Isaiæ 24
1 ecce Dominus dissipabit terram et nudabit eam et adfliget faciem eius et disperget habitatores eius
Lo, Jehovah is emptying the land, And is making it waste, And hath overturned [it on] its face, And hath scattered 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 it hath been — as a people so a priest, As the servant so his master, As the maid-servant so her mistress, As the buyer so the seller, As the lender so the borrower, As the usurer so he who is lifting [it] on himself.
3 dissipatione dissipabitur terra et direptione praedabitur Dominus enim locutus est verbum hoc
Utterly emptied is the land, and utterly spoiled, For Jehovah hath spoken this word:
4 luxit et defluxit terra et infirmata est defluxit orbis infirmata est altitudo populi terrae
Mourned, faded hath the land, Languished, faded hath the world, Languished have they — the high place of the people of the land.
5 et terra interfecta est ab habitatoribus suis quia transgressi sunt leges mutaverunt ius dissipaverunt foedus sempiternum
And the land hath been defiled under its inhabitants, Because they have transgressed laws, They have changed a statute, They have made void a covenant age-during.
6 propter hoc maledictio vorabit terram et peccabunt habitatores eius ideoque insanient cultores eius et relinquentur homines pauci
Therefore a curse hath consumed the land, And the inhabitants in it are become desolate, Therefore consumed have been inhabitants of the land, And few men have been left.
7 luxit vindemia infirmata est vitis ingemuerunt omnes qui laetabantur corde
Mourned hath the new wine, languished the vine, Sighed have all the joyful of heart.
8 cessavit gaudium tympanorum quievit sonitus laetantium conticuit dulcedo citharae
Ceased hath the joy of tabrets, Ceased hath the noise of exulting ones, Ceased hath the joy of a harp.
9 cum cantico non bibent vinum amara erit potio bibentibus illam
With a song they drink not wine, Bitter is strong drink to those drinking it.
10 adtrita est civitas vanitatis clausa est omnis domus nullo introeunte
It was broken down — a city of emptiness, Shut hath been every house from entrance.
11 clamor erit super vino in plateis deserta est omnis laetitia translatum est gaudium terrae
A cry over the wine [is] in out-places, Darkened hath been all joy, Removed hath been the joy of the land.
12 relicta est in urbe solitudo et calamitas opprimet portas
Left in the city [is] desolation, And [with] wasting is the gate smitten.
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
When thus it is in the heart of the land, In the midst of the peoples, As the compassing of the olive, As gleanings when harvest hath been finished,
14 hii levabunt vocem suam atque laudabunt cum glorificatus fuerit Dominus hinnient de mari
They — they lift up their voice, They sing of the excellency of Jehovah, They have cried aloud from the sea.
15 propter hoc in doctrinis glorificate Dominum in insulis maris nomen Domini Dei Israhel
Therefore in prosperity honour ye Jehovah, In isles of the sea, the name of Jehovah, God of Israel.
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 skirt of the earth we heard songs, The desire of the righteous. And I say, 'Leanness [is] to me, Leanness [is] to me, woe [is] to me.' Treacherous dealers dealt treacherously, Yea, treachery, treacherous dealers dealt treacherously.
17 formido et fovea et laqueus super te qui habitator es terrae
Fear, and a snare, and a gin, [Are] on thee, O inhabitant of the land.
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 it hath come to pass, He who is fleeing from the noise of the fear Doth fall into the snare, And he who is coming up from the midst of the snare, Is captured by the gin, For windows on high have been opened, And shaken are foundations of the land.
19 confractione confringetur terra contritione conteretur terra commotione commovebitur terra
Utterly broken down hath been the land, Utterly broken hath been the land, Utterly moved hath been the land.
20 agitatione agitabitur terra sicut ebrius et auferetur quasi tabernaculum unius noctis et gravabit eam iniquitas sua et corruet et non adiciet ut resurgat
Stagger greatly doth the land as a drunkard, And it hath been moved as a lodge, And heavy on it hath been its transgression, And it hath fallen, and addeth not to rise.
21 et erit in die illa visitabit Dominus super militiam caeli in excelso et super reges terrae qui sunt super terram
And it hath come to pass, in that day, Jehovah layeth a charge on the host of the high place in the high place, And on the kings of the land on the land.
22 et congregabuntur in congregationem unius fascis in lacum et cludentur ibi in carcerem et post multos dies visitabuntur
And they have been gathered — A gathering of bound ones in a pit, And shut up they have been in a prison, And after a multitude of days are inspected.
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 confounded hath been the moon, And ashamed hath been the sun, For reigned hath Jehovah of Hosts In mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, And over-against His elders — honour!
