Isaia 41

NOVA VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Taceant ante me insulae, et gentes renovent fortitudinem; accedant et tunc loquantur, simul ad iudicium propinquemus.	1 Keep silence before me, O coastlands; you peoples, wait for my words! Let them draw near and speak; let us come together for judgment.
2 Quis suscitavit ab oriente eum, cuius gressum sequitur iustitia? Dabit in conspectu eius gentes et subiciet ei reges, quos reddet quasi pulverem gladius eius, sicut stipulam vento raptam arcus eius.	2 Who has stirred up from the East the champion of justice, and summoned him to be his attendant? To him he delivers the nations and subdues the kings; With his sword he reduces them to dust, with his bow, to driven straw.
3 Persequetur eos, transibit in pace; semita sub pedibus eius non apparebit.	3 He pursues them, passing on without loss, by a path his feet do not even tread.
4 Quis operatus est et fecit, vocans generationes ab exordio? Ego Dominus, primus et cum novissimis ego sum.	4 Who has performed these deeds? He who has called forth the generations since the beginning. I, the LORD, am the first, and with the last I will also be.
5 Viderunt insulae et timuerunt, extrema terrae obstupuerunt, appropinquaverunt et accesserunt.	5 The coastlands see, and fear; the ends of the earth tremble: these things are near, they come to pass.
6 Unusquisque proximo suo auxiliabitur et fratri suo dicet: “ Confortare ”.
7 Confortabit faber aurificem, percutiens malleo eum, qui cudit, dicens de glutino: “ Bonum est ”; et roborat eum clavis, ut non moveatur.
8 Tu autem, Israel, serve meus, Iacob, quem elegi, semen Abraham amici mei,	8 But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, offspring of Abraham my friend--
9 quem apprehendi ab extremis terrae, et a longinquis eius vocavi te et dixi tibi: “ Servus meus es tu; elegi te et non abieci te ”.	9 You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth and summoned from its far-off places, You whom I have called my servant, whom I have chosen and will not cast off--
10 Ne timeas, quia ego tecum sum; ne declines, quia ego Deus tuus: confortabo te et auxiliabor tibi et sustentabo te dextera iustitiae meae.	10 Fear not, I am with you; be not dismayed; I am your God. I will strengthen you, and help you, and uphold you with my right hand of justice.
11 Ecce confundentur et erubescent omnes, qui irascuntur adversum te; erunt quasi non sint et peribunt viri, qui contradicunt tibi.	11 Yes, all shall be put to shame and disgrace who vent their anger against you; Those shall perish and come to nought who offer resistance.
12 Quaeres eos et non invenies viros, qui rixantur tecum; erunt quasi non sint et veluti nihilum, viri bellantes adversum te.	12 You shall seek out, but shall not find, those who strive against you; They shall be as nothing at all who do battle with you.
13 Quia ego Dominus Deus tuus apprehendens manum tuam dicensque tibi: “ Ne timeas; ego auxiliabor tibi.	13 For I am the LORD, your God, who grasp your right hand; It is I who say to you, "Fear not, I will help you."
14 Noli timere, vermis Iacob, homines ex Israel. Ego auxiliabor tibi ”, dicit Dominus et redemptor tuus, Sanctus Israel.	14 Fear not, O worm Jacob, O maggot Israel; I will help you, says the LORD; your redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
15 Ecce posui te quasi plaustrum triturans novum, habens rostra serrantia. Triturabis montes et comminues et colles quasi pulverem pones.	15 I will make of you a threshing sledge, sharp, new, and double-edged, To thresh the mountains and crush them, to make the hills like chaff.
16 Ventilabis eos, et ventus tollet eos, et turbo disperget eos; et tu exsultabis in Domino, in Sancto Israel laetaberis.	16 When you winnow them, the wind shall carry them off and the storm shall scatter them. But you shall rejoice in the LORD, and glory in the Holy One of Israel.
17 Egeni et pauperes quaerunt aquas, et non sunt, lingua eorum siti aruit. Ego, Dominus, exaudiam eos, Deus Israel non derelinquam eos.	17 The afflicted and the needy seek water in vain, their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
18 Aperiam in decalvatis collibus flumina et in medio vallium fontes; ponam desertum in stagna aquarum et terram aridam in rivos aquarum.	18 I will open up rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the broad valleys; I will turn the desert into a marshland, and the dry ground into springs of water.
19 Plantabo in deserto cedrum, acaciam et myrtum et lignum olivae; ponam in solitudine abietem, ulmum et cupressum simul,	19 I will plant in the desert the cedar, acacia, myrtle, and olive; I will set in the wasteland the cypress, together with the plane tree and the pine,
20 ut videant et sciant et recogitent et intellegant pariter quia manus Domini fecit hoc, et Sanctus Israel creavit illud.	20 That all may see and know, observe and understand, That the hand of the LORD has done this, the Holy One of Israel has created it.
21 Proferte causam vestram, dicit Dominus; afferte, si quid firmum habetis, dixit Rex Iacob.	21 Present your case, says the LORD; bring forward your reasons, says the King of Jacob.
22 Accedant et nuntient nobis, quaecumque ventura sunt. Priora, quae fuerunt, nuntiate, ut ponamus cor nostrum et sciamus novissima eorum; et, quae ventura sunt, indicate nobis.	22 Let them come near and foretell to us what it is that shall happen! What are the things of long ago? Tell us, that we may reflect on them And know their outcome; or declare to us the things to come!
23 Annuntiate, quae ventura sunt in futurum, ut sciamus quia dii estis vos; bene quoque aut male facite, ut inspiciamus et videamus simul.	23 Foretell the things that shall come afterward, that we may know that you are gods! Do something, good or evil, that will put us in awe and in fear.
24 Ecce vos estis nihilum, et opus vestrum nihil valet; abominatio est, qui eligit vos.	24 Why, you are nothing and your work is nought! To choose you is an abomination.
25 Suscitavi ab aquilone, et venit ab ortu solis; vocavi eum nomine; et conculcabit potentes quasi lutum et velut plastes calcans humum.	25 I have stirred up one from the north, and he comes; from the east I summon him by name; He shall trample the rulers down like red earth, as the potter treads the clay.
26 Quis annuntiavit ab exordio, ut sciamus, et a principio, ut dicamus: “ Iustum est ”? Non est neque annuntians neque praedicens neque audiens sermones vestros.	26 Who announced this from the beginning, that we might know; beforehand, that we might say it is true? Not one of you foretold it, not one spoke; no one heard you say,
27 Primus ad Sion: Ecce adsunt; et Ierusalem laeta nuntiantem do.	27 "The first news for Zion: they are coming now," or, "For Jerusalem I will pick out a bearer of the glad tidings."
28 Et vidi, et nemo erat, ex istis nullus consiliator, ut, si eos interrogarem, responderent verbum.	28 When I look, there is not one, no one of them to give counsel, to make an answer when I question them.
29 Ecce omnes iniquitas, vana opera eorum; ventus et inane simulacra eorum.	29 Ah, all of them are nothing, their works are nought, their idols are empty wind!