Isaia 44

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1 Et nunc audi, Iacob serve meus, et Israel, quem elegi.	1 Hear then, O Jacob, my servant, Israel, whom I have chosen.
2 Haec dicit Dominus, qui fecit te et formavit te ab utero, auxiliator tuus: “ Noli timere, serve meus Iacob, et dilecte, quem elegi.	2 Thus says the LORD who made you, your help, who formed you from the womb: Fear not, O Jacob, my servant, the darling whom I have chosen.
3 Effundam enim aquas super terram sitientem et fluenta super aridam; effundam spiritum meum super semen tuum et benedictionem meam super stirpem tuam:	3 I will pour out water upon the thirsty ground, and streams upon the dry land; I will pour out my spirit upon your offspring, and my blessing upon your descendants.
4 et germinabunt inter herbas quasi salices iuxta praeterfluentes aquas.	4 They shall spring up amid the verdure like poplars beside the flowing waters.
5 Iste dicet: “Domini ego sum”, et ille vocabit se nomine Iacob; et hic scribet manu sua: “Domino”, et inscribetur nomine Israel ”.	5 One shall say, "I am the LORD'S," another shall be named after Jacob, And this one shall write on his hand, "The LORD'S," and Israel shall be his surname.
6 Haec dicit Dominus, rex Israel et redemptor eius, Dominus exercituum: “ Ego primus et ego novissimus, et absque me non est Deus.	6 Thus says the LORD, Israel's King and redeemer, the LORD of hosts: I am the first and I am the last; there is no God but me.
7 Quis similis mei? Conclamet et annuntiet et exponat mihi, ex quo constitui populum antiquum; ventura et, quae futura sunt, annuntiet nobis.	7 Who is like me? Let him stand up and speak, make it evident, and confront me with it. Who of old announced future events? Let them foretell to us the things to come.
8 Nolite timere neque conturbemini; nonne ex tunc audire te feci et annuntiavi? Vos estis testes mei. Numquid est Deus absque me aut Petra, quam ego non noverim? ”.	8 Fear not, be not troubled: did I not announce and foretell it long ago? You are my witnesses! Is there a God or any Rock besides me?
9 Plastae idoli omnes nihil sunt, et pretiosa eorum non proderunt eis; testeseorum non vident neque intellegunt, ut confundantur.	9 Idol makers all amount to nothing, and their precious works are of no avail, as they themselves give witness. To their shame, they neither see nor know anything; and they are more deaf than men are.
10 Quis formavit deum etsculptile conflavit lucrum non quaerens?	10 Indeed, all the associates of anyone who forms a god, or casts an idol to no purpose, will be put to shame;
11 Ecce omnes participes eiusconfundentur; fabri enim sunt ex hominibus: conveniant omnes, stent; pavebunt,confundentur simul.	11 they will all assemble and stand forth, to be reduced to fear and shame.
12 Faber ferrarius securim operatur in prunis et in malleisformat illam et polit eam in brachio fortitudinis suae; esurit et deficit, nonbibit aquam et lassescit.	12 The smith fashions an iron image, works it over the coals, shapes it with hammers, and forges it with his strong arm. He is hungry and weak, drinks no water and becomes exhausted.
13 Artifex lignarius extendit normam, describit illud stilo, operatur illudscalpellis et circino describit illud quasi imaginem viri, quasi speciosumhominem, qui resideat in domo.	13 The carpenter stretches a line and marks with a stylus the outline of an idol. He shapes it with a plane and measures it off with a compass, making it like a man in appearance and dignity, to occupy a shrine.
14 Succidit sibi cedros et arripit ilicem etquercum, quae steterat inter ligna saltus; plantavit pinum, quam pluvianutrivit.	14 He cuts down cedars, takes a holm or an oak, and lays hold of other trees of the forest, which the Lord had planted and the rain made grow
15 Homini facta sunt ad comburendum; sumit ex eis, ut calefaciat, etsuccendit et coquit panes. De reliquo autem operatur deum et adorat; facitsculptile et curvatur ante illud.	15 to serve man for fuel. With a part of their wood he warms himself, or makes a fire for baking bread; but with another part he makes a god which he adores, an idol which he worships.
16 Medium eius comburit igne et medio eiuscarnes assat, manducat assaturam et saturatur et calefit et dicit: “ Vah,calefactus sum, vidi focum ”.	16 Half of it he burns in the fire, and on its embers he roasts his meat; he eats what he has roasted until he is full, and then warms himself and says, "Ah! I am warm, I feel the fire."
17 Reliquum autem eius deum fecit, sculptilesibi; curvatur ante illud et adorat illud et obsecrat dicens: “ Libera me,quia deus meus es tu ”.	17 Of what remains he makes a god, his idol, and prostrate before it in worship, he implores it, "Rescue me, for you are my god."
18 Nescierunt neque intellexerunt; nam clausit oculos eorum, ne videant et neintellegant corde suo.	18 The idols have neither knowledge nor reason; their eyes are coated so that they cannot see, and their hearts so that they cannot understand.
19 Non recogitant in corde suo, scientia et intellegentiacarent, ut dicant: “ Medietatem eius combussi igne et coxi super carbones eiuspanes, coxi carnes et comedi et de reliquo eius abominationem faciam; antetruncum ligni procidam? ”.	19 Yet he does not reflect, nor have the intelligence and sense to say, "Half of the wood I burned in the fire, and on its embers I baked bread and roasted meat which I ate. Shall I then make an abomination out of the rest, or worship a block of wood?"
20 Cinere vescitur; cor insipiens decepit eum, etnon liberabit animam suam neque dicet: “ Nonne mendacium est in dextera mea?”.	20 He is chasing ashes-a thing that cannot save itself when the flame consumes it; yet he does not say, "Is not this thing in my right hand a fraud?"
21 Memento horum, Iacob, et Israel, quoniam servus meus es tu; formavi te, servus meus es tu, Israel, non decipies me.	21 Remember this, O Jacob, you, O Israel, who are my servant! I formed you to be a servant to me; O Israel, by me you shall never be forgotten:
22 Delevi ut nubem iniquitates tuas et quasi nebulam peccata tua; revertere ad me, quoniam redemi te.	22 I have brushed away your offenses like a cloud, your sins like a mist; return to me, for I have redeemed you.
23 Exsultate, caeli, quoniam hoc fecit Dominus; iubilate, fundamenta terrae, resonate, montes, laudationem, saltus et omne lignum eius, quoniam redemit Dominus Iacob et in Israel glorificabitur.	23 Raise a glad cry, you heavens: the LORD has done this; shout, you depths of the earth. Break forth, you mountains, into song, you forest, with all your trees. For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and shows his glory through Israel.
24 Haec dicit Dominus, redemptor tuus et formator tuus ex utero: “ Ego sum Dominus, qui feci omnia, extendi caelos solus, expandi terram; et quis mecum?	24 Thus says the LORD, your redeemer, who formed you from the womb: I am the LORD, who made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens; when I spread out the earth, who was with me?
25 Qui irrita facio signa divinorum et hariolos stultos reddo; compello sapientes retrorsum et scientiam eorum vanam facio;	25 It is I who bring to nought the omens of liars, who make fools of diviners; I turn wise men back and make their knowledge foolish.
26 qui suscito verbum servi mei et consilium nuntiorum meorum compleo. Qui dico Ierusalem: “Habitaberis” et civitatibus Iudae: “Aedificabimini” et deserta eius suscitabo;	26 It is I who confirm the words of my servants, I carry out the plan announced by my messengers; I say to Jerusalem: Be inhabited; to the cities of Judah: Be rebuilt; I will raise up their ruins.
27 qui dico profundo: “Desolare, et flumina tua arefaciam”;	27 It is I who said to the deep: Be dry; I will dry up your wellsprings.
28 qui dico de Cyro: “Pastor meus est et omnem voluntatem meam complebit”; qui dico Ierusalem: “Aedificaberis”, et templo: “Fundaberis” ”.	28 I say of Cyrus: My shepherd, who fulfills my every wish; He shall say of Jerusalem, "Let her be rebuilt," and of the temple, "Let its foundations be laid."