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

Isaia 20


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NOVA VULGATANEW JERUSALEM
1 In anno quo ingressus est Tharthan in Azotum, cum misisset eum Sargonrex Assyriorum, et pugnasset contra Azotum et cepisset eam,1 The year the general-in-chief, sent by Sargon king of Assyria, came to Ashdod and stormed andcaptured it
2 in tempore illolocutus est Dominus in manu Isaiae filii Amos dicens: “ Vade et solve saccumde lumbis tuis et calceamenta tua tolle de pedibus tuis ”. Et fecit sic,vadens nudus et discalceatus.2 at that time Yahweh spoke through Isaiah son of Amoz and said, 'Go, undo the sackcloth round yourwaist and take the sandals off your feet.' And he did so, and walked about, naked and barefoot.
3 Et dixit Dominus: “ Sicut ambulavit servusmeus Isaias nudus et discalceatus tribus annis signum et portentum superAegyptum et super Aethiopiam,3 Yahweh then said, 'As my servant Isaiah has been walking about naked and barefoot for the last threeyears as a sign and portent for Egypt and Cush,
4 sic minabit rex Assyriorum captivos Aegypti etexsules Aethiopiae, iuvenes et senes, nudos et discalceatos, discoopertisnatibus ad ignominiam Aegypti.4 so the king of Assyria wil lead the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old, naked andbarefoot, their buttocks bared, to the shame of Egypt.
5 Et timebunt et confundentur ab Aethiopia spesua et ab Aegypto gloria sua.5 Then they wil be afraid and ashamed of Cush their hope and Egypt their pride,
6 Et dicet habitator maritimae regionis huius indie illa: “Ecce, haec erat spes nostra, quo confugimus in auxilium, utliberaremur a facie regis Assyriorum; et quomodo effugere poterimus nos?” ”.
6 and the inhabitants of this coast will say on that day, "Look what has happened to our hope, to those towhom we fled for help, to escape from the king of Assyria. How are we going to escape?" '