¹Clama,Cry out!ne cesses,Cease not!quasi tuba exalta vocem tuam,Exalt your voice like a trumpet,et annuntia populo meo scelera eorum,and announce to my people their wicked acts,et domui Jacob peccata eorum.and to the house of Jacob their sins.

¹Clama,Cry out!ne cesses,Cease not!quasi tuba exalta vocem tuam,Exalt your voice like a trumpet,et annuntia populo meo scelera eorum,and announce to my people their wicked acts,et domui Jacob peccata eorum.and to the house of Jacob their sins.

²Me etenim de die in diem quærunt,For they also seek me,et scire vias meas volunt,from day to day,quasi gens quæ justitiam fecerit,and they are willing to know my ways,et judicium Dei sui non dereliquerit.like a nation which has done justice and has not abandoned the judgment of their God.Rogant me judicia justitiæ;They petition me for judgments of justice.appropinquare Deo volunt.They are willing to draw near to God.

²Me etenim de die in diem quærunt,For they also seek me,et scire vias meas volunt,from day to day,quasi gens quæ justitiam fecerit,and they are willing to know my ways,et judicium Dei sui non dereliquerit.like a nation which has done justice and has not abandoned the judgment of their God.Rogant me judicia justitiæ;They petition me for judgments of justice.appropinquare Deo volunt.They are willing to draw near to God.

³Quare jejunavimus, et non aspexisti;“Why have we fasted, and you have not taken notice?humiliavimus animas nostras, et nescisti?Why have we humbled our souls, and you have not acknowledged it?”Ecce in die jejunii vestri invenitur voluntas vestra,Behold, in the day of your fasting, your own will is found,et omnes debitores vestros repetitis.and you petition for payment from all your debtors.

³Quare jejunavimus, et non aspexisti;“Why have we fasted, and you have not taken notice?humiliavimus animas nostras, et nescisti?Why have we humbled our souls, and you have not acknowledged it?”Ecce in die jejunii vestri invenitur voluntas vestra,Behold, in the day of your fasting, your own will is found,et omnes debitores vestros repetitis.and you petition for payment from all your debtors.

⁴Ecce ad litesBehold,et contentiones jejunatis,you fast with strife and contention,et percutitis pugno impie.and you strike with the fist impiously.Nolite jejunare sicut usque ad hanc diem,Do not choose to fast as you have done even to this day.ut audiatur in excelso clamor vester.Then your outcry will be heard on high.

⁴Ecce ad litesBehold,et contentiones jejunatis,you fast with strife and contention,et percutitis pugno impie.and you strike with the fist impiously.Nolite jejunare sicut usque ad hanc diem,Do not choose to fast as you have done even to this day.ut audiatur in excelso clamor vester.Then your outcry will be heard on high.

⁵Numquid tale est jejunium quod elegi,Is this a fast such as I have chosen:per diem affligere hominem animam suam?for a man to afflict his soul for a day,numquid contorquere quasi circulum caput suum, et saccum et cinerem sternere?to contort his head in a circle, and to spread sackcloth and ashes?numquid istud vocabis jejunium, et diem acceptabilem Domino?Should you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the Lord?

⁵Numquid tale est jejunium quod elegi,Is this a fast such as I have chosen:per diem affligere hominem animam suam?for a man to afflict his soul for a day,numquid contorquere quasi circulum caput suum, et saccum et cinerem sternere?to contort his head in a circle, and to spread sackcloth and ashes?numquid istud vocabis jejunium, et diem acceptabilem Domino?Should you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the Lord?

⁶Nonne hoc est magis jejunium quod elegi?Is not this, instead, the kind of fast that I have chosen?Dissolve colligationes impietatis,Release the constraints of impiety;solve fasciculos deprimentes,relieve the burdens that oppress;dimitte eos qui confracti sunt liberos,freely forgive those who are broken;et omne onus dirumpe;and break apart every burden.

⁶Nonne hoc est magis jejunium quod elegi?Is not this, instead, the kind of fast that I have chosen?Dissolve colligationes impietatis,Release the constraints of impiety;solve fasciculos deprimentes,relieve the burdens that oppress;dimitte eos qui confracti sunt liberos,freely forgive those who are broken;et omne onus dirumpe;and break apart every burden.

⁷frange esurienti panem tuum,Break your bread with the hungry,et egenos vagosque induc in domum tuam;and lead the destitute and the homeless into your house.cum videris nudum,When you see someone naked,operi eum,cover him,et carnem tuam ne despexeris.and do not despise your own flesh.

⁷frange esurienti panem tuum,Break your bread with the hungry,et egenos vagosque induc in domum tuam;and lead the destitute and the homeless into your house.cum videris nudum,When you see someone naked,operi eum,cover him,et carnem tuam ne despexeris.and do not despise your own flesh.

⁸Tunc erumpet quasi mane lumen tuum;Then your light will break forth like the morning,et sanitas tua citius orietur,and your health will improve quickly,et anteibit faciem tuam justitia tua,and your justice will go before your face,et gloria Domini colliget te.and the glory of the Lord will gather you up.

⁸Tunc erumpet quasi mane lumen tuum;Then your light will break forth like the morning,et sanitas tua citius orietur,and your health will improve quickly,et anteibit faciem tuam justitia tua,and your justice will go before your face,et gloria Domini colliget te.and the glory of the Lord will gather you up.

⁹Tunc invocabis,Then you will call,et Dominus exaudiet;and the Lord will heed;clamabis,you will cry out,et dicet:and he will say,Ecce adsum.“Here I am,”Si abstuleris de medio tui catenam,if you take away the chains from your midst,et desieris extendere digitum et loqui quod non prodest;and cease to point your finger and to speak what is not beneficial.

⁹Tunc invocabis,Then you will call,et Dominus exaudiet;and the Lord will heed;clamabis,you will cry out,et dicet:and he will say,Ecce adsum.“Here I am,”Si abstuleris de medio tui catenam,if you take away the chains from your midst,et desieris extendere digitum et loqui quod non prodest;and cease to point your finger and to speak what is not beneficial.

¹⁰cum effuderis esurienti animam tuam,When you pour out your life for the hungry,et animam afflictam repleveris,and you satisfy the afflicted soul,orietur in tenebris lux tua,then your light will rise up in darkness,et tenebræ tuæ erunt sicut meridies.and your darkness will be like the midday.

¹⁰cum effuderis esurienti animam tuam,When you pour out your life for the hungry,et animam afflictam repleveris,and you satisfy the afflicted soul,orietur in tenebris lux tua,then your light will rise up in darkness,et tenebræ tuæ erunt sicut meridies.and your darkness will be like the midday.

¹¹Et requiem tibi dabit Dominus semper,And the Lord will give you rest continually,et implebit splendoribus animam tuam,and he will fill your soul with splendor,et ossa tua liberabit;and he will free your bones,et eris quasi hortus irriguus,and you will be like a watered gardenet sicut fons aquarum cujus non deficient aquæ.and like a fountain of water whose waters will not fail.

¹¹Et requiem tibi dabit Dominus semper,And the Lord will give you rest continually,et implebit splendoribus animam tuam,and he will fill your soul with splendor,et ossa tua liberabit;and he will free your bones,et eris quasi hortus irriguus,and you will be like a watered gardenet sicut fons aquarum cujus non deficient aquæ.and like a fountain of water whose waters will not fail.

¹²Et ædificabuntur in te deserta sæculorum,And places that have been desolate for ages will be built up by you.fundamenta generationis et generationis suscitabis;You will raise a foundation for generation after generation.et vocaberis ædificator sepium,And you will be called the repairer of hedges,avertens semitas in quietem.who turns the roadways into quiet places.

¹²Et ædificabuntur in te deserta sæculorum,And places that have been desolate for ages will be built up by you.fundamenta generationis et generationis suscitabis;You will raise a foundation for generation after generation.et vocaberis ædificator sepium,And you will be called the repairer of hedges,avertens semitas in quietem.who turns the roadways into quiet places.

¹³Si averteris a sabbato pedem tuum facere voluntatem tuam in die sancto meo,If you restrain your foot on the Sabbath, from doing your own will on my holy day,et vocaveris sabbatum delicatum,and if you call the Sabbath delightful,et sanctum Domini gloriosum,and the Holy of the Lord glorious,et glorificaveris eum dum non facis vias tuas,and if you glorify him, while you do not act according to your own ways,et non invenitur voluntas tua,and your own will is not found,ut loquaris sermonem:not even to speak a word,

¹³Si averteris a sabbato pedem tuum facere voluntatem tuam in die sancto meo,If you restrain your foot on the Sabbath, from doing your own will on my holy day,et vocaveris sabbatum delicatum,and if you call the Sabbath delightful,et sanctum Domini gloriosum,and the Holy of the Lord glorious,et glorificaveris eum dum non facis vias tuas,and if you glorify him, while you do not act according to your own ways,et non invenitur voluntas tua,and your own will is not found,ut loquaris sermonem:not even to speak a word,

¹⁴tunc delectaberis super Domino,then you will find delight in the Lord,et sustollam te super altitudines terræ,and I will take you up, above the heights of the earth,et cibabo te hæreditate Jacob patris tui:and I will nourish you with the inheritance of Jacob, your father.os enim Domini locutum est.For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.

¹⁴tunc delectaberis super Domino,then you will find delight in the Lord,et sustollam te super altitudines terræ,and I will take you up, above the heights of the earth,et cibabo te hæreditate Jacob patris tui:and I will nourish you with the inheritance of Jacob, your father.os enim Domini locutum est.For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.