Isaiæ 45
1 Hæc dicit Dominus christo meo Cyro, cuius apprehendi dexteram, ut subiiciam ante faciem eius Gentes, et dorsa regum vertam, et aperiam coram eo ianuas, et portæ non claudentur.
Thus says the LORD to his anointed, to Koresh, whose right hand I have held, to subdue nations before him, and strip kings of their armor; to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut:
2 Ego ante te ibo: et gloriosos terræ humiliabo: portas æreas conteram, et vectes ferreos confringam.
"I will go before you, and make the mountains level. I will break the doors of bronze in pieces, and cut apart the bars of iron.
3 Et dabo tibi thesauros absconditos, et arcana secretorum: ut scias quia ego Dominus, qui voco nomen tuum, Deus Israel.
I will give you the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that you may know that it is I, the LORD, who call you by your name, even the God of Israel.
4 Propter servum meum Iacob, et Israel electum meum, et vocavi te nomine tuo: assimilavi te, et non cognovisti me.
For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel my chosen, I have called you by your name. I have surnamed you, though you have not known me.
5 Ego Dominus, et non est amplius: extra me non est Deus: accinxi te, et non cognovisti me:
I am the LORD, and there is no other. Besides me, there is no God. I will strengthen you, though you have not known me;
6 Ut sciant hi, qui ab ortu solis, et qui ab occidente, quoniam absque me non est: ego Dominus, et non est alter,
that they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none besides me. I am the LORD, and there is no one else.
7 formans lucem, et creans tenebras, faciens pacem, et creans malum: ego Dominus faciens omnia hæc.
I form the light, and create darkness. I make peace, and create calamity. I am the LORD, who does all these things.
8 Rorate cæli desuper, et nubes pluant iustum: aperiatur terra, et germinet salvatorem: et iustitia oriatur simul: ego Dominus creavi eum.
Distil, you heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. Let the earth open, that it may bring forth salvation, and let it cause righteousness to spring up with it. I, the LORD, have created it.
9 Væ qui contradicit fictori suo, testa de samiis terræ: numquid dicet lutum figulo suo: Quid facis, et opus tuum absque manibus est?
Woe to him who strives with his Maker, a clay pot among the clay pots of the earth. Shall the clay ask him who fashions it, 'What are you making?' or your work, 'He has no hands?'
10 Væ qui dicit patri: Quid generas? et mulieri: Quid parturis?
Woe to him who says to a father, 'What have you become the father of?' or to a mother, 'To what have you given birth?'"
11 Hæc dicit Dominus sanctus Israel plastes eius: Ventura interrogate me, super filios meos, et super opus manuum mearum mandate mihi.
Thus says the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: "You ask me about the things that are to come, concerning my sons, and you command me concerning the work of my hands.
12 Ego feci terram, et hominem super eam creavi ego: manus meæ tetenderunt cælos, et omni militiæ eorum mandavi.
I have made the earth, and created man on it. I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens; and I have commanded all their army.
13 Ego suscitavi eum ad iustitiam, et omnes vias eius dirigam: ipse ædificabit civitatem meam, et captivitatem meam dimittet, non in pretio, neque in muneribus, dicit Dominus Deus exercituum.
I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will make straight all his ways. He shall build my city, and he shall let my exiles go free, not for price nor reward," says the LORD of hosts.
14 Hæc dicit Dominus: Labor Ægypti, et negotiatio Æthiopiæ, et Sabaim viri sublimes, ad te transibunt, et tui erunt: Post te ambulabunt, vincti manicis pergent: et te adorabunt, teque deprecabuntur: Tantum in te est Deus, et non est absque te Deus.
Thus says the LORD: "The labor of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over to you, and they shall be yours. They will go after you. They shall come over in chains; and they will bow down to you. They will make petition to you: 'Surely God is in you; and there is no other. There is no other god.
15 Vere tu es Deus absconditus, Deus Israel salvator.
Most certainly you are a God who hid yourself, God of Israel, the Savior.'"
16 Confusi sunt, et erubuerunt omnes: simul abierunt in confusionem fabricatores errorum.
They will be disappointed, yes, confounded, all of them. Those who are makers of idols will go into confusion together.
17 Israel salvatus est in Domino salute æterna: non confundemini, et non erubescetis usque in sæculum sæculi.
Israel will be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation. You will not be disappointed nor confounded to ages everlasting.
18 Quia hæc dicit Dominus creans cælos, ipse Deus formans terram, et faciens eam, ipse plastes eius: non in vanum creavit eam: ut habitaretur, formavit eam. ego Dominus, et non est alius.
For thus says the LORD who created the heavens, the God who formed the earth and made it, who established it and did not create it a waste, who formed it to be inhabited: "I am the LORD, and there is no other.
19 Non in abscondito locutus sum in loco terræ tenebroso: non dixi semini Iacob: Frustra quærite me. ego Dominus loquens iustitiam, annuncians recta.
I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness. I did not say to the descendants of Jacob, 'Seek me in vain.' I, the LORD, speak righteousness. I declare things that are right.
20 Congregamini, et venite, et accedite simul qui salvati estis ex Gentibus: nescierunt qui levant lignum sculpturæ suæ, et rogant Deum non salvantem.
Assemble yourselves and come. Draw near together, you who have escaped from the nations. Those have no knowledge who carry the wood of their engraved image, and pray to a god that can't save.
21 Annunciate, et venite, et consiliamini simul: quis auditum fecit hoc ab initio, ex tunc prædixit illud? numquid non ego Dominus, et non est ultra deus absque me? Deus iustus, et salvans non est præter me.
Declare and bring it forth. Yes, let them take counsel together. Who announced this from long ago, has told it from then? Was it not I, the LORD? And there is no other God besides me, a just God and a Savior; there is no one besides me.
22 Convertimini ad me, et salvi eritis omnes fines terræ: quia ego Deus, et non est alius.
Look to me, and be saved, every part of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
23 In memetipso iuravi, egredietur de ore meo iustitiæ verbum, et non revertetur: quia mihi curvabitur omne genu, et iurabit omnis lingua.
By myself have I sworn, the word is gone forth from my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, that to me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear to God.
24 Ergo in Domino, dicet, meæ sunt iustitiæ et imperium: ad eum venient, et confundentur omnes qui repugnant ei.
Only in the LORD, it is said of me, is righteousness and strength; even to him shall men come; and all those who were incensed against him shall be disappointed.
25 In Domino iustificabitur, et laudabitur omne semen Israel.
In the LORD shall all the descendants of Israel be justified, and shall glory.
