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.

And now, thus said YHWH, Your Creator, O Jacob, and your Fashioner, O Israel: Do not be afraid, for I have redeemed you, I have called on 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 into waters, I [am] with you, And into floods, they do not overflow you, When you go into fire, you are not burned, And a flame does not burn against you.

3 Quia ego Dominus Deus tuus sanctus Israel salvator tuus, dedi propitiationem tuam Aegyptum, Aethopiam, et Saba pro te.

For I—your God YHWH, The Holy One of Israel, your Savior, I have appointed Egypt your atonement, Cush and Seba in your stead.

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 eyes, You were honored, and I have loved you, And I appoint men in your stead, And peoples instead of your life.

5 Noli timere, quia ego tecum sum: ab Oriente adducam semen tuum, et ab Occidente congregabo te.

Do not be afraid, for I [am] with you, I bring in your seed from the east, And I 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 am saying to the north, “Give up,” And to the south, “Do not restrain.” Bring in My sons from afar, And My daughters from the end of the earth.

7 Et omnem, qui invocat nomen meum, in gloriam meam creavi eum, formavi eum, et feci eum.

Everyone who is called by My Name, Even for My glory I have created him, I have formed him, indeed, I have made him.

8 Educ foras populum caecum, et oculos habentem: surdum, et aures ei sunt.

He brought out a blind people who have eyes, And deaf ones who 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.

All the nations have been gathered together, And the peoples are assembled, Who among them declares this, And causes us to hear former things? They give their witnesses, And they are declared righteous, And they hear and say, “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, a declaration of YHWH, And My servant whom I have chosen, So that you know and give credence to Me, And understand that I [am] He, Before Me there was no God formed, And after Me there is none.

11 Ego sum, ego sum Dominus, et non est absque me salvator.

I [am] YHWH, And besides 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 declared, and saved, and proclaimed, And there is no stranger with you, And you [are] My witnesses, a declaration of YHWH, And I [am] God.

13 Et ab initio ego ipse, et non est qui de manu mea eruat: operabor, et quis avertet illud?

Even from the day I [am] He, And there is no deliverer from My hand, I work, and who turns it back?

14 Haec dicit Dominus redemptor vester, sanctus Israel: Propter vos misi in Babylonem, et detraxi vectes universos, et Chaldaeos in navibus suis gloriantes.

Thus said YHWH, your Redeemer, The Holy One of Israel: “I have sent to Babylon for your sake, And caused bars to descend—all of them, And the Chaldeans, whose song [is] in the ships.

15 Ego Dominus sanctus vester, creans Israel rex vester.

I [am] YHWH, your Holy One, Creator of Israel, your King.”

16 Haec dicit Dominus, qui dedit in mari viam, et in aquis torrentibus semitam.

Thus said YHWH, Who is giving a way in the sea, And a path in the strong waters.

17 Qui eduxit quadrigam et equum: agmen et robustum, simul obdormierunt, nec resurgent: contriti sunt quasi linum, et extincti sunt.

Who is bringing forth chariot and horse, A force, even a strong one: “They lie down together—they do not rise, They have been extinguished, They have been quenched as flax.”

18 Ne memineritis priorum, et antiqua ne intueamini.

Do not remember former things, And do not consider ancient things.

19 Ecce ego facio nova, et nunc orientur, utique cognoscetis ea: ponam in deserto viam, et in invio flumina.

Behold, I am doing a new thing, now it springs up, Do you not know it? Indeed, I put a way in a wilderness, In a desolate place—floods.

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 honors Me, Dragons and daughters of an ostrich, For I have given waters in a wilderness, Floods in a desolate place, To give drink to My people—My chosen.

21 Populum istum formavi mihi, laudem meam narrabit.

I have formed this people for Myself, They recount My praise.

22 Non me invocasti Iacob, nec laborasti in me Israel.

And you have not called Me, O Jacob, For you have been wearied 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 to Me, The lamb of your burnt-offerings, And [with] your sacrifices you have not honored Me, I have not caused you to serve with a present, Nor wearied you with frankincense.

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 not bought Me sweet cane with money, And have not filled Me [with] the fat of your sacrifices, Only—you have caused 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 [am] He who is blotting out Your transgressions for My own sake, And I do not remember your sins.

26 Reduc me in memoriam, et iudicemur simul: narra si quid habes ut iustificeris.

Cause Me to remember—we are judged together, Declare that you may be justified.

27 Pater tuus primus peccavit, et interpretes tui praevaricati sunt in me.

Your first father sinned, And your interpreters transgressed against Me,

28 Et contaminavi principes sanctos, dedi ad internecionem Iacob, et Israel in blasphemiam.

And I defile princes of the sanctuary, And I give Jacob to destruction, and Israel to revilings!