Isaiæ 1
1 Visio Isaiæ filii Amos, quam vidit super Iudam et Ierusalem in diebus Oziæ, Ioathan, Achaz, et Ezechiæ regum Iuda.
A vision of Isaiah, the sonne of Amoz, which he sawe concerning Iudah and Ierusalem: in the dayes of Vzziah, Iotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah Kings of Iudah.
2 Audite cæli, et auribus percipe terra, quoniam Dominus locutus est. Filios enutrivi, et exaltavi: ipsi autem spreverunt me.
Heare, O heauens, and hearken, O earth: for the Lord hath sayde, I haue nourished and brought vp children, but they haue rebelled against me.
3 Cognovit bos possessorem suum, et asinus præsepe domini sui: Israel autem me non cognovit, et populus meus non intellexit.
The oxe knoweth his owner, and the asse his masters crib: but Israel hath not knowen: my people hath not vnderstand.
4 Væ genti peccatrici, populo gravi iniquitate, semini nequam, filiis sceleratis: dereliquerunt Dominum, blasphemaverunt Sanctum Israel, abalienati sunt retrorsum.
Ah, sinfull nation, a people laden with iniquitie: a seede of the wicked, corrupt children: they haue forsaken the Lord: they haue prouoked the holy one of Israel to anger: they are gone backewarde.
5 Super quo percutiam vos ultra, addentes prævaricationem? Omne caput languidum, et omne cor mœrens.
Wherefore shoulde ye be smitten any more? for ye fall away more and more: the whole head is sicke, and the whole heart is heauie.
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 foote vnto the head, there is nothing whole therein, but wounds, and swelling, and sores full of corruption: they haue not bene wrapped, nor bound vp, nor mollified with oyle.
7 Terra vestra deserta, civitates vestræ succensæ igni: regionem vestram coram vobis alieni devorant, et desolabitur sicut in vastitate hostili.
Your land is waste: your cities are burnt with fire: strangers deuoure your lande in your presence, and it is desolate like the ouerthrowe of 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 shall remaine like a cotage in a vineyarde, like a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, and like a besieged citie.
9 Nisi Dominus exercituum reliquisset nobis semen, quasi Sodoma fuissemus, et quasi Gomorrha similes essemus.
Except the Lord of hostes had reserued vnto vs, euen a small remnant: we should haue bene as Sodom, and should haue bene like vnto Gomorah.
10 Audite verbum Domini principes Sodomorum, percipite auribus legem Dei nostri populus Gomorrhæ.
Heare the worde of the Lord, O princes of Sodom: hearken vnto the Law of our God, O people of Gomorah.
11 Quo mihi multitudinem victimarum vestrarum? dicit Dominus: Plenus sum. Holocausta arietum, et adipem pinguium, et sanguinem vitulorum, et agnorum, et hircorum nolui.
What haue I to doe with the multitude of your sacrifices, sayth the Lord? I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and of the fat of fed beasts: and I desire not the blood of bullocks, nor of lambs, nor of goates.
12 Cum veniretis ante conspectum meum, quis quæsivit hæc de manibus vestris, ut ambularetis in atriis meis?
When ye come to appeare before me, who required this of your hands to tread in 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 oblations, in vaine: incense is an abomination vnto me: I can not suffer your newe moones, nor Sabbaths, nor solemne dayes (it is iniquitie) nor solemne assemblies.
14 calendas vestras, et sollemnitates vestras, odivit anima mea: facta sunt mihi molesta, laboravi sustinens.
My soule hateth your newe moones and your appointed feastes: they are a burden vnto me: I am weary to beare 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 you shall stretch out your hands, I wil hide mine eyes from you: and though ye make many prayers, I wil not heare: for your hands are full of blood.
16 Lavamini, mundi estote, auferte malum cogitationum vestrarum ab oculis meis: quiescite agere perverse:
Wash you, make you cleane: take away the euill of your workes from before mine eyes: cease to doe euill.
17 discite benefacere: quærite iudicium, subvenite oppresso, iudicate pupillo, defendite viduam.
Learne to doe well: seeke iudgement, relieue the oppressed: iudge the fatherlesse and defend the widowe.
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 nowe, and let vs reason together, sayth the Lord: though your sinnes were as crimsin, they shalbe made white as snowe: though they were red like skarlet, they shalbe as wooll.
19 Si volueritis, et audieritis me, bona terræ comeditis.
If ye consent and obey, ye shall eate the good things 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 be rebellious, ye shalbe deuoured with the sword: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
21 Quomodo facta est meretrix civitas fidelis, plena iudicii? Iustitia habitavit in ea, nunc autem homicidæ.
Howe is the faithfull citie become an harlot? it was full of iudgement, and iustice lodged therein, but now they are murtherers.
22 Argentum tuum versum est in scoriam: vinum tuum mistum est aqua.
Thy siluer is become drosse: thy wine is mixt 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 theeues: euery one loueth giftes, and followeth after rewards: they iudge not the fatherlesse, neither doeth the widowes cause come before them.
24 Propter hoc ait Dominus Deus exercituum Fortis Israel: Heu, consolabor super hostibus meis, et vindicabor de inimicis meis.
Therefore sayth the Lord God of hostes, the mightie one of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine aduersaries, and auenge me of mine enemies.
25 Et convertam manum meam ad te, et excoquam ad puram scoriam tuam, et auferam omne stannum tuum.
Then I will turne mine hand vpon thee, and burne out thy drosse, till it be pure, and take away all thy tinne.
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 iudges as at the first, and thy counsellers as at the beginning: afterward shalt thou be called a citie of righteousnes, and a faithfull citie.
27 Sion in iudicio redimetur, et reducent eam in iustita:
Zion shall be redeemed in iudgement, and they that returne in her, in iustice.
28 et conteret scelestos, et peccatores simul: et qui dereliquerunt Dominum, consumentur.
And the destruction of the transgressers and of the sinners shalbe together: and they that forsake the Lord, shalbe consumed.
29 Confundentur enim ab idolis, quibus sacrificaverunt: et erubescetis super hortis, quos elegeratis,
For they shalbe confounded for the okes, which ye haue desired, and ye shall be ashamed of the gardens, that ye haue chosen.
30 cum fueritis velut quercus defluentibus foliis, et velut hortus absque aqua.
For ye shalbe as an oke, whose leafe 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 as towe, and the maker thereof, as a sparke: and they shall both burne together, and none shall quench them.
