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, heavens, and listen, earth; for the LORD has 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 knows his owner, and the donkey his master’s crib; but Israel doesn’t know. My people don’t 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 loaded with iniquity, offspring of evildoers, children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD. They have despised the Holy One of Israel. They are estranged and backward.
5 Super quo percutiam vos ultra, addentes praevaricationem? omne caput languidum, et omne cor moerens.
Why should you be beaten more, that you 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 to the head there is no soundness in it, but wounds, welts, and open sores. They haven’t been closed, bandaged, or soothed 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 burnt with fire. Strangers devour your land 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.
The daughter of Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard, like a hut in a field of melons, like a besieged city.
9 Nisi Dominus exercituum reliquisset nobis semen, quasi Sodoma fuissemus, et quasi Gomorrha similes essemus.
Unless the LORD of Armies had left to us a very small remnant, we would have been as Sodom. We would have been like Gomorrah.
10 Audite verbum Domini principes Sodomorum, percipite auribus legem Dei nostri populus Gomorrhae.
Hear the LORD’s word, you rulers of Sodom! Listen to the law of our God, you 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 are the multitude of your sacrifices to me?”, says the LORD. “I have had enough of the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fed animals. I don’t delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of male goats.
12 Cum veniretis ante conspectum meum, quis quaesivit haec de manibus vestris, ut ambularetis in atriis meis?
When you come to appear before me, who has 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 offerings. Incense is an abomination to me. New moons, Sabbaths, and convocations— I can’t stand evil assemblies.
14 calendas vestras, et sollemnitates vestras, odivit anima mea: facta sunt mihi molesta, laboravi sustinens.
My soul hates your New Moons and your appointed feasts. They are a burden to 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.
When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you. Yes, when you 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 yourselves. Make yourself clean. Put away the evil of your doings from before my 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. Defend 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’s reason together,” says the LORD: “Though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
19 Si volueritis, et audieritis me, bona terrae comeditis.
If you are willing and obedient, you will 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 you refuse and rebel, you will be devoured with the sword; for the LORD’s mouth has spoken it.”
21 Quomodo facta est meretrix civitas fidelis, plena iudicii? iustitia habitavit in ea, nunc autem homicidae.
How the faithful city has become a prostitute! She was full of justice. Righteousness lodged in her, but now there are murderers.
22 Argentum tuum versum est in scoriam: vinum tuum mistum est aqua.
Your silver has become dross, your 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.
Your princes are rebellious and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes and follows after rewards. They don’t defend the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come to them.
24 Propter hoc ait Dominus Deus exercituum fortis Israel: Heu, consolabor super hostibus meis, et vindicabor de inimicis meis.
Therefore the Lord, GOD of Armies, the Mighty One of Israel, says: “Ah, I will get relief from my adversaries, and avenge myself on my enemies.
25 Et convertam manum meam ad te, et excoquam ad puram scoriam tuam, et auferam omne stannum tuum.
I will turn my hand on you, thoroughly purge away your dross, and will take away all your tin.
26 Et restituam iudices tuos ut fuerunt prius, et consiliarios tuos sicut antiquitus: post haec vocaberis civitas iusti, urbs fidelis.
I will restore your judges as at the first, and your counsellors as at the beginning. Afterward you shall 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 those who forsake the LORD 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 you have desired, and you shall be confounded for the gardens that you have chosen.
30 cum fueritis velut quercus defluentibus foliis, et velut hortus absque aqua.
For you shall be as an oak whose leaf fades, and as a garden that has no water.
31 Et erit fortitudo vestra, ut favilla stuppae, et opus vestrum quasi scintilla: et succendetur utrumque simul, et non erit qui extinguat.
The strong will be like tinder, and his work like a spark. They will both burn together, and no one will quench them.”
