Isaiah 59

1 Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear.

1 看啊，耶和华的臂膀并非无力拯救， 祂的耳朵并非聋得听不见。

2 But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear.

2 而是你们的罪过使你们与上帝隔绝， 你们的罪恶使祂转脸不看你们， 不听你们的祈求。

3 For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice.

3 你们的手染满了血污， 手指沾满了罪恶。 你们的嘴唇吐出谎言， 舌头嘀咕恶事。

4 No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.

4 无人按公义诉讼， 无人凭诚实申辩。 你们全凭虚言，谎话连篇， 心怀恶意，生出罪恶。

5 They hatch the eggs of vipers and weave a spider’s web. Whoever eats their eggs will die; crack one open, and a viper is hatched.

5 你们孵毒蛇蛋， 人吃了这蛋必死， 蛋打破后爬出毒蛇。 你们编蜘蛛网，

6 Their cobwebs cannot be made into clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their deeds are sinful deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands.

6 这网不能做衣服， 你们无法用所制作的遮盖自己。 你们行为邪恶， 做事残暴。

7 Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.

7 你们的脚奔向邪恶， 急于滥杀无辜； 你们心怀恶念， 所到之处，大肆毁灭。

8 The way of peace they have not known, and there is no justice in their tracks. They have turned them into crooked paths; no one who treads on them will know peace.

8 你们不知道平安之路， 你们的行径毫无公正； 你们走歪门邪道， 跟从你们的必不知何为平安。

9 Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom.

9 因此，正义远离我们， 公义临不到我们。 我们渴望光明，却得到黑暗； 我们渴望曙光，却仍然走在幽暗中。

10 Like the blind, we feel our way along the wall, groping like those without eyes. We stumble at midday as in the twilight; among the vigorous we are like the dead.

10 我们像盲人一样沿墙摸索， 像无眼睛的人一样探路。 我们在中午也跌跌撞撞， 如同走在晚上。 我们在强壮人当中如同死人。

11 We all growl like bears and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but find none, for salvation, but it is far from us.

11 我们都像熊一样咆哮， 如鸽子一般哀鸣。 我们渴望正义，却得不到； 渴望得到拯救，却遥不可及。

12 For our transgressions are multiplied before You, and our sins testify against us. Our transgressions are indeed with us, and we know our iniquities:

12 因为我们在上帝面前过犯累累， 我们的罪恶向我们发出控诉。 我们被过犯缠身，自知有罪。

13 rebelling and denying the LORD, turning away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lies from the heart.

13 我们悖逆，否认耶和华， 离弃我们的上帝， 说欺压、叛逆的话， 吐露心中编织的谎言。

14 So justice is turned away, and righteousness stands at a distance. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.

14 正义被赶逐， 公义远远站立， 真理倒在街上， 正直被拒之门外。

15 Truth is missing, and whoever turns from evil becomes prey. The LORD looked and was displeased that there was no justice.

15 真理无处可寻， 远离恶事的人反成了猎物。 耶和华见正义荡然无存，感到不悦。

16 He saw that there was no man; He was amazed that there was no one to intercede. So His own arm brought salvation, and His own righteousness sustained Him.

16 祂因无人、 无一个人主持公道而惊讶， 就用自己的臂膀施行拯救， 用自己的公义维系。

17 He put on righteousness like a breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on His head; He put on garments of vengeance and wrapped Himself in a cloak of zeal.

17 祂以公义作铠甲， 以救恩作头盔， 以复仇作衣服， 以热忱作外袍。

18 So He will repay according to their deeds: fury to His enemies, retribution to His foes, and recompense to the islands.

18 祂必按各人的行为报应各人， 向祂的敌人发烈怒， 报复祂的仇敌， 向众海岛施行报应。

19 So shall they fear the name of the LORD where the sun sets, and His glory where it rises. For He will come like a raging flood, driven by the breath of the LORD.

19 这样，日落之处的人必敬畏耶和华的名， 日出之地的人必对祂的荣耀肃然起敬。 祂必如耶和华之气推动的急流一样奔来。

20 “The Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who turn from transgression,” declares the LORD.

20 耶和华说：“必有一位救赎主来到锡安， 到雅各那些离弃罪恶的子孙那里。”

21 “As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says the LORD. “My Spirit will not depart from you, and My words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and grandchildren, from now on and forevermore,” says the LORD.

21 耶和华说：“这是我与他们所立的约：我赐给他们的灵和我放在他们口中的话，必不离开他们和他们的子子孙孙，从现在直到永远。这是耶和华说的。”