Isaia 5
1 OR io canterò all'amico mio il cantico del mio amico, intorno alla sua vigna. Il mio amico avea una vigna, in un [luogo grasso, come] un corno d'olio.
[Now] I will sing a song about my dear friend, and about his vineyard. The vineyard was on a very fertile hillside.
2 E le fece attorno una chiusura, e ne tolse via le pietre, e la piantò di viti eccellenti, ed edificò una torre in mezzo di essa, ed anche vi fabbricò un torcolo; or egli aspettava ch'ella facesse delle uve, ed ha fatte delle lambrusche.
My friend plowed the ground and cleared away the stones. Then he planted very good grapevines on that ground. In the middle of the vineyard, he built a watchtower, and he dug a (winepress/pit for squeezing the grapes). Then he waited [each year] to harvest some good grapes, but the vines produced [only] sour grapes.
3 Or dunque, abitanti di Gerusalemme, ed uomini di Giuda, giudicate fra me e la mia vigna.
Now [this is what Yahweh says]: “You people of Jerusalem and [other places in] Judah, I [am like the friend, and you are like] my vineyard; [so] you judge which of us [has done what is right].
4 Chi si dovea più fare alla mia vigna che io non vi abbia fatto? perchè ho io aspettato che facesse delle uve, ed ha fatte delle lambrusche?
What more could I have done for you than what I have already done? I expected you to be doing good deeds [MET], so it is disgusting that [RHQ] you were [doing only evil things] like the vineyard that produced only sour grapes!
5 Or dunque, io vi farò assapere ciò che io son per fare alla mia vigna. Io torrò via la sua siepe, e sarà pascolata; io romperò la sua chiusura, e sarà calpestata.
[So], I will now tell you what I will do to [Judah, the place that is like] my vineyard. I will cut down the hedges, and they will be destroyed. I will tear down the walls [of the cities] and allow [wild animals] to trample the land.
6 E la ridurrò in deserto; non sarà potata, nè zappata; e le vepri e i pruni [vi] monteranno; divieterò ancora alle nuvole che non ispandano pioggia sopra essa.
I will cause it to become a wasteland where the vines are not pruned and the ground is not hoed. It will be a place where briers and thorns [DOU] grow. And I will command that no rain will fall on it.”
7 Certo, la vigna del Signore degli eserciti [è] la casa d'Israele, e gli uomini di Giuda [son] le piante delle sue delizie; egli [ne] ha aspettata dirittura, ed ecco lebbra; giustizia, ed ecco grido.
The nation of Israel is [like] [MET] the vineyard of the Commander of the armies of angels. The people of Judah are [like] the garden that was pleasing to him. He expected you to be doing what is just/fair, but instead, [what he saw was people] murdering [MTY] others. [He expected that you would be doing] righteous deeds, but instead, he heard cries from people who were being [attacked] violently.
8 Guai a coloro che congiungono casa a casa, [ed] accozzano campo a campo, finchè non [vi sia più] luogo, e che voi soli siate stanziati in mezzo della terra!
Terrible things will happen to you who continually [illegally] acquire houses and fields. You force one family after another to leave their homes until you are the only ones [HYP] [still] living in the land.
9 Il Signor degli eserciti mi ha [detto] all'orecchio: Se le case magnifiche non son ridotte in desolazione; [e] le grandi e belle, ad esser disabitate;
[But] I heard the Commander of the armies of angels solemnly declare this: “[Some day], many of those huge houses will be empty/deserted; no one will be living in those beautiful mansions.
10 quando dieci bifolche di vigna faranno [solo] un bato, e la sementa di un homer farà [solo] un efa.
The vines on ten acres of land will not produce enough grapes to make (six gallons/22 liters) [of juice/wine], and ten baskets of seed will produce only one basket [of grain].”
11 Guai a coloro che si levano la mattina a buon'ora, per andar dietro alla cervogia, [e] la sera dimorano lungamente [a bere, finchè il] vino li riscaldi!
Terrible things will happen to those who get up early [each] morning to begin drinking alcoholic drinks, and who stay awake until late at night [drinking a lot of wine] until they are completely drunk.
12 E ne' cui conviti vi è la cetera e il saltero; il tamburo, e il flauto, col vino; e non riguardano all'opera del Signore, e non veggono i fatti delle sue mani!
They have [big parties and provide lots of] wine. At their parties, there are [people playing] harps and lyres and tambourines and flutes, but they never think about what Yahweh does or appreciate what he has created.
13 Perciò, il mio popolo è menato in cattività, perchè non ha conoscimento; e la sua nobiltà si muor di fame, e il suo popolazzo è arido di sete.
So, my people will be (exiled/taken to other countries) [far away] because they do not know [about me]. Those who are [now very important and] honored will starve, and the other people will die from thirst.
14 Perciò, il sepolcro si è allargato, ed ha aperta la sua gola smisuratamente; e la nobiltà di Gerusalemme, ed il suo popolazzo, e la sua turba, e coloro che in essa festeggiano, vi scenderanno. (Sheol h7585)
[It is as though] [PRS] the place where the dead people are is eagerly looking for more Israeli people, opening its mouth to swallow them, and a huge number of people will be thrown into that place, including their leaders as well as a noisy crowd of people who enjoy living in Jerusalem. (Sheol h7585)
15 E la gente vile sarà depressa, e [parimente] gli uomini onorati saranno abbattuti, e gli occhi degli altieri saranno abbassati.
[Yahweh] will get rid of a huge number of people; and he will humble [many more] people who [now] are proud/arrogant.
16 E il Signor degli eserciti sarà esaltato per giudicio, e l'Iddio santo sarà santificato per giustizia.
But the Commander of the armies of angels will be exalted/praised because of his acting justly. God will show that he is holy by doing righteous/just deeds.
17 E gli agnelli pastureranno presso alle lor mandre; e i pellegrini mangeranno i luoghi deserti delle [bestie] grasse.
Then lambs and fat sheep will [be able to] find good grass to eat, [even] among the ruins [of the houses of rich people].
18 Guai a coloro che tirano l'iniquità con funi di vanità, e il peccato come con corde di carro!
Some people constantly tell lies, and [it is as though] they are dragging behind them the wrong things that they have done. Terrible things will happen to them!
19 I quali dicono: Affrettisi pure, e solleciti l'opera sua, acciocchè, noi [la] veggiamo; ed accostisi, e venga pure il consiglio del Santo d'Israele, acciocchè noi [lo] conosciamo.
They [make fun of God and] say [to him, ] “Go ahead, do something [to punish us]! We want to see what you will do. You, the Holy One of Israel, should do what you are planning to do, because we want to know what it is.”
20 Guai a coloro che dicono del male bene, e del bene male; i quali fanno delle tenebre luce, e della luce tenebre; i quali fanno dell'amaro il dolce, e del dolce l'amaro!
Terrible things will happen to those who say that evil is good, and that good is evil, that darkness is light and that light is darkness, that what is bitter is sweet and what is sweet is bitter.
21 Guai a coloro che si reputano savi, e [che sono] intendenti appo loro stessi.
Terrible things will happen to those who think that they are wise and that they (are very clever/know everything).
22 Guai a coloro che son valenti a bere il vino, e prodi a mescer la cervogia!
Terrible things will happen to those who [think that] [IRO] they are great/heroes because they are able to drink [lots of] wine, and boast about being able to mix good alcoholic drinks.
23 A coloro che giustificano l'empio per presenti, e tolgono a' giusti la lor ragione!
If people offer them bribes in order that they will enable wicked people not to be punished, they accept those bribes, and they cause people who are innocent to be punished.
24 Perciò, siccome la fiamma del fuoco divora la stoppia, e la vampa consuma la paglia, [così] la lor radice sarà come una cosa marcia, e i lor germogli se ne andran via come la polvere; perciocchè hanno sprezzata la Legge del Signor degli eserciti, ed han disdegnata la parola del Santo d'Israele.
Therefore, just like [SIM] fires burn up stubble and dry grass shrivels up and quickly burns in flames, [it will be as though] those people have roots that will rot and have flowers that will wither. [That will happen] because they rejected the laws of the Commander of the armies of angels; they have despised the messages of the Holy One of Israel.
25 Perciò, l'ira del Signore si è accesa contro al suo popolo; ed egli ha stesa la sua mano contro ad esso, e l'ha percosso; e i monti [ne] hanno tremato; e i lor corpi morti sono stati a giusa di letame in mezzo delle strade. Per tutto ciò l'ira del Signore non si è racquetata; ma la sua mano [è] ancora stesa.
That is why Yahweh is [extremely] angry [with his people]; [it is as though] his hand is raised [and he is ready to smash them]. [When he does that], the mountains will shake, and the corpses of people will be scattered in the streets like [SIM] manure. But even when that happens, Yahweh will still be very angry; he will be ready to punish his people [MET] again.
26 Ed egli alzerà la bandiera alle nazioni lontane, e fischierà loro dall'estremità della terra; ed ecco, prestamente [e] leggermente verranno.
Yahweh will send a signal to summon [armies of] nations far away; [it is as though] he will whistle [to summon those soldiers who are] in very remote places on the earth. They will come very swiftly [DOU] [to Jerusalem].
27 Fra esse non [vi sarà] alcuno stanco, nè fiacco; non saranno sonnacchiosi, nè addormentati; e la cintura de' lombi loro non sarà sciolta, nè la correggia delle scarpe rotta.
They will not get tired or stumble. They will not [stop to] rest or to sleep. None of their belts will be loose, and none of them will have sandals with broken straps, [so they will all be ready to fight in battles].
28 Le lor saette [saranno] acute, e tutti i loro archi tesi; l'unghie de' lor cavalli saranno reputate come selci, e le ruote [de]'lor [carri] come un turbo.
Their arrows will be sharp, and their bows will be ready [to shoot those arrows in a battle]. [Because their horses pull the chariots fast], sparks will shoot out from their hooves, and the wheels of the chariots will spin like a whirlwind.
29 Avranno un ruggito simile a quel del leone, e ruggiranno come leoncelli; fremeranno, e daranno di piglio alla preda, e [la] rapiranno, senza che alcuno [la] riscuota.
They will roar like [very strong] lions [DOU] that growl and [then] pounce on the animals they want to kill and carry them off, and no one is able to rescue them.
30 E in quel giorno fremeranno contro al popolo, come freme il mare; ed egli guarderà verso la terra, ed ecco tenebre, [e] distretta, [che si rinnovellerà] col dì; [e] nel cielo di essa farà scuro.
[Similarly, your enemies] will roar when they see the people they are about to kill, like [SIM] the sea roars. [On that day], if someone looks across the land, he will see [only people who are in] darkness and distressed; [it will be as though] even the sunlight is hidden by dark clouds.
