51 — Isaia

1Give ear to me, you that follow that which is just, and you that seek the Lord: look unto the rock whence you are hewn, and to the hole of the pit from which you are dug out.Udite me voi, che seguite la giustizia, e cercate il Signore: ponete mente alla pietra, donde voi foste tagliati, e alla sorgiva, donde voi foste tratti.HEARE me ye that folow that which is iust, and that seeke our Lord: attend to the rocke whence you are hewen out, & to the caue of the lake from the which you are cut out.Audite me, qui sequimini quod justum est, / et quæritis Dominum; / attendite ad petram unde excisi estis, / et ad cavernam laci de qua præcisi estis. 2Look unto Abraham your father, and to Sara that bore you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and multiplied him.Ponete mente ad Abramo padre vostro, e a Sara, la quale vi partorì: e perocché lui, che era solo chiamai, e lo benedissi, e lo moltiplicai.Attend to Abraham your father, and to Sara that bare you: because I called him alone, and blessed him, & multiplied him.Attendite ad Abraham, patrem vestrum, / et ad Saram, quæ peperit vos: / quia unum vocavi eum, / et benedixi ei, et multiplicavi eum. 3The Lord therefore will comfort Sion, and will comfort all the ruins thereof: and he will make her desert as a place of pleasure, and her wilderness as the garden of the Lord. Joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of praise.Il Signore adunque consolerà Sionne, e tutte le sue rovine ristorerà, e i suoi deserti renderà come luoghi di delizia, e la sua solitudine come giardino del Signore. Gaudio, e letizia sarà con lei, rendimento di grazie, e voci di laude.Our Lord therfore wil comfort Sion, and wil comfort al the ruines therof: and he wil make her desert as delicacies, and her wildernes as the garden of our Lord. Ioy and gladnes shal be found in it, geuing of thankes, and voice of prayse.Consolabitur ergo Dominus Sion, / et consolabitur omnes ruinas ejus: / et ponet desertum ejus quasi delicias, / et solitudinem ejus quasi hortum Domini. / Gaudium et lætitia invenietur in ea, / gratiarum actio et vox laudis. 4Hearken unto me, O my people, and give ear to me, O my tribes: for a law shall go forth from me, and my judgment shall rest to be a light of the nations.Badate a me, popol mio, e ascoltami, o mia tribù: perocché da me uscirà la legge, e la mia giustizia ad illuminazione de' popoli poserà sopra di essi.Attend vnto me ô my people, and my tribe heare ye me: because a law shal proceede from me, and my iudgement shal rest to be a light of the peoples.Attendite ad me, popule meus, / et tribus mea, me audite: / quia lex a me exiet, / et judicium meum in lucem populorum requiescet.

5My just one is near at hand, my saviour is gone forth, and my arms shall judge the people: the islands shall look for me, and shall patiently wait for my arm.Sta per venire il mio giusto, il Salvatore, ch'io mando, s'è messo per istrada, e le braccia mie reggeranno i popoli: me aspetteranno le isole, e nel braccio mio spereranno.My iust one is nigh at hand, my sauiour is gone forth, and mine armes shal iudge peoples: the ilands shal expect me, and shal patiently wayte for mine arme.Prope est justus meus, egressus est salvator meus, / et brachia mea populos judicabunt; / me insulæ exspectabunt, / et brachium meum sustinebunt. 6Lift up your eyes to heaven, and look down to the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish like smoke, and the earth shall be worn away like a garment, and the inhabitants thereof shall perish in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my justice shall not fail.Alzate al cielo gli occhi vostri, e mirate giù in terra: perocché i cieli svaniranno come fumo, e la terra si consumerà come una veste, e i suoi abitatori periranno com'ella. Ma la salute ch'io mando, starà in sempiterno, e non verrà meno la mia giustizia.Lift vp your eies into heauen, and looke downe to the earth beneath: because the heauens shal melt as smoke, and the earth shal be worne away as a garment, and like to these thinges shal the inhabitants therof perish: but my saluation shal be for euer, and my iustice shal not faile.Levate in cælum oculos vestros, / et videte sub terra deorsum: / quia cæli sicut fumus liquescent, / et terra sicut vestimentum atteretur, / et habitatores ejus sicut hæc interibunt: / salus autem mea in sempiternum erit, / et justitia mea non deficiet. 7Hearken to me, you that know what is just, my people who have my law in your heart: fear ye not the reproach of men, and be not afraid of their blasphemies.Udite me voi, che sapete quello, che è giusto, popolo mio, nel cuor di cui è la mia legge: Non temete gli obbrobri degli uomini, non temete le loro bestemmie;Heare me ye that know that which is iust, my people which haue my law in their hart: feare ye not the reproch of men, and be not afrayd of their blasphemies.Audite me, qui scitis justum, / populus meus, lex mea in corde eorum: / nolite timere opprobrium hominum, / et blasphemias eorum ne metuatis: 8For the worm shall eat them up as a garment: and the moth shall consume them as wool: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my justice from generation to generation.Imperocché gli consumerà il venne come una veste, e come lana saran divorati dalla tignuola: ma la salute, ch'io mando, starà in sempiterno, e la mia giustizia per tutte le generazioni.For as a garment, so shal the worme eate them: and as wool, so shal the moth deuoure them, but my saluation shal be for euer, and my iustice vnto generations of generations.sicut enim vestimentum, sic comedet eos vermis, / et sicut lanam, sic devorabit eos tinea: / salus autem mea in sempiternum erit, / et justitia mea in generationes generationum.

9Arise, arise, put on strength, O thou arm of the Lord, arise as in the days of old, in the ancient generations. Hast not thou struck the proud one, and wounded the dragon?Alzati, alzati, ammantati di fortezza, o braccio del Signore: alzati come negli antichi giorni, e alle passate etadi. Non se' tu quello, che percuotesti il superbo, feristi il dragone!Arise, arise, put on strength ô arme of our Lord: arise as in the old dayes, in the generations of worldes. Hast not thou striken the proude, wounded the dragon?Consurge, consurge, induere fortitudinem, / brachium Domini ! / consurge sicut in diebus antiquis, / in generationibus sæculorum. / Numquid non tu percussisti superbum, / vulnerasti draconem ? 10Hast not thou dried up the sea, the water of the mighty deep, who madest the depth of the sea a way, that the delivered might pass over?Non se' tu quello, che seccasti il mare, le acque dell'abisso tempestoso, che nel profondo del mare facesti strada, per cui passassero i deliberati?Hast not thou dried the sea, the water of the vehement, which madest the depth of the sea a way, that the deliuered might passe.numquid non tu siccasti mare, / aquam abyssi vehementis; / qui posuisti profundum maris viam, / ut transirent liberati ? 11And now they that are redeemed by the Lord, shall return, and shall come into Sion singing praises, and joy everlasting shall be upon their heads, they shall obtain joy and gladness, sorrow and mourning shall flee away.Adesso pure quei, che il Signore ha redenti ritorneranno, e verranno a Sionne cantando laude, coronati di sempiterna allegrezza, gaudio, e allegrezza avran costante, e fuggirà il dolore, e i gemiti.And now they that are redemed of our Lord, shal returne, and shal come into Sion praysing, and ioy euerlasting vpon their heades, they shal possesse ioy and gladnes, sorrow and mourning shal flee away.Et nunc qui redempti sunt a Domino, revertentur, / et venient in Sion laudantes, / et lætitia sempiterna super capita eorum: / gaudium et lætitiam tenebunt; / fugiet dolor et gemitus. 12I, I myself will comfort you: who art thou, that thou shouldst be afraid of a mortal man, and of the son of man, who shall wither away like grass?Io, io stesso vi consolerò: chi se' tu, che tema un uom mortale, e un figliuolo dell'uomo, che seccherà come l'erba?I, euen I my self wil comfort you: who art thou that thou shouldest be afrayd of a mortal man, and of the sonne of man, which as grasse so shal wither?Ego, ego ipse consolabor vos. / Quis tu, ut timeres ab homine mortali, / et a filio hominis qui quasi fœnum ita arescet ?

13And thou hast forgotten the Lord thy maker, who stretched out the heavens, and founded the earth: and thou hast been afraid continually all the day at the presence of his fury who afflicted thee, and had prepared himself to destroy thee: where is now the fury of the oppressor?E ti se' scordato del Signor, che ti fece, che distese i cieli, e fondò la terra: e tutto di hai avuto paura del furor di colui, che ti affliggeva, e si preparava a sterminarti: dov'è adesso il furor del tiranno?And thou hast forgotten our Lord thy maker, which stretched out the heauens, and founded the earth: and thou hast bene afrayd continually al the day at the face of his furie, which afflicted thee, and had prepared to destroy: where is now the furie of the affliction?Et oblitus es Domini, factoris tui, / qui tetendit cælos et fundavit terram; / et formidasti jugiter tota die / a facie furoris ejus qui te tribulabat, / et paraverat ad perdendum. / Ubi nunc est furor tribulantis ? 14He shall quickly come that is going to open unto you, and he shall not kill unto utter destruction, neither shall his bread fail.Presto verrà colui, che viene ad aprire: egli non farà morire fino allo esterminio, e il pane di lui non verrà meno.He shal quickly come going to open, and he shal not kil vnto vtter destruction, neither shal his bread faile.Cito veniet gradiens ad aperiendum; / et non interficiet usque ad internecionem, / nec deficiet panis ejus. 15But I am the Lord thy God, who trouble the sea, and the waves thereof swell: the Lord of hosts is my name.Ed io sono il Signore Dio tuo che sconvolgo il mare, e gonfiano i suoi flutti. Signor degli eserciti è il nome mio.But I am the Lord thy God which truble the sea, and the waues therof doe swel, the Lord of hostes is my name.Ego autem sum Dominus Deus tuus, / qui conturbo mare, et intumescunt fluctus ejus: / Dominus exercituum nomen meum. 16I have put my words in thy mouth, and have protected thee in the shadow of my hand, that thou mightest plant the heavens, and found the earth: and mightest say to Sion: Thou art my people.A te ho poste in bocca le mie parole, e ti ho custodito all'ombra della mia mano, affinchè tu pianti i cieli, e fondi la terra, e dica a Sionne: Tu se' il mio popolo.I haue put my wordes in thy mouth, and in the shadow of my hand I haue protected thee, that thou mightest plant the heauens, and found the earth: & mightest say to Sion: Thou art my people.Posui verba mea in ore tuo, / et in umbra manus meæ protexi te, / ut plantes cælos, et fundes terram, / et dicas ad Sion: Populus meus es tu.

17Arise, arise, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the Lord the cup of his wrath; thou hast drunk even to the bottom of the cup of dead sleep, and thou hast drunk even to the dregs.Alzati, alzati, levati su, o Gerusalemme, tu che dalla man del Signore hai bevuto il calice dell'ira sua, hai bevuto il calice sonnifero fino al fondo, lo hai succhiato sino alla feccia.Be lifted vp, be lifted vp, arise Ierusalem, which hast drunken of the hand of our Lord the cuppe of his wrath: euen to the botome of the cuppe of drousines hast thou drunke, euen to the dregges.Elevare, elevare, / consurge, Jerusalem, / quæ bibisti de manu Domini / calicem iræ ejus; / usque ad fundum calicis soporis bibisti, / et potasti usque ad fæces. 18There is none that can uphold her among all the children that she hath brought forth: and there is none that taketh her by the hand among all the children that she hath brought up.Tra tutti i figli, che ella ha generati, non è chi sia a lei di sostegno, e tra tutti i figliuoli, che ella ha allevati, non è chi la prenda per mano.There is none that can vphold her of al the children, that she hath borne: and there is none that taketh her by the hand of al the children, that she hath brought vp.Non est qui sustentet eam, / ex omnibus filiis quos genuit; / et non est qui apprehendat manum ejus, / ex omnibus filiis quos enutrivit. 19There are two things that have happened to thee: who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword, who shall comfort thee?Due son le sciagure, che hai incontrate. Chi si affliggerà per te? Devastazione, e sterminio, e fame, e spada. Chi ti consolerà?There are two thinges which haue happened to thee: who shal be sorie for thee? Spoile, and destruction, and famine, and the sword, who shal comfort thee?Duo sunt quæ occurrerunt tibi; / quis contristabitur super te ? / Vastitas, et contritio, et fames, et gladius; / quis consolabitur te ? 20Thy children are cast forth, they have slept at the head of all the ways, as the wild ox that is snared: full of the indignation of the Lord, of the rebuke of thy God.I tuoi figliuoli giaccion per terra, stanno assopiti a' capi di tutte le strade, come un orige preso alla rete: satolli d'ira del Signore, e di sua vendetta.Thy children are throwen forth, they haue slept in the head of alwayes, as the orix that is snared: ful of the indignation of our Lord, of the rebuke of thy God.Filii tui projecti sunt, dormierunt / in capite omnium viarum / sicut oryx illaqueatus, / pleni indignatione Domini, / increpatione Dei tui.

21Therefore hear this, thou poor little one, and thou that art drunk but not with wine.Per questo ascolta tu poverina, ed ebbra, ma non di vino.Therefore heare this poore little one, and drunken not of wine.Idcirco audi hoc, paupercula, / et ebria non a vino. 22Thus saith thy Sovereign the Lord, and thy God, who will fight for his people: Behold I have taken out of thy hand the cup of dead sleep, the dregs of the cup of my indignation, thou shalt not drink it again any more.Queste cose dice il tuo Dominatore, il Signore, e Dio tuo, che combatterà pel suo popolo: Ecco che io ho a te tolto di mano il calice sonnifero, la feccia del calice dell'ira mia, tu nol beverai mai più.Thus sayth thy dominatour our Lord, and thy God, who hath fought for his people: Behold I haue taken out of thy hand the cuppe of drousines, the botome of the cuppe of mine indignation, thou shalt not adde to drinke it any more.Hæc dicit dominator tuus Dominus, / et Deus tuus, qui pugnabit pro populo suo: / Ecce tuli de manu tua / calicem soporis, / fundum calicis indignationis meæ: / non adjicies ut bibas illum ultra. 23And I will put it in the hand of them that have oppressed thee, and have said to thy soul: Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as a way to them that went over.E porrollo in mano a quelli, che ti hanno umiliata, e hanno detto a te: prostrati, affinchè noi passiamo; e tu desti il tuo corpo come terra, e come strada a que', che passavano.And I wil put it in their hand, that haue humbled thee, and haue sayd to thy soule: Bow downe, that we may passe ouer: and thou hast layd thy bodie as the ground, and as a way to them that passe ouer?Et ponam illum in manu eorum qui te humiliaverunt, / et dixerunt animæ tuæ: / Incurvare, ut transeamus; / et posuisti ut terram corpus tuum, / et quasi viam transeuntibus.