Isaiæ 18

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1 Vae terrae alarum strepitantium, quae est trans flumina Aethiopiae!	1 Ah, land of buzzing insects, beyond the rivers of Ethiopia,
2 Quae mittit in mari legatos et in vasis papyri super aquas: “ Ite, nuntii veloces, ad gentem proceram et lucidam, ad populum terribilem, prope et procul, gentem robustam et conculcantem, cuius flumina scindunt terram ”.	2 Sending ambassadors by sea, in papyrus boats on the waters! Go, swift messengers, to a nation tall and bronzed, To a people dreaded near and far, a nation strong and conquering, whose land is washed by rivers.
3 Omnes habitatores orbis et in terra commorantes, cum elevatum fuerit signum in montibus, videbitis et, cum clanguerit tuba, audietis.	3 All you who inhabit the world, who dwell on earth, When the signal is raised on the mountain, look! When the trumpet blows, listen!
4 Quia haec dixit Dominus ad me: “ Quiescam et considerabo in loco meo, sicut calor torrens orta iam luce et sicut nubes roris in aestu messis ”.	4 For thus says the LORD to me: I will quietly look on from where I dwell, Like the glowing heat of sunshine, like a cloud of dew at harvest time.
5 Etenim ante vindemiam, cum consummatus fuerit flos, et uva germinans maturescens erit, praecidet ramusculos falcibus et propagines abscindet et proiciet;	5 Before the vintage, when the flowering is ended, and the blooms are succeeded by ripening grapes, Then comes the cutting of branches with pruning hooks and the discarding of the lopped-off shoots.
6 et relinquentur simul avibus montium et bestiis terrae; et aestate erunt super ea volucres, et omnes bestiae terrae super illa hiemabunt.	6 They shall all be left to the mountain birds of prey, and to the beasts in the land; The birds of prey shall summer on them and on them all the beasts of the earth shall winter.
7 In tempore illo deferetur munus Domino exercituum a populo procero et lucido,a populo terribili, prope et procul, a gente robusta et conculcante, cuiusterram flumina scindunt, ad locum nominis Domini exercituum, montem Sion.	7 Then will gifts be brought to the LORD of hosts from a people tall and bronzed, from a people dreaded near and far, a nation strong and conquering, whose land is washed by rivers-to Mount Zion where dwells the name of the LORD of hosts.