Liber Isaiae

Isaiae, chapter 1, Vulgate and King James Version

Chapter 1 Vulgate

   1 Visio Isaiae filii Amos, quam vidit super Iudam et Ierusalem in diebus Oziae, Ioatham, Achaz, Ezechiae regum Iudae.
   2 Audite, caeli, et auribus percipe, terra, quoniam Dominus locutus est: "Filios enutrivi et exaltavi, ipsi autem spreverunt me.
   3 Cognovit bos possessorem suum, et asinus praesepe domini sui; Israel non cognovit, populus meus non intellexit".
   4 Vae genti peccatrici, populo gravi iniquitate, semini nequam, filiis sceleratis! Dereliquerunt Dominum, blasphemaverunt Sanctum Israel, abalienati sunt retrorsum.
   5 Super quo percutiemini vos ultra, addentes praevaricationem? Omne caput languidum, et omne cor maerens.
   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.
   7 Terra vestra deserta, civitates vestrae succensae igni; regionem vestram coram vobis alieni devorant, et desolabitur sicut in vastitate hostili.
   8 Et derelinquetur filia Sion ut umbraculum in vinea, sicut tugurium in cucumerario, sicut civitas, quae obsessa est.
   9 Nisi Dominus exercituum reliquisset nobis semen, quasi Sodoma fuissemus et quasi Gomorra similes essemus.
   10 Audite verbum Domini, principes Sodomorum; percipite auribus legem Dei nostri, populus Gomorrae.
   11 "Quo mihi multitudinem victimarum vestrarum?, dicit Dominus. Plenus sum holocaustis arietum et adipe pinguium; et sanguinem vitulorum et agnorum et hircorum nolui.
   12 Cum veneritis ante conspectum meum, quis quaesivit haec de manibus vestris, ut ambularetis in atriis meis?
   13 Ne afferatis ultra sacrificium vanum; abominatio mihi incensum, neomenia et sabbatum et conventus; non feram scelus cum coetu sollemni;
   14 calendas vestras et sollemnitates vestras odivit anima mea, facta sunt mihi molesta, laboravi sustinens.
   15 Et cum extenderitis manus vestras, avertam oculos meos a vobis; et cum multiplicaveritis orationem, non exaudiam: manus enim vestrae sanguine plenae sunt.
   16 Lavamini, mundi estote, auferte malum cogitationum vestrarum ab oculis meis; quiescite agere perverse,
   17 discite benefacere: quaerite iudicium, subvenite oppresso, iudicate pupillo, defendite viduam.
   18 Et venite, et iudicio contendamus, dicit Dominus. Si fuerint peccata vestra ut coccinum, quasi nix dealbabuntur; et, si fuerint rubra quasi vermiculus, velut lana erunt.
   19 Si volueritis et audieritis, bona terrae comedetis;
   20 quod si nolueritis et me ad iracundiam provocaveritis, gladius devorabit vos, quia os Domini locutum est".
   21 Quomodo facta est meretrix civitas fidelis, plena iudicii? Iustitia habitavit in ea, nunc autem homicidae.
   22 Argentum tuum versum est in scoriam, vinum tuum mixtum est aqua;
   23 principes tui infideles, socii furum: omnes diligunt munera, sequuntur retributiones, pupillo non iudicant, et causa viduae non ingreditur ad illos.
   24 Propter hoc ait Dominus, Deus exercituum, Fortis Israel: "Heu, consolabor super hostibus meis et vindicabor de inimicis meis.
   25 Et convertam manum meam ad te et excoquam ad purum scoriam tuam et auferam omne stannum tuum.
   26 Et restituam iudices tuos, ut fuerunt prius, et consiliarios tuos sicut antiquitus; post haec vocaberis Civitas iustitiae, Urbs fidelis".
   27 Sion in iudicio redimetur et, qui in ea reversi sunt, in iustitia.
   28 Erit autem ruina scelestis et peccatoribus simul; et, qui dereliquerunt Dominum, consumentur.
   29 Confundemini enim terebinthis, in quibus delectati estis, et erubescetis super hortis, quos elegistis.
   30 Nam eritis velut quercus, defluentibus foliis, et velut hortus absque aqua;
   31 et erit fortitudo vestra ut favilla stuppae, et opus eius quasi scintilla, et succendetur utrumque simul, et non erit qui exstinguat.

Source: Bibliorum Sacrorum Editio, Sacrosanti Oecumenici Concilii Vaticani II, Ratione Habita, Iussu Pauli PP. VI Recognita, Auctoritate Ioannis Pauli PP. II Promulgata, Editio Typica Altera

King James Version

   1 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 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 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
   4 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 unto anger, they are gone away backward.
   5 ¶ Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
   6 From the sole of the foot even unto 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 Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.
   8 And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.
   9 Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
   10 ¶ Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.
   11 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto 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 bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.
   12 When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?
   13 Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.
   14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; 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.
   16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
   17 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
   18 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 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
   20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
   21 ¶ How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
   22 Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:
   23 Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
   24 Therefore saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies:
   25 ¶ And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:
   26 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 Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.
   28 ¶ And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.
   29 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 For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.
   31 And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.