Isaiæ 5
1 Cantabo dilecto meo canticum patruelis mei vineæ suæ. Vinea facta est dilecto meo in cornu filio olei.
I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.
2 Et sepivit eam, et lapides elegit ex illa, et plantavit eam electam, et ædificavit turrim in medio eius, et torcular extruxit in ea: et expectavit ut faceret uvas, et fecit labruscas.
He dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, but the fruit it produced was sour!
3 Nunc ergo habitatores Ierusalem, et viri Iuda, iudicate inter me et vineam meam.
“And now, O dwellers of Jerusalem and men of Judah, I exhort you to judge between Me and My vineyard.
4 Quid est quod debui ultra facere vineæ meæ, et non feci ei? an quod expectavi ut faceret uvas, et fecit labruscas?
What more could I have done for My vineyard than I already did for it? Why, when I expected sweet grapes, did it bring forth sour fruit?
5 Et nunc ostendam vobis quid ego faciam vineæ meæ, auferam sepem eius, et erit in direptionem: diruam maceriam eius, et erit in conculcationem.
Now I will tell you what I am about to do to My vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it will be consumed; I will tear down its wall, and it will be trampled.
6 Et ponam eam desertam: non putabitur, et non fodietur: et ascendent vepres et spinæ: et nubibus mandabo ne pluant super eam imbrem.
I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.”
7 Vinea enim Domini exercituum domus Israel est: et vir Iuda germen eius delectabile: et expectavi ut faceret iudicium, et ecce iniquitas: et iustitiam, et ecce clamor.
For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of His delight. He looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard a cry of distress.
8 Væ qui coniungitis domum ad domum, et agrum agro copulatis usque ad terminum loci: numquid habitabitis vos soli in medio terræ?
Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field until no place is left and you live alone in the land.
9 In auribus meis sunt hæc, dicit Dominus exercituum. Nisi domus multæ desertæ fuerint grandes, et pulchræ absque habitatore.
I heard the LORD of Hosts declare: “Surely many houses will become desolate, great mansions left unoccupied.
10 Decem enim iugera vinearum facient lagunculam unam, et triginta modii sementis facient modios tres.
For ten acres of vineyard will yield but a bath of wine, and a homer of seed only an ephah of grain.”
11 Væ qui consurgitis mane ad ebrietatem sectandam, et potandum usque ad vesperam, ut vino æstuetis.
Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.
12 Cithara, et lyra, et tympanum, et tibia, et vinum in conviviis vestris: et opus Domini non respicitis, nec opera manuum eius consideratis.
At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.
13 Propterea captivus ductus est populus meus, quia non habuit scientiam, et nobiles eius interierunt fame, et multitudo eius siti exaruit.
Therefore My people will go into exile for their lack of understanding; their dignitaries are starving and their masses are parched with thirst.
14 Propterea dilatavit infernus animam suam, et aperuit os suum absque ullo termino: et descendent fortes eius, et populus eius, et sublimes, gloriosique eius ad eum. (Sheol h7585)
Therefore Sheol enlarges its throat and opens wide its enormous jaws, and down go Zion’s nobles and masses, her revelers and carousers! (Sheol h7585)
15 Et incurvabitur homo, et humiliabitur vir, et oculi sublimium deprimentur.
So mankind will be brought low, and each man humbled; the arrogant will lower their eyes.
16 Et exaltabitur Dominus exercituum in iudicio, et Deus sanctus sanctificabitur in iustitia.
But the LORD of Hosts will be exalted by His justice, and the holy God will show Himself holy in righteousness.
17 Et pascentur agni iuxta ordinem suum, et deserta in ubertatem versa advenæ comedent.
Lambs will graze as in their own pastures, and strangers will feed in the ruins of the wealthy.
18 Væ qui trahitis iniquitatem in funiculis vanitatis, et quasi vinculum plaustri peccatum.
Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of deceit and pull sin along with cart ropes,
19 Qui dicitis: Festinet, et cito veniat opus eius, ut videamus: et appropiet, et veniat consilium sancti Israel, et sciemus illud.
to those who say, “Let Him hurry and hasten His work so that we may see it! Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel come so that we may know it!”
20 Væ qui dicitis malum bonum, et bonum malum: ponentes tenebras lucem, et lucem tenebras: ponentes amarum in dulce, et dulce in amarum.
Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter.
21 Væ qui sapientes estis in oculis vestris, et coram vobismetipsis prudentes.
Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.
22 Væ qui potentes estis ad bibendum vinum, et viri fortes ad miscendam ebrietatem.
Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine and champions in mixing beer,
23 Qui iustificatis impium pro muneribus, et iustitiam iusti aufertis ab eo.
who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice.
24 Propter hoc, sicut devorat stipulam lingua ignis, et calor flammæ exurit; sic radix eorum quasi favilla erit, et germen eorum ut pulvis ascendet. Abiecerunt enim legem Domini exercituum, et eloquium sancti Israel blasphemaverunt.
Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes the straw, and as dry grass shrivels in the flame, so their roots will decay and their blossoms will blow away like dust; for they have rejected the instruction of the LORD of Hosts and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
25 Ideo iratus est furor Domini in populum suum, et extendit manum suam super eum, et percussit eum: et conturbati sunt montes, et facta sunt morticina eorum quasi stercus in medio platearum. In his omnibus non est adversus furor eius, sed adhuc manus eius extenta.
Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is raised against them to strike them down. The mountains quake, and the corpses lay like refuse in the streets. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
26 Et elevabit signum in nationibus procul, et sibilabit ad eum de finibus terræ: et ecce festinus velociter veniet.
He lifts a banner for the distant nations and whistles for those at the ends of the earth. Behold—how speedily and swiftly they come!
27 Non est deficiens, neque laborans in eo: non dormitabit, neque dormiet, neque solvetur cingulum renum eius, nec rumpetur corigia calceamenti eius.
None of them grows weary or stumbles; no one slumbers or sleeps. No belt is loose and no sandal strap is broken.
28 Sagittæ eius acutæ, et omnes arcus eius extenti. Ungulæ equorum eius ut silex, et rotæ eius quasi impetus tempestatis.
Their arrows are sharpened, and all their bows are strung. The hooves of their horses are like flint; their chariot wheels are like a whirlwind.
29 Rugitus eius ut leonis, rugiet ut catuli leonum: et frendet et tenebit prædam: et amplexabitur, et non erit qui eruat.
Their roaring is like that of a lion; they roar like young lions. They growl and seize their prey; they carry it away from deliverance.
30 Et sonabit super eum in die illa sicut sonitus maris: aspiciemus in terram, et ecce tenebræ tribulationis, et lux obtenebrata est in caligine eius.
In that day they will roar over it, like the roaring of the sea. If one looks over the land, he will see darkness and distress; even the light will be obscured by clouds.
