Isaiæ 54
1 Lauda sterilis quae non paris: decanta laudem, et hinni quae non pariebas: quoniam multi filii desertae magis quam eius, quae habet virum, dicit Dominus.
“Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth in song and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,”
2 Dilata locum tentorii tui, et pelles tabernaculorum tuorum extende, ne parcas: longos fac funiculos tuos, et clavos tuos consolida.
“Enlarge the site of your tent, stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, do not hold back. Lengthen your ropes and drive your stakes in deep.
3 Ad dexteram enim, et ad laevam penetrabis: et semen tuum Gentes hereditabit, et civitates desertas inhabitabit.
For you will spread out to the right and left; your descendants will dispossess the nations and inhabit the desolate cities.
4 Noli timere quia non confunderis, neque erubesces: non enim te pudebit, quia confusionis adolescentiae tuae oblivisceris, et opprobrii viduitatis tuae non recordaberis amplius.
Do not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame; do not be intimidated, for you will not be humiliated. For you will forget the shame of your youth and will remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.
5 Quia dominabitur tui qui fecit te, Dominus exercituum nomen eius: et redemptor tuus sanctus Israel, Deus omnis terrae vocabitur.
For your husband is your Maker— the LORD of Hosts is His name— the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.
6 Quia et mulierem derelictam et moerentem spiritu vocavit te Dominus, et uxorem ab adolescentia abiectam, dixit Deus tuus.
For the LORD has called you back, like a wife deserted and wounded in spirit, like the rejected wife of one’s youth,” says your God.
7 Ad punctum in modico dereliqui te, et in miserationibus magnis congregabo te.
“For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will bring you back.
8 In momento indignationis abscondi faciem meam parumper a te, et in misericordia sempiterna misertus sum tui: dixit redemptor tuus Dominus.
In a surge of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,” says the LORD your Redeemer.
9 Sicut in diebus Noe istud mihi est, cui iuravi ne inducerem aquas Noe ultra super terram: sic iuravi ut non irascar tibi, et non increpem te.
“For to Me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you.
10 Montes enim commovebuntur, et colles contremiscent: misericordia autem mea non recedet a te, et foedus pacis meae non movebitur: dixit miserator tuus Dominus.
Though the mountains may be removed and the hills may be shaken, My loving devotion will not depart from you, and My covenant of peace will not be broken,” says the LORD, who has compassion on you.
11 Paupercula tempestate convulsa, absque ulla consolatione. Ecce ego sternam per ordinem lapides tuos, et fundabo te in sapphiris,
“O afflicted city, lashed by storms, without solace, surely I will set your stones in antimony and lay your foundations with sapphires.
12 et ponam iaspidem propugnacula tua: et portas tuas in lapides sculptos, et omnes terminos tuos in lapides desiderabiles.
I will make your pinnacles of rubies, your gates of sparkling jewels, and all your walls of precious stones.
13 Universos filios tuos doctos a Domino: et multitudinem pacis filiis tuis.
Then all your sons will be taught by the LORD, and great will be their prosperity.
14 Et in iustitia fundaberis: recede procul a calumnia, quia non timebis: et a pavore, quia non appropinquabit tibi.
In righteousness you will be established, far from oppression, for you will have no fear. Terror will be far removed, for it will not come near you.
15 Ecce accola veniet, qui non erat mecum, advena quondam tuus adiungetur tibi.
If anyone attacks you, it is not from Me; whoever assails you will fall before you.
16 Ecce ego creavi fabrum sufflantem in igne prunas, et proferentem vas in opus suum, et ego creavi interfectorem ad disperdendum.
Behold, I have created the craftsman who fans the coals into flame and forges a weapon fit for its task; and I have created the destroyer to wreak havoc.
17 Omne vas, quod fictum est contra te, non dirigetur: et omnem linguam resistentem tibi in iudicio, iudicabis. Haec est hereditas servorum Domini, et iustitia eorum apud me, dicit Dominus.
No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,”
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