Isaiæ 22

1 onus vallis Visionis quidnam tibi quoque est quia ascendisti et tu omnis in tecta

The burden concerning the Valley of Vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops,

2 clamoris plena urbs frequens civitas exultans interfecti tui non interfecti gladio nec mortui in bello

Thou that art full of uproar, a tumultuous city, a joyous town? Thy slain are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.

3 cuncti principes tui fugerunt simul dureque ligati sunt omnes qui inventi sunt vincti sunt pariter procul fugerunt

All thy rulers are fled together, without the bow they are bound; all that are found of thee are bound together, they are fled afar off.

4 propterea dixi recedite a me amare flebo nolite incumbere ut consolemini me super vastitate filiae populi mei

Therefore said I: 'Look away from me, I will weep bitterly; strain not to comfort me, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.'

5 dies enim interfectionis et conculcationis et fletuum Domino Deo exercituum in valle Visionis scrutans murum et magnificus super montem

For it is a day of trouble, and of trampling, and of perplexity, from the Lord, the GOD of hosts, in the Valley of Vision; Kir shouting, and Shoa at the mount.

6 et Aelam sumpsit faretram currum hominis equitis et parietem nudavit clypeus

And Elam bore the quiver, with troops of men, even horsemen; and Kir uncovered the shield.

7 et erunt electae valles tuae plenae quadrigarum et equites ponent sedes suas in porta

And it came to pass, when thy choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen set themselves in array at the gate,

8 et revelabitur operimentum Iudae et videbis in die illa armamentarium domus saltus

And the covering of Judah was laid bare, that thou didst look in that day to the armour in the house of the forest.

9 et scissuras civitatis David videbitis quia multiplicatae sunt et congregastis aquas piscinae inferioris

And ye saw the breaches of the city of David, that they were many; and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.

10 et domos Hierusalem numerastis et destruxistis domos ad muniendum murum

And ye numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and ye broke down the houses to fortify the wall;

11 et lacum fecistis inter duos muros et aquam piscinae veteris et non suspexistis ad eum qui fecerat eam et operatorem eius de longe non vidistis

ye made also a basin between the two walls for the water of the old pool — but ye looked not unto Him that had done this, neither had ye respect unto Him that fashioned it long ago.

12 et vocavit Dominus Deus exercituum in die illa ad fletum et ad planctum ad calvitium et ad cingulum sacci

And in that day did the Lord, the GOD of hosts, call to weeping, and to lamentation, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth;

13 et ecce gaudium et laetitia occidere vitulos et iugulare arietes comedere carnes et bibere vinum comedamus et bibamus cras enim moriemur

And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine — 'Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we shall die!'

14 et revelata est in auribus meis Domini exercituum si dimittetur iniquitas haec vobis donec moriamini dicit Dominus Deus exercituum

And the LORD of hosts revealed Himself in mine ears: Surely this iniquity shall not be expiated by you till ye die, saith the Lord, the GOD of hosts.

15 haec dicit Dominus Deus exercituum vade ingredere ad eum qui habitat in tabernaculo ad Sobnam praepositum templi

Thus saith the Lord, the GOD of hosts: Go, get thee unto this steward, even unto Shebna, who is over the house:

16 quid tu hic aut quasi quis hic quia excidisti tibi hic sepulchrum excidisti in excelso memoriam diligenter in petra tabernaculum tibi

What hast thou here, and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out here a sepulchre, thou that hewest thee out a sepulchre on high, and gravest a habitation for thyself in the rock?

17 ecce Dominus asportari te faciet sicut asportatur gallus gallinacius et quasi amictum sic sublevabit te

Behold, the LORD will hurl thee up and down with a man's throw; yea, He will wind thee round and round;

18 coronans coronabit te tribulatione quasi pilam mittet te in terram latam et spatiosam ibi morieris et ibi erit currus gloriae tuae ignominia domus Domini tui

He will violently roll and toss thee like a ball into a large country; there shalt thou die, and there shall be the chariots of thy glory, thou shame of the lord's house.

19 et expellam te de statione tua et de ministerio tuo deponam te

And I will thrust thee from thy post, and from thy station shalt thou be pulled down.

20 et erit in die illa vocabo servum meum Eliachim filium Helciae

And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah;

21 et induam illum tunicam tuam et cingulo tuo confortabo eum et potestatem tuam dabo in manu eius et erit quasi pater habitantibus Hierusalem et domui Iuda

And I will clothe him with thy robe, and bind him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand; and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.

22 et dabo clavem domus David super umerum eius et aperiet et non erit qui claudat et claudet et non erit qui aperiat

And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; and he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.

23 et figam illum paxillum in loco fideli et erit in solium gloriae domui patris sui

And I will fasten him as a peg in a sure place; and he shall be for a throne of honour to his father's house.

24 et suspendent super eum omnem gloriam domus patris eius vasorum diversa genera omne vas parvulum a vasis craterarum usque ad omne vas musicorum

And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups even to all the vessels of flagons.

25 in die illo dicit Dominus exercituum auferetur paxillus qui fixus fuerat in loco fideli et frangetur et cadet et peribit quod pependerat in eo quia Dominus locutus est

In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the peg that was fastened in a sure place give way; and it shall be hewn down, and fall, and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off; for the LORD hath spoken it.