Isaias 21

1The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds come from the south, it cometh from the desert from a terrible land.

Onus deserti maris. Sicut turbines ab africo veniunt, de deserto venit, de terra horribili.

2A grievous vision is told me: he that is unfaithful dealeth unfaithfully: and he that is a spoiler, spoileth. Go up, O Elam, besiege, O Mede: I have made all the mourning thereof to cease.

Visio dura nuntiata est mihi: qui incredulus est infideliter agit; et qui depopulator est vastat. Ascende, Ælam; obside, Mede; omnem gemitum ejus cessare feci.

3Therefore are my loins filled with pain, anguish hath taken hold of me, as the anguish of a woman in labour: I fell down at the hearing of it, I was troubled at the seeing of it.

Propterea repleti sunt lumbi mei dolore; angustia possedit me sicut angustia parturientis; corrui cum audirem, conturbatus sum cum viderem.

4My heart failed, darkness amazed me: Babylon my beloved is become a wonder to me.

Emarcuit cor meum; tenebræ stupefecerunt me: Babylon dilecta mea posita est mihi in miraculum.

5Prepare the table, behold in the watchtower them that eat and drink: arise, ye princes, take up the shield.

Pone mensam, contemplare in specula comedentes et bibentes: surgite, principes, arripite clypeum.

6For thus hath the Lord said to me: Go, and set a watchman: and whatsoever he shall see, let him tell.

Hæc enim dixit mihi Dominus: Vade, et pone speculatorem, et quodcumque viderit annuntiet.

7And he saw a chariot with two horsemen, a rider upon an ass, and a rider upon a camel: and he beheld them diligently with much heed.

Et vidit currum duorum equitum, ascensorem asini, et ascensorem cameli; et contemplatus est diligenter multo intuitu.

8And a lion cried out: I am upon the watchtower of the Lord, standing continually by day: and I am upon my ward, standing whole nights.

Et clamavit leo: Super speculam Domini ego sum, stans jugiter per diem; et super custodiam meam ego sum, stans totis noctibus.

9Behold this man cometh, the rider upon the chariot with two horsemen, and he answered, and said: Babylon is fallen, she is fallen, and all the graven gods thereof are broken unto the ground.

Ecce iste venit ascensor vir bigæ equitum; et respondit, et dixit: Cecidit, cecidit Babylon, et omnia sculptilia deorum ejus contrita sunt in terram.

10O my thrashing, and the children of my floor, that which I have heard of the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, I have declared unto you.

Tritura mea et filii areæ meæ, quæ audivi a Domino exercituum, Deo Israël, annuntiavi vobis.

11The burden of Duma calleth to me out of Seir: Watchman, what of the night? watchman, what of the night?

Onus Duma. Ad me clamat ex Seir: Custos, quid de nocte? custos, quid de nocte?

12The watchman said: The morning cometh, also the night: if you seek, seek: return, come.

Dixit custos: Venit mane et nox; si quæritis, quærite; convertimini, venite.

13The burden in Arabia. In the forest at evening you shall sleep, in the paths of Dedanim.

Onus in Arabia. In saltu ad vesperam dormietis, in semitis Dedanim.

14Meeting the thirsty bring him water, you that inhabit the land of the south, meet with bread him that fleeth.

Occurrentes sitienti ferte aquam, qui habitatis terram austri; cum panibus occurrite fugienti.

15For they are fled from before the swords, from the sword that hung over them, from the bent bow, from the face of a grievous battle.

A facie enim gladiorum fugerunt, a facie gladii imminentis, a facie arcus extenti, a facie gravis prælii.

16For thus saith the Lord to me: Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, all the glory of Cedar shall be taken away.

Quoniam hæc dicit Dominus ad me: Adhuc in uno anno, quasi in anno mercenarii, et auferetur omnis gloria Cedar.

17And the residue of the number of strong archers of the children of Cedar shall be diminished: for the Lord the God of Israel hath spoken it.

Et reliquiæ numeri sagittariorum fortium de filiis Cedar imminuentur; Dominus enim Deus Israël locutus est.