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KITAABKII
ISHACYAAH

Quruun Caasi Ah

Kanu waa wixii Ishacyaah ina Aamoos la tusay ee uu ku arkay wax ku saabsan dalka Yahuudah iyo Yeruusaalem waagii ay Cusiyaah, iyo Yootam, iyo Aaxaas, iyo Xisqiyaah boqorrada ka ahaayeen dalka Yahuudah.

Samooyinkow maqla, dhulkow bal wax dhegayso, waayo, Rabbigu wuu hadlay oo yidhi: Carruur baan quudiyey oo koriyey, oo iyana way igu caasiyoobeen. Dibigu kan isaga leh wuu yaqaan, oo dameerkuna waa yaqaan meeshuu wax ka cuno ee sayidkiisa, laakiinse reer binu Israa'iil waxba ma yaqaaniin, oo dadkayguna waxba garan maayaan. Hoog waxaa leh quruuntan dembiga badan, iyo dadkan xumaanta ku raran, iyo dhashan xumaanfalayaasha, iyo wiilashan si xun u macaamilooda. Iyagu Rabbiga way ka tageen, oo waxay quudhsadeen Ka Quduuska ah ee reer binu Israa'iil dib bayna uga noqdeen. Bal maxaa mar dambe wax laydiinku dhufan doonaa, oo aad u sii fallaagoobi doontaan? Madaxa oo dhammu waa bukaa, oo qalbiga oo dhammuna waa taag daranyahay. Madaxa iyo minjaha inta ka dhex leh innaba caafimaad ma leh, laakiinse waxaa ku yaal nabro, iyo burbur, iyo boogo cusub, lama awdin, lamana duubin, oo saliidna laguma dhayin. Dalkiinnii waa cidla, magaalooyinkiinniina waa la gubay, oo waddankiinniina shisheeyayaal baa hortiinna ku cunay, waana cidla, sidii wax ay shisheeyayaal afgembiyeen. Oo magaalada Siyoonna waxaa looga tegey sidii waab beercanab ku dhex yaal, iyo sidii buul beer khijaar ah ku dhex yaal, iyo sidii magaalo cadow hareereeyey. Haddaan Rabbiga ciidammadu dad aad u yar inoo reebin, sida Sodom baan noqon lahayn, oo sida Gomorana baan noqon lahayn.

10 Taliyayaasha Sodomow, Rabbiga eraygiisa maqla, dadka Gomorow, sharciga Ilaahayaga dhegta u dhiga. 11 Rabbigu wuxuu leeyahay, Allabaryadiinna tirada badanu bal maxay ii yihiin? Waan ka dhergay qurbaanno guban oo wanan ah iyo xoolo buurbuuran baruurtood, kuma farxo dhiigga dibida, iyo ka baraarka iyo ka orgida toona. 12 Markaad u timaadaan inaad i hor istaagtaan, bal yaa weyddiista inaad barxadahayga ku joogjoogsataan? 13 Mar dambe ha ii keenina qurbaanno aan waxtar lahayn, fooxu waa ii karaahiyo, bilaha cusub, iyo maalmaha sabtida, iyo isuyeedhidda shirarkaba uma aan adkaysan karo, oo xataa shirka weyn waa dembi. 14 Bilihiinna cusub iyo ciidihiinnaba naftaydu way neceb tahay, waa ii culays, inaan u adkaysto waan ka daalay. 15 Oo markaad gacmihiinna ii soo hoorsataanna indhahayga waan idinka qarinayaa, oo markaad tukasho ku noqnoqataanna idin maqli maayo, waayo, gacmihiinnu waa dhiig miidhan. 16 Maydha, oo isnadiifiya, oo falimihiinna sharkooda, indhahayga hortooda ka fogeeya, oo sharka aad samaysaan daaya. 17 Inaad wax wanaagsan samaysaan barta, oo caddaalad doondoona, oo kuwa la dulmay u gargaara, agoonta gartooda u qaada, oo carmallada u muddaca.

18 Rabbigu wuxuu leeyahay, Haatan kaalaya oo aynu u wada fiirsannee. In kastoo ay dembiyadiinnu guduudan yihiin, sida baraf cad oo kalay u caddaan doonaan, oo in kastoo ay cascas yihiin, sida suuf oo kalay ahaan doonaan. 19 Haddaad raalli tihiin oo aad dhega nugushihiin, waxaad cuni doontaan dalka barwaaqadiisa, 20 haddiise aad diiddaan oo aad caasiyowdaan, waxaa idin wada baabbi'in doonta seef, waayo, afkii Rabbiga ayaa saas ku hadlay.

21 Magaaladii aaminka ahayd oo caddaaladdu ka buuxday, sidee bay dhillo u noqotay! Waxaa ku jiri jirtay xaqnimo, haatanse waxaa jooga gacankudhiiglayaal! 22 Lacagtaadii wasakh bay noqotay, khamrigaagiina waxaa ku qasmay biyo. 23 Amiirradaadii way caasiyoobeen, oo waxay u wehel yeeleen tuugag, oo mid walubana wuxuu jecel yahay laaluush, oo wuxuu daba ordaa abaalgudyo. Agoonta gartooda uma qaadaan, oo dacwada carmalkuna hortooda ma timaado.

24 Haddaba sidaas daraaddeed Sayidka ah Rabbiga ciidammada, oo ah Ka xoogga badan ee reer binu Israa'iil wuxuu leeyahay, Way, anigu nacabyadayda waan ka nasan doonaa, oo cadaawayaashaydana waan ka aar gudan doonaa. 25 Oo haddana gacantayda waan ku saari doonaa, oo wasakhdaadana aad baan kaaga nadiifin doonaa, waxaaga aan saafi ahayn oo dhanna waan kaa bixin doonaa. 26 Oo waxaan kuu soo celin doonaa xaakinnadaadii sidii markii hore oo kale, oo lataliyayaashaadana waxaan ka dhigi doonaa sidii bilowgii oo kale, oo dabadeedna waxaa laguugu yeedhi doonaa Magaalada xaqnimada, iyo magaalada aaminka ah. 27 Siyoon waxaa lagu soo furan doonaa caddaalad, oo kuweeda soo noqdayna waxaa lagu soo furan doonaa xaqnimo. 28 Laakiinse kuwa xadgudba iyo dembilayaasha isku mar baa la burburin doonaa, oo kuwa Rabbiga ka tagana waa la wada baabbi'in doonaa. 29 Waayo, way ku ceeboobi doonaan geedihii aad jeclaateen, oo beerihii aad doorateenna waad ku qasmi doontaan. 30 Waayo, idinku waxaad ahaan doontaan sida geed caleentiisu dhado iyo sida beer aan biyo lahayn. 31 Kan xoogga badanu wuxuu noqon doonaa sida shootali oo kale, oo shuqulkiisuna wuxuu noqon doonaa sida dhimbiil oo kale, oo labadooduba way isla guban doonaan, oo lama demin doono iyaga.

The vision(A) concerning Judah and Jerusalem(B) that Isaiah son of Amoz saw(C) during the reigns of Uzziah,(D) Jotham,(E) Ahaz(F) and Hezekiah,(G) kings of Judah.

A Rebellious Nation

Hear me, you heavens! Listen, earth!(H)
    For the Lord has spoken:(I)
“I reared children(J) and brought them up,
    but they have rebelled(K) against me.
The ox knows(L) its master,
    the donkey its owner’s manger,(M)
but Israel does not know,(N)
    my people do not understand.(O)

Woe to the sinful nation,
    a people whose guilt is great,(P)
a brood of evildoers,(Q)
    children given to corruption!(R)
They have forsaken(S) the Lord;
    they have spurned the Holy One(T) of Israel
    and turned their backs(U) on him.

Why should you be beaten(V) anymore?
    Why do you persist(W) in rebellion?(X)
Your whole head is injured,
    your whole heart(Y) afflicted.(Z)
From the sole of your foot to the top of your head(AA)
    there is no soundness(AB)
only wounds and welts(AC)
    and open sores,
not cleansed or bandaged(AD)
    or soothed with olive oil.(AE)

Your country is desolate,(AF)
    your cities burned with fire;(AG)
your fields are being stripped by foreigners(AH)
    right before you,
    laid waste as when overthrown by strangers.(AI)
Daughter Zion(AJ) is left(AK)
    like a shelter in a vineyard,
like a hut(AL) in a cucumber field,
    like a city under siege.
Unless the Lord Almighty
    had left us some survivors,(AM)
we would have become like Sodom,
    we would have been like Gomorrah.(AN)

10 Hear the word of the Lord,(AO)
    you rulers of Sodom;(AP)
listen to the instruction(AQ) of our God,
    you people of Gomorrah!(AR)
11 “The multitude of your sacrifices—
    what are they to me?” says the Lord.
“I have more than enough of burnt offerings,
    of rams and the fat of fattened animals;(AS)
I have no pleasure(AT)
    in the blood of bulls(AU) and lambs and goats.(AV)
12 When you come to appear before me,
    who has asked this of you,(AW)
    this trampling of my courts?
13 Stop bringing meaningless offerings!(AX)
    Your incense(AY) is detestable(AZ) to me.
New Moons,(BA) Sabbaths and convocations(BB)
    I cannot bear your worthless assemblies.
14 Your New Moon(BC) feasts and your appointed festivals(BD)
    I hate with all my being.(BE)
They have become a burden to me;(BF)
    I am weary(BG) of bearing them.
15 When you spread out your hands(BH) in prayer,
    I hide(BI) my eyes from you;
even when you offer many prayers,
    I am not listening.(BJ)

Your hands(BK) are full of blood!(BL)

16 Wash(BM) and make yourselves clean.
    Take your evil deeds out of my sight;(BN)
    stop doing wrong.(BO)
17 Learn to do right;(BP) seek justice.(BQ)
    Defend the oppressed.[a](BR)
Take up the cause of the fatherless;(BS)
    plead the case of the widow.(BT)

18 “Come now, let us settle the matter,”(BU)
    says the Lord.
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
    they shall be as white as snow;(BV)
though they are red as crimson,
    they shall be like wool.(BW)
19 If you are willing and obedient,(BX)
    you will eat the good things of the land;(BY)
20 but if you resist and rebel,(BZ)
    you will be devoured by the sword.”(CA)
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.(CB)

21 See how the faithful city
    has become a prostitute!(CC)
She once was full of justice;
    righteousness(CD) used to dwell in her—
    but now murderers!(CE)
22 Your silver has become dross,(CF)
    your choice wine is diluted with water.
23 Your rulers are rebels,(CG)
    partners with thieves;(CH)
they all love bribes(CI)
    and chase after gifts.
They do not defend the cause of the fatherless;
    the widow’s case does not come before them.(CJ)

24 Therefore the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    the Mighty One(CK) of Israel, declares:
“Ah! I will vent my wrath on my foes
    and avenge(CL) myself on my enemies.(CM)
25 I will turn my hand against you;[b](CN)
    I will thoroughly purge(CO) away your dross(CP)
    and remove all your impurities.(CQ)
26 I will restore your leaders as in days of old,(CR)
    your rulers as at the beginning.
Afterward you will be called(CS)
    the City of Righteousness,(CT)
    the Faithful City.(CU)

27 Zion will be delivered with justice,
    her penitent(CV) ones with righteousness.(CW)
28 But rebels and sinners(CX) will both be broken,
    and those who forsake(CY) the Lord will perish.(CZ)

29 “You will be ashamed(DA) because of the sacred oaks(DB)
    in which you have delighted;
you will be disgraced because of the gardens(DC)
    that you have chosen.
30 You will be like an oak with fading leaves,(DD)
    like a garden without water.
31 The mighty man will become tinder
    and his work a spark;
both will burn together,
    with no one to quench the fire.(DE)

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 1:17 Or justice. / Correct the oppressor
  2. Isaiah 1:25 That is, against Jerusalem