10 — Isaia

1Woe to them that make wicked laws: and when they write, write injustice:Guai a coloro, che formano leggi inique, e scrivono a tutto potere (sentenze) a ingiustizia:VVOE to them that make wicked lawes: and writing, haue written iniustice.Væ qui condunt leges iniquas, / et scribentes injustitiam scripserunt, 2To oppress the poor in judgment, and do violence to the cause of the humble of my people: that widows might be their prey, and that they might rob the fatherless.Affin di opprimere in giudizio i poveri, e di soverchiare i piccoli del popol mio, per far loro preda le vedove, e saccheggiare i pupilli.That they might oppresse the poore in iudgement, & doe violence to the cause of the humble of my people: that widowes might be their praye, and they might spoile pupilles.ut opprimerent in judicio pauperes, / et vim facerent causæ humilium populi mei; / ut essent viduæ præda eorum, / et pupillos diriperent. 3What will you do in the day of visitation, and of the calamity which cometh from afar? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?Che fareste voi nel dì della visita, e della desolazione, che vien di lontano? A chi ricorrerete voi per aiuto? E dove cederete voi le vostre grandezze,What wil you doe in the day of visitation, and of calamitie coming from farre? to whose helpe wil ye flee? and where wil ye leaue your glorie?Quid facietis in die visitationis, / et calamitatis de longe venientis ? / ad cujus confugietis auxilium ? / et ubi derelinquetis gloriam vestram, 4That you be not bowed down under the bond, and fall with the slain? In all these things his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.Per non piegare il collo tra gli schiavi, e non cadere tra' morti? Per tutte queste cose il furore di lui non è calmato, ma stesa è tuttor la sua mano.That you be not bowed vnder the bond, and fal with the slaine? In al these thinges his furie is not turned away, but his hand is yet stretched forth.ne incurvemini sub vinculo, / et cum interfectis cadatis ? / Super omnibus his non est aversus furor ejus, / sed adhuc manus ejus extenta. 5Woe to the Assyrian, he is the rod and the staff of my anger, and my indignation is in their hands.Guai ad Assur, verga, e bastone del furor mio, l'ira mia e nella sua mano.Woe to Assur, he is the rod of my furie, and the staffe, myne indignation is in their handes.Væ Assur ! virga furoris mei et baculus ipse est; / in manu eorum indignatio mea. 6I will send him to a deceitful nation, and I will give him a charge against the people of my wrath, to take away the spoils, and to lay hold on the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.Lo manderò io ad un popolo fallace, e contro un popolo, col quale io sono sdegnato, e darò miei ordini a lui, per chè ne porti via le spoglie, e lo metta a saccomanno, e lo riduca ad esser conculcato come il fango della piazze.I wil send him to a deceitful nation, & I wil geue him commandment against the people of my furie, that he take away spoiles, and catche the praye, and put them to be troden vpon, as the mire of the streates.Ad gentem fallacem mittam eum, / et contra populum furoris mei mandabo illi, / ut auferat spolia, et diripiat prædam, / et ponat illum in conculcationem quasi lutum platearum.

7But he shall not take it so, and his heart shall not think so: but his heart shall be set to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few.Ma egli non così penserà, e nel suo cuore non formerà tal concetto; ma il cuore di lui mirerà a distruggere, e ad estirpare nazioni non poche.But he shal not so thinke, and his hart shal not esteme it so: but his hart shal be set to destroy, and to the destruction of no few nations.Ipse autem non sic arbitrabitur, / et cor ejus non ita existimabit; / sed ad conterendum erit cor ejus, / et ad internecionem gentium non paucarum. 8For he shall say:Imperocché egli dirà:For he shal say:Dicet enim: 9Are not my princes as so many kings? is not Calano as Charcamis: and Emath as Arphad? is not Samaria as Damascus?I miei cortigiani non son eglino tutti regi? Non è egli stato di Calano come di Carchamio? E di Emath come di Arphad? Non è egli stato di Samaria come di Damasco?Are not my princes with al kinges? Is not as Charcamis, so Calano: and as Arphad, so Emath? Is not as Damascus, so Samaria?Numquid non principes mei simul reges sunt ? / numquid non ut Charcamis, sic Calano ? / et ut Arphad, sic Emath ? / numquid non ut Damascus, sic Samaria ? 10As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idol, so also their idols of Jerusalem, and of Samaria.Allo stesso modo, che la mia mano ha occupato i regni d'uno, e d'altro idolo; così (vincerò) i simolacri di que' di Gerusalemme, e di Samaria.Euen as my hand hath found the kingdomes of the idol, so also their idols of Ierusalem, & of Samaria.Quomodo invenit manus mea regna idoli, / sic et simulacra eorum de Jerusalem et de Samaria. 11Shall I not, as I have done to Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?Forse che quello, che io feci a Samaria, e agl'idoli di lei, noi farò a Gerusalemme, e a' suoi simolacri?Shal I not as I haue done to Samaria and her idols, so do to Ierusalem and her idols?Numquid non sicut feci Samariæ et idolis ejus, / sic faciam Jerusalem et simulacris ejus ? 12And it shall come to pass, that when the Lord shall have performed all his works in mount Sion, and in Jerusalem, I will visit the fruit of the proud heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of the haughtiness of his eyes.Ma quando il Signore avrà compiute tutte le opere sue nel monte di Sion, ed in Gerusalemme, farà egli ricerca de' sensi del cuor superbo del re Assiro, e della fastosa burbanza degli occhi di lui.And it shal be: when the Lord shal haue accomplished al his workes in mount Sion, and in Ierusalem, I wil visite ouer the fruite of the magnifical hart of the king of Assur, and ouer the glorie of the hautines of his eyes.Et erit, cum impleverit Dominus / cuncta opera sua / in monte Sion et in Jerusalem, / visitabo super fructum magnifici cordis regis Assur, / et super gloriam altitudinis oculorum ejus.

13For he hath said: By the strength of my own hand I have done it, and by my own wisdom I have understood: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have taken the spoils of the princes, and as a mighty man hath pulled down them that sat on high.Imperocché egli ha detto: Col valore della mia mano ho io fatto, e colla saggezza mia ho disposto; ed ho cangiati i confini de' popoli, ed ho spogliati i principi loro, e potente come io sono, ho messi giù que', che sedevano in alto.For he hath said: In the strength of mine owne hand haue I done it, and in mine owne wisdome haue I vnderstood: and I haue taken away the borders of peoples, and haue spoiled their princes, and haue pulled downe as a mightie man, them that sate on high.Dixit enim: In fortitudine manus meæ feci, / et in sapientia mea intellexi; / et abstuli terminos populorum, / et principes eorum deprædatus sum, / et detraxi quasi potens in sublimi residentes. 14And my hand hath found the strength of the people as a nest; and as eggs are gathered, that are left, so have I gathered all the earth: and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or made the least noise.E la possanza de' popoli fu al mio valore come una nidiata d'uccelli, e ho riunito a me tutta quanta la terra, come si radunan le ova lasciate in abbandono, né fu chi movesse un'ala, e aprisse la bocca, e pipilasse.And my hand hath found the strength of peoples as a nest: and as egges be gathered, that are leaft, so haue I gathered together al the earth: and there was none that moued wing, and opened mouth, and once muttered.Et invenit quasi nidum manus mea / fortitudinem populorum; / et sicut colliguntur ova quæ derelicta sunt, / sic universam terram ego congregavi; / et non fuit qui moveret pennam, / et aperiret os, et ganniret. 15Shall the axe boast itself against him that cutteth with it? or shall the saw exalt itself against him by whom it is drawn? as if a rod should lift itself up against him that lifteth it up, and a staff exalt itself, which is but wood.Si glorierà ella la scure contro di colui, che fende con essa? od insuperbirà la sega contro di colui, dal quale è mossa? Come se la verga s'insuperbisse contro di colui, che la alza, o insuperbisca il bastone, il qual certamente e un legno.Shal the axe glorie against him, that cutteth with it? or shal the saw exalt itselfe against him, by whom it is drawen? As if a rod should lift vp itself agaynst him, that lifteth it vp, and a staffe exalt itself which is certes but wood.Numquid gloriabitur securis contra eum qui secat in ea ? / aut exaltabitur serra contra eum a quo trahitur ? / Quomodo si elevetur virga contra elevantem se, / et exaltetur baculus, qui utique lignum est. 16Therefore the sovereign Lord, the Lord of hosts, shall send leanness among his fat ones: and under his glory shall be kindled a burning, as it were the burning of a fire.Per questo il Dominatore Signore degli eserciti manderà la macilenza ai suoi grassi guerrieri; e sotto la gloria di lui arderà quasi un acceso rogo di fiamme.For this cause the Dominatour the Lord of hostes shal send leannes in his fat ones: and vnder his glorie shal burne as it were the burning of fyre kindled.Propter hoc mittet Dominator, Dominus exercituum, / in pinguibus ejus tenuitatem; / et subtus gloriam ejus succensa ardebit / quasi combustio ignis.

17And the light of Israel shall be as a fire, and the Holy One thereof as a flame: and his thorns and his briers shall be set on fire, and shall be devoured in one day.E la luce d'Israele sarà con quel fuoco, e il Santo di lui con la fiamma, e si accenderanno, e arderanno le spine di Assur, e gli sterpi in un giorno.And the light of Israel shal be in fyre, and the Holie one therof in flame: and his thorne shal be kindled, and be deuoured, and the briars in one day.Et erit lumen Israël in igne, / et Sanctus ejus in flamma; / et succendetur, et devorabitur / spina ejus et vepres in die una. 18And the glory of his forest, and of his beautiful hill, shall be consumed from the soul even to the flesh, and he shall run away through fear.E la gloria di questa selva, e di questo Carmelo sarà consunta dall'anima fino al corpo, ed egli fuggirà sbigottito.And the glorie of his forest, and of his carmelus shal be consumed, from the soule euen to the flesh, and he shal be a fugitiue for feare.Et gloria saltus ejus, et carmeli ejus, / ab anima usque ad carnem consumetur; / et erit terrore profugus. 19And they that remain of the trees of his forest shall be so few, that they shall easily be numbered, and a child shall write them down.E le piante, che rimarranno di questa selva per la loro scarsezza si conteranno, e un fanciullo faranne registro.And the remaynes of the woode of his forest, for the fewnes shal be numbred, and a child shal write them.Et reliquiæ ligni saltus ejus præ paucitate numerabuntur, / et puer scribet eos. 20And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and they that shall escape of the house of Jacob, shall lean no more upon him that striketh them: but they shall lean upon the Lord the Holy One of Israel, in truth.E allora sarà, che gli avanzi d'Israele, e quelli della casa di Giacobbe, che saranno scampati, non seguiteran più ad appoggiarsi sopra colui, che li percuote; ma si appoggeranno sinceramente al Signore santo d'Israele.And it shal be in that day, the residue of Israel, and they that shal escape of the house of Iacob, shal not adde to leane vpon him, that striketh them: but they shal leane vpon our Lord the holie one of Israel in truth.Et erit in die illa: / non adjiciet residuum Israël, / et hi qui fugerint de domo Jacob, / inniti super eo qui percutit eos; / sed innitetur super Dominum, / Sanctum Israël, in veritate.

21The remnant shall be converted, the remnant, I say, of Jacob, to the mighty God.Gli avanzi, gli avanzi di Giacobbe, io dico, si convertiranno al Dio forte.The remnant shal be conuerted, the remnant I say of Iacob, to the strong God.Reliquiæ convertentur; reliquiæ, inquam, Jacob / ad Deum fortem. 22For if thy people, O Israel, shall be as the sand of the sea, a remnant of them shall be converted, the consumption abridged shall overflow with justice.Imperocché quando il popol tuo, o Israele, fosse come la rena del mare; gli avanzi di lui si convertiranno: la e consumazione, e l'accorciamento ridonderà di giustizia.For if thy people ô Israel shal be as the sand of the sea, the remnant therof shal be conuerted, consumnation abbridged shal make iustice ouerflow.Si enim fuerit populus tuus, Israël, quasi arena maris, / reliquiæ convertentur ex eo; / consummatio abbreviata / inundabit justitiam. 23For the Lord God of hosts shall make a consumption, and an abridgment in the midst of all the land.Imperocché consumazione, ed o accorciamento farà il Signore Dio degli o eserciti in tutta la terra;For our Lord the God of hostes shal make consummation, and abbridgement in the middes of al the earth.Consummationem enim et abbreviationem / Dominus Deus exercituum faciet in medio omnis terræ. 24Therefore, thus saith the Lord the God of hosts: O my people that dwellest in Sion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall strike thee with his rod, and he shall lift up his staff over thee in the way of Egypt.Per la qual cosa dice il Signore Dio degli eserciti: popolo mio, che abiti in Sion, non aver paura dell'Assiro: egli ti batterà con verga, e alzerà il suo bastone sopra di te dalla strada, che va in Egitto.For this cause, thus sayth our Lord the God of hostes: O my people inhatiter of Sion, be not afrayd of Assur: he shal strike thee with his rod, and shal lift vp his staffe ouer thee in the way of Aegypt.Propter hoc, hæc dicit Dominus Deus exercituum: / Noli timere, populus meus, / habitator Sion, ab Assur: / in virga percutiet te, / et baculum suum levabit super te, / in via Ægypti. 25For yet a little and a very little while, and my indignation shall cease, and my wrath shall be upon their wickedness.Imperocché tra un pochetto, in breve lo sdegno, e il furor mio contro le scelleraggini loro giungerà al suo colmo.For yet a litle and a very litle, and mine indignation and furie vpon their wickednes shal be consummate.Adhuc enim paululum modicumque, / et consummabitur indignatio / et furor meus super scelus eorum.

26And the Lord of hosts shall raise up a scourge against him, according to the slaughter of Madian in the rock of Oreb, and his rod over the sea, and he shall lift it up in the way of Egypt.E il Signore degli eserciti alzerà sopra l'Assiro un flagello simile alla piaga de' Madianiti al masso di Oreb, e come (alzò) la sua verga sopra del mare, la alzerà parimente sulla strada di Egitto.And the Lord of hostes shal rayse vp a scourge vpon him, according to the plague of Madian in the Rocke Oreb, and his rod vpon the sea, and he shal lift it vp in the way of Aegypt.Et suscitabit super eum Dominus exercituum flagellum, / juxta plagam Madian in petra Oreb: / et virgam suam super mare, / et levabit eam in via Ægypti. 27And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall putrify at the presence of the oil.E in quel giorno sarà tolto dalle tue spalle il peso di Assur, e il giogo di lui dal tuo collo, e il giogo marcirà a cagione dell'olio.And it shal be in that day: his burden shal be taken away from of thy shoulder, and his yoke from of thy necke, and the yoke shal putrifie at the face of oile.Et erit in die illa: / auferetur onus ejus de humero tuo / et jugum ejus de collo tuo, / et computrescet jugum a facie olei. 28He shall come into Aiath, he shall pass into Magron: at Machmas he shall lay up his carriages.Egli giungerà ad Aiath, passerà al Magron, a Machmas poserà i suoi carriaggi.He shal come into Aiath, he shal passe into Magron: at Machmas he shal commend his vessels.Veniet in Ajath, transibit in Magron, / apud Machmas commendabit vasa sua. 29They have passed in haste, Gaba is our lodging: Rama was astonished, Gabaath of Saul fled away.Passeranno di corsa; a Gaba poseranno gli alloggiamenti: Rama è tutta sbigottita: Gabaath di Saulle si dà alla fuga.They haue passed in hast, Gaba is our seate: Rama was astonied, Gabaath of Saul fled.Transierunt cursim, / Gaba sedes nostra; / obstupuit Rama, / Gabaath Saulis fugit. 30Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim, attend, O Laisa, poor Anathoth.Alza le strida, o figlia di Gallim: pensa a te, o Laisa, e tu Anathoth poverina.Neay with thy voice ô daughter of Gallim, attend Laisa, seelie poore Anathoth.Hinni voce tua, filia Gallim, / attende Laisa, paupercula Anathoth. 31Medemena is removed: ye inhabitants of Gabim, take courage.Medemena ha fatta trasmigrazione: abitatori di Gabin fatevi coraggio.Medemena is remoued: ye inhabitants of Gabin take courege.Migravit Medemena; / habitatores Gabim, confortamini.

32It is yet day enough, to remain in Nobe: he shall shake his hand against the mountain of the daughter of Sion, the hill of Jerusalem.V'è ancora del giorno per andare a posare a Nobe: scuoterà la sua mano contro il monte della figliuola di Sion, contro il colle di Gerusalemme.Yet there is day, to stand in Nobe: he shal shake his hand ouer the mountaine of the daughter of Sion, the litle hil of Ierusalem.Adhuc dies est ut in Nobe stetur; / agitabit manum suam super montem filiæ Sion, / collem Jerusalem. 33Behold the sovereign Lord of hosts shall break the earthen vessel with terror, and the tall of stature shall be cut down, and the lofty shall be humbled.Ecco, che il Dominatore Signor degli eserciti spezzerà con terrore il vaso di terra, e le piante eccelse saranno troncate, e i grandi saranno umiliati.Behold the dominatour the Lord of hostes shal breake the litle flagon in terrour, and the high of stature shal be cut downe, and the loftie shal be humbled.Ecce Dominator, Dominus exercituum, / confringet lagunculam in terrore; / et excelsi statura succidentur, / et sublimes humiliabuntur. 34And the thickets of the forest shall be cut down with iron, and Libanus with its high ones shall fall.E il folto della macchia sarà tagliato dal ferro, e il Libano cogli alti cedri suoi caderà.And the thicke places of the forest shal be ouerthrowen with iron, and Libanus with the high ones shal fal.Et subvertentur condensa saltus ferro; / et Libanus cum excelsis cadet.