1 — Isaia

1The vision of Isaias the son of Amos, which he saw concerning Juda and Jerusalem in the days of Ozias, Joathan, Achaz, and Ezechias, kings of Juda.Visione d'Isaia figliuolo di Amos, la quale egli vide intorno alle cose di Giuda, e di Gerusalemme a' tempi di Ozia, di Joathan, di Achaz, e di Ezechia regi di Giuda.THE vision of Isaie the sonne of Amos, which he sawe concerning Iuda and Ierusalem in the dayes of Ozias, Ioathan, Achaz, and Ezechias kinges of Iuda.Visio Isaiæ, filii Amos, quam vidit super Judam et Jerusalem, in diebus Oziæ, Joathan, Achaz, et Ezechiæ, regum Juda. 2Hear, O ye heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the Lord hath spoken. I have brought up children, and exalted them: but they have despised me.Udite, o cieli, e tu o terra porgi le orecchie. Il Signore ha parlato: Ho nudriti, e esaltati de' figli: ed eglino mi han disprezzato.Heare ye heauens, & geue eare ô earth, because our Lord hath spoken. I haue brought vp children, and exalted them: but they haue despised me.Audite, cæli, et auribus percipe, terra, / quoniam Dominus locutus est. / Filios enutrivi, et exaltavi; / ipsi autem spreverunt me. 3The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: but Israel hath not known me, and my people hath not understood.Il bue distingue il suo padrone, e l'asino la greppia del suo signore: ma Israele non riconobbe, e il popolo mio non intende.The oxe hath knowen his owner, and the asse his masters crib: but Israel hath not knowen me, and my people hath not vnderstood.Cognovit bos possessorem suum, / et asinus præsepe domini sui; / Israël autem me non cognovit, / et populus meus non intellexit. 4Woe to the sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a wicked seed, ungracious children: they have forsaken the Lord, they have blasphemed the Holy One of Israel, they are gone away backwards.Guai alla nazion peccatrice, al popolo aggravato d'iniquità, alla stirpe malvagia, ai figli scellerati: hanno abbandonato il Signore; hanno bestemmiato il santo d'Israele, si non separati, han voltate le spalle.Woe to the sinful nation, the people loden with greeuous iniquitie, the wicked seede, vngracious children: they haue forsaken our Lord, they haue blasphemed the holie one of Israel, they are reuolted backewards.Væ genti peccatrici, / populo gravi iniquitate, / semini nequam, filiis sceleratis ! / dereliquerunt Dominum; / blasphemaverunt Sanctum Israël; / abalienati sunt retrorsum. 5For what shall I strike you any more, you that increase transgression? the whole head is sick, and the whole heart is sad.Perchè vi percuoterò io di più, se aggiungete prevaricazioni? Tutto il capo è malato, e tutto il cuore è afflitto;For what shal I strike you anie more, which adde preuarication? euerie head is sicke, & euerie hart in heauines.Super quo percutiam vos ultra, addentes prævaricationem ? / omne caput languidum, / et omne cor mœrens.

6From the sole of the foot unto the top of the head, there is no soundness therein: wounds and bruises and swelling sores: they are not bound up, nor dressed, nor fomented with oil.Dalla pianta del piede fino alla sommità della testa non è in lui sanità: ma ferite, e lividure, e piaga marciosa, che non è stata fasciata, né medicata, né disacerbata col balsamo.From the sole of the foote vnto the toppe of the head, there is no health therein: wound, and wayle, and swelling stroke: it is not bound vp, nor cured with medicine, nor mollified with oile.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. 7Your land is desolate, your cities are burnt with fire: your country strangers devour before your face, and it shall be desolate as when wasted by enemies.Deserta la vostra terra, incendiate le vostre cittadi: le possessioni vostre sugli occhi vostri son divorate dagli stranieri, e devastate come devasta il nimico.Your land is desolate, your cities burnt with fire: your countrie strangers deuoure before your face, and it shal be made desolate as in the spoile of enemies.Terra vestra deserta; / civitates vestræ succensæ igni: / regionem vestram coram vobis alieni devorant, / et desolabitur sicut in vastitate hostili. 8And the daughter of Sion shall be left as a covert in a vineyard, and as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, and as a city that is laid waste.E rimarrà la figlia di Sion come una capanna in una vigna, e come un tugurio in un cocomeraio, e come città espugnata per forza.And the daughter of Sion shal be left as a vineyard, and as a cottage in a place of cucumbers, and as a citie that is wasted.Et derelinquetur filia Sion / ut umbraculum in vinea, / et sicut tugurium in cucumerario, / et sicut civitas quæ vastatur. 9Except the Lord of hosts had left us seed, we had been as Sodom, and we should have been like to Gomorrha.Se il Signore degli eserciti non avesse lasciato di noi semenza, saremmo diventati come Sodoma, e simili saremmo stati a Gomorra.Vnlesse the Lord of hostes had lefte vs seed, we had beene as Sodom, and we should be like to Gomorrha.Nisi Dominus exercituum / reliquisset nobis semen, / quasi Sodoma fuissemus, / et quasi Gomorrha similes essemus. 10Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodom, give ear to the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrha.Udite la parola del Signore voi principi di Sodoma, porgi le orecchie alla legge del nostro Dio tu popolo di Gomorra.Heare the word of our Lord ye princes of Sodom, geue eare to the law of our God ye people of Gomorrha.Audite verbum Domini, / principes Sodomorum; / percipite auribus legem Dei nostri, / populus Gomorrhæ.

11To what purpose do you offer me the multitude of your victims, saith the Lord? I am full, I desire not holocausts of rams, and fat of fatlings, and blood of calves, and lambs, and buck goats.Che ho da far io della moltitudine delle vostre vittime, dice il Signore? Io ne son pieno. Io non amo gli olocausti degli arieti, e il grasso de' pingui bovi, e il sangue de' vitelli, e degli agnelli, e de' capri.To what purpose do you offer me the multitude of your victimes, saith our Lord? I am ful the holocaust oframmes, and the fatte of fatlings, and the bloud of calues, and lambes, and buck goates I haue not desired.Quo mihi multitudinem victimarum vestrarum ? / dicit Dominus. / Plenus sum: / holocausta arietum, / et adipem pinguium, / et sanguinem vitulorum et agnorum et hircorum, / nolui. 12When you came to appear before me, who required these things at your hands, that you should walk in my courts?Quando voi vi presentate al cospetto mio, chi ha domandate tal cose dalle vostre mani per farvi spasseggiare pe' miei cortili?When you should haue come before my sight, who sought for these thinges at your handes, that you should walke in my courtes?Cum veniretis ante conspectum meum, / quis quæsivit hæc de manibus vestris, / ut ambularetis in atriis meis ? 13Offer sacrifice no more in vain: incense is an abomination to me. The new moons, and the sabbaths and other festivals I will not abide, your assemblies are wicked.Non offerite più sagrifizio inutilmente: ho in abbominazione l'incenso. Non posso patire il Novilunio, e il sabato, e le altre feste. Sono iniquità le vostre adunanze.Offer sacrifice no more in vaine: incense is abomination to me. The Newe moone, and the Sabbath, and other sestiuities I wil not abide, your assemblies are wicked.Ne offeratis ultra sacrificium frustra: / incensum abominatio est mihi. / Neomeniam et sabbatum, et festivitates alias, non feram; / iniqui sunt cœtus vestri. 14My soul hateth your new moons, and your solemnities: they are become troublesome to me, I am weary of bearing them.Le vostre calende, e le vostre solennità sono odiose all'anima mia: mi son diventate moleste, sono stanco di sopportarle.My soule hateth your Calendes, and your solemnities: they are become tedious to me, I haue laboured in susteyning.Calendas vestras, et solemnitates vestras odivit anima mea: / facta sunt mihi molesta; laboravi sustinens. 15And when you stretch forth your hands, I will turn away my eyes from you: and when you multiply prayer, I will not hear: for your hands are full of blood.E allorché stenderete le vostre mani, rivolgerò gli occhi da voi; e allorché moltiplicherete le preghiere, non darò retta; imperocché le mani vostre son piene di sangue.And when you shal streach forth your hands, I wil turne away mine eies from you: & when you shal multiplie prayer, I wil not heare: for your handes are ful of bloud.Et cum extenderitis manus vestras, avertam oculos meos a vobis, / et cum multiplicaveritis orationem, non exaudiam: / manus enim vestræ sanguine plenæ sunt.

16Wash yourselves, be clean, take away the evil of your devices from my eyes, cease to do perversely,Lavatevi, mondatevi, togliete da gli occhi miei la malvagità de' vostri pensieri, ponete fine al mal fare,Wash you, be cleane, take away the euil of your cogitations from mine eies: cease to doe peruersely.Lavamini, mundi estote; / auferte malum cogitationum vestrarum / ab oculis meis: / quiescite agere perverse, 17Learn to do well: seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge for the fatherless, defend the widow.Imparate a fare del bene; cercate quello, che è giusto, soccorrete l'oppresso, proteggete il pupillo, difendete la vedova.Lerne to doe good: seeke iudgement, succour the oppressed, iudge for the pupil, defend the widow.discite benefacere; / quærite judicium, subvenite oppresso, / judicate pupillo, defendite viduam. 18And then come, and accuse me, saith the Lord: if your sins be as scarlet, they shall be made as white as snow: and if they be red as crimson, they shall be white as wool.E venite, e doletevi di me, dice il Signore: se saranno i peccati vostri come cocciniglia, saran fatti bianchi come la neve; e se saran rossi come il baco della cocciniglia, saran fatti del colore di bianca lana.And come, and accuse me, sayth our Lord: if your sinnes shal be as scarlet, they shal be made white as snow: and if they be red as vermelon, they shal be white as wooll.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. 19If you be willing, and will hearken to me, you shall eat the good things of the land.Se vorrete, e mi ascolterete, sarete nudriti de' frutti della terra.If you be willing, and wil heare me, you shal eate the good thinges of the earth.Si volueritis, et audieritis me, / bona terræ comeditis. 20But if you will not, and will provoke me to wrath: the sword shall devour you because the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.Che se non vorrete, e provocherete il mio sdegno, la spada vi consumerà; imperocché la bocca del Signore ha parlato così:But if you wil not, and wil prouoke me to wrath: the sword shal deuoure you, because the mouth of our Lord hath spoken.Quod si nolueritis, et me ad iracundiam provocaveritis, / gladius devorabit vos, / quia os Domini locutum est. 21How is the faithful city, that was full of judgment, become a harlot? justice dwelt in it, but now murderers.Come mai la città fedele piena di equità è diventata una adultera? Ella fu già sede di giustizia, ora poi di omicidi.How is the faythful citie, ful of iudgement, become an harlot? iustice hath dwelled in it, but now mankillers.Quomodo facta est meretrix / civitas fidelis, plena judicii ? / justitia habitavit in ea, / nunc autem homicidæ.

22Thy silver is turned into dross: thy wine is mingled with water.Il tuo argento si è cangiato in iscoria: il tuo vino è stato mescolato coll'acqua.Thy siluer is turned into drosse: thy wine is mingled with water.Argentum tuum versum est in scoriam; / vinum tuum mistum est aqua. 23Thy princes are faithless, companions of thieves: they all love bribes, they run after rewards. They judge not for the fatherless: and the widow’s cause cometh not in to them.I tuoi magnati infedeli fanno a mezzo co' ladri; tutti quanti amano i regali, van dietro al guadagno: non rendon ragione al pupillo, e la causa della vedova non trova accesso presso di loro.Thy princes are vnfaithful, companions of theues: al loue giftes, folow rewardes. They iudge not for the pupil: and the widowes cause goeth not in to them.Principes tui infideles, / socii furum. / Omnes diligunt munera, / sequuntur retributiones. / Pupillo non judicant, / et causa viduæ non ingreditur ad illos. 24Therefore saith the Lord the God of hosts, the mighty one of Israel: Ah! I will comfort myself over my adversaries: and I will be revenged of my enemies.Per questo dice il Signore Dio degli eserciti il (Dio) forte d'Israele: Ahi; che io prenderò satisfazione de' miei avversarj, e farò vendetta de' miei nemici.For this cause sayth our Lord the God of hostes the mightie one of Israel: Alas, I wil comfort myselfe vpon mine aduersaries: and wil be reuenged of mine enemies.Propter hoc ait Dominus, / Deus exercituum, Fortis Israël: / Heu ! consolabor super hostibus meis, / et vindicabor de inimicis meis. 25And I will turn my hand to thee, and I will clean purge away thy dross, and I will take away all thy tin.E stenderò sopra di te la mia mano, e purificherò la tua alchimia, e toglierò da te il tuo stagno.And I wil turne mine hand to thee, and I wil boyle out thy drosse til it be pure, & wil take away al thy tinne.Et convertam manum meam ad te, / et excoquam ad puram scoriam tuam, / et auferam omne stannum tuum. 26And I will restore thy judges as they were before, and thy counsellors as of old. After this thou shalt be called the city of the just, a faithful city.E renderò i tuoi giudici quali eran prima, e i tuoi consiglieri come in antico, dopo di ciò sarai chiamata città del giusto, città fedele.And I wil restore thy iudges as they haue beene before, and thy counselers as of old. After these thinges thou shalt be called the iust, a faithful citie.Et restituam judices tuos ut fuerunt prius, / et consiliarios tuos sicut antiquitus; / post hæc vocaberis civitas justi, / urbs fidelis. 27Sion shall be redeemed in judgment, and they shall bring her back in justice.Sionne sarà redenta in giudizio, e rimessa in libertà per giustizia:Sion shal be redemed in iudgement, and they shal bring her backe in iustice.Sion in judicio redimetur, / et reducent eam in justita.

28And he shall destroy the wicked, and the sinners together: and they that have forsaken the Lord, shall be consumed.Ma (Dio) distruggerà insieme gli scellerati, e i peccatori, e coloro, che hanno abbandonato il Signore saranno consunti.And he shal destroy the wicked, and the sinners together: and they that haue forsaken our Lord, shal be consumed.Et conteret scelestos, et peccatores simul; / et qui dereliquerunt Dominum consumentur. 29For they shall be confounded for the idols, to which they have sacrificed: and you shall be ashamed of the gardens which you have chosen.Imperocché saranno la lor confusione gl'idoli, a' quali sagrificarono, e vi vergognerete degli orti amati da voi,For they shal be confounded for the idols, to which they haue sacrificed: and you shal be ashamed of the gardens, which you chose.Confundentur enim ab idolis quibus sacrificaverunt, / et erubescetis super hortis quos elegeratis, 30When you shall be as an oak with the leaves falling off, and as a garden without water.Allorché sarete qual quercia cadute le foglie, e come orto senz'acqua.When you shal be as an oke the leaues falling of, and as a garden without water.cum fueritis velut quercus defluentibus foliis, / et velut hortus absque aqua. 31And your strength shall be as the ashes of tow, and your work as a spark: and both shall burn together, and there shall be none to quench it.E la vostra fortezza sarà quasi stoppa, che va in faville, e le opere vostre quasi scintilla; e l'una, e l'altre aiuteranno nel fuoco, cui nissuno estinguerà.And your strength shal be, as the isles of to we, and your worke as a sparke: and both shal be set on fire together, and there shal be none to quench it.Et erit fortitudo vestra ut favilla stuppæ, / et opus vestrum quasi scintilla, / et succendetur utrumque simul, / et non erit qui extinguat.