Isaiæ 22
1 Onus vallis visionis. Quidnam quoque tibi est, quia ascendisti et tu omnis in tecta?
The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?
2 clamoris plena, urbs frequens, civitas exultans: interfecti tui, non interfecti gladio, nec mortui in bello.
O thou that art full of shoutings, a tumultuous city, a joyous town; thy slain are not slain with the sword, neither are they dead in battle.
3 Cuncti principes tui fugerunt simul, dureque ligati sunt: omnes, qui inventi sunt, vincti sunt pariter, procul fugerunt.
All thy rulers fled away together, they were bound by the archers; all that were found of thee were bound together; they fled afar off.
4 Propterea dixi: Recedite a me, amare flebo: nolite incumbere ut consolemini me super vastitate filiae populi mei.
Therefore said I, Look away from me, I will weep bitterly; labor not to comfort me for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
5 Dies enim interfectionis, et conculcationis, et fletuum Domino Deo exercituum in valle visionis scrutans murum, et magnificus super montem.
For it is a day of discomfiture, and of treading down, and of perplexity, from the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, in the valley of vision; a breaking down of the walls, and a crying to the mountains.
6 Et Aelam sumpsit pharetram, currum hominis equitis, et parietem nudavit clypeus.
And Elam bare the quiver, with chariots of men [and] horsemen; and Kir uncovered the shield.
7 Et erunt electae valles tuae plenae quadrigarum, et equites ponent sedes suas in porta.
And it came to pass, that thy choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen set themselves in array at the gate.
8 Et revelabitur operimentum Iuda, et videbis in die illa armamentarium domus saltus.
And he took away the covering of Judah; and thou didst look in that day to the armor in the house of the forest.
9 Et scissuras civitatis David videbitis, quia multiplicatae sunt: et congregastis aquas piscinae inferioris,
And ye saw the breaches of the city of David, that they were many; and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool;
10 et domos Ierusalem numerastis, et destruxistis domos ad muniendum murum.
and ye numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and ye brake down the houses to fortify the wall;
11 Et lacum fecistis inter duos muros ad aquam piscinae veteris: et non suspexistis ad eum, qui fecerat eam, et operatorem eius de longe non vidistis.
ye made also a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool. But ye looked not unto him that had done this, neither had ye respect unto him that purposed it long ago.
12 Et vocabit Dominus Deus exercituum in die illa ad fletum, et ad planctum, ad calvitium, et ad cingulum sacci:
And in that day did the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
13 et ecce gaudium et laetitia, occidere vitulos, et iugulare arietes, comedere carnes, et bibere vinum: Comedamus, et bibamus: cras enim moriemur.
and, behold, joy and gladness, slaying oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine: Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we shall die.
14 Et revelata est in auribus meis vox Domini exercituum. Si dimittetur iniquitas haec vobis donec moriamini, dicit Dominus Deus exercituum.
And Jehovah of hosts revealed himself in mine ears, Surely this iniquity shall not be forgiven you till ye die, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.
15 Haec dicit Dominus Deus exercituum: Vade, ingredere ad eum, qui habitat in tabernaculo, ad Sobnam praepositum templi, et dices ad eum:
Thus saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even unto Shebna, who is over the house, [and say],
16 Quid tu hic, aut quasi quis hic? quia excidisti tibi hic sepulchrum, excidisti in excelso memoriale diligenter, in petra tabernaculum tibi.
What doest thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out here a sepulchre? hewing him out a sepulchre on high, graving a habitation for himself in the rock!
17 Ecce Dominus asportari te faciet, sicut asportatur gallus gallinaceus, et quasi amictum sic sublevabit te.
Behold, Jehovah, like a [strong] man, will hurl thee away violently; yea, he will wrap thee up closely.
18 Coronas coronabit te tribulatione, quasi pilam mittet te in terram latam et spatiosam: ibi morieris, et ibi erit currus gloriae tuae, ignominia domus Domini tui.
He will surely wind thee round and round, [and toss thee] like a ball into a large country; there shalt thou die, and there shall be the chariots of thy glory, thou shame of thy lord’s house.
19 Et expellam te de statione tua, et de ministerio tuo deponam te.
And I will thrust thee from thine office; and from thy station shalt thou be pulled down.
20 Et erit in die illa: Vocabo servum meum Eliachim filium Helchiae,
And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah:
21 et induam illum tunica tua, et cingulo tuo confortabo eum, et potestatem tuam dabo in manu eius: et erit quasi pater habitantibus Ierusalem, et domui Iuda.
and I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand; and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.
22 Et dabo clavem domus David super humerum eius: et aperiet, et non erit qui claudat: et claudet, et non erit qui aperiat.
And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; and he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.
23 Et figam illum paxillum in loco fideli, et erit in solium gloriae domui patris sui.
And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a throne of glory to his father’s house.
24 Et suspendent super eum omnem gloriam domus patris eius, vasorum diversa genera, omne vas parvulum a vasis craterarum usque ad omne vas musicorum.
And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father’s house, the offspring and the issue, every small vessel, from the cups even to all the flagons.
25 In die illa dicit Dominus exercituum: Auferetur paxillus, qui fixus fuerat in loco fideli: et frangetur, et cadet, et peribit quod pependerat in eo, quia Dominus locutus est.
In that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, shall the nail that was fastened in a sure place give way; and it shall be hewn down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off; for Jehovah hath spoken it.
