Isaiæ 1
1 visio Isaiae filii Amos quam vidit super Iudam et Hierusalem in diebus Oziae Ioatham Ahaz Ezechiae regum Iuda
This is the vision that Isaiah, son of Amoz, saw about Judah and Jerusalem in the reigns 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
Heavens, listen! Earth, pay attention! For the Lord has spoken! I brought up children, I cared for them, but they have rebelled against me.
3 cognovit bos possessorem suum et asinus praesepe domini sui Israhel non cognovit populus meus non intellexit
An ox knows its owner, and a donkey knows its feeding trough; but my people don't know me, they don't understand me.
4 vae genti peccatrici populo gravi iniquitate semini nequam filiis sceleratis dereliquerunt Dominum blasphemaverunt Sanctum Israhel abalienati sunt retrorsum
What a sinful nation—a people carrying such a load of guilt, an evil generation, corrupt children! They have abandoned the Lord. They have despised Israel's Holy One. They have become strangers. They have gone backwards.
5 super quo percutiam vos ultra addentes praevaricationem omne caput languidum et omne cor maerens
Are you wanting to be punished? Are you going to continue to rebel? The whole of your head is damaged, and your heart is totally giving out.
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
You're injured from head to toe, bruised and sore, with open wounds that haven't been cleaned or bandaged or treated with olive oil.
7 terra vestra deserta civitates vestrae succensae igni regionem vestram coram vobis alieni devorant et desolabitur sicut in vastitate hostili
Your country has been devastated, your towns burned down, your fields stripped bare by foreigners right in front of you, as they turn it all into a wasteland.
8 et derelinquetur filia Sion ut umbraculum in vinea et sicut tugurium in cucumerario sicut civitas quae vastatur
The daughter of Zion is left like a shack in a vineyard, like a hut in a cucumber field, like a city under attack.
9 nisi Dominus exercituum reliquisset nobis semen quasi Sodoma fuissemus et quasi Gomorra similes essemus
If the Lord Almighty hadn't let a few of us survive, we would have become like Sodom and Gomorrah.
10 audite verbum Domini principes Sodomorum percipite auribus legem Dei nostri populus Gomorrae
Listen to what the Lord has to say, you rulers of Sodom! Pay attention to the instructions 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 use are all your many sacrifices to me? asks the Lord. I am sick and tired of your burnt offerings of rams and the fat of sacrificial animals. I don't delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats!
12 cum veneritis ante conspectum meum quis quaesivit haec de manibus vestris ut ambularetis in atriis meis
When you come to appear before me in worship, who asked you to proudly tramp around my courts?
13 ne adferatis ultra sacrificium frustra incensum abominatio est mihi neomeniam et sabbatum et festivitates alias non feram iniqui sunt coetus vestri
Don't bring me any more meaningless offerings; your incense is offensive to me. Your new moon festivals and Sabbath observations and your calling of special religious meetings—I can't stand them because they're evil, as are your solemn assemblies.
14 kalendas vestras et sollemnitates vestras odivit anima mea facta sunt mihi molesta laboravi sustinens
I detest your new moon and yearly festivals with my whole being! They've become just a burden to me—I can't bear them anymore!
15 et cum extenderitis manus vestras avertam oculos meos a vobis et cum multiplicaveritis orationem non audiam manus vestrae sanguine plenae sunt
When you hold up your hands to me in prayer, I'll look away. Even though you pray many prayers, I won't pay attention to them, because your hands are full of blood.
16 lavamini mundi estote auferte malum cogitationum vestrarum ab oculis meis quiescite agere perverse
Wash yourselves and clean yourselves up. Get rid of your sins—I don't want to see them! Stop doing evil!
17 discite benefacere quaerite iudicium subvenite oppresso iudicate pupillo defendite viduam
Learn to do good; strive for justice, condemn those who oppress others; support the rights of orphans, take up cases to defend widows.
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 erunt
Come on, let's argue this out, says the Lord. Even though your sins are like scarlet, they will become white like snow. Even though they are red like crimson, they will become like wool.
19 si volueritis et audieritis bona terrae comedetis
If you really want this, and if you do as you're told, then you yourselves will eat the best things that the land produces.
20 quod si nolueritis et me provocaveritis ad iracundiam gladius devorabit vos quia os Domini locutum est
But if you are defiant, and if you are rebellious, you'll be killed by the sword. This is what the Lord has declared!
21 quomodo facta est meretrix civitas fidelis plena iudicii iustitia habitavit in ea nunc autem homicidae
The city that used to be faithful has turned into a prostitute! Once she operated on principles of justice and followed what was right, but now only murderers live there.
22 argentum tuum versum est in scoriam vinum tuum mixtum est aqua
Your silver has become worthless waste; you wine has been watered down.
23 principes tui infideles socii furum omnes diligunt munera sequuntur retributiones pupillo non iudicant et causa viduae non ingreditur ad eos
Your leaders are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and want to get kickbacks. They don't defend the rights of orphans, and refuse to take cases to help widows.
24 propter hoc ait Dominus exercituum Fortis Israhel heu consolabor super hostibus meis et vindicabor de inimicis meis
So this is what the Lord says, the Lord Almighty, the Mighty One of Israel: Ha! I will take satisfaction in punishing my enemies, by paying back those who hate me!
25 et convertam manum meam ad te et excoquam ad purum scoriam tuam et auferam omne stagnum tuum
I will turn against you. I will refine you in a furnace, removing all impurities.
26 et restituam iudices tuos ut fuerunt prius et consiliarios tuos sicut antiquitus post haec vocaberis civitas iusti urbs fidelis
I will give you good leaders as you used to have before, wise counselors as you had in the beginning. After that you will once again be called the City of Integrity, the Faithful City.
27 Sion in iudicio redimetur et reducent eam in iustitia
Zion will be rescued by justice, those who repent by doing right.
28 et conteret scelestos et peccatores simul et qui dereliquerunt Dominum consumentur
But rebels and sinners will be destroyed together, and those who abandon the Lord will die.
29 confundentur enim ab idolis quibus sacrificaverunt et erubescetis super hortis quos elegeratis
You will be ashamed about how you enjoyed your pagan worship among the oak trees; you will be embarrassed because you chose the pleasure gardens of idols.
30 cum fueritis velut quercus defluentibus foliis et velut hortus absque aqua
As a result you will become like an oak whose leaves have withered, a dried-out 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
Your strong people will become like tinder, and their work will become like a spark. They will burn together, and nobody will be able to put out the flames.
