Isaia 57

NOVA VULGATA	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Iustus perit, et non est qui recogitet in corde suo; et viri misericordiae colliguntur, tamen non est qui intellegat: a facie enim malitiae collectus est iustus.	1 The upright person perishes and no one cares. The faithful is taken off and no one takes it to heart.Yes, because of the evil times the upright is taken off;
2 In pacem ingreditur, requiescit in cubili suo, qui ambulat in directione sua.	2 he wil enter peace, and those who fol ow the right way wil find rest on their beds.
3 Vos autem accedite huc, filii auguratricis, semen adulteri et fornicariae.	3 But you, you children of a witch, come here, adulterous race prostituting yourselves!
4 Super quem luditis? Super quem dilatatis os et eicitis linguam? Numquid non vos filii scelesti, semen mendax,	4 At whom are you jeering, at whom are you making faces and sticking out your tongue? Are you not thespawn of rebel ion, a lying race?
5 qui exardescitis in terebinthis subter omne lignum frondosum, immolantes parvulos in vallibus subter scissuras petrarum?	5 Lusting among the terebinths, and under every spreading tree, sacrificing children in the ravines, belowthe clefts in the rocks.
6 In partibus vallis pars tua, hae sunt sors tua; et ipsis effundisti libamen, obtulisti sacrificium. Numquid super his consolabor?	6 The smooth stones of the ravines wil be your portion, yes, these wil be your lot. To these you havepoured libations, have brought your cereal offering. Can al this appease me?
7 Super montem excelsum et sublimem posuisti cubile tuum, et illuc ascendisti, ut immolares hostias.	7 On a mountain high and lofty you have put your bed. Thither, too, you have climbed to offer sacrifice.
8 Et post ostium et postem posuisti memoriale tuum; nam longe a me discooperuisti et ascendisti, dilatasti cubile tuum, et pepigisti cum eis foedus; dilexisti stratum eorum, manum respexisti.	8 Behind door and doorpost you have set your reminder. Yes, far from me, you exposed yourself,climbed on to your bed, and made the most of it. You struck a profitable bargain with those whose bed you love,whoring with them often, with your eyes on the sacred symbol.
9 Et ingressa es ad regem cum unguento et multiplicasti pigmenta tua; misisti legatos tuos procul et humiliata es usque ad inferos.	9 You went to Molech with oil, you were prodigal with your perfumes; you sent your envoys far afield,down to Sheol itself.
10 In multitudine viae tuae laborasti; non dixisti: “ Vanum est! ”. Vitam manus tuae invenisti, propterea non aegrotasti.	10 Though tired by so much travel ing, you never said, 'It is no use.' Finding your strength revive, younever gave up.
11 Pro quo sollicita timuisti, quia mentita es et mei non es recordata neque cogitasti in corde tuo? Nonne, quia ego tacui et longo tempore, me non times?	11 Who was it you dreaded, and feared, that you should betray me, no longer remember me and notspare a thought for me? Was I not silent for a long time? So you cannot have been afraid of me.
12 Ego annuntiabo iustitiam tuam et opera tua, quae non proderunt tibi.	12 Now I shall expose this uprightness of yours, and little good it did you.
13 Cum clamaveris, liberent te lucra tua; et omnia illa auferet ventus, tollet aura. Qui autem fiduciam habet in me, hereditabit terram et possidebit montem sanctum meum.	13 When you cry for help, let those thronging round you save you! The wind wil carry them al away, onepuff wil take them off. But whoever trusts in me wil inherit the country, he wil own my holy mountain.
14 Et dicent: “ Sternite, sternite, parate viam, auferte offendicula de via populi mei ”.	14 Then it wil be said: Level up, level up, clear the way, remove the obstacle from my people's way,
15 Quia haec dicit Excelsus et Sublimis, habitans aeternitatem, et sanctum nomen eius: “ Excelsus et sanctus habito et cum contrito et humili spiritu, ut vivificem spiritum humilium et vivificem cor contritorum.	15 for thus says the High and Exalted One who lives eternal y and whose name is holy, 'I live in the holyheights but I am with the contrite and humble, to revive the spirit of the humble, to revive the heart of the contrite.
16 Non enim in sempiternum litigabo neque usque ad finem irascar, quia spiritus a facie mea deficeret, halitus, quem ego feci.	16 'For I do not want to be forever accusing nor always to be angry, or the spirit would fail under myonslaught, the souls that I myself have made.
17 Propter iniquitatem avaritiae eius iratus sum et percussi eum, abscondi faciem meam et indignatus sum; et abiit vagus in via cordis sui.	17 'Angered by his wicked cupidity, I hid and struck him in anger, but he rebelliously went the way of hischoice.
18 Vias eius vidi et sanabo eum et reducam eum et reddam consolationes ipsi et lugentibus eius.	18 'I saw how he behaved, but I shal heal him, I shal lead him, fil him with consolation, him and thosewho mourn for him,
19 Creo fructum labiorum pacem; pacem ei, qui longe est et qui prope, dixit Dominus, et sanabo eum ”.	19 bringing praise to their lips. Peace, peace to far and near, Yahweh says, and I shall heal him.'
20 Impii autem quasi mare fervens, quod quiescere non potest, et redundant fluctus eius in limum et lutum.	20 The wicked, however, are like the restless sea that cannot be stil , whose waters throw up mud anddirt.
21 Non est pax impiis, dicit Deus meus.	21 'No peace', says Yahweh, 'for the wicked.'