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.
“Sh'ma ·Hear obey· this, house of Jacob [Supplanter], you who are called by the name of Israel [God prevails], and have come out of the waters of Judah [Praised]. You swear by Adonai’s name, and make mention of the God of Israel [God prevails], 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 citizens of the holy city, and rely on the God of Israel [God prevails]; Adonai Tzva'ot [Yahweh Commander of heaven’s armies] 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; yes, they went out of my mouth, and I sh'ma ·heard obeyed, declared· them. I did them suddenly, and they happened.
4 Scivi enim quia durus es tu, et nervus ferreus cervix tua, et frons tua aerea.
Because I knew that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew, and your brow bronze;
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 you from of old; before it came to pass I sh'ma ·heard obeyed, declared· it to you; lest you should say, ‘My idol has done them, and my engraved image, and my molten image, has enjoined them.’
6 Quae audisti, vide omnia: vos autem num annunciastis? Audita feci tibi nova ex tunc, et conservata sunt quae nescis:
You have sh'ma ·hear obey· it; see all this. And you, won’t you declare it? “I have sh'ma ·hear obey, declared· you new things from this time, even hidden things, which you have 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 today you didn’t sh'ma ·hear obey· them; lest you should 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.
Yes, you didn’t sh'ma ·hear obey·; yes, you didn’t know; yes, from of old your ear was not opened: for I knew that you dealt very treacherously, and were called rebellious who break away from authority thus breaking relationship from the womb.
9 Propter nomen meum longe faciam furorem meum: et laude mea infrenabo te, ne intereas.
For my name’s sake, I will defer my anger, and for my tehilah ·praise song· I hold it back for you, so that I don’t cut you off.
10 Ecce excoxi te, sed non quasi argentum, elegi te in camino paupertatis.
Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver. I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
11 Propter me, propter me faciam, ut non blasphemer: et gloriam meam alteri non dabo.
For my own sake, for my own sake, I will do it; for how would my name be profaned? I will not give my kavod ·weighty glory· to another.
12 Audi me Iacob, et Israel quem ego voco: ego ipse, ego primus, et ego novissimus.
“Sh'ma ·Hear obey· me, O Jacob [Supplanter], and Israel [God prevails] my called: I am he; I am the first א (Aleph) Α (Alpha), I am also the last ת (Tav) Ω (Omega).
13 Manus quoque mea fundavit terram, et dextera mea mensa est caelos: ego vocabo eos, et stabunt simul.
Yes, my hand has laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand has spread out the heavens. When I call to 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 of you, and sh'ma ·hear obey·; who among them has declared these things? He whom Adonai 'ahav ·affectionately loves· will do what he likes to Babylon [Confusion], and his arm will be against the Chaldeans [Descendants of Loving-kindness].
15 Ego ego locutus sum, et vocavi eum: adduxi eum, et directa est via eius.
I, even I, have spoken; yes, 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 near to me and sh'ma ·hear obey· this: “From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time that it happened, I was there.” Now 'Adonay Yahweh [Lord He sustains breathing] has sent me, with his Ruach ·Spirit, Breath·.
17 Haec dicit Dominus redemptor tuus sanctus Israel: Ego Dominus Deus tuus docens te utilia, gubernans te in via, qua ambulas.
Adonai, your Redeemer, haKadosh Isra'el [the Holy One of God prevails] says: “I am Adonai your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you by the way that you should go.
18 Utinam attendisses mandata mea: facta fuisset sicut flumen pax tua, et iustitia tua sicut gurgites maris.
Oh that you had listened to my mitzvot ·instructions·! Then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like 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.
Your offspring also would have been as the sand, and the descendants of your body like its grains. 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.
Leave Babylon [Confusion]! Flee from the Chaldeans [Descendants of Loving-kindness]! With a voice of singing sh'ma ·hear obey, declare· this, tell it even to the end of the earth: say, “Adonai has redeemed his servant Jacob [Supplanter]!”
21 Non sitierunt in deserto, cum educeret eos: aquam de petra produxit eis, et scidit petram, et fluxerunt aquae.
They didn’t thirst when he led them through the deserts. He caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them. He split the rock also, and the waters gushed out.
22 Non est pax impiis, dicit Dominus.
“There is no peace,” says Adonai, “for the wicked.”
