Isaiæ 1
1 Visio Isaiæ filii Amos, quam vidit super Iudam et Ierusalem in diebus Oziæ, Ioathan, Achaz, et Ezechiæ regum Iuda.
The vision of Isaiah the son of Amos, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
2 Audite cæli, et auribus percipe terra, quoniam Dominus locutus est. Filios enutrivi, et exaltavi: ipsi autem spreverunt me.
Hear, [ye] heavens, and give ear, [thou] earth! for Jehovah hath spoken: I have nourished and brought up children; and they have rebelled against me.
3 Cognovit bos possessorem suum, et asinus præsepe domini sui: Israel autem me non cognovit, et populus meus non intellexit.
The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib; Israel doth not know, my people hath no intelligence.
4 Væ genti peccatrici, populo gravi iniquitate, semini nequam, filiis sceleratis: dereliquerunt Dominum, blasphemaverunt Sanctum Israel, abalienati sunt retrorsum.
Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that corrupt themselves! They have forsaken Jehovah; they have despised the Holy One of Israel; they are turned away backward.
5 Super quo percutiam vos ultra, addentes prævaricationem? Omne caput languidum, et omne cor mœrens.
Why should ye be smitten any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
6 A planta pedis usque ad verticem non est in eo sanitas: vulnus, et livor, et plaga tumens, non est circumligata, nec curata medicamine, neque fota oleo.
From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in him; wounds, and weals, and open sores: they have not been dressed, nor bound up, nor mollified with oil.
7 Terra vestra deserta, civitates vestræ succensæ igni: regionem vestram coram vobis alieni devorant, et desolabitur sicut in vastitate hostili.
Your country is desolate; your cities are burned with fire; your land, strangers eat it up in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.
8 Et derelinquetur filia Sion ut umbraculum in vinea, et sicut tugurium in cucumerario, et sicut civitas, quæ vastatur.
And the daughter of Zion is left, as a booth in a vineyard, as a night-lodge in a cucumber-garden, as a besieged city.
9 Nisi Dominus exercituum reliquisset nobis semen, quasi Sodoma fuissemus, et quasi Gomorrha similes essemus.
Unless Jehovah of hosts had left us a very small residue, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
10 Audite verbum Domini principes Sodomorum, percipite auribus legem Dei nostri populus Gomorrhæ.
Hear the word of Jehovah, rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, people of Gomorrah!
11 Quo mihi multitudinem victimarum vestrarum? dicit Dominus: Plenus sum. Holocausta arietum, et adipem pinguium, et sanguinem vitulorum, et agnorum, et hircorum nolui.
To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith Jehovah. I am sated with burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and in the blood of bullocks, and of lambs, and of he-goats I take no pleasure.
12 Cum veniretis ante conspectum meum, quis quæsivit hæc de manibus vestris, ut ambularetis in atriis meis?
When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this from your hand — to tread my courts?
13 Ne offeratis ultra sacrificium frustra: incensum abominatio est mihi. Neomeniam, et Sabbatum, et festivitates alias non feram, iniqui sunt cœtus vestri:
Bring no more vain oblations! Incense is an abomination unto me, — new moon and sabbath, the calling of convocations — wickedness and the solemn meeting I cannot bear.
14 calendas vestras, et sollemnitates vestras, odivit anima mea: facta sunt mihi molesta, laboravi sustinens.
Your new moons and your set feasts my soul hateth: they are a burden to me; I am wearied of bearing [them].
15 Et cum extenderitis manus vestras, avertam oculos meos a vobis: et cum multiplicaveritis orationem, non exaudiam: manus enim vestræ sanguine plenæ sunt.
And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
16 Lavamini, mundi estote, auferte malum cogitationum vestrarum ab oculis meis: quiescite agere perverse:
Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; — cease to do evil,
17 discite benefacere: quærite iudicium, subvenite oppresso, iudicate pupillo, defendite viduam.
learn to do well: seek judgment, gladden the oppressed, do justice to the fatherless, plead for the widow.
18 Et venite, et arguite me, dicit Dominus: si fuerint peccata vestra ut coccinum, quasi nix dealbabuntur: et si fuerint rubra quasi vermiculus, velut lana alba erunt.
Come now, let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
19 Si volueritis, et audieritis me, bona terræ comeditis.
If ye be willing and hearken, ye shall eat the good of the land;
20 Quod si nolueritis, et me ad iracundiam provocaveritis: gladius devorabit vos, quia os Domini locutum est.
but if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken.
21 Quomodo facta est meretrix civitas fidelis, plena iudicii? Iustitia habitavit in ea, nunc autem homicidæ.
How is the faithful city become a harlot! It was full of judgment; righteousness used to lodge in it, but now murderers.
22 Argentum tuum versum est in scoriam: vinum tuum mistum est aqua.
Thy silver is become dross, thy wine is mixed with water:
23 Principes tui infideles, socii furum: omnes diligunt munera, sequuntur retributiones. Pupillo non iudicant: et causa viduæ non ingreditur ad illos.
thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth presents, and hunteth after rewards; they judge not the fatherless, and the cause of the widow cometh not unto them.
24 Propter hoc ait Dominus Deus exercituum Fortis Israel: Heu, consolabor super hostibus meis, et vindicabor de inimicis meis.
Therefore saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: Ah! I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies.
25 Et convertam manum meam ad te, et excoquam ad puram scoriam tuam, et auferam omne stannum tuum.
And I will turn my hand upon thee, and will thoroughly purge away thy dross, and take away all thine alloy;
26 Et restituam iudices tuos ut fuerunt prius, et consiliarios tuos sicut antiquitus: post hæc vocaberis civitas iusti, urbs fidelis.
and I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning. Afterwards thou shalt be called, Town of righteousness, Faithful city.
27 Sion in iudicio redimetur, et reducent eam in iustita:
Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and they that return of her with righteousness.
28 et conteret scelestos, et peccatores simul: et qui dereliquerunt Dominum, consumentur.
But the ruin of the transgressors and of the sinners [shall be] together; and they that forsake Jehovah shall be consumed.
29 Confundentur enim ab idolis, quibus sacrificaverunt: et erubescetis super hortis, quos elegeratis,
For they shall be ashamed of the terebinths that ye have desired, and ye shall blush for the gardens that ye have chosen.
30 cum fueritis velut quercus defluentibus foliis, et velut hortus absque aqua.
For ye shall be as a terebinth whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.
31 Et erit fortitudo vestra, ut favilla stuppæ, et opus vestrum quasi scintilla: et succendetur utrumque simul, et non erit qui extinguat.
And the strong shall be for tow, and his work a spark; and they shall both burn together, and there shall be none to quench [them].
