55 — Isaia

1All you that thirst, come to the waters: and you that have no money make haste, buy, and eat: come ye, buy wine and milk without money, and without any price.Sitibondi venite tutti alle acque, e voi che non avete argento, fate presto, comprate, e mangiate: venite, comprate senza argento, e senz'altra permuta del vino, e del latte.ALYE that thirst come to the waters: and you that haue no siluer, make hast, bye, & eate: come, bye without siluer, and without any exchange wine and milke.Omnes sitientes, venite ad aquas, / et qui non habetis argentum, / properate, emite, et comedite: / venite, emite absque argento / et absque ulla commutatione / vinum et lac. 2Why do you spend money for that which is not bread, and your labour for that which doth not satisfy you? Hearken diligently to me, and eat that which is good, and your soul shall be delighted in fatness.Per qual motivo spendete voi il vostro argento in cose, che non son pane, e la vostra fatica in quello, che non satolla? udite me con docilità, e cibatevi di buon cibo, e nel sostanzioso nudrimento si delizierà l'anima vostra.Why bestow you siluer not for bread, & your labour not for saciety? Hearing heare ye me, and eate that which is ••d, and your soule shal be delighted in fatnes.Quare appenditis argentum non in panibus, / et laborem vestrum non in saturitate ? / Audite, audientes me, et comedite bonum, / et delectabitur in crassitudine anima vestra. 3Incline your ear and come to me: hear and your soul shall live, and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, the faithful mercies of David.Porgete l'orecchia vostra, e venite a me: ascoltate, e l'anima vostra avrà vita, e stabilirò con voi un patto eterno, l'adempimento delle misericordie promesse a Davidde.Incline your eare, & come to me: heare, and your soule shal liue, and I wil make an euerlasting couenant with you, the faythful mercies of Dauid.Inclinate aurem vestram, et venite ad me; / audite, et vivet anima vestra, / et feriam vobiscum pactum sempiternum, / misericordias David fideles. 4Behold I have given him for a witness to the people, for a leader and a master to the Gentiles.Ecco, che io ho dato lui testimone ai popoli, condottiere, e maestro delle nazioni.Behold I haue geuen him for a witnes to the peoples, for a prince and master to the Gentiles.Ecce testem populis dedi eum, / ducem ac præceptorem gentibus. 5Behold thou shalt call a nation, which thou knewest not: and the nations that knew not thee shall run to thee, because of the Lord thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel, for he hath glorified thee.Ecco, che quel popolo, cui tu non riconoscevi, tu lo chiamerai; e le genti, che te non conoscevano, correranno a te per amor del Signore Dio tuo, e del Santo d'Israele, il quale ti ha glorificato.Behold thou shalt cal the nation, which thou knowest not: and the nations that knew not thee shal runne to thee, because of the Lord thy God, and the holie one of Israel: because he hath glorified thee.Ecce gentem quam nesciebas vocabis, / et gentes quæ te non cognoverunt ad te current, / propter Dominum Deum tuum, / et Sanctum Israël, quia glorificavit te.

6Seek ye the Lord, while he may be found: call upon him, while he is near.Cercate il Signore quand'ei può trovarsi, invocatelo quand'egli è dappresso.Seeke ye our Lord whiles he may be found, inuocate him, whiles he is neere.Quærite Dominum dum inveniri potest; / invocate eum dum prope est. 7Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unjust man his thoughts, and let him return to the Lord, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God: for he is bountiful to forgive.La sua via abbandoni l'empio, e l'iniquo i suoi consigli, e ritorni al Signore, il quale avrà misericordia di lui, e al nostro Dio, che abbonda nel perdonare.Let the impious forsake his way, and the vniust man his cogitations, and returne to our Lord, and he wil haue mercie on him, and to our God: because he is bountiful to forgeue.Derelinquat impius viam suam, / et vir iniquus cogitationes suas, / et revertatur ad Dominum, et miserebitur ejus; / et ad Deum nostrum, quoniam multus est ad ignoscendum. 8For my thoughts are not your thoughts: nor your ways my ways, saith the Lord.Imperocché i miei pensieri non sono i vostri pensieri, né le vie vostre son le mie vie, dice il Signore.For my cogitations are not your cogitations: nor your wayes my wayes, sayth our Lord.Non enim cogitationes meæ cogitationes vestræ, / neque viæ vestræ viæ meæ, dicit Dominus. 9For as the heavens are exalted above the earth, so are my ways exalted above your ways, and my thoughts above your thoughts.Imperocché quanto il cielo sovrasta alla terra, tanto le mie vie sovrastano alle vie vostre, e i pensieri miei a' vostri pensieri.For as the heauens are exalted aboue the earth, so are my wayes exalted aboue your wayes, and my cogitations aboue your cogitations.Quia sicut exaltantur cæli a terra, / sic exaltatæ sunt viæ meæ a viis vestris, / et cogitationes meæ a cogitationibus vestris. 10And as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and return no more thither, but soak the earth, and water it, and make it to spring, and give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:E come scende la pioggia, e la neve dal cielo, e colassù non ritorna, ma inebria la terra, e la bagna, e la fa germogliare, affinchè dia il seme da seminare, e il pane da mangiare;And as the showre cometh downe, and the snow from heauen, and returneth no more thither, but inebriateth the earth, and watereth it, and maketh it to spring, and geueth seede to the sower, and bread to him that eateth:Et quomodo descendit imber et nix de cælo, / et illuc ultra non revertitur, / sed inebriat terram, et infundit eam, / et germinare eam facit, / et dat semen serenti, / et panem comedenti: 11So shall my word be, which shall go forth from my mouth: it shall not return to me void, but it shall do whatsoever I please, and shall prosper in the things for which I sent it.Così sarà della mia parola uscita dalla mia bocca: ella non tornerà a me senza frutto, ma opererà tutto quello, ch'io voglio, e felicemente adempierà quelle cose, per le quali la ho mandata.so shal my word be, which shal proceede from my mouth: it shal not returne to me voyde, but it shal doe what thinges soeuer I would, and shal prosper in these thinges for which I sent it.sic erit verbum meum quod egredietur de ore meo; / non revertetur ad me vacuum, / sed faciet quæcumque volui, / et prosperabitur in his ad quæ misi illud.

12For you shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall sing praise before you, and all the trees of the country shall clap their hands.Imperocché con gaudio uscirete (di schiavitù), e pace avrete nel vostro viaggio: i monti, e i colli rimbomberanno d'inni dinanzi a voi, e le piante tutte del paese faranno applauso colle lor braccia.Because you shal goe forth in ioy, and in peace shal you be conducted, the mountaines and the litle hilles shal sing prayse before you, and al the wood of the countrie shal clap the hand.Quia in lætitia egrediemini, / et in pace deducemini; / montes et colles cantabunt coram vobis laudem, / et omnia ligna regionis plaudent manu. 13Instead of the shrub, shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the nettle, shall come up the myrtle tree: and the Lord shall be named for an everlasting sign, that shall not be taken away.Nel luogo del nardo celtico alzerassi l'abete, e nel luogo della ortica, crescerà il mirto: e il Signore sarà un nome, e un segno eterno, che non sarà cancellato.For the shrubbe, shal come vp the firre tree, and for the nettle, shal grow the myrtle tree: and our Lord shal be named for an euerlasting signe, that shal not be taken away.Pro saliunca ascendet abies, / et pro urtica crescet myrtus; / et erit Dominus nominatus / in signum æternum quod non auferetur.