, contritione conteretur terra, commotione commovebitur terra,
The earth breaketh, breaketh, —The earth crasheth, crasheth, The earth tottereth, tottereth;
20 agitatione agitabitur terra sicut ebrius, et auferetur quasi tabernaculum unius noctis: et gravabit eam iniquitas sua, et corruet, et non adiiciet ut resurgat.
The earth staggereth—staggereth like a drunken man, And rocketh to and fro like a night-hut, —So shall be heavy upon her, her transgression, And she shall fall and not again rise.
21 Et erit: In die illa visitabit Dominus super militiam cæli in excelso: et super reges terræ, qui sunt super terram.
And it shall be in that day, That Yahweh will bring punishment Upon the host of the height in the height, —And upon the kings of the ground on the ground.
22 Et congregabuntur in congregatione unius fascis in lacum, et claudentur ibi in carcere: et post multos dies visitabuntur.
And they shall be swept together in a crowd, fettered for a pit, And shall be lowered into a dungeon, —And, after many days, shall they be punished.
23 Et erubescet luna, et confundetur sol, cum regnaverit Dominus exercituum in monte Sion, et in Ierusalem, et in conspectu senum suorum fuerit glorificatus.
Then shall blush the silvery moon, Then turn pale the glowing sun, —Because Yahweh of hosts hath become king In Mount Zion And in Jerusalem, And before his Elders in glory,
