Isaiæ 41

1 Taceant ad me insulæ, et gentes mutent fortitudinem: accedant, et tunc loquantur, simul ad iudicium propinquemus.

Hold a feast to me, you islands: for the princes shall renew [their] strength: let them draw near and speak together: then let them declare judgment.

2 Quis suscitavit ab Oriente iustum, vocavit eum ut sequeretur se? Dabit in conspectu eius gentes, et reges obtinebit: dabit quasi pulverem gladio eius, sicut stipulam vento raptam arcui eius.

Who raised up righteousness from the east, [and] called it to his feet, so that it should go? shall appoint [it] an adversary of Gentiles, and shall dismay kings, and bury their swords in the earth, and cast forth their bows and arrows as sticks?

3 Persequetur eos, transibit in pace, semita in pedibus eius non apparebit.

And he shall pursue them; the way of his feet shall proceed in peace.

4 Quis hæc operatus est, et fecit, vocans generationes ab exordio? Ego Dominus, primus et novissimus ego sum.

Who has wrought and done these things? he has called it who called it from the generations of old; I God, the first and to [all] futurity, I AM.

5 Viderunt insulæ, et timuerunt, extrema terræ obstupuerunt, appropinquaverunt, et accesserunt.

The nations saw, and feared; the ends of the earth drew near, and came together,

6 Unusquisque proximo suo auxiliabitur, et fratri suo dicet: Confortare.

every one judging for his neighbor and [that] to assist his brother: and one will say,

7 Confortavit faber ærarius percutiens malleo eum, qui cudebat tunc temporis, dicens: Glutino bonum est: et confortavit eum clavis, ut non moveretur.

The artificer has become strong, and the coppersmith that smites with the hammer, [and] forges also: sometimes he will say, It is a piece well joined: they have fastened them with nails; they will fix them, and they shall not be moved.

8 Et tu Israel serve meus, Iacob quem elegi, semen Abraham amici mei:

But you, Israel, are my servant Jacob, and he whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraam, whom I have loved:

9 In quo apprehendi te ab extremis terræ, et a longinquis eius vocavi te, et dixi tibi: Servus meus es tu, elegi te, et non abieci te.

whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and from the high places of it I have called you, and said to you, You are my servant; I have chosen you, and I have not forsaken you.

10 Ne timeas, quia ego tecum sum: ne declines, quia ego Deus tuus: confortavi te, et auxiliatus sum tibi, et suscepit te dextera iusti mei.

Fear not; for I am with you: wander not; for I am your God, who have strengthened you; and I have helped you, and have established you with my just right hand.

11 Ecce confundentur et erubescent omnes, qui pugnant adversum te: erunt quasi non sint, et peribunt viri, qui contradicunt tibi.

Behold, all your adversaries shall be ashamed and confounded; for they shall be as if they were not: and all your opponents shall perish.

12 Quæres eos, et non invenies, viros rebelles tuos: erunt quasi non sint: et veluti consumptio homines bellantes adversum te.

You shall seek them, and you shall not find the men who shall insolently rage against you: for they shall be as if they were not, and they that war against you shall not be.

13 Quia ego Dominus Deus tuus apprehendens manum tuam, dicensque tibi: Ne timeas, ego adiuvi te.

For I am your God, who holds your right hand, who says to you,

14 Noli timere vermis Iacob, qui mortui estis ex Israel: ego auxiliatus sum tibi, dicit Dominus: et Redemptor tuus Sanctus Israel.

Fear not, Jacob, [and you] Israel few in number; I have helped you, says your God, he that redeems you, O Israel.

15 Ego posui te quasi plaustrum triturans novum, habens rostra serrantia: triturabis montes, et comminues: et colles quasi pulverem pones.

Behold, I have made you as new saw-shaped threshing wheels of a waggon; and you shall thresh the mountains, and beat the hills to powder, and make [them] as chaff:

16 Ventilabis eos, et ventus tollet, et turbo disperget eos: et tu exultabis in Domino, in Sancto Israel lætaberis.

and you shall winnow [them], and the wind shall carry them away, and a tempest shall scatter them: but you shall rejoice in the holy ones of Israel.

17 Egeni, et pauperes quærunt aquas, et non sunt: lingua eorum siti aruit. Ego Dominus exaudiam eos, Deus Israel non derelinquam eos.

And the poor and the needy shall exult; for [when] they shall seek water, and there shall be none, [and] their tongue is parched with thirst, I the Lord God, I the God of Israel will hear, and will not forsake them:

18 Aperiam in supinis collibus flumina, et in medio camporum fontes: ponam desertum in stagna aquarum, et terram inviam in rivos aquarum.

but I will open rivers on the mountains, and fountains in the midst of plains: I will make the desert pools of water, and a thirsty land watercourses.

19 Dabo in solitudinem cedrum, et spinam, et myrtum, et lignum olivæ: ponam in deserto abietem, ulmum, et buxum simul:

I will plant in the dry land the cedar and box, the myrtle and cypress, and white poplar:

20 Ut videant, et sciant, et recogitent, et intelligant pariter quia manus Domini fecit hoc, et Sanctus Israel creavit illud.

that they may see, and know, and perceive, and understand together, that the hand of the Lord has wrought these [works], and the Holy One of Israel has displayed [them].

21 Prope facite iudicium vestrum, dicit Dominus: afferte, siquid forte habetis, dicit Rex Iacob.

Your judgment draws near, says the Lord God; your counsels have drawn near, says the King of Jacob.

22 Accedant, et nuncient nobis quæcumque ventura sunt: priora quæ fuerunt nunciate: et ponemus cor nostrum, et sciemus novissima eorum, et quæ ventura sunt indicate nobis.

Let them draw near, and declare to you what things shall come to pass; or tell [us] what things were of old, and we will apply [our] understanding, and we shall know what are the last and the future things:

23 Annunciate quæ ventura sunt in futurum, et sciemus quia dii estis vos. Bene quoque aut male, si potestis, facite: et loquamur, et videamus simul.

tell us, declare you to us the things that are coming on at the last [time], and we shall know that you are gods: do good, and do evil, and we shall wonder, and see at the same time

24 Ecce, vos estis ex nihilo, et opus vestrum ex eo, quod non est: abominatio est qui elegit vos.

whence you are, and whence is your works: they have chosen you an abomination out of the earth.

25 Suscitavi ab Aquilone, et veniet ab ortu solis: vocabit nomen meum, et adducet magistratus quasi lutum, et velut plastes conculcans humum.

But I have raised up him that [comes] from the north, and him that [comes] from the rising of the sun: they shall be called by my name: let the princes come, and as potter's clay, and as a potter treading clay, so shall you be trodden down.

26 Quis annunciavit ab exordio ut sciamus: et a principio ut dicamus: Iustus es? non est neque annuncians, neque prædicens, neque audiens sermones vestros.

For who will declare the things from the beginning, that we may know also the former things, and we will say that they are true? there is no one that speaks beforehand, nor anyone that hears your words.

27 Primus ad Sion dicet: Ecce adsunt, et Ierusalem evangelistam dabo.

I will give dominion to Sion, and will comfort Jerusalem by the way.

28 Et vidi, et non erat neque ex istis quisquam qui iniret consilium, et interrogatus responderet verbum.

For from among the nations, behold, [there was] no one; and of their idols there was none to declare [anything]: and if I should ask them, Whence are you? they could not answer me.

29 Ecce omnes iniusti, et vana opera eorum: ventus et inane simulachra eorum.

For [these] are your makers, [as you think], and they that cause you to err in vain.