Liber Isaiae, 41

1. taceant ad me insulæ et gentes mutent fortitudinem accedant et tunc loquantur simul ad judicium propinquemus

1. Let the islands keep silence before me, and the nations take new strength: let them come near, and then speak, let us come near to judgment together.

2. quis suscitavit ab oriente justum vocavit eum ut sequeretur se dabit in conspectu ejus gentes et reges obtinebit dabit quasi pulverem gladio ejus sicut stipulam vento raptam arcui ejus

2. Who hath raised up the just one from the east, hath called him to follow him? he shall give the nations in his sight, and he shall rule over kings: he shall give them as the dust to his sword, as stubble driven by the wind, to his bow.

3. persequetur eos transibit in pace semita in pedibus ejus non apparebit

3. He shall pursue them, he shall pass in peace, no path shall appear after his feet.

4. quis hæc operatus est et fecit vocans generationes ab exordio ego Dominus primus et novissimus ego sum

4. Who hath wrought and done these things, calling the generations from the beginning? I the Lord, I am the first and the last.

5. viderunt insulæ et timuerunt extrema terræ obstipuerunt adpropinquaverunt et accesserunt

5. The islands saw it, and feared, the ends of the earth were astonished, they drew near, and came.

6. unusquisque proximo suo auxiliatur et fratri suo dicit confortare

6. Every one shall help his neighbour, and shall say to his brother: Be of good courage.

7. confortabit faber ærarius percutiens malleo eum qui cudebat tunc temporis dicens glutino bonum est et confortavit eum in clavis ut non moveatur

7. The coppersmith striking with the hammer encouraged him that forged at that time, saying: It is ready for soldering: and he strengthened it with nails, that it should not be moved.

8. et tu Israël serve meus Jacob quem elegi semen Abraham amici mei

8. But thou Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend:

9. in quo adprehendi te ab extremis terræ et a longinquis ejus vocavi te et dixi tibi servus meus es tu elegi te et non abieci te

9. In whom I have taken thee from the ends of the earth, and from the remote parts thereof have called thee, and said to thee: Thou art my servant, I have chosen thee, and have not cast thee away.

10. ne timeas quia tecum sum ego ne declines quia ego Deus tuus confortavi te et auxiliatus sum tui et suscepi te dextera justi mei

10. Fear not, for I am with thee: turn not aside, for I am thy God: I have strengthened thee, and have helped thee, and the right hand of my just one hath upheld thee.

11. ecce confundentur et erubescent omnes qui pugnant adversum te erunt quasi non sint et peribunt viri qui contradicunt tibi

11. Behold all that fight against thee shall be confounded and ashamed, they shall be as nothing, and the men shall perish that strive against thee.

12. quæres eos et non invenies viros rebelles tuos erunt quasi non sint et veluti consumptio homines bellantes adversum te

12. Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find the men that resist thee: they shall be as nothing: and as a thing consumed the men that war against thee.

13. quia ego Dominus Deus tuus adprehendens manum tuam dicensque tibi ne timeas ego adiuvi te

13. For I am the Lord thy God, who take thee by the hand, and say to thee: Fear not, I have helped thee.

14. noli timere vermis Jacob qui mortui estis ex Israël ego auxiliatus sum tui dicit Dominus et redemptor tuus Sanctus Israël

14. Fear not, thou worm of Jacob, you that are dead of Israel: I have helped thee, saith the Lord: and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel.

15. ego posui te quasi plaustrum triturans novum habens rostra serrantia triturabis montes et comminues et colles quasi pulverem pones

15. I have made thee as a new thrashing wain, with teeth like a saw: thou shall thrash the mountains, and break them in pieces: and shalt make the hills as chaff.

16. ventilabis eos et ventus tollet et turbo disperget eos et tu exultabis in Domino in Sancto Israël lætaberis

16. Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the Lord, in the Holy One of Israel thou shalt be joyful.

17. egeni et pauperes quærunt aquas et non sunt lingua eorum siti aruit ego Dominus exaudiam eos Deus Israël non derelinquam eos

17. The needy and the poor seek for waters, and there are none: their tongue hath been dry with thirst. I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

18. aperiam in supinis collibus flumina et in medio camporum fontes ponam desertum in stagna aquarum et terram inviam in rivos aquarum

18. I will open rivers in the high bills, and fountains in the midst of the plains: I will turn the desert into pools of waters, and the impassable land into streams of waters.

19. dabo in solitudine cedrum et spinam et myrtum et lignum olivæ ponam in deserto abietem ulmum et buxum simul

19. I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, and the thorn, and the myrtle, and the olive tree: I will set in the desert the fir tree, the elm, and the box tree together:

20. ut videant et sciant et recogitent et intellegant pariter quia manus Domini fecit hoc et Sanctus Israël creavit illud

20. That they may see and know, and consider, and understand together that the hand of the Lord hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.

21. prope facite judicium vestrum dicit Dominus adferte si quid forte habetis dixit Rex Jacob

21. Bring your cause near, saith the Lord: bring hither, if you have any thing to allege, saith the King of Jacob.

22. accedant et nuntient nobis quæcumque ventura sunt priora quæ fuerint nuntiate et ponemus cor nostrum et sciemus novissima eorum et quæ ventura sunt indicate nobis

22. Let them come, and tell us all things that are to come: tell us the former things what they were: and we will set our heart upon them, and shall know the latter end of them, and tell us the things that are to come.

23. adnuntiate quæ ventura sunt in futurum et sciemus quia dii estis vos bene quoque aut male si potestis facite et loquamur et videamus simul

23. Shew the things that are to come hereafter, and we shall know that ye are gods. Do ye also good or evil, if you can: and let us speak, and see together.

24. ecce vos estis ex nihilo et opus vestrum ex eo quod non est abominatio est qui elegit vos

24. Behold, you are of nothing, and your work of that which hath no being: he that hath chosen you is an abomination.

25. suscitavi ab aquilone et venit ab ortu solis vocabit nomen meum et adducet magistratus quasi lutum et velut plastes conculcans humum

25. I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come from the rising of the sun: he shall call upon my name, and he shall make princes to be as dirt, and as the potter treading clay.

26. quis adnuntiavit ab exordio ut sciamus et a principio ut dicamus justus es non est neque adnuntians neque prædicens neque audiens sermones vestros

26. Who bath declared from the beginning, that we may know: and from time of old, that we may say: Thou art just. There is none that sheweth, nor that foretelleth, nor that heareth your words.

27. primus ad Sion dicet ecce adsunt et Hierusalem evangelistam dabo

27. The first shall say to Sion: Behold they are here, and to Jerusalem I will give an evangelist.

28. et vidi et non erat neque ex istis quisquam qui iniret consilium et interrogatus responderet verbum

28. And I saw, and there was no one even among them to consult, or who, when I asked, could answer a word.

29. ecce omnes iniusti et vana opera eorum ventus et inane simulacra eorum

29. Behold they are all in the wrong, and their works are vain: their idols are wind and vanity.