Isaia 42

NOVA VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Ecce servus meus, suscipiam eum; electus meus, complacet sibi in illo anima mea; dedi spiritum meum super eum, iudicium gentibus proferet.	1 Here is my servant whom I uphold, my chosen one with whom I am pleased, Upon whom I have put my spirit; he shall bring forth justice to the nations,
2 Non clamabit neque vociferabitur, nec audietur vox eius foris.	2 Not crying out, not shouting, not making his voice heard in the street.
3 Calamum quassatum non conteret et linum fumigans non exstinguet; in veritatem proferet iudicium.	3 A bruised reed he shall not break, and a smoldering wick he shall not quench,
4 Non languebit nec frangetur, donec ponat in terra iudicium; et legem eius insulae exspectant.	4 Until he establishes justice on the earth; the coastlands will wait for his teaching.
5 Haec dicit Dominus Deus, creans caelos et extendens eos, firmans terram et quae germinant ex ea, dans flatum populo, qui est super eam, et spiritum calcantibus eam:	5 Thus says God, the LORD, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spreads out the earth with its crops, Who gives breath to its people and spirit to those who walk on it:
6 “ Ego, Dominus, vocavi te in iustitia et apprehendi manum tuam; et formavi te et dedi te in foedus populi, in lucem gentium,	6 I, the LORD, have called you for the victory of justice, I have grasped you by the hand; I formed you, and set you as a covenant of the people, a light for the nations,
7 ut aperires oculos caecorum et educeres de conclusione vinctum, de domo carceris sedentes in tenebris.	7 To open the eyes of the blind, to bring out prisoners from confinement, and from the dungeon, those who live in darkness.
8 Ego Dominus: hoc est nomen meum; et gloriam meam alteri non dabo et laudem meam sculptilibus.	8 I am the LORD, this is my name; my glory I give to no other, nor my praise to idols.
9 Quae prima fuerunt, ecce venerunt; nova quoque ego annuntio: antequam oriantur, audita vobis faciam ”.	9 See, the earlier things have come to pass, new ones I now foretell; Before they spring into being, I announce them to you.
10 Cantate Domino canticum novum, laus eius ab extremis terrae; qui descenditis in mare, et plenitudo eius, insulae et habitatores earum.	10 Sing to the LORD a new song, his praise from the end of the earth: Let the sea and what fills it resound, the coastlands, and those who dwell in them.
11 Exsultent desertum et civitates eius, vici, quos habitat Cedar. Iubilent habitatores Petrae, de vertice montium clament.	11 Let the steppe and its cities cry out, the villages where Kedar dwells; Let the inhabitants of Sela exult, and shout from the top of the mountains.
12 Ponant Domino gloriam et laudem eius in insulis nuntient.	12 Let them give glory to the LORD, and utter his praise in the coastlands.
13 Dominus sicut fortis egredietur, sicut vir proeliator suscitabit zelum; vociferabitur et conclamabit, super inimicos suos praevalebit.	13 The LORD goes forth like a hero, like a warrior he stirs up his ardor; He shouts out his battle cry, against his enemies he shows his might:
14 “ Tacui semper, silui, patiens fui; sicut parturiens ululabo, gemam et fremam simul.	14 I have looked away, and kept silence, I have said nothing, holding myself in; But now, I cry out as a woman in labor, gasping and panting.
15 Desertos faciam montes et colles et omne gramen eorum exsiccabo; et ponam flumina in insulas et stagna arefaciam.	15 I will lay waste mountains and hills, all their herbage I will dry up; I will turn the rivers into marshes, and the marshes I will dry up.
16 Et ducam caecos in viam, quam nesciunt, et in semitis, quas ignoraverunt, ambulare eos faciam; ponam tenebras coram eis in lucem et prava in recta. Haec verba faciam eis et non dereliquam eos ”.	16 I will lead the blind on their journey; by paths unknown I will guide them. I will turn darkness into light before them, and make crooked ways straight. These things I do for them, and I will not forsake them.
17 Conversi sunt retrorsum; confundantur confusione, qui confidunt in sculptili, qui dicunt conflatili: “ Vos dii nostri ”.	17 They shall be turned back in utter shame who trust in idols; Who say to molten images, "You are our gods."
18 Surdi, audite; et caeci, intuemini ad videndum.	18 You who are deaf, listen, you who are blind, look and see!
19 Quis caecus sicut servus meus, et surdus sicut nuntius, quem ego mittam? Quis caecus sicut qui restitutus est? Et quis caecus sicut servus Domini?	19 Who is blind but my servant, or deaf like the messenger I send?
20 Multa vidisti, sed non servas; aures aperuisti, sed non audis.	20 You see many things without taking note; your ears are open, but without hearing.
21 Dominus voluit propter iustitiam suam magnificare legem et extollere.	21 Though it pleased the LORD in his justice to make his law great and glorious,
22 Ipse autem populus direptus et vastatus; in foveis conclusi omnes, et in domibus carcerum absconditi sunt. Facti sunt in rapinam, nec est qui eruat; in direptionem, nec est qui dicat: “ Redde! ”.	22 This is a people despoiled and plundered, all of them trapped in holes, hidden away in prisons. They are taken as booty, with no one to rescue them, as spoil, with no one to demand their return.
23 Quis est in vobis, qui audiat hoc, attendat et auscultet futura?	23 Who of you gives ear to this? Who listens and pays heed for the time to come?
24 Quis dedit in direptionem Iacob et Israel vastantibus? Nonne Dominus ipse, cui peccavimus? Et noluerunt in viis eius ambulare et non audierunt legem eius.	24 Who was it that gave Jacob to be plundered, Israel to the despoilers? Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned? In his ways they refused to walk, his law they disobeyed.
25 Et effudit super eum indignationem furoris sui et forte bellum. Et combussit eum in circuitu, et non cognovit; et succendit eum, et non intellexit.	25 So he poured out wrath upon them, his anger, and the fury of battle; It blazed round about them, yet they did not realize, it burned them, but they took it not to heart.