Isaiæ 48
1 Audite haec domus Iacob, qui vocamini nomine Israel, et de aquis Iuda existis, qui iuratis in nomine Domini, et Dei Israel recordamini non in veritate, neque in iustitia.
Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the fountain of Judah; who swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.
2 De civitate enim sancta vocati sunt, et super Deum Israel constabiliti sunt: Dominus exercituum nomen eius.
For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel, the LORD of hosts is His name.
3 Priora ex tunc annunciavi, et ex ore meo exierunt, et audita feci ea: repente operatus sum, et venerunt.
I have declared the former things from of old; yea, they went forth out of My mouth, and I announced them; suddenly I did them, and they came to pass.
4 Scivi enim quia durus es tu, et nervus ferreus cervix tua, et frons tua aerea.
Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
5 Praedixi tibi ex tunc: antequam venirent indicavi tibi, ne forte diceres: Idola mea fecerunt haec, et sculptilia mea, et conflatilia mandaverunt ista.
Therefore I have declared it to thee from of old; before it came to pass I announced it to thee; lest thou shouldest say: 'Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.'
6 Quae audisti, vide omnia: vos autem num annunciastis? Audita feci tibi nova ex tunc, et conservata sunt quae nescis:
Thou hast heard, see, all this; and ye, will ye not declare it? I have announced unto thee new things from this time, even hidden things, which thou hast not known.
7 nunc creata sunt, et non ex tunc: et ante diem, et non audisti ea, ne forte dicas: Ecce ego cognovi ea.
They are created now, and not from of old, and before this day thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say: 'Behold, I knew them.'
8 Neque audisti, neque cognovisti, neque ex tunc aperta est auris tua: scio enim quia praevaricans praevaricaberis, et transgressorem ex utero vocavi te.
Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from of old thine ear was not opened; for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.
9 Propter nomen meum longe faciam furorem meum: et laude mea infrenabo te, ne intereas.
For My name's sake will I defer Mine anger, and for My praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.
10 Ecce excoxi te, sed non quasi argentum, elegi te in camino paupertatis.
Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have tried thee in the furnace of affliction.
11 Propter me, propter me faciam, ut non blasphemer: et gloriam meam alteri non dabo.
For Mine own sake, for Mine own sake, will I do it; for how should it be profaned? And My glory will I not give to another.
12 Audi me Iacob, et Israel quem ego voco: ego ipse, ego primus, et ego novissimus.
Hearken unto Me, O Jacob, and Israel My called: I am He; I am the first, I also am the last.
13 Manus quoque mea fundavit terram, et dextera mea mensa est caelos: ego vocabo eos, et stabunt simul.
Yea, My hand hath laid the foundation of the earth, and My right hand hath spread out the heavens; when I call unto them, they stand up together.
14 Congregamini omnes vos, et audite: quis de eis annunciavit haec? Dominus dilexit eum, faciet voluntatem suam in Babylone, et brachium suum in Chaldaeis.
Assemble yourselves, all ye, and hear; which among them hath declared these things? He whom the LORD loveth shall perform His pleasure on Babylon, and show His arm on the Chaldeans.
15 Ego ego locutus sum, et vocavi eum: adduxi eum, et directa est via eius.
I, even I, have spoken, yea, I have called him; I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.
16 Accedite ad me, et audite hoc: non a principio in abscondito locutus sum: ex tempore antequam fieret, ibi eram: et nunc Dominus Deus misit me, et spiritus eius.
Come ye near unto Me, hear ye this: From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time that it was, there am I; and now the Lord GOD hath sent me, and His spirit.
17 Haec dicit Dominus redemptor tuus sanctus Israel: Ego Dominus Deus tuus docens te utilia, gubernans te in via, qua ambulas.
Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am the LORD thy God, who teacheth thee for thy profit, who leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.
18 Utinam attendisses mandata mea: facta fuisset sicut flumen pax tua, et iustitia tua sicut gurgites maris.
Oh that thou wouldest hearken to My commandments! then would thy peace be as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea;
19 et fuisset quasi arena semen tuum, et stirps uteri tui ut lapilli eius: non interisset, et non fuisset attritum nomen eius a facie mea.
Thy seed also would be as the sand, and the offspring of thy body like the grains thereof; his name would not be cut off nor destroyed from before Me.
20 Egredimini de Babylone, fugite a Chaldaeis, in voce exultationis annunciate: auditum facite hoc, et efferte illud usque ad extrema terrae. Dicite: Redemit Dominus servum suum Iacob.
Go ye forth from Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans; with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say ye: 'The LORD hath redeemed His servant Jacob.
21 Non sitierunt in deserto, cum educeret eos: aquam de petra produxit eis, et scidit petram, et fluxerunt aquae.
And they thirsted not when He led them through the deserts; He caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them; He cleaved the rock also, and the waters gushed out.'
22 Non est pax impiis, dicit Dominus.
There is no peace, saith the LORD concerning the wicked.
