Isaiæ 10
1 vae qui condunt leges iniquas et scribentes iniustitiam scripserunt
Woe to those who enact unjust laws and write unfair decrees.
2 ut opprimerent in iudicio pauperes et vim facerent causae humilium populi mei ut essent viduae praeda eorum et pupillos diriperent
They deprive the needy of justice, rob the poor of my people of their rights, plunder widows, and make the fatherless their prey!
3 quid facietis in die visitationis et calamitatis de longe venientis ad cuius fugietis auxilium et ubi derelinquetis gloriam vestram
What will you do on judgment day when the destruction comes from far away? To whom will you flee for help, and where will you leave your wealth?
4 ne incurvemini sub vinculo et cum interfectis cadatis super omnibus his non est aversus furor eius sed adhuc manus eius extenta
Nothing remains, and you crouch among the prisoners or fall among the killed. In all these things, his anger does not subside; instead, his hand is still stretched out.
5 vae Assur virga furoris mei et baculus ipse in manu eorum indignatio mea
Woe to the Assyrian, the club of my anger, the rod by whom I wield my fury!
6 ad gentem fallacem mittam eum et contra populum furoris mei mandabo illi ut auferat spolia et diripiat praedam et ponat illum in conculcationem quasi lutum platearum
I send him against an arrogant nation and against the people who bear my overflowing wrath. I order him to take the spoil, to take the prey, and to trample them like mud in the streets.
7 ipse autem non sic arbitrabitur et cor eius non ita aestimabit sed ad conterendum erit cor eius et ad internicionem gentium non paucarum
But this is not what he intends, nor does he think this way. It is in his heart to destroy and eliminate many nations.
8 dicet enim
For he says, “Are not all my princes kings?
9 numquid non principes mei simul reges sunt numquid non ut Charchamis sic Chalanno et ut Arfad sic Emath numquid non ut Damascus sic Samaria
Is not Kalno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?
10 quomodo invenit manus mea regna idoli sic et simulacra eorum de Hierusalem et de Samaria
As my hand has overcome idolatrous kingdoms, whose carved figures were greater than those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
11 numquid non sicut feci Samariae et idolis eius sic faciam Hierusalem et simulacris eius
just as I did to Samaria and her worthless idols, will I not also do the same to Jerusalem and to her idols?”
12 et erit cum impleverit Dominus cuncta opera sua in monte Sion et in Hierusalem visitabo super fructum magnifici cordis regis Assur et super gloriam altitudinis oculorum eius
When the Lord has finished his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the speech of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and his prideful looks.
13 dixit enim in fortitudine manus meae feci et in sapientia mea intellexi et abstuli terminos populorum et principes eorum depraedatus sum et detraxi quasi potens in sublime residentes
For he says, “By my strength and by my wisdom I acted. I have understanding, and I have removed the boundaries of the peoples. I have stolen their treasures, and like a bull I have brought down the inhabitants.
14 et invenit quasi nidum manus mea fortitudinem populorum et sicut colliguntur ova quae derelicta sunt sic universam terram ego congregavi et non fuit qui moveret pinnam et aperiret os et ganniret
My hand has seized, as from a nest, the wealth of nations, and as one gathers abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth. None fluttered their wings or opened their mouth or chirped.”
15 numquid gloriabitur securis contra eum qui secat in ea aut exaltabitur serra contra eum a quo trahitur quomodo si elevetur virga contra levantem se et exaltetur baculus qui utique lignum est
Will the ax boast about itself against the one who wields it? Will the saw praise itself more than the one who cuts with it? It is as if a rod could lift up those who raise it, or as if a wooden club could lift up a person.
16 propter hoc mittet Dominator Deus exercituum in pinguibus eius tenuitatem et subtus gloriam eius succensa ardebit quasi conbustio ignis
Therefore the Lord Yahweh of hosts will send emaciation among his elite warriors; and under his glory there will be kindled a burning like fire.
17 et erit lumen Israhel in igne et Sanctus eius in flamma et succendetur et devorabitur spina eius et vepres in die una
The light of Israel will become a fire, and his Holy One a flame; it will burn and devour his thorns and briers in one day.
18 et gloria saltus eius et Carmeli eius ab anima usque ad carnem consumetur et erit terrore profugus
Yahweh will consume the glory of his forest and of his fruitful land, both soul and body; it will be like when a sick man's life wastes away.
19 et reliquiae ligni saltus eius pro paucitate numerabuntur et puer scribet eos
The remnant of the trees of his forest will be so few, that a child could count them.
20 et erit in die illa non adiciet residuum Israhel et hii qui fugerint de domo Iacob inniti super eo qui percutit eos sed innitetur super Dominum Sanctum Israhel in veritate
On that day, the remnant of Israel, the family of Jacob that has escaped, will no longer rely on the one who defeated them, but will indeed depend on Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel.
21 reliquiae convertentur reliquiae inquam Iacob ad Deum fortem
A remnant of Jacob will return to the mighty God.
22 si enim fuerit populus tuus Israhel quasi harena maris reliquiae convertentur ex eo consummatio adbreviata inundabit iustitiam
For though your people, Israel, are like the sand of the seashore, only a remnant of them will return. Destruction is decreed, as overflowing righteousness demands.
23 consummationem enim et adbreviationem Dominus Deus exercituum faciet in medio omnis terrae
For the Lord Yahweh of hosts, is about to carry out the destruction determined throughout the land.
24 propter hoc haec dicit Dominus Deus exercituum noli timere populus meus habitator Sion ab Assur in virga percutiet te et baculum suum levabit super te in via Aegypti
Therefore the Lord Yahweh of hosts says, “My people who live in Zion, do not fear the Assyrian. He will strike you with the rod and raise his staff against you, as the Egyptians did.
25 adhuc enim paululum modicumque et consummabitur indignatio et furor meus super scelus eorum
Do not fear him, for in a very short time my anger against you will end, and my anger will lead to his destruction.”
26 et suscitabit super eum Dominus exercituum flagellum iuxta plagam Madian in petra Oreb et virgam suam super mare et levabit eam in via Aegypti
Then Yahweh of hosts will wield a whip against them, as when he defeated Midian at the rock of Oreb. He will raise his rod over the sea and lift it up as he did in Egypt.
27 et erit in die illa auferetur onus eius de umero tuo et iugum eius de collo tuo et conputrescet iugum a facie olei
On that day, his burden is lifted from your shoulder and his yoke from off your neck, and the yoke will be destroyed because of fatness.
28 veniet in Aiath transibit in Magron apud Machmas commendabit vasa sua
The enemy has come to Aiath and has passed through Migron; at Michmash he has stored his provisions.
29 transierunt cursim Gabee sedes nostra obstipuit Rama Gabaath Saulis fugit
They have crossed over the pass and they lodge at Geba. Ramah trembles and Gibeah of Saul has fled.
30 hinni voce tua filia Gallim adtende Laisa paupercula Anathoth
Cry aloud, daughter of Gallim! Give attention, Laishah! You poor Anathoth!
31 migravit Medemena habitatores Gebim confortamini
Madmenah is fleeing, and the inhabitants of Gebim run for safety.
32 adhuc dies est ut in Nob stetur agitabit manum suam super montem filiae Sion collem Hierusalem
This very day he will halt at Nob and shake his fist at the mountain of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
33 ecce Dominator Dominus exercituum confringet lagunculam in terrore et excelsi statura succidentur et sublimes humiliabuntur
Behold, the Lord Yahweh of hosts will lop off the boughs with a terrifying crash; the tallest trees will be cut down, and the lofty will be brought low.
34 et subvertentur condensa saltus ferro et Libanus cum excelsis cadet
He will chop down the thickets of the forest with an ax, and Lebanon in his majesty will fall.
