Isaiah 13

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	VULGATA
1 The burden of Babylon which Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saw.	1 Onus Babylonis, quod vidit Isaias, filius Amos.
2 Over the foggy mountain lift up a sign! Raise the voice, lift up the hand, and let the rulers enter through the gates!	2 Super montem caliginosum levate signum : exaltate vocem, levate manum, et ingrediantur portas duces.
3 In my wrath, I commanded my sanctified ones, and I called my strong ones, those who exult in my glory.	3 Ego mandavi sanctificatis meis, et vocavi fortes meos in ira mea, exsultantes in gloria mea.
4 On the mountains, there is the voice of a multitude, as if of a numerous people, a voice with the sound of kings, of nations gathered together. For the Lord of hosts has given orders to soldiers of war,	4 Vox multitudinis in montibus, quasi populorum frequentium ; vox sonitus regum, gentium congregatarum. Dominus exercituum præcepit militiæ belli,
5 to those who are arriving from a far off land, from the heights of the heavens. It is the Lord and the instruments of his fury, so that he may bring ruin to all the earth.	5 venientibus de terra procul, a summitate cæli ; Dominus, et vasa furoris ejus, ut disperdat omnem terram.
6 Wail aloud! For the day of the Lord draws near! It will arrive like a devastation from the Lord.	6 Ululate, quia prope est dies Domini ; quasi vastitas a Domino veniet.
7 Because of it, every hand will fail, and every heart of man will waste away and be crushed.	7 Propter hoc omnes manus dissolventur, et omne cor hominis contabescet,
8 Writhing and pain will seize them. They will be in pain, like a woman in labor. Each one will appear stupefied to his neighbor. Their countenances will be like faces which have been burned up.	8 et conteretur. Torsiones et dolores tenebunt ; quasi parturiens dolebunt : unusquisque ad proximum suum stupebit, facies combustæ vultus eorum.
9 Behold, the day of the Lord approaches: a cruel day, full of indignation and wrath and fury, which will place the earth in solitude and crush the sinners from it.	9 Ecce dies Domini veniet, crudelis, et indignationis plenus, et iræ, furorisque, ad ponendam terram in solitudinem, et peccatores ejus conterendos de ea.
10 For the stars of the heavens, in their splendor, will not display their light. The sun will be obscured at its rising, and the moon will not shine in her brightness.	10 Quoniam stellæ cæli, et splendor earum, non expandent lumen suum ; obtenebratus est sol in ortu suo, et luna non splendebit in lumine suo.
11 And I will act against the evils of the world, and against the impious for their iniquity. And I will cause the pride of the unfaithful to cease, and I will bring down the arrogance of the strong.	11 Et visitabo super orbis mala, et contra impios iniquitatem eorum ; et quiescere faciam superbiam infidelium, et arrogantiam fortium humiliabo.
12 A man will be more precious than gold, and mankind will become like pure refined gold.	12 Pretiosior erit vir auro, et homo mundo obrizo.
13 For this purpose, I will stir up heaven, and the earth will be moved from its place, because of the indignation of the Lord of hosts, because of the day of his furious wrath.	13 Super hoc cælum turbabo ; et movebitur terra de loco suo, propter indignationem Domini exercituum, et propter diem iræ furoris ejus.
14 And they will be like a doe fleeing away, or like sheep; and there will be no one who may gather them together. Each one will turn to his own people, and every one will flee to his own land.	14 Et erit quasi damula fugiens, et quasi ovis, et non erit qui congreget. Unusquisque ad populum suum convertetur, et singuli ad terram suam fugient.
15 All who are found will be killed, and all who are caught unaware will fall by the sword.	15 Omnis qui inventus fuerit occidetur, et omnis qui supervenerit cadet in gladio ;
16 Their infants will be thrown down violently before their eyes. Their houses will be plundered, and their wives will be violated.	16 infantes eorum allidentur in oculis eorum, diripientur domus eorum, et uxores eorum violabuntur.
17 Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them. They will not seek silver, nor desire gold.	17 Ecce ego suscitabo super eos Medos, qui argentum non quærant, nec aurum velint ;
18 Instead, with their arrows, they will put the little children to death, and they will take no pity on breastfeeding women, and their eye will not spare their children.	18 sed sagittis parvulos interficient, et lactantibus uteris non miserebuntur, et super filios non parcet oculus eorum.
19 And then Babylon, the glorious one among kingdoms, that famous pride of the Chaldeans, will be destroyed, even as the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.	19 Et erit Babylon illa gloriosa in regnis, inclyta superbia Chaldæorum, sicut subvertit Dominus Sodomam et Gomorrham.
20 It will not be inhabited, even unto the end, and it will not be reestablished, even from generation to generation. The Arab will not pitch his tents there, nor will the shepherds take rest there.	20 Non habitabitur usque in finem, et non fundabitur usque ad generationem et generationem ; nec ponet ibi tentoria Arabs, nec pastores requiescent ibi.
21 Instead, the wild beasts will rest there, and their houses will be filled with serpents, and ostriches will live there, and the hairy ones will leap about there.	21 Sed requiescent ibi bestiæ, et replebuntur domus eorum draconibus, et habitabunt ibi struthiones, et pilosi saltabunt ibi ;
22 And the tawny owls will answer one another there, in its buildings, and the Sirens in its shrines of pleasure.	22 et respondebunt ibi ululæ in ædibus ejus, et sirenes in delubris voluptatis.