< Isaiah 1 >
1 The visioun, ether profesie, of Ysaie, the sone of Amos, which he siy on Juda and Jerusalem, in the daies of Osie, of Joathan, of Achas, and of Ezechie, kyngis of Juda.
vision Isaiah son: child Amoz which to see upon Judah and Jerusalem in/on/with day Uzziah Jotham Ahaz Hezekiah king Judah
2 Ye heuenes, here, and thou erthe, perseyue with eeris, for the Lord spak. Y haue nurschid and Y haue enhaunsid sones; sotheli thei han dispisid me.
to hear: hear heaven and to listen land: country/planet for LORD to speak: speak son: child to magnify and to exalt and they(masc.) to transgress in/on/with me
3 An oxe knew his lord, and an asse knew the cratche of his lord; but Israel knewe not me, and my puple vndurstood not.
to know cattle to buy him and donkey crib master his Israel not to know people my not to understand
4 Wo to the synful folk, to the puple heuy in wickidnesse, to the weiward seed, to the cursid sones; thei han forsake the Lord, thei han blasfemyd the hooli of Israel, thei ben aliened bacward.
woe! nation to sin people heavy iniquity: crime seed: children be evil son: child to ruin to leave: forsake [obj] LORD to spurn [obj] holy Israel be a stranger back
5 On what thing schal Y smyte you more, that encreessen trespassyng? Ech heed is sijk, and ech herte is morenynge.
upon what? to smite still to add: again revolt all head to/for sickness and all heart faint
6 Fro the sole of the foot til to the nol, helthe is not ther ynne; wounde, and wannesse, and betyng bolnynge is not boundun aboute, nether curid bi medicyn, nether nurschid with oile.
from palm: sole foot and till head nothing in/on/with him soundness wound and wound and wound fresh not to crush and not to saddle/tie and not be tender in/on/with oil
7 Youre lond is forsakun, youre citees ben brent bi fier; aliens deuouren youre cuntrei bifore you, and it schal be disolat as in the distriyng of enemyes.
land: country/planet your devastation city your to burn fire land: soil your to/for before you be a stranger to eat [obj] her and devastation like/as overthrow be a stranger
8 And the douytir of Sion, `that is, Jerusalem, schal be forsakun as a schadewynge place in a vyner, and as an hulke in a place where gourdis wexen, and as a citee which is wastid.
and to remain daughter Zion like/as booth in/on/with vineyard like/as lodge in/on/with cucumber field like/as city to watch
9 If the Lord of oostis hadde not left seed to vs, we hadden be as Sodom, and we hadden be lijk as Gomorre.
unless LORD Hosts to remain to/for us survivor like/as little like/as Sodom to be to/for Gomorrah to resemble
10 Ye princes of men of Sodom, here the word of the Lord; and ye puple of Gommorre, perseyue with eeris the lawe of youre God.
to hear: hear word LORD chief Sodom to listen instruction God our people Gomorrah
11 Wherto offren ye to me the multitude of youre sacrifices? seith the Lord. Y am ful; Y wolde not the brent sacrifices of wetheris, and the ynnere fatnesse of fatte beestis, and the blood of calues, and of lambren, and of buckis of geet.
to/for what? to/for me abundance sacrifice your to say LORD to satisfy burnt offering ram and fat fatling and blood bullock and lamb and goat not to delight in
12 Whanne ye camen bifore my siyt, who axide of youre hondis these thingis, that ye schulden go in myn hallys?
for to come (in): come to/for to see: see face: before my who? to seek this from hand: themselves your to trample court my
13 Offre ye no more sacrifice in veyn; encense is abhomynacioun to me; Y schal not suffre neomenye, and sabat, and othere feestis.
not to add: again to come (in): bring offering vanity: vain incense abomination he/she/it to/for me month: new moon and Sabbath to call: call to assembly not be able evil: wickedness and assembly
14 Youre cumpenyes ben wickid; my soule hatith youre calendis and youre solempnytees; tho ben maad diseseful to me, Y trauelide suffrynge.
month: new moon your and meeting: festival your to hate soul my to be upon me to/for burden be weary to lift: bear
15 And whanne ye stretchen forth youre hondis, Y schal turne awei myn iyen fro you; and whanne ye multiplien preyer, Y schal not here; for whi youre hondis ben ful of blood.
and in/on/with to spread you palm your to conceal eye my from you also for to multiply prayer nothing I to hear: hear hand your blood to fill
16 Be ye waischun, be ye clene; do ye awei the yuel of youre thouytis fro myn iyen; ceesse ye to do weiwardli, lerne ye to do wel.
to wash: wash to clean to turn aside: remove evil deed your from before eye my to cease be evil
17 Seke ye doom, helpe ye hym that is oppressid, deme ye to the fadirles and modirles child, defende ye a widewe.
to learn: learn be good to seek justice to bless oppression to judge orphan to contend widow
18 And come ye, and repreue ye me, seith the Lord. Thouy youre synnes ben as blood reed, tho schulen be maad whijt as snow; and thouy tho ben reed as vermylioun, tho schulen be whijt as wolle.
to go: come! please and to rebuke to say LORD if to be sin your like/as scarlet like/as snow to whiten if to redden like/as worm like/as wool to be
19 If ye wolen, and heren me, ye schulen ete the goodis of erthe.
if be willing and to hear: obey goodness [the] land: country/planet to eat
20 That if ye nylen, and ye terren me to wrathfulnesse, swerd schal deuoure you; for whi the mouth of the Lord spak.
and if to refuse and to rebel sword to eat for lip LORD to speak: speak
21 Hou is the feithful citee ful of dom maad an hoore? riytfulnesse dwellide ther ynne; but now menquelleris dwellen ther ynne.
how? to be to/for to fornicate town be faithful full justice righteousness to lodge in/on/with her and now to murder
22 Thi siluer is turned in to dros, ether filthe; thi wyn is medlid with watir.
silver: money your to be to/for dross liquor your to weaken in/on/with water
23 Thi princes ben vnfeithful, the felowis of theuys; alle louen yiftis, suen meedis; thei demen not to a fadirles child, and the cause of a widewe entrith not to hem.
ruler your to rebel and companion thief all his to love: lover bribe and to pursue reward orphan not to judge and strife widow not to come (in): come to(wards) them
24 For this thing, seith the Lord God of oostis, the stronge of Israel, Alas! Y schal be coumfortid on myn enemyes, and Y schal be vengid on myn enemyes.
to/for so utterance [the] lord LORD Hosts mighty Israel woe! to be sorry: comfort from enemy my and to avenge from enemy my
25 And Y schal turne myn hond to thee, and Y schal sethe out thi filthe to the cleene, and Y schal do awei al thi tyn.
and to return: return hand my upon you and to refine like/as lye dross your and to turn aside: remove all tin your
26 And Y schal restore thi iuges, as thei weren bifor to, and thi counselours, as in elde tyme. Aftir these thingis thou schalt be clepid the citee of the riytful, a feithful citee.
and to return: rescue to judge you like/as in/on/with first and to advise you like/as in/on/with beginning after so to call: call by to/for you city [the] righteousness town be faithful
27 Sion schal be ayen bouyt in dom, and thei schulen bringe it ayen in to riytfulnesse;
Zion in/on/with justice to ransom and to return: repent her in/on/with righteousness
28 and God schal al to-breke cursid men and synneris togidere, and thei that forsoken the Lord, schulen be wastid.
and breaking to transgress and sinner together and to leave: forsake LORD to end: destroy
29 For thei schulen be aschamed of idols, to whiche thei maden sacrifice; and ye shulen be aschamid on the orcherdis, whiche ye chesiden.
for be ashamed from terebinth which to desire and be ashamed from [the] garden which to choose
30 Whanne ye schulen be as an ook, whanne the leeues fallen doun, and as an orcherd with out watir.
for to be like/as oak to wither leaf her and like/as garden which water nothing to/for her
31 And youre strengthe schal be as a deed sparcle of bonys, `ether of herdis of flex, and youre werk schal be as a quyk sparcle; and euer either schal be brent togidere, and noon schal be that schal quenche.
and to be [the] strong to/for tow and work his to/for spark and to burn: burn two their together and nothing to quench