Isaiah 59

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

1 انْظُرُوا، إِنَّ ذِرَاعَ الرَّبِّ لَيْسَتْ قَاصِرَةً حَتَّى تَعْجِزَ عَنْ أَنْ تُخَلِّصَ، وَلا أُذُنَهُ ثَقِيلَةٌ حَتَّى لَا تَسْمَعَ.

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 إِنَّمَا خَطَايَاكُمْ أَضْحَتْ تَفْصِلُ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَ إِلَهِكُمْ، وَآثَامُكُمْ حَجَبَتْ وَجْهَهُ عَنْكُمْ، فَلَمْ يَسْمَعْ،

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

3 لأَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ تَلَوَّثَتْ بِالدَّمِ وَأَصَابِعَكُمْ بِالإِثْمِ، وَنَطَقَتْ شِفَاهُكُمْ بِالْكَذِبِ، وَلَهَجَتْ أَلْسِنَتُكُمْ بِالشَّرِّ.

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 لَيْسَ بَيْنَكُمْ مَنْ يُطَالِبُ بِالْعَدْلِ، أَوْ يَحْكُمُ بِالْحَقِّ. يَتَّكِلُونَ عَلَى الْبَاطِلِ وَيَتَفَوَّهُونَ بِالزُّورِ، يَحْبَلُونَ بِالْغِشِّ، وَيَلِدُونَ بِالإِثْمِ.

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 يَفْقِسُونَ بَيْضَ أَفْعَى، وَيَنْسِجُونَ خُيُوطَ الْعَنْكَبُوتِ. مَنْ يَأْكُلُ مِنْ بَيْضِهِمْ يَمُوتُ، وَمِنَ الْبَيْضَةِ الْمَكْسُورَةِ تَخْرُجُ حَيَّةٌ.

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 لَا تَصْلُحُ خُيُوطُهُمْ لِنَسِيجِ الثِّيَابِ، وَلا يَكْتَسُونَ بِأَعْمَالِهِمْ، لأَنَّ أَعْمَالَهُمْ هِيَ أَعْمَالُ إِثْمٍ، وَأَفْعَالُ الظُّلْمِ قَدِ ارْتَكَبَتْهَا أَيْدِيهِمْ.

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 تُسْرِعُ أَرْجُلُهُمْ لاِقْتِرَافِ الشَّرِّ، وَيُهَرْوِلُونَ لِسَفْكِ دَمِ الْبَرِيءِ، أَفْكَارُهُمْ أَفْكَارٌ أَثِيمَةٌ، وَفِي طُرُقِهِمْ دَمَارٌ وَخَرَابٌ،

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 لَمْ يَعْرِفُوا سَبِيلَ السَّلامِ، وَلا عَدْلَ فِي مَسَالِكِهِمْ. عَوَّجُوا طُرُقَهُمْ، وَالسَّالِكُ فِيهَا لَا يَعْرِفُ سَلاماً.

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 الْحَقُّ ابْتَعَدَ عَنَّا، وَلَمْ يُدْرِكْنَا الْعَدْلُ. نَرْتَقِبُ نُوراً، فَيُحْدِقُ بِنَا الظَّلامُ، وَنَنْشُدُ ضَوْءاً فَنَسْلُكُ فِي الْعَتْمَةِ.

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 نَتَحَسَّسُ الْحَائِطَ كَالأَعْمَى، وَنَتَلَمَّسُ كَالْمَكْفُوفِ، نَتَعَثَّرُ فِي الظَّهِيرَةِ كَمَا لَوْ كُنَّا نَسِيرُ فِي عَتْمَةِ اللَّيْلِ وَنَكُونُ كَالأَمْوَاتِ بَيْنَ الْمُتَدَفِّقِينَ بِالْحَيَاةِ.

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 كُلُّنَا نُزَمْجِرُ كَالدِّبَبَةِ، وَنَنُوحُ كَالْحَمَامِ. نَبْحَثُ عَنِ الْعَدْلِ فَلا نَجِدُهُ، وَعَنِ الْخَلاصِ وَإذَا بِهِ قَدِ ابْتَعَدَ عَنَّا،

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 لأَنَّ مَعَاصِيَنَا كَثُرَتْ أَمَامَكَ، وَآثَامَنَا تَشْهَدُ عَلَيْنَا. فَمَعَاصِينَا مَعَنَا، وَذُنُوبُنَا نَعْرِفُهَا.

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

13 تَمَرَّدْنَا وَتَنَكَّرْنَا لِلرَّبِّ. ارْتَدَدْنَا عَنِ اتِّبَاعِ طُرُقِ إِلَهِنَا، تَفَوَّهْنَا بِالظُّلْمِ وَالْعِصْيَانِ افْتِرَاءً، وَبِكَلامِ زُورٍ مِنَ الْقَلْبِ.

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 قَدِ ارْتَدَّ عَنَّا الإِنْصَافُ، وَوَقَفَ الْعَدْلُ بَعِيداً، إِذْ سَقَطَ الْحَقُّ صَرِيعاً فِي الشَّوَارِعِ، وَالْبِرُّ لَمْ يَسْتَطِعِ الدُّخُولَ.

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

15 أَضْحَى الْحَقُّ مَفْقُوداً، وَالْحَائِدُ عَنِ الشَّرِّ ضَحِيَّةً. رَأَى الرَّبُّ ذَلِكَ فَأَسْخَطَهُ فُقْدَانُ الإِنْصَافِ.

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 وَإِذْ لَمْ يَجِدْ إِنْسَاناً يَنْتَصِرُ لِلْحَقِّ، وَأَدْهَشَهُ أَنْ لَا يَرَى شَفِيعاً، أَحْرَزَتْ لَهُ ذِرَاعُهُ انْتِصَاراً، وَعَضَدَهُ بِرُّهُ.

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 فَتَدَرَّعَ بِالْبِرِّ وَارْتَدَى عَلَى رَأْسِهِ خُوذَةَ الْخَلاصِ، وَاكْتَسَى بِثِيَابِ الانْتِقَامِ، وَالْتَفَّ بِعَبَاءَةِ الْغَضَبِ.

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

18 فَهُوَ يُجَازِيهِمْ بِمُقْتَضَى أَعْمَالِهِمْ. يُجَازِي أَعْدَاءَهُ، وَيُعَاقِبُ خُصُومَهُ، وَيُنْزِلُ الْقَصَاصَ بِالْجَزَائِرِ،

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 فَيَتَّقُونَ مِنَ الْمَغْرِبِ اسْمَ الرَّبِّ، وَمِنَ الْمَشْرِقِ يَخْشَوْنَ مَجْدَ الرَّبِّ، لأَنَّهُ سَيَأْتِي الْعَدُوُّ كَنَهْرٍ مُتَدَفِّقٍ فَتَدْفَعُهُ رِيحُ الرَّبِّ.

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

20 وَيُقْبِلُ الْفَادِي إِلَى صِهْيَوْنَ، وَإِلَى التَّائِبِينَ عَنْ مَعَاصِيهِمْ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّةِ يَعْقُوبَ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

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 أَمَّا أَنَا، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، فَهَذَا عَهْدِي مَعَهُمْ: إِنَّ رُوحِي الْحَالَّ عَلَيْكَ وَكَلامِي الَّذِي لَقَّنْتُكَ إِيَّاهُ، لَا يَزُولُ مِنْ فَمِكَ أَوْ مِنْ فَمِ أَبْنَائِكَ أَوْ أَحْفَادِكَ، مِنَ الآنَ وَإِلَى الأَبَدِ.