Isaiæ 43
1 Et nunc haec dicit Dominus creans te Iacob, et formans te Israel: Noli timere, quia redemi te, et vocavi te nomine tuo: meus es tu.
But now thus says the LORD that created you, O Jacob, and he that formed you, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed you, I have called you by your name; you are mine.
2 Cum transieris per aquas, tecum ero, et flumina non operient te: cum ambulaveris in igne, non combureris, et flamma non ardebit in te:
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow you: when you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle on you.
3 Quia ego Dominus Deus tuus sanctus Israel salvator tuus, dedi propitiationem tuam Aegyptum, Aethopiam, et Saba pro te.
For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior: I gave Egypt for your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for you.
4 Ex quo honorabilis factus es in oculis meis, et gloriosus: ego dilexi te, et dabo homines pro te, et populos pro anima tua.
Since you were precious in my sight, you have been honorable, and I have loved you: therefore will I give men for you, and people for your life.
5 Noli timere, quia ego tecum sum: ab Oriente adducam semen tuum, et ab Occidente congregabo te.
Fear not: for I am with you: I will bring your seed from the east, and gather you from the west;
6 Dicam Aquiloni: Da: et Austro: Noli prohibere: affer filios meos de longinquo, et filias meas ab extremis terrae.
I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;
7 Et omnem, qui invocat nomen meum, in gloriam meam creavi eum, formavi eum, et feci eum.
Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yes, I have made him.
8 Educ foras populum caecum, et oculos habentem: surdum, et aures ei sunt.
Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.
9 Omnes gentes congregatae sunt simul, et collectae sunt tribus: quis in vobis annunciet istud, et quae prima sunt audire nos faciet? dent testes eorum, iustificentur, et audiant, et dicant: Vere.
Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and show us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth.
10 Vos testes mei, dicit Dominus, et servus meus, quem elegi: ut sciatis, et credatis mihi, et intelligatis quia ego ipse sum. Ante me non est formatus Deus, et post me non erit.
You are my witnesses, says the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that you may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
11 Ego sum, ego sum Dominus, et non est absque me salvator.
I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no savior.
12 Ego annunciavi, et salvavi: auditum feci, et non fuit in vobis alienus: vos testes mei, dicit Dominus, et ego Deus.
I have declared, and have saved, and I have showed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore you are my witnesses, says the LORD, that I am God.
13 Et ab initio ego ipse, et non est qui de manu mea eruat: operabor, et quis avertet illud?
Yes, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?
14 Haec dicit Dominus redemptor vester, sanctus Israel: Propter vos misi in Babylonem, et detraxi vectes universos, et Chaldaeos in navibus suis gloriantes.
Thus says the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.
15 Ego Dominus sanctus vester, creans Israel rex vester.
I am the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King.
16 Haec dicit Dominus, qui dedit in mari viam, et in aquis torrentibus semitam.
Thus says the LORD, which makes a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;
17 Qui eduxit quadrigam et equum: agmen et robustum, simul obdormierunt, nec resurgent: contriti sunt quasi linum, et extincti sunt.
Which brings forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as wick.
18 Ne memineritis priorum, et antiqua ne intueamini.
Remember you not the former things, neither consider the things of old.
19 Ecce ego facio nova, et nunc orientur, utique cognoscetis ea: ponam in deserto viam, et in invio flumina.
Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
20 Glorificabit me bestia agri, dracones et struthiones: quia dedi in deserto aquas, flumina in invio, ut darem potum populo meo, electo meo.
The beast of the field shall honor me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.
21 Populum istum formavi mihi, laudem meam narrabit.
This people have I formed for myself; they shall show forth my praise.
22 Non me invocasti Iacob, nec laborasti in me Israel.
But you have not called on me, O Jacob; but you have been weary of me, O Israel.
23 Non obtulisti mihi arietem holocausti tui, et victimis tuis non glorificasti me: non te servire feci in oblatione, nec laborem tibi praebui in thure.
You have not brought me the small cattle of your burnt offerings; neither have you honored me with your sacrifices. I have not caused you to serve with an offering, nor wearied you with incense.
24 Non emisti mihi argento calamum, et adipe victimarum tuarum non inebriasti me. Verumtamen servire me fecisti in peccatis tuis, praebuisti mihi laborem in iniquitatibus tuis.
You have bought me no sweet cane with money, neither have you filled me with the fat of your sacrifices: but you have made me to serve with your sins, you have wearied me with your iniquities.
25 Ego sum, ego sum ipse qui deleo iniquitates tuas propter me, et peccatorum tuorum non recordabor.
I, even I, am he that blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and will not remember your sins.
26 Reduc me in memoriam, et iudicemur simul: narra si quid habes ut iustificeris.
Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare you, that you may be justified.
27 Pater tuus primus peccavit, et interpretes tui praevaricati sunt in me.
Your first father has sinned, and your teachers have transgressed against me.
28 Et contaminavi principes sanctos, dedi ad internecionem Iacob, et Israel in blasphemiam.
Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.
