Isaia 29

NOVA VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Vae Ariel, Ariel, civitas, quam circumdedit David! Addite annum ad annum, sollemnitates evolvantur;	1 Woe to Ariel, to Ariel the city against which David fought: year has been added to year, the solemnities have unfolded.
2 et circumvallabo Ariel, et erit maeror et maestitia, et erit mihi quasi Ariel.	2 And I will surround Ariel with siege works, and it will be in sorrow and mourning, and it will be like Ariel to me.
3 Et circumdabo te quasi sphaeram et iaciam contra te aggerem et munimenta ponam in obsidionem tuam.	3 And I will surround you like a sphere all around you, and I will raise up a rampart against you, and I will set up fortifications to blockade you.
4 Humiliaberis, de terra loqueris, et de pulvere vix audietur eloquium tuum, et erit quasi pythonis de terra vox tua, et de humo eloquium tuum mussitabit.	4 You will be brought low. You will speak from the ground, and your eloquence will be heard from the dirt. And, from the ground, your voice will be like that of the python, and your eloquence will mumble from the dirt.
5 Et erit sicut pulvis tenuis multitudo superborum tuorum, et sicut palea volans multitudo fortium. Eritque repente confestim,	5 And the multitude of those who fan you will be like fine dust. And the multitude of those who have prevailed against you will be like embers fading away.
6 a Domino exercituum visitaberis in tonitruo et commotione terrae, magno fragore, turbine et tempestate et flamma ignis devorantis.	6 And this will happen suddenly and swiftly. It will be visited from the Lord of hosts with thunder and earthquakes, and with the great noise of a whirlwind and a storm, and with a flame of devouring fire.
7 Et erit sicut somnium visionis nocturnae multitudo omnium gentium, quae dimicant contra Ariel, et omnes, qui pugnant contra eam et contra munimenta eius et oppressores eius;	7 And the multitude of all the nations that have struggled against Ariel will be like the dream of a vision by night, along with all who have battled, and besieged, and prevailed against it.
8 Et sicut somniat esuriens, et ecce comedit, cum autem fuerit expergefactus, vacua est anima eius; et sicut somniat sitiens, et ecce bibit et, postquam fuerit expergefactus, lassus adhuc sitit, et anima eius vacua est, sic erit multitudo omnium gentium dimicantium contra montem Sion.	8 And it will be like one who is hungry and dreams of eating, but, when he has been awakened, his soul is empty. And it will be like one who is thirsty and dreams of drinking, but, after he has been awakened, he still languishes in thirst, and his soul is empty. So shall the multitude of all the nations be, who have struggled against Mount Zion.
9 Obstupescite et admiramini, excaecamini et caeci estote, inebriamini et non a vino, vacillate et non ab ebrietate.	9 Be stupefied and in wonder! Shake and quiver! Be inebriated, but not from wine! Stagger, but not from drunkenness!
10 Quoniam miscuit vobis Dominus spiritum soporis, clausit oculos vestros et capita vestra operuit.	10 For the Lord has mixed for you a spirit of deep sleep. He will close your eyes. He will cover your prophets and leaders, who see visions.
11 Et erit vobis visio omnis sicut verba libri signati; quem cum dederintscienti litteras dicentes: “ Lege istum ”, respondebit: “ Non possum,signatus est enim ”.	11 And the vision of all will be to you like the words of a sealed book, which, when they have given it to someone who knows how to read, they will say, “Read this,” but he will respond, “I cannot; for it has been sealed.”
12 Et dabitur liber nescienti litteras diceturque ei: “Lege ”, et respondebit: “ Nescio litteras ”.	12 But if the book is given to someone who does not know how to read, and it is said to him, “Read,” then he will respond, “I do not know how to read.”
13 Et dixit Dominus: “ Eo quod appropinquat populus iste ore suo et labiis suis glorificat me, cor autem eius longe est a me, et est timor eorum erga me velut mandatum hominum perceptum,	13 And the Lord said: Since this people have drawn near to me only with their mouth, and their lips glorify me while their heart is far from me, and their fear of me is based on the commandments and doctrines of men,
14 ideo ecce ego addam ut admirationem faciam populo huic miraculo grandi et stupendo: peribit sapientia sapientium eius, et prudentia prudentium eius abscondetur ”.	14 for this reason, behold, I will proceed to accomplish a wonder for this people, a great and mystifying miracle. For wisdom will perish from their wise, and the understanding of their prudent will be concealed.
15 Vae, qui profunde a Domino consilium abscondunt, quorum sunt in tenebris opera, et dicunt: “ Quis videt nos, et quis novit nos? ”.	15 Woe to you who use the depths of the heart, so that you may hide your intentions from the Lord. Their works are done in darkness, and so they say: “Who sees us?” and “Who knows us?”
16 Perversa cogitatio vestra! Numquid quasi lutum reputabitur figulus, ut dicat opus factori suo: “ Non fecisti me ”; et figmentum dicat fictori suo: “ Non intellegis ”?	16 This intention of yours is perverse. It is as if the clay were to plan against the potter, or as if the work were to say to its maker: “You did not make me.” Or it is as if what has been formed were to say to the one who formed it, “You do not understand.”
17 Nonne adhuc in modico et in brevi convertetur Libanus in hortum, et hortus in saltum reputabitur?	17 In not more than a little while and a brief time, Lebanon will be turned into a fruitful field, and a fruitful field will be considered to be a forest.
18 Et audient in die illa surdi verba libri, et de tenebris et caligine oculi caecorum videbunt.	18 And in that day, the deaf will hear the words of a book, and out of darkness and obscurity the eyes of the blind will see.
19 Et addent mites in Domino laetitiam, et pauperrimi hominum in Sancto Israel exsultabunt;	19 And the meek will increase their rejoicing in the Lord, and the poor among men will exult in the Holy One of Israel.
20 quoniam defecit, qui praevalebat, consummatus est illusor, et succisi sunt omnes, qui vigilabant super iniquitatem,	20 For the one who was prevailing has failed, the one who was mocking has been consumed, and all those who were standing guard over iniquity have been cut down.
21 qui peccare faciebant homines in verbo et arguentem in porta supplantabant et deiecerunt inanibus verbis iustum.	21 For they caused men to sin by a word, and they supplanted him who argued against them at the gates, and they turned away from justice in vain.
22 Propter hoc haec dicit Dominus ad domum Iacob, qui redemit Abraham: “ Non modo confundetur Iacob, nec modo vultus eius erubescet;	22 Because of this, thus says the Lord, he who has redeemed Abraham, to the house of Jacob: From now on, Jacob will not be confounded; from now on his countenance will not blush with shame.
23 sed, cum viderit opera manuum mearum, in medio sui sanctificabunt nomen meum et sanctificabunt Sanctum Iacob et Deum Israel pavebunt,	23 Instead, when he sees his children, they will be the work of my hands in his midst, sanctifying my name, and they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and they will preach the God of Israel.
24 et scient errantes spiritu sapientiam, et mussitatores discent doctrinam ”.	24 And those who had gone astray in spirit will know understanding, and those who had murmured will learn the law.