Isaiæ 1
1 Visio Isaiæ filii Amos, quam vidit super Iudam et Ierusalem in diebus Oziæ, Ioathan, Achaz, et Ezechiæ 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 cæli, 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 the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
3 Cognovit bos possessorem suum, et asinus præsepe domini sui: Israel autem me non cognovit, et populus meus non intellexit.
The ox knoweth his owner, and the donkey his master’s crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
4 Væ 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 evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel to anger, they are gone away backward.
5 Super quo percutiam vos ultra, addentes prævaricationem? Omne caput languidum, et omne cor mœrens.
Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will 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, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.
7 Terra vestra deserta, civitates vestræ succensæ 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, foreigners devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by foreigners.
8 Et derelinquetur filia Sion ut umbraculum in vinea, et sicut tugurium in cucumerario, et sicut civitas, quæ 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 the LORD of hosts had left to us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like Gomorrah.
10 Audite verbum Domini principes Sodomorum, percipite auribus legem Dei nostri populus Gomorrhæ.
Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear to 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.
To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of male goats.
12 Cum veniretis ante conspectum meum, quis quæsivit hæc de manibus vestris, ut ambularetis in atriis meis?
When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?
13 Ne offeratis ultra sacrificium frustra: incensum abominatio est mihi. Neomeniam, et Sabbatum, et festivitates alias non feram, iniqui sunt cœtus vestri:
Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination to me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot endure; it is iniquity, even 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 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 vestræ sanguine plenæ sunt.
And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide my 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 yourselves, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; cease to do evil;
17 discite benefacere: quærite iudicium, subvenite oppresso, iudicate pupillo, defendite viduam.
Learn to do well; seek judgment, 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 the LORD: 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 terræ comeditis.
If ye are 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 the LORD hath spoken it.
21 Quomodo facta est meretrix civitas fidelis, plena iudicii? Iustitia habitavit in ea, nunc autem homicidæ.
How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; 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 viduæ 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 to them.
24 Propter hoc ait Dominus Deus exercituum Fortis Israel: Heu, consolabor super hostibus meis, et vindicabor de inimicis meis.
Therefore saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will rid myself of my adversaries, and avenge me of my 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 take away all thy tin:
26 Et restituam iudices tuos ut fuerunt prius, et consiliarios tuos sicut antiquitus: post hæc 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, the faithful city.
27 Sion in iudicio redimetur, et reducent eam in iustita:
Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.
28 et conteret scelestos, et peccatores simul: et qui dereliquerunt Dominum, consumentur.
And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that 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 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 stuppæ, et opus vestrum quasi scintilla: et succendetur utrumque simul, et non erit qui extinguat.
And the strong shall be as a wick, and its maker as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.
