Isaiah 59
1 Behold, the hand of the Lord has not been shortened, so that it cannot save, and his ear has not been blocked, so that it cannot hear.
Nʼezie, aka Onyenwe anyị adịghị mkpụmkpụ nke na o nweghị ike ịzọpụta, ntị ya adịghịkwa arọ nke na o nweghị ike ịnụ ihe.
2 But your iniquities have made a division between you and your God, and your sins have concealed his face from you, so that he would not hear.
Kama mmehie unu ekewapụla unu site nʼebe Chineke unu nọ; mmehie niile unu ezokwala ihu ya site nʼebe unu nọ, nke mere na ọ chọkwaghị ige ntị ọzọ.
3 For your hands have been polluted by blood, and your fingers by iniquity. Your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue utters iniquity.
Nʼihi na aka unu jupụtara na ntụpọ ọbara, mkpịsịaka unu bụkwa nke mmehie merụrụ. Egbugbere ọnụ unu ekwuola okwu ụgha, ire unu na-atamukwa ihe ọjọọ.
4 There is no one who calls for justice, and there is no one who judges truly. For they trust in nothing, and they speak emptiness. They have conceived hardship, and they have given birth to iniquity.
Ọ dịghị onye na-ekpe ikpe ziri ezi, ọ dịkwaghị onye na-eji ikwesi ntụkwasị obi kpee ikpe. Ha na-adabere nʼịrụ ụka nʼenweghị isi, ha na-ekwu okwu ụgha, ha na-atụrụ ime okwu na ụka mụọkwa ajọ ihe.
5 They have ruptured the eggs of asps, and they have woven the webs of spiders. Whoever will eat of their eggs will die. For what has been incubated will hatch into a king snake.
Ha na-avụ akwa ajụala, na-akpakwa akwụ udide. Onye ọbụla riri akwa ha ga-anwụ, mgbe ọbụla otu kụwara, ọ bụ agwọ ajụala na-esi nʼime ya apụta.
6 Their weavings will not be for clothing, nor will they cover themselves with their handiwork. Their works are useless things, and the work of iniquity is in their hands.
Akwụ udide ha abaghị uru iji mee uwe, ha enweghị ike iji ihe ha mepụtara kpuchie onwe ha. Ọrụ ha niile bụ ajọ ọrụ, omume ihe ike jupụtara ha nʼaka.
7 Their feet run to evil, and they rush to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are useless thoughts; devastation and destruction are in their ways.
Ụkwụ ha na-eme ngwangwa ịgbaba nʼime mmehie, ha na-emekwa ngwa ịkwafu ọbara ndị o nweghị ihe ọjọọ ha mere. Ha na-achụso echiche ajọ ihe, ọrụ mbibi na ntipịa bụ ejiri mara nke ụzọ ha niile.
8 They have not known the way of peace, and there is no judgment in their steps. Their paths have become crooked for them. Anyone who treads in them knows no peace.
Ha amaghị ihe ụzọ udo bụ, ikpe ziri ezi adịghị nʼụzọ ha na-eso. Ha e mela ụzọ ha ka ha gbagọọ agbagọ. Ndị niile na-eso ya anaghị enweta udo.
9 Because of this, judgment is far from us, and justice will not take hold of us. We waited for light, and behold, darkness; we waited for brightness, and we walked in darkness.
Ya mere ikpe ziri ezi dị anya nʼebe anyị nọ, ezi omume adịghị erute anyị nso. Anyị na-ele anya ìhè, ma lee, ọchịchịrị ka anyị na-ahụ. Anyị na-ele anya mmụke ìhè ma anyị na-ejegharị nʼime oke ọchịchịrị.
10 We groped for the wall, like one who is blind, and we felt our way, like one without eyes. We stumbled at midday, as if in darkness; and in darkness, as if in death.
Anyị na-asọgharị ìsì na mgbidi dịka ndị na-enweghị anya, na-asọgharị isi dịka ndị na-enweghị anya; anyị na-ada na-akpọbi ukwu nʼetiti ehihie dịka a ga-asị na ọ bụ oge chi ojiji, nʼetiti ndị nwere ezi ndụ, anyị nọ ka ndị nwụrụ anwụ.
11 We will all roar like bears, and we will sigh like despondent doves. We hoped for judgment, and there is none; for salvation, and it is far from us.
Anyị na-agbọ ụja dịka bịa; anyị na-akwasị akwa ike dịka nduru nʼeru ụjụ. Anyị na-ele anya ikpe ziri ezi, ma ọ dịghị eru anyị aka; anyị na-ele anya nzọpụta, ma ọ dị anya nʼebe anyị nọ.
12 For our iniquities have been multiplied in your sight, and our sins have answered us. For our wickedness is with us, and we have acknowledged our iniquities:
Nʼihi na mmehie anyị amụbaala nʼihu Onyenwe anyị; ọ na-agbakwa ama megide anyị. E, anyị makwaara ụdị ndị mmehie anyị bụ, nʼihi na mmehie anyị dịkwa nʼihu anyị mgbe niile.
13 sinning and lying against the Lord. And we have turned away, not so as to go after our God, and so that we were speaking calumny and transgression. We have conceived, and spoken from the heart, words of falsehood.
Anyị maara nnupu isi anyị na ngọnarị anyị gọnarịrị Onyenwe anyị; anyị esitela nʼiso Onyenwe anyị Chineke anyị wezuga onwe anyị, nọgide na-akpali mmegbu na nnupu isi. Okwu ọnụ anyị bụ okwu ụgha, nke anyị si nʼobi anyị tụpụta.
14 And judgment has been turned backwards, and justice has stood far away. For truth has fallen down in the street, and fairness was not able to enter.
Ụlọ ikpe anyị niile adịghị achọ onye ezi omume; anyị amaghị ihe a na-akpọ ikpe ziri ezi. Eziokwu asọọla ngọngọ nʼama niile, ihe ziri ezi apụghị ịbata.
15 And the truth has gone into oblivion. And he who withdraws from evil endures plunder. And the Lord saw this, and it seemed evil in his eyes. For there is no judgment.
E, eziokwu alaala; onye ọbụla kwa nke na-achọ ibi ndụ ọma na-etinye onwe ya na nsogbu. Onyenwe anyị lere anya hụ ihe ọjọọ ndị a niile, nke na-enyeghị ya obi ụtọ; ọ hụkwara na ikpe ziri ezi adịghị.
16 And he saw that there was no good man. And he was astonished that there was no one to meet him. And his own arm brought salvation to him, and his own justice strengthened him.
Ọ hụrụ na anyị enweghị onye inyeaka ọbụla; o wutere ya na ọ dịghị onye na-arịọrọ anyị arịrịọ. Ọ bụ ya mere o ji bata site nʼike aka ya na nʼezi omume ya, bịa ịzọpụta anyị.
17 He clothed himself with justice as with a breastplate, and with a helmet of salvation upon his head. He put on the vestments of vengeance, and he was covered with zeal as with a cloak.
Ọ na-eyikwasị ezi omume dịka ngwa agha ikpuchi obi ya. Okpu nke nzọpụta ka ọ na-eyikwasịkwa nʼisi ya. Ọ bụkwa uwe ịbọ ọbọ na nke ekworo na ịnụ ọkụ na obi ka o ji kpuchie onwe ya.
18 This was for vindication, as a repayment of indignation to his adversaries, and as a sudden reversal for his enemies. He will repay the islands in their turn.
Ọ ga-akwụghachi ndị iro ya dịka ajọ omume ha niile si dị. Iwe ọkụ ya ka ọ ga-eji megide ndị iro ya niile bi na mba dị anya.
19 And those from the west will fear the name of the Lord, and those from the rising of the sun will fear his glory, when he arrives like a violent river, which the Spirit of the Lord urges on.
Site nʼọdịda anyanwụ, ndị mmadụ ga-asọpụrụ aha Onyenwe anyị, sitekwa nʼọwụwa anyanwụ, ha ga-atụ egwu ebube ya. Nʼihi na ọ ga-abịa dịka idee mmiri nke nkume, Onyenwe anyị na-agba na-aga.
20 And the Redeemer will arrive in Zion, and to those who return from the iniquity within Jacob, says the Lord.
“Onye mgbapụta ga-abịa na Zayọn; ọ ga-abịakwute ụmụ Jekọb ndị na-esite na mmehie ha chegharịa.” Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwubiri.
21 This is my pact with them, says the Lord. My Spirit is within you, and my words, which I have put in your mouth, will not withdraw from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your offspring, nor from the mouth of your offspring’s offspring, says the Lord, from this moment, and even forever.
“Ma mụ onwe m, nke a bụ ọgbụgba ndụ m nke dị nʼetiti mụ na ha,” ka Onyenwe anyị na-ekwu. “Mmụọ m, nke dị nʼahụ gị, na okwu m niile nke m tinyere nʼọnụ gị, agaghị apụ nʼegbugbere ọnụ gị, maọbụ nʼegbugbere ọnụ ụmụ gị, maọbụ nʼegbugbere ọnụ agbụrụ gị. Ha ga-adịgide site ugbu a ruo mgbe niile ebighị ebi,” ka Onyenwe anyị kwuru.
