Isaiah 59
1 Behold the hand of the Lord is not shortened that it cannot save, neither is his ear heavy that it cannot hear.
Gade byen, men SENYÈ a pa tèlman kout pou l pa ka sove; ni zòrèy Li pa di pou l pa ka tande.
2 But your iniquities have divided between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you that he should not hear.
Men se inikite nou yo ki fè nou separe ak Bondye nou an, e se peche nou yo ki te kache figi Li de nou menm, pou Li pa tande.
3 For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity: your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue uttereth iniquity.
Paske men nou souye ak san vèse, e dwèt nou ak inikite. Lèv nou fin pale sa ki fo, e lang nou plenyen mechanste.
4 There is none that calleth upon justice, neither is there any one that judgeth truly: but they trust in a mere nothing, and speak vanities: they have conceived labour, and brought forth iniquity.
Nanpwen moun ki fè pwosè ak dwati, ni ki fè plent ak entegrite. Yo mete konfyans nan vanite, e yo pale manti. Yo simen mal e yo rekòlte mechanste.
5 They have broken the eggs of asps, and have woven the webs of spiders: he that shall eat of their eggs, shall die: and that which is brought out, shall be hatched into a basilisk.
Yo kale ze koulèv yo, e trese fil arenye yo. Sila ki manje ze yo va mouri; e nan sa ki kraze a, yon koulèv va pete vin parèt.
6 Their webs shall not be for clothing, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are unprofitable works, and the work of iniquity is in their hands.
Fil pa yo p ap fè rad; ni zèv yo p ap ka kouvri yo. Zèv pa yo se zèv inikite, e se zak vyolans ki rete nan men yo.
7 Their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are unprofitable thoughts: wasting and destruction are in their ways.
Pye pa yo kouri vè mal, e yo fè vit pou vèse san inosan an. Panse pa yo se panse inikite, e destriksyon ak dega sou chemen yo.
8 They have not known the way of peace, and there is no judgment in their steps: their paths are become crooked to them, every one that treadeth in them, knoweth no peace.
Yo pa konnen chemen lapè, e nanpwen jistis nan yo. Yo te fè wout kwochi; nenpòt moun ki antre kote yo pa konnen lapè.
9 Therefore is judgment far from us, and justice shall not overtake us. We looked for light, and behold darkness: brightness, and we have walked in the dark.
Akoz sa, lajistis rete lwen nou, e ladwati pa fin rive sou nou. Nou espere jwenn limyè pou klere nou, men nou mache nan fènwa.
10 We have groped for the wall, and like the blind we have groped as if we had no eyes: we have stumbled at noonday as in darkness, we are in dark places as dead men.
Nou tatonnen akote mi an tankou moun avèg. Nou tatonnen kon sila ki pa gen zye yo. Nou kilbite a midi konsi se nan aswè. Pami sila ki plen kouraj yo, nou parèt tankou moun mouri.
11 We shall roar all of us like bears, and shall lament as mournful doves. We have looked for judgment, and there is none: for salvation, and it is far from us.
Epi nou tout gwonde tankou lous, e plenyen ak tristès kon toutrèl. Nou espere lajistis, men nanpwen; pou delivrans, men li lwen nou.
12 For our iniquities are multiplied before thee, and our sins have testified against us: for our wicked doings are with us, and we have known our iniquities:
Paske transgresyon nou yo miltipliye devan Ou, e peche nou yo temwaye kont nou. Paske transgresyon nou yo rete avèk nou e nou konnen inikite nou yo:
13 In sinning and lying against the Lord: and we have turned away so that we went not after our God, but spoke calumny and transgression: we have conceived, and uttered from the heart, words of falsehood.
Nou fè rebèl e nou nye SENYÈ a. Nou vire kite Bondye nou an, ak pawòl opresyon ak rebèl. Nan kè a, nou fòmante e fè vin parèt pawòl manti.
14 And judgment is turned away backward, and justice hath stood far off: because truth bath fallen down in the street, and equity could not come in.
Lajistis vin detounen e ladwati vin kanpe byen lwen. Paske verite a fin glise tonbe nan lari e ladwati p ap ka antre.
15 And truth hath been forgotten: and he that departed from evil, lay open to be a prey: and the Lord saw, and it appeared evil in his eyes, because there is no judgment.
Wi, verite a manke; epi sila ki vire akote pou li pa fè mal la, fin fè pwòp tèt li yon viktim. Alò, SENYÈ a te wè e sa pa t fè plezi devan zye L, ke pa t gen jistis.
16 And he saw that there is not a man: and he stood astonished, because there is none to oppose himself: and his own arm brought salvation to him, and his own justice supported him.
Li te wè ke pa t gen pèsòn, e te etone ke pa t gen moun ki pou entèsede. Akoz sa a, pwòp bra Li te mennen sali a rive kote Li, e ladwati Li te bay Li soutyen.
17 He put on justice as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation upon his head: he put on the garments of vengeance, and was clad with zeal as with a cloak.
Li te abiye ak ladwati kon pwotèj lestomak, e ak kas sali a sou tèt Li. Li te mete vètman vanjans kon abiman, e te vlope tèt Li ak zèl, kon manto Li.
18 As unto revenge, as it were to repay wrath to his adversaries, and a reward to his enemies: he will repay the like to the islands.
Selon zèv pa yo, konsa Li va rekonpanse yo: jijman ak kòlè a advèsè Li yo, rekonpans a lènmi Li yo; a peyi kot yo, Li va bay sa yo merite.
19 And they from the west, shall fear the name of the Lord: and they from the rising of the sun, his glory: when he shall come as a violent stream, which the spirit of the Lord driveth on:
Akoz sa, yo va gen krent non SENYÈ a soti nan lwès e glwa Li soti kote solèy leve a; paske Li va vini tankou dlo ravin k ap desann byen rapid. Se van SENYÈ a kap pouse l.
20 And there shall come a, redeemer to Sion, and to them that return from iniquity in Jacob, saith the Lord.
“Yon Redanmtè va vini nan Sion, e a sila ki vire kite transgresyon Jacob yo,” deklare SENYÈ a.
21 This is my covenant with them, saith the Lord: My spirit that is in thee, and my words that I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.
“Pou Mwen menm, sa se akò mwen avèk yo,” di SENYÈ a: “Lespri Mwen ki sou ou a, e pawòl Mwen ke M te mete nan bouch ou yo p ap janm disparèt nan bouch ou, ni bouch a desandan ou yo, ni bouch a desandan pa yo,” pale SENYÈ a, “depi koulye a e jis rive pou tout tan.”
