41 — Isaia

1Let the islands keep silence before me, and the nations take new strength: let them come near, and then speak, let us come near to judgment together.Si tacciano le isole dinanzi a me, e le genti si riconfortino; si accostino, e allora parlino, andiamo insieme in giudizio.LET the ilands hold their peace before me, and the Gentiles change their strength: let them come neere, and then speake, let vs approche to iudgement together.Taceant ad me insulæ, / et gentes mutent fortitudinem: / accedant, et tunc loquantur; / simul ad judicium propinquemus. 2Who hath raised up the just one from the east, hath called him to follow him? he shall give the nations in his sight, and he shall rule over kings: he shall give them as the dust to his sword, as stubble driven by the wind, to his bow.Chi suscitò dall'oriente il giusto, e chiamollo perchè lo seguisse? Egli umiliò nel cospetto di lui le nazioni, e lo fe' superiore ai regi, divenuti come polvere dinanzi alla sua spada, e come stoppia traportata dal vento dinanzi all'arco di lui.Who hath raysed the iust from the East, hath called him that he should folow him? he shal geue the Gentiles in his sight, and he shal obteyne kinges: he shal geue them as it were dust to his sword, as stubble taken violently with with the winde, to his bow.Quis suscitavit ab oriente Justum, / vocavit eum ut sequeretur se ? / Dabit in conspectu ejus gentes, / et reges obtinebit: / dabit quasi pulverem gladio ejus, / sicut stipulam vento raptam arcui ejus. 3He shall pursue them, he shall pass in peace, no path shall appear after his feet.Ei li incalzò, andò avanti senza disastro, orma non si vide de' piedi di lui.He shal pursew them, he shal passe in peace, there shal no path appeare after his feete.Persequetur eos, transibit in pace: / semita in pedibus ejus non apparebit. 4Who hath wrought and done these things, calling the generations from the beginning? I the Lord, I am the first and the last.Chi tali cose operò, e condusse a fine? Chi fin da principio tutte ordinò le generazioni? Io il Signore, il primo, e l'ultimo son io.Who hath wrought and done these thinges, calling the generations from the begynning? I the Lord, the first and the last I am.Quis hæc operatus est, et fecit, / vocans generationes ab exordio ? / Ego Dominus: / primus et novissimus ego sum. 5The islands saw it, and feared, the ends of the earth were astonished, they drew near, and came.Le isole videro, e n'ebber timore: le più rimote genti rimasero stupefatte, e si ravvicinarono, e si unirono.The ilands haue seene, and haue bene afrayd, the ends of the earth haue beene astonied, they haue approched, and come neere.Viderunt insulæ, et timuerunt; / extrema terræ obstupuerunt: / appropinquaverunt, et accesserunt.

6Every one shall help his neighbour, and shall say to his brother: Be of good courage.Ciascheduno spalleggerà il suo vicino, e al suo fratello dirà: Fatti animo.Euerie one shal helpe his neighbour, and shal say to his brother: Be strong.Unusquisque proximo suo auxiliabitur, / et fratri suo dicet: Confortare. 7The coppersmith striking with the hammer encouraged him that forged at that time, saying: It is ready for soldering: and he strengthened it with nails, that it should not be moved.Il bronzista, che lavora al martello, faceva coraggio a quello, che lavorava allora senza incudine, dicendo: La saldatura è buona: e assicura con chiovi la statua, perchè non sia smossa.The coppersmith striking with the hammer encouraged him that forged at that time, saying: It is good for sodering: and he strengthened it with nailes, that it should not be moued.Confortavit faber ærarius / percutiens malleo / eum, qui cudebat tunc temporis, / dicens: Glutino bonum est; / et confortavit eum clavis, ut non moveretur. 8But thou Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend:Ma tu, o Israele, mio servo, tu Giacobbe eletto da me, stirpe di Abramo amico mio;And thou Israel my seruant, Iocob whom I haue chosen, the seede of Abraham my frend:Et tu, Israël, serve meus, / Jacob quem elegi, / semen Abraham amici mei: 9In whom I have taken thee from the ends of the earth, and from the remote parts thereof have called thee, and said to thee: Thou art my servant, I have chosen thee, and have not cast thee away.Tu, cui io trassi dagli estremi confini della terra, e dalla rimota patria di lui ti chiamai, e ti dissi: Servo mio se' tu, io ti ho eletto, e non ti ho rigettato.in whom I haue taken thee from the ends of the earth, and from the fat parts therof haue called thee, and sayd to thee; Thou art my seruant, I haue chosen thee, and haue not cast thee away.in quo apprehendi te ab extremis terræ, / et a longinquis ejus vocavi te, / et dixi tibi: Servus meus es tu: / elegi te, et non abjeci te. 10Fear not, for I am with thee: turn not aside, for I am thy God: I have strengthened thee, and have helped thee, and the right hand of my just one hath upheld thee.Non aver paura; perocché io son teco: non torcer di strada; perocché io sono il tuo Dio: ti ho fortificato, e ti ho aiutato, e la destra del giusto mio ti sostenne.Feare not, because I am with thee: decline not, because I am thy God: I haue strengthened thee, and haue holpen thee, and the right hand of my iust one hath susteyned thee.Ne timeas, quia ego tecum sum; / ne declines, quia ego Deus tuus: / confortavi te, et auxiliatus sum tibi, / et suscepit te dextera Justi mei.

11Behold all that fight against thee shall be confounded and ashamed, they shall be as nothing, and the men shall perish that strive against thee.Ecco che saranno confusi, e svergognati quelli, che a te fanno guerra: saran come se non fossero, e periranno quei, che a te contraddicono.Behold al that fight against thee shal be confounded and ashamed, they shal be as if they were not, and the men shal perish that gaynesay thee.Ecce confundentur et erubescent / omnes qui pugnant adversum te; / erunt quasi non sint, et peribunt / viri qui contradicunt tibi. 12Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find the men that resist thee: they shall be as nothing: and as a thing consumed the men that war against thee.Cercherai di loro, e non li troverai questi uomini ribelli a te: saranno come se non fossero, e come distruzione gli uomini, che combattono contro di te;Thou shalt seeke them, and shalt not find, the men thy rebelles: they shal be as if they were not: and as consumption the men that warre agaynst thee.Quæres eos, et non invenies, / viros rebelles tuos; / erunt quasi non sint, et veluti consumptio / homines bellantes adversum te. 13For I am the Lord thy God, who take thee by the hand, and say to thee: Fear not, I have helped thee.Perocché io sono il Signore Dio tuo, che te prendo per mano, e ti dico: Non temere, io sono tuo soccorso.Because I am the Lord thy God taking thy hand, and saying to thee: Feare not, I haue holpen thee.Quia ego Dominus Deus tuus, / apprehendens manum tuam, / dicensque tibi: Ne timeas: / ego adjuvi te. 14Fear not, thou worm of Jacob, you that are dead of Israel: I have helped thee, saith the Lord: and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel.Vermicciuolo come sei, non temere, o Giacobbe, né voi, o morti d'Israele: io son tuo aiuto, dice il Signore; e tuo Redentore è il Santo d'Israele.Feare not thou worme of Iacob, ye that are dead of Israel: I haue holpen thee, sayth our Lord: and thy redemer the holie one of Israel.Noli timere, vermis Jacob, / qui mortui estis ex Israël: / ego auxiliatus sum tibi, dicit Dominus, / et redemptor tuus Sanctus Israël. 15I have made thee as a new thrashing wain, with teeth like a saw: thou shalt thrash the mountains, and break them in pieces: and shalt make the hills as chaff.Io ti farò diventare come un carro nuovo da tribbiare i grani, armato di denti di ferro: tu tribbierai, e pesterai i monti, e ridurrai in polvere le colline.I haue made thee as a new threshing wayne, hauing teeth like a saw: thou shalt thresh the mountaynes, and breake them in peeces: and shalt make the litle hilles as dust.Ego posui te quasi plaustrum triturans novum, / habens rostra serrantia; / triturabis montes, et comminues, / et colles quasi pulverem pones.

16Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the Lord, in the Holy One of Israel thou shalt be joyful.Tu le scuoterai, e 'l vento le porterà, e il turbine le spergerà: e tu esulterai nel Signore, ti rallegrerai nel Santo d'Israele.Thou shalt fanne them, and the wind shal take them away, and the whirle wind shal disperse them: and thou shal reioyce in the Lord, in the holie one of Israel thou shalt be ioyful.Ventilabis eos, et ventus tollet, / et turbo disperget eos; / et tu exsultabis in Domino, / in Sancto Israël lætaberis. 17The needy and the poor seek for waters, and there are none: their tongue hath been dry with thirst. I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.I poveri, e i mendichi cercano acqua, e acqua non è: secca è per la sete la loro lingua: io Signore li esaudirò, io Dio d'Israele non li lascerò in abbandono.The needie and the poore seeke for waters, and there are none: their tongue hath bene drie with thirst. I the Lord wil heare them, I the God of Israel wil not forsake them.Egeni et pauperes / quærunt aquas, et non sunt; / lingua eorum siti aruit. / Ego Dominus exaudiam eos, / Deus Israël, non derelinquam eos. 18I will open rivers in the high hills, and fountains in the midst of the plains: I will turn the desert into pools of waters, and the impassable land into streams of waters.Io scaturir farò ne' più alti colli de' fiumi, e delle sorgive in mezzo a' campi: il deserto cangerò in istagni di acque, e la secca terra disabitata cangerò in rivi di acque.I wil open riuers in the high hilles, and fountaynes in the middes of plaine fildes: I wil make the desert into pooles of waters, and the land not passable into riuers of waters.Aperiam in supinis collibus flumina, / et in medio camporum fontes: / ponam desertum in stagna aquarum, / et terram inviam in rivos aquarum. 19I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, and the thorn, and the myrtle, and the olive tree: I will set in the desert the fir tree, the elm, and the box tree together:Nella solitudine farò venire il cedro, il setim, e il mirto, e la pianta di ulivo: e nel deserto porrò insieme l'abete, l'olmo, e il bussolo:I wil geue into the wildernes the cedar, and the thorne, and the myrlte and the oliue tree: I wil set in the desert the firretree, the elme, and the box tree together.Dabo in solitudinem cedrum, / et spinam, et myrtum, et lignum olivæ; / ponam in deserto abietem, / ulmum, et buxum simul:

20That they may see and know, and consider, and understand together that the hand of the Lord hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.Affinchè tutti insieme veggano, e sappiano, e ripensino, e intendano, che la mano del Signore ha fatta tal cosa, e il Santo d'Israele la ha creata.That they may see, and know, and recount, and vnderstand together that the hand of the Lord hath done this, and the holie one of Israel hath created it.ut videant, et sciant, / et recogitent, et intelligant pariter, / quia manus Domini fecit hoc, / et Sanctus Israël creavit illud. 21Bring your cause near, saith the Lord: bring hither, if you have any thing to allege, saith the King of Jacob.Date fuora la vostra difesa, dice il Signore: proponete se qualche cosa avete di forte, dice il Re di Giacobbe.Make your iudgement approche, sayth the Lord: bring hither, if perhaps you haue any thing, sayd the king of Iacob.Prope facite judicium vestrum, / dicit Dominus; / Afferte, si quid forte habetis, / dicit rex Jacob. 22Let them come, and tell us all things that are to come: tell us the former things what they were: and we will set our heart upon them and shall know the latter end of them, and tell us the things that are to come.Vengano, e annunzino a noi tutte le cose, che sono per avvenire: narrate le cose precedenti, che furon; e noi intenderemo, e sapremo quelle, che verran lor dietro; annunziate le cose future.Let them come, and tel vs what thinges so euer are to come: tel the former thinges what they haue bene: and we wil set our hart, and shal know the later ends of them, and tel vs the thinges that are to come.Accedant, et nuntient nobis / quæcumque ventura sunt; / priora quæ fuerunt, nuntiate, / et ponemus cor nostrum, / et sciemus novissima eorum; / et quæ ventura sunt, indicate nobis. 23Shew the things that are to come hereafter, and we shall know that ye are gods. Do ye also good or evil, if you can: and let us speak, and see together.Annunziate le cose, che verranno in futuro, e conosceremo, che voi siete dii: fate eziandio del bene, o del male, se pur il potete: e parliamo, e discorriamola insieme.Shew what thinges are to come hereafter, and we shal know that ye are goddes. Doe ye also good or euil, if you can: and let vs speake, and see together.Annuntiate quæ ventura sunt in futurum, / et sciemus quia dii estis vos; / bene quoque aut male, si potestis, facite, / et loquamur et videamus simul. 24Behold, you are of nothing, and your work of that which hath no being: he that hath chosen you is an abomination.Ma voi siete dal nulla, e il vostro essere viene da ciò, che non è: abbominazione è colui, che a voi rendo culto.Behold, you are of nothing, and your worke of that which is not: he is abomination that hath chosen you.Ecce vos estis ex nihilo, / et opus vestrum ex eo quod non est: / abominatio est qui elegit vos.

25I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come from the rising of the sun: he shall call upon my name, and he shall make princes to be as dirt, and as the potter treading clay.Lo chiamai dal settentrione, e venne dall'oriente: egli invocò il nome mio, e calpestò i principi come fango, e come il vasaio pesta la molle terra.I haue raysed vp from the North, and he shal come from the rising of the sunne: he shal cal vpon my name, and shal bring the magistrates as myre, and as the plasterer treading claie.Suscitavi ab aquilone, et veniet ab ortu solis: / vocabit nomen meum, / et adducet magistratus quasi lutum, / et velut plastes conculcans humum. 26Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know: and from time of old, that we may say: Thou art just. There is none that sheweth, nor that foretelleth, nor that heareth your words.Chi tali cose ha predette fin da principio, affinchè noi lo conosciamo: e sino da tempi antichi, affinchè diciamo: Sta per te la giustizia? Ma non è chi profetizzi, né chi predica, né v'ha chi vi senta parlare.Who hath shewed from the beginning, that we may know: and from the beginning that we may say: Art thou iust? There is neyther that sheweth, nor telleth before, nor heareth your wordes.Quis annuntiavit ab exordio ut sciamus, / et a principio ut dicamus: Justus es ? / Non est neque annuntians, neque prædicens, / neque audiens sermones vestros. 27The first shall say to Sion: Behold they are here, and to Jerusalem I will give an evangelist.Il primo dirà a Sionne: Ecco che quegli son qui: e darò a Gerusalemme un apportator di lieta novella.The first shal say to Sion: Loe I am present, and to Ierusalem I wil geue an euangelist.Primus ad Sion dicet: Ecce adsunt, / et Jerusalem evangelistam dabo. 28And I saw, and there was no one even among them to consult, or who, when I asked, could answer a word.E osservai, e non era alcuno neppur tra questi, che fosse capace di consiglio, e interrogato rispondesse parola.And I saw, and neither of these was there any that would consult, and being asked would answer a word.Et vidi, / et non erat neque ex istis quisquam / qui iniret consilium, / et interrogatus responderet verbum. 29Behold they are all in the wrong, and their works are vain: their idols are wind and vanity.Tutti adunque sono iniqui, e vane sono le opere loro: e i lor simolacri son vento, e inanitàBehold al are vniust, and their workes vayne: their idols are wind and vanitie.Ecce omnes injusti, / et vana opera eorum; / ventus et inane simulacra eorum.