42 — Isaia

1Behold my servant, I will uphold him: my elect, my soul delighteth in him: I have given my spirit upon him, he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.Ecco il mio servo, io sarò con lui; il mio eletto, in lui si compiace l'anima mia: in lui ho diffuso il mio Spirito, egli mostrerà la giustizia alle genti.BEHOLD my seruant, I wil receiue him: mine elect, my soule hath pleased itself in him: I haue geuen my spirit vpon him, he shal bring forth iudgement to the Gentiles.Ecce servus meus, suscipiam eum; / electus meus, complacuit sibi in illo anima mea: / dedi spiritum meum super eum: / judicium gentibus proferet. 2He shall not cry, nor have respect to person, neither shall his voice be heard abroad.Ei non griderà, e non sarà accettator di persone; né udirassi di fuori la voce di lui.He shal not crie, nor accept person, neither shal his voice be heard abrode.Non clamabit, neque accipiet personam, / nec audietur vox ejus foris. 3The bruised reed he shall not break, and smoking flax he shall not quench, he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.Ei non ispezzerà la canna fessa, e non ammorzerà il lucignolo, che fuma: farà giudizio secondo la verità.The bruised reede he shal not breake, and smoking flaxe he shal not quench: he shal bring forth iudgement in truth.Calamum quassatum non conteret, / et linum fumigans non extinguet: / in veritate educet judicium. 4He shall not be sad, nor troublesome, till he set judgment in the earth, and the islands shall wait for his law.Non sarà maninconioso, né turbolento per tutto il tempo, che stabilirà in terra la giustizia: e da lui le isole aspetteranno la legge.He shal not be sad, nor turbulent, til he set iudgement in the earth: and the ilands shal expect his law.Non erit tristis, neque turbulentus, / donec ponat in terra judicium; / et legem ejus insulæ exspectabunt. 5Thus saith the Lord God that created the heavens, and stretched them out: that established the earth, and the things that spring out of it: that giveth breath to the people upon it, and spirit to them that tread thereon.Queste cose dice il Signore Dio, che crea, e distende i cieli: che dà l'essere alla terra, e alle cose, che di lei nascono: che dà il respiro a quegli, che in essa albergano, e lo spirito a quegli, che la passeggiano.Thus sayth the Lord God that created the heauens, and stretched them out: that established the earth, & the thinges that spring therof: that geueth breath to the people, that is vpon it, and spirit to them that tread therevpon.Hæc dicit Dominus Deus, / creans cælos, et extendens eos; / formans terram, et quæ germinant ex ea; / dans flatum populo qui est super eam, / et spiritum calcantibus eam:

6I the Lord have called thee in justice, and taken thee by the hand, and preserved thee. And I have given thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles:Io il Signore, ti ho chiamato per amore della giustizia, ti ho preso per mano, e ti ho preservato. Te ho io stabilito riconciliatore del popolo, luce delle nazioni,I the Lord haue called thee in iustice, and taken thy hand, and preserued thee. And I haue geuen thee for a couenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles.Ego Dominus vocavi te in justitia, / et apprehendi manum tuam, / et servavi te: / et dedi te in fœdus populi, / in lucem gentium, 7That thou mightest open the eyes of the blind, and bring forth the prisoner out of prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.Affinchè tu aprissi gli occhi de' ciechi, e traessi dalla carcere i prigionieri, dalla stanza della loro prigione que', che giacevano nelle tenebre.That thou mightest open the eyes of the blind, and bring forth the prisoner out of prison, & them that sitte in darknes out of the prison house.ut aperires oculos cæcorum, / et educeres de conclusione vinctum, / de domo carceris sedentes in tenebris. 8I the Lord, this is my name: I will not give my glory to another, nor my praise to graven things.Io il Signore, questo è il nome mio: non cederò ad un altro la gloria mia, né l'onor mio ai simolacri.I the Lord, this is my name: I wil not geue my glorie to an other, and my praise to grauen thinges.Ego Dominus, / hoc est nomen meum; / gloriam meam alteri non dabo, / et laudem meam sculptilibus. 9The things that were first, behold they are come: and new things do I declare: before they spring forth, I will make you hear them.Quelle prime cose, ecco che sono avvenute, nuove cose ancora io annunzio; a voi le svelo avanti che avvengano.The thinges that were first, loe they are come: new thinges also I do shewe before they come forth, I wil make you heare them.Quæ prima fuerunt, ecce venerunt; / nova quoque ego annuntio: / antequam oriantur, / audita vobis faciam. 10Sing ye to the Lord a new song, his praise is from the ends of the earth: you that go down to the sea, and all that are therein: ye islands, and ye inhabitants of them.Un nuovo cantico cantate al Signore; le lodi di lui dagli ultimi confini della terra: voi, che passeggiate il mare quant'egli è vasto, voi, o isole, e voi, che le abitate.Sing ye to the Lord a new song, his prayse is from the endes of the earth: ye that goe downe to the sea, and you the fulnes therof: ye ilands, and inhabitants of the same.Cantate Domino canticum novum, / laus ejus ab extremis terræ, / qui descenditis in mare, et plenitudo ejus; / insulæ, et habitatores earum.

11Let the desert and the cities thereof be exalted: Cedar shall dwell in houses: ye inhabitants of Petra, give praise, they shall cry from the top of the mountains.Esulti il deserto, e le sue città: Cedar albergherà pelle case: abitanti di Petra cantate laude, alzate la voce dalla cima delle montagne.Let the desert be exalted and the cities therof: Cedar shal dwel in houses: ye inhabitants of the Rocke, geue prayse, they shal crye from the toppe of the mountaines.Sublevetur desertum et civitates ejus. / In domibus habitabit Cedar: / laudate, habitatores petræ; / de vertice montium clamabunt. 12They shall give glory to the Lord, and shall declare his praise in the islands.Ei daran gloria al Signore, e alle isole annunzieranno le lodi di lui.They shal geue glorie to the Lord, and shal declare his praise in the ilands.Ponent Domino gloriam, / et laudem ejus in insulis nuntiabunt. 13The Lord shall go forth as a mighty man, as a man of war shall he stir up zeal: he shall shout and cry: he shall prevail against his enemies.Il Signore uscirà fuora come un campione, come un eroe guerriero risveglierà il suo zelo: alzerà la voce, griderà, conquiderà i suoi nemici.The Lord shal goe forth as a strong man, as a man of warre shal he raise vp zele: he shal shoute and crie: ouer his enemies he shal be strengthened.Dominus sicut fortis egredietur, / sicut vir præliator suscitabit zelum; / vociferabitur, et clamabit: / super inimicos suos confortabitur. 14I have always held my peace, I have kept silence, I have been patient, I will speak now as a woman in labour: I will destroy, and swallow up at once.Mi tacqui sempre, stetti in silenzio, fui paziente. Voci di partoriente saran le mie voci: desolerò, e divorerò insieme.I haue alwayes held my peace, I haue kepte silence, I haue bene patient, I wil speake as a trauailing woman: I wil dissipate, and swallow vp together.Tacui semper, / silui, patiens fui: / sicut parturiens loquar; / dissipabo, et absorbebo simul. 15I will lay waste the mountains and hills, and will make all their grass to wither: and I will turn rivers into islands, and will dry up the standing pools.Diserterò i monti, ed i colli, e seccherò tutte le erbe loro, e cangerò in isole i fiumi, e renderò asciutti gli stagni.I wil make mountaynes and litle hilles desolate, and wil make al their grasse to wither: and I wil turne riuers into ilands, and wil drie vp the standing pooles.Desertos faciam montes et colles, / et omne gramen eorum exsiccabo; / et ponam flumina in insulas, / et stagna arefaciam.

16And I will lead the blind into the way which they know not: and in the paths which they were ignorant of I will make them walk: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight: these things have I done to them, and have not forsaken them.E i ciechi condurrò per una strada, che lor era ignota, e per sentieri non battuti da loro, farò, che camminino: farò, che per essi si cangin le tenebre in luce, e le vie storte in diritte: queste cose farò per essi, e non gli abbandonerò.And I wil lead the blind into the way, which they know not: and in the pathes, which they haue bene ignorant of: I wil make them walke: I wil make darkenes before them to be light, and crooked thinges streight: these words haue I done to them, and haue not forsaken them.Et ducam cæcos in viam quam nesciunt, / et in semitis quas ignoraverunt ambulare eos faciam; / ponam tenebras coram eis in lucem, / et prava in recta; / hæc verba feci eis, / et non dereliqui eos. 17They are turned back: let them be greatly confounded, that trust in a graven thing, that say to a molten thing: You are our god.Caderanno all'indietro, e saran colmi di confusione quei, che confidano ne' simolacri, que' che dicono alle statue di getto: Voi siete i nostri dei.They are turned backward: let them be confounded with confusion, that trust in grauen thing, that say to the framed thing, ye are our goddes.Conversi sunt retrorsum, confundantur confusione, / qui confidunt in sculptili; / qui dicunt conflatili: / Vos dii nostri. 18Hear, ye deaf, and, ye blind, behold that you may see.Sordi udite, e voi ciechi mirate, e vedete.Heare ye deafe, and ye blind behold to see.Surdi, audite, / et cæci, intuemini ad videndum. 19Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, but he to whom I have sent my messengers? Who is blind, but he that is sold? or who is blind, but the servant of the Lord?Chi è il cieco, se non il mio servo? e chi è il sordo, se non quello, a cui ho mandati i miei nunzi? Chi è il cieco, se non il servo venduto? E chi è il cieco, se non il servo del Signore?Who is blind, but my seruant? and deafe, but he to whom I haue sent my messengers? Who is blind, but he that is solde? and who is blind, but the seruant of the Lord?Quis cæcus, nisi servus meus; / et surdus, nisi ad quem nuntios meos misi ? / quis cæcus, nisi qui venundatus est ? / et quis cæcus, nisi servus Domini ? 20Thou that seest many things, wilt thou not observe them? thou that hast ears open, wilt thou not hear?Tu, che vedi molte cose, non vi farai tu riflessione? tu, che hai aperte le orecchie, non ascolterai tu?Thou that seest manie thinges, wilt thou not keepe them? thou that hast eares open, wilt thou not heare?Qui vides multa, nonne custodies ? / qui apertas habes aures, nonne audies ?

21And the Lord was willing to sanctify him, and to magnify the law, and exalt it.E il Signore ebbe buona volontà per lui, affin di santificarlo, e per far conoscere la grandezza, e l'eccellenza della legge.And the Lord hath bene willing to sanctifie him, and to magnifie the law, and extol it.Et Dominus voluit ut sanctificaret eum, / et magnificaret legem, et extolleret. 22But this is a people that is robbed and wasted: they are all the snare of young men, and they are hid in the houses of prisons: they are made a prey, and there is none to deliver them: a spoil, and there is none that saith: Restore.Ma lo stesso mio popolo è saccheggiato, è devastato: ognun di essi è laccio pei giovani, che sono chiusi nelle prigioni: sono stati rapiti, né v'ha chi gli sciolga: sono stati predati, né v'ha chi dica: Rendigli.But the same people is spoiled, and wasted: al are the snare of yongmen, and they are hid in the houses of prisons: they are made a praye, neither is there to deliuer them: a spoile, neither is there that sayth: Restore.Ipse autem populus direptus, et vastatus; / laqueus juvenum omnes, / et in domibus carcerum absconditi sunt; / facti sunt in rapinam, nec est qui eruat; / in direptionem, nec est qui dicat: Redde. 23Who is there among you that will give ear to this, that will attend and hearken for times to come?Chi è tra voi, che ascolti queste cose, e dia retta, e pensi a quel, che ha da essere?Who is there among you that wil heare this attend and harken for thinges to come?Quis est in vobis qui audiat hoc, / attendat, et auscultet futura ? 24Who hath given Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to robbers? hath not the Lord himself, against whom we have sinned? And they would not walk in his ways, and they have not hearkened to his law.Chi ha abbandonato Giacobbe, e Israele ad essere preda di coloro, che lo saccheggiano? Non è egli il Signore stesso, contro del quale abbiam peccato? perocché non han voluto battere le vie di lui, e non hanno ubbidito alla sua legge;Who hath geuen Iacob into spoyle, and Israel to the wasters? hath not our Lord himself, to whom we haue sinned? And they would not walke in his wayes, & they haue not heard his law.Quis dedit in direptionem Jacob, / et Israël vastantibus ? / nonne Dominus ipse, cui peccavimus ? / Et noluerunt in viis ejus ambulare, / et non audierunt legem ejus. 25And he hath poured out upon him the indignation of his fury, and a strong battle, and hath burnt him round about, and he knew not: and set him on fire, and he understood not.Ed egli ha scaricato sopra di lui l'ira, e il furor suo, e gli fa atroce guerra, e lo ha arso per ogni banda, e quegli non ha capito; e lo ha dato al fuoco, e quegli non ha inteso.And he hath powred out vpon them the indignation of his furie, & a strong battel, and hath burnt him round about, and he knewe not; and set him on fyre, and he vnderstoode not.Et effudit super eum indignationem furoris sui, / et forte bellum; / et combussit eum in circuitu, et non cognovit; / et succendit eum, et non intellexit.