Isaiæ 22
1 Onus vallis visionis. Quidnam quoque tibi est, quia ascendisti et tu omnis in tecta?
This is the burden against the Valley of Vision: What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the rooftops,
2 clamoris plena, urbs frequens, civitas exultans: interfecti tui, non interfecti gladio, nec mortui in bello.
O city of commotion, O town of revelry? Your slain did not die by the sword, nor were they killed in battle.
3 Cuncti principes tui fugerunt simul, dureque ligati sunt: omnes, qui inventi sunt, vincti sunt pariter, procul fugerunt.
All your rulers have fled together, captured without a bow. All your fugitives were captured together, having fled to a distant place.
4 Propterea dixi: Recedite a me, amare flebo: nolite incumbere ut consolemini me super vastitate filiae populi mei.
Therefore I said, “Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! Do not try to console me over 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 the Lord GOD of Hosts has set a day of tumult and trampling and confusion in the Valley of Vision— of breaking down the walls and crying to the mountains.
6 Et Aelam sumpsit pharetram, currum hominis equitis, et parietem nudavit clypeus.
Elam takes up a quiver, with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovers the shield.
7 Et erunt electae valles tuae plenae quadrigarum, et equites ponent sedes suas in porta.
Your choicest valleys are full of chariots, and horsemen are posted at the gates.
8 Et revelabitur operimentum Iuda, et videbis in die illa armamentarium domus saltus.
He has uncovered the defenses of Judah. On that day you looked to the weapons in the House of the Forest.
9 Et scissuras civitatis David videbitis, quia multiplicatae sunt: et congregastis aquas piscinae inferioris,
You saw that there were many breaches in the walls of the City of David. You collected water from the lower pool.
10 et domos Ierusalem numerastis, et destruxistis domos ad muniendum murum.
You counted the houses of Jerusalem and tore them down to strengthen 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.
You built a reservoir between the walls for the waters of the ancient pool, but you did not look to the One who made it, or consider Him who planned it long ago.
12 Et vocabit Dominus Deus exercituum in die illa ad fletum, et ad planctum, ad calvitium, et ad cingulum sacci:
On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.
13 et ecce gaudium et laetitia, occidere vitulos, et iugulare arietes, comedere carnes, et bibere vinum: Comedamus, et bibamus: cras enim moriemur.
But look, there is joy and gladness, butchering of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, eating of meat and drinking of wine: “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”
14 Et revelata est in auribus meis vox Domini exercituum. Si dimittetur iniquitas haec vobis donec moriamini, dicit Dominus Deus exercituum.
The LORD of Hosts has revealed in my hearing: “Until your dying day, this sin of yours will never be atoned for,”
15 Haec dicit Dominus Deus exercituum: Vade, ingredere ad eum, qui habitat in tabernaculo, ad Sobnam praepositum templi, et dices ad eum:
This is what the Lord GOD of Hosts says: “Go, say to Shebna, the steward in charge of the palace:
16 Quid tu hic, aut quasi quis hic? quia excidisti tibi hic sepulchrum, excidisti in excelso memoriale diligenter, in petra tabernaculum tibi.
What are you doing here, and who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here—to chisel your tomb in the height and cut your resting place in the rock?
17 Ecce Dominus asportari te faciet, sicut asportatur gallus gallinaceus, et quasi amictum sic sublevabit te.
Look, O mighty man! The LORD is about to shake you violently. He will take hold of you,
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.
roll you into a ball, and sling you into a wide land. There you will die, and there your glorious chariots will remain—a disgrace to the house of your master.
19 Et expellam te de statione tua, et de ministerio tuo deponam te.
I will remove you from office, and you will be ousted from your position.
20 Et erit in die illa: Vocabo servum meum Eliachim filium Helchiae,
On that day I will summon My servant, Eliakim 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.
I will clothe him with your robe and tie your sash around him. I will put your authority in his hand, and he will be a father to the dwellers 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.
I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.
23 Et figam illum paxillum in loco fideli, et erit in solium gloriae domui patris sui.
I will drive him like a peg into a firm place, and he will be a throne of glory for the house of his father.
24 Et suspendent super eum omnem gloriam domus patris eius, vasorum diversa genera, omne vas parvulum a vasis craterarum usque ad omne vas musicorum.
So they will hang on him the whole burden of his father’s house: the descendants and the offshoots—all the lesser vessels, from bowls to every kind of jar.
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, declares the LORD of Hosts, the peg driven into a firm place will give way; it will be sheared off and fall, and the load upon it will be cut down.” Indeed, the LORD has spoken.
