Isaiah 1
Names of God Bible
1 This is the vision which Isaiah, son of Amoz, saw about Judah and Jerusalem at the time of Kings Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah.
The Lord Accuses Israel of Sin
2 Listen, heaven, and pay attention, earth!
Yahweh has spoken,
“I raised my children and helped them grow,
but they have rebelled against me.
3 Oxen know their owners,
and donkeys know where their masters feed them.
But Israel doesn’t know its owner.
My people don’t understand who feeds them.
4 “How horrible it will be for a nation that sins.
Its people are loaded down with guilt.
They are descendants of evildoers
and destructive children.
They have abandoned Yahweh.
They have despised Qedosh Yisrael.
They have turned their backs on him.
5 “Why do you still want to be beaten?
Why do you continue to rebel?
Your whole head is infected.
Your whole heart is failing.
6 From the bottom of your feet to the top of your head
there is no healthy spot left on your body—
only bruises, sores, and fresh wounds.
They haven’t been cleansed, bandaged,
or soothed with oil.
7 “Your country is devastated.
Your cities are burned down.
Your fields are destroyed right before your eyes by foreigners.
Your fields are devastated and taken over by foreigners.
8 My people Zion are left like a hut in a vineyard,
like a shack in a cucumber field,
like a city under attack.”
9 If Yahweh Tsebaoth hadn’t left us a few survivors,
we would have been like Sodom and Gomorrah.
Israel’s Corrupt Religion
10 Listen to the word of Yahweh, you rulers of Sodom!
Pay attention to the teachings from our Elohim, you people of Gomorrah!
11 Yahweh asks, “What do your many animal sacrifices mean to me?
I’ve had enough of your burnt offerings of rams
and enough fat from your fattened calves.
I’m not pleased with the blood of bulls, lambs, or male goats.
12 When you appear in my presence,
who asked you to trample on my courtyards?
13 Don’t bring any more worthless grain offerings.
Your incense is disgusting to me,
so are your New Moon Festivals, your days of worship,
and the assemblies you call.
I can’t stand your evil assemblies.
14 I hate your New Moon Festivals and your appointed festivals.
They’ve become a burden to me,
and I’m tired of putting up with them.
15 So when you stretch out your hands in prayer,
I will turn my eyes away from you.
Even though you offer many prayers,
I will not listen because your hands are covered with blood.
The Lord Invites Israel to Turn Away from Sin
16 “Wash yourselves! Become clean!
Get your evil deeds out of my sight.
Stop doing evil.
17 Learn to do good.
Seek justice.
Arrest oppressors.
Defend orphans.
Plead the case of widows.”
18 “Come on now, let’s discuss this!” says Yahweh.
“Though your sins are bright red,
they will become as white as snow.
Though they are dark red,
they will become as white as wool.
19 If you are willing and obedient,
you will eat the best from the land.
20 But if you refuse and rebel,
you will be destroyed by swords.”
Yahweh has spoken.
Jerusalem’s Future
21 How the faithful town has become a prostitute!
She was full of justice,
and righteousness lived in her.
But now murderers live there!
22 Your silver is not pure.
Your wine is watered down.
23 Your rulers are rebels, friends with thieves.
They all love bribes and run after gifts.
They never defend orphans.
They don’t notice the widows’ pleas.
24 That’s why Adonay, Yahweh Tsebaoth, the Mighty One of Israel, says,
“How horrible it will be when I take revenge on my opponents!
I will avenge myself against my enemies.
25 I will turn my power against you.
I will remove your impurities with bleach.
I will get rid of all your impurities.
26 I will give you judges like you had long ago,
advisers like you had in the beginning.
After that you will be called the Righteous City,
the Faithful Town.”
27 Zion will be pardoned by the Lord’s justice,
and those who return will be pardoned
by the Lord’s righteousness.
28 Rebels and sinners will be crushed at the same time,
and those who abandon Yahweh will come to an end.
29 You will be ashamed of the oaks that you wanted to worship
and embarrassed by the garden that you have chosen for your gods.
30 You will be like an oak whose leaves wither
and like a garden without water.
31 Strong people will become tinder for a fire,
and their work will be the spark.
Both of them will burn together,
and there will be no one to put out the fire.
以赛亚书 1
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
責備子民
1 在烏西雅、約坦、亞哈斯和希西家作猶大王的時候，亞摩斯的兒子以賽亞看見異象，是關於猶大和耶路撒冷的：
2 諸天哪！要聽。大地啊！要留心聽。
因為耶和華說：
“我把孩子養育，使他們成長，
他們卻背叛了我。
3 牛認識主人，
驢認識主人的槽；
以色列卻不認識我，
我的子民不明白我。”
4 嗐！犯罪的國，
罪孽深重的子民，
行惡的子孫，
敗壞的兒女！
他們離棄了耶和華，
藐視以色列的聖者，
他們轉離了他。
5 你們為甚麼屢次悖逆，
還要受責打嗎？
你們整個頭都受了傷，
整個心都發昏了。
6 從腳掌到頭頂，沒有一處是完全的；
盡是創傷、鞭痕和流血的傷口；
沒有擠乾淨傷口，沒有包紮，
也沒有用膏油滋潤。
7 你們的土地荒涼，
你們的城鎮被火燒毀，
你們的田地，在你們面前給外族人侵吞；
被外族人傾覆之後，就荒涼了。
8 僅存的錫安居民（“居民”原文作“女子”），
好像葡萄園中的草棚，
瓜田裡的茅屋，
被圍困的城鎮。
9 若不是萬軍之耶和華
給我們留下一些生還者，
我們早已像所多瑪、
蛾摩拉一樣了。
一面守節，一面犯罪
10 你們這些所多瑪的官長啊！要聽耶和華的話；
你們這些蛾摩拉的人民啊！要側耳聽我們 神的教訓。
11 耶和華說：“你們獻上眾多祭物，
對我有甚麼益處呢？
公綿羊的燔祭和肥畜的脂肪，我已經夠了；
公牛、羊羔和公山羊的血，我都不喜悅。
12 你們來朝見我的時候，
誰要求你們這樣踐踏我的院子呢？
13 不要再帶沒有意義的供物來了，
燒獻祭物的香氣也是我厭惡的。
我厭煩月朔、安息日和集會；
作罪孽又守嚴肅會，是我不能容忍的。
14 你們的月朔和制定的節期，我心裡恨惡；
它們都成了我的重擔，
我已承擔得不耐煩了。
15 所以你們張開雙手的時候，
我必掩眼不看你們；
即使你們多多禱告，
我也不聽；
你們的手都沾滿血腥。
務要除惡行善
16 你們要洗滌自己，潔淨自己；
從我眼前除掉你們的惡行；
要停止作惡，
17 學習行善，
尋求公平，
指責殘暴的人，
替孤兒伸冤，
為寡婦辨屈。”
18 耶和華說：“你們來，我們彼此辯論；
你們的罪雖像硃紅，
必變成雪白；
雖紅如丹顏，
必白如羊毛。
19 你們若願意聽從，
就必得吃地上的美物；
20 你們若不聽從，反而悖逆，
就必被刀劍吞滅。”
這是耶和華親口說的。
聖城的罪惡
21 那忠貞的城，怎麼會變成妓女！
她從前充滿公平，
有公義居在其中，
現在卻有兇手居住。
22 你的銀子變成了渣滓，
你的酒用水攙混。
23 你的官長存心悖逆，
與盜賊同夥；
人都貪愛賄賂，
追索私酬；
他們不替孤兒伸冤，
寡婦的案件也呈不到他們面前。
若悔改必得救贖
24 因此，主萬軍之耶和華，
以色列的大能者說：
“哎！我要向我的對頭雪恨，
向我的仇敵報復。
25 我必把手轉過來攻擊你；
我要煉除你的渣滓，如同用鹼來煉一樣，
我要除去你的一切雜質。
26 我必恢復你的審判官，像起初一樣；
也必恢復你的謀士，像起先一般；
以後，你必稱為公義的城、
忠貞的城。”
27 錫安必因公平蒙救贖，
城中悔改的人也必因公義蒙救贖。
28 但悖逆的和犯罪的，必一同滅亡，
離棄耶和華的，也必滅亡。
29 你們必因你們所喜愛的橡樹抱愧，
必因你們所選擇的園子蒙羞。
30 因為你們必像一棵葉子凋落的橡樹，
又如一個缺水的園子。
31 有權勢的必如麻絮，
他所作的好像火星；
都要一同焚毀，
沒有人能撲滅。
The Names of God Bible (without notes) © 2011 by Baker Publishing Group.
Chinese New Version (CNV). Copyright © 1976, 1992, 1999, 2001, 2005 by Worldwide Bible Society.
