Isaiæ 13
1 Onus Babylonis, quod vidit Isaias filius Amos.
This is the burden against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz received:
2 Super montem caliginosum levate signum, exaltate vocem, levate manum, et ingrediantur portas duces.
Raise a banner on a barren hilltop; call aloud to them. Wave your hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles.
3 Ego mandavi sanctificatis meis, et vocavi fortes meos in ira mea, exultantes in gloria mea.
I have commanded My sanctified ones; I have even summoned My warriors to execute My wrath and exult in My triumph.
4 Vox multitudinis in montibus, quasi populorum frequentium: vox sonitus regum, gentium congregatarum: Dominus exercituum præcepit militiæ belli,
Listen, a tumult on the mountains, like that of a great multitude! Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms, like nations gathered together! The LORD of Hosts is mobilizing an army for war.
5 venientibus de terra procul, a summitate cæli: Dominus, et vasa furoris eius, ut disperdat omnem terram.
They are coming from faraway lands, from the ends of the heavens— the LORD and the weapons of His wrath— to destroy the whole country.
6 Ululate, quia prope est dies Domini: quasi vastitas a Domino veniet.
Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
7 Propter hoc, omnes manus dissolventur, et omne cor hominis contabescet,
Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man’s heart will melt.
8 et conteretur. Torsiones et dolores tenebunt, quasi parturiens, dolebunt: unusquisque ad proximum suum stupebit, facies combustæ vultus eorum.
Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another, their faces flushed with fear.
9 Ecce dies Domini veniet, crudelis, et indignationis plenus, et iræ, furorisque ad ponendam terram in solitudinem, et peccatores eius conterendos de ea.
Behold, the Day of the LORD is coming— cruel, with fury and burning anger— to make the earth a desolation and to destroy the sinners within it.
10 Quoniam stellæ cæli, et splendor earum non expandent lumen suum: obtenebratus est sol in ortu suo, et luna non splendebit in lumine suo.
For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.
11 Et visitabo super orbis mala, et contra impios iniquitatem eorum, et quiscere faciam superbiam infidelium, et arrogantiam fortium humiliabo.
I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. I will end the haughtiness of the arrogant and lay low the pride of the ruthless.
12 Pretiosior erit vir auro, et homo mundo obrizo.
I will make man scarcer than pure gold, and mankind rarer than the gold of Ophir.
13 Super hoc cælum turbabo: et movebitur terra de loco suo propter indignationem Domini exercituum, et propter diem iræ furoris eius.
Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken from its place at the wrath of the LORD of Hosts on the day of His burning anger.
14 Et erit quasi damula fugiens, et quasi ovis: et non erit qui congreget: unusquisque ad populum suum convertetur, et singuli ad terram suam fugient.
Like a hunted gazelle, like a sheep without a shepherd, each will return to his own people, each will flee to his native land.
15 Omnis, qui inventus fuerit, occidetur: et omnis, qui supervenerit, cadet in gladio.
Whoever is caught will be stabbed, and whoever is captured will die by the sword.
16 Infantes eorum allidentur in oculis eorum: diripientur domus eorum, et uxores eorum violabuntur.
Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished.
17 Ecce ego suscitabo super eos Medos, qui argentum non quærant, nec aurum velint:
Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes, who have no regard for silver and no desire for gold.
18 sed sagittis parvulos interficient, et lactantibus uteris non miserebuntur, et super filios non parcet oculus eorum.
Their bows will dash young men to pieces; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; they will not look with pity on the children.
19 Et erit Babylon illa gloriosa in regnis, inclyta superbia Chaldæorum: sicut subvertit Dominus Sodomam et Gomorrham.
And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.
20 Non habitabitur usque in finem, et non fundabitur usque ad generationem et generationem: nec ponet ibi tentoria Arabs, nec pastores requiescent ibi.
She will never be inhabited or settled from generation to generation; no nomad will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flock there.
21 Sed requiescent ibi bestiæ, et replebuntur domus eorum draconibus: et habitabunt ibi struthiones, et pilosi saltabunt ibi:
But desert creatures will lie down there, and howling creatures will fill her houses. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will leap about.
22 et respondebunt ibi ululæ in ædibus eius, et sirenes in delubris voluptatis.
Hyenas will howl in her fortresses and jackals in her luxurious palaces. Babylon’s time is at hand, and her days will not be prolonged.
