Isaiah 1 – NIRV & CCB

New International Reader’s Version

Isaiah 1:1-31

1Here is the vision about Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah saw. It came to him when Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah were ruling. They were kings of Judah. Isaiah was the son of Amoz.

The Nation Refuses to Obey the Lord

2Listen to me, you heavens! Pay attention to me, earth!

The Lord has said,

“I raised children. I brought them up.

But they have refused to obey me.

3The ox knows its master.

The donkey knows where its owner feeds it.

But Israel does not know me.

My people do not understand me.”

4How terrible it will be for this sinful nation!

They are loaded down with guilt.

They are people who do nothing but evil.

They are children who are always sinning.

They have deserted the Lord.

They have turned against the Holy One of Israel.

They have turned their backs on him.

5Israel, why do you want to be beaten all the time?

Why do you always refuse to obey the Lord?

Your head is covered with wounds.

Your whole heart is weak.

6There isn’t a healthy spot on your body.

You are not healthy from the bottom of your feet to the top of your head.

You have nothing but wounds, cuts

and open sores.

They haven’t been cleaned up or bandaged

or treated with olive oil.

7Your country has been deserted.

Your cities have been burned down.

The food from your fields is being eaten up by outsiders.

They are doing it right in front of you.

Your land has been completely destroyed.

It looks as if strangers have taken it over.

8The city of Zion is left like a shed

where someone stands guard in a vineyard.

It is left like a hut in a cucumber field.

It’s like a city being attacked.

9The Lord who rules over all

has let some people live through that time of trouble.

If he hadn’t, we would have become like Sodom.

We would have been like Gomorrah.

10Rulers of Sodom,

hear the Lord’s message.

People of Gomorrah,

listen to the instruction of our God.

11“Do you think I need any more of your sacrifices?”

asks the Lord.

“I have more than enough of your burnt offerings.

I have more than enough of rams

and the fat of your fattest animals.

I do not find any pleasure

in the blood of your bulls, lambs and goats.

12Who asked you to bring all these animals

when you come to worship me?

Who asked you and your animals

to walk all over my courtyards?

13Stop bringing offerings that do not mean anything to me!

I hate your incense.

I can’t stand your worthless gatherings.

I can’t stand the way you celebrate your New Moon feasts,

Sabbath days and special services.

14Your New Moon feasts and your other appointed feasts

I hate with my whole being.

They have become a heavy load to me.

I am tired of carrying it.

15You might spread out your hands toward me when you pray.

But I do not look at you.

You might even offer many prayers.

But I am not listening to them.

Your hands are covered with the blood of the people you have murdered.

16So wash and make yourselves clean.

Get your evil actions out of my sight!

Stop doing what is wrong!

17Learn to do what is right!

Treat people fairly.

Help those who are treated badly.

Stand up in court for children whose fathers have died.

And do the same thing for widows.

18“Come. Let us settle this matter,”

says the Lord.

“Even though your sins are bright red,

they will be as white as snow.

Even though they are deep red,

they will be white like wool.

19But you have to be willing to change and obey me.

If you are, you will eat the good things that grow on the land.

20But if you are not willing to obey me,

you will be killed by swords.”

The Lord has spoken.

21See how the faithful city of Jerusalem

has become like a prostitute!

Once it was full of people who treated others fairly.

Those who did what was right used to live in it.

But now murderers live there!

22Jerusalem, your silver isn’t pure anymore.

Your best wine has been made weak with water.

23Your rulers refuse to obey the Lord.

They join forces with robbers.

All of them love to accept money from those who want special favors.

They are always looking for gifts from other people.

They don’t stand up in court for children whose fathers have died.

They don’t do it for widows either.

24The Lord is the Mighty One of Israel.

The Lord who rules over all announces,

“Israel, you have become my enemies.

I will act against you in my anger.

I will pay you back for what you have done.

25I will turn my power against you.

I will make you completely ‘clean.’

I will remove everything that is not pure.

26I will give you leaders like the ones you had long ago.

I will give you rulers like those you had at the beginning.

Then you will be called

the City That Does What Is Right.

You will also be called the Faithful City.”

27Zion will be saved when justice is done.

Those who are sorry for their sins will be saved

when what is right is done.

28But sinners and those who refuse to obey the Lord will be destroyed.

And those who desert the Lord will die.

29“Israel, you take delight in worshiping among the sacred oak trees.

You will be full of shame for doing that.

You have chosen to worship in the sacred gardens.

You will be dishonored for doing that.

30You will be like an oak tree whose leaves are dying.

You will be like a garden that doesn’t have any water.

31Your strongest men will become like dry pieces of wood.

Their worship of other gods will be the spark that lights the fire.

Everything will be burned up.

No one will be there to put the fire out.”

Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)

以赛亚书 1:1-31

1犹大乌西雅约坦亚哈斯希西迦执政期间,亚摩斯的儿子以赛亚看到了以下有关犹大耶路撒冷的异象。

上帝责备叛逆的子民

2诸天啊,请听!

大地啊,要侧耳听!

耶和华说:

“我把孩子抚育成人,

他们竟然背叛我。

3牛认识主人,

驴也认得主人的槽,

以色列却不认识,

我的子民却不明白。”

4唉!你们这罪恶的民族,

恶贯满盈的百姓,

作恶的子孙,

败坏的儿女!

你们背弃耶和华,

藐视以色列的圣者,

与祂疏远。

5你们为什么一再叛逆?

你们还要受责打吗?

你们已经头破血流,

身心疲惫。

6你们已经体无完肤,

从头到脚伤痕累累,

伤口没有清洗,

没有包扎,也没有敷药。

7你们的土地荒凉,

城邑化为灰烬。

你们亲眼目睹自己的田园被外族人侵吞、毁坏、变成不毛之地。

8仅存的锡安1:8 锡安”又称“耶路撒冷”。城也像葡萄园里的草棚、

瓜田中的茅舍、

被困无援的孤城。

9若不是万军之耶和华让我们一些人存活,

我们早就像所多玛蛾摩拉一样灭亡了。

10你们这些“所多玛”的首领啊,

要聆听耶和华的话!

你们这些“蛾摩拉”的百姓啊,

要侧耳听我们上帝的训诲!

11耶和华说:

“你们献上许多祭物,对我有什么用呢?

我厌烦公绵羊的燔祭和肥畜的脂肪,

我不喜欢公牛、羊羔和公山羊的血。

12“你们来敬拜我的时候,

谁要求你们带着这些来践踏我的院宇呢?

13不要再带毫无意义的祭物了。

我憎恶你们烧的香,

厌恶你们的朔日1:13 朔日”即每月初一。、安息日和大会。

你们又作恶又举行庄严的聚会,

令我无法容忍。

14我憎恶你们的朔日及其他节期,

它们成了我的重担,

令我厌倦。

15你们举手祷告,我必掩面不理。

即使你们祷告再多,

我也不会听,

因为你们双手沾满鲜血。

16你们要洗净自己,

停止作恶,

不要让我再看见你们的恶行。

17你们要学习行善,

追求正义,

帮助受欺压的,

替孤儿辩护,

为寡妇申冤。”

18耶和华说:

“来吧,我们彼此理论!

你们的罪虽如猩红,

也必洁白如雪;

你们的罪虽如绯红,

也必白如羊毛。

19如果你们愿意听从,

就必享用这地方的美好出产。

20如果你们执意叛逆,

就必丧身刀下。”

这是耶和华亲口说的。

21耶路撒冷啊,

你这忠贞的妻子竟变成了妓女!

你从前充满公平,

是公义之家,

现在却住着凶手。

22你曾经像银子,现在却像渣滓;

曾经像美酒,现在却像搀了水的酒。

23你的首领是叛逆之徒,

与盗贼为伍,

个个收受贿赂,

贪图好处,

不为孤儿辩护,

不替寡妇申冤。

24所以,主——万军之耶和华,

以色列的大能者说:

“我要向我的敌人报仇雪恨。

25我必攻击你,

用碱炼净你的渣滓,

除尽你的杂质。

26我必像从前一样赐你审判官和谋士。

之后,你必被称为公义之城、

忠信之邑。”

27耶和华必因祂的公正救赎锡安

必因祂的公义拯救城中悔改的人。

28但叛逆之辈和犯罪之徒必遭毁灭,

背弃耶和华的人必灭亡。

29你们必因在橡树下,

在你们选择的园子里祭拜偶像而蒙羞。

30你们必像枯萎的橡树,

又如无水的园子。

31你们中间有权势的人必因他们的恶行而遭毁灭,

好像火花点燃枯木,无人能救。