Isaiah 59
1 Lo! the hand of Yahweh is not too short to save, —Neither is his ear too heavy to hear.
耶和华的膀臂并非缩短，不能拯救， 耳朵并非发沉，不能听见，
2 But, your iniquities, have become separators betwixt you and your God, And your sins, have caused a hiding of face from you that he should-not hear.
但你们的罪孽使你们与 神隔绝； 你们的罪恶使他掩面不听你们。
3 For, your hands, are defiled with blood, And, your fingers, with iniquity, —Your lips, have spoken falsehood, and Your tongue, muttereth, perversity.
因你们的手被血沾染， 你们的指头被罪孽沾污， 你们的嘴唇说谎言， 你们的舌头出恶语。
4 None, sueth in righteousness, and None, pleadeth in faithfulness, —Men are trusting in confusion, And speaking vanity, Conceiving wickedness And bringing forth iniquity:
无一人按公义告状， 无一人凭诚实辨白； 都倚靠虚妄，说谎言。 所怀的是毒害； 所生的是罪孽。
5 Viper’s eggs, do they hatch, Spider’s threads, do they weave, —He that eateth of their eggs, dieth, And, that which is crushed, bringeth forth an adder;
他们抱毒蛇蛋， 结蜘蛛网； 人吃这蛋必死。 这蛋被踏，必出蝮蛇。
6 Their threads, shall not become a garment, Neither shall they cover themselves with their fabrics, —Their fabrics, are fabrics of iniquity, Yea the product of violence is in their hands;
所结的网不能成为衣服； 所做的也不能遮盖自己。 他们的行为都是罪孽； 手所做的都是强暴。
7 Their feet, to mischief, do run, And they speed to shed innocent blood, —Their devices, are devices of iniquity, Wasting and destruction, are in their high roads;
他们的脚奔跑行恶； 他们急速流无辜人的血； 意念都是罪孽， 所经过的路都荒凉毁灭。
8 the way of well-being, have they not known, And there is no justice in their tracks, —Their paths, have they made crooked for themselves, None who treadeth therein knoweth well—being.
平安的路，他们不知道； 所行的事没有公平。 他们为自己修弯曲的路； 凡行此路的都不知道平安。
9 For this cause, hath justice removed far from us, And righteousness overtaketh us not, —We wait for light, But lo! darkness, For brightness, In thick darkness, we walk:
因此，公平离我们远， 公义追不上我们。 我们指望光亮，却是黑暗， 指望光明，却行幽暗。
10 We grope, as blind men for a wall, Yea, as men without eyes, do we grope, —We have stumbled at broad noon as though it were twilight, In desolate places like the dead!
我们摸索墙壁，好像瞎子； 我们摸索，如同无目之人。 我们晌午绊脚，如在黄昏一样； 我们在肥壮人中，像死人一般。
11 We growl like bears all of us, And, like doves, do we, mournfully coo, —We wait For justice, and there is none, For salvation it is far from us!
我们咆哮如熊， 哀鸣如鸽； 指望公平，却是没有； 指望救恩，却远离我们。
12 For our transgressions have multiplied before thee, And, our sins, have witnessed against us, —For, our transgressions, are with us, And as for our iniquities, we acknowledge them:
我们的过犯在你面前增多， 罪恶作见证告我们； 过犯与我们同在。 至于我们的罪孽，我们都知道：
13 Transgressing, and denying Yahweh, And turning away from following our God, —Speaking oppression and revolt, Conceiving, and muttering from the heart, words of falsehood.
就是悖逆、不认识耶和华， 转去不跟从我们的 神， 说欺压和叛逆的话， 心怀谎言，随即说出。
14 So then there hath been a driving back of justice, And righteousness, afar off, standeth, —For truth, hath stumbled in the broad-way, And, right, cannot enter;
并且公平转而退后， 公义站在远处； 诚实在街上仆倒， 正直也不得进入。
15 And the truth hath been found missing, And he that hath turned away from wrong is liable to be despoiled, And when, Yahweh, looked, Then was it grievous in his eyes that there was no justice:
诚实少见； 离恶的人反成掠物。 那时，耶和华看见没有公平， 甚不喜悦。
16 When he saw that there was no mighty man, Then was he astonished that there was none to interpose, —So his own arm brought him salvation, And his own righteousness, the same, upheld him;
他见无人拯救， 无人代求，甚为诧异， 就用自己的膀臂施行拯救， 以公义扶持自己。
17 And he put on Righteousness as a coat of mail, And a helmet of victory upon his head, —And he put on the garments of avenging, for clothing, And wrapped about him as a cloak—jealousy,
他以公义为铠甲， 以拯救为头盔， 以报仇为衣服， 以热心为外袍。
18 According to their deeds, accordingly, will he repay, Indignation to his adversaries, Recompense to his enemies, —To the Coastlands—recompense, will he repay:
他必按人的行为施报， 恼怒他的敌人， 报复他的仇敌 向众海岛施行报应。
19 That they may revere—From the West the name of Yahweh, And from the Rising of the Sun his glory, For he will come in like a rushing stream, the breath of Yahweh, driving it on;
如此，人从日落之处必敬畏耶和华的名， 从日出之地也必敬畏他的荣耀； 因为仇敌好像急流的河水冲来， 是耶和华之气所驱逐的。
20 So shall come in for Zion, a Redeemer, Even for such as are turning from transgression in Jacob, —Declareth Yahweh.
必有一位救赎主来到锡安— 雅各族中转离过犯的人那里。 这是耶和华说的。
21 And as for me, this, shall be my covenant with them, Saith Yahweh: My spirit that is upon thee, And my words which I have put in thy mouth, —Shall not be taken out of thy mouth—Nor out of the mouth of thy seed. Nor out of the mouth of thy seeds seed, Saith Yahweh, From henceforth even unto times age-abiding.
耶和华说：“至于我与他们所立的约乃是这样：我加给你的灵，传给你的话，必不离你的口，也不离你后裔与你后裔之后裔的口，从今直到永远；这是耶和华说的。”
