Isaiæ 32
1 Ecce in iustitia regnabit rex, et principes in iudicio præerunt.
Behold a king shall reign in justice, and princes shell rule in judgment.
2 Et erit vir sicut qui absconditur a vento, et celat se a tempestate, sicut rivi aquarum in siti, et umbra petræ prominentis in terra deserta.
And a man shall be as when one is hid from the wind, and hideth himself from a storm, as rivers of waters in drought, and the shadow of a rock that standeth out in a desert land.
3 Non caligabunt oculi videntium, et aures audientium diligenter auscultabunt.
The eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken diligently.
4 Et cor stultorum intelliget scientiam, et lingua balborum velociter loquetur et plane.
And the heart of fools shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of stammerers shall speak readily and plain.
5 Non vocabitur ultra is, qui insipiens est, princeps: neque fraudulentus appellabitur maior:
The fool shall no more be called prince: neither shall the deceitful be called great:
6 stultus enim fatua loquetur, et cor eius faciet iniquitatem, ut perficiat simulationem, et loquatur ad Dominum fraudulenter, et vacuam faciat animam esurientis, et potum sitienti auferat.
For the fool will speak foolish things, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and speak to the Lord deceitfully, and to make empty the soul of the hungry, and take away drink from the thirsty.
7 Fraudulenti vasa pessima sunt: ipse enim cogitationes concinnavit ad perdendos mites in sermone mendaci, cum loqueretur pauper iudicium.
The vessels of the deceitful are most wicked: for he hath framed devices to destroy the meek, with lying words, when the poor man speaketh judgment.
8 Princeps vero ea, quæ digna sunt principe, cogitabit, et ipse super duces stabit.
But the prince will devise such things as are worthy of a prince, and he shall stand above the rulers.
9 Mulieres opulentæ surgite, et audite vocem meam: filiæ confidentes percipite auribus eloquium meum.
Rise up, ye rich women, and hear my voice: ye confident daughters, give ear to my speech.
10 Post dies enim, et annum vos conturbabimini confidentes: consummata est enim vindemia, collectio ultra non veniet.
For after days and a year, you that are confident shall be troubled: for the vintage is at an end, the gathering shall come no more.
11 Obstupescite opulentæ, conturbamini confidentes: exuite vos, et confundimini, accingite lumbos vestros.
Be astonished, ye rich women, be troubled, ye confident ones: strip yen, and be confounded, gird your loins.
12 Super ubera plangite, super regione desiderabili, super vinea fertili.
Mourn for your breasts, for the delightful country, for the fruitful vineyard.
13 Super humum populi mei spinæ et vepres ascendent: quanto magis super omnes domos gaudii civitatis exultantis?
Upon the land of my people shall thorns and briers come up: how much more upon all the houses of joy, of the city that rejoiced?
14 Domus enim dimissa est, multitudo urbis relicta est, tenebræ et palpatio factæ sunt super speluncas usque in æternum. Gaudium onagrorum pascua gregum,
For the house is forsaken, the multitude of the city is left, darkness and obscurity are come upon its dens for ever. A joy of wild asses, the pastures of flocks,
15 donec effundatur super nos spiritus de excelso: et erit desertum in charmel, et charmel in saltum reputabitur.
Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high: and the desert shall be as a charmel, and charmel shall be counted for a forest.
16 Et habitabit in solitudine iudicium, et iustitia in charmel sedebit.
And judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and justice shall sit in charmel.
17 Et erit opus iustitiæ pax, et cultus iustitiæ silentium, et securitas usque in sempiternum.
And the work of justice shall be peace, and the service of justice quietness, and security for ever.
18 Et sedebit populus meus in pulchritudine pacis, et in tabernaculis fiduciæ, et in requie opulenta.
And my people shall sit in the beauty of peace, and in the tabernacles of confidence, and in wealthy rest.
19 Grando autem in descensione saltus, et humilitate humiliabitur civitas.
But hail shall be in the descent of the forest, and the city shall be made very low.
20 Beati, qui seminatis super omnes aquas, immittentes pedem bovis et asini.
Blessed are ye that sow upon all waters, sending thither the foot of the ox and the ass.
