Liber Isaiae, 47

1. descende sede in pulverem virgo filia Babylon sede in terra non est solium filiæ Chaldeorum quia ultra non vocaberis mollis et tenera

1. Come down, sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne for the daughter of the Chaldeans, for thou shalt no more be called delicate and tender.

2. tolle molam et mole farinam denuda turpitudinem tuam discoperi umerum revela crus transi flumina

2. Take a millstone and grind meal: uncover thy shame, strip thy shoulder, make bare thy legs, pass over the rivers.

3. revelabitur ignominia tua et videbitur obprobrium tuum ultionem capiam et non resistet mihi homo

3. Thy nakedness shall be discovered, and thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and no man shall resist me.

4. redemptor noster Dominus exercituum nomen illius Sanctus Israël

4. Our redeemer, the Lord of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel.

5. sede tace et intra in tenebras filia Chaldeorum quia non vocaberis ultra domina regnorum

5. Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called the lady of kingdoms.

6. iratus sum super populum meum contaminavi hereditatem meam et dedi eos in manu tua non posuisti eis misericordias super senem adgravasti jugum tuum valde

6. I was angry with my people, I have polluted my inheritance, and have given them into thy bend: thou hast shewn no mercy to them: upon the ancient thou hast laid thy yoke exceeding heavy.

7. et dixisti in sempiternum ero domina non posuisti hæc super cor tuum neque recordata es novissimi tui

7. And thou hast said: I shall be a lady for ever: thou hast not laid these things to thy heart, neither hast thou remembered thy latter end.

8. et nunc audi hæc delicata et habitans confidenter quæ dicis in corde tuo ego sum et non est præter me amplius non sedebo vidua et ignorabo sterilitatem

8. And now hear these things, thou that art delicate, and dwellest confidently, that sayest in thy heart: I am, and there is none else besides me: I shall not sit as a widow, and I shall not know barrenness.

9. venient tibi duo hæc subito in die una sterilitas et viduitas universa venerunt super te propter multitudinem maleficiorum tuorum et propter duritiam incantatorum tuorum vehementem

9. These two things shall come upon thee suddenly in one day, barrenness and widowhood. All things are come upon thee, because of the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great hardness of thy enchanters.

10. et fiduciam habuisti in malitia tua et dixisti non est qui videat me sapientia tua et scientia tua hæc decepit te et dixisti in corde tuo ego sum et præter me non est altera

10. And thou best trusted in thy wickedness, and hast said: There is none that seeth me. Thy wisdom, and thy knowledge, this hath deceived thee. And thou best said in thy heart: I am, and besides me there is no other.

11. veniet super te malum et nescies ortum ejus et inruet super te calamitas quam non poteris expiare veniet super te repente miseria quam nescies

11. Evil shall come upon thee, and then shalt not know the rising thereof: and calamity shall fall violently upon thee, which thou canst not keep off: misery shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.

12. sta cum incantatoribus tuis et cum multitudine maleficiorum tuorum in quibus laborasti ab adulescentia tua si forte quid prosit tibi aut si possis fieri fortior

12. Stand now with thy enchanters, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, in which thou hast laboured from thy youth, if so be it may profit thee any thing, or if thou mayst become stronger.

13. defecisti in multitudine consiliorum tuorum stent et salvent te augures cæli qui contemplabantur sidera et supputabant menses ut ex eis adnuntiarent ventura tibi

13. Thou hast failed in the multitude or thy counsels: let now the astrologers stand and save thee, they that gazed at the stars, and counted the months, that from them they might tell the things that shall come to thee.

14. ecce facti sunt quasi stipula ignis conbusit eos non liberabunt animam suam de manu flammæ non sunt prunæ quibus calefiant nec focus ut sedeant ad eum

14. Behold they are as stubble, fire hath burnt them, they shall not deliver them- selves from the power of the dames: there are no coals wherewith they may be warmed, nor fire, that they may sit thereat.

15. sic facta sunt tibi in quibuscumque laboraveras negotiatores tui ab adulescentia tua unusquisque in via sua erraverunt non est qui salvet te

15. Such are all the things become to thee, in which thou best laboured: thy merchants from thy youth, every one hath erred in his own way, there is none that can save thee.