13 — Isaias

1The burden of Babylon which Isaias the son of Amos saw.Pesante annunzio sopra Babilonia, veduto da Isaia figliuolo di Amos.THE burden of Babylon, which Isaie the sonne of Amossaw.Onus Babylonis, quod vidit Isaias, filius Amos. 2Upon the dark mountain lift ye up a banner, exalt the voice, lift up the hand, and let the rulers go into the gates.Sopra un monte caliginoso piantate lo stendardo, alzate la voce, stendete la mano, ed entrino i condottieri nelle porte.Vpon the darke mountaine lift vp a signe, exalt the voice, lift vp the hand, and let the dukes enter the gates.Super montem caliginosum levate signum: / exaltate vocem, / levate manum, / et ingrediantur portas duces. 3I have commanded my sanctified ones, and have called my strong ones in my wrath, them that rejoice in my glory.Io ho fatto comandamento a coloro, che son preparati da me, ho chiamati nell'ira mia i miei campioni festeggianti per la mia gloria.I haue commanded my sanctified, and haue called my strong ones in my wrath, them that reioce in my glorie.Ego mandavi sanctificatis meis, / et vocavi fortes meos in ira mea, / exsultantes in gloria mea. 4The noise of a multitude in the mountains, as it were of many people, the noise of the sound of kings, of nations gathered together: the Lord of hosts hath given charge to the troops of war.Strepito di gran gente sulle montagne, quasi di popolo numeroso, voci miste di principi, e di genti adunate. Il Signor degli eserciti ha fatto comandamento alle guerriere milizie,The voice of a multitude in the mountaines, as it were of manie peoples, a voice of the sound of kinges, nations gathered together: The Lord of hostes hath commanded the host of battel.Vox multitudinis in montibus, / quasi populorum frequentium; / vox sonitus regum, / gentium congregatarum. / Dominus exercituum præcepit / militiæ belli, 5To them that come from a country afar off, from the end of heaven: the Lord and the instruments of his wrath, to destroy the whole land.Le quali vengono da rimoti paesi, dagli ultimi confini del mondo. Il Signore, e gli strumenti dell'ira sua viene a disertare tutta la terra.Coming from a countrie far of, from the end of heauen: our Lord, and the instruments of his furie, to destroy the whole land.venientibus de terra procul, / a summitate cæli; / Dominus, et vasa furoris ejus, / ut disperdat omnem terram. 6Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is near: it shall come as a destruction from the Lord.Alzate le urla; perocché il giorno del Signore è vicino: verrà lo sterminio quale sa mandarlo il Signore.Howleye, because the day of our Lord is nere: it shal come as destruction from our Lord.Ululate, quia prope est dies Domini; / quasi vastitas a Domino veniet.

7Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every heart of man shall melt,Per questo tutte le braccia diventeranno languide, e tutti i cuori degli uomini verranno meno,For this cause shal al handes be dissolued, and euerie hart of man shal melt,Propter hoc omnes manus dissolventur, / et omne cor hominis contabescet, 8And shall be broken. Gripings and pains, shall take hold of them, they shall be in pain as a woman in labour. Every one shall be amazed at his neighbour, their countenances shall be as faces burnt.E saranno spezzati. Saran presi da tormini, e da dolori; saranno indoglie come una partoriente: ognuno guarderà stupido in faccia il suo vicino; i loro volti, quasi facce abbronzite.and be broken. Gripings and paines shal hold them, they shal be in paine as she that trauaileth. Euerie one shal be astonied at his neighbour, their countenances as faces burnt.et conteretur. / Torsiones et dolores tenebunt; / quasi parturiens dolebunt: / unusquisque ad proximum suum stupebit, / facies combustæ vultus eorum. 9Behold, the day of the Lord shall come, a cruel day, and full of indignation, and of wrath, and fury, to lay the land desolate, and to destroy the sinners thereof out of it.Ecco, che verrà il dì del Signore, giorno fiero, e pieno d'indignazione, e d'ira, e di furore, per ridurre in un deserto la terra, e da essa dispergere i peccatori.Behold the day of our Lord shal come, cruel, and ful of indignation, and of wrath, and furie to bring the land to a wildernes, and to destroy the sinners therof out of it.Ecce dies Domini veniet, / crudelis, et indignationis plenus, et iræ, furorisque, / ad ponendam terram in solitudinem, / et peccatores ejus conterendos de ea. 10For the stars of heaven, and their brightness shall not display their light: the sun shall be darkened in his rising, and the moon shall not shine with her light.Perocché le stelle del cielo splendidissime non daranno il solito lume: il sole si è oscurato alla sua levata; e la luna non isplenderà della sua luce.Because the starres of heauen, and their brightnes shal not display their light: the sunne is darkened in his rysing, and the moone shal not shine in her light.Quoniam stellæ cæli, et splendor earum, / non expandent lumen suum; / obtenebratus est sol in ortu suo, / et luna non splendebit in lumine suo. 11And I will visit the evils of the world, and against the wicked for their iniquity: and I will make the pride of infidels to cease, and will bring down the arrogancy of the mighty.E punirò la malvagità della terra, e gli empj per la loro iniquità; e farò tacer la superbia degl'infedeli, e umilierò l'arroganza de' forti.And I wil visite ouer the euiles of the world, and against the impious their iniquitie, and I wil make the pride of infidels to cease, and wil humble the arrogancie of the strong.Et visitabo super orbis mala, / et contra impios iniquitatem eorum; / et quiscere faciam superbiam infidelium, / et arrogantiam fortium humiliabo.

12A man shall be more precious than gold, yea a man than the finest of gold.L'uomo sarà più prezioso, che l'oro, e pia dell'oro finissimo.A man shal be more precious then gold, & man then pure fine gold.Pretiosior erit vir auro, / et homo mundo obrizo. 13For this I will trouble the heaven: and the earth shall be moved out of her place, for the indignation of the Lord of hosts, and for the day of his fierce wrath.Io sconvolgerò ancora il cielo; e sarà smossa dal suo sito la terra, per chè il Signor degli eserciti è sdegnato, e perchè è il giorno dell'ira, e del furore di lui.For this I shal truble heauen: & the earth shal be moued out of her place, for the indignation of the Lord of hostes, & for the day of the wrath of his furie.Super hoc cælum turbabo; / et movebitur terra de loco suo, / propter indignationem Domini exercituum, / et propter diem iræ furoris ejus. 14And they shall be as a doe fleeing away, and as a sheep: and there shall be none to gather them together: every man shall turn to his own people, and every one shall flee to his own land.Ed ei saranno quai cervette fuggiasche, e come pecore, che non hanno chi le raduni: ciascuno si volgerà verso il suo popolo, ognuno si fuggirà al proprio paese.And it shal be as a yong doe fleing, and as a sheepe: and there shal be none to gather them together: euerie man shal turne to his owne people, and euerie one shal flee to his owne land.Et erit quasi damula fugiens, / et quasi ovis, et non erit qui congreget. / Unusquisque ad populum suum convertetur, / et singuli ad terram suam fugient. 15Every one that shall be found, shall be slain: and every one that shall come to their aid, shall fall by the sword.Quanti si troveranno (nella città) saranno uccisi; e quanti verranno in aiuto, periranno di spada.Euerie one that shal be found, shal be slaine: and cuerie one that shal come to ayde, shal fal by the sword.Omnis qui inventus fuerit occidetur, / et omnis qui supervenerit cadet in gladio; 16Their infants shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes: their houses shall be pillaged, and their wives shall be ravished.I loro fanciulli saranno infranti sotto de' loro occhi, saccheggiate le loro case, e disonorate le loro mogli.Their infants shal be dashed in peeces before their eies: their houses shal be spoiled, and their wiues shal be rauished.infantes eorum allidentur in oculis eorum, / diripientur domus eorum, et uxores eorum violabuntur.

17Behold I will stir up the Medes against them, who shall not seek silver, nor desire gold:Ecco, che io susciterò contro di loro i Medi, i quali non cercano argento, né vogliono oro;Behold I wil rayse vpon them the Medes, which shal not seeke siluer, nor desire gold.Ecce ego suscitabo super eos Medos, / qui argentum non quærant, / nec aurum velint; 18But with their arrows they shall kill the children, and shall have no pity upon the sucklings of the womb, and their eye shall not spare their sons.Ma uccideranno colle saette i pargoletti, e non avran compassione delle donne, che allattano, né la perdoneranno a' loro bambini.But with arrowes they shal kil the litle ones, and shal haue no pitie vpon the sucklings of the wombe, and vpon the children their eie shal not sparesed sagittis parvulos interficient, / et lactantibus uteris non miserebuntur, / et super filios non parcet oculus eorum. 19And that Babylon, glorious among kingdoms, the famous pride of the Chaldeans, shall be even as the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrha.E quella Babilonia gloriosa tra i regni, di cui andavan superbi i Caldei, sarà come Sodoma, e Gomorra distrutte dal Signore.And that Babylon glorious in kingdoms, noble in the pride of the Chaldees, shal be euen as our Lord subuerted Sodom and Gomorrha.Et erit Babylon illa gloriosa in regnis, / inclyta superbia Chaldæorum, / sicut subvertit Dominus Sodomam et Gomorrham. 20It shall no more be inhabited for ever, and it shall not be founded unto generation and generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch his tents there, nor shall shepherds rest there.Non sarà mai più abitata, e non sarà riedificata di generazione in generazione: né l'Arabo vi alzerà le sue tende, né i pastori anderanno a riposarvi.It shal not be inhabited for euer, & it shal not be founded vnto generation & generation: neither shal the Arabian pitch his tents there, nor shepeheardes rest there.Non habitabitur usque in finem, / et non fundabitur usque ad generationem et generationem; / nec ponet tibi tentoria Arabs, / nec pastores requiescent ibi. 21But wild beasts shall rest there, and their houses shall be filled with serpents, and ostriches shall dwell there, and the hairy ones shall dance there:Ma vi riposeranno le fiere, e le loro case saran piene di dragoni: e vi abiteranno gli struzzoli, e i satiri vi balleranno:But beastes shal rest there, and their houses shal be filled with dragons, and ostreches shal dwel there, and Satyrs shal daunce there:Sed requiescent ibi bestiæ, / et replebuntur domus eorum draconibus, / et habitabunt ibi struthiones, / et pilosi saltabunt ibi;

22And owls shall answer one another there, in the houses thereof, and sirens in the temples of pleasure.E canteranno alternativamente nei loro palazzi i barbagianni, e le sirene nei templi del piacere.And the Syrach owles shal answer there in the houses therof, and mermaides in the temples of pleasure.et respondebunt ibi ululæ in ædibus ejus, / et sirenes in delubris voluptatis.