Liber Isaiae, 5

1. cantabo dilecto meo canticum patruelis mei vineæ suæ vinea facta est dilecto meo in cornu filio olei

1. For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one little measure, and thirty bushels of seed shall yield three bushels.

2. et sepivit eam et lapides elegit ex illa et plantavit eam electam et ædificavit turrem in medio ejus et torcular extruxit in ea et expectavit ut faceret uvas et fecit labruscas

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3. nunc ergo habitator Hierusalem et vir Juda judicate inter me et inter vineam meam

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4. quid est quod debui ultra facere vineæ meæ et non feci ei an quod expectavi ut faceret uvas et fecit labruscas

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5. et nunc ostendam vobis quid ego faciam vineæ meæ auferam sepem ejus et erit in direptionem diruam maceriam ejus et erit in conculcationem

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6. et ponam eam desertam non putabitur et non fodietur et ascendent vepres et spinæ et nubibus mandabo ne pluant super eam imbrem

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7. vinea enim Domini exercituum domus Israël et vir Juda germen delectabile ejus et expectavi ut faceret judicium et ecce iniquitas et justitiam et ecce clamor

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8. væ qui coniungitis domum ad domum et agrum agro copulatis usque ad terminum loci numquid habitabitis soli vos in medio terræ

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9. in auribus meis sunt hæc Domini exercituum nisi domus multæ desertæ fuerint grandes et pulchræ absque habitatore

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10. decem enim juga vinearum facient lagunculam unam et triginta modii sementis facient modios tres

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11. væ qui consurgitis mane ad ebrietatem sectandam et potandum usque ad vesperam ut vino æstuetis

11. Woe to you that rise up early in the morning to follow drunkenness, and to drink till the evening, to be inflamed with wine.

12. cithara et lyra et tympanum et tibia et vinum in conviviis vestris et opus Domini non respicitis nec opera manuum ejus consideratis

12. The harp, and the lyre, and the timbrel, and the pipe, and wine are in your feasts: and the work of the Lord you regard not, nor do you consider the works of his hands.

13. propterea captivus ductus est populus meus quia non habuit scientiam et nobiles ejus interierunt fame et multitudo ejus siti exaruit

13. Therefore is my people led away captive, because they had not knowledge, and their nobles have perished with famine, and their multitude were dried up with thirst.

14. propterea dilatavit infernus animam suam et aperuit os suum absque ullo termino et descendent fortes ejus et populus ejus et sublimes gloriosique ejus ad eum

14. Therefore hath hell enlarged her soul, and opened her mouth without any bounds, and their strong ones, and their people, and their high and glorious ones shall go down into it.

15. et incurvabitur homo et humiliabitur vir et oculi sublimium deprimentur

15. And man shall be brought down, and man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be brought low.

16. et exaltabitur Dominus exercituum in judicio et Deus sanctus sanctificabitur in justitia

16. And the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and the holy God shall be sanctified in justice.

17. et pascentur agni juxta ordinem suum et deserta in ubertatem versa advenæ comedent

17. And the lambs shall feed according to their order, and strangers shall eat the deserts turned into fruitfulness.

18. væ qui trahitis iniquitatem in funiculis vanitatis et quasi vinculum plaustri peccatum

18. Woe to you that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as the rope of a cart.

19. qui dicitis festinet et cito veniat opus ejus ut videamus et adpropiet et veniat consilium Sancti Israël et sciemus illud

19. That say: Let him make haste, and let his work come quickly, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel come, that we may know it.

20. væ qui dicitis malum bonum et bonum malum ponentes tenebras lucem et lucem tenebras ponentes amarum in dulce et dulce in amarum

20. Woe to you that call evil good, and good evil: that put darkness for light, and light for darkness: that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter.

21. væ qui sapientes estis in oculis vestris et coram vobismet ipsis prudentes

21. Woe to you that rue wise in your own eyes, and prudent in your own conceits.

22. væ qui potentes estis ad bibendum vinum et viri fortes ad miscendam ebrietatem

22. Woe to you that are mighty to drink wine, and stout men at drunkenness.

23. qui justificatis impium pro muneribus et justitiam justi aufertis ab eo

23. That justify the wicked for gifts, and take away the justice of the just from him.

24. propter hoc sicut devorat stipulam lingua ignis et calor flammæ exurit sic radix eorum quasi favilla erit et germen eorum ut pulvis ascendet abiecerunt enim legem Domini exercituum et eloquium Sancti Israël blasphemaverunt

24. Therefore as the tongue of the fire devoureth the stubble, and the heat of the dame consumeth it: so shall their root be as ashes, and their bud shall go up se dust: for they have cast away the law of the Lord of hosts, and have blasphemed the word of the Holy One of Israel.

25. ideo iratus est furor Domini in populo suo et extendit manum suam super eum et percussit eum et conturbati sunt montes et facta sunt morticina eorum quasi stercus in medio platearum in omnibus his non est aversus furor ejus sed adhuc manus ejus extenta

25. Therefore is the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people, and he hath stretched out his hand upon them, and struck them: and the mountains were troubled, and their carcasses became as dung in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

26. et levabit signum nationibus procul et sibilabit ad eum de finibus terræ et ecce festinus velociter veniet

26. And he will lift up a sign to the nations afar off, and will whistle to them from the ends of the earth: and behold they shall come with speed swiftly.

27. non est deficiens neque laborans in eo non dormitabit neque dormiet neque solvetur cingulum renum ejus nec rumpetur corrigia calciamenti ejus

27. There is none that shall faint, nor labour among them: they shall not slumber nor sleep, neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken.

28. sagittæ ejus acutæ et omnes arcus ejus extenti ungulæ equorum ejus ut silex et rotæ ejus quasi impetus tempestatis

28. Their arrows are sharp, and all their bows are bent. The hoofs of their horses shall be like the hint, and their wheels like the violence of a tempest.

29. rugitus ejus ut leonis rugiet ut catuli leonum et frendet et tenebit prædam et amplexabitur et non erit qui eruat

29. Their roaring like that of a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea they shall roar, and take hold of the prey, and they shall keep fast hold of it, and there shall be none to deliver it.

30. et sonabit super eum in die illa sicut sonitus maris aspiciemus in terram et ecce tenebræ tribulationis et lux obtenebrata est in caligine ejus

30. And they shall make a noise against them that day, like the roaring of the sea; we shall look towards the land, and behold darkness of tribulation, and the light is darkened with the mist thereof.