Isaiæ 9
1 Primo tempore alleviata est Terra Zabulon, et Terra Nephthali: et novissimo aggravata est via maris trans Iordanem Galilaeae Gentium.
For there is no gloom to her who had been in anguish, In the former time, he brought into dishonour The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, In the latter time, hath he brought into honour The Lake-way over the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.
2 Populus, qui ambulabat in tenebris, vidit lucem magnam: habitantibus in regione umbrae mortis, lux orta est eis.
the people who were walking in darkness, Have seen a great light, —The dwellers in a land death-shadowed, A light, hath shined upon them.
3 Multiplicasti gentem, et non magnificasti laetitiam. Laetabuntur coram te, sicut qui laetantur in messe, sicut exultant victores capta praeda, quando dividunt spolia.
Thou hast increased the exultation Thou hast made great the joy, —They joy before thee, according to the joy of harvest, As men exult when they distribute spoil.
4 Iugum enim oneris eius, et virgam humeri eius, et sceptrum exactoris eius superasti sicut in die Madian.
For, the yoke of their burden, The cross-bar of their shoulder, The goad of their driver, Hast thou broken, as in the day of Midian.
5 Quia omnis violentia praedatio cum tumultu, et vestimentum mistum sanguine, erit in combustionem, et cibus ignis.
Surely, every boot of one tramping in tumult, and the war-cloak rolled in blood Then shall serve for burning, food for fire;
6 PARVULUS enim NATUS est nobis, et filius datus est nobis, et factus est principatus super humerum eius: et vocabitur nomen eius, Admirabilis, consiliarius, Deus, fortis, pater futuri saeculi, princeps pacis.
For, A Child, hath been born to us, A Son, hath been given to us, And the dominion is upon his shoulder, —And his Name hath been called Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty GOD, Father of Futurity, Prince of Prosperity.
7 Multiplicabitur eius imperium, et pacis non erit finis: super solium David, et super regnum eius sedebit: ut confirmet illud, et corroboret in iudicio et iustitia, amodo et usque in sempiternum: zelus Domini exercituum faciet hoc.
Of the increase of dominion, and of prosperity, There shall be no end—Upon the throne of David and Upon his kingdom, By establishing it and By sustaining it, With justice and With righteousness, —From henceforth, Even unto times age-abiding: The jealousy of Yahweh of hosts, will perform this!
8 Verbum misit Dominus in Iacob, et cecidit in Israel.
A word, hath My Lord, sent unto Jacob, —And it shall alight on Israel;
9 Et sciet omnis populus Ephraim, et habitantes Samariam in superbia et magnitudine cordis dicentes:
and the people shall all of them know [it] —Ephraim and the dweller in Samaria—Who in pride and insolence of heart, are saying:
10 Lateres ceciderunt, sed quadris lapidibus aedificabimus: sycomoros succiderunt, sed cedros immutabimus.
Bricks, have fallen down But with hewn stone, will we build, —Sycomores, have been felled, But with cedars, will we replace them.
11 Et elevabit Dominus hostes Rasin super eum, et inimicos eius in tumultum vertet:
Therefore will Yahweh strengthen the adversaries of Resin against him, —And his enemies will he arouse:
12 Syriam ab oriente, et Philisthiim ab Occidente: et devorabunt Israel toto ore. In omnibus his non est aversus furor eius, sed adhuc manus eius extenta:
Syrians before and Philistines behind, Thus have they devoured Israel with open mouth, —For all this, hath his anger, not turned back, But still, is his hand outstretched.
13 et populus non est reversus ad percutientem se, et Dominum exercituum non inquisierunt.
Yet, the people, have not turned unto him that smote them, —And Yahweh of hosts, have they not sought.
14 Et disperdet Dominus ab Israel caput et caudam, incurvantem et refrenantem die una.
Therefore hath Yahweh cut off from Israel—Head and tail Palm-top and rush, In one day.
15 Longaevus et honorabilis, ipse est caput: et propheta docens mendacium, ipse est cauda.
The elder and favourite, he, is the head, —And the prophet teaching falsehood, he, is the tail;
16 Et erunt, qui beatificant populum istum, seducentes: et qui beatificantur, praecipitati.
And they who should have led this people forward have been causing them to stray, —And, they who are led of them are destroyed,
17 propter hoc super adolescentulis eius non laetabitur Dominus: et pupillorum eius, et viduarum non miserebitur: quia omnis hypocrita est et nequam, et universum os locutum est stultitiam. In omnibus his non est aversus furor eius, sed adhuc manus eius extenta.
For this cause, over their choice young men, will My Lord not rejoice, And on their fatherless and their widows, will he not have compassion, For every one of them, is profane and an evildoer, And, every mouth is speaking baseness, —For all this, hath his anger, not turned back, But still, is his hand outstretched.
18 Succensa est enim quasi ignis impietas, veprem et spinam vorabit: et succendetur in densitate saltus, et convolvetur superbia fumi.
For lawlessness, hath consumed like fire, Briars and thorns, doth it devour, —Yea it hath kindled upon the thickets of the forest, And they have rolled up as a column of smoke.
19 In ira Domini exercituum conturbata est terra, et erit populus quasi esca ignis: vir fratri suo non parcet.
Through the wrath of Yahweh of hosts, is the land consumed, —And the people have come to be, as fuel for fire, A man unto his own brother, sheweth not pity;
20 Et declinabit ad dexteram, et esuriet: et comedet ad sinistram, et non saturabitur: unusquisque carnem brachii sui vorabit: Manasses Ephraim, et Ephraim Manassen, simul ipsi contra Iudam.
And he hath slain on the right, and yet is hungry, And hath eaten on the left, yet are they not satisfied, —Every one, the flesh of his own arm, will they eat:
21 In omnibus his non est aversus furor eius, sed adhuc manus eius extenta.
Manasseh—Ephraim, and Ephraim—Manasseh, They together—against Judah, —For all this, hath his anger not turned back, But still, is his hand outstretched.
