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Isaiah 66

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1 οὕτως λέγει κύριος ὁ οὐρανός μοι θρόνος ἡ δὲ γῆ ὑποπόδιον τῶν ποδῶν μου ποῖον οἶκον οἰκοδομήσετέ μοι ἢ ποῖος τόπος τῆς καταπαύσεώς μου 2 πάντα γὰρ ταῦτα ἐποίησεν ἡ χείρ μου καὶ ἔστιν ἐμὰ πάντα ταῦτα λέγει κύριος καὶ ἐπὶ τίνα ἐπιβλέψω ἀλ{L'} ἢ ἐπὶ τὸν ταπεινὸν καὶ ἡσύχιον καὶ τρέμοντα τοὺς λόγους μου 3 ὁ δὲ ἄνομος ὁ θύων μοι μόσχον ὡς ὁ ἀποκτέννων κύνα ὁ δὲ ἀναφέρων σεμίδαλιν ὡς αἷμα ὕειον ὁ διδοὺς λίβανον εἰς μνημόσυνον ὡς βλάσφημος καὶ οὗτοι ἐξελέξαντο τὰς ὁδοὺς αὐτῶν καὶ τὰ βδελύγματα αὐτῶν ἃ ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτῶν ἠθέλησεν 4 κἀγὼ ἐκλέξομαι τὰ ἐμπαίγματα αὐτῶν καὶ τὰς ἁμαρτίας ἀνταποδώσω αὐτοῖς ὅτι ἐκάλεσα αὐτοὺς καὶ οὐχ ὑπήκουσάν μου ἐλάλησα καὶ οὐκ ἤκουσαν καὶ ἐποίησαν τὸ πονηρὸν ἐναντίον μου καὶ ἃ οὐκ ἐβουλόμην ἐξελέξαντο

1 Thus says the Lord, Heaven is my throne, earth the footstool under my feet. What home will you build for me, what place can be my resting-place?[1] 2 Nothing you see about you but I fashioned it, the Lord says; my hand gave it being. From whom, then, shall I accept an offering?[2] Patient he must be and humbled, one who stands in dread of my warnings. 3 To the rest it is all one; slaughter they an ox, or murder a human victim,[3] cut sheep’s throat, or dash out a dog’s brains, make offering of meal, or of swine’s blood, in my honour burn incense, or bless the name of a false god. In all this, it is but caprice guides their choice, in all manner of abominations; 4 trust me, at my own caprice I will choose the terrors I bring down upon them.[4] My call unanswered, my voice unheard, they did ever what I forbade, chose ever what I hated.

1

Hæc dicit Dominus: Cælum sedes mea,
terra autem scabellum pedum meorum.
Quæ est ista domus quam ædificabitis mihi?
et quis est iste locus quietis meæ? 2
Omnia hæc manus mea fecit,
et facta sunt universa ista,
dicit Dominus;
ad quem autem respiciam, nisi ad pauperculum,
et contritum spiritu, et trementem sermones meos? 3
Qui immolat bovem, quasi qui interficiat virum;
qui mactat pecus, quasi qui excerebret canem;
qui offert oblationem, quasi qui sanguinem suillum offerat;
qui recordatur thuris, quasi qui benedicat idolo.
Hæc omnia elegerunt in viis suis,
et in abominationibus suis anima eorum delectata est. 4
Unde et ego eligam illusiones eorum,
et quæ timebant adducam eis;
quia vocavi, et non erat qui responderet;
locutus sum, et non audierunt;
feceruntque malum in oculis meis,
et quæ nolui elegerunt.

5 ἀκούσατε τὸ ῥῆμα κυρίου οἱ τρέμοντες τὸν λόγον αὐτοῦ εἴπατε ἀδελφοὶ ἡμῶν τοῖς μισοῦσιν ἡμᾶς καὶ βδελυσσομένοις ἵνα τὸ ὄνομα κυρίου δοξασθῇ καὶ ὀφθῇ ἐν τῇ εὐφροσύνῃ αὐτῶν κἀκεῖνοι αἰσχυνθήσονται 6 φωνὴ κραυγῆς ἐκ πόλεως φωνὴ ἐκ ναοῦ φωνὴ κυρίου ἀνταποδιδόντος ἀνταπόδοσιν τοῖς ἀντικειμένοις

5 Listen to the word of the Lord, you that hold it in reverence! Foiled their hopes shall be, that hate and shun you because my name you bear; that say, Come, let us see the Lord reveal himself in majesty, let us witness this triumph of yours! 6 Hark, a stir of tumult in the city, a stir in the temple! It is the stir the Lord makes, as he brings retribution on his enemies!

5
Audite verbum Domini,
qui tremitis ad verbum ejus.
Dixerunt fratres vestri odientes vos,
et abjicientes propter nomen meum:
Glorificetur Dominus,
et videbimus in lætitia vestra;
ipsi autem confundentur. 6
Vox populi de civitate,
vox de templo,
vox Domini
reddentis retributionem inimicis suis.

7 πρὶν ἢ τὴν ὠδίνουσαν τεκεῖν πρὶν ἐλθεῖν τὸν πόνον τῶν ὠδίνων ἐξέφυγεν καὶ ἔτεκεν ἄρσεν 8 τίς ἤκουσεν τοιοῦτο καὶ τίς ἑώρακεν οὕτως ἦ ὤδινεν γῆ ἐν μιᾷ ἡμέρᾳ ἢ καὶ ἐτέχθη ἔθνος εἰς ἅπαξ ὅτι ὤδινεν καὶ ἔτεκεν Σιων τὰ παιδία αὐτῆς 9 ἐγὼ δὲ ἔδωκα τὴν προσδοκίαν ταύτην καὶ οὐκ ἐμνήσθης μου εἶπεν κύριος οὐκ ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ γεννῶσαν καὶ στεῖραν ἐποίησα εἶπεν ὁ θεός 10 εὐφράνθητι Ιερουσαλημ καὶ πανηγυρίσατε ἐν αὐτῇ πάντες οἱ ἀγαπῶντες αὐτήν χάρητε χαρᾷ πάντες ὅσοι πενθεῖτε ἐ{P'} αὐτῆς 11 ἵνα θηλάσητε καὶ ἐμπλησθῆτε ἀπὸ μαστοῦ παρακλήσεως αὐτῆς ἵνα ἐκθηλάσαντες τρυφήσητε ἀπὸ εἰσόδου δόξης αὐτῆς 12 ὅτι τάδε λέγει κύριος ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐκκλίνω εἰς αὐτοὺς ὡς ποταμὸς εἰρήνης καὶ ὡς χειμάρρους ἐπικλύζων δόξαν ἐθνῶν τὰ παιδία αὐτῶν ἐ{P'} ὤμων ἀρθήσονται καὶ ἐπὶ γονάτων παρακληθήσονται 13 ὡς εἴ τινα μήτηρ παρακαλέσει οὕτως καὶ ἐγὼ παρακαλέσω ὑμᾶς καὶ ἐν Ιερουσαλημ παρακληθήσεσθε 14 καὶ ὄψεσθε καὶ χαρήσεται ὑμῶν ἡ καρδία καὶ τὰ ὀστᾶ ὑμῶν ὡς βοτάνη ἀνατελεῖ καὶ γνωσθήσεται ἡ χεὶρ κυρίου τοῖς σεβομένοις αὐτόν καὶ ἀπειλήσει τοῖς ἀπειθοῦσιν 15 ἰδοὺ γὰρ κύριος ὡς πῦρ ἥξει καὶ ὡς καταιγὶς τὰ ἅρματα αὐτοῦ ἀποδοῦναι ἐν θυμῷ ἐκδίκησιν καὶ ἀποσκορακισμὸν ἐν φλογὶ πυρός 16 ἐν γὰρ τῷ πυρὶ κυρίου κριθήσεται πᾶσα ἡ γῆ καὶ ἐν τῇ ῥομφαίᾳ αὐτοῦ πᾶσα σάρξ πολλοὶ τραυματίαι ἔσονται ὑπὸ κυρίου 17 οἱ ἁγνιζόμενοι καὶ καθαριζόμενοι εἰς τοὺς κήπους καὶ ἐν τοῖς προθύροις ἔσθοντες κρέας ὕειον καὶ τὰ βδελύγματα καὶ τὸν νῦν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ ἀναλωθήσονται εἶπεν κύριος

7 Without travail, the mother has given birth; before her time a mother of men. 8 Never till now was such a tale heard, such a sight witnessed; should a nation’s pangs come upon it in a day, a whole people be born at once? Such are the pangs of Sion, such is the birth of her children. 9 What, says the Lord thy God, shall I, that bring children to the birth, want power to bring them forth? Shall I, that give life to the womb, want strength to open it? 10 Lovers of Jerusalem, rejoice with her, be glad for her sake; make holiday with her, you that mourned for her till now. 11 So shall you be her foster-children, suckled plentifully with her consolations, drinking in, to your hearts’ content, the abundant glory that is hers. 12 Thus says the Lord, Peace shall flow through her like a river, the wealth of the nations shall pour into her like a torrent in flood; this shall be the milk you drain, like children carried at the breast, fondled on a mother’s lap. 13 I will console you then, like a mother caressing her son, and all your consolation shall be in Jerusalem; 14 your eyes feasted with it, your hearts content, vigorous as the fresh grass your whole frame.

Thus to his servants the Lord makes known his power; his enemies shall have no quarter given them. 15 See, where the Lord comes with fire about him, with chariots that drive like the storm, angry his retribution, his vengeance like a scorching flame! 16 Fire and sword shall be the world’s purging, till the Lord has taken full toll. 17 Vainly they sought holiness, that would purify themselves in secret gardens, behind shut doors, and all the while ate flesh of swine and field-mouse and other meats abominable; one end there shall be for all of them, the Lord says.[5]

7
Antequam parturiret, peperit;
antequam veniret partus ejus,
peperit masculum. 8
Quis audivit umquam tale?
et quis vidit huic simile?
numquid parturiet terra in die una,
aut parietur gens simul,
quia parturivit et peperit
Sion filios suos? 9
Numquid ego qui alios parere facio, ipse non pariam?
dicit Dominus.
Si ego, qui generationem ceteris tribuo, sterilis ero?
ait Dominus Deus tuus. 10
Lætamini cum Jerusalem et exsultate in ea,
omnes qui diligitis eam;
gaudete cum ea gaudio,
universi qui lugetis super eam: 11
ut sugatis et repleamini
ab ubere consolationis ejus;
ut mulgeatis et deliciis affluatis
ab omnimoda gloria ejus. 12
Quia hæc dicit Dominus:
Ecce ego declinabo super eam quasi fluvium pacis,
et quasi torrentem inundantem gloriam gentium,
quam sugetis:
ad ubera portabimini,
et super genua blandientur vobis. 13
Quomodo si cui mater blandiatur,
ita ego consolabor vos,
et in Jerusalem consolabimini. 14
Videbitis, et gaudebit cor vestrum,
et ossa vestra quasi herba germinabunt:
et cognoscetur manus Domini servis ejus,
et indignabitur inimicis suis. 15
Quia ecce Dominus in igne veniet,
et quasi turbo quadrigæ ejus,
reddere in indignatione furorem suum
et increpationem suam in flamma ignis: 16
quia in igne Dominus dijudicabit,
et in gladio suo ad omnem carnem;
et multiplicabuntur interfecti a Domino, 17
qui sanctificabantur et mundos se putabant in hortis
post januam intrinsecus,
qui comedebant carnem suillam,
et abominationem et murem:
simul consumentur, dicit Dominus.

18 κἀγὼ τὰ ἔργα αὐτῶν καὶ τὸν λογισμὸν αὐτῶν ἐπίσταμαι ἔρχομαι συναγαγεῖν πάντα τὰ ἔθνη καὶ τὰς γλώσσας καὶ ἥξουσιν καὶ ὄψονται τὴν δόξαν μου 19 καὶ καταλείψω ἐ{P'} αὐτῶν σημεῖα καὶ ἐξαποστελῶ ἐξ αὐτῶν σεσῳσμένους εἰς τὰ ἔθνη εἰς Θαρσις καὶ Φουδ καὶ Λουδ καὶ Μοσοχ καὶ Θοβελ καὶ εἰς τὴν Ἑλλάδα καὶ εἰς τὰς νήσους τὰς πόρρω οἳ οὐκ ἀκηκόασίν μου τὸ ὄνομα οὐδὲ ἑωράκασιν τὴν δόξαν μου καὶ ἀναγγελοῦσίν μου τὴν δόξαν ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν 20 καὶ ἄξουσιν τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς ὑμῶν ἐκ πάντων τῶν ἐθνῶν δῶρον κυρίῳ με{Q'} ἵππων καὶ ἁρμάτων ἐν λαμπήναις ἡμιόνων μετὰ σκιαδίων εἰς τὴν ἁγίαν πόλιν Ιερουσαλημ εἶπεν κύριος ὡς ἂν ἐνέγκαισαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ισραηλ ἐμοὶ τὰς θυσίας αὐτῶν μετὰ ψαλμῶν εἰς τὸν οἶκον κυρίου 21 καὶ ἀ{P'} αὐτῶν λήμψομαι ἐμοὶ ἱερεῖς καὶ Λευίτας εἶπεν κύριος

18 Trust me, I will hold assize upon all such deeds and devices of theirs; ay, upon all nations and races. All must come and see my glory revealed, 19 and I will set a mark upon each of them. What of those that find deliverance? I have an errand for them, to be my messengers across the sea; to Africa, and to Lydia where men draw the bow, to Italy, and to Greece, and to the Islands far away.[6] They shall go out where men never heard of my name, never saw my glory yet, to reveal that glory among the nations. 20 And out of all nations they shall bring your brethren back, an offering to the Lord, with horse and chariot, with litter and mule and waggon, to Jerusalem, the Lord says, to this mountain, my sanctuary. A bloodless offering this, for the sons of Israel to bring, in its sanctified vessel, to the Lord’s house! 21 And some among these newcomers, the Lord says, I will choose out to be priests and Levites.

18
Ego autem opera eorum et cogitationes eorum
venio ut congregem,
cum omnibus gentibus et linguis:
et venient, et videbunt gloriam meam. 19
Et ponam in eis signum,
et mittam ex eis qui salvati fuerint, ad gentes
in mare, in Africam, et Lydiam, tendentes sagittam;
in Italiam et Græciam,
ad insulas longe,
ad eos qui non audierunt de me,
et non viderunt gloriam meam.
Et annuntiabunt gloriam meam gentibus; 20
et adducent omnes fratres vestros
de cunctis gentibus
donum Domino,
in equis, et in quadrigis, et in lecticis,
et in mulis, et in carrucis,
ad montem sanctum meum
Jerusalem, dicit Dominus:
quomodo si inferant filii Israël munus
in vase mundo in domum Domini. 21
Et assumam ex eis
in sacerdotes et Levitas, dicit Dominus.

22 ὃν τρόπον γὰρ ὁ οὐρανὸς καινὸς καὶ ἡ γῆ καινή ἃ ἐγὼ ποιῶ μένει ἐνώπιόν μου λέγει κύριος οὕτως στήσεται τὸ σπέρμα ὑμῶν καὶ τὸ ὄνομα ὑμῶν 23 καὶ ἔσται μῆνα ἐκ μηνὸς καὶ σάββατον ἐκ σαββάτου ἥξει πᾶσα σὰρξ ἐνώπιόν μου προσκυνῆσαι ἐν Ιερουσαλημ εἶπεν κύριος 24 καὶ ἐξελεύσονται καὶ ὄψονται τὰ κῶλα τῶν ἀνθρώπων τῶν παραβεβηκότων ἐν ἐμοί ὁ γὰρ σκώληξ αὐτῶν οὐ τελευτήσει καὶ τὸ πῦρ αὐτῶν οὐ σβεσθήσεται καὶ ἔσονται εἰς ὅρασιν πάσῃ σαρκί

22 This, too, he promises: Enduring your race and name shall be as the new heavens, the new earth I fashion, to stand continually in my presence. 23 Month after month, sabbath after sabbath shall go by, and still all mankind shall come to bow down before me, the Lord says. 24 And ever as they leave the gates, mortal remains they shall see of the men that rebelled against me long since; a prey now, to worm undying, to fire unquenchable;[7] none that sees it but shall turn with loathing from the sight.

22
Quia sicut cæli novi et terra nova,
quæ ego facio stare coram me, dicit Dominus,
sic stabit semen vestrum et nomen vestrum. 23
Et erit mensis ex mense,
et sabbatum ex sabbato:
veniet omnis caro ut adoret coram facie mea,
dicit Dominus. 24
Et egredientur, et videbunt cadavera
virorum qui prævaricati sunt in me;
vermis eorum non morietur,
et ignis eorum non extinguetur:
et erunt usque ad satietatem visionis omni carni.

[1] Ac. 7.49.

[2] ‘From whom shall I accept an offering?’; literally, ‘to whom shall I have regard?’ cf. Gen. 4.4.

[3] Literally, ‘he who slays an ox (is as) he who murders a man’, etc.

[4] ‘At my own caprice I will choose the terrors’; literally, ‘I will choose the wanton outrages and the terrors’.

[5] The Hebrew text of verses 17 and 18, which differs from the Latin version, is probably corrupt, and has called forth a variety of interpretations.

[6] The geographical identifications found in the Latin text are by no means certain.

[7] Mk. 9.48.

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Imprimatur. +Most Rev. Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster. 8th January 2012.
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