40 — Isaia

1Be comforted, be comforted, my people, saith your God.Consolatevi, consolatevi, popol mio, dice il Dio vostro.BE comforted, be comforted my people, saith your God.Consolamini, consolamini, popule meus, / dicit Deus vester. 2Speak ye to the heart of Jerusalem, and call to her: for her evil is come to an end, her iniquity is forgiven: she hath received of the hand of the Lord double for all her sins.Parlate al cuor di Gerusalemme, e racconsolatela; perocché è finita l'afflizione di lei, e la sua iniquità, e perdonata: ella ha ricevuto dalla mano del Signore il doppio per tutti i suoi peccati.Speake to the hart of Ierusalem, and cal to her: because her malice is accomplished, her iniquitie is forgeuen: she hath receiued of the hand of our Lord duble for al her sinnes.Loquimini ad cor Jerusalem, / et advocate eam, / quoniam completa est malitia ejus, / dimissa est iniquitas illius: / suscepit de manu Domini duplicia / pro omnibus peccatis suis. 3The voice of one crying in the desert: Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the wilderness the paths of our God.Voce di uno, che grida nel deserto: Preparate la via del Signore, raddirizzate nella solitudine i sentieri del nostro Dio.The voice of one crying in the desert: Prepare the way of our Lord, make streight the pathes of our God in the wildernes.Vox clamantis in deserto: / Parate viam Domini, / rectas facite in solitudine semitas Dei nostri. 4Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall become straight, and the rough ways plain.Ogni valle sarà colmata, e ogni monte, e ogni colle sarà abbassato, e le strade storte diventeranno diritte, e piane le malagevoli;Euerie valley shal be exalted, and euerie mountaine and litle hil shal be humbled, & crooked thinges shal become streight, and rought wayes, playne.Omnis vallis exaltabitur, / et omnis mons et collis humiliabitur, / et erunt prava in directa, / et aspera in vias planas: 5And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh together shall see, that the mouth of the Lord hath spoken.Perocché manifesterassi la gloria del Signore, e vedran tutti gli uomini insieme quello, che la bocca del Signore ha annunziato.And the glorie of our Lord shal be reueled, and al flesh together shal see, that the mouth of our Lord hath spoken.et revelabitur gloria Domini, / et videbit omnis caro pariter / quod os Domini locutum est. 6The voice of one, saying: Cry. And I said: What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the glory thereof as the flower of the field.Voce di uno, che dice: Grida. Ed io dissi: Che è quello, che io ho da gridare? Tutta carne è erba, e tutta la gloria di lei è come il fiore de' campi.The voice of one saying: Crie. And I sayd: What shal I crie? Al flesh is grasse, and al the glorie therof as the floure of the filde.Vox dicentis: Clama. / Et dixi: Quid clamabo ? / Omnis caro fœnum, / et omnis gloria ejus quasi flos agri.

7The grass is withered, and the flower is fallen, because the spirit of the Lord hath blown upon it. Indeed the people is grass:Si secca l'erba, e cade il fiore ogni volta che il fiato del Signore lo investe. Veramente un'erba è il popolo:The grasse is withered, and the floure is fallen, because the spirit of our Lord hath blowen on it. In deede the people is grasse:Exsiccatum est fœnum, et cecidit flos, / quia spiritus Domini sufflavit in eo. / Vere fœnum est populus: 8The grass is withered, and the flower is fallen: but the word of our Lord endureth for ever.Si secca l'erba, e cade il fiore: ma la parola del Signor nostro sta in eterno.the grasse is withered, and the floure is fallen: but the word of our Lord abideth for euer.exsiccatum est fœnum, et cecidit flos; / verbum autem Domini nostri manet in æternum. 9Get thee up upon a high mountain, thou that bringest good tidings to Sion: lift up thy voice with strength, thou that bringest good tidings to Jerusalem: lift it up, fear not. Say to the cities of Juda: Behold your God:Sopra un alto monte ascendi tu, che evangelizzi Sionne: alza vigorosa la voce tua, o tu, che evangelizzi Gerusalemme: grida forte, non temere. Dì alle città di Giuda: Ecco il Dio vostro;Vpon an high mountayne get thee vp, thou that euangelizest to Sion: exalt the voice in strength, which euangelizest to Ierusalem: exalt it, feare not. Say to the cities of Iuda: Behold your God:Super montem excelsum ascende, / tu qui evangelizas Sion; / exalta in fortitudine vocem tuam, / qui evangelizas Jerusalem: / exalta, noli timere. / Dic civitatibus Juda: / Ecce Deus vester: 10Behold the Lord God shall come with strength, and his arm shall rule: Behold his reward is with him and his work is before him.Ecco che il Signore Dio verrà con possanza, e il braccio di lui dominerà: ecco che egli ha seco la sua mercede, ed ha davanti a se l'opra sua.behold our Lord God shal come in strength, and his arme shal haue dominion: behold his reward is with him, and his worke before him.ecce Dominus Deus in fortitudine veniet, / et brachium ejus dominabitur: / ecce merces ejus cum eo, / et opus illius coram illo. 11He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather together the lambs with his arm, and shall take them up in his bosom, and he himself shall carry them that are with young.Egli come pastore pascerà il suo gregge: egli colla sua fortezza raccoglierà gli agnelli, e li solleverà al suo seno, porterà egli stesso le pecorelle, che sono piene.As a shepheard shal he feede his flocke: in his arme shal he gather together the lambes, and in his bosome shal he lift them vp, and them with yong himself shal carie.Sicut pastor gregem suum pascet, / in brachio suo congregabit agnos, / et in sinu suo levabit; / fœtas ipse portabit.

12Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and weighed the heavens with his palm? who hath poised with three fingers the bulk of the earth, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?Chi è colui, che ha misurato nel suo pugno le acque, e ha pesati i cieli nella palma distesa? Chi è, che con tre dita sostiene la macchina della terra, e scandaglia i monti, e mette in bilancia le colline?Who hath measured the waters with his fist, and poundered the heauens with a spanne? who hath poysed with three fingers the huge greatnes of the earth, and wayed the mountaines in weight, and the litle hilles in balance?Quis mensus est pugillo aquas, / et cælos palmo ponderavit ? / quis appendit tribus digitis molem terræ, / et liberavit in pondere montes, / et colles in statera ? 13Who hath forwarded the spirit of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor, and hath taught him?Chi ha dato aiuto allo spirito del Signore? Chi gli ha dato consiglio, e chi gli ha insegnato?Who hath holpen the spirit of our Lord? or who hath bene his counseler, and shewed to him?Quis adjuvit spiritum Domini ? / aut quis consiliarius ejus fuit, et ostendit illi ? 14With whom hath he consulted, and who hath instructed him, and taught him the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and shewed him the way of understanding?Chi ha egli chiamato a consulta, e chi è, che abbia istruito lui, e a lui abbia mostrata la via della giustizia, e lo abbia stradato nella scienza, e gli abbia fatto conoscer la strada della prudenza?With whom hath he taken counsel, and who hath instructed him, and taught him the path of iustice, and taught him knowlege, and shewed him the way of prudence?cum quo iniit consilium, et instruxit eum, / et docuit eum semitam justitiæ, / et erudivit eum scientiam, / et viam prudentiæ ostendit illi ? 15Behold the Gentiles are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the smallest grain of a balance: behold the islands are as a little dust.Ecco che le nazioni sono come una goccia della secchia, e son valutate come uno scrupolo, che dà il tratto alla bilancia: ecco che le isole son come un granellino di polvere.Behold the Gentiles are as a droppe of a bucket, and are reputed as the moment of a balance: behold the ilandes are as a litle dust.Ecce gentes quasi stilla situlæ, / et quasi momentum stateræ reputatæ sunt; / ecce insulæ quasi pulvis exiguus. 16And Libanus shall not be enough to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.E il Libano non ha legna a sufficienza pel fuoco, né le bestie del Libano basterebbero per gli olocausti.And Libanus shal not suffice to kindle the fyre, and the beastes therof shal not be sufficient for holocaust.Et Libanus non sufficiet ad succendendum, / et animalia ejus non sufficient ad holocaustum.

17All nations are before him as if they had no being at all, and are counted to him as nothing, and vanity.Le genti tutte sono dinanzi a lui come se non fossero, e come un niente, e cosa vuota di essere sono stimate riguardo a lui.Al nations as if they were not, so are they before him, and they are reputed of him as nothing, and a vaine thing.Omnes gentes quasi non sint, sic sunt coram eo, / et quasi nihilum et inane reputatæ sunt ei. 18To whom then have you likened God? or what image will you make for him?A qual cosa adunque avete voi rassomigliato Dio? o qual immagine farete di lui?To whom then haue you made God like? or what image wil you set to him?Cui ergo similem fecisti Deum ? / aut quam imaginem ponetis ei ? 19Hath the workman cast a graven statue? or hath the goldsmith formed it with gold, or the silversmith with plates of silver?Non è egli il fabbro quello, che ha gettata la statua, e l'orefice l'ha formata di oro, e di lame d'argento l'argentiere?Hath the artificer cast a sculptil? or hath the goldsmith figured it with gold, or the siluersmith with plates of siluer?Numquid sculptile conflavit faber ? / aut aurifex auro figuravit illud, / et laminis argenteis argentarius ? 20He hath chosen strong wood, and that will not rot: the skilful workman seeketh how he may set up an idol that may not be moved.L'artefice intelligente cerca legno forte, e che non si corrompa, proccura di assicurare l'idolo, che non sia smosso.Strong wood, and that which wil not putrifie hath he chosen: the wise artificer seeketh how he may set vp a sculptile which may not be moued.Forte lignum et imputribile elegit; / artifex sapiens quærit / quomodo statuat simulacrum, quod non moveatur. 21Do you not know? hath it not been heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have you not understood the foundations of the earth?Non sapete voi, non avete udito, non fu egli annunziato a voi fin da principio, non avete voi compreso come fu fondata la terra?Why, doe you not know? why, haue you not heard? why, hath it not bene told you from the beginning? Haue you not vnderstood the fundations of the earth?Numquid non scitis ? numquid non audistis ? / numquid non annuntiatum est vobis ab initio ? / numquid non intellexistis fundamenta terræ ? 22It is he that sitteth upon the globe of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as locusts: he that stretcheth out the heavens as nothing, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in.Que', che seggono sul globo della terra, e la abitano, sono quasi locuste. Dio distese qual sottilissima cosa i cieli, e li dispiegò come un padiglione, che serve d'alloggio.He that sitteth vpon the compasse of the earth, and the inhabitants therof are as locustes: he that stretcheth out the heauens as nothing, & spreddeth them as a tent to dwel in.Qui sedet super gyrum terræ, / et habitatores ejus sunt quasi locustæ; / qui extendit velut nihilum cælos, / et expandit eos sicut tabernaculum ad inhabitandum;

23He that bringeth the searchers of secrets to nothing, that hath made the judges of the earth as vanity.Egli riduce nel niente gl'investigatori delle occulte cose, ed annichila i giudici della terra.He that maketh the searchers of secretes as if they were not, that hath made the iudges of the earth as a vayne thing:qui dat secretorum scrutatores quasi non sint, / judices terræ velut inane fecit. 24And surely their stock was neither planted, nor sown, nor rooted in the earth: suddenly he hath blown upon them, and they are withered, and a whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.E il loro tronco non è né piantato, né seminato, né radicato nella terra: colpiti dal soffio di lui inaridiscono, e sono dispersi come stoppia da un turbine:and in deede their stocke was neither planted, nor sowen, nor rooted in the earth: sodenly he hath blowen vpon them, and they haue withered, and a whirle wind shal take them away as stubble.Et quidem neque plantatus, neque satus, / neque radicatus in terra truncus eorum; / repente flavit in eos, et aruerunt, / et turbo quasi stipulam auferet eos. 25And to whom have ye likened me, or made me equal, saith the Holy One?E a qual cosa mi avete voi assomigliato, e a qual cosa agguagliato mi avete, dice il Santo?And to whom haue ye likened me, and made me equal, saith the holie one?Et cui assimilastis me, et adæquastis ? / dicit Sanctus. 26Lift up your eyes on high, and see who hath created these things: who bringeth out their host by number, and calleth them all by their names: by the greatness of his might, and strength, and power, not one of them was missing.Alzate all'alto gli occhi vostri, e considerate chi tali cose creò: chi la loro moltitudine guida con ordine, e tutte pel suo nome le chiama, e per la grandezza della possanza, e della fortezza, e della virtù di lui neppur una rimane indietro.Lift vp your eies on high, and see who hath created these thinges: he that bringeth out the host of them in number, and calleth them al by name: by the multitude of his force and strength, and power, not one of them was missing.Levate in excelsum oculos vestros, et videte / quis creavit hæc: / qui educit in numero militiam eorum, / et omnes ex nomine vocat; / præ multitudine fortitudinis et roboris, virtutisque ejus, / neque unum reliquum fuit. 27Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel: My way is hid from the Lord, and my judgment is passed over from my God?Per qual ragione dici tu, o Giacobbe, e pronunzi tu, o Israele: Non è noto al Signore lo stato mio, e non preme al mio Dio di farmi ragione?Why sayest thou Iacob, and speakest thou Israel: My way is hid from our Lord, and my iudgement is passed ouer of my God?Quare dicis, Jacob, / et loqueris, Israël: / Abscondita est via mea a Domino, / et a Deo meo judicium meum transivit ?

28Knowest thou not, or hast thou not heard? the Lord is the everlasting God, who hath created the ends of the earth: he shall not faint, nor labour, neither is there any searching out of his wisdom.Ignori tu, e non hai udito, che Dio è l'eterno Signore, che creò la terra quant' ella è ampia; ch'ei non sente fiacchezza, né affanno, ed è imperscrutabile la sua sapienza?Why knowest thou not, or hast thou not heard? our Lord is God euerlasting, which hath created the endes of the earth: he shal not faile, nor labour, neither is there searching out of his wisdome.Numquid nescis, aut non audisti ? / Deus sempiternus Dominus, / qui creavit terminos terræ: / non deficiet, neque laborabit, / nec est investigatio sapientiæ ejus. 29It is he that giveth strength to the weary, and increaseth force and might to them that are not.Egli al fiacco dà robustezza; e a que', che non sono, somministra forza, e vigore.Which geueth strength to the wearie: and to them that are not, multiplieth force and strength.Qui dat lasso virtutem, / et his qui non sunt, fortitudinem et robur multiplicat. 30Youths shall faint, and labour, and young men shall fall by infirmity.La fresca età verrà meno per la stanchezza, e la gioventù per debolezza cadrà.Children shal faynte, and labour, and yongmen shal fal by infirmitie.Deficient pueri, et laborabunt, / et juvenes in infirmitate cadent; 31But they that hope in the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall take wings as eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.Ma que', che sperano nel Signore, acquisteranno nuova fortezza, prenderanno ale di aquila, correranno senza fatica, cammineranno senza stancarsi.But they that hope in our Lord shal change their strength, they shal take winges as eagles, they shal runne & not labour, they shal walke and not fainte.qui autem sperant in Domino mutabunt fortitudinem, / assument pennas sicut aquilæ: / current et non laborabunt, / ambulabunt et non deficient.