Isaiæ 21
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1Onus deserti maris. [Sicut turbines ab africo veniunt, de deserto venit, de terra horribili.
1The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds come from the south, it cometh from the desert from a terrible land.
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 grievous vision is told me: he that is unfaithful dealeth unfaithfully: and he that is a spoiler, spoileth. Go up, O Elam, besiege, O Mede: I have made all the mourning thereof to cease.
3Propterea repleti sunt lumbi mei dolore; angustia possedit me sicut angustia parturientis; corrui cum audirem, conturbatus sum cum viderem.
3Therefore are my loins filled with pain, anguish hath taken hold of me, as the anguish of a woman in labour: I fell down at the hearing of it, I was troubled at the seeing of it.
4Emarcuit cor meum; tenebræ stupefecerunt me: Babylon dilecta mea posita est mihi in miraculum.
4My heart failed, darkness amazed me: Babylon my beloved is become a wonder to me.
5Pone mensam, contemplare in specula comedentes et bibentes: surgite, principes, arripite clypeum.
5Prepare the table, behold in the watchtower them that eat and drink: arise, ye princes, take up the shield.
6Hæc enim dixit mihi Dominus: Vade, et pone speculatorem, et quodcumque viderit annuntiet.
6For thus hath the Lord said to me: Go, and set a watchman: and whatsoever he shall see, let him tell.
7Et vidit currum duorum equitum, ascensorem asini, et ascensorem cameli; et contemplatus est diligenter multo intuitu.
7And he saw a chariot with two horsemen, a rider upon an ass, and a rider upon a camel: and he beheld them diligently with much heed.
8Et clamavit leo: Super speculam Domini ego sum, stans jugiter per diem; et super custodiam meam ego sum, stans totis noctibus.
8And a lion cried out: I am upon the watchtower of the Lord, standing continually by day: and I am upon my ward, standing whole nights.
9Ecce iste venit ascensor vir bigæ equitum; et respondit, et dixit: Cecidit, cecidit Babylon, et omnia sculptilia deorum ejus contrita sunt in terram.
9Behold this man cometh, the rider upon the chariot with two horsemen, and he answered, and said: Babylon is fallen, she is fallen, and all the graven gods thereof are broken unto the ground.
10Tritura mea et filii areæ meæ, quæ audivi a Domino exercituum, Deo Israël, annuntiavi vobis.]
10O my thrashing and the children of my door, that which I have heard of the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, I have declared unto you.
11Onus Duma. [Ad me clamat ex Seir: Custos, quid de nocte? custos, quid de nocte?
11The burden of Duma calleth to me out of Seir: Watchman, what of the eight? watchman, what of the night?
12Dixit custos: Venit mane et nox; si quæritis, quærite; convertimini, venite.]
12The watchman said: The morning cometh, also the night: if you seek, seek: return, come.
13Onus in Arabia. [In saltu ad vesperam dormietis, in semitis Dedanim.
13The burden in Arabia. In the forest at evening you shall sleep, in the paths of Dedanim.
14Occurrentes sitienti ferte aquam, qui habitatis terram austri; cum panibus occurrite fugienti.
14Meeting the thirsty bring him water, you that inhabit the land of the south, meet with bread him that fleeth.
15A facie enim gladiorum fugerunt, a facie gladii imminentis, a facie arcus extenti, a facie gravis prælii.
15For they are fled from before the swords, from the sword that hung over them, from the bent bow, from the face of a grievous battle.
16Quoniam hæc dicit Dominus ad me: Adhuc in uno anno, quasi in anno mercenarii, et auferetur omnis gloria Cedar.
16For thus saith the Lord to me: Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, all the glory of Cedar shall be taken away.
17Et reliquiæ numeri sagittariorum fortium de filiis Cedar imminuentur; Dominus enim Deus Israël locutus est.]
17And the residue of the number of strong archers of the children of Cedar shall be diminished: for the Lord the God of Israel hath spoken it.
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