Isaiæ 51

VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Audite me, qui sequimini quod justum est, et quæritis Dominum ; attendite ad petram unde excisi estis, et ad cavernam laci de qua præcisi estis.	1 Listen to me, you who pursue justice, who seek the LORD; Look to the rock from which you were hewn, to the pit from which you were quarried;
2 Attendite ad Abraham, patrem vestrum, et ad Saram, quæ peperit vos : quia unum vocavi eum, et benedixi ei, et multiplicavi eum.	2 Look to Abraham, your father, and to Sarah, who gave you birth; When he was but one I called him, I blessed him and made him many.
3 Consolabitur ergo Dominus Sion, et consolabitur omnes ruinas ejus : et ponet desertum ejus quasi delicias, et solitudinem ejus quasi hortum Domini. Gaudium et lætitia invenietur in ea, gratiarum actio et vox laudis.	3 Yes, the LORD shall comfort Zion and have pity on all her ruins; Her deserts he shall make like Eden, her wasteland like the garden of the LORD; Joy and gladness shall be found in her, thanksgiving and the sound of song.
4 Attendite ad me, popule meus, et tribus mea, me audite : quia lex a me exiet, et judicium meum in lucem populorum requiescet.	4 Be attentive to me, my people; my folk, give ear to me. For law shall go forth from my presence, and my judgment, as the light of the peoples.
5 Prope est justus meus, egressus est salvator meus, et brachia mea populos judicabunt ; me insulæ exspectabunt, et brachium meum sustinebunt.	5 I will make my justice come speedily; my salvation shall go forth (and my arm shall judge the nations); In me shall the coastlands hope, and my arm they shall await.
6 Levate in cælum oculos vestros, et videte sub terra deorsum : quia cæli sicut fumus liquescent, et terra sicut vestimentum atteretur, et habitatores ejus sicut hæc interibunt : salus autem mea in sempiternum erit, et justitia mea non deficiet.	6 Raise your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth below; Though the heavens grow thin like smoke, the earth wears out like a garment and its inhabitants die like flies, My salvation shall remain forever and my justice shall never be dismayed.
7 Audite me, qui scitis justum, populus meus, lex mea in corde eorum : nolite timere opprobrium hominum, et blasphemias eorum ne metuatis :	7 Hear me, you who know justice, you people who have my teaching at heart: Fear not the reproach of men, be not dismayed at their revilings.
8 sicut enim vestimentum, sic comedet eos vermis, et sicut lanam, sic devorabit eos tinea : salus autem mea in sempiternum erit, et justitia mea in generationes generationum.	8 They shall be like a garment eaten by moths, like wool consumed by grubs; But my justice shall remain forever and my salvation, for all generations.
9 Consurge, consurge, induere fortitudinem, brachium Domini ! consurge sicut in diebus antiquis, in generationibus sæculorum. Numquid non tu percussisti superbum, vulnerasti draconem ?	9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD! Awake as in the days of old, in ages long ago! Was it not you who crushed Rahab, you who pierced the dragon?
10 numquid non tu siccasti mare, aquam abyssi vehementis ; qui posuisti profundum maris viam, ut transirent liberati ?	10 Was it not you who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, Who made the depths of the sea into a way for the redeemed to pass over?
11 Et nunc qui redempti sunt a Domino, revertentur, et venient in Sion laudantes, et lætitia sempiterna super capita eorum : gaudium et lætitiam tenebunt ; fugiet dolor et gemitus.	11 Those whom the LORD has ransomed will return and enter Zion singing, crowned with everlasting joy; They will meet with joy and gladness, sorrow and mourning will flee.
12 Ego, ego ipse consolabor vos. Quis tu, ut timeres ab homine mortali, et a filio hominis qui quasi fœnum ita arescet ?	12 I, it is I who comfort you. Can you then fear mortal man, who is human only, to be looked upon as grass,
13 Et oblitus es Domini, factoris tui, qui tetendit cælos et fundavit terram ; et formidasti jugiter tota die a facie furoris ejus qui te tribulabat, et paraverat ad perdendum. Ubi nunc est furor tribulantis ?	13 And forget the LORD, your maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth? All the day you are in constant dread of the fury of the oppressor; But when he sets himself to destroy, what is there of the oppressor's fury?
14 Cito veniet gradiens ad aperiendum ; et non interficiet usque ad internecionem, nec deficiet panis ejus.	14 The oppressed shall soon be released; they shall not die and go down into the pit, nor shall they want for bread.
15 Ego autem sum Dominus Deus tuus, qui conturbo mare, et intumescunt fluctus ejus : Dominus exercituum nomen meum.	15 For I am the LORD, your God, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar; the LORD of hosts by name.
16 Posui verba mea in ore tuo, et in umbra manus meæ protexi te, ut plantes cælos, et fundes terram, et dicas ad Sion : Populus meus es tu.	16 I have put my words into your mouth and shielded you in the shadow of my hand, I, who stretched out the heavens, who laid the foundations of the earth, who say to Zion: You are my people.
17 Elevare, elevare, consurge, Jerusalem, quæ bibisti de manu Domini calicem iræ ejus ; usque ad fundum calicis soporis bibisti, et potasti usque ad fæces.	17 Awake, awake! Arise, O Jerusalem, You who drank at the LORD'S hand the cup of his wrath; Who drained to the dregs the bowl of staggering!
18 Non est qui sustentet eam, ex omnibus filiis quos genuit ; et non est qui apprehendat manum ejus, ex omnibus filiis quos enutrivit.	18 She has no one to guide her of all the sons she bore; She has no one to grasp her by the hand, of all the sons she reared!--
19 Duo sunt quæ occurrerunt tibi ; quis contristabitur super te ? Vastitas, et contritio, et fames, et gladius ; quis consolabitur te ?	19 Your misfortunes are double; who is there to condole with you? Desolation and destruction, famine and sword! Who is there to comfort you?
20 Filii tui projecti sunt, dormierunt in capite omnium viarum sicut oryx illaqueatus, pleni indignatione Domini, increpatione Dei tui.	20 Your sons lie helpless at every street corner like antelopes in a net. They are filled with the wrath of the LORD, the rebuke of your God.
21 Idcirco audi hoc, paupercula, et ebria non a vino.	21 But now, hear this, O afflicted one, drunk, but not with wine,
22 Hæc dicit dominator tuus Dominus, et Deus tuus, qui pugnabit pro populo suo : Ecce tuli de manu tua calicem soporis, fundum calicis indignationis meæ : non adjicies ut bibas illum ultra.	22 Thus says the LORD, your Master, your God, who defends his people: See, I am taking from your hand the cup of staggering; The bowl of my wrath you shall no longer drink.
23 Et ponam illum in manu eorum qui te humiliaverunt, et dixerunt animæ tuæ : Incurvare, ut transeamus ; et posuisti ut terram corpus tuum, et quasi viam transeuntibus.	23 I will put it into the hands of your tormentors, those who ordered you to bow down, that they might walk over you, While you offered your back like the ground, like the street for them to walk on.