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Isaiah 63

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1 τίς οὗτος ὁ παραγινόμενος ἐξ Εδωμ ἐρύθημα ἱματίων ἐκ Βοσορ οὕτως ὡραῖος ἐν στολῇ βίᾳ μετὰ ἰσχύος ἐγὼ διαλέγομαι δικαιοσύνην καὶ κρίσιν σωτηρίου

1 Who is this, coming from Edom, coming on the road from Bosra, with garments deep-dyed? Who is this, so gaily clad, marching so valiantly?

I am one who is faithful to his promises, a champion bringing deliverance.[1]

1

Quis est iste, qui venit de Edom,
tinctis vestibus de Bosra?
iste formosus in stola sua,
gradiens in multitudine fortitudinis suæ?
Ego qui loquor justitiam,
et propugnator sum ad salvandum.

2 διὰ τί σου ἐρυθρὰ τὰ ἱμάτια καὶ τὰ ἐνδύματά σου ὡς ἀπὸ πατητοῦ ληνοῦ

2 And why are thy garments stained with red? Why dost thou go clad like the men who tread out the wine-press?

2
Quare ergo rubrum est indumentum tuum,
et vestimenta tua sicut calcantium in torculari?

3 πλήρης καταπεπατημένης καὶ τῶν ἐθνῶν οὐκ ἔστιν ἀνὴρ με{T'} ἐμοῦ καὶ κατεπάτησα αὐτοὺς ἐν θυμῷ καὶ κατέθλασα αὐτοὺς ὡς γῆν καὶ κατήγαγον τὸ αἷμα αὐτῶν εἰς γῆν 4 ἡμέρα γὰρ ἀνταποδόσεως ἐπῆλθεν αὐτοῖς καὶ ἐνιαυτὸς λυτρώσεως πάρεστιν 5 καὶ ἐπέβλεψα καὶ οὐδεὶς βοηθός καὶ προσενόησα καὶ οὐθεὶς ἀντελαμβάνετο καὶ ἐρρύσατο αὐτοὺς ὁ βραχίων μου καὶ ὁ θυμός μου ἐπέστη 6 καὶ κατεπάτησα αὐτοὺς τῇ ὀργῇ μου καὶ κατήγαγον τὸ αἷμα αὐτῶν εἰς γῆν

3 None other has trodden the wine-press but I only; out of all the nations, no champion came to stand at my side. I have been treading them down in my anger, trampling on them, full of vengeance; their blood that has been sprinkled on the clothes about me; I come in garments deep-dyed. 4 My heart told me the time had come for vengeance, this was my destined year of ransom; 5 looked I all around, there was none to help me; vainly I called for aid. My own arm should bring the deliverance I intended; my own indignation uphold me.[2] 6 I have trampled the peoples down in my anger, stunned them[3] with my fury, brought down their strength to the dust.

3
Torcular calcavi solus,
et de gentibus non est vir mecum;
calcavi eos in furore meo,
et conculcavi eos in ira mea:
et aspersus est sanguis eorum super vestimenta mea,
et omnia indumenta mea inquinavi. 4
Dies enim ultionis in corde meo;
annus redemptionis meæ venit. 5
Circumspexi, et non erat auxiliator;
quæsivi, et non fuit qui adjuvaret:
et salvavit mihi brachium meum,
et indignatio mea ipsa auxiliata est mihi. 6
Et conculcavi populos in furore meo,
et inebriavi eos in indignatione mea,
et detraxi in terram virtutem eorum.

7 τὸν ἔλεον κυρίου ἐμνήσθην τὰς ἀρετὰς κυρίου ἐν πᾶσιν οἷς ὁ κύριος ἡμῖν ἀνταποδίδωσιν κύριος κριτὴς ἀγαθὸς τῷ οἴκῳ Ισραηλ ἐπάγει ἡμῖν κατὰ τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ καὶ κατὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῆς δικαιοσύνης αὐτοῦ 8 καὶ εἶπεν οὐχ ὁ λαός μου τέκνα οὐ μὴ ἀθετήσωσιν καὶ ἐγένετο αὐτοῖς εἰς σωτηρίαν 9 ἐκ πάσης θλίψεως οὐ πρέσβυς οὐδὲ ἄγγελος ἀλ{L'} αὐτὸς κύριος ἔσωσεν αὐτοὺς διὰ τὸ ἀγαπᾶν αὐτοὺς καὶ φείδεσθαι αὐτῶν αὐτὸς ἐλυτρώσατο αὐτοὺς καὶ ἀνέλαβεν αὐτοὺς καὶ ὕψωσεν αὐτοὺς πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας τοῦ αἰῶνος 10 αὐτοὶ δὲ ἠπείθησαν καὶ παρώξυναν τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐστράφη αὐτοῖς εἰς ἔχθραν καὶ αὐτὸς ἐπολέμησεν αὐτούς 11 καὶ ἐμνήσθη ἡμερῶν αἰωνίων ὁ ἀναβιβάσας ἐκ τῆς γῆς τὸν ποιμένα τῶν προβάτων ποῦ ἐστιν ὁ θεὶς ἐν αὐτοῖς τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον 12 ὁ ἀγαγὼν τῇ δεξιᾷ Μωυσῆν ὁ βραχίων τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ κατίσχυσεν ὕδωρ ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ ποιῆσαι αὐτῷ ὄνομα αἰώνιον 13 ἤγαγεν αὐτοὺς διὰ τῆς ἀβύσσου ὡς ἵππον δ{I'} ἐρήμου καὶ οὐκ ἐκοπίασαν 14 καὶ ὡς κτήνη διὰ πεδίου κατέβη πνεῦμα παρὰ κυρίου καὶ ὡδήγησεν αὐτούς οὕτως ἤγαγες τὸν λαόν σου ποιῆσαι σεαυτῷ ὄνομα δόξης 15 ἐπίστρεψον ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ἰδὲ ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ ἁγίου σου καὶ δόξης ποῦ ἐστιν ὁ ζῆλός σου καὶ ἡ ἰσχύς σου ποῦ ἐστιν τὸ πλῆθος τοῦ ἐλέους σου καὶ τῶν οἰκτιρμῶν σου ὅτι ἀνέσχου ἡμῶν

7 Listen, while I tell again the story of the Lord’s mercies, what renown the Lord has won; all the Lord has done for us, all the wealth of blessings his pardoning love, his abounding pity has lavished on the race of Israel. 8 They are my own people, he would say; my own children cannot be false to me; and with that, he delivered them. 9 In all their straits, power of his was not straitened;[4] his angel, token of his presence, brought them deliverance. In love and pity he ransomed them, lifted them in his arms and raised them up, all through the days gone by. 10 Only when they rebelled against him, when they distressed the spirit of his chosen servant,[5] he would turn their enemy, and fight against them. 11 And even yet he would bethink him of times past, of Moses and the people that once was his.

Where is he now, the God that led them through the sea, his flock with his own appointed shepherds; gave his holy spirit to the man of his choice?[6] 12 Majestic power, that led Moses by the hand; that parted the sea at their coming, to win his name renown. 13 Through its waters they passed, sure of their foothold as horse that is led through the desert; 14 carefully as driver on some treacherous hill-side, the Lord’s spirit guided his people. Thus didst thou bring them home, and win thyself honour. 15 Bethink thee now, in heaven; look down from the palace where thou dwellest, holy and glorious. Where, now, is thy jealous love, where thy warrior’s strength? Where is thy yearning of heart, thy compassion? For me, compassion is none.

7

Miserationum Domini recordabor;
laudem Domini
super omnibus quæ reddidit nobis Dominus,
et super multitudinem bonorum domui Israël,
quæ largitus est eis secundum indulgentiam suam,
et secundum multitudinem misericordiarum suarum. 8
Et dixit: Verumtamen populus meus est,
filii non negantes;
et factus est eis salvator. 9
In omni tribulatione eorum non est tribulatus,
et angelus faciei ejus salvavit eos:
in dilectione sua et in indulgentia sua
ipse redemit eos,
et portavit eos, et elevavit eos
cunctis diebus sæculi. 10
Ipsi autem ad iracundiam provocaverunt,
et afflixerunt spiritum Sancti ejus:
et conversus est eis in inimicum,
et ipse debellavit eos. 11
Et recordatus est dierum sæculi Moysi, et populi sui.
Ubi est qui eduxit eos de mari
cum pastoribus gregis sui?
Ubi est qui posuit in medio ejus
spiritum Sancti sui; 12
qui eduxit ad dexteram Moysen,
brachio majestatis suæ;
qui scidit aquas ante eos,
ut faceret sibi nomen sempiternum; 13
qui eduxit eos per abyssos,
quasi equum in deserto
non impingentem? 14
Quasi animal in campo descendens,
spiritus Domini ductor ejus fuit.
Sic adduxisti populum tuum,
ut faceres tibi nomen gloriæ. 15
Attende de cælo, et vide
de habitaculo sancto tuo, et gloriæ tuæ.
Ubi est zelus tuus, et fortitudo tua,
multitudo viscerum tuorum et miserationum tuarum?
Super me continuerunt se.

16 σὺ γὰρ ἡμῶν εἶ πατήρ ὅτι Αβρααμ οὐκ ἔγνω ἡμᾶς καὶ Ισραηλ οὐκ ἐπέγνω ἡμᾶς ἀλλὰ σύ κύριε πατὴρ ἡμῶν ῥῦσαι ἡμᾶς ἀ{P'} ἀρχῆς τὸ ὄνομά σου ἐ{F'} ἡμᾶς ἐστιν 17 τί ἐπλάνησας ἡμᾶς κύριε ἀπὸ τῆς ὁδοῦ σου ἐσκλήρυνας ἡμῶν τὰς καρδίας τοῦ μὴ φοβεῖσθαί σε ἐπίστρεψον διὰ τοὺς δούλους σου διὰ τὰς φυλὰς τῆς κληρονομίας σου 18 ἵνα μικρὸν κληρονομήσωμεν τοῦ ὄρους τοῦ ἁγίου σου οἱ ὑπεναντίοι ἡμῶν κατεπάτησαν τὸ ἁγίασμά σου 19 ἐγενόμεθα ὡς τὸ ἀ{P'} ἀρχῆς ὅτε οὐκ ἦρξας ἡμῶν οὐδὲ ἐπεκλήθη τὸ ὄνομά σου ἐ{F'} ἡμᾶς ἐὰν ἀνοίξῃς τὸν οὐρανόν τρόμος λήμψεται ἀπὸ σοῦ ὄρη καὶ τακήσονται

16 Yet, who is our father, Lord, if not thou? Let Abraham disown us, Israel disclaim his own blood, we are thy sons still; is it not thy boast of old, thou hast paid a price for us? 17 And now, Lord, wouldst thou drive us away from following thee, harden our hearts till worship we have none to give thee? For love of thy own servants, relent, for love of the land that by right is thine. 18 Is it nothing to thee, enemies of thy holy people should have the mastery, trample thy sanctuary down? 19 Fared we worse in old days, before ever we called thee King, ever took thy holy name for our watchword?

16
Tu enim pater noster:
et Abraham nescivit nos,
et Israël ignoravit nos:
tu, Domine, pater noster,
redemptor noster, a sæculo nomen tuum. 17
Quare errare nos fecisti, Domine, de viis tuis;
indurasti cor nostrum ne timeremus te?
Convertere propter servos tuos,
tribus hæreditatis tuæ. 18
Quasi nihilum possederunt populum sanctum tuum:
hostes nostri conculcaverunt sanctificationem tuam. 19
Facti sumus quasi in principio, cum non dominareris nostri,
neque invocaretur nomen tuum super nos.

[1] The speaker here is probably the Lord himself; cf. 59.16.

[2] Cf. 59.16, note.

[3] ‘Stunned them’; literally, ‘made them drunk’. Some Hebrew MSS read ‘broke them in pieces’.

[4] There is a doubt, here, in the Hebrew text, whether we should read ‘he was not afflicted (constrained)’ or ‘he was afflicted’.

[5] ‘The spirit of his chosen servant’; literally, ‘of his holy one’, which may refer to Moses in verse 11, to other national heroes in this verse. But the Hebrew text has ‘the spirit of his holiness’, which in Hebrew idiom is nearly equivalent to ‘his holy spirit’; and this is the translation given by the Septuagint Greek (cf. Eph. 4.30).

[6] The second half of this verse is usually joined to the first, as if it were the thought in the mind of the person there mentioned. But, if so, we must understand ‘Israel’ as the subject of ‘bethought himself’, which is a very abrupt transition.

Knox Translation Copyright © 2013 Westminster Diocese
Nihil Obstat. Father Anton Cowan, Censor.
Imprimatur. +Most Rev. Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster. 8th January 2012.
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