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 from the waters of Judah came out, Who are swearing by the name of Jehovah, And of the God of Israel make mention, Not in truth nor in righteousness.
2 De civitate enim sancta vocati sunt, et super Deum Israel constabiliti sunt: Dominus exercituum nomen eius.
For from the Holy City they have been called, And on the God of Israel been supported, Jehovah of Hosts [is] His name.
3 Priora ex tunc annunciavi, et ex ore meo exierunt, et audita feci ea: repente operatus sum, et venerunt.
The former things from that time I declared, And from my mouth they have gone forth, And I proclaim them, Suddenly I have done, and it cometh.
4 Scivi enim quia durus es tu, et nervus ferreus cervix tua, et frons tua aerea.
From my knowing that thou art obstinate, And a sinew of iron thy neck, And thy forehead brass,
5 Praedixi tibi ex tunc: antequam venirent indicavi tibi, ne forte diceres: Idola mea fecerunt haec, et sculptilia mea, et conflatilia mandaverunt ista.
And I declare to thee from that time, Before it cometh I have caused thee to hear, Lest thou say, 'Mine idol hath done them, And my graven image, And my molten image did command 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 the whole of it, And ye, do ye not declare? I have caused thee to hear new things from this time, And things reserved that 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 they have been produced and not from that time, Yea, before the day, and thou hast not heard them, Lest thou say, 'Lo, I have known 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 hast not heard, Yea, thou hast not known, Yea, from that time not opened hath thine ear, For I have known thou dealest treacherously, And 'Transgressor from the belly,' One is crying to thee.
9 Propter nomen meum longe faciam furorem meum: et laude mea infrenabo te, ne intereas.
For My name's sake I defer Mine anger, And My praise I restrain for 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, and not with silver, I have chosen thee in a furnace of affliction.
11 Propter me, propter me faciam, ut non blasphemer: et gloriam meam alteri non dabo.
For My sake, for Mine own sake, I do [it], For how is it polluted? And Mine honour to another I give not.
12 Audi me Iacob, et Israel quem ego voco: ego ipse, ego primus, et ego novissimus.
Hearken to me, O Jacob, and Israel, My called one, I [am] He, I [am] first, and I [am] last;
13 Manus quoque mea fundavit terram, et dextera mea mensa est caelos: ego vocabo eos, et stabunt simul.
Also, My hand hath founded earth, And My right hand stretched out the heavens, I am calling unto them, they stand 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.
Be gathered all of you, and hear, Who among them did declare these things? Jehovah hath loved him, He doth His pleasure on Babylon, And His arm [is 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 hath made 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.
Come ye near unto me, hear this, Not from the beginning in secret spake I, From the time of its being, there [am] I, And now the Lord Jehovah 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 said Jehovah, thy redeemer, The Holy One of Israel, 'I [am] Jehovah thy God, teaching thee to profit, Causing thee to tread in the way thou goest.
18 Utinam attendisses mandata mea: facta fuisset sicut flumen pax tua, et iustitia tua sicut gurgites maris.
O that thou hadst attended to My commands, Then as a river is thy peace, And thy righteousness as billows 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.
And as sand is thy seed, And the offspring of thy bowels as its gravel, Not cut off nor destroyed his name 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 out from Babylon, flee from the Chaldeans, With a voice of singing declare, Cause ye this to be heard, Bring it forth unto the end of the earth, Say, Redeemed hath Jehovah His servant Jacob.
21 Non sitierunt in deserto, cum educeret eos: aquam de petra produxit eis, et scidit petram, et fluxerunt aquae.
And they have not thirsted in waste places, He hath caused them to go on, Waters from a rock he hath caused to flow to them, Yea, he cleaveth a rock, and flow do waters.
22 Non est pax impiis, dicit Dominus.
There is no peace, said Jehovah, to the wicked!
