Isaiæ 29
1 Vae Ariel, Ariel civitas, quam expugnavit David: additus est annus ad annum: sollemnitates evolutae sunt.
Woe [to] Ariel, Ariel, The city of the encampment of David! Add year to year, let festivals go around.
2 Et circumvallabo Ariel, et erit tristis et moerens, et erit mihi quasi Ariel.
And I have sent distress to Ariel, And it has been lamentation and mourning, And it has been to me as Ariel.
3 Et circumdabo quasi sphaeram in circuitu tuo, et iaciam contra te aggerem, et munimenta ponam in obsidionem tuam.
And I encamped, O babbler, against you, And I laid siege against you—a camp. And I raised up bulwarks 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.
And you have been low, You speak from the earth, And make your saying low from the dust, And your voice has been from the earth, As one having a familiar spirit, And your saying whispers from the dust,
5 Et erit sicut pulvis tenuis multitudo ventilantium te: et sicut favilla pertransiens multitudo eorum, qui contra te praevaluerunt:
And as small dust has been The multitude of those scattering you, And as chaff passing on the multitude of the terrible, And it has been in an instant—suddenly.
6 eritque repente confestim. A Domino exercituum visitabitur in tonitruo, et commotione terrae, et voce magna turbinis et tempestatis, et flamma ignis devorantis.
You are inspected by YHWH of Hosts, With thunder, and with an earthquake, And great noise, windstorm, and whirlwind, And flame of devouring 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.
And as a dream, a vision of night, Has been the multitude of all the nations Who are warring against Ariel, And all its warriors, and its bulwark, Even of those distressing her.
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.
And it has been, as when the hungry dreams, And behold, he is eating, And he has awoken, And his soul [is] empty, And as when the thirsty dreams, And behold, he is drinking, And he has awoken, And behold, he is weary, And his soul is longing, So is the multitude of all the nations Who are warring against Mount Zion.
9 Obstupescite, et admiramini, fluctuate, et vacillate: inebriamini, et non a vino: movemini, et non ab ebrietate.
Linger and wonder, look, indeed, look, Be drunk, and not with wine, Stagger, and not with strong drink.
10 Quoniam miscuit vobis Dominus spiritum soporis, claudet oculos vestros, prophetas et principes vestros, qui vident visiones, operiet.
For YHWH has poured out a spirit of deep sleep on you, And He closes your eyes—the prophets, And your heads—the seers—He covered.
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 vision of the whole is to you, As words of the sealed scroll, That they give to one knowing scrolls, Saying, “Please read this,” And he has said, “I am not able, for it [is] sealed”;
12 Et dabitur liber nescienti litteras, diceturque ei: Lege: et respondebit: Nescio litteras.
And the scroll is given to him who has not known scrolls, Saying, “Please read this,” And he has said, “I have not known scrolls.”
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:
And the Lord says: “Because this people has drawn near with its mouth, And they have honored Me with its lips, And it has put its heart far off from Me, And their fear of Me is a precept 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, behold, I am adding to do wonderfully with this people, A wonder, and a marvel, And the wisdom of its wise ones has perished, And the understanding of its intelligent ones hides itself.”
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 going deep from YHWH to hide counsel, And whose works have been in darkness. And they say, “Who is seeing us? And who is knowing us?”
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.
Your perversion! Is the potter esteemed as clay, That the work says of its maker, “He has not made me?” And the framed thing said of its framer, “He did not understand?”
17 Nonne adhuc in modico et in brevi convertetur Libanus in charmel, et charmel in saltum reputabitur?
Is it not yet a very little [while], And Lebanon has turned into a fruitful field, And the fruitful field is reckoned for a forest?
18 Et audient in die illa surdi verba libri, et de tenebris et caligine oculi caecorum videbunt.
And the deaf have heard the words of a scroll in that day, And out of thick darkness, and out of darkness, The eyes of the blind see.
19 Et addent mites in Domino laetitiam, et pauperes homines in sancto Israel exultabunt:
And the humble have added joy in YHWH, And the poor among men 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 terrible one has ceased, And the scorner has been consumed, And all watching for iniquity have been cut off,
21 qui peccare faciebant homines in verbo, et arguentem in porta supplantabant, et declinaverunt frustra a iusto.
Who cause men to sin in word, And lay a snare for a reprover in the gate, And turn aside the righteous into emptiness.
22 Propter hoc, haec dicit Dominus ad domum Iacob, qui redemit Abraham: Non modo confundetur Iacob, nec modo vultus eius erubescet:
Therefore, thus said YHWH, Who ransomed Abraham, Concerning the house of Jacob: “Jacob is not ashamed now, Nor does his face now become 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 in his seeing his children, The work of My hand, in his midst, They sanctify My Name, And have sanctified the Holy One of Jacob, And they declare the God of Israel fearful.
24 et scient errantes spiritu intellectum, et mussitatores discent legem.
And the erring in spirit have known understanding, And murmurers learn doctrine!”
