Isaiæ 10

1 Vae qui condunt leges iniquas: et scribentes, iniustitiam scripserunt:

“Woe [to] those decreeing decrees of iniquity, And writers who have prescribed perverseness,

2 ut opprimerent in iudicio pauperes, et vim facerent causae humilium populi mei: ut essent viduae praeda eorum, et pupillos diriperent.

Of My people, That widows may be their prey, That they may spoil the fatherless.

3 Quid facietis in die visitationis, et calamitatis de longe venientis? ad cuius confugietis auxilium? et ubi derelinquetis gloriam vestram,

And what do you do at a day of inspection? And at desolation that comes from afar? Near whom do you flee for help? And where do you leave your glory?

4 ne incurvemini sub vinculo, et cum interfectis cadatis? Super omnibus his non est aversus furor eius, sed adhuc manus eius extenta.

It has bowed down without Me In the place of a bound one, And they fall in the place of the slain.” With all this His anger has not turned back, And His hand is still stretched out.

5 Vae Assur, virga furoris mei et baculus ipse est, in manu eorum indignatio mea.

“Woe [to] Asshur, a rod of My anger, And My indignation [is] a staff in their hand.

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 send him against a profane nation, And concerning a people of My wrath I charge him, To spoil spoil, and to seize prey, And to make it a treading-place as the clay of out places.

7 Ipse autem non sic arbitrabitur, et cor eius non ita existimabit: sed ad conterendum erit cor eius, et ad internecionem gentium non paucarum.

And he does not think [it] so, And his heart does not reckon [it] so, For—to destroy [is] in his heart, And to cut off nations—not a few.

8 Dicet enim:

For he says, Are my princes not altogether 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?

Is not Calno as Carchemish? Is not Hamath as Arpad? Is not Samaria as Damascus?

10 Quomodo invenit manus mea regna idoli, sic et simulachra eorum de Ierusalem, et de Samaria.

As my hand has gotten to the kingdoms of a worthless thing, and their carved images, [Greater] than Jerusalem and than Samaria,

11 Numquid non sicut feci Samariae et idolis eius, sic faciam Ierusalem et simulachris eius?

Do I not—as I have done to Samaria, And to her worthless things, So do to Jerusalem and to her grievous things?”

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.

And it has come to pass, When the Lord fulfills all His work In Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, I see concerning the fruit of the greatness Of the heart of the king of Asshur, And concerning the glory of the height of 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 he has said, “I have worked by the power of my hand, And by my wisdom, for I have been intelligent, And I remove borders of the peoples, And I have spoiled their chief ones, And I put down the inhabitants as a mighty one,

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.

And my hand gets to the wealth of the peoples as to a nest, And as a gathering of forsaken eggs I have gathered all the earth, And there has not been one moving wing, Or opening mouth, or whispering.”

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 the axe glorify itself Against him who is hewing with it? Does the saw magnify itself Against him who is shaking it? As a rod waving those lifting it up! As a staff lifting up that which is not wood!

16 Propter hoc mittet dominator Dominus exercituum in pinguibus eius tenuitatem: et subtus gloriam eius succensa ardebit quasi combustio ignis.

Therefore the Lord, the Lord of Hosts, Sends leanness among his fat ones, And under his glory He kindles a burning As the burning of a fire.

17 Et erit lumen Israel in igne, et Sanctus eius in flamma: et succendetur, et devorabitur spina eius, et vepres in die una.

And the light of Israel has been for a fire, And his Holy One for a flame, And it has burned, and devoured his thorn And his brier in one day.

18 Et gloria saltus eius, et carmeli eius ab anima usque ad carnem consumetur, et erit terrore profugus.

And the glory of his forest, and his fruitful field, He consumes from soul even to flesh, And it has been as the fainting of a standard-bearer.

19 Et reliquiae ligni saltus eius prae paucitate numerabuntur, et puer scribet eos.

And the rest of the trees of his forest [are] few, And a youth writes 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.

And it has come to pass in that day, The remnant of Israel, And the escaped of the house of Jacob, Do not add anymore to lean on its striker, And have leaned on YHWH, The Holy One of Israel, in truth.

21 Reliquiae convertentur, reliquiae, inquam, Iacob ad Deum fortem.

A remnant returns—a remnant of Jacob, To the Mighty God.

22 Si enim fuerit populus tuus Israel quasi arena maris, reliquiae convertentur ex eo, consummatio abbreviata inundabit iustitiam.

For though your people Israel be as the sand of the sea, A remnant of it returns, A consumption determined, Overflowing [with] righteousness.

23 Consummationem enim et abbreviationem Dominus Deus exercituum faciet in medio omnis terrae.

For a consumption that is determined, The Lord, YHWH of Hosts, Is making in the midst of all the land.

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.

Therefore, thus said the Lord, YHWH of Hosts: “Do not be afraid, My people, inhabiting Zion, because of Asshur, He strikes you with a rod, And his staff lifts up against you, in the way of Egypt.

25 Adhuc enim paululum modicumque et consummabitur indignatio et furor meus super scelus eorum.

For yet a very little [while], And the indignation has been completed, And My anger by their wearing out.”

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.

And YHWH of Hosts is awaking for him, A scourge like the striking of Midian at the rock Oreb, And his rod [is] over the sea, And he has lifted it in the way of 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.

And it has come to pass in that day, His burden is turned from off your shoulder, And his yoke from off your neck, And the yoke has been destroyed, because of prosperity.

28 Veniet in Aiath, transibit in Magron: apud Machmas commendabit vasa sua.

He has come in against Aiath, He has passed over into Migron, At Michmash he looks after his vessels.

29 Transierunt cursim Gaba sedes nostra: obstupuit Rama, Gabaath Saulis fugit.

They have gone over the passage, They have made Geba a lodging place, Rama has trembled, Gibeah of Saul fled.

30 Hinni voce tua filia Gallim, attende Laisa, paupercula Anathoth.

Cry aloud [with] your voice, daughter of Gallim, Give attention, Laish! Answer her, Anathoth.

31 Migravit Medemena: habitatores Gabim confortamini.

Madmenah has fled away, The inhabitants of the high places have hardened themselves.

32 Adhuc dies est, ut in Nobe stetur: agitabit manum suam super montem filiae Sion, collem Ierusalem.

Yet today to remain in Nob, The mountain of the daughter of Zion waves its hand, The hill of Jerusalem.

33 Ecce dominator Dominus exercituum confringet lagunculam in terrore, et excelsi statura succidentur, et sublimes humiliabuntur.

Behold, the Lord, YHWH of Hosts, Is lopping a branch with violence, And the high of stature are cut down, And the lofty have become low,

34 Et subvertentur condensa saltus ferro: et Libanus cum excelsis cadet.

And He has gone around the thickets of the forest with iron, And Lebanon falls by a mighty one!