Isaia 24

NOVA VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Ecce Dominus dissipat terram et frangit eam et conturbat faciem eius et dispergit habitatores eius.	1 Behold, the Lord will lay waste to the earth, and he will strip it, and he will afflict its surface, and he will scatter its inhabitants.
2 Et erit sicut populus sic sacerdos, et sicut servus sic dominus eius, sicut ancilla sic domina eius, sicut emens sic ille qui vendit, sicut fenerator sic is qui mutuum accipit, sicut qui repetit sic qui debet.	2 And this shall be: as with the people, so with the priest; and as with the servant, so with his master; as with the handmaid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the creditor, so with the debtor.
3 Dissipatione dissipabitur terra et direptione praedabitur: Dominus enim locutus est verbum hoc.	3 The earth will be utterly devastated and utterly plundered. For the Lord has spoken this word.
4 Luget, languet terra, marcescit, languet orbis, marcescit altitudo simul cum terra.	4 The earth mourned, and slipped away, and languished. The world slipped away; the loftiness of the people of the earth was weakened.
5 Et terra infecta est sub habitatoribussuis, quia transgressi sunt leges, violaverunt mandatum, dissipaverunt foedus sempiternum.	5 And the earth was corrupted by its inhabitants. For they have transgressed the laws, they have changed the ordinance, they have dissipated the everlasting covenant.
6 Propter hoc maledictio voravit terram, et poenas exsolverunt habitatores eius; ideoque imminuti sunt cultores eius, et relicti sunt homines pauci.	6 Because of this, a curse will devour the earth, and its inhabitants will sin. And for this reason, its caretakers will become crazed, and few men will be left behind.
7 Luget mustum, emarcuit vitis, ingemiscunt omnes, qui laetabantur corde.	7 The vintage has mourned. The vine has languished. All those who were rejoicing in their hearts have groaned.
8 Cessavit gaudium tympanorum, quievit sonitus laetantium, cessavit gaudium citharae;	8 The gladness of the drums has ceased. The sound of rejoicing has quieted. The sweetness of stringed instruments has been silenced.
9 cum cantico non bibent vinum, amara erit potio bibentibus illam.	9 They will not drink wine with a song. The drink will be bitter to those who drink it.
10 Attrita est civitas inanitatis, clausa est omnis domus, ut nemo introeat;	10 The city of vanity has been worn away. Every house has been closed up; no one enters.
11 clamor est super vino in plateis, occidit omnis laetitia, translatum est gaudium terrae.	11 There will be a clamor for wine in the streets. All rejoicing has been abandoned. The gladness of the earth has been carried away.
12 Relicta est in urbe solitudo, et in ruinam confracta est porta;	12 Solitude is what remains in the city, and calamity will overwhelm its gates.
13 quia haec erunt in medio terrae, in medio populorum, quomodo si olivae excutiantur, et finita vindemia colligantur racemi.	13 For so shall it be in the midst of the earth, in the midst of the people: it is as if the few remaining olives are being shaken from the olive tree, and it is like a few clusters of grapes, when the grape harvest has already ended.
14 Hi levabunt vocem suam, laudabunt maiestatem Domini, hinnient de mari.	14 These few shall lift up their voice and give praise. When the Lord will have been glorified, they will make a joyful noise from the sea.
15 Propter hoc in regionibus lucis glorificate Dominum, in insulis maris nomen Domini, Dei Israel.	15 Because of this, glorify the Lord in doctrine: the name of the Lord, the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea.
16 A finibus terrae laudes audivimus: “ Gloria iusto ”. Et dixi: “ Secretum meum mihi, secretum meum mihi. Vae mihi! ”. Praevaricantes praevaricati sunt et praevaricatione praevaricantium praevaricati sunt.	16 From the ends of the earth, we have heard the praises of the glory of the Just One. And I said: “My secret is for myself! My secret is for myself! Woe to me! Those who would betray us have betrayed us, and they have betrayed us with the betrayal of transgression.”
17 Formido et fovea et laqueus super te, habitator terrae.	17 Dread, and the pit, and the snare are over you, O inhabitant of the earth!
18 Et erit: qui fugerit a voce formidinis, cadet in foveam; et, qui ascenderit de fovea, tenebitur laqueo, quia cataractae de excelsis apertae sunt, et concussa sunt fundamenta terrae.	18 And this shall be: whoever will flee from the voice of dread will fall into the pit. And whoever will extricate himself from the pit will be caught in the snare. For the floodgates from above have been opened, and the foundations of the earth will be shaken.
19 Confractione confracta est terra, contritione contrita est terra, commotione commota est terra,	19 The earth will be utterly broken! The earth will be utterly crushed! The earth will be utterly shaken!
20 agitatione agitabitur terra sicut ebrius et fluctuabit quasi tabernaculum; et gravis erit super eam iniquitas eius, et corruet et non adiciet ut resurgat.	20 The earth will stagger greatly, like a drunken man, and will be carried away, like the tent of a single night. And its iniquity will be heavy upon it, and it will fall and not rise up again.
21 Et erit in die illa: visitabit Dominus super militiam caeli in excelso et super reges terrae super terram;	21 And this shall be: in that day, the Lord will visit upon the armies of the sky above, and upon the kings of the earth who are on the ground.
22 et congregabuntur et vincientur in lacu et claudentur in carcere; et post multos dies visitabuntur.	22 And they will be gathered together like the gathering of one bundle into a pit. And they will be enclosed in that place, as in a prison. And after many days, they will be visited.
23 Et erubescet luna, et confundetur sol, quia regnavit Dominus exercituum in monte Sion et in Ierusalem et in conspectu senum suorum glorificabitur.	23 And the moon will be ashamed, and the sun will be confounded, when the Lord of hosts will reign on mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and when he will have been glorified in the sight of his elders.