Isaiæ 54

VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Lauda, sterilis, quæ non paris ; decanta laudem, et hinni, quæ non pariebas : quoniam multi filii desertæ magis quam ejus quæ habet virum, dicit Dominus.	1 Raise a glad cry, you barren one who did not bear, break forth in jubilant song, you who were not in labor, For more numerous are the children of the deserted wife than the children of her who has a husband, says the LORD.
2 Dilata locum tentorii tui, et pelles tabernaculorum tuorum extende : ne parcas : longos fac funiculos tuos, et clavos tuos consolida.	2 Enlarge the space for your tent, spread out your tent cloths unsparingly; lengthen your ropes and make firm your stakes.
3 Ad dexteram enim et ad lævam penetrabis, et semen tuum gentes hæreditabit, et civitates desertas inhabitabit.	3 For you shall spread abroad to the right and to the left; Your descendants shall dispossess the nations and shall people the desolate cities.
4 Noli timere, quia non confunderis, neque erubesces ; non enim te pudebit, quia confusionis adolescentiæ tuæ oblivisceris, et opprobrii viduitatis tuæ non recordaberis amplius.	4 Fear not, you shall not be put to shame; you need not blush, for you shall not be disgraced. The shame of your youth you shall forget, the reproach of your widowhood no longer remember.
5 Quia dominabitur tui qui fecit te, Dominus exercituum nomen ejus, et redemptor tuus, Sanctus Israël : Deus omnis terræ vocabitur.	5 For he who has become your husband is your Maker; his name is the LORD of hosts; Your redeemer is the Holy One of Israel, called God of all the earth.
6 Quia ut mulierem derelictam et mœrentem spiritu vocavit te Dominus, et uxorem ab adolescentia abjectam, dixit Deus tuus.	6 The LORD calls you back, like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, A wife married in youth and then cast off, says your God.
7 Ad punctum in modico dereliqui te, et in miserationibus magnis congregabo te.	7 For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with great tenderness I will take you back.
8 In momento indignationis abscondi faciem meam parumper a te ; et in misericordia sempiterna misertus sum tui, dixit redemptor tuus, Dominus.	8 In an outburst of wrath, for a moment I hid my face from you; But with enduring love I take pity on you, says the LORD, your redeemer.
9 Sicut in diebus Noë istud mihi est, cui juravi ne inducerem aquas Noë ultra super terram ; sic juravi ut non irascar tibi, et non increpem te.	9 This is for me like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah should never again deluge the earth; So I have sworn not to be angry with you, or to rebuke you.
10 Montes enim commovebuntur, et colles contremiscent ; misericordia autem mea non recedet a te, et fœdus pacis meæ non movebitur, dixit miserator tuus Dominus.	10 Though the mountains leave their place and the hills be shaken, My love shall never leave you nor my covenant of peace be shaken, says the LORD, who has mercy on you.
11 Paupercula, tempestate convulsa absque ulla consolatione, ecce ego sternam per ordinem lapides tuos, et fundabo te in sapphiris :	11 O afflicted one, storm-battered and unconsoled, I lay your pavements in carnelians, and your foundations in sapphires;
12 et ponam jaspidem propugnacula tua, et portas tuas in lapides sculptos, et omnes terminos tuos in lapides desiderabiles ;	12 I will make your battlements of rubies, your gates of carbuncles, and all your walls of precious stones.
13 universos filios tuos doctos a Domino, et multitudinem pacis filiis tuis.	13 All your sons shall be taught by the LORD, and great shall be the peace of your children.
14 Et in justitia fundaberis : recede procul a calumnia, quia non timebis, et a pavore, quia non appropinquabit tibi.	14 In justice shall you be established, far from the fear of oppression, where destruction cannot come near you.
15 Ecce accola veniet qui non erat mecum, advena quondam tuus adjungetur tibi.	15 Should there be any attack, it shall not be of my making; whoever attacks you shall fall before you.
16 Ecce ego creavi fabrum sufflantem in igne prunas, et proferentem vas in opus suum ; et ego creavi interfectorem ad disperdendum.	16 Lo, I have created the craftsman who blows on the burning coals and forges weapons as his work; It is I also who have created the destroyer to work havoc.
17 Omne vas quod fictum est contra te, non dirigetur, et omnem linguam resistentem tibi in judicio, judicabis. Hæc est hæreditas servorum Domini, et justitia eorum apud me, dicit Dominus.	17 No weapon fashioned against you shall prevail; every tongue you shall prove false that launches an accusation against you. This is the lot of the servants of the LORD, their vindication from me, says the LORD.