Isaiæ 13
1 Onus Babylonis, quod vidit Isaias filius Amos.
The burden of Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz hath seen:
2 Super montem caliginosum levate signum, exaltate vocem, levate manum, et ingrediantur portas duces.
'On a high mountain lift ye up an ensign, Raise the voice to them, wave the hand, And they go in to the openings of nobles.
3 Ego mandavi sanctificatis meis, et vocavi fortes meos in ira mea, exultantes in gloria mea.
I have given charge to My sanctified ones, Also I have called My mighty ones for Mine anger, Those rejoicing at Mine excellency.'
4 Vox multitudinis in montibus, quasi populorum frequentium: vox sonitus regum, et gentium congregatarum: Dominus exercituum praecepit militiae belli,
A voice of a multitude in the mountains, A likeness of a numerous people, A voice of noise from the kingdoms of nations who are gathered, Jehovah of Hosts inspecting a host of battle!
5 venientibus de terra procul, a summitate caeli: Dominus, et vasa furoris eius, ut disperdat omnem terram.
They are coming in from a land afar off, From the end of the heavens, Jehovah and the instruments of His indignation, To destroy all the land.
6 Ululate, quia prope est dies Domini: quasi vastitas a Domino veniet.
Howl ye, for near [is] the day of Jehovah, As destruction from the Mighty it cometh.
7 Propter hoc, omnes manus dissolventur, et omne cor hominis contabescet,
Therefore, all hands do fail, And every heart of man doth melt.
8 et conteretur. Torsiones et dolores tenebunt, quasi parturiens, dolebunt: unusquisque ad proximum suum stupebit, facies combustae vultus eorum.
And they have been troubled, Pains and pangs they take, As a travailing woman they are pained, A man at his friend they marvel, The appearance of flames — their faces!
9 Ecce dies Domini veniet, crudelis, et indignationis plenus, et irae, furorisque ad ponendam terram in solitudinem, et peccatores eius conterendos de ea.
Lo, the day of Jehovah doth come, Fierce, with wrath, and heat of anger, To make the land become a desolation, Yea, its sinning ones He destroyeth from 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 their constellations, Cause not their light to shine, Darkened hath been the sun in its going out, And the moon causeth not its light to come forth.
11 Et visitabo super orbis mala, et contra impios iniquitatem eorum, et quiescere faciam superbiam infidelium, et arrogantiam fortium humiliabo.
And I have appointed on the world evil, And on the wicked their iniquity, And have caused to cease the excellency of the proud, And the excellency of the terrible I make low.
12 Pretiosior erit vir auro, et homo mundo obrizo.
I make man more rare than fine gold, And a common man than pure 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 the heavens I cause to tremble, And the earth doth shake from its place, In the wrath of Jehovah of Hosts, And in a day of the heat of his 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 hath been, as a roe driven away, And as a flock that hath no gatherer, Each unto his people — they turn, And each unto his land — they flee.
15 Omnis, qui inventus fuerit, occidetur: et omnis, qui supervenerit, cadet in gladio.
Every one who is found is thrust through, And every one who is added falleth by sword.
16 Infantes eorum allidentur in oculis eorum: diripientur domus eorum, et uxores eorum violabuntur.
And their sucklings are dashed to pieces before their eyes, Spoiled are their houses, and their wives lain with.
17 Ecce ego suscitabo super eos Medos, qui argentum non quaerant, nec aurum velint:
Lo, I am stirring up against them the Medes, Who silver esteem not, And gold — they delight not in it.
18 sed sagittis parvulos interficient, et lactantibus uteris non miserebuntur, et super filios non parcet oculus eorum.
And bows dash young men to pieces, And the fruit of the womb they pity not, On sons their eye hath no pity.
19 Et erit Babylon illa gloriosa in regnis, inclyta superbia Chaldaeorum: sicut subvertit Dominus Sodomam et Gomorrham.
And Babylon, the beauty of kingdoms, The glory, the excellency of the Chaldeans, Hath been as overthrown by God, With Sodom and with Gomorrah.
20 Non habitabitur usque in finem, et non fundabitur usque ad generationem et generationem: nec ponet ibi tentoria Arabs, nec pastores requiescent ibi.
She doth not sit for ever, Nor continueth unto many generations, Nor doth Arab pitch tent there, And shepherds lie not down there.
21 Sed requiescent ibi bestiae, et replebuntur domus eorum draconibus: et habitabunt ibi struthiones, et pilosi saltabunt ibi:
And Ziim have lain down there, And full have been their houses of howlings, And dwelt there have daughters of an ostrich, And goats do skip there.
22 et respondebunt ibi ululae in aedibus eius, et sirenes in delubris voluptatis.
And Aiim have responded in his forsaken habitations, And dragons in palaces of delight, And near to come [is] her time, And her days are not drawn out!
