1Quis est iste,Who is this,qui venit de Edom,who arrives from Edom with dyed garments from Bozrah?tinctis vestibus de Bosra?This is the Handsome One in his robe,iste formosus in stola sua,advancing by the fullness of his strength.gradiens in multitudine fortitudinis suæ?It is I,Ego qui loquor justitiam,the Speaker of Justice,et propugnator sum ad salvandum.and I am the Fighter for Salvation.
2Quare ergo rubrum est indumentum tuum,So then, why is your garment red,et vestimenta tua sicut calcantium in torculari?and why are your vestments like the ones of those who tread the winepress?
3Torcular calcavi solus,I have trod the winepress alone.et de gentibus non est vir mecum;And among the nations, there is no man beside me.calcavi eos in furore meo,I have trampled on them in my fury,et conculcavi eos in ira mea:and I have tread them down in my wrath.et aspersus est sanguis eorum super vestimenta mea,And so, their blood has been sprinkled on my vestments,et omnia indumenta mea inquinavi.and I have stained all my garments.
4Dies enim ultionis in corde meo;For the day of vengeance is in my heart.annus redemptionis meæ venit.The year of my redemption has arrived.
5Circumspexi,I gazed around,et non erat auxiliator;and there was no one to assist.quæsivi,I sought,et non fuit qui adjuvaret:and there was no one who would help.et salvavit mihi brachium meum,And so, my own arm has saved for me,et indignatio mea ipsa auxiliata est mihi.and my own wrath itself has assisted me.
6Et conculcavi populos in furore meo,And I have trampled the peoples in my fury,et inebriavi eos in indignatione mea,and I have inebriated them with my indignation,et detraxi in terram virtutem eorum.and I have torn down their strength to the ground.
7Miserationum Domini recordabor;I will remember the compassion of the Lord,laudem Domini super omnibus quæ reddidit nobis Dominus,the praise of the Lord over all that the Lord has bestowed on us,et super multitudinem bonorum domui Israël,and over the multitude of his good things for the house of Israel,quæ largitus est eis secundum indulgentiam suam,which he has granted to them according to his leniency,et secundum multitudinem misericordiarum suarum.and according to the multitude of his mercies.
8Et dixit:And he said:Verumtamen populus meus est,“Yet truly, these are my people,filii non negantes; et factus est eis salvator.sons who have not been disowned.” And he became their Savior.
9In omni tribulatione eorum non est tribulatus,Throughout all their tribulation, he was not troubled,et angelus faciei ejus salvavit eos:for the Angel of his presence saved them.in dilectione sua et in indulgentia sua ipse redemit eos,With his love, and by his leniency, he has redeemed them,et portavit eos, et elevavit eos cunctis diebus sæculi.and he has carried them and lifted them up, throughout all the days of the ages.
10Ipsi autem ad iracundiam provocaverunt,But they themselves provoked to wrathet afflixerunt spiritum Sancti ejus:and afflicted his Holy Spirit,et conversus est eis in inimicum,and he was turned to be for them like an enemy,et ipse debellavit eos.and he himself went to war against them.
11Et recordatus est dierum sæculi Moysi, et populi sui.And he remembered the days of ancient times, the days of Moses and his people.Ubi est qui eduxit eos de mari cum pastoribus gregis sui?Where is he who led them out of the sea, with the shepherds of his flock?Ubi est qui posuit in medio ejus spiritum Sancti sui;Where is he who placed his Holy Spirit in their midst?
12qui eduxit ad dexteram Moysen,He led Moses by the right hand,brachio majestatis suæ;with the arm of his majesty.qui scidit aquas ante eos,He split the waters before them,ut faceret sibi nomen sempiternum;in order to make an everlasting name for himself.
13qui eduxit eos per abyssos,He led them through the abyss,quasi equum in deserto non impingentem?like a horse which does not stumble, in the desert.
14Quasi animal in campo descendens,Like an animal who descends to an open field,spiritus Domini ductor ejus fuit.the Spirit of the Lord was their guide.Sic adduxisti populum tuum,Thus did you lead your people,ut faceres tibi nomen gloriæ.in order to make a glorious name for yourself.
15Attende de cælo,Gaze down from heaven,et vide de habitaculo sancto tuo, et gloriæ tuæ.and behold from your holy habitation and from your glory.Ubi est zelus tuus,Where is your zeal,et fortitudo tua,and your strength,multitudo viscerum tuorum et miserationum tuarum? Super me continuerunt se.the fullness of your heart and of your compassion? They have held themselves back from me.
16Tu enim pater noster:For you are our Father,et Abraham nescivit nos,and Abraham has not known us,et Israël ignoravit nos: tu,and Israel has been ignorant of us.Domine, pater noster,You are our Father,redemptor noster,O Lord our Redeemer.a sæculo nomen tuum.Your name is beyond all ages.
17Quare errare nos fecisti, Domine,Why have you allowed us to stray from your ways, O Lord?de viis tuis; indurasti cor nostrum ne timeremus te?Why have you hardened our heart, so that we do not fear you?Convertere propter servos tuos,Return, for the sake of your servants,tribus hæreditatis tuæ.the tribes of your inheritance.
18Quasi nihilum possederunt populum sanctum tuum:They have possessed your holy people as if it were nothing.hostes nostri conculcaverunt sanctificationem tuam.Our enemies have trampled your sanctuary.
19Facti sumus quasi in principio,We have become as we were in the beginning,cum non dominareris nostri,when you did not rule over us,neque invocaretur nomen tuum super nos.and when we were not called by your name.