Isaia 41

NOVA VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Taceant ante me insulae, et gentes renovent fortitudinem; accedant et tunc loquantur, simul ad iudicium propinquemus.	1 Let the islands be silent before me, and let the nations take new strength. Let them draw near, and then speak. Let us apply for judgment together.
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 raised up a just man from the east, and has called him to follow him? He will place the nations under his gaze, and he will rule over kings. He will cause them to be like dust before his sword, like chaff driven by the wind before his bow.
3 Persequetur eos, transibit in pace; semita sub pedibus eius non apparebit.	3 He will pursue them. He will pass by in peace. No trace will appear after his feet.
4 Quis operatus est et fecit, vocans generationes ab exordio? Ego Dominus, primus et cum novissimis ego sum.	4 Who has worked and accomplished these things, calling to the generations from the beginning? “It is I, the Lord! I am the first and the last.”
5 Viderunt insulae et timuerunt, extrema terrae obstupuerunt, appropinquaverunt et accesserunt.	5 The islands saw it and were afraid. The ends of the earth were stupefied. They drew near and arrived.
6 Unusquisque proximo suo auxiliabitur et fratri suo dicet: “ Confortare ”.	6 Each one will help his neighbor and will say to his brother, “Be strengthened.”
7 Confortabit faber aurificem, percutiens malleo eum, qui cudit, dicens de glutino: “ Bonum est ”; et roborat eum clavis, ut non moveatur.	7 The coppersmith striking with the mallet encouraged him who was forging at that time, saying, “It is ready for soldering.” And he strengthened it with nails, so that it would not be moved.
8 Tu autem, Israel, serve meus, Iacob, quem elegi, semen Abraham amici mei,	8 But you, O Israel, are my servant, O Jacob, whom I have chosen, the offspring of my friend Abraham.
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 For his sake, I have taken you from the ends of the earth, and I have called you from its distant places. And I said to you: “You are my servant. I have chosen you, and I have not cast you aside.”
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 Do not be afraid, for I am with you. Do not turn away, for I am your God. I have strengthened you, and I have assisted you, and the right hand of my just one has upheld you.
11 Ecce confundentur et erubescent omnes, qui irascuntur adversum te; erunt quasi non sint et peribunt viri, qui contradicunt tibi.	11 Behold, all who fight against you shall be confounded and ashamed. They will be as if they did not exist, and the men who contradict you will perish.
12 Quaeres eos et non invenies viros, qui rixantur tecum; erunt quasi non sint et veluti nihilum, viri bellantes adversum te.	12 You will seek them, and you will not find them. The men who rebel against you will be as if they did not exist. And the men who make war against you will be like something that has been consumed.
13 Quia ego Dominus Deus tuus apprehendens manum tuam dicensque tibi: “ Ne timeas; ego auxiliabor tibi.	13 For I am the Lord your God. I take you by your hand, and I say to you: Do not be afraid. I have helped you.
14 Noli timere, vermis Iacob, homines ex Israel. Ego auxiliabor tibi ”, dicit Dominus et redemptor tuus, Sanctus Israel.	14 Fear not, O worm of Jacob, you who are dead within Israel. I have helped you, says the Lord, your Redeemer, 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 have established you like a new threshing cart, having serrated blades. You will thresh the mountains and crush them. And you will turn the hills into chaff.
16 Ventilabis eos, et ventus tollet eos, et turbo disperget eos; et tu exsultabis in Domino, in Sancto Israel laetaberis.	16 You will winnow them, and the wind will blow them away, and the whirlwind will scatter them. And you shall exult in the Lord; you shall rejoice 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 indigent and the poor are seeking water, but there is none. Their tongue has been dried up by thirst. I, the Lord, will heed them. I, the God of Israel, will not abandon 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 rivers in the high hills, and fountains in the midst of the plains. I will turn the desert into pools of water, and the impassable land into streams 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 the cedar in a deserted place, with the thorn, and the myrtle, and the olive tree. In the desert, I will plant the pine, and the elm, and the box tree together,
20 ut videant et sciant et recogitent et intellegant pariter quia manus Domini fecit hoc, et Sanctus Israel creavit illud.	20 so that they may see and know, acknowledge and understand, together, that the hand of the Lord has accomplished this, and that the Holy One of Israel has created it.
21 Proferte causam vestram, dicit Dominus; afferte, si quid firmum habetis, dixit Rex Iacob.	21 Bring your case forward, says the Lord. Bring it here, if you have anything to allege, 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 approach and announce to us the things that will occur. Announce to us the things that were before. And we will apply our heart to them, and we will know their end. And so, reveal to us the things that will occur.
23 Annuntiate, quae ventura sunt in futurum, ut sciamus quia dii estis vos; bene quoque aut male facite, ut inspiciamus et videamus simul.	23 Announce the things that will occur in the future, and we will know that you are gods. Likewise, accomplish good or evil, if you are able, and let us speak of it and see it together.
24 Ecce vos estis nihilum, et opus vestrum nihil valet; abominatio est, qui eligit vos.	24 Behold, you exist out of nothing, and your work is from what does not exist; he who has chosen 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 raised up one from the north, and he will arrive from the rising of the sun. He will call upon my name, and he will reduce magistrates to mud, like a potter working with 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 has announced this from its rising, so that we may know it, or from its beginning, so that we may say, “You are just.” There is no one who either announces, or predicts, or hears your words.
27 Primus ad Sion: Ecce adsunt; et Ierusalem laeta nuntiantem do.	27 The first one will say to Zion: “Behold, they are here,” and to Jerusalem, “I will present an evangelist.”
28 Et vidi, et nemo erat, ex istis nullus consiliator, ut, si eos interrogarem, responderent verbum.	28 And I saw, and there was no one among any of them to consult, or who, when I asked, could answer a word.
29 Ecce omnes iniquitas, vana opera eorum; ventus et inane simulacra eorum.	29 Behold, they are all unjust, and their works are empty. Their idols are wind and emptiness.