Isaiæ 24
1 Ecce Dominus dissipabit terram: et nudabit eam, et affliget faciem ejus, et disperget habitatores ejus.
Behold, the LORD makes the earth empty, makes it waste, turns it upside down, and scatters its inhabitants.
2 Et erit sicut populus, sic sacerdos; et sicut servus, sic dominus ejus; sicut ancilla, sic domina ejus; sicut emens, sic ille qui vendit; sicut fœnerator, sic is qui mutuum accipit; sicut qui repetit, sic qui debet.
It will be as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the creditor, so with the debtor; as with the taker of interest, so with the giver of interest.
3 Dissipatione dissipabitur terra, et direptione prædabitur; Dominus enim locutus est verbum hoc.
The earth will be utterly emptied and utterly laid waste; for the LORD has spoken this word.
4 Luxit, et defluxit terra, et infirmata est; defluxit orbis, infirmata est altitudo populi terræ.
The earth mourns and fades away. The world languishes and fades away. The lofty people of the earth languish.
5 Et terra infecta est ab habitatoribus suis, quia transgressi sunt leges, mutaverunt jus, dissipaverunt fœdus sempiternum.
The earth also is polluted under its inhabitants, because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, and broken the everlasting covenant.
6 Propter hoc maledictio vorabit terram, et peccabunt habitatores ejus; ideoque insanient cultores ejus, et relinquentur homines pauci.
Therefore the curse has devoured the earth, and those who dwell therein are found guilty. Therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men are left.
7 Luxit vindemia, infirmata est vitis, ingemuerunt omnes qui lætabantur corde;
The new wine mourns. The vine languishes. All the merry-hearted sigh.
8 cessavit gaudium tympanorum, quievit sonitus lætantium, conticuit dulcedo citharæ.
The mirth of tambourines ceases. The sound of those who rejoice ends. The joy of the harp ceases.
9 Cum cantico non bibent vinum; amara erit potio bibentibus illam.
They will not drink wine with a song. Strong drink will be bitter to those who drink it.
10 Attrita est civitas vanitatis, clausa est omnis domus, nullo introëunte.
The confused city is broken down. Every house is shut up, that no man may come in.
11 Clamor erit super vino in plateis, deserta est omnia lætitia, translatum est gaudium terræ.
There is a crying in the streets because of the wine. All joy is darkened. The mirth of the land is gone.
12 Relicta est in urbe solitudo, et calamitas opprimet portas.
The city is left in desolation, and the gate is struck with destruction.
13 Quia hæc erunt in medio terræ in medio populorum, quomodo si paucæ olivæ quæ remanserunt excutiantur ex olea et racemi, cum fuerit finita vindemia.
For it will be so within the earth among the peoples, as the shaking of an olive tree, as the gleanings when the vintage is done.
14 Hi levabunt vocem suam, atque laudabunt: cum glorificatus fuerit Dominus, hinnient de mari.
These shall lift up their voice. They will shout for the majesty of the LORD. They cry aloud from the sea.
15 Propter hoc in doctrinis glorificate Dominum; in insulis maris nomen Domini Dei Israël.
Therefore glorify the LORD in the east, even the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea!
16 A finibus terræ laudes audivimus, gloriam Justi. Et dixi: Secretum meum mihi, secretum meum mihi. Væ mihi! prævaricantes prævaricati sunt, et prævaricatione transgressorum prævaricati sunt.
From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs. Glory to the righteous! But I said, “I pine away! I pine away! woe is me!” The treacherous have dealt treacherously. Yes, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously.
17 Formido, et fovea, et laqueus super te, qui habitator es terræ.
Fear, the pit, and the snare are on you who inhabit the earth.
18 Et erit: qui fugerit a voce formidinis cadet in foveam; et qui se explicaverit de fovea tenebitur laqueo; quia cataractæ de excelsis apertæ sunt et concutientur fundamenta terræ.
It will happen that he who flees from the noise of the fear will fall into the pit; and he who comes up out of the middle of the pit will be taken in the snare; for the windows on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.
19 Confractione confringetur terra, contritione conteretur terra, commotione commovebitur terra;
The earth is utterly broken. The earth is torn apart. The earth is shaken violently.
20 agitatione agitabitur terra sicut ebrius, et auferetur quasi tabernaculum unius noctis; et gravabit eam iniquitas sua, et corruet, et non adjiciet ut resurgat.
The earth will stagger like a drunken man, and will sway back and forth like a hammock. Its disobedience will be heavy on it, and it will fall and not rise again.
21 Et erit: in die illa visitabit Dominus super militiam cæli in excelso, et super reges terræ qui sunt super terram;
It will happen in that day that the LORD will punish the army of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth on the earth.
22 et congregabuntur in congregatione unius fascis in lacum, et claudentur ibi in carcere, et post multos dies visitabuntur.
They will be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and will be shut up in the prison; and after many days they will be visited.
23 Et erubescet luna, et confundetur sol, cum regnaverit Dominus exercituum in monte Sion et in Jerusalem et in conspectu senum suorum fuerit glorificatus.
Then the moon will be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for the LORD of Armies will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem; and glory will be before his elders.
