Isaiæ 24
1 Ecce Dominus dissipabit terram, et nudabit eam, et affliget faciem eius, et disperget habitatores eius.
See, the Lord is making the earth waste and unpeopled, he is turning it upside down, and sending the people in all directions.
2 Et erit sicut populus, sic sacerdos: et sicut servus, sic dominus eius: sicut ancilla, sic domina eius: sicut emens, sic ille qui vendit: sicut foenerator, sic is qui mutuum accipit: sicut qui repetit, sic qui debet.
And it will be the same for the people as for the priest; for the servant as for his master; and for the woman-servant as for her owner; the same for the one offering goods for a price as for him who takes them; the same for him who gives money at interest and for him who takes it; the same for him who lets others have the use of his property as for those who make use of it.
3 Dissipatione dissipabitur terra, et direptione praedabitur. Dominus enim locutus est verbum hoc.
The earth will be completely waste and without men; for this is the word of the Lord.
4 Luxit, et defluxit terra, et infirmata est: defluxit orbis, infirmata est altitudo populi terrae.
The earth is sorrowing and wasting away, the world is full of grief and wasting away, the high ones of the earth come to nothing.
5 Et terra infecta est ab habitatoribus suis: quia transgressi sunt leges, mutaverunt ius, dissipaverunt foedus sempiternum.
The earth has been made unclean by those living in it; because the laws have not been kept by them, the orders have been changed, and the eternal agreement has been broken.
6 Propter hoc maledictio vorabit terram, et peccabunt habitatores eius: ideoque insanient cultores eius, et relinquentur homines pauci.
For this cause the earth is given up to the curse, and those in it are judged as sinners: for this cause those living on the earth are burned up, and the rest are small in number.
7 Luxit vindemia, infirmata est vitis, ingemuerunt omnes qui laetabantur corde.
The new wine is thin, the vine is feeble, and all the glad-hearted make sounds of grief.
8 Cessavit gaudium tympanorum, quievit sonitus laetantium, conticuit dulcedo citharae.
The pleasing sound of all instruments of music has come to an end, and the voices of those who are glad.
9 Cum cantico non bibent vinum: amara erit potio bibentibus illam.
There is no more drinking of wine with a song; strong drink will be bitter to those who take it.
10 Attrita est civitas vanitatis, clausa est omnis domus nullo introeunte.
The town is waste and broken down: every house is shut up, so that no man may come in.
11 Clamor erit super vino in plateis: deserta est omnia laetitia: translatum est gaudium terrae.
There is a crying in the streets because of the wine; there is an end of all delight, the joy of the land is gone.
12 Relicta est in urbe solitudo, et calamitas opprimet portas.
In the town all is waste, and in the public place is destruction.
13 Quia haec erunt in medio terrae, in medio populorum: quomodo si paucae olivae, quae remanserunt, excutiantur ex olea: et racemi, cum fuerit finita vindemia.
For it will be in the heart of the earth among the peoples, like the shaking of an olive-tree, as the last of the grapes after the getting-in is done.
14 Hi levabunt vocem suam, atque laudabunt: cum glorificatus fuerit Dominus, hinnient de mari.
But those will be making sounds of joy; they will be crying loudly from the sea for the glory of the Lord.
15 Propter hoc in doctrinis glorificate Dominum: in insulis maris nomen Domini Dei Israel.
Give praise to the Lord in the east, to the name of the Lord, the God of Israel, in the sea-lands.
16 A finibus terrae laudes audivimus, gloriam iusti. Et dixi: Secretum meum mihi, secretum meum mihi, vae mihi: praevaricantes praevaricati sunt, et praevaricatione transgressorum praevaricati sunt.
From the farthest part of the earth comes the sound of songs, glory to the upright. But I said, I am wasting away, wasting away, the curse is on me! The false ones go on in their false way, yes, they go on acting falsely.
17 Formido, et fovea, et laqueus super te, qui habitator es terrae.
Fear, and death, and the net, are come on you, O people of the earth.
18 Et erit: Qui fugerit a voce formidinis, cadet in foveam: et qui se explicaverit de fovea, tenebitur laqueo: quia cataractae de excelsis apertae sunt, et concutientur fundamenta terrae.
And it will be that he who goes in flight from the sound of fear will be overtaken by death; and he who gets free from death will be taken in the net: for the windows on high are open, and the bases of the earth are shaking.
19 Confractione confringetur terra, contritione conteretur terra, commotione commovebitur terra,
The earth is completely broken, it is parted in two, it is violently moved.
20 agitatione agitabitur terra sicut ebrius, et auferetur quasi tabernaculum unius noctis: et gravabit eam iniquitas sua, et corruet, et non adiiciet ut resurgat.
The earth will be moving uncertainly, like a man overcome by drink; it will be shaking like a tent; and the weight of its sin will be on it, crushing it down so that it will not get up again.
21 Et erit: In die illa visitabit Dominus super militiam caeli in excelso: et super reges terrae, qui sunt super terram.
And in that day the Lord will send punishment on the army of the high ones on high, and on the kings of the earth on the earth.
22 Et congregabuntur in congregatione unius fascis in lacum, et claudentur ibi in carcere: et post multos dies visitabuntur.
And they will be got together, like prisoners in the prison-house; and after a long time they will have their punishment.
23 Et erubescet luna, et confundetur sol, cum regnaverit Dominus exercituum in monte Sion, et in Ierusalem, et in conspectu senum suorum fuerit glorificatus.
Then the moon will be veiled, and the sun put to shame; for the Lord of armies will be ruling in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before his judges he will let his glory be seen.
