Canticum (Is 45, 15-25)
Song
Omnes gentes convertantur ad Dominum
Let all nations turn to the Lord.
In nomine Iesu omne genu flectatur (Phil 2, 10).
Let every knee bow at the name of Jesus (Phil 2:10).
Vere tu es Deus abscónditus, * Deus Israel salvátor.
Verily Thou art a God who hides Himself, God of Israel, Saviour.
Confúsi sunt et erubuérunt omnes, * simul abiérunt in confusiónem fabricatóres idolórum.
They are all humiliated, dishonored, they go away, covered with shame, those who make their idols.
Israel salvátus est in Dómino salúte ætérna; * non confundémini et non erubescétis usque in sǽculum sǽculi.
Israel is saved by the Lord, saved for ever; thou shalt not be ashamed or humiliated for the rest of the centuries.
Quia hæc dicit Dóminus, † qui creávit cælos, ipse Deus, * qui formávit terram et fecit eam, ipse fundávit eam;
Thus says the Lord, the Creator of the heavens, He, the God who made the earth and formed it, He who established it;
non ut vácua esset, creávit eam, † ut habitarétur, formávit eam: * «Ego Dóminus, et non est álius.
who created it, not as an empty place, who made it to be inhabited: "I am the Lord: there is no other!
Non in abscóndito locútus sum, * in loco terræ tenebróso;
When I spoke, I was not hiding somewhere in the darkness of the earth;
non dixi sémini Iacob: Frustra quærite me. * Ego Dóminus loquens iustítiam, annúntians recta.
I did not say unto the descendants of Jacob, 'Behold for me in the void!' I am the Lord who pronounces righteousness, who proclaims the truth!
Congregámini et veníte et accédite simul, * qui salváti estis ex géntibus.
"Gather yourselves, come, draw near, all survivors of the nations.
Nesciérunt, qui levant lignum sculptúræ suæ * et rogant deum non salvántem.
They are ignorant, those who carry their wooden idols, and who address prayers unto the god who does not save.
Annuntiáte et veníte et consiliámini simul. * Quis audítum fecit hoc ab inítio, ex tunc prædíxit illud?
Declare yourselves, present thy proofs, take counsel amongst yourselves: who then revealed it beforehand and once announced?
Numquid non ego Dóminus, † et non est ultra Deus absque me? * Deus iustus et salvans non est præter me.
Is it not I, the Lord? Apart from me, there is no God; of God just and savior, none other than Me!
Convertímini ad me et salvi éritis, omnes fines terræ, * quia ego Deus, et non est álius.
Turn to Me: thou shalt be saved, all the distant ones of the earth! Yes, I am God: there is no other.
In memetípso iurávi: † Egréssa est de ore meo iustítia, * verbum, quod non revertétur;
I swear by Myself: from My mouth comes justice, the word that naught can stop.
quia mihi curvábitur omne genu, * et iurábit omnis língua».
for before Me every knee will bow, every tongue will swear it."
«Tantum in Dómino» dicent * «sunt iustítiæ et robur!».
"By the Lord only," she will say of Me, "righteousness and strength!"
Ad eum vénient et confundéntur † omnes, qui repúgnant ei: * in Dómino iustificábitur et laudábitur omne semen Israel.
All those who were inflamed against Him will come to Him in humiliation: they will obtain righteousness and glory through the Lord all the descendants of Israel.
