Liber Isaiae, 17
1. onus Damasci ecce Damascus desinet esse civitas et erit sicut acervus lapidum in ruina
1. The burden of Damascus. Behold Damascus shall cease to be a city, and shall be as a ruinous heap of stones.
2. derelictæ civitates Arœr gregibus erunt et requiescent ibi et non erit qui exterreat
2. The cities of Aroer shall be left for flocks, and they shall rest there, and there shall be none to make them afraid.
3. et cessabit adiutorium ab Ephraim et regnum a Damasco et reliquiæ Syriæ sicut gloria filiorum Israël erunt dicit Dominus exercituum
3. And aid shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus: and the remnant of Syria shall be as the glory of the children of Israel: saith the Lord of hosts.
4. et erit in die illa adtenuabitur gloria Jacob et pingue carnis ejus marcescet
4. And it shall come to pass in that day, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall grow lean.
5. et erit sicut congregans in messe quod restiterit et brachium ejus spicas leget et erit sicut quærens spicas in valle Rafaim
5. And it shall be as when one gathereth in the harvest that which remaineth, and his arm shall gather the ears of corn: and it shall be as he that seeketh ears in the vale of Raphaim.
6. et relinquetur in eo sicut racemus et sicut excussio oleæ duarum aut trium olivarum in summitate rami sive quattuor aut quinque in cacuminibus ejus fructus ejus dicit Dominus Deus Israël
6. And the fruit thereof that shall be left upon it, shall be as one cluster of grapes, and as the shaking of the olive tree, two or three berries in the top of a bough, or four or five upon the top of the tree, saith the Lord the God of Israel.
7. in die illa inclinabitur homo ad factorem suum et oculi ejus ad Sanctum Israël respicient
7. In that day man shall bow down himself to his Maker, and his eyes shall look to the Holy One of Israel.
8. et non inclinabitur ad altaria quæ fecerunt manus ejus et quæ operati sunt digiti ejus non respiciet lucos et delubra
8. And he shall not look to the altars which his hands made: and he shall not have respect to the things that his fingers wrought, such as groves and temples.
9. in die illa erunt civitates fortitudinis ejus derelictæ sicut aratra et segetes quæ derelictæ sunt a facie filiorum Israël et erit deserta
9. In that day his strong cities shall be forsaken, as the ploughs, and the corn that were left before the face of the children of Israel, and thou shalt be desolate.
10. quia oblita es Dei salvatoris tui et Fortis adiutoris tui non es recordata propterea plantabis plantationem fidelem et germen alienum seminabis
10. Because thou hast forgotten God thy saviour, and hast not remembered thy strong helper: therefore shalt thou plant good plants, and shalt sow strange seed.
11. in die plantationis tuæ labrusca et mane semen tuum florebit ablata est messis in die hereditatis et dolebit graviter
11. In the day of thy planting shall be the wild grape, and in the morning thy seed shall flourish: the harvest is taken away in the day of inheritance, and shall grieve thee much.
12. væ multitudo populorum multorum ut multitudo maris sonantis et tumultus turbarum sicut sonitus aquarum multarum
12. Woe to the multitude of many people, like the multitude of the roaring sea: and the tumult of crowds, like the noise of many waters.
13. sonabunt populi sicut sonitus aquarum inundantium et increpabit eum et fugiet procul et rapietur sicut pulvis montium a facie venti et sicut turbo coram tempestate
13. Nations shall make a noise like the noise of waters overflowing, but he shall rebuke him, and he shall flee far off: and he shall be carried away as the dust of the mountains before the wind, and as a whirlwind before a tempest.
14. in tempore vespere et ecce turbatio in matutino et non subsistet hæc est pars eorum qui vastaverunt nos et sors diripientium nos
14. In the time of the evening, behold there shall be trouble: the morning shall come, and he shall not be: this is the portion of them that have wasted us, and the lot of them that spoiled us.
