Isaiah 1

1 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.

[the] vision of Isaiah [the] son of Amoz which he saw on Judah and Jerusalem in [the] days of Uzziah Jotham Ahaz Hezekiah [the] kings of Judah.

2 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.

Hear O heavens and give ear O earth for Yahweh he has spoken children I have brought up and I have raised and they they have rebelled against me.

3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib; Israel doth not know, my people hath no intelligence.

It knows an ox owner its and a donkey [the] feeding trough of owner its Israel not it knows people my not it considers carefully.

4 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.

Woe to! - a nation [which] sins a people heavy of iniquity of spring [who] do evil children [who] behave corruptly they have forsaken Yahweh they have spurned [the] holy [one] of Israel they have become estranged back part.

5 Why should ye be smitten any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

Concerning what? will you be struck again will you increase? rebellion all [the] head [is] for sickness and all [the] heart [is] faint.

6 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.

From [the] sole of [the] foot and to [the] head there not in it [is] soundness bruise[s] and welt[s] and wound[s] fresh not they have been pressed out and not they have been bound up and not it has been softened with oil.

7 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.

Land your [is] a desolation cities your [have been] burned fire ground your to before you strangers [are] devouring it and desolation [is] like [the] overthrow of strangers.

8 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.

And she has been left [the] daughter of Zion like a shelter in a vineyard like a watchman's hut in a cucumber field like a city besieged.

9 Unless Jehovah of hosts had left us a very small residue, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like unto Gomorrah.

If not Yahweh of hosts he had left to us survivor[s] like a little like Sodom we were Gomorrah we were like.

10 Hear the word of Jehovah, rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, people of Gomorrah!

Hear [the] word of Yahweh O rulers of Sodom give ear to [the] instruction of God our O people of Gomorrah.

11 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.

Why? to me [the] multitude of sacrifices your he says Yahweh I have been surfeited burnt offerings of rams and [the] fat of fatlings and [the] blood of bulls and lambs and goats not I am pleased.

12 When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this from your hand — to tread my courts?

If you come to present yourselves presence my who? did he require this from hand your to trample courts my.

13 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.

Not you must repeat to bring an offering of worthlessness incense [is] an abomination it to me new moon and sabbath [the] calling of convocation[s] not I am able to endure wickedness and solemn assembli[es].

14 Your new moons and your set feasts my soul hateth: they are a burden to me; I am wearied of bearing [them].

New moons your and appointed feasts your it hates self my they have become on me a burden I am weary to bear [them].

15 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.

And when spread out you hands your I will hide eyes my from you also for you will multiply prayer not I [will be] hearing hands your blood they are full.

16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; — cease to do evil,

Wash cleanse yourselves remove [the] wickedness of deeds your from before eyes my cease to do evil.

17 learn to do well: seek judgment, gladden the oppressed, do justice to the fatherless, plead for the widow.

learn To do good seek justice set right [the] oppressor vindicate [the] fatherless conduct a case for [the] widow.

18 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.

Come please so let us argue our case together he says Yahweh though they are sins your like scarlet like snow they will become white though they are red like crimson like wool they will be.

19 If ye be willing and hearken, ye shall eat the good of the land;

If you will be willing and you will obey [the] good thing[s] of the land you will eat.

20 but if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken.

And if you will refuse and you will rebel [the] sword you will be eaten for [the] mouth of Yahweh it has spoken.

21 How is the faithful city become a harlot! It was full of judgment; righteousness used to lodge in it, but now murderers.

How! it has become a prostitute a town faithful full of justice righteousness it lodged in it and now murderers.

22 Thy silver is become dross, thy wine is mixed with water:

Silver your it has become dross drink your [has been] mixed with water.

23 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.

Leaders your [are] rebels and companions of thieves all of it [is] loving a bribe and [is] pursuing rewards [the] fatherless not they vindicate and [the] lawsuit of a widow not it comes to them.

24 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.

Therefore [the] utterance of the lord Yahweh of hosts [the] mighty one of Israel woe! I will ease myself from foes my and I will avenge myself from enemies my.

25 And I will turn my hand upon thee, and will thoroughly purge away thy dross, and take away all thine alloy;

And I will turn hand my on you so I may refine like potash dross your and I will remove all slag your.

26 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.

And I will restore judges your as at the former [time] and counselors your as at the beginning after thus it will be called to you [the] city of righteousness a town faithful.

27 Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and they that return of her with righteousness.

Zion with justice it will be redeemed and repentant [ones] its with righteousness.

28 But the ruin of the transgressors and of the sinners [shall be] together; and they that forsake Jehovah shall be consumed.

And a crushing of rebels and sinners together and [those who] forsake Yahweh they will come to an end.

29 For they shall be ashamed of the terebinths that ye have desired, and ye shall blush for the gardens that ye have chosen.

For they will be ashamed from [the] oaks which you have desired and you may be abashed from the gardens which you have chosen.

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

For you will be like an oak [which is] withering leafage its and like a garden which water not [belongs] to it.

31 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].

And he will become the strong [person] tow and work his a spark and they will burn both of them together and there not [will be one who] extinguishes.