Isaiæ 57
1 iustus perit et nemo est qui recogitet in corde suo et viri misericordiae colliguntur quia non est qui intellegat a facie enim malitiae collectus est iustus
See how the just man has perished, and no one lays [it] to heart: and righteous men are taken away, and no one considers: for the righteous has been removed out of the way of injustice.
2 veniat pax requiescat in cubili suo qui ambulavit in directione sua
His burial shall be in peace: he has been removed out of the way.
3 vos autem accedite huc filii auguratricis semen adulteri et fornicariae
But draw ye near hither, ye lawless children, the seed of adulterers and the harlot.
4 super quem lusistis super quem dilatastis os et eiecistis linguam numquid non vos filii scelesti semen mendax
Wherein have ye been rioting? and against whom have ye opened your mouth, and against whom have ye loosed your tongue? are ye not children of perdition? a lawless seed?
5 qui consolamini in diis subter omne lignum frondosum immolantes parvulos in torrentibus subter inminentes petras
who call upon idols under the leafy trees, slaying your children in the valleys among the rocks?
6 in partibus torrentis pars tua haec est sors tua et ipsis effudisti libamen obtulisti sacrificium numquid super his non indignabor
That is thy portion, this is thy lot: and to them hast thou poured forth drink-offerings, and to these hast thou offered meat-offerings. Shall I not therefore be angry for these things?
7 super montem excelsum et sublimem posuisti cubile tuum et illuc ascendisti ut immolares hostias
On a lofty and high mountain, there is thy bed, and thither thou carriedst up thy meat-offerings:
8 et post ostium et retro postem posuisti memoriale tuum quia iuxta me discoperuisti et suscepisti adulterum dilatasti cubile tuum et pepigisti cum eis dilexisti stratum eorum manu aperta
and behind the posts of thy door thou didst place thy memorials. Didst thou think that if thou shouldest depart from me, thou wouldest gain? thou hast loved those that lay with thee;
9 et ornasti te regi unguento et multiplicasti pigmenta tua misisti legatos tuos procul et humiliata es usque ad inferos (Sheol h7585)
and thou hast multiplied thy whoredom with them, and thou hast increased the number of them that are far from thee, and hast sent ambassadors beyond thy borders, and hast been debased even to hell. (Sheol h7585)
10 in multitudine viae tuae laborasti non dixisti quiescam vitam manus tuae invenisti propterea non rogasti
Thou has wearied thyself with thy many ways; yet thou saidst not, I will cease to strengthen myself: for thou has done these things; therefore thou has not supplicated me.
11 pro quo sollicita timuisti quia mentita es et mei non es recordata neque cogitasti in corde tuo quia ego tacens et quasi non videns et mei oblita es
Through dread of whom hast thou feared, and lied against me, and has not remembered, nor considered me, nor regarded me, yea, though when I see thee I pass thee by, yet thou has not feared me.
12 ego adnuntiabo iustitiam tuam et opera tua non proderunt tibi
And I will declare thy righteousness, and thy sins, which shall not profit thee.
13 cum clamaveris liberent te congregati tui et omnes eos auferet ventus tollet aura qui autem fiduciam habet mei hereditabit terram et possidebit montem sanctum meum
When thou criest out, let them deliver thee in thine affliction: for all these the wind shall take, and the tempest shall carry [them] away: but they that cleave to me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain.
14 et dicam viam facite praebete iter declinate de semita auferte offendicula de via populi mei
And they shall say, Clear the ways before him, and take up the stumbling-blocks out of the way of my people.
15 quia haec dicit Excelsus et Sublimis habitans aeternitatem et sanctum nomen eius in excelso et in sancto habitans et cum contrito et humili spiritu ut vivificet spiritum humilium et vivificet cor contritorum
Thus saith the Most High, who dwells on high for ever, Holy in the holies, is his name, the Most High resting in the holies, and giving patience to the faint-hearted, and giving life to the broken-hearted:
16 non enim in sempiternum litigabo neque usque ad finem irascar quia spiritus a facie mea egredietur et flatus ego faciam
I will not take vengeance on you for ever, neither will I be always angry with you: for my Spirit shall go forth from me, and I have created all breath.
17 propter iniquitatem avaritiae eius iratus sum et percussi eum abscondi et indignatus sum et abiit vagus in via cordis sui
On account of sin for a little while I grieved him, and smote him, and turned away my face from him; and he was grieved, and he went on sorrowful in his ways.
18 vias eius vidi et dimisi eum et reduxi eum et reddidi consolationes ipsi et lugentibus eius
I have seen his ways, and healed him, and comforted him, and given him true comfort;
19 creavi fructum labiorum pacem pacem ei qui longe est et qui prope dixit Dominus et sanavi eum
peace upon peace to them that are far off, and to them that are nigh: and the Lord has said, I will heal them.
20 impii autem quasi mare fervens quod quiescere non potest et redundant fluctus eius in conculcationem et lutum
But the unrighteous shall be tossed as troubled waves, and shall not be able to rest.
21 non est pax dixit Deus meus impiis
There is no joy to the ungodly, said God.
