Isaiæ 10
1 Vae qui condunt leges iniquas: et scribentes, iniustitiam scripserunt:
Tragedy is coming to those who pass evil decrees and who write laws to harm people.
2 ut opprimerent in iudicio pauperes, et vim facerent causae humilium populi mei: ut essent viduae praeda eorum, et pupillos diriperent.
They pervert the legal rights of the needy, and rob justice from the poor of my people. They steal from widows and cheat orphans.
3 Quid facietis in die visitationis, et calamitatis de longe venientis? ad cuius confugietis auxilium? et ubi derelinquetis gloriam vestram,
What are you going to do on the day you're punished, when disaster falls on you from far away? Who are you going to run to so you can get help? Where are you going to leave all your wealth?
4 ne incurvemini sub vinculo, et cum interfectis cadatis? Super omnibus his non est aversus furor eius, sed adhuc manus eius extenta.
All you'll be able to do is to bow down as prisoners, or lie among the dead! In all of this he is still angry and his hand is still raised.
5 Vae Assur, virga furoris mei et baculus ipse est, in manu eorum indignatio mea.
Tragedy is coming to the Assyrians, even though the rod they use represents my anger and the stick they hold in their hands represents my fury!
6 Ad gentem fallacem mittam eum, et contra populum furoris mei mandabo illi, ut auferat spolia, et diripiat praedam, et ponat illum in conculcationem quasi lutum platearum.
I am sending the Assyrians against a nation that has given up on its God, against a people that make me angry. I order the Assyrians to loot them, to take their possessions, and to trample them down like mud in the street.
7 Ipse autem non sic arbitrabitur, et cor eius non ita existimabit: sed ad conterendum erit cor eius, et ad internecionem gentium non paucarum.
But this isn't what is behind the thinking of the king of Assyria. This isn't the plan he has in mind. What he wants to do is to destroy and eliminate many nations.
8 Dicet enim:
He says: “All my commanders are kings!
9 Numquid non principes mei simul reges sunt? numquid non ut Charcamis, sic Calano: et ut Arphad, sic Emath? numquid non ut Damascus, sic Samaria?
We conquered Calno like we did Carchemish; Hamath like Arpad; Samaria like Damascus.
10 Quomodo invenit manus mea regna idoli, sic et simulachra eorum de Ierusalem, et de Samaria.
I was the one who conquered these kingdoms along with the idols of their gods. These kingdoms had images of their gods that were better than those of Jerusalem and Samaria.
11 Numquid non sicut feci Samariae et idolis eius, sic faciam Ierusalem et simulachris eius?
Why shouldn't I do to Jerusalem and her idols just what I did to Samaria and her idols?”
12 Et erit: cum impleverit Dominus cuncta opera sua in monte Sion, et in Ierusalem, visitabo super fructum magnifici cordis regis Assur, et super gloriam altitudinis oculorum eius.
Once the Lord has finished all his work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, he will punish the king of Assyria for his terrible arrogance and for the conceited look in his eyes.
13 Dixit enim: In fortitudine manus meae feci, et in sapientia mea intellexi: et abstuli terminos populorum, et principes eorum depraedatus sum, et detraxi quasi potens in sublimi residentes.
For the king of Assyria says: “I have done this in my own strength. It was through my wisdom, because I'm clever. I have wiped out the boundaries of nations and looted their treasures. Like a bull I knocked their rulers off their thrones.
14 Et invenit quasi nidum manus mea fortitudinem populorum: et sicut colliguntur ova, quae derelicta sunt, sic universam terram ego congregavi: et non fuit qui moveret pennam, et aperiret os, et ganniret.
Like robbing a bird's nest, I took the wealth of the nations. Like collecting abandoned eggs, I collected the whole the earth. There wasn't a fluttering wing or an open beak, not even a chirp!”
15 Numquid gloriabitur securis contra eum, qui secat in ea? aut exaltabitur serra contra eum, a quo trahitur? quomodo si elevetur virga contra elevantem se, et exaltetur baculus, qui utique lignum est.
Does an ax say it's more important than the person swinging it? Does a saw boast that it's greater than the person sawing with it? It would be as if a rod waved the person holding it, or a walking stick lifted up a person—who certainly wasn't wood!
16 Propter hoc mittet dominator Dominus exercituum in pinguibus eius tenuitatem: et subtus gloriam eius succensa ardebit quasi combustio ignis.
So the Lord, the Lord Almighty, will send a disease on the king of Assyria's strong warriors that will make them waste away; a flaming fire will be set under everything he's so proud of.
17 Et erit lumen Israel in igne, et Sanctus eius in flamma: et succendetur, et devorabitur spina eius, et vepres in die una.
Israel's light will become a fire, and his Holy One will become a flame. It will burn up his thorns and brambles in just one day.
18 Et gloria saltus eius, et carmeli eius ab anima usque ad carnem consumetur, et erit terrore profugus.
It will totally destroy its splendid forests and orchards. Assyria will waste away, staggering off like someone sick.
19 Et reliquiae ligni saltus eius prae paucitate numerabuntur, et puer scribet eos.
The trees left in its forests will be so few that a child could count them.
20 Et erit in die illa: non adiiciet residuum Israel, et hi, qui fugerint de domo Iacob, inniti super eo, qui percutit eos: sed innitetur super Dominum sanctum Israel in veritate.
At that time those who are left in Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no longer trust in those who turn on them, but they will truly trust in the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.
21 Reliquiae convertentur, reliquiae, inquam, Iacob ad Deum fortem.
A remnant will return, a remnant of Jacob will come back to the Mighty God.
22 Si enim fuerit populus tuus Israel quasi arena maris, reliquiae convertentur ex eo, consummatio abbreviata inundabit iustitiam.
Israel, even though your people are as numerous as sand on the seashore, only a remnant will return. The Lord has rightly decided to destroy his people.
23 Consummationem enim et abbreviationem Dominus Deus exercituum faciet in medio omnis terrae.
The Lord God Almighty has rightly decided to bring destruction throughout the whole country.
24 Propter hoc, haec dicit Dominus Deus exercituum: Noli timere populus meus habitator Sion, ab Assur: in virga percutiet te, et baculum suum levabit super te in via Aegypti.
So this is what the Lord, the Lord Almighty, says, My people living in Zion, don't be afraid of the Assyrians who beat you with rods and hit you with clubs, just like the Egyptians did.
25 Adhuc enim paululum modicumque et consummabitur indignatio et furor meus super scelus eorum.
Very shortly I will stop being angry with you. Then I will turn my anger on them and I will destroy them.
26 Et suscitabit super eum Dominus exercituum flagellum iuxta plagam Madian in Petra Oreb, et virgam suam super mare, et levabit eam in via Aegypti.
The Lord Almighty will lash them with a whip, just as he did when he attacked the Midianites at the rock of Oreb. He will hold up his rod over the sea, just as he did in Egypt.
27 Et erit in die illa: Auferetur onus eius de humero tuo, et iugum eius de collo tuo, et computrescet iugum a facie olei.
At that time he will remove the burden from your shoulders and the yoke from your neck. The yoke will be broken because of the anointing with oil.
28 Veniet in Aiath, transibit in Magron: apud Machmas commendabit vasa sua.
The Assyrians came to Aiath, passed through Migron, and stored their supplies at Michmash.
29 Transierunt cursim Gaba sedes nostra: obstupuit Rama, Gabaath Saulis fugit.
They cross the pass, saying, “We'll stay overnight at Geba.” The people of Ramah tremble in fear; the inhabitants of Gibeah of Saul run away.
30 Hinni voce tua filia Gallim, attende Laisa, paupercula Anathoth.
Shout out a warning, people of Gallim! Pay attention, those living in Laishah! You poor people of Anathoth!
31 Migravit Medemena: habitatores Gabim confortamini.
The people of Madmenah, are all running away. The inhabitants of Gebim are looking for somewhere safe.
32 Adhuc dies est, ut in Nobe stetur: agitabit manum suam super montem filiae Sion, collem Ierusalem.
Today the invaders stop at Nob, shaking their fists at the mountain of the Daughter of Zion, at the hill of Jerusalem.
33 Ecce dominator Dominus exercituum confringet lagunculam in terrore, et excelsi statura succidentur, et sublimes humiliabuntur.
Look how the Lord Almighty is going to chop off the branches with great force. The tall trees will be cut down, the proud trees will be brought crashing down.
34 Et subvertentur condensa saltus ferro: et Libanus cum excelsis cadet.
He will cut down the thick forest with an ax, and Lebanon will fall at the hand of the Mighty One.
