Vulgata
Jerome's Latin
Translation of the Bible 		Liber Isaiae
Chapter 21		 Douay-Rheims
Translation of
the Latin Vulgate

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21:1 onus deserti maris sicut turbines ab africo veniunt de deserto venit de terra horribili 21:1. The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds come from the south, it cometh from the desert from a terrible land.
21:2 visio dura nuntiata est mihi qui incredulus est infideliter agit et qui depopulator est vastat ascende Aelam obside Mede omnem gemitum eius cessare feci 21:2. A 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.
21:3 propterea repleti sunt lumbi mei dolore angustia possedit me sicut angustia parientis corrui cum audirem conturbatus sum cum viderem 21:3. Therefore 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.
21:4 emarcuit cor meum tenebrae stupefecerunt me Babylon dilecta mea posita est mihi in miraculum 21:4. My heart failed, darkness amazed me: Babylon my beloved is become a wonder to me.
21:5 pone mensam contemplare in specula comedentes bibentes surgite principes arripite clypeum 21:5. Prepare the table, behold in the watchtower them that eat and drink: arise, ye princes, take up the shield.
21:6 haec enim dixit mihi Dominus vade et pone speculatorem et quodcumque viderit adnuntiet 21:6. For thus hath the Lord said to me: Go, and set a watchman: and whatsoever he shall see, let him tell.
21:7 et vidit currum duorum equitum ascensorem asini et ascensorem cameli et contemplatus est diligenter multo intuitu 21:7. And 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.
21:8 et clamavit leo super specula Domini ego sum stans iugiter per diem et super custodiam meam ego sum stans totis noctibus 21:8. And 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.
21:9 ecce iste venit ascensor vir bigae equitum et respondit et dixit cecidit cecidit Babylon et omnia sculptilia deorum eius contrita sunt in terram 21:9. Behold 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.
21:10 tritura mea et fili areae meae quae audivi a Domino exercituum Deo Israhel adnuntiavi vobis 21:10. O 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.
21:11 onus Duma ad me clamat ex Seir custos quid de nocte custos quid de nocte 21:11. The burden of Duma calleth to me out of Seir: Watchman, what of the night? watchman, what of the night?
21:12 dixit custos venit mane et nox si quaeritis quaerite convertimini venite 21:12. The watchman said: The morning cometh, also the night: if you seek, seek: return, come.
21:13 onus in Arabia in saltu ad vesperam dormietis in semitis Dodanim 21:13. The burden in Arabia. In the forest at evening you shall sleep, in the paths of Dedanim.
21:14 occurrentes sitienti ferte aquam qui habitatis terram austri cum panibus occurrite fugienti 21:14. Meeting the thirsty bring him water, you that inhabit the land of the south, meet with bread him that fleeth.
21:15 a facie enim gladiorum fugerunt a facie gladii inminentis a facie arcus extenti a facie gravis proelii 21:15. For 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.
21:16 quoniam haec dicit Dominus ad me adhuc in uno anno quasi in anno mercennarii et auferetur omnis gloria Cedar 21:16. For 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.
21:17 et reliquiae numeri sagittariorum fortium de filiis Cedar inminuentur Dominus enim Deus Israhel locutus est 21:17. And 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.

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