Homilies on Isaiah, Homilia II
Ahaz will not ask; the Lord gives Immanuel§1
1Ahaz’s refusal looked modest when he was told to ask a sign in the deep or in the height; he answered I will not ask, nor will I test the Lord. Yet the house of David is rebuked, and the Lord himself gives the sign: behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and you shall call his name Immanuel. That sign is Jesus — he who descended is also he who ascended far above all the heavens.
Latin · §1
Quantum ad dictum, verecunde fecit Achaz cum iuberetur petere signum in profundum aut in excelsum; ait: non petam neque tentabo Dominum. Tamen culpatur: audite, domus David. Ideo Dominus ipse dabit signum: ecce virgo in utero accipiet et pariet filium, et vocabis nomen eius Emmanuel. Signum propositum Dominus Iesus — in profundum quia qui descendit, in excelsum quia qui ascendit super omnes caelos.
Butter and honey; Christ among us§2
2Butter and honey he shall eat — before he knows to refuse the evil and choose the good. Immanuel is God with us; the risen Lord stands at the door and knocks so that we may dine with him. Glory to Christ. Amen.
Latin · §2
Butyrum et mel manducabit. Quomodo Christus prophetatur comedens butyrum et mel — antequam sciat reprobare malum et eligere bonum. Signum in nobis nascitur cum Emmanuel nobiscum Deus; qui aperit et introit cenat nobiscum. Gloria Christo. Amen.