Isaiah 59

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

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

2 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 stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

20 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 “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：「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。」