Isaiæ 1

1 Visio Isaiae filii Amos, quam vidit super Iudam et Ierusalem in diebus Oziae, Ioathan, Achaz, et Ezechiae regum Iuda.

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

2 Audite caeli, et auribus percipe terra, quoniam Dominus locutus est. Filios enutrivi, et exaltavi: ipsi autem spreverunt me.

Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O 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 praesepe Domini sui: Israel autem me non cognovit, et populus meus non intellexit.

The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib; [but] Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.

4 Vae 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 evil-doers, children that deal corruptly! they have forsaken Jehovah, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are estranged [and gone] backward.

5 Super quo percutiam vos ultra, addentes praevaricationem? omne caput languidum, et omne cor moerens.

Why will ye be still stricken, that ye 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 it; [but] wounds, and bruises, and fresh stripes: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with oil.

7 Terra vestra deserta, civitates vestrae succensae 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 devour it 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, quae vastatur.

And the daughter of Zion is left as a booth in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.

9 Nisi Dominus exercituum reliquisset nobis semen, quasi Sodoma fuissemus, et quasi Gomorrha similes essemus.

Except Jehovah of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, 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 Gomorrhae.

Hear the word of Jehovah, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye 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.

What unto me is the multitude of your sacrifices? saith Jehovah: I have had enough of the burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats.

12 Cum veniretis ante conspectum meum, quis quaesivit haec de manibus vestris, ut ambularetis in atriis meis?

When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to trample my courts?

13 ne offeratis ultra sacrificium frustra: incensum abominatio est mihi. Neomeniam, et sabbatum, et festivitates alias non feram, iniqui sunt coetus vestri:

Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; new moon and sabbath, the calling of assemblies, —I cannot away with iniquity and the solemn meeting.

14 calendas vestras, et sollemnitates vestras, odivit anima mea: facta sunt mihi molesta, laboravi sustinens.

Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth; they are a trouble unto me; I am weary of bearing them.

15 Et cum extenderitis manus vestras, avertam oculos meos a vobis: et cum multiplicaveritis orationem, non exaudiam: manus enim vestrae sanguine plenae 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: quaerite iudicium, subvenite oppresso, iudicate pupillo, defendite viduam.

learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge 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, and 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 terrae comeditis.

If ye be willing and obedient, 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 it.

21 Quomodo facta est meretrix civitas fidelis, plena iudicii? iustitia habitavit in ea, nunc autem homicidae.

How is the faithful city become a harlot! she that was full of justice! righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.

22 Argentum tuum versum est in scoriam: vinum tuum mistum est aqua.

Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water.

23 Principes tui infideles, socii furum: omnes diligunt munera, sequuntur retributiones. Pupillo non iudicant: et causa viduae non ingreditur ad illos.

Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth bribes, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come 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 thoroughly purge away thy dross, and will take away all thy tin;

26 Et restituam iudices tuos ut fuerunt prius, et consiliarios tuos sicut antiquitus: post haec vocaberis civitas iusti, urbs fidelis.

and I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called The city of righteousness, a faithful town.

27 Sion in iudicio redimetur, et reducent eam in iustitia:

Zion shall be redeemed with justice, and her converts with righteousness.

28 et conteret scelestos, et peccatores simul: et qui dereliquerunt Dominum, consumentur.

But the destruction of transgressors and 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 oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.

30 cum fueritis velut quercus defluentibus foliis, et velut hortus absque aqua.

For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.

31 Et erit fortitudo vestra, ut favilla stuppae, et opus vestrum quasi scintilla: et succendetur utrumque simul, et non erit qui extinguat.

And the strong shall be as tow, and his work as a spark; and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.