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