48 — Isaia

1Hear ye these things, O house of Jacob, you that are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Juda, you who swear by the name of the Lord, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in justice.Ascolta queste cose tu casa di Giacobbe, voi, che prendete il nome d'Israele, e Giuda avete per vostra origine, tu, che fai giuramento nel nome del Signore, e del Dio d'Israele fai menzione non con verità, né con giustizia:HEARE ye these thinges ô house of Iacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come out of the waters of Iuda, which sweare in the name of our Lord, & are mindful of the God of Israel not in truth, nor in iustice.Audite hæc, domus Jacob, / qui vocamini nomine Israël, / et de aquis Juda existis; / qui juratis in nomine Domini, / et Dei Israël recordamini / non in veritate neque in justitia. 2For they are called of the holy city, and are established upon the God of Israel: the Lord of hosts is his name.Imperocché dalla città santa si nomano, e al Dio d'Israele, si appoggiano, che ha nome, Signore degli eserciti.For they are called of the holie citie, and are established vpon the God of Israel: the Lord of hostes is his name.De civitate enim sancta vocati sunt, / et super Deum Israël constabiliti sunt: / Dominus exercituum nomen ejus. 3The former things of old, I have declared, and they went forth out of my mouth, and I have made them to be heard: I did them suddenly and they came to pass.Le precedenti cose io annunziai molto prima, e di mia propria bocca le predissi, e le feci sapere: tutt'ad un tratto io le misi ad effetto, e avvennero;The former thinges of old I haue declared, and they proceded out of my mouth, and I haue made them to be heard: sodenly I haue wrought, and they came.Priora ex tunc annuntiavi, / et ex ore meo exierunt, et audita feci ea: / repente operatus sum, et venerunt. 4For I knew that thou art stubborn, and thy neck is as an iron sinew, and thy forehead as brass.Perocché io sapeva, che tu se' duro, e che nerbo di ferro è la tua cervice, e la tua fronte è di bronzo.For I knew that thou art stubburne, and thy necke is an yron sinew, and thy forehead of brasse.Scivi enim quia durus es tu, / et nervus ferreus cervix tua, / et frons tua ærea. 5I foretold thee of old, before they came to pass I told thee, lest thou shouldst say: My idols have done these things, and my graven and molten things have commanded them.Tel predissi già tempo; tel indicai prima, che avvenisse, affinchè per disgrazia tu non dicessi: I miei idoli han fatte queste cose, e le mie statue di scultura, e di getto hanno disposto così.I foretold thee of old: before they came I told thee, lest perhaps thou shouldest say: My idols haue done these thinges, and my sculptils, and moltens haue commanded these thinges.Prædixi tibi ex tunc; / antequam venirent, indicavi tibi, / ne forte diceres: Idola mea fecerunt hæc, / et sculptilia mea et conflatilia mandaverunt ista.

6See now all the things which thou hast heard: but have you declared them? I have shewn thee new things from that time, and things are kept which thou knowest not:Mira (eseguito) tutto quel, che udisti: e non siete voi quelli, che lo propalaste? Fin d'adesso nuove cose ti ho rivelate, e ne serbo, che tu non sai.See al the thinges which thou hast heard: but haue you declared them? I haue made thee know new thinges of old, and the thinges are kept which thou knowest not:Quæ audisti, vide omnia; / vos autem, num annuntiastis ? / Audita feci tibi nova ex tunc, / et conservata sunt quæ nescis. 7They are created now, and not of old: and before the day, when thou heardest them not, lest thou shouldst say: Behold I knew them.Adesso sono create (queste predizioni), e non in passato, e prima del tempo, e tu non ne hai sentito parlare, affinchè per disgrazia tu non dicessi io mel sapeva.now they are created, and not of old: and before the day, and thou heardest them not, lest perhaps thou mighrest say: Behold I knewe them.Nunc creata sunt et non ex tunc; / et ante diem, et non audisti ea, / ne forte dicas: Ecce ego cognovi ea. 8Thou hast neither heard, nor known, neither was thy ear opened of old. For I know that transgressing thou wilt transgress, and I have called thee a transgressor from the womb.Tu ne le avevi udite, né le sapevi, e non erano allora aperte le tue orecchie: perocché io so, che tu continuerai a prevaricare, e prevaricatore ti chiamai dal sen di tua madre.Thou hast neither heard, nor knowen, neither was thyne eare opened of old. For I know that transgressing thou wilt transgresse, and I haue called thee a transgressour from the wombe.Neque audisti, neque cognovisti, / neque ex tunc aperta est auris tua: / scio enim quia prævaricans prævaricaberis, / et transgressorem ex utero vocavi te. 9For my name’s sake I will remove my wrath far off: and for my praise I will bridle thee, lest thou shouldst perish.Per amore del nome mio conterrò il mio furore: e colla mia gloria ti imbriglierò, perchè tu non perisca.For my names sake I wil make my furie far of: and for my prayse I wil bridle thee, that thou perish not.Propter nomen meum longe faciam furorem meum, / et laude mea infrenabo te, / ne intereas. 10Behold I have refined thee, but not as silver, I have chosen thee in the furnace of poverty.Ecco, che io ti ho purgato col fuoco, ma non come l'argento, no fatto saggio di te nel grogiuolo della povertà.Behold I haue fined thee, but not as siluer, I haue chosen thee in the fornace of pouertie.Ecce excoxi te, sed non quasi argentum; / elegi te in camino paupertatis.

11For my own sake, for my own sake will I do it, that I may not be blasphemed: and I will not give my glory to another.Per causa mia, per causa mia farò questo, perch'io non sia bestemmiato; e ad altri non darò la mia gloria.For myself, for my self wil I do it, that I be not blasphemed: and I wil not geue my glorie to an other.Propter me, propter me faciam, / ut non blasphemer; / et gloriam meam alteri non dabo. 12Hearken to me, O Jacob, and thou Israel whom I call: I am he, I am the first, and I am the last.Ascolta me o Giacobbe, e tu Israele, cui io dò il nome: io stesso, io il primo, ed io l'ultimo.Heare me ô Iacob, and thou Israel whom I cal: I the same, I the first, & I the last.Audi me, Jacob, / et Israël, quem ego voco: / ego ipse, ego primus, / et ego novissimus. 13My hand also hath founded the earth, and my right hand hath measured the heavens: I shall call them, and they shall stand together.La mano mia fu pur quella, che fondò la terra, e la mia destra misurò i cieli: a una voce, che io dia loro, si fermeran tutti insieme.My hand also hath founded the earth, and my right hand hath measured the heauens: I shal cal them, and they shal stand together.Manus quoque mea fundavit terram, / et dextera mea mensa est cælos; / ego vocabo eos, / et stabunt simul. 14Assemble yourselves together, all you, and hear: who among them hath declared these things? the Lord hath loved him, he will do his pleasure in Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.Radunatevi tutti voi, e ascoltate: quali di essi tali cose annunziò? Il Signore ha amato quest'uomo, ei farà il volere di lui in Babilonia, e sarà il suo braccio contro i Caldei.Assemble ye together al you, and heare: which of them hath shewed these thinges? The Lord hath loued him, he wil do his wil in Babylon, and his arme in the Chaldees.Congregamini, omnes vos, et audite: / quis de eis annuntiavit hæc ? / Dominus dilexit eum, faciet voluntatem suam in Babylone, / et brachium suum in Chaldæis. 15I, even I have spoken and called him: I have brought him, and his way is made prosperous.Io, io ho parlato, e lo ho chiamato: lo ho guidato, ed è appianata a lui la sua via.I, euen I haue spoken, and called him: I haue brought him, and his way is directed.Ego, ego locutus sum, et vocavi eum; / adduxi eum, et directa est via ejus. 16Come ye near unto me, and hear this: I have not spoken in secret from the beginning: from the time before it was done, I was there, and now the Lord God hath sent me, and his spirit.Accostatevi a me, e udite questo: Io fin da principio non ho parlato all'oscuro: già tempo, prima che ciò avvenisse, io era colà: e ora mi ha mandato il Signore Dio, e il suo spirito.Come ye to me, and heare this: I haue not spoken in secrete from the begynning, from the time before it was done, I was there, and now the Lord God hath sent me, and his spirite.Accedite ad me et audite hoc: / non a principio in abscondito locutus sum: / ex tempore antequam fieret, ibi eram: / et nunc Dominus Deus misit me, / et spiritus ejus.

17Thus saith the Lord thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am the Lord thy God that teach thee profitable things, that govern thee in the way that thou walkest.Queste cose dice il Signore Redentor tuo, il Santo d'Israele: Io Signore Dio tuo, che t'insegno quello, che giova, e ti dirigo nella strada, per cui tu cammini.Thus sayth our Lord thy redemer the holie one of Israel: I the Lord thy God that teach thee profitable thinges, that gouerne thee in the way that thou walkest.Hæc dicit Dominus, redemptor tuus, / Sanctus Israël: / Ego Dominus Deus tuus, / docens te utilia, / gubernans te in via qua ambulas. 18O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments: thy peace had been as a river, and thy justice as the waves of the sea,Avessi tu avuto a cuore i miei precetti: quasi fiume sarebbe la pace tua, e la tua giustizia come i gorghi del mare.I would thou hadst attended to my commandments: thy peace had bene as a floud, and thy iustice as the waues of the sea.Utinam attendisses mandata mea: / facta fuisset sicut flumen pax tua, / et justitia tua sicut gurgites maris: 19And thy seed had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof: his name should not have perished, nor have been destroyed from before my face.E la tua discendenza sarebbe stata come l'arena del mare, e la stirpe del tuo seno come le sue pietruzze: non sarebbe perito, e non sarebbe stato distrutto dinanzi a me il nome di lui.And thy seede had bene as the sand, and the stocke of thy wombe as the grauel stones therof: his name had not perished, neither had it bene destroyed from before my face.et fuisset quasi arena semen tuum, / et stirps uteri tui ut lapilli ejus; / non interisset et non fuisset attritum / nomen ejus a facie mea. 20Come forth out of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, declare it with the voice of joy: make this to be heard, and speak it out even to the ends of the earth. Say: The Lord hath redeemed his servant Jacob.Uscite di Babilonia, fuggite dalla Caldea, con voce di giubilo date questa novella: notificate tal cosa, e fate, che ne giunga notizia fino agli ultimi con fini del mondo, dite: Il Signore ha redento Giacobbe suo servo.Come forth out of Babylon, flee from the Chaldees, shew it forth in the voice of exultation: make this to be heard, and speake it out euen to the endes of the earth. Say: Our Lord hath redemed his seruant Iacob.Egredimini de Babylone, fugite a Chaldæis, / in voce exsultationis annuntiate: / auditum facite hoc, / et efferte illud usque ad extrema terræ. / Dicite: Redemit Dominus / servum suum Jacob.

21They thirsted not in the desert, when he led them out: he brought forth water out of the rock for them, and he clove the rock, and the waters gushed out.Non han patito la sete quand'ei li guidò pel deserto: trasse fuori per loro acque dal sasso, spezzò il sasso, e scaturiron le acque.They thirsted not in the desert, when he brought them forth: water out of the rocke he brought forth to them, and he cloue the rocke, and there flowed waters.Non sitierunt in deserto, cum educeret eos: / aquam de petra produxit eis, / et scidit petram, et fluxerunt aquæ. 22There is no peace to the wicked, saith the Lord.Pace non e per gli empi: dice il Signore.There is no peace to the impious, sayth our Lord.Non est pax impiis, dicit Dominus.