Isaiæ 13
1 Onus Babylonis, quod vidit Isaias filius Amos.
The burden of Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz has seen:
2 Super montem caliginosum levate signum, exaltate vocem, levate manum, et ingrediantur portas duces.
“Lift up an ensign on a high mountain, Raise the voice to them, wave the hand, And they go into the openings of nobles.
3 Ego mandavi sanctificatis meis, et vocavi fortes meos in ira mea, exultantes in gloria mea.
I have given charge to My sanctified ones, Also I have called My mighty ones for My anger, Those rejoicing at My excellence.”
4 Vox multitudinis in montibus, quasi populorum frequentium: vox sonitus regum, gentium congregatarum: Dominus exercituum præcepit militiæ belli,
A voice of a multitude in the mountains, A likeness of a numerous people, A voice of noise from the kingdoms of nations who are gathered, YHWH of Hosts inspecting a host of battle!
5 venientibus de terra procul, a summitate cæli: Dominus, et vasa furoris eius, ut disperdat omnem terram.
They are coming in from a far-off land, From the end of the heavens, YHWH and the instruments of His indignation, To destroy all the land.
6 Ululate, quia prope est dies Domini: quasi vastitas a Domino veniet.
Howl, for the Day of YHWH [is] near, It comes as destruction from the Mighty.
7 Propter hoc, omnes manus dissolventur, et omne cor hominis contabescet,
Therefore, all hands fail, And every heart of man melts.
8 et conteretur. Torsiones et dolores tenebunt, quasi parturiens, dolebunt: unusquisque ad proximum suum stupebit, facies combustæ vultus eorum.
And they have been troubled, Pains and pangs take them, They are pained as a travailing woman, A man marvels at his friend, The appearance of flames—their faces!
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 YHWH comes, Fierce, with wrath, and heat of anger, To make the land become a desolation, Indeed, He destroys its sinning ones from 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 the heavens, and their constellations, Do not cause their light to shine, The sun has been darkened in its going out, And the moon does not cause its light to come forth.
11 Et visitabo super orbis mala, et contra impios iniquitatem eorum, et quiscere faciam superbiam infidelium, et arrogantiam fortium humiliabo.
“And I have appointed evil on the world, And on the wicked their iniquity, And have caused the excellence of the proud to cease, And I make the excellence of the terrible low.
12 Pretiosior erit vir auro, et homo mundo obrizo.
I make man more rare than fine gold, And a common man than pure 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 cause the heavens to tremble, And the earth shakes from its place, In the wrath of YHWH of Hosts, And in a day of the heat of His 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.
And it has been, as a roe driven away, And as a flock that has no gatherer, Each to his people—they turn, And each to his land—they flee.
15 Omnis, qui inventus fuerit, occidetur: et omnis, qui supervenerit, cadet in gladio.
Everyone who is found is thrust through, And everyone who is added falls by sword.
16 Infantes eorum allidentur in oculis eorum: diripientur domus eorum, et uxores eorum violabuntur.
And their sucklings are dashed to pieces before their eyes, Their houses are spoiled, and their wives lain with.
17 Ecce ego suscitabo super eos Medos, qui argentum non quærant, nec aurum velint:
Behold, I am stirring up the Medes against them, Who do not esteem silver, And gold—they do not delight in it.
18 sed sagittis parvulos interficient, et lactantibus uteris non miserebuntur, et super filios non parcet oculus eorum.
And bows dash young men to pieces, And they do not pity the fruit of the womb, Their eye has no pity on sons.
19 Et erit Babylon illa gloriosa in regnis, inclyta superbia Chaldæorum: sicut subvertit Dominus Sodomam et Gomorrham.
And Babylon, the beauty of kingdoms, The glory, the excellence of the Chaldeans, Has been as overthrown by God, With Sodom and with 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 does not sit forever, Nor continue to many generations, Nor does Arab pitch tent there, And shepherds do not lie down there.
21 Sed requiescent ibi bestiæ, et replebuntur domus eorum draconibus: et habitabunt ibi struthiones, et pilosi saltabunt ibi:
And desert-dwellers have lain down there, And their houses have been full of howlers, And daughters of an ostrich have dwelt there, And goats skip there.
22 et respondebunt ibi ululæ in ædibus eius, et sirenes in delubris voluptatis.
And howlers—he has responded in his forsaken habitations, And dragons in palaces of delight, And her time [is] near to come, And her days are not drawn out!”
