Isaiah 5
Living Bible
5 Now I will sing a song about his vineyard to the one I love. My Beloved has a vineyard on a very fertile hill. 2 He plowed it and took out all the rocks and planted his vineyard with the choicest vines. He built a watchtower and cut a winepress in the rocks. Then he waited for the harvest, but the grapes that grew were wild and sour and not at all the sweet ones he expected.
3 Now, men of Jerusalem and Judah, you have heard the case! You be the judges! 4 What more could I have done? Why did my vineyard give me wild grapes instead of sweet? 5 I will tear down the fences and let my vineyard go to pasture to be trampled by cattle and sheep. 6 I won’t prune it or hoe it, but let it be overgrown with briars and thorns. I will command the clouds not to rain on it anymore.
7 I have given you the story of God’s people. They are the vineyard that I spoke about. Israel and Judah are his pleasant acreage! He expected them to yield a crop of justice, but found bloodshed instead. He expected righteousness, but the cries of deep oppression met his ears.[a] 8 You buy up property so others have no place to live. Your homes are built on great estates so you can be alone in the midst of the earth! 9 But the Lord Almighty has sworn your awful fate—with my own ears I heard him say, “Many a beautiful home will lie deserted, their owners killed or gone. 10 An acre of vineyard will not produce a gallon of juice! Ten bushels of seed will yield a one-bushel crop!”
11 Woe to you who get up early in the morning to go on long drinking bouts that last till late at night—woe to you drunken bums. 12 You furnish lovely music at your grand parties; the orchestras are superb! But for the Lord you have no thought or care. 13 Therefore I will send you into exile far away because you neither know nor care that I have done so much for you. Your great and honored men will starve, and the common people will die of thirst.
14 Hell is licking its chops in anticipation of this delicious morsel, Jerusalem. Her great and small shall be swallowed up, and all her drunken throngs. 15 In that day the haughty shall be brought down to the dust; the proud shall be humbled; 16 but the Lord Almighty is exalted above all, for he alone is holy, just, and good. 17 In those days flocks will feed among the ruins. Lambs and calves and kids will pasture there!
18 Woe to those who drag their sins behind them like a bullock on a rope.[b] 19 They even mock the Holy One of Israel and dare the Lord to punish them.[c] “Hurry up and punish us, O Lord,” they say. “We want to see what you can do!” 20 They say that what is right is wrong and what is wrong is right; that black is white and white is black; bitter is sweet and sweet is bitter.
21 Woe to those who are wise and shrewd in their own eyes! 22 Woe to those who are “heroes” when it comes to drinking and boast about the liquor they can hold. 23 They take bribes to pervert justice, letting the wicked go free and putting innocent men in jail. 24 Therefore God will deal with them and burn them. They will disappear like straw on fire. Their roots will rot and their flowers wither, for they have thrown away the laws of God and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel. 25 That is why the anger of the Lord is hot against his people; that is why he has reached out his hand to smash them. The hills will tremble, and the rotting bodies of his people will be thrown as refuse in the streets. But even so, his anger is not ended; his hand is heavy on them still.
26 He will send a signal to the nations far away, whistling to those at the ends of the earth, and they will come racing toward Jerusalem. 27 They never weary, never stumble, never stop; their belts are tight, their bootstraps strong; they run without stopping for rest or for sleep. 28 Their arrows are sharp; their bows are bent; sparks fly from their horses’ hoofs, and the wheels of their chariots spin like the wind. 29 They roar like lions and pounce upon the prey. They seize my people and carry them off into captivity with none to rescue them. 30 They growl over their victims like the roaring of the sea. Over all Israel lies a pall of darkness and sorrow, and the heavens are black.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 5:7 crop of justice, but found bloodshed instead . . . expected righteousness, but the cries of deep oppression met his ears. Here is an example of serious punning often used by the prophets: the Hebrew words for “justice” and “bloodshed” sound very much alike, as do those for “righteousness” and “cry.”
- Isaiah 5:18 like a bullock on a rope, or “with cords of falsehood.”
- Isaiah 5:19 and dare the Lord to punish them, implied.
Ishacyaah 5
Somali Bible
Gabaygii Beerta Canabka
5 Aan gacaliyahayga ugu gabyo gacaliyahayga gabaygiisa oo ku saabsan beertiisa canabka ah. Gacaliyahaygu wuxuu beer canab ah ku lahaa kur barwaaqaysan. 2 Oo wuxuu hareereheeda ka qoday god, oo dagaxyadii ku jirayna wuu ka saaray, markaasuu ku dhex beeray geedcanabka ugu wanaagsan, oo dhexdeedana wuxuu ka dhisay munaarad, oo weliba wuxuu dhexdeeda ka sameeyey god macsareed, oo wuxuu ka sugayay in midho canab ka soo baxaan, laakiinse waxaa ka soo baxay kuwa xunxun. 3 Haddaba, dadka Yeruusaalem deggan iyo dadka Yahuudahow, waxaan idinka baryayaa inaad aniga iyo beertayda canabka ah noo kala gar qaybisaan. 4 Bal maxaa kaloo beertayda loo samayn karay oo aanan u samayn? Maxayse markaan ka sugayay inay midho canab ka soo baxaan kuwa xunxun uga soo baxeen? 5 Haddaba waxaan idiin sheegayaa waxaan beertayda canabka ah ku samayn doono: heeraarkeeda waan ka qaadi doonaa, oo dhammaanteed way baabbi'i doontaa, oo deyrkeedana waan dumin doonaa, oo waa lagu joogjoogsan doonaa, 6 oo iyada waxaan ka dhigi doonaa baabba' oo lama gooyn doono, lamana xagaafi doono, laakiinse waxaa ka soo bixi doona yamaarug iyo qodxan, oo weliba daruurahana waan ku amri doonaa inayan roob ku soo dayn. 7 Waayo, Rabbiga ciidammada beercanabkiisu waa dadka Israa'iil, oo dadka Yahuudahna waa geedkuu ku farxo, oo wuxuu ka sugayay caddaalad, laakiinse bal eega, waxaa ka soo baxay dhiigdaadasho oo wuxuu ka sugayay xaqnimo, laakiinse bal eega, waxaa ka soo baxay qaylo.
Hoogag Iyo Xukun
8 Hoog waxaa leh kuwa guriba guri ku dhejiya oo beerna beer kale ku dara ilaa meel la waayo oo ay keli ahaantood dhulka dhexdiisa degaan. 9 Rabbiga ciidammadu wuxuu leeyahay, oo aan anigu dhegahayga ku maqlay, Sida runta ah guryo badan baa cidloobi doona, oo xataa kuwa waaweyn oo quruxda badanina waxay ahaan doonaan cidla aan qofna degganayn. 10 Oo weliba toban tacab oo beer canab ahu waxay dhali doonaan qiyaas bad la yidhaahdo oo keliya, oo xomeer muggiis oo iniino ahuna wuxuu dhali doonaa in eefaah qaadi karo.
11 Hoog waxaa leh kuwa aroor hore u kaca si ay wax lagu sakhraamo u daba galaan, oo haddana ilaa habeenkii ku sii raaga ilaa uu khamrigu ololiyo! 12 Diyaafadahooda waxaa yaal kataarad iyo shareerad, iyo daf iyo biibiile, iyo khamri, laakiinse iyagu kama fiirsadaan shuqulka Rabbiga, kamana fikiraan waxyaalihii ay gacmihiisu sameeyeen. 13 Haddaba sidaas daraaddeed dadkaygii waxaa loo kaxaystay maxaabbiis ahaan, maxaa yeelay, aqoon ma laha, oo raggoodii sharafta lahaa way gaajoodeen, dadkoodii badnaana oon bay la gubteen. 14 Haddaba sidaas daraaddeed She'ool calooshiisii buu isballaadhiyey, oo afkiisiina qiyaasla'aan buu u kala qaaday, oo kuwooda haybadda leh, iyo dadkooda badan, iyo kuwooda buuqa, iyo ku alla koodii reyreeyaba isagay hoos ugu dhaadhacaan. 15 Oo ninka hoose baa la soo dejin doonaa, oo ninka weynna waa la hoosaysiin doonaa, oo kuwa isla weyn indhahooda waa la hoosaysiin doonaa, 16 laakiinse Rabbiga ciidammada caddaalad baa lagu sarraysiin doonaa, oo Ilaaha quduuska ahna waxaa quduus loogu tirin doonaa xaqnimo. 17 Oo markaasay baraarku daaqsintooda ikhtiyaar u daaqi doonaan, oo kuwii barwaaqaysnaana meelahooda baabba'ay waxaa cuni doona shisheeyayaal.
18 Hoog waxaa leh kuwa xumaanta ku soo jiita xadhkaha aan waxba tarayn, oo dembigana ku soo jiita jaraha gaadhiga oo kale, 19 kuwaasoo yidhaahda, Isagu ha soo dhaqsado, oo shuqulkiisana ha soo deddejiyo, si aannu u aragno aawadeed, oo Kan Quduuska ah oo reer binu Israa'iil taladiisuna ha soo dhowaato oo ha timaado, si aannu iyada u aqoonsanno aawadeed!
20 Hoog waxaa leh kuwa sharka yidhaahda waa wanaag, wanaagna yidhaahda waa shar, oo gudcurkana iftiin ku beddela, iftiinkana gudcur ku beddela, oo qadhaadhkana macaan ku beddela, macaankana qadhaadh ku beddela.
21 Hoog waxaa leh kuwa isla caqliga badan ee isla miyirka badan!
22 Hoog waxaa leh kuwa u xoogga badan inay khamri cabbaan, iyo dadka u itaalka weyn inay qasaan wax lagu sakhraamo, 23 kuwaasoo kan sharka leh xaq ka dhiga laaluush aawadiis, oo ka xaqa ahna xaqiisa ka qaada! 24 Haddaba sidaas daraaddeed sida carrabka dabku xaabka u gubo, oo uu cawskuna ololka ugu dhammaado ayaa xididkoodu u xumaan doonaa, oo ubaxooduna wuxuu u duuli doonaa sida boodh oo kale, maxaa yeelay, waxay diideen sharcigii Rabbiga ciidammada, oo waxay quudhsadeen Kan Quduuska ah oo reer binu Israa'iil eraygiisii. 25 Haddaba sidaas daraaddeed ayaa cadhadii Rabbigu dadkiisa ugu oloshay, oo wuxuu iyaga ku soo fidiyey gacantiisii, wax buuna ku dhuftay, oo buurihiina way wada gariireen, oo meydadkoodiina jidadkay dhex daadsanaayeen sida qashin oo kale, hase ahaatee cadhadiisa kama uu sii jeedin, laakiinse gacantiisu weli way sii fidsan tahay.
26 Oo isna meel fog ayuu calan uga taagi doonaa quruumaha, oo wuxuu iyaga uga foodhyi doonaa dhulka dhammaadkiisa, oo bal eega, dhaqsay u iman doonaan. 27 Midkoodna ma daali doono, mana kufi doono, oo midkoodna ma gam'i doono, mana seexan doono, dhex-xidhkuna ma furmi doono, yeelmaha kabahooduna ma go'i doono. 28 Fallaadhahoodu waa af miidhan, oo qaansooyinkooda oo dhammuna waa wada xodan yihiin, oo qoobabka fardahoodana waxaa la moodaa sida dhagaxmadow oo kale, oo giraangirahooduna waa sida cirwareenta oo kale, 29 oo cidoodu waxay ahaan doontaa sida gool cideed, oo waxay u ciyi doonaan sida libaaxyo yaryar oo kale; hubaal way ciyi doonaan, wayna qabsan doonaan waxay ugaadhsanayaan, oo si ammaan ah ayay u qaadan doonaan, oo ciduna kama samatabbixin doonto. 30 Oo maalintaas waxay iyaga ugu gurxami doonaan sida gurxanka badda; oo haddii dalka la eegana waxaa ka muuqda gudcur iyo cidhiidhi, oo iftiinkuna waa ku dhex madoobaaday daruurihii.
Isaiah 5
King James Version
5 Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:
2 And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.
4 What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?
5 And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:
6 And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
7 For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.
8 Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!
9 In mine ears said the Lord of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.
10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah.
11 Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!
12 And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the Lord, neither consider the operation of his hands.
13 Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.
14 Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.
15 And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:
16 But the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.
17 Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.
18 Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:
19 That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!
20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
22 Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:
23 Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
24 Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the Lord of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
25 Therefore is the anger of the Lord kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
26 And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly:
27 None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:
28 Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:
29 Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.
30 And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.
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