Isaiah 59
1 Don't you see? The Lord's arm isn't too weak to save you, and his ear isn't too deaf to hear you!
耶和华的膀臂并非缩短，不能拯救， 耳朵并非发沉，不能听见，
2 It's your guilt that has created a barrier between you and your God; your sins have hidden his face from you so he can't hear you.
但你们的罪孽使你们与 神隔绝； 你们的罪恶使他掩面不听你们。
3 Your hands are covered in blood and your fingers tainted with guilt, your lips speak lies and your mouth whispers evil things.
因你们的手被血沾染， 你们的指头被罪孽沾污， 你们的嘴唇说谎言， 你们的舌头出恶语。
4 Nobody wants justice, nobody pleads their case with honesty. They rely on false testimony, and tell lies. They conceive evil plans, and give birth to trouble.
无一人按公义告状， 无一人凭诚实辨白； 都倚靠虚妄，说谎言。 所怀的是毒害； 所生的是罪孽。
5 They hatch viper's eggs, and weave a spider's web. If you eat their eggs you'll die; if you crush their eggs you'll only hatch snakes.
他们抱毒蛇蛋， 结蜘蛛网； 人吃这蛋必死。 这蛋被踏，必出蝮蛇。
6 Their webs can't be made into clothes; they can't cover themselves by what they produce. What they do is wicked; they use their hands to commit violence.
所结的网不能成为衣服； 所做的也不能遮盖自己。 他们的行为都是罪孽； 手所做的都是强暴。
7 They run to do evil; they're quick to murder innocent people. Their minds are full of sinful thoughts; they only cause havoc and destruction.
他们的脚奔跑行恶； 他们急速流无辜人的血； 意念都是罪孽， 所经过的路都荒凉毁灭。
8 They don't know how to live in peace; they're not straight and fair with others. Their way is totally crooked, and anyone who follows them won't experience any peace.
平安的路，他们不知道； 所行的事没有公平。 他们为自己修弯曲的路； 凡行此路的都不知道平安。
9 So that's why we don't have justice, and we don't do what's right. We look for the light, but only find the dark; we look for bright light, but we walk in deep darkness.
因此，公平离我们远， 公义追不上我们。 我们指望光亮，却是黑暗， 指望光明，却行幽暗。
10 We grope like blind people along a wall, feeling with our hands as if we have no eyes. We stumble at noon as if it were the evening. Among those who are full of life, we are like the dead.
我们摸索墙壁，好像瞎子； 我们摸索，如同无目之人。 我们晌午绊脚，如在黄昏一样； 我们在肥壮人中，像死人一般。
11 All of us growl like bears and coo like doves as we wait for justice to be done, but it never happens; we wait for salvation, but never receive it.
我们咆哮如熊， 哀鸣如鸽； 指望公平，却是没有； 指望救恩，却远离我们。
12 You are aware of all our rebellious acts; our sins witness against us. Yes, we acknowledge our rebellious acts; we know all about our sins.
我们的过犯在你面前增多， 罪恶作见证告我们； 过犯与我们同在。 至于我们的罪孽，我们都知道：
13 We have disobeyed and denied you, Lord; we have turned our backs on our God. We have encouraged oppression and rebellion, telling lies we've carefully thought out.
就是悖逆、不认识耶和华， 转去不跟从我们的 神， 说欺压和叛逆的话， 心怀谎言，随即说出。
14 Justice is rejected, and doing right never happens. Truth falls down in the street, and honesty is banned.
并且公平转而退后， 公义站在远处； 诚实在街上仆倒， 正直也不得进入。
15 There's no truth anywhere, and anyone who does give up evil is robbed. The Lord saw what was going on, and was upset that there was no justice.
诚实少见； 离恶的人反成掠物。 那时，耶和华看见没有公平， 甚不喜悦。
16 He looked around, and he was appalled to find there was no one who would do anything about it, so he intervened himself, and his sense of what was right kept him going.
他见无人拯救， 无人代求，甚为诧异， 就用自己的膀臂施行拯救， 以公义扶持自己。
17 He put on integrity as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head. He put on clothes of vengeance and wrapped himself with determination as a cloak.
他以公义为铠甲， 以拯救为头盔， 以报仇为衣服， 以热心为外袍。
18 He will repay everyone for what they've done: fury to his enemies, revenge to those who oppose him, payback to the distant lands.
他必按人的行为施报， 恼怒他的敌人， 报复他的仇敌 向众海岛施行报应。
19 Those in the west will be in awe of the Lord, and those in the east will be amazed at his glory, for he will arrive like a raging flood, driven by the Spirit of the Lord.
如此，人从日落之处必敬畏耶和华的名， 从日出之地也必敬畏他的荣耀； 因为仇敌好像急流的河水冲来， 是耶和华之气所驱逐的。
20 The Redeemer will come to Zion, to Jacob's descendants who turn from their sins, declares the Lord.
必有一位救赎主来到锡安— 雅各族中转离过犯的人那里。 这是耶和华说的。
21 This is my agreement with them, says the Lord. My Spirit, who is upon you, won't leave you, and my words that I have given you to speak will always be on your lips, on the lips of your children, and on the lips of your descendants, from now until forever, says the Lord.
耶和华说：“至于我与他们所立的约乃是这样：我加给你的灵，传给你的话，必不离你的口，也不离你后裔与你后裔之后裔的口，从今直到永远；这是耶和华说的。”
