Isaiæ 32
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1[Ecce in justitia regnabit rex, et principes in judicio præerunt.
1Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and as for princes, they shall rule in justice.
2Et erit vir sicut qui absconditur a vento, et celat se a tempestate; sicut rivi aquarum in siti, et umbra petræ prominentis in terra deserta.
2And a man shall be as in a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as by the watercourses in a dry place, as in the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
3Non caligabunt oculi videntium, et aures audientium diligenter auscultabunt.
3And the eyes of them that see shall not be closed, and the ears of them that hear shall attend.
4Et cor stultorum intelliget scientiam, et lingua balborum velociter loquetur et plane.
4The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.
5Non vocabitur ultra is qui insipiens est, princeps, neque fraudulentus appellabitur major;
5The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be noble.
6stultus enim fatua loquetur, et cor ejus faciet iniquitatem, ut perficiat simulationem, et loquatur ad Dominum fraudulenter, et vacuam faciat animam esurientis, et potum sitienti auferat.
6For the vile person will speak villainy, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise ungodliness, and to utter wickedness against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
7Fraudulenti vasa pessima sunt; ipse enim cogitationes concinnavit ad perdendos mites in sermone mendacii, cum loqueretur pauper judicium.
7The instruments also of the churl are evil; he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, and the needy when he speaketh right.
8Princeps vero ea quæ digna sunt principe cogitabit, et ipse super duces stabit.]
8But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.
9[Mulieres opulentæ, surgite, et audite vocem meam; filiæ confidentes, percipite auribus eloquium meum.
9Rise up, ye women that are at ease, and hear my voice; ye confident daughters, give ear unto my speech.
10Post dies enim et annum, vos conturbabimini confidentes; consummata est enim vindemia, collectio ultra non veniet.
10After a year and days shall ye be troubled, ye confident women; for the vintage shall fail, the ingathering shall not come.
11Obstupescite, opulentæ; conturbamini, confidentes: exuite vos et confundimini; accingite lumbos vestros.
11Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye confident ones; strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins,
12Super ubera plangite, super regione desiderabili, super vinea fertili.
12Smiting upon the breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine;
13Super humum populi mei spinæ et vepres ascendent: quanto magis super omnes domos gaudii civitatis exultantis !
13For the land of my people whereon thorns and briers come up; yea, for all the houses of joy and the joyous city.
14Domus enim dimissa est, multitudo urbis relicta est, tenebræ et palpatio factæ sunt super speluncas usque in æternum; gaudium onagrorum, pascua gregum.
14For the palace shall be forsaken; the city with its stir shall be deserted; the mound and the tower shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;
15Donec effundatur super nos spiritus de excelso, et erit desertum in carmel, et carmel in saltum reputabitur.
15Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness become a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.
16Et habitabit in solitudine judicium, et justitia in carmel sedebit.
16Then justice shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness shall abide in the fruitful field.
17Et erit opus justitiæ pax, et cultus justitiæ silentium, et securitas usque in sempiternum.
17And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and confidence for ever.
18Et sedebit populus meus in pulchritudine pacis, et in tabernaculis fiduciæ, et in requie opulenta.
18And my people shall abide in a peaceable habitation, and in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting-places.
19Grando autem in descensione saltus, et humilitate humiliabitur civitas.
19And it shall hail, in the downfall of the forest; but the city shall descend into the valley.
20Beati qui seminatis super omnes aquas, immittentes pedem bovis et asini.]
20Happy are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth freely the feet of the ox and the ass.
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