Isaiah 21
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1This is the burden against the Desert by the Sea: Like whirlwinds sweeping through the Negev, an invader comes from the desert, from a land of terror.
1Onus deserti maris. [Sicut turbines ab africo veniunt, de deserto venit, de terra horribili.
2A dire vision is declared to me: “The traitor still betrays, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media! I will put an end to all her groaning.”
2Visio dura nuntiata est mihi: qui incredulus est infideliter agit; et qui depopulator est vastat. Ascende, Ælam; obside, Mede; omnem gemitum ejus cessare feci.
3Therefore my body is filled with anguish. Pain grips me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am bewildered to hear, I am dismayed to see.
3Propterea repleti sunt lumbi mei dolore; angustia possedit me sicut angustia parturientis; corrui cum audirem, conturbatus sum cum viderem.
4My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight of my desire has turned to horror.
4Emarcuit cor meum; tenebræ stupefecerunt me: Babylon dilecta mea posita est mihi in miraculum.
5They prepare a table, they lay out a carpet, they eat, they drink! Rise up, O princes, oil the shields!
5Pone mensam, contemplare in specula comedentes et bibentes: surgite, principes, arripite clypeum.
6For this is what the Lord says to me: “Go, post a lookout and have him report what he sees.
6Hæc enim dixit mihi Dominus: Vade, et pone speculatorem, et quodcumque viderit annuntiet.
7When he sees chariots with teams of horsemen, riders on donkeys, riders on camels, he must be alert, fully alert.”
7Et vidit currum duorum equitum, ascensorem asini, et ascensorem cameli; et contemplatus est diligenter multo intuitu.
8Then the lookout shouted: “Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower; night after night I stay at my post.
8Et clamavit leo: Super speculam Domini ego sum, stans jugiter per diem; et super custodiam meam ego sum, stans totis noctibus.
9Look, here come the riders, horsemen in pairs.” And one answered, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”
9Ecce iste venit ascensor vir bigæ equitum; et respondit, et dixit: Cecidit, cecidit Babylon, et omnia sculptilia deorum ejus contrita sunt in terram.
10O my people, crushed on the threshing floor, I tell you what I have heard from the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel.
10Tritura mea et filii areæ meæ, quæ audivi a Domino exercituum, Deo Israël, annuntiavi vobis.]
11This is the burden against Dumah: One calls to me from Seir, “Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night?”
11Onus Duma. [Ad me clamat ex Seir: Custos, quid de nocte? custos, quid de nocte?
12The watchman replies, “Morning has come, but also the night. If you would inquire, then inquire. Come back yet again.”
12Dixit custos: Venit mane et nox; si quæritis, quærite; convertimini, venite.]
13This is the burden against Arabia: In the thickets of Arabia you must lodge, O caravans of Dedanites.
13Onus in Arabia. [In saltu ad vesperam dormietis, in semitis Dedanim.
14Bring water for the thirsty, O dwellers of Tema; meet the refugees with food.
14Occurrentes sitienti ferte aquam, qui habitatis terram austri; cum panibus occurrite fugienti.
15For they flee from the sword— the sword that is drawn— from the bow that is bent, and from the stress of battle.
15A facie enim gladiorum fugerunt, a facie gladii imminentis, a facie arcus extenti, a facie gravis prælii.
16For this is what the Lord says to me: “Within one year, as a hired worker would count it, all the glory of Kedar will be gone.
16Quoniam hæc dicit Dominus ad me: Adhuc in uno anno, quasi in anno mercenarii, et auferetur omnis gloria Cedar.
17The remaining archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be few.” For the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken.
17Et reliquiæ numeri sagittariorum fortium de filiis Cedar imminuentur; Dominus enim Deus Israël locutus est.]
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