Isaiæ 47

NOVA VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Descende, sede in pulvere, virgo filia Babylon; sede in terra sine solio, filia Chaldaeorum, quia ultra non vocaberis mollis et tenera.	1 Come down, sit in the dust, O virgin daughter Babylon; Sit on the ground, dethroned, O daughter of the Chaldeans. No longer shall you be called dainty and delicate.
2 Tolle molam et mole farinam; depone velum tuum, subleva stolam, revela crura, transi flumina.	2 Take the millstone and grind flour, remove your veil; Strip off your train, bare your legs, pass through the streams.
3 Revelabitur ignominia tua, et videbitur opprobrium tuum. “ Ultionem capiam, nemini parcam ”,	3 Your nakedness shall be uncovered and your shame be seen; I will take vengeance, I will yield to no entreaty, says our redeemer,
4 dicit Redemptor noster, Dominus exercituum nomen illius, Sanctus Israel.	4 Whose name is the LORD of hosts, the Holy One of Israel.
5 Sede tacens et intra in tenebras, filia Chaldaeorum, quia non vocaberis ultra Domina regnorum.	5 Go into darkness and sit in silence, O daughter of the Chaldeans, No longer shall you be called sovereign mistress of kingdoms.
6 Iratus sum super populum meum, contaminavi hereditatem meam et dedi eos in manu tua; non posuisti eis misericordias, super senem aggravasti iugum tuum valde	6 Angry at my people, I profaned my inheritance, And I gave them into your hand; but you showed them no mercy, And upon old men you laid a very heavy yoke.
7 et dixisti: “ In sempiternum ero domina ”. Non posuisti haec super cor tuum neque recordata es novissimi tui.	7 You said, "I shall remain always, a sovereign mistress forever!" But you did not lay these things to heart, you disregarded their outcome.
8 Et nunc audi haec, delicata, quae habitas confidenter et dicis in corde tuo: “ Ego, et praeter me non est altera, non sedebo vidua et orbitatem ignorabo”.	8 Now hear this, voluptuous one, enthroned securely, Saying to yourself, "I, and no one else! I shall never be a widow, or suffer the loss of my children"--
9 Venient tibi duo haec subito in die una, orbitas et viduitas; repente venerunt super te propter multitudinem maleficiorum tuorum, propter abundantiam incantationum tuarum.	9 Both these things shall come to you suddenly, in a single day: Complete bereavement and widowhood shall come upon you For your many sorceries and the great number of your spells;
10 Et fiduciam habuisti in malitia tua et dixisti: “ Non est qui videat me ”. Sapientia tua et scientia tua, haec decepit te. Et dixisti in corde tuo: “ Ego, et praeter me non est altera ”.	10 Because you felt secure in your wickedness, and said, "No one sees me." Your wisdom and your knowledge led you astray, And you said to yourself, "I, and no one else!"
11 Veniet super te malum, et nescies avertere; et irruet super te calamitas, quam non poteris expiare; veniet super te repente miseria, quam nescies.	11 But upon you shall come evil you will not know how to predict; Disaster shall befall you which you cannot allay. Suddenly there shall come upon you ruin which you will not expect.
12 Sta cum incantationibus tuis et cum multitudine maleficiorum tuorum, in quibus laborasti ab adulescentia tua: forte poteris iuvari, forte terrebis.	12 Keep up, now, your spells and your many sorceries. Perhaps you can make them avail, perhaps you can strike terror!
13 Defecisti in multitudine consiliorum tuorum; stent et salvent te, qui metiuntur caelum, qui contemplantur sidera et annuntiant singulis noviluniis ventura tibi.	13 You wearied yourself with many consultations, at which you toiled from your youth; Let the astrologers stand forth to save you, the stargazers who forecast at each new moon what would happen to you.
14 Ecce facti sunt quasi stipula, ignis combussit eos. Non liberabunt seipsos de manu flammae; non sunt prunae, quibus calefiant, nec focus, ut sedeant ad eum.	14 Lo, they are like stubble, fire consumes them; They cannot save themselves from the spreading flames. This is no warming ember, no fire to sit before.
15 Sic fiunt tibi incantatores tui, in quibuscumque laborasti ab adulescentia tua; unusquisque in via sua errat, non est qui salvet te.	15 Thus do your wizards serve you with whom you have toiled from your youth; Each wanders his own way, with none to save you.