Isaiæ 42
1 Ecce servus meus, suscipiam eum: electus meus, complacuit sibi in illo anima mea: dedi spiritum meum super eum, iudicium Gentibus proferet.
Behold my servant whom I uphold, mine elect [in whom] my soul delighteth! I will put my Spirit upon him; he shall bring forth judgment to the nations.
2 Non clamabit, neque accipiet personam, nec audietur vox eius foris.
He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.
3 Calamum quassatum non conteret, et linum fumigans non extinguet: in veritate educet iudicium.
A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment according to truth.
4 Non erit tristis, neque turbulentus, donec ponat in terra iudicium: et legem eius insulae expectabunt.
He shall not faint nor be in haste, till he have set justice in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.
5 Haec dicit Dominus Deus creans caelos, et extendens eos: formans terram, et quae germinant ex ea: dans flatum populo, qui est super eam, et spiritum calcantibus eam.
Thus saith God, Jehovah, he that created the heavens and stretched them out, he that spread forth the earth and its productions, he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:
6 Ego Dominus vocavi te in iustitia, et apprehendi manum tuam, et servavi te. Et dedi te in foedus populi, in lucem Gentium:
I, Jehovah, have called thee in righteousness, and will take hold of thy hand; and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the nations,
7 Ut aperires oculos caecorum, et educeres de conclusione vinctum, de domo carceris sedentes in tenebris.
to open the blind eyes, to bring forth the prisoner from the prison, them that sit in darkness out of the house of restraint.
8 Ego Dominus, hoc est nomen meum: gloriam meam alteri non dabo, et laudem meam sculptilibus.
I am Jehovah, that is my name; and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
9 Quae prima fuerunt, ecce venerunt: nova quoque ego annuncio: antequam oriantur, audita vobis faciam.
Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth will I cause you to hear them.
10 Cantate Domino canticum novum, laus eius ab extremis terrae: qui descenditis in mare, et plenitudo eius, insulae, et habitatores earum.
Sing unto Jehovah a new song, his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein, the isles and their inhabitants.
11 Sublevetur desertum, et civitates eius: in domibus habitabit Cedar: laudate habitatores Petrae, de vertice montium clamabunt.
Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up [their voice], the villages that Kedar doth inhabit; let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains:
12 Ponent Domino gloriam, et laudem eius in insulis nunciabunt.
let them give glory unto Jehovah, and declare his praise in the islands.
13 Dominus sicut fortis egredietur, sicut vir praeliator suscitabit zelum: vociferabitur, et clamabit: super inimicos suos confortabitur.
Jehovah will go forth as a mighty man, he will stir up jealousy like a man of war: he will cry, yea, he will shout; he will shew himself mighty against his enemies.
14 Tacui semper, silui, patiens fui, sicut parturiens loquar: dissipabo, et absorbebo simul.
Long time have I holden my peace; I have been still, I have restrained myself: I will cry like a woman that travaileth; I will blow and pant at once.
15 Desertos faciam montes, et colles, et omne gramen eorum exiccabo: et ponam flumina in insulas, et stagna arefaciam.
I will lay waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.
16 Et ducam caecos in viam, quam nesciunt, et in semitis, quas ignoraverunt, ambulare eos faciam: ponam tenebras coram eis in lucem, et prava in recta: haec verba feci eis, et non dereliqui eos.
And I will bring the blind by a way that they know not, in paths that they know not will I lead them; I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.
17 Conversi sunt retrorsum: confundantur confusione qui confidunt in sculptili, qui dicunt conflatili: Vos dii nostri.
They shall be turned back, they shall be covered with shame, that confide in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods.
18 Surdi audite, et caeci intuemini ad videndum.
— Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
19 Quis caecus, nisi servus meus? et surdus, nisi ad quem nuncios meos misi? quis caecus, nisi qui venundatus est? et quis caecus, nisi servus Domini?
Who is blind, but my servant? and deaf, as my messenger whom I sent? Who is blind as he in whom I have trusted, and blind as Jehovah's servant,
20 Qui vides multa, nonne custodies? qui apertas habes aures, nonne audies?
— seeing many things, and thou observest not? With opened ears, he heareth not.
21 Et Dominus voluit ut sanctificaret eum, et magnificaret legem, et extolleret.
Jehovah had delight [in him] for his righteousness' sake: he hath magnified the law, and made it honourable.
22 Ipse autem populus direptus, et vastatus: laqueus iuvenum omnes, et in domibus carcerum absconditi sunt: facti sunt in rapinam, nec est qui eruat: in direptionem, nec est qui dicat: Redde.
But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and hidden in prison-houses; they are become a prey, and none delivereth, — a spoil, and none saith, Restore.
23 Quis est in vobis qui audiat hoc, attendat et auscultet futura?
Who among you will give ear to this, [who] will hearken and hear what is to come?
24 Quis dedit in direptionem Iacob, et Israel vastantibus? nonne Dominus ipse, cui peccavimus? Et noluerunt in viis eius ambulare, et non audierunt legem eius.
Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? Did not Jehovah, he against whom we have sinned? And they would not walk in his ways, neither did they hearken unto his law.
25 Et effudit super eum indignationem furoris sui, et forte bellum, et combussit eum in circuitu, et non cognovit: et succendit eum, et non intellexit.
And he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he took it not to heart.
