Isaiæ 21

NOVA VULGATA	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Oraculum deserti maris. Sicut turbines per austrum transeuntes, de deserto venit, de terra horribili.	1 Proclamation about the coastal desert: As whirlwinds sweeping over the Negeb, he comes from thedesert, from a fearsome country.
2 Visio dura nuntiata est mihi: praedo praedatur, et vastator vastat. Ascende, Elam; obside, Media; omnem gemitum eius cessare feci.	2 A harsh vision has been shown me, 'The traitor betrays and the despoiler despoils. Advance, Elam, laysiege, Media!' I have cut short all groaning.
3 Propterea repleti sunt lumbi mei tremore, angustia possedit me sicut angustia parientis; corrui, cum audirem; conturbatus sum, cum viderem.	3 This is why my loins are racked with pain, why I am seized with pangs like the pangs of a woman inlabour; I am too distressed to hear, too afraid to look.
4 Vacillat cor meum, pavor invadit me: crepusculum optatum posuit mihi in terrorem.	4 My heart is bewildered, dread overwhelms me, the twilight I longed for has become my horror.
5 Ponunt mensam, stragulum pandunt, comedunt, bibunt. Surgite, principes, ungite clipeum.	5 They lay the table, spread the cloth, they eat, they drink. Up, princes, grease the shield!
6 Haec enim dixit mihi Dominus: “ Vade et pone speculatorem; quodcumque viderit, annuntiet.	6 For this is what the Lord has told me, 'Go, post a look-out, let him report what he sees.
7 Si viderit currum, bigam equitum, ascensorem asini et ascensorem cameli, intueatur diligenter multo intuitu ”.	7 He will see cavalry, horsemen two by two, men mounted on donkeys, men mounted on camels; let himwatch alertly, be very alert indeed!'
8 Et clamavit speculator: “ Super specula, Domine, ego sum stans iugiter per diem, et super custodiam meam ego sum stans totis noctibus.	8 Then the look-out shouted, 'On the watchtower, Lord, I stay al day and at my post I stand al night.
9 Ecce, huc venit agmen virorum, biga equitum ”. Et respondit et dixit: “ Cecidit, cecidit Babylon, et omnia sculptilia deorum eius contrita sunt in terram ”.	9 Now the cavalry is coming, horsemen two by two.' He shouted again and said, 'Babylon has fallen, hasfal en, and al the images of her gods he has shattered to the ground!'
10 Tritura mea et fili areae meae, quae audivi a Domino exercituum, Deo Israel, annuntiavi vobis.	10 You whom I have threshed, grain of my threshing-floor, what I have heard from Yahweh Sabaoth, Godof Israel, I am tel ing you now.
11 Oraculum Duma. Ad me clamat ex Seir: “ Custos, quid de nocte? Custos, quid de nocte? ”.	11 Proclamation about Dumah: From Seir, someone shouts to me, 'Watchman, what time of night?Watchman, what time of night?'
12 Dixit custos: “ Venit mane, sed etiam nox; si quaeritis, quaerite, revertimini, venite ”.	12 The watchman answers, 'Morning is coming, then night again. If you want to ask, ask! Come back!Come here!'
13 Oraculum in solitudine. In saltu, in solitudine dormietis, turmae Dedanim.	13 Proclamation about the wastelands: In the thickets, on the wastelands, you spend the night, youcaravans of Dedanites.
14 Occurrentes sitienti ferte aquam, qui habitatis terram Thema; cum panibus occurrite fugienti:	14 Bring water for the thirsty! The inhabitants of Tema went with bread to greet the fugitive.
15 a facie enim gladiorum fugerunt, a facie gladii nudati, a facie arcus extenti, a facie gravis proelii.	15 For these have fled before the sword, the naked sword and the bent bow, the press of battle.
16 Quoniam haec dicit Dominus ad me: “ Adhuc anno sicut anni mercennarii, etauferetur omnis gloria Cedar;	16 For this is what the Lord has told me, 'In one year's time as a hired worker reckons it, al the glory ofKedar will be finished
17 et reliquiae numeri arcuum fortium filiorumCedar imminuentur; Dominus enim, Deus Israel, locutus est ”.	17 and, of the valiant archers, the Kedarites, hardly any wil be left, for Yahweh, God of Israel, hasspoken.'