Isaiæ 43
1 Et nunc hæc dicit Dominus creans te Iacob, et formans te Israel: Noli timere, quia redemi te, et vocavi te nomine tuo: meus es tu.
But now this is what the Lord says to Jacob, the one who created you; to Israel, the one who formed you: “Don't be afraid! I have saved you! I have called you by name; you are mine!
2 Cum transieris per aquas, tecum ero, et flumina non operient te: cum ambulaveris in igne, non combureris, et flamma non ardebit in te:
When you walk through the water, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they won't flood over you. When you walk through fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you on fire.
3 Quia ego Dominus Deus tuus Sanctus Israel Salvator tuus, dedi propitiationem tuam Ægyptum, Æthopiam, et Saba pro te.
For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I gave Egypt to pay for your freedom; I traded Ethiopia and Seba for you.
4 Ex quo honorabilis factus es in oculis meis, et gloriosus: ego dilexi te, et dabo homines pro te, et populos pro anima tua.
Because you are so valuable to me, because I honor you, and because I love you, I give people in exchange for you, nations in exchange for your lives.
5 Noli timere, quia ego tecum sum: ab Oriente adducam semen tuum, et ab Occidente congregabo te.
Don't be afraid, for I am with you! I will bring you and your children from the east and the west, and gather you together.
6 Dicam Aquiloni: Da: et Austro: Noli prohibere: affer filios meos de longinquo, et filias meas ab extremis terræ.
I will tell the north, ‘Hand them over!’ and the south, ‘Don't stop them!’ Bring my sons back from far away and my daughters from distant lands.
7 Et omnem, qui invocat nomen meum, in gloriam meam creavi eum, formavi eum, et feci eum.
Bring back everyone who bears my name, those I created for my honor, those I formed and made.
8 Educ foras populum cæcum, et oculos habentem: surdum, et aures ei sunt.
Bring back those who have eyes but are blind, those who have ears but are deaf.
9 Omnes gentes congregatæ sunt simul, et collectæ sunt tribus: quis in vobis annunciet istud, et quæ prima sunt audire nos faciet? Dent testes eorum, iustificentur, et audiant, et dicant: Vere.
Have all the nations gather together! Have all the peoples assemble! Who among them could have said this, and predict what was going to happen? Have them bring their witnesses to prove that they're right. Then have them listen, and say, ‘It's true!’
10 Vos testes mei, dicit Dominus, et servus meus, quem elegi: ut sciatis, et credatis mihi, et intelligatis quia ego ipse sum. Ante me non est formatus Deus, et post me non erit.
However, you are my witnesses, the Lord declares, and my chosen servant, so that you can think about it, and believe me and understand that I am God. No god preceded me, and none will come after me.
11 Ego sum, ego sum Dominus, et non est absque me salvator.
I, yes I am the Lord, and there is no Savior apart from me.
12 Ego annunciavi, et salvavi: auditum feci, et non fuit in vobis alienus: vos testes mei, dicit Dominus, et ego Deus.
I predicted what was going to happen, then I saved you, then I announced it—there was no foreign god among you that did this. You are my witnesses that I am God, declares the Lord.
13 Et ab initio ego ipse, et non est qui de manu mea eruat: operabor, et quis avertet illud?
I am God from the beginning. No one can snatch anybody from my hand. No one can reverse what I do.
14 Hæc dicit Dominus Redemptor vester, Sanctus Israel: Propter vos misi in Babylonem, et detraxi vectes universos, et Chaldæos in navibus suis gloriantes.
This is what the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, says: For your sake I will send attackers against Babylon and bring them down. All the Babylonians will be like fugitives, escaping in the ships they're so proud of.
15 Ego Dominus Sanctus vester, Creans Israel Rex vester.
I am the Lord, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, and your King.
16 Hæc dicit Dominus, qui dedit in mari viam, et in aquis torrentibus semitam.
This is what the Lord says, the one who makes a way through the sea, a path through the mighty waters;
17 Qui eduxit quadrigam et equum: agmen et robustum, simul obdormierunt, nec resurgent: contriti sunt quasi linum, et extincti sunt.
the one who brought out a great army with it horses and chariots and lay them down, never to rise again, snuffed out like a burning wick.
18 Ne memineritis priorum, et antiqua ne intueamini.
But don't dwell on the past; don't concentrate on what happened back then.
19 Ecce ego facio nova, et nunc orientur, utique cognoscetis ea: ponam in deserto viam, et in invio flumina.
Just look at something new I'm going to do now! In fact it's started already. Can't you see it? Yes, I'm making a way through the wilderness, rivers in the desert!
20 Glorificabit me bestia agri, dracones et struthiones: quia dedi in deserto aquas, flumina in invio, ut darem potum populo meo, electo meo.
The wild animals will be grateful to me, the jackals and the owls, because I'm providing water in the wilderness, rivers in the desert, so my people, my chosen people, can drink.
21 Populum istum formavi mihi, laudem meam narrabit.
I made this people for myself so that through their praise for me they could make me known.
22 Non me invocasti Iacob, nec laborasti in me Israel.
But you haven't called on me for help, Jacob. You've grown tired of me, Israel.
23 Non obtulisti mihi arietem holocausti tui, et victimis tuis non glorificasti me: non te servire feci in oblatione, nec laborem tibi præbui in thure.
You haven't brought me sheep for burnt offerings; you haven't honored me with your sacrifices. I haven't burdened you by asking for grain offerings; I haven't tired you out by demanding incense.
24 Non emisti mihi argento calamum, et adipe victimarum tuarum non inebriasti me. Verumtamen servire me fecisti in peccatis tuis, præbuisti mihi laborem in iniquitatibus tuis.
You haven't used your money to buy scented calamus; you have not pleased me with the fat of your sacrifices. Instead you have burdened me with your sins, and tired me out with your guilt.
25 Ego sum, ego sum ipse qui deleo iniquitates tuas propter me, et peccatorum tuorum non recordabor.
I, yes I am the God who wipes out your sins because of who I am, and who doesn't remember your sins any more.
26 Reduc me in memoriam, et iudicemur simul: narra si quid habes ut iustificeris.
Remind me of the evidence so we can come to a decision together! Present your case to prove that you're right!
27 Pater tuus primus peccavit, et interpretes tui prævaricati sunt in me.
Your very first father sinned, and your leaders rebelled against me.
28 Et contaminavi principes sanctos, dedi ad internecionem Iacob, et Israel in blasphemiam.
So I treated the priests of the sanctuary with contempt, and I handed Jacob over to be destroyed, and Israel to be scorned.”
