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Lunedi, 29 aprile 2024 - Santa Caterina da Siena ( Letture di oggi)

Isaiah 14


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1 Yahweh wil have pity on Jacob, he wil choose Israel once more and resettle them on their native soil.Foreigners will join them, attaching themselves to the House of Jacob.1 Miserebitur enim Dominus Iacob
et eliget adhuc de Israel
et requiescere eos faciet super humum suam;
adiungetur advena ad eos
et adhaerebit domui Iacob.
2 Peoples wil take them and escort them home, and the House of Israel wil take them as slaves, menand women on Yahweh's soil. They wil enslave those who enslaved them and wil master their oppressors.2 Et tenebunt eos populi
et adducent eos in locum suum;
et possidebit eos domus Israel
super terram Domini in servos et ancillas;
et erunt capientes eos, qui se ceperant,
et subicient exactores suos.
3 When that day comes, and Yahweh gives you rest from your suffering and torment and the grimservitude to which you have been subjected,3 Et erit in die illa:
cum requiem dederit tibi Dominus
a labore tuo et a concussione tua
et a servitute dura, qua ante servisti,
4 you wil recite this satire on the king of Babylon and say: 'How did the tyrant end? How did hisarrogance end?4 proferes parabolam istam contra regem Babylonis et dices:
“ Quomodo cessavit exactor, quievit oppressio?
5 Yahweh has broken the staff of the wicked, the sceptre of rulers,5 Contrivit Dominus baculum impiorum,
virgam dominantium,
6 furiously lashing peoples with continual blows, angrily hammering nations, pursuing without respite.6 caedentem populos in indignatione plaga sine remissione,
subicientem in furore gentes persecutione sine fine.
7 The whole world is at rest and calm, shouts of joy resounding,7 Conquievit et siluit omnis terra,
gavisa est, et exsultaverunt.
8 the cypresses, the cedars of Lebanon, rejoice aloud at your fate, "Now that you have been laid low, noone comes up to fell us."8 Abietes quoque laetatae sunt super te, et cedri Libani:
“Ex quo dormisti, non ascendit, qui succidat nos”.
9 'On your account, Sheol below is astir to greet your arrival. He has roused the ghosts to greet you, althe rulers of the world. He has made al the kings of the nations get up from their thrones.9 Infernus subter conturbatus est
in occursum adventus tui;
suscitat tibi umbras, omnes principes terrae
surgere fecit de soliis suis,
omnes reges nationum.
10 They will all greet you with the words, "So, you too are now as weak as we are! You, too, havebecome like us.10 Universi respondebunt et dicent tibi:
“Et tu vulneratus es sicut nos,
nostri similis effectus es”.
11 Your pride has been flung down to Sheol with the music of your lyres; under you a mattress ofmaggots, over you a blanket of worms.11 Detracta est ad inferos superbia tua,
sonitus nablorum tuorum;
subter te sternitur tinea,
et operimentum tuum sunt vermes.
12 How did you come to fal from the heavens, Daystar, son of Dawn? How did you come to be thrown tothe ground, conqueror of nations?12 Quomodo cecidisti de caelo, lucifer, fili aurorae?
Deiectus es in terram, qui deiciebas gentes,
13 You who used to think to yourself: I shal scale the heavens; higher than the stars of God I shall setmy throne. I shal sit on the Mount of Assembly far away to the north.13 qui dicebas in corde tuo:
“In caelum conscendam,
super astra Dei exaltabo solium meum,
sedebo in monte conventus
in lateribus aquilonis;
14 I shal climb high above the clouds, I shal rival the Most High."14 ascendam super altitudinem nubium,
similis ero Altissimo”.
15 Now you have been flung down to Sheol, into the depths of the abyss!15 Verumtamen ad infernum detractus es,
in profundum laci.
16 'When they see you, they will scrutinise you and consider what you have become, "Is this the manwho made the world tremble, who overthrew kingdoms?16 Qui te viderint, te intuentur
teque prospicient:
“Numquid iste est vir, qui conturbavit terram,
qui concussit regna,
17 He made the world a desert, he level ed cities and never freed his prisoners to go home."17 qui posuit orbem desertum
et urbes eius destruxit,
vinctis eius non aperuit carcerem?
18 Al other kings of nations, al of them, lie honourably, each in his own tomb;18 Omnes reges gentium universi dormiunt in gloria,
vir in domo sua;
19 but you have been thrown away, unburied, like a loathsome branch, covered with heaps of the slainpierced by the sword who fal on the rocks of the abyss like trampled carrion.19 tu autem proiectus es de sepulcro tuo
quasi stirps abominabilis,
obvolutus cum his, qui interfecti sunt gladio
et descenderunt ad lapides sepulcri,
quasi cadaver conculcatum.
20 'You wil not rejoin them in the grave, for you have brought your country to ruin and destroyed yourpeople. The offspring of the wicked leave no name behind them.20 Non habebis consortium cum eis in sepultura;
tu enim terram tuam disperdidisti,
tu populum tuum occidisti:
non vocabitur in aeternum semen malefactorum.
21 Make ready to slaughter his sons for the guilt of their father! Never again must they rise to conquer theworld and cover the face of the earth with their cities.21 Praeparate filios eius occisioni
ob iniquitatem patrum suorum;
ne consurgant, ut hereditent terram,
neque impleant faciem orbis civitatum” ”.
22 'I wil rise against them, declares Yahweh Sabaoth, and deprive Babylon of name, remnant, offspringand posterity, declares Yahweh.22 “ Et consurgam contra eos,
dicit Dominus exercituum;
et perdam Babylonis nomen et reliquias
et germen et progeniem, dicit Dominus;
23 I shal turn it into the haunt of hedgehogs, a swamp. I shal sweep it with the broom of destruction,declares Yahweh Sabaoth.'23 et ponam eam in possessionem ericii
et in paludes aquarum,
et scopabo eam in scopa destructionis ”,
dicit Dominus exercituum.
24 Yahweh Sabaoth has sworn it, 'Yes, what I have planned wil take place, what I have decided will beso:24 Iuravit Dominus exercituum dicens:
“ Profecto, ut putavi, ita erit;
et quomodo mente tractavi, sic eveniet.
25 'I shal break Assyria in my country, I shal trample on him on my mountains. Then his yoke wil slip offthem, his burden wil slip from their shoulders.'25 Conteram Assyrium in terra mea
et in montibus meis conculcabo eum;
et auferetur ab eis iugum eius,
et onus illius ab umero eorum tolletur ”.
26 This is the decision taken in defiance of the whole world; this, the hand outstretched in defiance of alnations.26 Hoc consilium, quod initum est
super omnem terram,
et haec est manus extenta
super universas gentes.
27 Once Yahweh Sabaoth has decided, who wil stop him? Once he stretches out his hand, who canwithdraw it?27 Dominus enim exercituum decrevit,
et quis poterit infirmare?
Et manus eius extenta,
et quis avertet eam?
28 In the year Ahaz died came this proclamation:28 In anno, quo mortuus est rex Achaz, factum est oraculum istud:
29 Al Philistia, do not rejoice because the rod which used to beat you is now broken, for the serpentstock wil produce a viper, its offspring wil be a flying dragon.29 “ Ne laeteris, Philisthaea omnis tu,
quoniam comminuta est virga percussoris tui;
de radice enim colubri egredietur regulus,
et semen eius draco volans.
30 While the first-born of the poor are grazing and the destitute are resting in safety, I shall make yourstock die of hunger and then slaughter what remains of you.30 Et pascentur primogeniti egenorum,
et pauperes fiducialiter requiescent;
et interire faciam in fame radicem tuam
et reliquias tuas interficiam.
31 Howl, gate! Shriek, city! Totter, all Philistia! For a smoke is coming from the north, and there are nodeserters in those battalions.31 Ulula, porta! Clama, civitas!
Contremisce, Philisthaea omnis;
ab aquilone enim fumus venit,
et non est fugitivus in agminibus eius ”.
32 What reply wil be given then to the messengers of that nation? - That Yahweh founded Zion andthere the poor of his people will find refuge.32 Et quid respondebitur nuntiis gentis?
“ Quia Dominus fundavit Sion,
et in ipsam confugiunt pauperes populi eius ”.