Isaiah

1The righteous perish,and no one lays it to heart.Merciful men are taken away,and no one considers that the righteous is taken away from the evil.

2He enters into peace.They rest in their beds, each one who walks in his uprightness.

3“But draw near here, you sons of a sorceress,you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes.

4Whom do you mock?Against whom do you make a wide mouth and stick out your tongue?Aren’t you children of disobedienceand offspring of falsehood,

5you who inflame yourselves amongst the oaks,under every green tree;who kill the children in the valleys,under the clefts of the rocks?

6Amongst the smooth stones of the valley is your portion.They, they are your lot.You have even poured a drink offering to them.You have offered an offering. Shall I be appeased for these things?

7On a high and lofty mountain you have set your bed.You also went up there to offer sacrifice.

8You have set up your memorial behind the doors and the posts,for you have exposed yourself to someone besides me, and have gone up.You have enlarged your bedand made you a covenant with them. You loved what you saw on their bed.

9You went to the king with oil,increased your perfumes, sent your ambassadors far off, and degraded yourself even to Sheol.

10You were wearied with the length of your ways;yet you didn’t say, ‘It is in vain.’You found a reviving of your strength;therefore you weren’t faint.

11“Whom have you dreaded and feared,so that you lie, and have not remembered me, nor laid it to your heart?Haven’t I held my peace for a long time,and you don’t fear me?

12I will declare your righteousness;and as for your works, they will not benefit you.

13When you cry,let those whom you have gathered deliver you,but the wind will take them.A breath will carry them all away,but he who takes refuge in me will possess the land,and will inherit my holy mountain.”

14He will say, “Build up, build up, prepare the way!Remove the stumbling-block out of the way of my people.”

15For the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity,whose name is Holy, says:“I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit,to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

16For I will not contend forever, neither will I always be angry;for the spirit would faint before me, and the souls whom I have made.

17I was angry because of the iniquity of his covetousness and struck him.I hid myself and was angry; and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.

18I have seen his ways, and will heal him.I will lead him also, and restore comforts to him and to his mourners.

19I create the fruit of the lips:Peace, peace, to him who is far off and to him who is near,” says the LORD; “and I will heal them.”

20But the wicked are like the troubled sea;for it can’t rest and its waters cast up mire and mud.

21“There is no peace”, says my God,“for the wicked.”

1chính vì sự gian ác mà người công chính bị cất đi :

2sẽ nghỉ ngơi trên giường của mình.

3hỡi giống nòi dâm đãng ngoại tình, hãy đến cả đây !

4là nòi giống của gian dối hay sao ?

5sát tế trẻ con gần khe suối, trong những hốc đá sâu.

6Có phải vì thế mà Ta nguôi giận chăng ?

7ngươi lại còn lên đó đem lễ tế tiến dâng.

8vừa nhìn ngắm bia thờ.

9và đưa chúng xuống tận âm phủ.

10Ngươi thấy mình sung sức, nên không ngừng không nghỉ.

11mà ngươi không kính sợ Ta chăng ?

12Những việc ấy ích gì cho ngươi ?

13và được núi thánh của Ta làm sở hữu.

14trên đường nẻo dân Ta.

15và ban sinh lực cho những cõi lòng tan nát.

16trước mặt Ta, sẽ phải lụi tàn.

17theo con đường nó muốn.

18còn những kẻ khóc thương nó,

19ĐỨC CHÚA phán : Ta sẽ chữa lành cho nó.”

20sóng nước cuộn lên những bùn và cặn.

21không được hưởng bình an.”