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Futuro regno di pace e di giustizia

32 (A)Ecco, un re regnerà secondo giustizia e, quanto ai prìncipi, governeranno con equità.

Quell’uomo sarà come un riparo dal vento, come un rifugio contro l’uragano, come dei corsi d’acqua in luogo arido, come l’ombra di una gran roccia in una terra riarsa.

Gli occhi di quelli che vedono non saranno più accecati e gli orecchi di quelli che odono saranno attenti.

Il cuore degli sconsiderati capirà la saggezza e la lingua dei balbuzienti parlerà veloce e distinta.

Lo scellerato non sarà più chiamato nobile e l’impostore non sarà più chiamato magnanimo.

Poiché lo scellerato proferisce scelleratezze e il suo cuore si dà all’iniquità per commettere cose empie e dire cose malvagie contro il Signore; per lasciare a bocca asciutta colui che ha fame e far mancare da bere a chi ha sete.

Le armi dell’impostore sono malvagie; egli forma criminosi disegni per distruggere l’indifeso con parole bugiarde e il bisognoso quando afferma ciò che è giusto.

Ma l’uomo nobile forma nobili disegni; egli si impegna per cose nobili.

(B)O donne spensierate, alzatevi e ascoltate la mia voce! O figlie troppo fiduciose, porgete orecchio alla mia parola!

10 Fra un anno e qualche giorno voi tremerete, o donne troppo fiduciose, poiché la vendemmia è passata e non si farà raccolta.

11 Abbiate spavento, o donne spensierate! Tremate, o troppo fiduciose! Spogliatevi, denudatevi, mettetevi il cilicio ai fianchi,

12 picchiandovi il seno a motivo dei campi una volta così belli e delle vigne una volta così feconde.

13 Sulla terra del mio popolo cresceranno pruni e rovi; sì, su tutte le case di piacere della gaia città.

14 Il palazzo infatti sarà abbandonato, la città rumorosa sarà resa deserta, la collina e la torre saranno per sempre ridotte in caverne, in luogo di spasso per gli onagri e di pascolo per greggi,

15 finché su di noi sia sparso lo Spirito dall’alto e il deserto divenga un frutteto, e il frutteto sia considerato come una foresta.

16 (C)Allora la rettitudine abiterà nel deserto e la giustizia abiterà nel frutteto.

17 L’opera della giustizia sarà la pace e l’azione della giustizia, tranquillità e sicurezza per sempre.

18 Il mio popolo abiterà in un territorio di pace, in abitazioni sicure, in quieti luoghi di riposo.

19 Ma la foresta[a] cadrà sotto la grandine e la città sarà profondamente abbassata.

20 Beati voi che seminate in riva a tutte le acque e che lasciate andare libero il piede del bue e dell’asino!

Footnotes

  1. Isaia 32:19 La foresta, cioè il nemico, gli Assiri.

A Reign of Righteousness

32 Behold, (A)a king will reign in righteousness,
And princes will rule with justice.
A man will be as a hiding place from the wind,
And (B)a [a]cover from the tempest,
As rivers of water in a dry place,
As the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
(C)The eyes of those who see will not be dim,
And the ears of those who hear will listen.
Also the heart of the [b]rash will (D)understand knowledge,
And the tongue of the stammerers will be ready to speak plainly.

The foolish person will no longer be called [c]generous,
Nor the miser said to be bountiful;
For the foolish person will speak foolishness,
And his heart will work (E)iniquity:
To practice ungodliness,
To utter error against the Lord,
To keep the hungry unsatisfied,
And he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
Also the schemes of the schemer are evil;
He devises wicked plans
To destroy the poor with (F)lying words,
Even when the needy speaks justice.
But a [d]generous man devises generous things,
And by generosity he shall stand.

Consequences of Complacency

Rise up, you women (G)who are at ease,
Hear my voice;
You complacent daughters,
Give ear to my speech.
10 In a year and some days
You will be troubled, you complacent women;
For the vintage will fail,
The gathering will not come.
11 Tremble, you women who are at ease;
Be troubled, you complacent ones;
Strip yourselves, make yourselves bare,
And gird sackcloth on your waists.

12 People shall mourn upon their breasts
For the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.
13 (H)On the land of my people will come up thorns and briers,
Yes, on all the happy homes in (I)the joyous city;
14 (J)Because the palaces will be forsaken,
The bustling city will be deserted.
The forts and towers will become lairs forever,
A joy of wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks—
15 Until (K)the Spirit is poured upon us from on high,
And (L)the wilderness becomes a fruitful field,
And the fruitful field is counted as a forest.

The Peace of God’s Reign

16 Then justice will dwell in the wilderness,
And righteousness remain in the fruitful field.
17 (M)The work of righteousness will be peace,
And the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance forever.
18 My people will dwell in a peaceful habitation,
In secure dwellings, and in quiet (N)resting places,
19 (O)Though hail comes down (P)on the forest,
And the city is brought low in humiliation.

20 Blessed are you who sow beside all waters,
Who send out freely the feet of (Q)the ox and the donkey.

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 32:2 shelter
  2. Isaiah 32:4 hasty
  3. Isaiah 32:5 noble
  4. Isaiah 32:8 noble

A King Will Reign in Righteousness

32 Behold, (A)a king will reign in righteousness,
    and princes will rule in justice.
(B)Each will be like a hiding place from the wind,
    a shelter from the storm,
(C)like streams of water in a dry place,
    like the shade of a great rock in a weary land.
(D)Then the eyes of those who see will not be closed,
    and the ears of those who hear will give attention.
The heart of the hasty will understand and know,
    (E)and the tongue of the stammerers will hasten to speak distinctly.
(F)The fool will no more be called noble,
    nor the scoundrel said to be honorable.
For (G)the fool speaks folly,
    and his heart is busy with iniquity,
to practice ungodliness,
    to utter error concerning the Lord,
(H)to leave the craving of the hungry unsatisfied,
    and to deprive the thirsty of drink.
As for the scoundrel—(I)his devices are evil;
    he plans wicked schemes
to ruin the poor with lying words,
    even when the plea of the needy is right.
But he who is noble plans noble things,
    and on noble things he stands.

Complacent Women Warned of Disaster

(J)Rise up, you women (K)who are at ease, hear my voice;
    you complacent daughters, give ear to my speech.
10 In little more than a year
    you will shudder, you complacent women;
for the grape harvest fails,
    the fruit harvest will not come.
11 Tremble, you women (L)who are at ease,
    shudder, you complacent ones;
(M)strip, and make yourselves bare,
    (N)and tie sackcloth around your waist.
12 (O)Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields,
    for the fruitful vine,
13 (P)for the soil of my people
    growing up in thorns and briers,
(Q)yes, for all the joyous houses
    in the exultant city.
14 For the palace is forsaken,
    the populous city deserted;
the hill and the watchtower
    will become dens forever,
(R)a joy of wild donkeys,
    a pasture of flocks;
15 until (S)the Spirit is poured upon us from on high,
    and (T)the wilderness becomes a fruitful field,
    and the fruitful field is deemed a forest.
16 Then justice will dwell in the wilderness,
    and righteousness abide in the fruitful field.
17 (U)And the effect of righteousness will be peace,
    and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust[a] forever.
18 My people will abide in a peaceful habitation,
    in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.
19 (V)And it will hail when the forest falls down,
    (W)and the city will be utterly laid low.
20 (X)Happy are you who sow beside all waters,
    who let the feet of the ox and the donkey range free.

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 32:17 Or security