41:1 Taceant ad me insulæ, et gentes mutent fortitudinem : accedant, et tunc loquantur ; simul ad judicium propinquemus.

41:1 Let 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.

41:2 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.

41:2 Who 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.

41:3 Persequetur eos, transibit in pace : semita in pedibus ejus non apparebit.

41:3 He shall pursue them, he shall pass in peace, no path shall appear after his feet.

41:4 Quis hæc operatus est, et fecit, vocans generationes ab exordio ? Ego Dominus : primus et novissimus ego sum.

41:4 Who hath wrought and done these things, calling the generations from the beginning? I the Lord, I am the first and the last.

41:5 Viderunt insulæ, et timuerunt ; extrema terræ obstupuerunt : appropinquaverunt, et accesserunt.

41:5 The islands saw it, and feared, the ends of the earth were astonished, they drew near, and came.

41:6 Unusquisque proximo suo auxiliabitur, et fratri suo dicet : Confortare.

41:6 Every one shall help his neighbour, and shall say to his brother: Be of good courage.

41:7 Confortavit faber ærarius percutiens malleo eum, qui cudebat tunc temporis, dicens : Glutino bonum est ; et confortavit eum clavis, ut non moveretur.

41:7 The 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.

41:8 Et tu, Israël, serve meus, Jacob quem elegi, semen Abraham amici mei :

41:8 But thou Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend:

41:9 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.

41:9 In 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.

41:10 Ne timeas, quia ego tecum sum ; ne declines, quia ego Deus tuus : confortavi te, et auxiliatus sum tibi, et suscepit te dextera Justi mei.

41:10 Fear 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.

41:11 Ecce confundentur et erubescent omnes qui pugnant adversum te ; erunt quasi non sint, et peribunt viri qui contradicunt tibi.

41:11 Behold all that fight against thee shall be confounded and ashamed, they shall be as nothing, and the men shall perish that strive against thee.

41:12 Quæres eos, et non invenies, viros rebelles tuos ; erunt quasi non sint, et veluti consumptio homines bellantes adversum te.

41:12 Thou 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.

41:13 Quia ego Dominus Deus tuus, apprehendens manum tuam, dicensque tibi : Ne timeas : ego adjuvi te.

41:13 For I am the Lord thy God, who take thee by the hand, and say to thee: Fear not, I have helped thee.

41:14 Noli timere, vermis Jacob, qui mortui estis ex Israël : ego auxiliatus sum tibi, dicit Dominus, et redemptor tuus Sanctus Israël.

41:14 Fear 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.

41:15 Ego posui te quasi plaustrum triturans novum, habens rostra serrantia ; triturabis montes, et comminues, et colles quasi pulverem pones.

41:15 I 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.

41:16 Ventilabis eos, et ventus tollet, et turbo disperget eos ; et tu exsultabis in Domino, in Sancto Israël lætaberis.

41:16 Thou 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.

41:17 Egeni et pauperes quærunt aquas, et non sunt ; lingua eorum siti aruit. Ego Dominus exaudiam eos, Deus Israël, non derelinquam eos.

41:17 The 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.

41:18 Aperiam in supinis collibus flumina, et in medio camporum fontes : ponam desertum in stagna aquarum, et terram inviam in rivos aquarum.

41:18 I 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.

41:19 Dabo in solitudinem cedrum, et spinam, et myrtum, et lignum olivæ ; ponam in deserto abietem, ulmum, et buxum simul :

41:19 I 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:

41:20 ut videant, et sciant, et recogitent, et intelligant pariter, quia manus Domini fecit hoc, et Sanctus Israël creavit illud.

41:20 That 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.

41:21 Prope facite judicium vestrum, dicit Dominus ; Afferte, si quid forte habetis, dicit rex Jacob.

41:21 Bring your cause near, saith the Lord: bring hither, if you have any thing to allege, saith the King of Jacob.

41:22 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.

41:22 Let 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.

41:23 Annuntiate quæ ventura sunt in futurum, et sciemus quia dii estis vos ; bene quoque aut male, si potestis, facite, et loquamur et videamus simul.

41:23 Shew 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.

41:24 Ecce vos estis ex nihilo, et opus vestrum ex eo quod non est : abominatio est qui elegit vos.

41:24 Behold, you are of nothing, and your work of that which hath no being: he that hath chosen you is an abomination.

41:25 Suscitavi ab aquilone, et veniet ab ortu solis : vocabit nomen meum, et adducet magistratus quasi lutum, et velut plastes conculcans humum.

41:25 I 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.

41:26 Quis annuntiavit ab exordio ut sciamus, et a principio ut dicamus : Justus es ? Non est neque annuntians, neque prædicens, neque audiens sermones vestros.

41:26 Who 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.

41:27 Primus ad Sion dicet : Ecce adsunt, et Jerusalem evangelistam dabo.

41:27 The first shall say to Sion: Behold they are here, and to Jerusalem I will give an evangelist.

41:28 Et vidi, et non erat neque ex istis quisquam qui iniret consilium, et interrogatus responderet verbum.

41:28 And I saw, and there was no one even among them to consult, or who, when I asked, could answer a word.

41:29 Ecce omnes injusti, et vana opera eorum ; ventus et inane simulacra eorum.

41:29 Behold they are all in the wrong, and their works are vain: their idols are wind and vanity.