Isaiæ 41

VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Taceant ad me insulæ, et gentes mutent fortitudinem : accedant, et tunc loquantur ; simul ad judicium propinquemus.	1 Keep silence before me, O coastlands; you peoples, wait for my words! Let them draw near and speak; let us come together for judgment.
2 Quis suscitavit ab oriente Justum, vocavit eum ut sequeretur se ? Dabit in conspectu ejus gentes, et reges obtinebit : dabit quasi pulverem gladio ejus, sicut stipulam vento raptam arcui ejus.	2 Who has stirred up from the East the champion of justice, and summoned him to be his attendant? To him he delivers the nations and subdues the kings; With his sword he reduces them to dust, with his bow, to driven straw.
3 Persequetur eos, transibit in pace : semita in pedibus ejus non apparebit.	3 He pursues them, passing on without loss, by a path his feet do not even tread.
4 Quis hæc operatus est, et fecit, vocans generationes ab exordio ? Ego Dominus : primus et novissimus ego sum.	4 Who has performed these deeds? He who has called forth the generations since the beginning. I, the LORD, am the first, and with the last I will also be.
5 Viderunt insulæ, et timuerunt ; extrema terræ obstupuerunt : appropinquaverunt, et accesserunt.	5 The coastlands see, and fear; the ends of the earth tremble: these things are near, they come to pass.
6 Unusquisque proximo suo auxiliabitur, et fratri suo dicet : Confortare.
7 Confortavit faber ærarius percutiens malleo eum, qui cudebat tunc temporis, dicens : Glutino bonum est ; et confortavit eum clavis, ut non moveretur.
8 Et tu, Israël, serve meus, Jacob quem elegi, semen Abraham amici mei :	8 But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, offspring of Abraham my friend--
9 in quo apprehendi te ab extremis terræ, et a longinquis ejus vocavi te, et dixi tibi : Servus meus es tu : elegi te, et non abjeci te.	9 You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth and summoned from its far-off places, You whom I have called my servant, whom I have chosen and will not cast off--
10 Ne timeas, quia ego tecum sum ; ne declines, quia ego Deus tuus : confortavi te, et auxiliatus sum tibi, et suscepit te dextera Justi mei.	10 Fear not, I am with you; be not dismayed; I am your God. I will strengthen you, and help you, and uphold you with my right hand of justice.
11 Ecce confundentur et erubescent omnes qui pugnant adversum te ; erunt quasi non sint, et peribunt viri qui contradicunt tibi.	11 Yes, all shall be put to shame and disgrace who vent their anger against you; Those shall perish and come to nought who offer resistance.
12 Quæres eos, et non invenies, viros rebelles tuos ; erunt quasi non sint, et veluti consumptio homines bellantes adversum te.	12 You shall seek out, but shall not find, those who strive against you; They shall be as nothing at all who do battle with you.
13 Quia ego Dominus Deus tuus, apprehendens manum tuam, dicensque tibi : Ne timeas : ego adjuvi te.	13 For I am the LORD, your God, who grasp your right hand; It is I who say to you, "Fear not, I will help you."
14 Noli timere, vermis Jacob, qui mortui estis ex Israël : ego auxiliatus sum tibi, dicit Dominus, et redemptor tuus Sanctus Israël.	14 Fear not, O worm Jacob, O maggot Israel; I will help you, says the LORD; your redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
15 Ego posui te quasi plaustrum triturans novum, habens rostra serrantia ; triturabis montes, et comminues, et colles quasi pulverem pones.	15 I will make of you a threshing sledge, sharp, new, and double-edged, To thresh the mountains and crush them, to make the hills like chaff.
16 Ventilabis eos, et ventus tollet, et turbo disperget eos ; et tu exsultabis in Domino, in Sancto Israël lætaberis.	16 When you winnow them, the wind shall carry them off and the storm shall scatter them. But you shall rejoice in the LORD, and glory in the Holy One of Israel.
17 Egeni et pauperes quærunt aquas, et non sunt ; lingua eorum siti aruit. Ego Dominus exaudiam eos, Deus Israël, non derelinquam eos.	17 The afflicted and the needy seek water in vain, their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
18 Aperiam in supinis collibus flumina, et in medio camporum fontes : ponam desertum in stagna aquarum, et terram inviam in rivos aquarum.	18 I will open up rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the broad valleys; I will turn the desert into a marshland, and the dry ground into springs of water.
19 Dabo in solitudinem cedrum, et spinam, et myrtum, et lignum olivæ ; ponam in deserto abietem, ulmum, et buxum simul :	19 I will plant in the desert the cedar, acacia, myrtle, and olive; I will set in the wasteland the cypress, together with the plane tree and the pine,
20 ut videant, et sciant, et recogitent, et intelligant pariter, quia manus Domini fecit hoc, et Sanctus Israël creavit illud.	20 That all may see and know, observe and understand, That the hand of the LORD has done this, the Holy One of Israel has created it.
21 Prope facite judicium vestrum, dicit Dominus ; Afferte, si quid forte habetis, dicit rex Jacob.	21 Present your case, says the LORD; bring forward your reasons, says the King of Jacob.
22 Accedant, et nuntient nobis quæcumque ventura sunt ; priora quæ fuerunt, nuntiate, et ponemus cor nostrum, et sciemus novissima eorum ; et quæ ventura sunt, indicate nobis.	22 Let them come near and foretell to us what it is that shall happen! What are the things of long ago? Tell us, that we may reflect on them And know their outcome; or declare to us the things to come!
23 Annuntiate quæ ventura sunt in futurum, et sciemus quia dii estis vos ; bene quoque aut male, si potestis, facite, et loquamur et videamus simul.	23 Foretell the things that shall come afterward, that we may know that you are gods! Do something, good or evil, that will put us in awe and in fear.
24 Ecce vos estis ex nihilo, et opus vestrum ex eo quod non est : abominatio est qui elegit vos.	24 Why, you are nothing and your work is nought! To choose you is an abomination.
25 Suscitavi ab aquilone, et veniet ab ortu solis : vocabit nomen meum, et adducet magistratus quasi lutum, et velut plastes conculcans humum.	25 I have stirred up one from the north, and he comes; from the east I summon him by name; He shall trample the rulers down like red earth, as the potter treads the clay.
26 Quis annuntiavit ab exordio ut sciamus, et a principio ut dicamus : Justus es ? Non est neque annuntians, neque prædicens, neque audiens sermones vestros.	26 Who announced this from the beginning, that we might know; beforehand, that we might say it is true? Not one of you foretold it, not one spoke; no one heard you say,
27 Primus ad Sion dicet : Ecce adsunt, et Jerusalem evangelistam dabo.	27 "The first news for Zion: they are coming now," or, "For Jerusalem I will pick out a bearer of the glad tidings."
28 Et vidi, et non erat neque ex istis quisquam qui iniret consilium, et interrogatus responderet verbum.	28 When I look, there is not one, no one of them to give counsel, to make an answer when I question them.
29 Ecce omnes injusti, et vana opera eorum ; ventus et inane simulacra eorum.	29 Ah, all of them are nothing, their works are nought, their idols are empty wind!