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Isaiah 35

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1 εὐφράνθητι ἔρημος διψῶσα ἀγαλλιάσθω ἔρημος καὶ ἀνθείτω ὡς κρίνον 2 καὶ ἐξανθήσει καὶ ἀγαλλιάσεται τὰ ἔρημα τοῦ Ιορδάνου καὶ ἡ δόξα τοῦ Λιβάνου ἐδόθη αὐτῇ καὶ ἡ τιμὴ τοῦ Καρμήλου καὶ ὁ λαός μου ὄψεται τὴν δόξαν κυρίου καὶ τὸ ὕψος τοῦ θεοῦ 3 ἰσχύσατε χεῖρες ἀνειμέναι καὶ γόνατα παραλελυμένα 4 παρακαλέσατε οἱ ὀλιγόψυχοι τῇ διανοίᾳ ἰσχύσατε μὴ φοβεῖσθε ἰδοὺ ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν κρίσιν ἀνταποδίδωσιν καὶ ἀνταποδώσει αὐτὸς ἥξει καὶ σώσει ἡμᾶς 5 τότε ἀνοιχθήσονται ὀφθαλμοὶ τυφλῶν καὶ ὦτα κωφῶν ἀκούσονται 6 τότε ἁλεῖται ὡς ἔλαφος ὁ χωλός καὶ τρανὴ ἔσται γλῶσσα μογιλάλων ὅτι ἐρράγη ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ ὕδωρ καὶ φάραγξ ἐν γῇ διψώσῃ 7 καὶ ἡ ἄνυδρος ἔσται εἰς ἕλη καὶ εἰς τὴν διψῶσαν γῆν πηγὴ ὕδατος ἔσται ἐκεῖ εὐφροσύνη ὀρνέων ἔπαυλις καλάμου καὶ ἕλη 8 ἐκεῖ ἔσται ὁδὸς καθαρὰ καὶ ὁδὸς ἁγία κληθήσεται καὶ οὐ μὴ παρέλθῃ ἐκεῖ ἀκάθαρτος οὐδὲ ἔσται ἐκεῖ ὁδὸς ἀκάθαρτος οἱ δὲ διεσπαρμένοι πορεύσονται ἐ{P'} αὐτῆς καὶ οὐ μὴ πλανηθῶσιν 9 καὶ οὐκ ἔσται ἐκεῖ λέων οὐδὲ τῶν θηρίων τῶν πονηρῶν οὐ μὴ ἀναβῇ ἐ{P'} αὐτὴν οὐδὲ μὴ εὑρεθῇ ἐκεῖ ἀλλὰ πορεύσονται ἐν αὐτῇ λελυτρωμένοι 10 καὶ συνηγμένοι διὰ κύριον ἀποστραφήσονται καὶ ἥξουσιν εἰς Σιων με{T'} εὐφροσύνης καὶ εὐφροσύνη αἰώνιος ὑπὲρ κεφαλῆς αὐτῶν ἐπὶ γὰρ κεφαλῆς αὐτῶν αἴνεσις καὶ ἀγαλλίαμα καὶ εὐφροσύνη καταλήμψεται αὐτούς ἀπέδρα ὀδύνη καὶ λύπη καὶ στεναγμός

1 Thrills the barren desert with rejoicing; the wilderness takes heart, and blossoms, fair as the lily. 2 Blossom on blossom, it will rejoice and sing for joy; all the majesty of Lebanon is bestowed on it, all the grace of Carmel and of Saron. All alike shall see the glory of the Lord, the majesty of our God. 3 Stiffen, then, the sinews of drooping hand and flagging knee; 4 give word to the faint-hearted, Take courage, and have no fear; see where your Lord is bringing redress for your wrongs, God himself, coming to deliver you! 5 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and deaf ears unsealed; 6 the lame man, then, shall leap as the deer leap, the speechless tongue cry aloud. Springs will gush out in the wilderness, streams flow through the desert; 7 ground that was dried up will give place to pools, barren land to wells of clear water; where the serpent had its lair once, reed and bulrush will show their green. 8 A high road will stretch across it, by divine proclamation kept holy; none that is defiled may travel on it; and there you shall find a straight path lying before you, wayfarer is none so foolish he can go astray. 9 No lions shall molest it, no beasts of prey venture on it. Free men shall walk on it, 10 coming home again to Sion, and praising the Lord for their ransoming. Eternal happiness crowns them, joy and happiness in their grasp now, sorrow and sighing fled far away.

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Lætabitur deserta et invia,
et exsultabit solitudo,
et florebit quasi lilium. 2
Germinans germinabit, et exsultabit
lætabunda et laudans:
gloria Libani data est ei,
decor Carmeli et Saron;
ipsi videbunt gloriam Domini,
et decorem Dei nostri. 3
Confortate manus dissolutas,
et genua debilia roborate. 4
Dicite pusillanimis:
Confortamini, et nolite timere:
ecce Deus vester ultionem adducet retributionis;
Deus ipse veniet, et salvabit vos. 5
Tunc aperientur oculi cæcorum,
et aures surdorum patebunt; 6
tunc saliet sicut cervus claudus,
et aperta erit lingua mutorum:
quia scissæ sunt in deserto aquæ,
et torrentes in solitudine; 7
et quæ erat arida, erit in stagnum,
et sitiens in fontes aquarum.
In cubilibus, in quibus prius dracones habitabant,
orietur viror calami et junci. 8
Et erit ibi semita et via,
et via sancta vocabitur:
non transibit per eam pollutus,
et hæc erit vobis directa via,
ita ut stulti non errent per eam. 9
Non erit ibi leo,
et mala bestia non ascendet per eam,
nec invenietur ibi;
et ambulabunt qui liberati fuerint. 10
Et redempti a Domino convertentur,
et venient in Sion cum laude,
et lætitia sempiterna super caput eorum:
gaudium et lætitiam obtinebunt,
et fugiet dolor et gemitus.

Knox Translation Copyright © 2013 Westminster Diocese
Nihil Obstat. Father Anton Cowan, Censor.
Imprimatur. +Most Rev. Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster. 8th January 2012.
Re-typeset and published in 2012 by Baronius Press Ltd