Isaiæ 45
1 Haec dicit Dominus christo meo Cyro, cuius apprehendi dexteram, ut subiiciam ante faciem eius Gentes, et dorsa regum vertam, et aperiam coram eo ianuas, et portae non claudentur.
Thus says the Lord to my anointed Cyrus, whose right hand I hold, so that I may subjugate the nations before his face, and I may turn the backs of kings, and I may open the doors before him, and so that the gates will not be shut.
2 Ego ante te ibo: et gloriosos terrae humiliabo: portas aereas conteram, et vectes ferreos confringam.
I will go before you. And I will humble the glorious ones of the earth. I will shatter the gates of brass, and I will break apart the bars of iron.
3 Et dabo tibi thesauros absconditos, et arcana secretorum: ut scias quia ego Dominus, qui voco nomen tuum, Deus Israel.
And I will give you hidden treasures and the knowledge of secret things, so that you may know that I am the Lord, the God of Israel, who calls your name.
4 Propter servum meum Iacob, et Israel electum meum, vocavi te nomine tuo: assimilavi te, et non cognovisti me.
For the sake of Jacob, my servant, and Israel, my elect, I have even called you by your name. I have taken you up, and you have not known me.
5 Ego Dominus, et non est amplius: extra me non est Deus: accinxi te, et non cognovisti me:
I am the Lord, and there is no one else. There is no god beside me. I girded you, and you have not known me.
6 Ut sciant hi, qui ab ortu solis, et qui ab occidente, quoniam absque me non est Deus: ego Dominus, et non est alter,
So may those who are from the rising of the sun, and those who are from its setting, know that there is no one beside me. I am the Lord, and there is no other.
7 formans lucem, et creans tenebras, faciens pacem, et creans malum: ego Dominus faciens omnia haec.
I form the light and create the darkness. I make peace and create disaster. I, the Lord, do all these things.
8 Rorate caeli desuper, et nubes pluant iustum: aperiatur terra, et germinet salvatorem: et iustitia oriatur simul: ego Dominus creavi eum.
Send down dew from above, O heavens, and let the clouds rain down upon the just! Let the earth open and spring forth a savior! And let justice rise up at once! I, the Lord, have created him.
9 Vae qui contradicit fictori suo, testa de samiis terrae: numquid dicet lutum figulo suo: Quid facis, et opus tuum absque manibus est?
Woe to him who contradicts his Maker, a mere shard from an earthen vessel! Should the clay say to the potter, “What are you making?” or, “Your work is not made by your hands?”
10 Vae qui dicit patri: Quid generas? et mulieri: Quid parturis?
Woe to him who says to his father, “Why did you conceive?” or to a woman, “Why did you give birth?”
11 Haec dicit Dominus sanctus Israel plastes eius: Ventura interrogate me, super filios meos, et super opus manuum mearum mandate mihi.
Thus says the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, his Maker: Would you question me about the future, concerning my sons, and command me concerning the work of my hands?
12 Ego feci terram, et hominem super eam creavi ego: manus meae tetenderunt caelos, et omni militiae eorum mandavi.
I made the earth, and I created man upon it. My hand stretched out the heavens, and I have commanded all their hosts.
13 Ego suscitavi eum ad iustitiam, et omnes vias eius dirigam: ipse aedificabit civitatem meam, et captivitatem meam dimittet, non in pretio, neque in muneribus, dicit Dominus Deus exercituum.
I have raised him up unto justice, and I will direct all his ways. He himself will build my city and release my captives, but not for ransom or gifts, says the Lord, the God of hosts.
14 Haec dicit Dominus: Labor Aegypti, et negotiatio Aethiopiae, et Sabaim viri sublimes, ad te transibunt, et tui erunt: Post te ambulabunt, vincti manicis pergent: et te adorabunt, teque deprecabuntur: Tantum in te est Deus, et non est absque te Deus.
Thus says the Lord: The labor of Egypt, and the business dealings of Ethiopia, and of the Sabeans, men of stature, will pass to you and will be yours. They will walk behind you. They will travel, bound in irons. And they will adore you and petition you: “In you alone is God, and there is no God apart from you.
15 Vere tu es Deus absconditus, Deus Israel salvator.
Truly, you are a hidden God, the God of Israel, the Savior.”
16 Confusi sunt, et erubuerunt omnes: simul abierunt in confusionem fabricatores errorum.
They have all been confounded and should be ashamed! These fabricators of errors have departed together into confusion!
17 Israel salvatus est in Domino salute aeterna: non confundemini, et non erubescetis usque in saeculum saeculi.
Israel is saved in the Lord by an eternal salvation. You will not be confounded, and you will not be ashamed, even forever and ever.
18 Quia haec dicit Dominus creans caelos, ipse Deus formans terram, et faciens eam, ipse plastes eius: non in vanum creavit eam: ut habitaretur, formavit eam. ego Dominus, et non est alius.
For thus says the Lord, who created the heavens, God himself who formed the earth and made it, the very Molder of it. He did not create it to no purpose. He formed it so that it would be inhabited. I am the Lord, and there is no other.
19 Non in abscondito locutus sum in loco terrae tenebroso: non dixi semini Iacob: Frustra quaerite me. ego Dominus loquens iustitiam, annuncians recta.
I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth. I have not said to the offspring of Jacob, “Seek me in vain.” I am the Lord, who speaks justice, who announces what is right.
20 Congregamini, et venite, et accedite simul qui salvati estis ex Gentibus: nescierunt qui levant lignum sculpturae suae, et rogant Deum non salvantem.
Assemble yourselves, and approach, and draw near together, you who have been saved among the Gentiles. They lack knowledge, who lift up the wood of their sculpture, and who petition a god unable to save.
21 Annunciate, et venite, et consiliamini simul: quis auditum fecit hoc ab initio, et tunc praedixit illud? numquid non ego Dominus, et non est ultra deus absque me? Deus iustus, et salvans non est praeter me.
Announce it, and approach, and consult together. Who has caused this to be heard from the beginning, and who has foretold it from that time? Is it not I, the Lord? And is there some other god beside me? I am a just God who saves, and there is no one except me.
22 Convertimini ad me, et salvi eritis omnes fines terrae: quia ego Deus, et non est alius.
All ends of the earth, be converted to me, and you will be saved. For I am God, and there is no other.
23 In memetipso iuravi, egredietur de ore meo iustitiae verbum, et non revertetur: quia mihi curvabitur omne genu, et iurabit omnis lingua.
I have sworn by myself. The Word of justice will proceed from my mouth, and it will not turn back. For every knee shall bend to me, and every tongue shall swear it.
24 Ergo in Domino, dicet, meae sunt iustitiae et imperium: ad eum venient, et confundentur omnes qui repugnant ei.
Therefore, he will say, “In the Lord are my justices and my dominion.” They will go to him. And all who fight against him will be confounded.
25 In Domino iustificabitur, et laudabitur omne semen Israel.
In the Lord, all the offspring of Israel will be justified and praised.
