Isaiæ 42

VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Ecce servus meus, suscipiam eum ; electus meus, complacuit sibi in illo anima mea : dedi spiritum meum super eum : judicium 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 accipiet personam, nec audietur vox ejus foris.	2 Not crying out, not shouting, not making his voice heard in the street.
3 Calamum quassatum non conteret, et linum fumigans non extinguet : in veritate educet judicium.	3 A bruised reed he shall not break, and a smoldering wick he shall not quench,
4 Non erit tristis, neque turbulentus, donec ponat in terra judicium ; et legem ejus insulæ exspectabunt.	4 Until he establishes justice on the earth; the coastlands will wait for his teaching.
5 Hæc dicit Dominus Deus, creans cælos, et extendens eos ; firmans terram, et quæ 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 justitia, et apprehendi manum tuam, et servavi te : et dedi te in fœdus 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 cæcorum, 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 ; 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 Quæ 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 ejus ab extremis terræ, qui descenditis in mare, et plenitudo ejus ; insulæ, 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 Sublevetur desertum et civitates ejus. In domibus habitabit Cedar : laudate, habitatores petræ ; de vertice montium clamabunt.	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 Ponent Domino gloriam, et laudem ejus in insulis nuntiabunt.	12 Let them give glory to the LORD, and utter his praise in the coastlands.
13 Dominus sicut fortis egredietur, sicut vir præliator suscitabit zelum ; vociferabitur, et clamabit : super inimicos suos confortabitur.	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 loquar ; dissipabo, et absorbebo 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 cæcos in viam quam nesciunt, et in semitis quas ignoraverunt ambulare eos faciam ; ponam tenebras coram eis in lucem, et prava in recta ; hæc verba feci eis, et non dereliqui 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 cæci, intuemini ad videndum.	18 You who are deaf, listen, you who are blind, look and see!
19 Quis cæcus, nisi servus meus ; et surdus, nisi ad quem nuntios meos misi ? quis cæcus, nisi qui venundatus est ? et quis cæcus, nisi servus Domini ?	19 Who is blind but my servant, or deaf like the messenger I send?
20 Qui vides multa, nonne custodies ? qui apertas habes aures, nonne audies ?	20 You see many things without taking note; your ears are open, but without hearing.
21 Et Dominus voluit ut sanctificaret eum, et magnificaret legem, et extolleret.	21 Though it pleased the LORD in his justice to make his law great and glorious,
22 Ipse autem populus direptus, et vastatus ; laqueus juvenum 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 Jacob, et Israël vastantibus ? nonne Dominus ipse, cui peccavimus ? Et noluerunt in viis ejus ambulare, et non audierunt legem ejus.	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.