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.
Lódodo ọwọ́ Olúwa kò kúrú láti gbàlà, tàbí kí etí rẹ̀ wúwo láti gbọ́.
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.
Ṣùgbọ́n ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ yín ló ti yà yín kúrò lọ́dọ̀ Ọlọ́run yín; ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ yín ti fi ojú u rẹ̀ pamọ́ fún un yín tó bẹ́ẹ̀ tí òun kò fi le gbọ́.
3 For your hands have been polluted by blood, and your fingers by iniquity. Your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue utters iniquity.
Nítorí ọwọ́ yín di aláìmọ́ fún ẹ̀jẹ̀, àti ìka ọwọ́ yín fún ẹ̀bi. Ètè yín ń pa irọ́ púpọ̀, ahọ́n yín sì ń sọ̀rọ̀ nǹkan ibi.
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.
Kò sí ẹni tí ó béèrè fún ìdájọ́ òdodo; kò sí ẹni tí ó ro ẹjọ́ rẹ̀ pẹ̀lú òtítọ́. Wọ́n gbẹ́kẹ̀lé àwíjàre asán àti ọ̀rọ̀ irọ́; wọ́n lóyún ìkà, wọn sì bí wàhálà.
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.
Wọn ń pa ẹ̀yin paramọ́lẹ̀ wọn sì ń ta owú aláǹtakùn. Ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó bá jẹ ẹyin wọn yóò kú, àti nígbà tí a pa ọ̀kan, paramọ́lẹ̀ ni ó jáde.
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.
Òwú wọn kò wúlò fún aṣọ rírán; wọn kò lè fi aṣọ tí wọ́n hun bo ara wọn. Iṣẹ́ wọn jẹ́ ti ibi, ìwà jàǹdùkú sì kún ọwọ́ wọn.
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.
Ẹsẹ̀ wọn yára bọ́ sínú ẹ̀ṣẹ̀; wọ́n yára láti ta ẹ̀jẹ̀ aláìṣẹ̀ sílẹ̀. Èrò wọn sì jẹ́ èrò ibi; ìparun àti ìdahoro ni ó wà ní ṣíṣe àmì ọ̀nà wọn.
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.
Ọ̀nà àlàáfíà èyí ni wọn kò mọ̀; kò sí òdodo ní ojú ọ̀nà wọn wọ́n ti sọ wọ́n dì ọ̀nà kọ́rọkọ̀rọ, kò sí ẹni tí ó tọ ọ̀nà yìí tí yóò rí àlàáfíà.
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.
Nítorí èyí ni ẹ̀tọ́ fi jìnnà sí wa, àti tí òdodo kò fi tẹ̀ wá lọ́wọ́. A ń wá ìmọ́lẹ̀, ṣùgbọ́n gbogbo rẹ̀ jẹ́ òkùnkùn; ìmọ́lẹ̀, ṣùgbọ́n à ń rìn nínú òjìji.
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.
Gẹ́gẹ́ bí afọ́jú à ń táràrà lọ lẹ́gbẹ̀ẹ́ ògiri tí a ń wá ọ̀nà wa gẹ́gẹ́ bí ènìyàn tí kò ní ojú. Ní ọ̀sán gangan ni à ń kọsẹ̀ bí ẹni pé alẹ́ ni; láàrín alágbára àwa dàbí òkú.
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.
Gbogbo wa là ń ké bí i beari; àwa pohùnréré ẹkún bí àdàbà. A ń wá ìdájọ́ òdodo ṣùgbọ́n kò sí; à ń wọ́nà fún ìtúsílẹ̀, ṣùgbọ́n ó jìnnà réré.
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:
Nítorí àwọn àṣìṣe wa pọ̀ níwájú rẹ, àwọn ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ wa sì ń jẹ́rìí takò wá. Àwọn àìṣedéédéé wa sì wà pẹ̀lú wa, àwa pẹ̀lú sì mọ àìṣedéédéé wa,
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.
ọ̀tẹ̀ àti àrékérekè wa sí Olúwa, kíkọ ẹ̀yìn wa sí Ọlọ́run, dídá yánpọnyánrin àti ìnilára sílẹ̀, pípààrọ̀ tí ọkàn wa ti gbèrò síta.
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.
Nítorí èyí ni a ṣe lé ìdájọ́ òdodo sẹ́yìn, àti ti òdodo dúró lókèèrè; òtítọ́ ti ṣubú ní òpópó ọ̀nà, òdodo kò sì le è wọlé.
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.
A kò rí òtítọ́ mọ́, àti ẹni tí ó bá sá fun ibi tì di ìjẹ. Olúwa wò ó ọkàn rẹ̀ sì bàjẹ́ pé kò sí ìdájọ́ òdodo.
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.
Òun rí i pé kò sí ẹnìkan, àyà fò ó pé kò sí ẹnìkan láti ṣèrànwọ́; nítorí apá òun tìkára rẹ̀ ló ṣiṣẹ́ ìgbàlà fún ara rẹ̀, àti òdodo òun tìkára rẹ̀ ló gbé e ró.
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.
Ó gbé òdodo wọ̀ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìgbàyà rẹ̀, àti àṣíborí ìgbàlà ní orí rẹ̀; ó gbé ẹ̀wù ẹ̀san wọ̀ ó sì yí ara rẹ̀ ní ìtara bí ẹ̀wù.
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.
Gẹ́gẹ́ bí ohun tí wọ́n ti ṣe, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni yóò san án ìbínú fún àwọn ọ̀tá rẹ̀ àti ẹ̀san fún àwọn ọ̀tá rẹ̀; òun yóò san án fún àwọn erékùṣù ẹ̀tọ́ wọn.
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.
Láti ìwọ̀-oòrùn, àwọn ènìyàn yóò bẹ̀rù orúkọ Olúwa, àti láti ìlà-oòrùn, wọn yóò bọ̀wọ̀ fún ògo rẹ̀. Nítorí òun yóò wá gẹ́gẹ́ bí i rírú omi èyí tí èémí Olúwa ń tì lọ.
20 And the Redeemer will arrive in Zion, and to those who return from the iniquity within Jacob, says the Lord.
“Olùdáǹdè yóò wá sí Sioni, sí àwọn tí ó wà ní Jakọbu tí ó ronúpìwàdà ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ wọn,” ni Olúwa wí.
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.
“Àti fún èmi, májẹ̀mú mi pẹ̀lú wọn nìyìí,” ni Olúwa wí, “Ẹ̀mí mi, tí ó wà nínú yín, àti ọ̀rọ̀ mi tí mo ti fi sí ẹnu yín, kì yóò kúrò lẹ́nu yín, tàbí lẹ́nu àwọn ọmọ yín, tàbí láti ẹnu àwọn ìrandíran wọn láti àkókò yìí lọ àti títí láéláé,” ni Olúwa wí.
