Isaia 33

NOVA VULGATA	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Vae, qui praedaris, cum nemo te praedatus sit; qui devastas, cum nemo te devastaverit! Cum consummaveris depraedationem, depraedaberis; cum perfeceris devastationem, te devastabunt.	1 Woe to you, destroying though not yourself destroyed, betraying though not yourself betrayed; whenyou have finished destroying, you wil be destroyed, when you have stopped betraying, you wil be betrayed.
2 Domine, miserere nostri, te enim exspectavimus; esto brachium nostrum in mane et salus nostra in tempore tribulationis.	2 Yahweh, show us your mercy, we hope in you. Be our arm every morning and our salvation in time ofdistress.
3 A voce fragoris fugerunt populi, ab exaltatione tua dispersae sunt gentes.	3 At the sound of tumult the peoples flee, when you stand up the nations scatter.
4 Et congregabuntur spolia, sicut colligitur bruchus; sicut discurrunt locustae, ad ea discurritur.	4 Your spoil is gathered in as a grasshopper gathers in, like a swarm of locusts people descend on it.
5 Sublimis est Dominus, quoniam habitat in excelso; implet Sion iudicio et iustitia.	5 Yahweh is exalted, for he is enthroned above, he has fil ed Zion with fair judgement and saving justice.
6 Et erit firmitas in temporibus tuis; divitiae salutis sapientia et scientia: timor Domini ipse est thesaurus eius.	6 You can count on this al your days: wisdom and knowledge are the riches that save, the fear ofYahweh is his treasure.
7 Ecce praecones clamabunt foris, angeli pacis amare flebunt.	7 Look, Ariel is lamenting in the streets, the ambassadors of peace are weeping bitterly.
8 Dissipatae sunt viae, cessavit transiens per semitam; irritum fecit pactum, reiecit testes, non reputavit homines.	8 The highways are deserted, no travel ers any more on the roads. Agreements are broken, witnessesheld in contempt, there is respect for no one.
9 Luget et elanguescit terra, confusus est Libanus et obsorduit, et factus est Saron sicut desertum, et exaruerunt Basan et Carmelus.	9 The land pines away in mourning, the Lebanon is withering with shame, Sharon has become like thewasteland, Bashan and Carmel are shuddering.
10 “ Nunc consurgam, dicit Dominus, nunc exaltabor, nunc sublevabor.	10 'Now I shal stand up,' says Yahweh, 'now I shal rise, now draw myself up.
11 Concipietis fenum, parietis stipulam; spiritus meus ut ignis vorabit vos.	11 You conceive chaff, you give birth to straw: like fire, my breath wil devour you.
12 Et erunt populi fornaces calcis: spinae congregatae igne comburentur.	12 The peoples will be burnt up as though by quicklime, like cut thorns they wil be burnt on the fire.
13 Audite, qui longe estis, quae fecerim, et cognoscite, vicini, fortitudinem meam ”.	13 You who are far away, listen to what I have done, and you who are near, realise my strength.'
14 Conterriti sunt in Sion peccatores, possedit tremor impios. Quis poterit habitare de vobis cum igne devorante? Quis habitabit ex vobis cum ardoribus sempiternis?	14 The sinners in Zion are panic-stricken and fear seizes on the godless, 'Which of us can survive thedevouring fire, which of us survive everlasting burning?'
15 Qui ambulat in iustitiis et loquitur aequitates, qui reicit lucra ex rapinis et excutit manus suas, ne munera accipiat, qui obturat aures suas, ne audiat sanguinem, et claudit oculos suos, ne videat malum:	15 The one who acts uprightly and speaks honestly, who scorns to get rich by extortion, who rejectsbribes out of hand, who refuses to listen to plans involving bloodshed and shuts his eyes rather thancountenance crime:
16 iste in excelsis habitabit, munimenta saxorum refugium eius; panis ei datus est, aquae eius fideles sunt.	16 such a man wil live on the heights, the craggy rocks wil be his refuge, he wil be fed, he wil not wantfor water.
17 Regem in decore suo videbunt oculi tui, cernent terram longinquam.	17 Your eyes will gaze on the king in his beauty, they wil look on a country stretching far and wide.
18 Cor tuum cum timore inquiret: “ Ubi est scriba? Ubi ponderator? Ubi computator turrium? ”.	18 Your heart wil meditate on past terrors, 'Where is the man who did the counting? Where is the manwho did the weighing? Where is the man who counted off the towers?'
19 Populum impudentem non videbis, populum profundi sermonis, ininterpretabilis, linguae barbarae absque intellegentia.	19 No more wil you see that insolent people, that people of unintel igible speech, of barbarous andmeaningless tongue.
20 Respice Sion civitatem sollemnitatum nostrarum! Oculi tui videbunt Ierusalem, habitationem securam, tabernaculum quod nequaquam transferri poterit; nec auferentur clavi eius in sempiternum, et omnes funiculi eius non rumpentur.	20 Gaze at Zion, city of our feasts; your eyes wil see Jerusalem as a home that is secure, a tent not tobe moved, none of its tent-pegs ever to be pul ed out, none of its guy-ropes ever to be broken.
21 Quia ibi potens Dominus pro nobis loco fluviorum, rivorum late patentium; non transibit ibi navis remigum, neque navis magna transgredietur eum.	21 There it is that Yahweh shows us his power, like a place of rivers and very wide canals on which willrow no galley, over which wil pass no majestic ship.
22 Dominus enim iudex noster, Dominus legifer noster, Dominus rex noster: ipse salvabit nos.	22 (For Yahweh is our judge, Yahweh our lawgiver, Yahweh is our king and our Saviour.)
23 Laxati sunt funiculi tui nec sustinent malum suum, ut dilatare velum non queant. Tunc divident caeci praedam multam; claudi diripient rapinam.	23 Your tackle has given way, it cannot support the mast, it cannot hoist the pennon. And so there ismuch booty to be shared out; the lame fal to plundering,
24 Nec dicet incola: “ Elangui ”. Populus, qui habitat in ea, auferetur ab eo iniquitas.	24 and no one living there wil say, 'I am sickly'; the people living there wil find their guilt forgiven.