Isaiæ 13
1 Onus Babylonis, quod vidit Isaias filius Amos.
The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.
2 Super montem caliginosum levate signum, exaltate vocem, levate manum, et ingrediantur portas duces.
Lift up a banner upon a bare mountain, raise the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles.
3 Ego mandavi sanctificatis meis, et vocavi fortes meos in ira mea, exultantes in gloria mea.
I have commanded my hallowed ones, I have also called my mighty men for mine anger, them that rejoice in my highness.
4 Vox multitudinis in montibus, quasi populorum frequentium: vox sonitus regum, et gentium congregatarum: Dominus exercituum praecepit militiae belli,
The noise of a multitude on the mountains, as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations assembled together: Jehovah of hosts mustereth the host of the battle.
5 venientibus de terra procul, a summitate caeli: Dominus, et vasa furoris eius, ut disperdat omnem terram.
They come from a far country, from the end of the heavens — Jehovah, and the weapons of his indignation — to destroy the whole land.
6 Ululate, quia prope est dies Domini: quasi vastitas a Domino veniet.
Howl, for the day of Jehovah is at hand; it cometh as destruction from the Almighty.
7 Propter hoc, omnes manus dissolventur, et omne cor hominis contabescet,
Therefore shall all hands be feeble, and every heart of man shall melt,
8 et conteretur. Torsiones et dolores tenebunt, quasi parturiens, dolebunt: unusquisque ad proximum suum stupebit, facies combustae vultus eorum.
and they shall be terrified: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them, they shall writhe as a woman that travaileth; they shall be amazed one at another, their faces shall be as flames.
9 Ecce dies Domini veniet, crudelis, et indignationis plenus, et irae, furorisque ad ponendam terram in solitudinem, et peccatores eius conterendos de ea.
Behold, the day of Jehovah cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the earth desolate; and he will destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
10 Quoniam stellae caeli, et splendor earum non expandent lumen suum: obtenebratus est sol in ortu suo, et luna non splendebit in lumine suo.
For the stars of the heavens and the constellations thereof shall not give their light; the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
11 Et visitabo super orbis mala, et contra impios iniquitatem eorum, et quiescere faciam superbiam infidelium, et arrogantiam fortium humiliabo.
And I will punish the world for evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will make the arrogance of the proud to cease, and will bring low the haughtiness of the violent.
12 Pretiosior erit vir auro, et homo mundo obrizo.
I will make a man more precious than fine gold, even man than the gold of Ophir.
13 Super hoc caelum turbabo: et movebitur terra de loco suo propter indignationem Domini exercituum, et propter diem irae furoris eius.
Therefore I will make the heavens to shake, and the earth shall be removed out of her place, at the wrath of Jehovah of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
14 Et erit quasi damula fugiens, et quasi ovis: et non erit qui congreget: unusquisque ad populum suum convertetur, et singuli ad terram suam fugient.
And it shall be as with a chased roe, and as with a flock that no man gathereth together; every one shall turn to his own people, and every one flee into his own land.
15 Omnis, qui inventus fuerit, occidetur: et omnis, qui supervenerit, cadet in gladio.
All that are found shall be thrust through; and every one that is in league [with them] shall fall by the sword.
16 Infantes eorum allidentur in oculis eorum: diripientur domus eorum, et uxores eorum violabuntur.
And their infants shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes, their houses shall be rifled, and their women ravished.
17 Ecce ego suscitabo super eos Medos, qui argentum non quaerant, nec aurum velint:
Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who do not regard silver, and as for gold, they have no delight in it.
18 sed sagittis parvulos interficient, et lactantibus uteris non miserebuntur, et super filios non parcet oculus eorum.
And [their] bows shall dash the young men to pieces, and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb: their eye shall not spare children.
19 Et erit Babylon illa gloriosa in regnis, inclyta superbia Chaldaeorum: sicut subvertit Dominus Sodomam et Gomorrham.
And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans' pride, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
20 Non habitabitur usque in finem, et non fundabitur usque ad generationem et generationem: nec ponet ibi tentoria Arabs, nec pastores requiescent ibi.
It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in, even to generation and generation; nor shall Arabian pitch tent there, nor shepherds make fold there.
21 Sed requiescent ibi bestiae, et replebuntur domus eorum draconibus: et habitabunt ibi struthiones, et pilosi saltabunt ibi:
But beasts of the desert shall lie there, and their houses shall be full of owls; and ostriches shall dwell there, and wild goats shall dance there.
22 et respondebunt ibi ululae in aedibus eius, et sirenes in delubris voluptatis.
And jackals shall cry to one another in their palaces, and wild dogs in the pleasant castles. And her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.
