Isaiah (Yishayahu)

Translated into ASL by David Bar-Tzur

Created 27 March 2007, links updated monthly with the help of LinkAlarm.

icon of Isaiah holding a scroll and looking towards Heaven

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EXPLANATION OF THE GLOSSING SYSTEM
(to understand how I describe the signs in this translation).

Chapter 12 (complete) Chapter 27 (6-13) Chapter 28 (1-13) Chapter 29 (22-23)

CHAPTER 12 (complete)

1. Illuminated letter SOME-DAY YOU(sing) SAY, (role play rt) ME THANK+ YOU, LORD. WHY? BEFORE YOU ANGRY ABOUT ME. HAPPEN YOUR ANGER DISSOLVE, YOU COMFORT ME. (end role play)

2. KNOW-THAT GOD MY SAVIOR. ME TRUST, NOT NEED AFRAID. WHY FEEL STRONG, GO-AHEAD SING? HE BECOME MY SAVIOR.

3. SALVATION IDEA~LIKE PLACE WATER FLOW-forward. BRING HAPPINESS TO US LIKE WATER.

4. SOME-DAY (2h)YOU"all" SAY, (role play rt) THANK+ THE-ctr LORD. HIS-rt NAME INFORM"all". HIS-ctr MIRACLE TELL-STORY (2h)#ALL NATION. ANNOUNCE HIS-ctr NAME ADVANCED.

5. SING PRAISE THE-ctr LORD SUCCEED GLORY. ALL WORLD GENERAL SHOULD KNOW.

6. CITY HAVE TEMPLE MOUNTAIN SHOULD SHOUT THRILLED. GOD RULE JEWISH PEOPLE HOLY. HE-ctr GREAT WITH US!

CHAPTER 27 (6-13)

6. Illuminated letter SOMEDAY JACOB BE-ROOTED. ISRAEL BUD-EMERGE, BLOOM AND EARTH SPREAD-ON-GLOBE IDEA-LIKE FRUIT WILL.

7. FEEL GOD PUNISH ISRAEL MORE-THAN OTHERS? OTHERS KILL ISRAEL WORSE GOD REVENGE-ON ENEMY?

8. WARNING, GOD FORCE JEWISH PEOPLE LEAVE ISRAEL BUT THEY-lf BUTT-HEADS-WITH GOD. HE-rt REMOVE HIS-rt PEOPLE IDEA-LIKE WIND ROUGH.

9. BUT PUNISHMENT PAY-OFF JACOB HIS-lf SIN DEBT. SIN GONE MEAN GOD READY DESTROY ALTAR FOR FALSE IDOLS. WORSHIP (<) POLE, (>) SUN IMAGE NO-MORE.

10. CITY LIKE FORTRESS NOW EMPTY. LIVING PLACE PEOPLE LEFT-ALONE IGNORE. GRASS, BABY COW EAT-UP AND LIE-DOWN. TREE BRANCHES GOBBLED-UP.

11. SOME BRANCHES LEFT-ALONE BRANCHES-WILTED, LATER BREAK"each". THOSE-lf PEOPLE OVER-their-HEAD. TRUE HE-rt MAKE THEM-lf, BUT PITY-ON-lf NONE. THEIR-lf SHAPE HIS+-rt, BUT NOW FAVOR GONE.

12. SOME-DAY GRAIN, GOD THRESH FROM RIVER EGYPT SWEEP-TO RIVER BABYLON AND SCOOP-UP"each" YOU(plural), ISRAEL HIS-lf CHILDREN.

13. SOME-DAY WE HEAR SHOFAR HUGE. PEOPLE LOST IN SYRIA AND SPREAD-OUT IN EGYPT WILL COME WORSHIP GOD WHERE? JERUSALEM TEMPLE MOUNTAIN.

CHAPTER 28 (1-13)

1. Illuminated letter WARN TROUBLE FOR TRIBE E-P-H-R-A-I-M ARROGANT, RULE DRUNK. USED-TO-BE GLORY BEAUTIFUL. NOW FLOWER flower-WILT. VALLEY OVERFLOW FOOD, PEOPLE LIE-DOWN"over time" TIPSY, PASS-OUT.

2. KNOW-THAT GOD MIGHTY, STRONG, IDEA-LIKE STORM I-C-E alt.HAIL-FALL. LIKE HURRICANE DESTROY OR FLOOD POWERFUL GOD POUR-OUT HERE EARTH. TERRIBLE.

3. TRIBE E-P-H-R-A-I-M PROUD RULE, BUT THEIR-lf CROWN, ENEMY CRUSH WILL.

4. THEIR-lf GLORY BEAUTIFUL BECOME FLOWER flower-WILT. VALLEY OVERFLOW FOOD, OFFER VERY-FIRST F-I-G READY EAT BEFORE SUMMER. HAPPEN ENEMY SEE I-T, GOBBLE-UP, GONE.

5. SOME-DAY THE-rt LORD RULE ANGEL ARMY BECOME CROWN HAVE GLORY. Crown-SHINY BEAUTIFUL FOR ANY HIS-rt PEOPLE STILL ALIVE.

6. PROVIDE SPIRIT JUDGE RIGHTEOUS AND STRENGTH FOR PEOPLE CONQUER ENEMY APPROACH GATE.

7. BUT NOW THEY-lf TOO-MUCH WINE FALL-DOWN. DRINK-alcohol STRONG* STAGGER. PRIEST AND PROPHET ALSO TOO-MUCH WINE FALL-DOWN. THEY-lf CONFUSED, WHY? WINE. THEY-lf STAGGER, WHY? DRINK-alcohol STRONG*. THEIR-lf SIGHT SCREWED-UP. THEIR-lf JUDGEMENT #NO-GOOD.

8. TABLE (2h)#ALL VOMIT FILTHY THICK-LAYER-on-table. PLACE CLEAN, HAVE-NONE.

9. WHO CAN LEARN KNOWLEDGE? WHO CAN UNDERSTAND MESSAGE? MEAN DEPEND CHILD STOP SUCKLE-BREAST? MOTHER BREAST-FEED NO-MORE?

10. PEOPLE LEARN SLOW MUST. STEP-BY-STEP. LINE DOWN-EACH-LINE. LITTLE-BIT"each".

11. THEIR-lf TALK alt.WRONG. LEARN THROUGH HEBREW CAN�T.

12. THEY-lf FINISH HEAR, (role play to lf) ME EXPLAIN HOW REST. HELP PEOPLE WEARY. ME EXPLAIN HOW INSPIRED. (end role play) THEY-lf REFUSE OBEY.

13. THEREFORE, GOD HIS-rt MESSAGE MUST STEP-BY-STEP. LINE DOWN-EACH-LINE. LITTLE- BIT"each". WHY? THEY-lf GO-AHEAD, AND THEN RELAPSE. BROKEN, TRAPPED, ENEMY GRAB.

CHAPTER 28 (22-23)

22. Illuminated letter THEREFORE, GOD, HIMSELF-rt PAY-OFF ABRAHAM HIS-ctr DEBT, SAY "WHAT" ABOUT JACOB HIS-lf DESCENDANTS? JACOB ASHAMED NO-MORE. HIS-lf FACE BECOME PALE, NOT.

23. HAPPEN GOD SEE HIS-rt CHILDREN, HIMSELF CREATE THEM-lf, DECIDE WITH HIM-rt AND MAKE HIS-rt NAME HOLY, THEY-lf WILL MAKE HOLY THE-rt GOD JACOB CHERISH. ISRAEL HIS-lf GOD, THEY-lf AWED WILL.

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