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, Ye who call yourselves by the name of Israel, Yea from the waters of Judah, came they forth, —Who swear by the name of Yahweh, And, by the God of Israel, call to remembrance—Not in truth, nor in righteousness;
2 De civitate enim sancta vocati sunt, et super Deum Israel constabiliti sunt: Dominus exercituum nomen eius.
For of the holy city, do they call themselves, And on the God of Israel, do they stay themselves, —Yahweh of hosts, is his name.
3 Priora ex tunc annunciavi, et ex ore meo exierunt, et audita feci ea: repente operatus sum, et venerunt.
Things in advance, of old, I declared, Yea out of mine own mouth, came they forth, that I might let them be known, —Suddenly, I wrought 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—Obstinate, thou wast, —And, a sinew of iron, was thy neck, And thy brow, brazen,
5 Praedixi tibi ex tunc: antequam venirent indicavi tibi, ne forte diceres: Idola mea fecerunt haec, et sculptilia mea, et conflatilia mandaverunt ista.
therefore told I thee—in time past, Ere yet it came, I let thee hear, —Lest thou shouldest say Mine idol wrought them, Yea, my carved image and my molten image, 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 it whole, And will, ye, not tell? I have let thee hear new things—from the present time, Even secrets which ye knew not.
7 nunc creata sunt, et non ex tunc: et ante diem, et non audisti ea, ne forte dicas: Ecce ego cognovi ea.
Now, are they created, and not in time past, And, before to-day, thou hadst not heard of them, —Lest thou shouldest say, Lo! 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.
Nay! thou hadst not heard, Nay! thou hadst not known, Nay! in time past, thine ear, was not opened, —For I knew that thou, wouldst be treacherous, Yea a transgressor from birth, hast thou been called.
9 Propter nomen meum longe faciam furorem meum: et laude mea infrenabo te, ne intereas.
For the sake of mine own Name, will I defer mine anger, And for my praise, will I restrain myself towards thee, —So as not to cut thee off.
10 Ecce excoxi te, sed non quasi argentum, elegi te in camino paupertatis.
Lo! I have refined thee, but not as silver, —I have tested thee, in a smelting-pot 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 effectually work For how should it be profaned? And, my glory—to another, will I not give.
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 one, —I, am, the Same I, the first, yea, I, the last:
13 Manus quoque mea fundavit terram, et dextera mea mensa est caelos: ego vocabo eos, et stabunt simul.
Surely, mine own hand, founded the earth, And, my right hand, stretched out the heavens, —While I was calling unto them, they stood forth, at once
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 hear, Who among them, hath told these things? he whom Yahweh loveth, will execute—His pleasure, on Babylon, And his stroke on the Chaldeans.
15 Ego ego locutus sum, et vocavi eum: adduxi eum, et directa est via eius.
I—I, have spoken, Yea I have called him, —I have brought him in, and he shall make prosperous his way.
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.
Draw ye near unto me—hear ye this, Not in advance in secret, have I spoken, From the very time it cometh into being, there, am I, —And, now, My Lord Yahweh 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 Yahweh—Thy Redeemer, The Holy One of Israel, —I—Yahweh, am thy God, Teaching thee to profit, Guiding thee in the way thou shouldest go.
18 Utinam attendisses mandata mea: facta fuisset sicut flumen pax tua, et iustitia tua sicut gurgites maris.
Oh! that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments, —Then had been, like a river, thy prosperity, And, thy 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.
Then had been, like the sand, thy seed, And, the offspring of thy body, like the grains thereof, —Neither cut off nor destroyed had been his name 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.
Come ye forth out of Babylon, Flee from among the Chaldeans, With triumphant voice, tell ye—let this be heard, Let it go forth as far as the end of the earth, —Say ye—Yahweh 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, through dry places, he led them, Waters out of the rock, caused he to flow out to them, —Yea be cleft a rock and, there gushed out waters:
22 Non est pax impiis, dicit Dominus.
No well-being, saith Yahweh to the lawless,
