Isaiæ 29
1 Vae Ariel, Ariel civitas, quam expugnavit David: additus est annus ad annum: sollemnitates evolutae sunt.
Woe to you, O Ariel, the city of Ariel where David camped! Year upon year let your festivals recur.
2 Et circumvallabo Ariel, et erit tristis et moerens, et erit mihi quasi Ariel.
And I will constrain Ariel, and there will be mourning and lamentation; she will be like an altar hearth before Me.
3 Et circumdabo quasi sphaeram in circuitu tuo, et iaciam contra te aggerem, et munimenta ponam in obsidionem tuam.
I will camp in a circle around you; I will besiege you with towers and set up siege works against you.
4 Humiliaberis, de terra loqueris, et de humo audietur eloquium tuum: et erit quasi pythonis de terra vox tua, et de humo eloquium tuum mussitabit.
You will be brought low, you will speak from the ground, and out of the dust your words will be muffled. Your voice will be like a spirit from the ground; your speech will whisper out of the dust.
5 Et erit sicut pulvis tenuis multitudo ventilantium te: et sicut favilla pertransiens multitudo eorum, qui contra te praevaluerunt:
But your many foes will be like fine dust, the multitude of the ruthless like blowing chaff. Then suddenly, in an instant,
6 eritque repente confestim. A Domino exercituum visitabitur in tonitruo, et commotione terrae, et voce magna turbinis et tempestatis, et flamma ignis devorantis.
you will be visited by the LORD of Hosts with thunder and earthquake and loud noise, with windstorm and tempest and consuming flame of fire.
7 Et erit sicut somnium visionis nocturnae multitudo omnium Gentium, quae dimicaverunt contra Ariel, et omnes qui militaverunt, et obsederunt, et praevaluerunt adversus eam.
All the many nations going out to battle against Ariel— even all who war against her, laying siege and attacking her— will be like a dream, like a vision in the night,
8 Et sicut somniat esuriens, et comedit, cum autem fuerit expergefactus, vacua est anima eius: et sicut somniat sitiens, et bibit, et postquam fuerit expergefactus, lassus adhuc sitit, et anima eius vacua est: sic erit multitudo omnium Gentium, quae dimicaverunt contra montem Sion.
as when a hungry man dreams he is eating, then awakens still hungry; as when a thirsty man dreams he is drinking, then awakens faint and parched. So will it be for all the many nations who go to battle against Mount Zion.
9 Obstupescite, et admiramini, fluctuate, et vacillate: inebriamini, et non a vino: movemini, et non ab ebrietate.
Stop and be astonished; blind yourselves and be sightless; be drunk, but not with wine; stagger, but not from strong drink.
10 Quoniam miscuit vobis Dominus spiritum soporis, claudet oculos vestros, prophetas et principes vestros, qui vident visiones, operiet.
For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has shut your eyes, O prophets; He has covered your heads, O seers.
11 Et erit vobis visio omnium sicut verba libri signati, quem cum dederint scienti litteras, dicent: Lege istum: et respondebit: Non possum, signatus est enim:
And the entire vision will be to you like the words sealed in a scroll. If it is handed to someone to read, he will say, “I cannot, because it is sealed.”
12 Et dabitur liber nescienti litteras, diceturque ei: Lege: et respondebit: Nescio litteras.
Or if the scroll is handed to one unable to read, he will say, “I cannot read.”
13 Et dixit Dominus: Eo quod appropinquat populus iste ore suo, et labiis suis glorificat me, cor autem eius longe est a me, et timuerunt me mandato hominum et doctrinis:
Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.
14 Ideo ecce ego addam ut admirationem faciam populo huic miraculo grandi et stupendo: peribit enim sapientia a sapientibus eius, et intellectus prudentium eius abscondetur.
Therefore I will again confound these people with wonder upon wonder. The wisdom of the wise will vanish, and the intelligence of the intelligent will be hidden.”
15 Vae qui profundi estis corde, ut a Domino abscondatis consilium: quorum sunt in tenebris opera, et dicunt: Quis videt nos, et quis novit nos?
Woe to those who dig deep to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and say, “Who sees us, and who will know?”
16 Perversa est haec vestra cogitatio: quasi si lutum contra figulum cogitet, et dicat opus factori suo: Non fecisti me: et figmentum dicat fictori suo: Non intelligis.
You have turned things upside down, as if the potter were regarded as clay. Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, “He did not make me”? Can the pottery say of the potter, “He has no understanding”?
17 Nonne adhuc in modico et in brevi convertetur Libanus in charmel, et charmel in saltum reputabitur?
In a very short time, will not Lebanon become an orchard, and the orchard seem like a forest?
18 Et audient in die illa surdi verba libri, et de tenebris et caligine oculi caecorum videbunt.
On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of the deep darkness the eyes of the blind will see.
19 Et addent mites in Domino laetitiam, et pauperes homines in sancto Israel exultabunt:
The humble will increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
20 quoniam defecit qui praevalebat, consummatus est illusor, et succisi sunt omnes qui vigilabant super iniquitatem:
For the ruthless will vanish, the mockers will disappear, and all who look for evil will be cut down—
21 qui peccare faciebant homines in verbo, et arguentem in porta supplantabant, et declinaverunt frustra a iusto.
those who indict a man with a word, who ensnare the mediator at the gate, and who with false charges deprive the innocent of justice.
22 Propter hoc, haec dicit Dominus ad domum Iacob, qui redemit Abraham: Non modo confundetur Iacob, nec modo vultus eius erubescet:
Therefore the LORD who redeemed Abraham says of the house of Jacob: “No longer will Jacob be ashamed and no more will his face grow pale.
23 sed cum viderit filios suos, opera manuum mearum in medio sui sanctificantes nomen meum, et sanctificabunt sanctum Iacob, et Deum Israel praedicabunt,
For when he sees his children around him, the work of My hands, they will honor My name, they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and they will stand in awe of the God of Israel.
24 et scient errantes spiritu intellectum, et mussitatores discent legem.
Then the wayward in spirit will come to understanding, and those who grumble will accept instruction.”
