Isaiah 59
1 Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear.
Dhugumaan harki Waaqayyoo fayyisuuf gabaabaa miti; yookaan gurri isaa dhagaʼuu hin didne.
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.
Yakki keessan garuu Waaqa keessaniin gargar isin baaseera; akka inni isin hin dhageenyeef, cubbuun keessan fuula isaa isin duraa dhokseera.
3 For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice.
Harki keessan dhiigaan, qubni keessan immoo yakkaan faalameeraatii. Afaan keessan soba dubbata; arrabni keessan immoo waan hamaa guunguma.
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.
Namni murtii qajeelaa barbaadu hin jiru; kan himata isaa amanamummaadhaan dhiʼeeffatu tokko iyyuu hin jiru. Isaan waan faayidaa hin qabne amanatan; soba dubbatan; gowwoomsaa ulfaaʼanii hammina dhalan.
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.
Isaan hanqaaquu buutii yaasan; manʼee sariitii foʼan. Namni hanqaaquu isaanii nyaatu kam iyyuu ni duʼa; yommuu tokkoon isaa cabutti buutiitu keessaa baʼa.
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.
Foʼaan isaanii uffata hin taʼu; waan tolchaniinis dhagna isaanii haguuggachuu hin dandaʼan. Hojiin isaanii hojii hamminaa ti; harka isaanii keessas hojii fincilaatu jira.
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.
Miilli isaanii gara cubbuutti fiiga; isaan dhiiga qulqulluu dhangalaasuuf ariifatan. Yaadni isaanii jalʼaa dha; diiguu fi barbadeessuun mallattoo karaa isaanii ti.
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.
Isaan karaa nagaa hin beekan; murtiin qajeelaan karaa isaanii irra hin jiru. Daandii isaanii jalʼisaniiru; namni achi irra deemu tokko iyyuu nagaa hin beeku.
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.
Kanaafuu murtiin qajeelaan nurraa fagaateera; qajeelummaanis nu bira hin gaʼu. Nu ifa barbaanna; garuu hundinuu dukkana; ifa guyyaa barbaanna; garuu dimimmisa keessa deemna.
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.
Nu akkuma jaamaa dallaa qaqqabachaa deemna; akkuma warra ija hin qabnee harkaan karaa keenya barbaaddanna. Akka nama halkaniin deemuu guyyaa saafaadhaan guggufanne; namoota jajjaboo gidduutti akka warra duʼanii taaneerra.
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.
Nu hundi akka amaaketaa gururiina; akka gugees gaddaan aadna. Murtii qajeelaa barbaanna; garuu hin arganne; fayyina barbaanna; inni garuu nurraa fagaateera.
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:
Yakki keenya fuula kee duratti baayʼateeraatii; cubbuun keenyas dhugaa nutti baʼa. Yakki keenya nu wajjin jiraata; nus balleessaa keenya ni beekna;
13 rebelling and denying the LORD, turning away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lies from the heart.
nu fincillee Waaqayyoon sobne; Waaqa keenya duukaa buʼuu irraa garagalleerra; goolii fi fincila kakaafneerra; soba garaan keenya yaades dubbanneerra.
14 So justice is turned away, and righteousness stands at a distance. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.
Kanaafuu murtii qajeelaan duubatti deebifameera; qajeelummaanis fagoo dhaabata; dhugaan karaatti gufate; tollis ol seenuu hin dandaʼu.
15 Truth is missing, and whoever turns from evil becomes prey. The LORD looked and was displeased that there was no justice.
Dhugaan eessumattuu hin argamu; namni cubbuu irraa fagaatus waan hamaaf saaxilama. Waaqayyo akka murtii qajeelaan hin jirre arge; kunis isa gaddisiise.
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.
Inni akka namni tokko iyyuu hin jirre arge; kan gara isaatti kadhannaa dhiʼeessu waan dhabameefis ni dinqisiifate. Kanaafuu irreen isaa fayyina isaa fidde; qajeelummaan ofii isaas isa utube.
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.
Qajeelummaa akka gaachana qomaatti kaaʼatee gonfoo fayyinaas mataatti gombifate; wayyaa ittiin haaloo baʼu uffatee akka nama waaroo uffatuuttis hinaaffaa ofitti marate.
18 So He will repay according to their deeds: fury to His enemies, retribution to His foes, and recompense to the islands.
Kanaafuu inni akkuma hojii isaaniitti, diinota isaatiif dheekkamsa, amajaajota isaaniitiif immoo adabbii malu ni kenna; biyyoota bishaan gidduutiifis hojii harka isaanii kennaaf.
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.
Namoonni lixa biiftuu maqaa Waaqayyoo sodaatu; warri baʼa biiftuutti argaman immoo ulfina isaa kabaju. Inni akkuma lolaa, kan bubbeen Waaqayyoo oofuutti ni dhufaatii.
20 “The Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who turn from transgression,”
“Furaan gara Xiyoon, gara warra mana Yaaqoob keessaa qalbii jijjiirratanii ni dhufa” jedha Waaqayyo.
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.
“Gama kootiin kakuun koo kan ani isaan wajjin qabu kana” jedha Waaqayyo. “Hafuurri koo kan sirra jiru, dubbiin koo kan ani afaan kee keessa kaaʼe sun afaan keetii yookaan afaan ijoollee keetiitii yookaan afaan ijoollee ijoollee isaaniitii harʼaa jalqabee bara baraan hin badu” jedha Waaqayyo.
