Yeşaya 5

¹Şimdi sevgilime, sevgilimin kendi bağına dair ezgisini söyleyeyim: Sevgilimin verimli bir tepede, bereketli bir yerde bir bağı vardı.

²Etrafına çit çevirdi, hendekle tahkim etti ve oraya seçme Sorekh asması dikti; ortasına bir kule inşa etti ve içinde bir şıra teknesi kazdı. Üzüm vermesini bekledi, ama o sadece yabanıl dikenler verdi.

³Ve şimdi, ey Yeruşalim sakinleri ve Yahuda halkı, benimle bağım arasında karar verin.

⁴Bağıma daha ne yapabilirdim de yapmadım? Üzüm vermesini beklerken, o neden yabanıl dikenler verdi?

⁵Şimdi bağıma ne yapacağımı size bildireyim: Çitini kaldıracağım ve yağmalanacak; duvarını yıkacağım ve ayak altında çiğnenecek.

⁶Bağımı kendi haline bırakacağım; ne budanacak ne de çapalanacak; orada çorak topraktaki gibi dikenler bitecek. Bulutlara da üzerine yağmur yağdırmamalarını buyuracağım.

⁷Çünkü Her Şeye Egemen RAB'bin bağı İsrail soyudur, Yahuda halkı da O'nun sevgili fidanıdır. Adalet bekledi, ama yasasızlık buldu; doğruluk bekledi, ama feryat işitti. Vay haline komşusunun mülkünü gasbetmek için ev üstüne ev katanların, tarla üstüne tarla ekleyenlerin! Yeryüzünde tek başınıza mı yaşayacaksınız?

⁹Çünkü bunlar Her Şeye Egemen RAB'bin kulaklarında işitildi: "Gerçekten birçok ev viran olacak; büyük ve güzel evlerde oturan kimse kalmayacak."

¹⁰Çünkü on çift öküzün sürdüğü bağ ancak bir testi şarap verecek ve altı artaba tohum eken ancak üç ölçek ürün alacak.

¹¹Vay haline sabah erkenden kalkıp güçlü içki peşinde koşanların, gece geç vakte kadar kalıp şarapla yakılıp kavrulanların!

¹²Lir, arp, tef ve flüt eşliğinde şarap içiyorlar; ama RAB'bin işlerine bakmıyor, ellerinin eserini düşünmüyorlar.

¹³Bu yüzden halkım RAB'bi tanımadığı için tutsak edilip sürgüne gitti; açlık ve susuzluktan ötürü çok sayıda ölü oldu.

¹⁴Bu yüzden Hades iştahını açtı, ağzını durmaksızın alabildiğine açtı; kentin soyluları, büyükleri, zenginleri ve rezil güruhu oraya inecek.

¹⁵Sıradan insan eğilecek, seçkin insan alçaltılacak ve kibirli gözler yere dikilecek.

¹⁶Ama Her Şeye Egemen RAB adaletle yücelecek, kutsal Tanrı doğrulukla görkemli kılınacak.

¹⁷Yağmalananlar boğalar gibi otlatılacak, sürgün edilenlerin viranelerinde kuzular beslenecek.

¹⁸Vay haline günahı uzun bir urganla, yasasızlığı bir düvenin boyunduruk kayışıyla çekenlerin!

¹⁹Onlar ki, "RAB yapacağını çabucak yapsın da görelim, İsrail'in Kutsalı'nın tasarısı gerçekleşsin de bilelim" derler.

²⁰Vay haline kötüye iyi, iyiye kötü diyenlerin; karanlığı ışık, ışığı karanlık kılanların; acıyı tatlı, tatlıyı acı yerine koyanların!

²¹Vay haline kendilerini bilge sananların, kendi gözlerinde kendilerini akıllı görenlerin!

²²Vay haline şarap içmekte yiğit olanlarınızın, güçlü içkileri karıştırmakta hükümdar olanlarınızın!

²³Onlar ki rüşvet karşılığında kötüyü haklı çıkarır, doğru kişinin hakkını elinden alırlar.

²⁴Bu yüzden, ateş korunun anızı yakıp kül ettiği ve harlanmış alevin samanı yuttuğu gibi, onların da kökleri çürüyecek, çiçekleri toz gibi havaya uçacak. Çünkü Her Şeye Egemen RAB'bin yasasını reddettiler, İsrail'in Kutsalı'nın sözünü hor gördüler.

²⁵Bu yüzden RAB'bin öfkesi halkına karşı alevlendi; elini onlara karşı uzatıp onları vurdu. Dağlar sarsıldı, cesetleri sokak ortasında çöp gibi oldu. Bütün bunlara karşın O'nun öfkesi dinmedi, eli hâlâ kalkmış durumda.

²⁶Böylece uzaktaki uluslara sancak kaldıracak, yeryüzünün öbür ucundan onlara ıslık çalacak; işte, hızla ve hafifçe geliyorlar!

²⁷Aralarında ne aç olan var ne yorulan, ne uyuklayan var ne uyuyan; ne bellerindeki kemer çözülecek ne de çarıklarının bağı kopacak.

²⁸Okları sivri, yayları gergindir; atlarının tırnakları sert kaya gibi sayılmış, arabalarının tekerlekleri kasırga gibidir.

²⁹Aslan gibi kükrerler, genç aslanlar gibi yaklaşırlar; avlarını kapıp canavar gibi kükreyerek fırlatıp atarlar, onları kurtaracak kimse olmaz.

³⁰O gün onlara karşı, coşkun denizin gürlemesi gibi gürleyecekler; yeryüzüne baktıklarında, çaresizlikleri içinde koyu bir karanlık görecekler.

¹ΑΣΩ δὴ τῷ ἠγαπημένῳ ἆσμα τοῦ ἀγαπητοῦ μου τῷ ἀμπελῶνί μου. ἀμπελὼν ἐγενήθη τῷ ἠγαπημένῳ ἐν κέρατι, ἐν τόπῳ πίονι.

²καὶ φραγμὸν περιέθηκα καὶ ἐχαράκωσα καὶ ἐφύτευσα ἄμπελον Σωρὴχ καὶ ὠκοδόμησα πύργον ἐν μέσῳ αὐτοῦ καὶ προλήνιον ὤρυξα ἐν αὐτῷ· καὶ ἔμεινα τοῦ ποιῆσαι σταφυλήν, ἐποίησε δὲ ἀκάνθας.

³καὶ νῦν, οἱ ἐνοικοῦντες ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ καὶ ἄνθρωπος τοῦ ᾿Ιούδα, κρίνατε ἐν ἐμοὶ καὶ ἀναμέσον τοῦ ἀμπελῶνός μου.

⁴τί ποιήσω ἔτι τῷ ἀμπελώνί μου καὶ οὐκ ἐποίησα αὐτῷ; διότι ἔμεινα τοῦ ποιῆσαι σταφυλήν, ἐποίησε δὲ ἀκάνθας.

⁵νῦν δὲ ἀναγγελῶ ὑμῖν τί ἐγὼ ποιήσω τῷ ἀμπελῶνί μου· ἀφελῶ τὸν φραγμὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔσται εἰς διαρπαγήν, καὶ καθελῶ τὸν τοῖχον αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔσται εἰς καταπάτημα·

⁶καὶ ἀνήσω τὸν ἀμπελωνά μου καὶ οὐ τμηθῇ οὐδὲ μὴ σκαφῇ, καὶ ἀναβήσονται εἰς αὐτὸν ὡς εἰς χέρσον ἄκανθαι· καὶ ταῖς νεφέλαις ἐντελοῦμαι τοῦ μὴ βρέξαι εἰς αὐτὸν ὑετόν.

⁷ὁ γὰρ ἀμπελῶν Κυρίου σαβαὼθ οἶκος τοῦ ᾿Ισραήλ ἐστι καὶ ἄνθρωπος τοῦ ᾿Ιούδα νεόφυτον ἠγαπημένον· ἔμεινα τοῦ ποιῆσαι κρίσιν, ἐποίησε δὲ ἀνομίαν καὶ οὐ δικαιοσύνην, ἀλλὰ κραυγήν. - Οὐαὶ οἱ συνάπτοντες οἰκίαν πρὸς οἰκίαν καὶ ἀγρὸν πρὸς ἀγρὸν ἐγγίζοντες, ἵνα τοῦ πλησίον ἀφέλωνταί τι. μὴ οἰκήσετε μόνοι ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς;

⁹ἠκούσθη γὰρ εἰς τὰ ὦτα Κυρίου σαβαὼθ ταῦτα· ἐὰν γὰρ γένωνται οἰκίαι πολλαί, εἰς ἔρημον ἔσονται μεγάλαι καὶ καλαί, καὶ οὐκ ἔσονται οἱ ἐνοικοῦντες ἐν αὐταῖς.

¹⁰οὗ γὰρ ἐργῶνται δέκα ζεύγη βοῶν, ποιήσει κεράμιον ἕν, καὶ ὁ σπείρων ἀρτάβας ἓξ ποιήσει μέτρα τρία.

¹¹Οὐαὶ οἱ ἐγειρόμενοι τὸ πρωΐ, καὶ τὰ σίκερα διώκοντες, οἱ μένοντες τὸ ὀψέ· ὁ γὰρ οἶνος αὐτοὺς συγκαύσει.

¹²μετὰ γὰρ κιθάρας καὶ ψαλτηρίου καὶ τυμπάνων καὶ αὐλῶν τὸν οἶνον πίνουσι, τὰ δὲ ἔργα Κυρίου οὐκ ἐμβλέπουσι καὶ τὰ ἔργα τῶν χειρῶν αὐτοῦ οὐ κατανοοῦσι.

¹³τοίνυν αἰχμάλωτος ὁ λαός μου ἐγενήθη διὰ τὸ μὴ εἰδέναι αὐτοὺς τὸν Κύριον, καὶ πλῆθος ἐγενήθη νεκρῶν διὰ λιμὸν καὶ δίψος ὕδατος.

¹⁴καὶ ἐπλάτυνεν ὁ ᾅδης τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ καὶ διήνοιξε τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ τοῦ μὴ διαλιπεῖν, καὶ καταβήσονται οἱ ἔνδοξοι καὶ οἱ μεγάλοι καὶ οἱ πλούσιοι καὶ οἱ λοιμοὶ αὐτῆς.

¹⁵καὶ ταπεινωθήσεται ἄνθρωπος, καὶ ἀτιμασθήσεται ἀνήρ, καὶ οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ οἱ μετέωροι ταπεινωθήσονται.

¹⁶καὶ ὑψωθήσεται Κύριος σαβαὼθ ἐν κρίματι, καὶ ὁ Θεὸς ὁ ἅγιος δοξασθήσεται ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ.

¹⁷καὶ βοσκηθήσονται οἱ διηρπασμένοι ὡς ταῦροι, καὶ τὰς ἐρήμους τῶν ἀπειλημμένων ἄρνες φάγονται. 1- οὐαὶ οἱ ἐπισπώμενοι τὰς ἁμαρτίας ὡς σχοινίῳ μακρῷ καὶ ὡς ζυγοῦ ἱμάντι δαμάλεως τὰς ἀνομίας,

¹⁹οἱ λέγοντες· τὸ τάχος ἐγγισάτω ἃ ποιήσει, ἵνα ἴδωμεν, καὶ ἐλθάτω ἡ βουλὴ τοῦ ἁγίου ᾿Ισραήλ, ἵνα γνῶμεν.

²⁰Οὐαὶ οἱ λέγοντες τὸ πονηρὸν καλὸν καὶ τὸ καλὸν πονηρόν, οἱ τιθέντες τὸ σκότος φῶς καὶ τὸ φῶς σκότος, οἱ τιθέντες τὸ πικρὸν γλυκὺ καὶ τὸ γλυκὺ πικρόν.

²¹Οὐαὶ οἱ συνετοὶ ἑαυτοῖς καὶ ἐνώπιον αὐτῶν ἐπιστήμονες.

²²οὐαὶ οἱ ἰσχύοντες ὑμῶν, οἱ πίνοντες τὸν οἶνον καὶ οἱ δυνάσται οἱ κεραννύντες τὰ σίκερα,

²³οἱ δικαιοῦντες τὸν ἀσεβῆ ἕνεκεν δώρων καὶ τὸ δίκαιον τοῦ δικαίου αἴροντες.

²⁴διὰ τοῦτο ὃν τρόπον καυθήσεται καλάμη ὑπὸ ἄνθρακος πυρὸς καὶ συγκαυθήσεται ὑπὸ φλογὸς ἀνειμένης, ἡ ῥίζα αὐτῶν ὡς χνοῦς ἔσται καὶ τὸ ἄνθος αὐτῶν ὡς κονιορτὸς ἀναβήσεται· οὐ γὰρ ἠθέλησαν τὸν νόμον Κυρίου σαβαώθ, ἀλλὰ τὸ λόγιον τοῦ ἁγίου ᾿Ισραὴλ παρώξυναν.

²⁵καὶ ἐθυμώθη ὀργῇ Κύριος σαβαὼθ ἐπὶ τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπέβαλε τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ ἐπ᾿ αὐτοὺς καὶ ἐπάταξεν αὐτούς, καὶ παρωξύνθη τὰ ὄρη, καὶ ἐγενήθη τὰ θνησιμαῖα αὐτῶν ὡς κοπρία ἐν μέσῳ ὁδοῦ. καὶ ἐν πᾶσι τούτοις οὐκ ἀπεστράφη ὁ θυμὸς αὐτοῦ, ἀλλὰ ἔτι χεὶρ ὑψηλή.

²⁶τοιγαροῦν ἀρεῖ σύσσημον ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσι τοῖς μακρὰν καὶ συριεῖ αὐτοὺς ἀπ᾿ ἄκρου τῆς γῆς, καὶ ἰδοὺ ταχὺ κούφως ἔρχονται·

²⁷οὐ πεινάσουσιν οὐδὲ κοπιάσουσιν οὐδὲ νυστάξουσιν οὐδὲ κοιμηθήσονται, οὐδὲ λύσουσι τὰς ζώνας αὐτῶν ἀπὸ τῆς ὀσφύος αὐτῶν, οὐδὲ μὴ ραγῶσιν οἱ ἱμάντες τῶν ὑποδημάτων αὐτῶν· 2- ὧν τὰ βέλη ὀξέα ἐστὶ καὶ τὰ τόξα αὐτῶν ἐντεταμένα, οἱ πόδες τῶν ἵππων αὐτῶν ὡς στερεὰ πέτρα ἐλογίσθησαν, οἱ τροχοὶ τῶν ἁρμάτων αὐτῶν ὡς καταιγίς.

²⁹ὁρμῶσιν ὡς λέοντες καὶ παρέστηκαν ὡς σκύμνοι λέοντος· καὶ ἐπιλήψεται καὶ βοήσει ὡς θηρίον καὶ ἐκβαλεῖ, καὶ οὐκ ἔσται ὁ ρυόμενος αὐτούς.

³⁰καὶ βοήσει δι᾿ αὐτοὺς τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ ὡς φωνὴ θαλάσσης κυμαινούσης· καὶ ἐμβλέψονται εἰς τὴν γῆν, καὶ ἰδοὺ σκότος σκληρὸν ἐν τῇ ἀπορίᾳ αὐτῶν.

¹Now I will sing to [my] beloved a song of my beloved concerning my vineyard. [My] beloved had a vineyard on a high hill in a fertile place.

²And I made a hedge round it, and dug a trench, and planted a choice vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and dug a place for the wine-vat in it: and I waited [for it] to bring forth grapes, and it brought forth thorns.

³And now, ye dwellers in Jerusalem, and [every] man of Juda, judge between me and my vineyard.

⁴What shall I do any more to my vineyard, that I have not done to it? Whereas I expected [it] to bring forth grapes, but it has brought forth thorns.

⁵And now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it shall be for a spoil; and I will pull down its walls, and it shall be [left] to be trodden down.

⁶And I will forsake my vineyard; and it shall not be pruned, nor dug, and thorns shall come up upon it as on barren land; and I will command the clouds to rain no rain upon it.

⁷For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Juda [his] beloved plant: I expected [it] to bring forth judgment, and it brought forth iniquity; and not righteousness, but a cry.

⁸Woe [to them] that join house to house, and add field to field, that they may take away something of their neighbor’s: will ye dwell alone upon the land?

⁹For these things have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts: for though many houses should be built, many and fair houses shall be desolate, and there shall be no inhabitants in them.

¹⁰For where ten yoke of oxen plough [the land] shall yield one jar-full, and he that sows six homers shall produce three measures.

¹¹Woe [to them] that rise up in the morning, and follow strong drink; who wait [at it till] evening: for the wine shall inflame them.

¹²For they drink wine with harp, and psaltery, and drums, and pipes: but they regard not the works of the Lord, and consider not the works of his hands.

¹³Therefore my people have been taken captive, because they know not the Lord: and there has been a multitude of dead [bodies], because of hunger and of thirst for water.

¹⁴Therefore hell has enlarged its desire and opened its mouth without ceasing: and her glorious and great, and her rich and her pestilent men shall go down [into it].

¹⁵And the mean man shall be brought low, and the great man shall be disgraced, and the lofty eyes shall be brought low.

¹⁶But the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and the holy God shall be glorified in righteousness.

¹⁷And they that were spoiled shall be fed as bulls, and lambs shall feed on the waste places of them that are taken away.

¹⁸Woe [to them] that draw sins to them as with a long rope, and iniquities as with a thong of the heifer’s yoke:

¹⁹who say, Let him speedily hasten what he will do, that we may see [it]: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel come, that we may know [it].

²⁰Woe [to them] that call evil good, and good evil; who make darkness light, and light darkness; who make bitter sweet, and sweet bitter.

²¹Woe [to them] that are wise in their own conceit, and knowing in their own sight.

²²Woe to the strong [ones] of you that drink wine, and the mighty [ones] that mingle strong drink:

²³who justify the ungodly for rewards, and take away the righteousness of the righteous.

²⁴Therefore as stubble shall be burnt by a coal of fire, and shall be consumed by a violent flame, their root shall be as chaff, and their flower shall go up as dust: for they rejected the law of the Lord of hosts, and insulted the word of the Holy One of Israel.

²⁵Therefore the Lord of hosts was greatly angered against his people, and he reached forth his hand upon them, and smote them: and the mountains were troubled, and their carcasses were as dung in the midst of the way: yet for all this his anger has not been turned away, but his hand is yet raised.

²⁶Therefore shall he lift up a signal to the nations that are afar, and shall hiss for them from the end of the earth; and, behold, they are coming very quickly.

²⁷They shall not hunger nor be weary, neither shall they slumber nor sleep; neither shall they loose their girdles from their loins, neither shall their shoe-latchets be broken.

²⁸Whose arrows are sharp, and their bows bent; their horses’ hoofs are counted as solid rock: their chariot-wheels are as a storm.

²⁹They rage as lions, and draw nigh as a lion’s whelps: and he shall seize, and roar as a wild beast, and he shall cast [them] forth, and there shall be none to deliver them.

³⁰And he shall roar on account of them in that day, as the sound of the swelling sea; and they shall look to the land, and, behold, [there shall be] thick darkness in their perplexity.