Isaiæ 10

VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Væ qui condunt leges iniquas, et scribentes injustitiam scripserunt,	1 Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and who write oppressive decrees,
2 ut opprimerent in judicio pauperes, et vim facerent causæ humilium populi mei ; ut essent viduæ præda eorum, et pupillos diriperent.	2 Depriving the needy of judgment and robbing my people's poor of their rights, Making widows their plunder, and orphans their prey!
3 Quid facietis in die visitationis, et calamitatis de longe venientis ? ad cujus confugietis auxilium ? et ubi derelinquetis gloriam vestram,	3 What will you do on the day of punishment, when ruin comes from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth,
4 ne incurvemini sub vinculo, et cum interfectis cadatis ? Super omnibus his non est aversus furor ejus, sed adhuc manus ejus extenta.	4 Lest it sink beneath the captive or fall beneath the slain? For all this, his wrath is not turned back, his hand is still outstretched!
5 Væ Assur ! virga furoris mei et baculus ipse est ; in manu eorum indignatio mea.	5 Woe to Assyria! My rod in anger, my staff in wrath.
6 Ad gentem fallacem mittam eum, et contra populum furoris mei mandabo illi, ut auferat spolia, et diripiat prædam, et ponat illum in conculcationem quasi lutum platearum.	6 Against an impious nation I send him, and against a people under my wrath I order him To seize plunder, carry off loot, and tread them down like the mud of the streets.
7 Ipse autem non sic arbitrabitur, et cor ejus non ita existimabit ; sed ad conterendum erit cor ejus, et ad internecionem gentium non paucarum.	7 But this is not what he intends, nor does he have this in mind; Rather, it is in his heart to destroy, to make an end of nations not a few.
8 Dicet enim :	8 "Are not my commanders all kings?" he says,
9 Numquid non principes mei simul reges sunt ? numquid non ut Charcamis, sic Calano ? et ut Arphad, sic Emath ? numquid non ut Damascus, sic Samaria ?	9 "Is not Calno like Carchemish, Or Hamath like Arpad, or Samaria like Damascus?
10 Quomodo invenit manus mea regna idoli, sic et simulacra eorum de Jerusalem et de Samaria.	10 Just as my hand reached out to idolatrous kingdoms that had more images than Jerusalem and Samaria,
11 Numquid non sicut feci Samariæ et idolis ejus, sic faciam Jerusalem et simulacris ejus ?	11 Just as I treated Samaria and her idols, shall I not do to Jerusalem and her graven images?"
12 Et erit, cum impleverit Dominus cuncta opera sua in monte Sion et in Jerusalem, visitabo super fructum magnifici cordis regis Assur, et super gloriam altitudinis oculorum ejus.	12 (But when the LORD has brought to an end all his work on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, I will punish the utterance of the king of Assyria's proud heart,
13 Dixit enim : In fortitudine manus meæ feci, et in sapientia mea intellexi ; et abstuli terminos populorum, et principes eorum deprædatus sum, et detraxi quasi potens in sublimi residentes.	13 and the boastfulness of his haughty eyes. For he says:) "By my own power I have done it, and by my wisdom, for I am shrewd. I have moved the boundaries of peoples, their treasures I have pillaged, and, like a giant, I have put down the enthroned.
14 Et invenit quasi nidum manus mea fortitudinem populorum ; et sicut colliguntur ova quæ derelicta sunt, sic universam terram ego congregavi ; et non fuit qui moveret pennam, et aperiret os, et ganniret.	14 My hand has seized like a nest the riches of nations; As one takes eggs left alone, so I took in all the earth; No one fluttered a wing, or opened a mouth, or chirped!"
15 Numquid gloriabitur securis contra eum qui secat in ea ? aut exaltabitur serra contra eum a quo trahitur ? Quomodo si elevetur virga contra elevantem se, et exaltetur baculus, qui utique lignum est.	15 Will the axe boast against him who hews with it? Will the saw exalt itself above him who wields it? As if a rod could sway him who lifts it, or a staff him who is not wood!
16 Propter hoc mittet Dominator, Dominus exercituum, in pinguibus ejus tenuitatem ; et subtus gloriam ejus succensa ardebit quasi combustio ignis.	16 Therefore the Lord, the LORD of hosts, will send among his fat ones leanness, And instead of his glory there will be kindling like the kindling of fire.
17 Et erit lumen Israël in igne, et Sanctus ejus in flamma ; et succendetur, et devorabitur spina ejus et vepres in die una.	17 The Light of Israel will become a fire, Israel's Holy One a flame, That burns and consumes his briers and his thorns in a single day.
18 Et gloria saltus ejus, et carmeli ejus, ab anima usque ad carnem consumetur ; et erit terrore profugus.	18 His splendid forests and orchards will be consumed, soul and body;
19 Et reliquiæ ligni saltus ejus præ paucitate numerabuntur, et puer scribet eos.	19 And the remnant of the trees in his forest will be so few, Like poles set up for signals, that any boy can record them.
20 Et erit in die illa : non adjiciet residuum Israël, et hi qui fugerint de domo Jacob, inniti super eo qui percutit eos ; sed innitetur super Dominum, Sanctum Israël, in veritate.	20 On that day The remnant of Israel, the survivors of the house of Jacob, will no more lean upon him who struck them; But they lean upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
21 Reliquiæ convertentur ; reliquiæ, inquam, Jacob ad Deum fortem.	21 A remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God.
22 Si enim fuerit populus tuus, Israël, quasi arena maris, reliquiæ convertentur ex eo ; consummatio abbreviata inundabit justitiam.	22 For though your people, O Israel, were like the sand of the sea, Only a remnant of them will return; their destruction is decreed as overwhelming justice demands.
23 Consummationem enim et abbreviationem Dominus Deus exercituum faciet in medio omnis terræ.	23 Yes, the destruction he has decreed, the Lord, the GOD of hosts, will carry out within the whole land.
24 Propter hoc, hæc dicit Dominus Deus exercituum : Noli timere, populus meus, habitator Sion, ab Assur : in virga percutiet te, et baculum suum levabit super te, in via Ægypti.	24 Therefore thus says the Lord, the GOD of hosts: O my people, who dwell in Zion, do not fear the Assyrian, though he strikes you with a rod, and raises his staff against you.
25 Adhuc enim paululum modicumque, et consummabitur indignatio et furor meus super scelus eorum.	25 For only a brief moment more, and my anger shall be over; but them I will destroy in wrath.
26 Et suscitabit super eum Dominus exercituum flagellum, juxta plagam Madian in petra Oreb : et virgam suam super mare, et levabit eam in via Ægypti.	26 Then the LORD of hosts will raise against them a scourge such as struck Midian at the rock of Oreb; and he will raise his staff over the sea as he did against Egypt.
27 Et erit in die illa : auferetur onus ejus de humero tuo et jugum ejus de collo tuo, et computrescet jugum a facie olei.	27 On that day, His burden shall be taken from your shoulder, and his yoke shattered from your neck. He has come up from the direction of Rimmon,
28 Veniet in Ajath, transibit in Magron, apud Machmas commendabit vasa sua.	28 he has reached Aiath, passed through Migron, at Michmash his supplies are stored.
29 Transierunt cursim, Gaba sedes nostra ; obstupuit Rama, Gabaath Saulis fugit.	29 They cross the ravine: "We will spend the night at Geba." Ramah is in terror, Gibeah of Saul has fled.
30 Hinni voce tua, filia Gallim, attende Laisa, paupercula Anathoth.	30 Cry and shriek, O daughter of Gallim! Hearken, Laishah! Answer her, Anathoth!
31 Migravit Medemena ; habitatores Gabim, confortamini.	31 Madmenah is in flight, the inhabitants of Gebim seek refuge.
32 Adhuc dies est ut in Nobe stetur ; agitabit manum suam super montem filiæ Sion, collem Jerusalem.	32 Even today he will halt at Nob, he will shake his fist at the mount of daughter Zion, the hill of Jerusalem!
33 Ecce Dominator, Dominus exercituum, confringet lagunculam in terrore ; et excelsi statura succidentur, et sublimes humiliabuntur.	33 Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, lops off the boughs with terrible violence; The tall of stature are felled, and the lofty ones brought low;
34 Et subvertentur condensa saltus ferro ; et Libanus cum excelsis cadet.	34 The forest thickets are felled with the axe, and Lebanon in its splendor falls.