Isaia 1

1 La visione d'Isaia, figliuolo di Amos, la quale egli vide intorno a Giuda ed a Gerusalemme, a' dì di Uzzia, di Iotam, di Achaz, [e] di Ezechia, re di Giuda.

[I am] Isaiah, the son of Amoz. [Yahweh showed me] visions about Jerusalem and [all the other places in] Judah. He showed me these visions during the years that Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were kings of Judah.

2 ASCOLTATE, cieli; e [tu], terra, porgi gli orecchi; percicocchè il Signore ha parlato, [dicendo]: Io ho allevati de' figiuoli, e [li] ho cresciuti; ma essi si son ribellati contro a me.

This is what Yahweh says: “All you [angels in] [APO] heaven and [all you people on] [APO] earth, listen to me! The people that I caused to exist and took care of [DOU] have rebelled against me.

3 Il bue conosce il suo possessore, e l'asino la mangiatoia del suo padrone; [ma] Israele non ha conoscimento, il mio popolo non ha intelletto.

Oxen know their owners, and donkeys know who provides food for them, but my Israeli people do not know [me]; they do not realize [that I am the one who takes care of them].”

4 Guai alla nazione peccatrice, al popolo carico d'iniquità, alla schiatta de' maligni, a' figliuoli perduti! Hanno abbandonato il Signore; hanno dispettato il Santo d'Israele; si sono alienati [e rivolti] indietro.

Terrible things will happen to that sinful nation, to those people who are guilty of sinning greatly. They are a group of very evil people, who act very unjustly. They have abandoned Yahweh, the holy one of Israel; they have (abandoned/turned away from) him.

5 A che sareste ancora percossi? voi aggiungereste rivolta a rivolta; ogni capo [è] infermo, e ogni cuore [è] languido.

Why do you [RHQ] continue to [do things for which] you should be punished? Why do you continue to rebel against Yahweh? [You are like] [MET] someone whose head is badly injured and whose mind is sick/corrupt.

6 Dalla pianta del piè infino alla testa non [vi è] sanità alcuna in esso; [tutto è] ferita, e lividore, e piaga colante; [le quali] non sono state rasciugate, nè fasciate, nè allenite con unguento.

[It is as though] [MET] from the soles/bottoms of your feet to the [tops of your] heads nothing is healthy; there are only open wounds and cuts and sores that have not been cleaned or bandaged, and no [olive] oil has been put on them [to heal them].

7 Il vostro paese [è] desolato, le vostre città sono arse col fuoco; i forestieri divorano il vostro paese, in presenza vostra; e [questa] desolazione [è] come una sovversione [fatta] da strani.

[It is as though] your country is ruined/desolate; your towns have been burned. Foreigners plunder/steal the crops in your fields while you watch; they destroy everything [that they see].

8 E la figliuola di Sion resta come un frascato in una vigna, come una capanna in un cocomeraio, come una città assediata.

The city of Jerusalem has [already] been abandoned, it is like [SIM] a shelter in a vineyard that has been abandoned by the watchmen; it is like [SIM] a watchman’s hut in a field of melons that has been deserted. It is a city surrounded by its enemies who are waiting to attack it.

9 Se il Signor degli eserciti non ci avesse lasciato alcun piccolo rimanente, noi saremmo stati come Sodoma, saremmo stati simili a Gomorra.

If the Commander of the armies of angels had not allowed a few of us [his people] to (survive/remain alive), we would have [all] been [destroyed], like [the cities of] Sodom and Gomorrah [were destroyed].

10 Ascoltate, rettori di Sodoma, la parola del Signore; popolo di Gomorra, porgete le orecchie alla Legge dell'Iddio nostro.

You [leaders of Judah are as wicked as] the rulers of Sodom were, and you [other people in Jerusalem areas are as wicked as] the people in Gomorrah [were]. Listen to this message from Yahweh, [all of you]!

11 Che ho io da far della moltitudine de' vostri sacrificii? dice il Signore; io son satollo d'olocausti di montoni, e di grasso di bestie grasse; e il sangue de' giovenchi, e degli agnelli, e de' becchi, non mi è a grado.

He says, “You continue to bring many sacrifices to me, but I do not [RHQ] want them [because you do not worship me sincerely]! You bring me many offerings to be completely burned [on the altar], [but] I (am tired/do not want any more) of your burning all those offerings, the burning rams and the fat from fat cattle. I am not pleased with the blood of bulls and lambs and goats that [the priest] pours [against the altar].

12 Quando voi venite per comparir nel mio cospetto, chi ha richiesto questo di man vostra, che voi calchiate i miei cortili?

When you come to my temple to worship me, no one [RHQ] told you to trample on my courtyard while you perform all those rituals.

13 Non continuate [più] a portare offerte da nulla; i profumi mi son cosa abbominevole; quant'è alle calendi, a' sabati, al bandir raunanze, io non posso [portare] iniquità, e festa solenne [insieme].

Stop bringing to me those offerings, because they are useless [to me]; I am disgusted with the incense that [the priests burn]. And [your feasts to celebrate] the new moon [each month] and your (Sabbath [days]/days of rest) and your [other] festivals— I detest them because of the wicked things [that you do].

14 L'anima mio odia le vostre calendi, e le vostre solennità; mi son di gravezza; io sono stanco di portar[le].

I [SYN] hate [all] your celebrations of each new moon and the [other] festivals that you celebrate each year. They are [like] [MET] a heavy burden that I am tired of carrying.

15 Perciò, quando voi spiegherete le palme delle mani, io nasconderò gli occhi miei da voi; eziandio, quando moltiplicherete le orazioni, io non le esaudirò; le vostre mani son piene di sangue.

[So], when you lift up your hands when you pray [to me], I will not [even] look at you. Even if you pray [to me very] frequently, I will not listen [to you], [because it is as though] your hands are covered with the blood [of people whom you have killed].

16 Lavatevi, nettatevi, rimovete la malvagità delle opere vostre d'innanzi agli occhi miei.

Cleanse your inner beings, and become [spiritually] clean! Stop your evil behavior! Stop doing things that are wrong!

17 Restate di far male; imparate a far bene; cercate la dirittura, ridirizzate l'oppressato, fate ragione all'orfano, mantenete il diritto della vedova.

Learn to do [things that are] good! [Try to] cause people to do what is just. Help people who are (oppressed/treated cruelly). Defend orphans and widows [when people take them to court].”

18 Venite pur ora, dice il Signore, e litighiamo insieme. Quando i vostri peccati fossero come lo scarlatto, saranno imbiancati come la neve; quando fosser rossi come la grana, diventeranno come la lana.

Yahweh says, “You need to think about the results of what you do. Even though [the guilt of] your sins be [as evident and as difficult to get rid of] as [SIM] red [stains on a white garment] [DOU], [I will get rid of them completely] [like someone who can make that stained garment] become as white as snow or wool [DOU].

19 Se voi volete ubbidire, mangerete i beni della terra.

If you are willing to obey [me], [I will enable] you to have plenty to eat.

20 Ma se ricusate, e siete ribelli, sarete consumati dalla spada; perciocchè la bocca del Signore ha parlato.

But, if you turn away [from me and] rebel against me, you will be killed [by your enemies’] swords. [That will surely happen, because I, ] Yahweh, have said it.”

21 Come è la città fedele divenuta meretrice? ella era piena di dirittura; giustizia dimorava in essa; ma ora [son tutti] micidiali.

“[You people of Jerusalem previously] faithfully [worshiped only] me, but now you have become like [MET] prostitutes [who are not faithful to any husband]. Previously, people there always acted justly/fairly and righteously, but now your city [is full of] murderers.

22 Il tuo argento è divenuto schiuma; la tua bevanda è mescolata con acqua;

Previously, you were [like] [MET] pure silver, but now you have become [like] [MET] the scum that is left [when silver is purified]. Previously you were [like pure] wine, but you have become [like] [MET] wine that has [a lot of] water mixed with it.

23 i tuoi principi [son] ribelli, e compagni di ladri; essi tutti amano i presenti, e procacciano le ricompense; non fanno ragione all'orfano, e la causa della vedova non viene davanti a loro.

Your leaders are rebels; they spend time with thieves. They all want to get bribes and force others to give them gifts [in order that they do good things for them]. They do not defend orphans [in court], and they do not do all they can to enable widows to get what they should receive.

24 Perciò, il Signore, il Signor degli eserciti, il Possente d'Israele, dice: Oh! io mi appagherò pur sopra i miei nemici, e mi vendicherò de' miei avversari.

Therefore [I, ] the Commander of the armies of angels, the mighty God of Israel, say to my enemies, ‘will get revenge on you; you will not cause me any more trouble. And I will pay you back for the evil things that you did.

25 Poi rimetterò la mano sopra te, e ti purgherò delle tue schiume, come [nel] ceneraccio; e rimoverò tutto il tuo stagno;

I will raise my fist to strike you. I will [punish you severely] [MET], as though [MET] you were silver [and I needed to heat you very greatly to] melt you and get rid of the impurities.

26 e ristabilirò i tuoi rettori, come [erano] da principio; ed i tuoi consiglieri, come [erano] al cominciamento; dopo questo tu sarai chiamata: Città di giustizia, Città fedele.

[After that happens, ] I will give you good judges like you had previously; you will have [wise] counselors like you had long ago. Then people will call your city “a city where people [act] righteously, a city where people are loyal to me.”'”

27 Sion sarà riscattata per giudicio, e quelli che vi ritorneranno per giustizia.

Because the people of Jerusalem will do what is fair/just, their city will be restored; those who repent [will be saved] because of [their acting] righteously.

28 Ma i ribelli ed i peccatori [saranno] tutti quanti fiaccati, e quelli che abbandonano il Signore saranno consumati.

But rebels and sinners will be crushed by Yahweh, and those who forsake him will disappear.

29 Perciocchè voi sarete svergognati per le querce che avete amate, e confusi per li giardini che avete scelti.

You will be ashamed because [you worshiped] idols under the oak trees [that you considered to be] sacred; you will be disgraced because [you worshiped idols] in the gardens where you chose [to worship them].

30 Perciocchè voi sarete come una quercia di cui son cascate le foglie, e come un giardino senza acqua.

You will be like [SIM] a very large tree which has withered leaves, like [SIM] a garden that [is dried up because] it has no water.

31 E il forte diventerà stoppa, e l'opera sua favilla; e amendue saranno arsi insieme, e non [vi sarà] niuno che spenga [il fuoco].

Those among you who are [very] strong will become [like] [MET] dry wood, and the work they do will be [like] [MET] a spark; both they and the evil things that they do will burn up completely, and no one will be able to put out the fire.