Isaiæ 46
1 Confractus est Bel, contritus est Nabo: facta sunt simulachra eorum bestiis et iumentis, onera vestra gravi pondere usque ad lassitudinem.
Bel has bowed down, Nebo is stooping, Their idols have been for the beast and for livestock, Your burdens are loaded, a burden to the weary.
2 Contabuerunt, et contrita sunt simul: non potuerunt salvare portantem, et anima eorum in captivitatem ibit.
They have stooped, they have bowed together, They have not been able to deliver the burden, And have gone into captivity themselves.
3 Audite me domus Iacob, et omne residuum domus Israel, qui portamini a meo utero, qui gestamini a mea vulva.
“Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, And all the remnant of Israel, Who are borne from the belly, Who are carried from the womb,
4 Usque ad senectam ego ipse, et usque ad canos ego portabo: ego feci, et ego feram: ego portabo, et salvabo.
Even to old age, I [am] He, and to grey hairs I carry, I made, and I bear, indeed, I carry and deliver.
5 Cui assimilastis me, et adæquastis, et comparastis me, et fecistis similem?
To whom do you liken Me, and make equal? And compare Me, that we may be like?
6 Qui confertis aurum de sacculo, et argentum statera ponderatis: conducentes aurificem, ut faciat deum: et procidunt, et adorant.
They are pouring out gold from a bag, And they weigh silver on the beam, They hire a refiner, and he makes it a god, They fall down, indeed, they bow themselves.
7 Portant illum in humeris gestantes, et ponentes in loco suo: et stabit, ac de loco suo non movebitur. Sed et cum clamaverint ad eum, non audiet: de tribulatione non salvabit eos.
They lift him up on the shoulder, They carry him, and cause him to rest in his place, And he stands, he does not move from his place, Indeed, one cries to him, and he does not answer, He does not save him from his adversity.
8 Mementote istud, et confundamini: redite prævaricatores ad cor.
Remember this, and show yourselves men, Turn [it] back, O transgressors, to the heart.
9 Recordamini prioris sæculi, quoniam ego sum Deus, et non est ultra deus, nec est similis mei:
Remember former things of old, For I [am] Mighty, and there is none else, God—and there is none like Me.
10 Annuncians ab exordio novissimum, et ab initio quæ necdum facta sunt, dicens: Consilium meum stabit, et omnis voluntas mea fiet:
Declaring the latter end from the beginning, And from of old that which has not been done, Saying, My counsel stands, And all My delight I do.
11 Vocans ab Oriente avem, et de terra longinqua virum voluntatis meæ. Et locutus sum, et adducam illud: creavi, et faciam illud.
Calling a ravenous bird from the east, The man of My counsel from a far land, Indeed, I have spoken, indeed, I bring it in, I have formed [it], indeed, I do it.
12 Audite me duro corde, qui longe estis a iustitia.
Listen to Me, you mighty in heart, Who are far from righteousness.
13 Prope feci iustitiam meam, non elongabitur, et salus mea non morabitur. Dabo in Sion salutem, et in Israel gloriam meam.
I have brought My righteousness near, It is not far off, And My salvation—it does not linger, And I have given salvation in Zion, For Israel My glory!”
