Isaiæ 24
1 ecce Dominus dissipabit terram et nudabit eam et adfliget faciem eius et disperget habitatores eius
Behold, the Lord will lay waste to the earth, and he will strip it, and he will afflict its surface, and he will scatter its inhabitants.
2 et erit sicut populus sic sacerdos et sicut servus sic dominus eius sicut ancilla sic domina eius sicut emens sic ille qui vendit sicut fenerator sic is qui mutuum accipit sicut qui repetit sic qui debet
And this shall be: as with the people, so with the priest; and as with the servant, so with his master; as with the handmaid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the creditor, so with the debtor.
3 dissipatione dissipabitur terra et direptione praedabitur Dominus enim locutus est verbum hoc
The earth will be utterly devastated and utterly plundered. For the Lord has spoken this word.
4 luxit et defluxit terra et infirmata est defluxit orbis infirmata est altitudo populi terrae
The earth mourned, and slipped away, and languished. The world slipped away; the loftiness of the people of the earth was weakened.
5 et terra interfecta est ab habitatoribus suis quia transgressi sunt leges mutaverunt ius dissipaverunt foedus sempiternum
And the earth was corrupted by its inhabitants. For they have transgressed the laws, they have changed the ordinance, they have dissipated the everlasting covenant.
6 propter hoc maledictio vorabit terram et peccabunt habitatores eius ideoque insanient cultores eius et relinquentur homines pauci
Because of this, a curse will devour the earth, and its inhabitants will sin. And for this reason, its caretakers will become crazed, and few men will be left behind.
7 luxit vindemia infirmata est vitis ingemuerunt omnes qui laetabantur corde
The vintage has mourned. The vine has languished. All those who were rejoicing in their hearts have groaned.
8 cessavit gaudium tympanorum quievit sonitus laetantium conticuit dulcedo citharae
The gladness of the drums has ceased. The sound of rejoicing has quieted. The sweetness of stringed instruments has been silenced.
9 cum cantico non bibent vinum amara erit potio bibentibus illam
They will not drink wine with a song. The drink will be bitter to those who drink it.
10 adtrita est civitas vanitatis clausa est omnis domus nullo introeunte
The city of vanity has been worn away. Every house has been closed up; no one enters.
11 clamor erit super vino in plateis deserta est omnis laetitia translatum est gaudium terrae
There will be a clamor for wine in the streets. All rejoicing has been abandoned. The gladness of the earth has been carried away.
12 relicta est in urbe solitudo et calamitas opprimet portas
Solitude is what remains in the city, and calamity will overwhelm its gates.
13 quia haec erunt in medio terrae in medio populorum quomodo si paucae olivae quae remanserunt excutiantur ex olea et racemi cum fuerit finita vindemia
For so shall it be in the midst of the earth, in the midst of the people: it is as if the few remaining olives are being shaken from the olive tree, and it is like a few clusters of grapes, when the grape harvest has already ended.
14 hii levabunt vocem suam atque laudabunt cum glorificatus fuerit Dominus hinnient de mari
These few shall lift up their voice and give praise. When the Lord will have been glorified, they will make a joyful noise from the sea.
15 propter hoc in doctrinis glorificate Dominum in insulis maris nomen Domini Dei Israhel
Because of this, glorify the Lord in doctrine: the name of the Lord, the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea.
16 a finibus terrae laudes audivimus gloriam iusti et dixi secretum meum mihi secretum meum mihi vae mihi praevaricantes praevaricati sunt et praevaricatione transgressorum praevaricati sunt
From the ends of the earth, we have heard the praises of the glory of the Just One. And I said: “My secret is for myself! My secret is for myself! Woe to me! Those who would betray us have betrayed us, and they have betrayed us with the betrayal of transgression.”
17 formido et fovea et laqueus super te qui habitator es terrae
Dread, and the pit, and the snare are over you, O inhabitant of the earth!
18 et erit qui fugerit a voce formidinis cadet in foveam et qui se explicuerit de fovea tenebitur laqueo quia cataractae de excelsis apertae sunt et concutientur fundamenta terrae
And this shall be: whoever will flee from the voice of dread will fall into the pit. And whoever will extricate himself from the pit will be caught in the snare. For the floodgates from above have been opened, and the foundations of the earth will be shaken.
19 confractione confringetur terra contritione conteretur terra commotione commovebitur terra
The earth will be utterly broken! The earth will be utterly crushed! The earth will be utterly shaken!
20 agitatione agitabitur terra sicut ebrius et auferetur quasi tabernaculum unius noctis et gravabit eam iniquitas sua et corruet et non adiciet ut resurgat
The earth will stagger greatly, like a drunken man, and will be carried away, like the tent of a single night. And its iniquity will be heavy upon it, and it will fall and not rise up again.
21 et erit in die illa visitabit Dominus super militiam caeli in excelso et super reges terrae qui sunt super terram
And this shall be: in that day, the Lord will visit upon the armies of the sky above, and upon the kings of the earth who are on the ground.
22 et congregabuntur in congregationem unius fascis in lacum et cludentur ibi in carcerem et post multos dies visitabuntur
And they will be gathered together like the gathering of one bundle into a pit. And they will be enclosed in that place, as in a prison. And after many days, they will be visited.
23 et erubescet luna et confundetur sol cum regnaverit Dominus exercituum in monte Sion et in Hierusalem et in conspectu senum suorum fuerit glorificatus
And the moon will be ashamed, and the sun will be confounded, when the Lord of hosts will reign on mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and when he will have been glorified in the sight of his elders.
