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 said YHWH, To His anointed, to Cyrus, Whose right hand I have laid hold on, To subdue nations before him, Indeed, I loose loins of kings, To open double doors before him, Indeed, gates are not shut:
2 Ego ante te ibo: et gloriosos terrae humiliabo: portas aereas conteram, et vectes ferreos confringam.
“I go before you, and make crooked places straight, I shatter doors of bronze, And I cut bars of iron apart,
3 Et dabo tibi thesauros absconditos, et arcana secretorum: ut scias quia ego Dominus, qui voco nomen tuum, Deus Israel.
And have given to you treasures of darkness, Even treasures of secret places, So that you know that I, YHWH, Who am calling on your name—[am] the God of Israel.
4 Propter servum meum Iacob, et Israel electum meum, vocavi te nomine tuo: assimilavi te, et non cognovisti me.
For the sake of My servant Jacob, And of Israel My chosen, I also call you by your name, I surname you, 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] YHWH, and there is none else, There is no God except Me, I gird 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 that they know from the rising of the sun, And from the west, that there is none besides Me, I [am] YHWH, and there is none else,
7 formans lucem, et creans tenebras, faciens pacem, et creans malum: ego Dominus faciens omnia haec.
Forming light, and creating darkness, Making peace, and creating calamity, I [am] YHWH, doing all these things.
8 Rorate caeli desuper, et nubes pluant iustum: aperiatur terra, et germinet salvatorem: et iustitia oriatur simul: ego Dominus creavi eum.
Drop, you heavens, from above, And clouds cause righteousness to flow, Earth opens, and they are fruitful, Salvation and righteousness spring up together, I, YHWH, have created it.
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 is striving with his Former (A potsherd with potsherds of the ground!) Does clay say to its Framer, What [are] you doing? And your work, He has no hands?
10 Vae qui dicit patri: Quid generas? et mulieri: Quid parturis?
Woe [to] him who is saying to a father, What do you beget? Or to a wife, What do you bring forth?”
11 Haec dicit Dominus sanctus Israel plastes eius: Ventura interrogate me, super filios meos, et super opus manuum mearum mandate mihi.
Thus said YHWH, The Holy One of Israel, and his Former: “Ask Me of the things coming concerning My sons, Indeed, concerning the work of My hands, you command Me.
12 Ego feci terram, et hominem super eam creavi ego: manus meae tetenderunt caelos, et omni militiae eorum mandavi.
I made earth, and created man on it, My hands stretched out the heavens, And I have commanded all their host.
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 stirred him up in righteousness, And I make all his ways straight, He builds My city, and sends out My captivity, Not for price, nor for bribe,” said YHWH 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 said YHWH: “The labor of Egypt, And the merchandise of Cush, And of the Sebaim—men of measure, Pass over to you, and they are yours, They go after you, they pass over in chains, And they bow themselves to you, They pray to you: Surely God [is] in you, And there is none else, no [other] God.”
15 Vere tu es Deus absconditus, Deus Israel salvator.
Surely You [are] a God hiding Yourself, God of Israel—Savior!
16 Confusi sunt, et erubuerunt omnes: simul abierunt in confusionem fabricatores errorum.
They have been ashamed, And they have even blushed—all of them, Those carving images have gone together in confusion.
17 Israel salvatus est in Domino salute aeterna: non confundemini, et non erubescetis usque in saeculum saeculi.
Israel has been saved in YHWH, A perpetual salvation! You are not ashamed nor confounded For all ages of eternity!
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 said YHWH, Creator of the heavens, He is God, Former of earth, and its Maker, He established it—He did not create it empty, For He formed it to be inhabited: “I [am] YHWH, and there is none else.
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 seed of Jacob, Seek Me in vain, I [am] YHWH, speaking righteousness, Declaring uprightness.
20 Congregamini, et venite, et accedite simul qui salvati estis ex Gentibus: nescierunt qui levant lignum sculpturae suae, et rogant Deum non salvantem.
Be gathered, and come in, Come near together, you escaped of the nations, They have not known, Who are lifting up the wood of their carved image, And praying to a god [that] does not 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.
Declare, and bring near, Indeed, they take counsel together, Who has proclaimed this from of old? [Who] has declared it from that time? Is it not I—YHWH? And there is no other god besides Me, A God righteous and saving, there is none except Me.
22 Convertimini ad me, et salvi eritis omnes fines terrae: quia ego Deus, et non est alius.
Turn to Me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth, For I [am] God, and there is none else.
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, A word has gone out from My mouth in righteousness, And it does not return, That to Me, every knee bows, every tongue swears.
24 Ergo in Domino, dicet, meae sunt iustitiae et imperium: ad eum venient, et confundentur omnes qui repugnant ei.
Only in YHWH, one has said, Do I have righteousness and strength, He comes to Him, And all those displeased with Him are ashamed.
25 In Domino iustificabitur, et laudabitur omne semen Israel.
In YHWH are all the seed of Israel justified, And they boast themselves.”
