Isaiæ 17
1 Onus Damasci. Ecce Damascus desinet esse civitas, et erit sicut acervus lapidum in ruina.
The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from [being] a city, And it has been a heap—a ruin.
2 Derelictæ civitates Aroer gregibus erunt, et requiescent ibi, et non erit qui exterreat.
The cities of Aroer are forsaken, They are for droves, and they have lain down, And there is none troubling.
3 Et cessabit adiutorium ab Ephraim, et regnum a Damasco: et reliquiæ Syriæ sicut gloria filiorum Israel erunt: dicit Dominus exercituum.
And the fortress has ceased from Ephraim, And the kingdom from Damascus, And the remnant of Aram are as the glory of the sons of Israel, A declaration of YHWH of Hosts!
4 Et erit in die illa: attenuabitur gloria Iacob, et pinguedo carnis eius marcescet.
And it has come to pass in that day, The glory of Jacob waxes poor, And the fatness of his flesh waxes lean.
5 Et erit sicut congregans in messe quod restiterit, et brachium eius spicas leget: et erit sicut quærens spicas in valle Raphaim.
And it has come to pass, As the gathering of the standing grain by the reaper, And his arm reaps the ears, And it has come to pass, As the gathering of the ears in the Valley of Rephaim,
6 Et relinquetur in eo sicut racemus, et sicut excussio oleæ duarum vel trium olivarum in summitate rami, sive quattuor aut quinque in cacuminibus eius fructus eius: dicit Dominus Deus Israel.
And gleanings have been left in him, As the surrounding of an olive, Two—three berries on the top of a branch, Four—five on the fruitful boughs, A declaration of YHWH, God of Israel!
7 In die illa inclinabitur homo ad Factorem suum, et oculi eius ad Sanctum Israel respicient:
In that day man looks to His Maker, Indeed, his eyes look to the Holy One of Israel,
8 et non inclinabitur ad altaria, quæ fecerunt manus eius: et quæ operati sunt digiti eius non respiciet, lucos et delubra.
And he does not look to the altars. The work of his own hands, And that which his own fingers made, He does not see—the Asherim and the images.
9 In die illa erunt civitates fortitudinis eius derelictæ sicut aratra, et segetes quæ derelictæ sunt a facie filiorum Israel, et eris deserta.
In that day the cities of his strength are As the forsaken thing of the forest, And the branch that they have left, Because of the sons of Israel, It has also been a desolation.
10 Quia oblitus es Dei Salvatoris tui, et fortis Adiutoris tui non es recordata: propterea plantabis plantationem fidelem, et germen alienum seminabis.
Because you have forgotten the God of your salvation, And have not remembered the Rock of your strength, Therefore you plant plants of pleasantness, And sow it with a strange shoot,
11 In die plantationis tuæ labrusca, et mane semen tuum florebit: ablata est messis in die hereditatis, et dolebit graviter.
You cause your plant to become great in the day, And make your seed to flourish in the morning, The harvest [is] a heap in a day of overflowing, And of mortal pain.
12 Væ multitudini populorum multorum, ut multitudo maris sonantis: et tumultus turbarum, sicut sonitus aquarum multarum.
Woe [to] the multitude of many peoples, They sound as the sounding of seas; And the roaring of nations, As the roaring of mighty waters [that] make a crashing.
13 Sonabunt populi sicut sonitus aquarum inundantium, et increpabit eum, et fugiet procul: et rapietur sicut pulvis montium a facie venti, et sicut turbo coram tempestate.
Nations crash as the roaring of many waters, And He rebuked them, And they fled far off, And were pursued as chaff of hills before wind, And as a rolling thing before a windstorm.
14 In tempore vespere, et ecce turbatio: in matutino, et non subsistet. Hæc est pars eorum, qui vastaverunt nos, et sors diripientium nos.
At evening, behold, terror, before morning it is not, This [is] the portion of our spoilers, And the lot of our plunderers!
