Isaiah 59
1 Behold, the LORD’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
Non! Se pa paske Seyè a manke fòs kifè li pa vin delivre nou. Se pa paske li soudè kifè li pa tande lè n'ap lapriyè nan pye l'.
2 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
Men se mechanste nou yo ki mete yon bayè ant nou ak Bondye nou an. Se peche nou yo ki fè l' vire figi l' pou l' pa tande nou.
3 For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue has muttered perverseness.
San ap koule sou tout dwèt nou. Nou foure men nou nan tout kalite mechanste. Bonjou nou pa laverite. Depi nou louvri bouch nou se kout lang n'ap bay.
4 None calls for justice, nor any pleads for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
Lè n' al nan tribinal se pou defann move kòz. Lè n'ap plede, nou bay manti. N'ap di yon bann bagay ki pa laverite. Se move lide ase ki nan tèt nou. Se mechanste ase n'ap fè.
5 They hatch cockatrice’ eggs, and weave the spider’s web: he that eats of their eggs dies, and that which is crushed breaks out into a viper.
Move plan y'ap fè yo tankou pwazon. Si ou pran ladan yo nanpwen rechap. Si ou rive kraze yon move plan y'ap fè, y'ap pare yonn ki pi rèd pou ou.
6 Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.
Menm jan ou pa ka fè rad ak fil zariyen, konsa tou sa y'ap fè a p'ap rapòte yo anyen ki bon. Se mechanste ase yo soti pou yo fè. Se nan san ase yo mete men yo.
7 Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.
Y'ap kouri konsa pou fè sa ki mal, yo cho pou yo touye moun inonsan. Lide yo toujou sou sa ki mal, kote yo pase se dega toupatou. Se malè yo kite dèyè yo.
8 The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whoever goes therein shall not know peace.
Yo pa konn jan pou yo viv byen ak moun. Tout sa y'ap fè kwochi. Tout kò yo se plan. Moun k'ap swiv yo toujou nan tèt chaje.
9 Therefore is judgment far from us, neither does justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.
Pèp la di: -Koulye a nou konnen poukisa Bondye ki pou ta defann kòz nou an rete lwen nou konsa, poukisa li pa vin delivre nou. Nou t'ap tann limyè pou klere kote n'ap mete pye nou, men kote nou pase se nan fènwa nou ye.
10 We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noon day as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.
N'ap tatonnen tankou avèg k'ap chache wout, tankou moun je pete. N'ap bite gwo midi tankou si nou t'ap mache solèy kouche. San nou pa malad, nou tankou moun ki deja nan peyi san chapo.
11 We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
N'ap wouke tankou chen, n'ap plenn tankou bourik anba chay. N'ap tann Bondye pou l' pran defans nou. Bichi! N'ap tann li vin delivre nou. Anyen menm!
12 For our transgressions are multiplied before you, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them;
Seyè, se vre wi, nou te fè anpil peche kont ou! Koulye a, se peche nou yo k'ap kale nou. Yo la devan je nou. Nou rekonèt nou te fè yo vre.
13 In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
Nou te vire do bay Seyè a, nou voye l' jete. Nou derefize koute l'. Nou tòde men frè parèy nou, nou revòlte kont Bondye. Se move lide ase nou te gen nan kè nou. Se manti ase nou t'ap kalkile nan tèt nou.
14 And judgment is turned away backward, and justice stands afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
Se poutèt sa, nou pa t' bay chans pou yo defann nou. Pesonn pa ka pwoche vin delivre nou. Nan tout lavil la ou pa konn kote ou gad ak pesonn. Pesonn pa mache dwat.
15 Yes, truth fails; and he that departs from evil makes himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.
Pa gen moun serye ankò! Si ou pa fè tankou tout moun, se ou k'ap anba. Seyè a wè sa. Sa te fè l' mal paske pa t' gen jistis nan peyi a.
16 And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation to him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.
Li sezi wè pesonn pa leve kanpe pou defann inonsan yo. Se konsa, li vin delivre pèp la ak pwòp fòs kouraj li. Li ba l' men, li pran defans li.
17 For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation on his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak.
Li mete jistis anwo li tankou yon plak pwotèj pou lestonmak li. Li mete pouvwa pou sove a tankou yon kas nan tèt li. Li mete pouvwa revanj li sou li tankou yon palto, li vlope kò l' ak fòs pou l' pran defans moun li renmen yo.
18 According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompense.
L'ap pini chak moun dapre sa yo fè: li pral move sou moun ki pa vle wè l' yo, li pral tire revanj sou lènmi l' yo, menm sou moun ki rete nan zile byen lwen yo.
19 So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.
Depi kote solèy la leve a jouk kote solèy la kouche a, tout moun va pè Seyè a, y'a respekte pouvwa li. L'ap vin tankou lavalas k'ap desann nan fon ravin, tankou gwo van tanpèt.
20 And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and to them that turn from transgression in Jacob, says the LORD.
M'ap vin sou mòn Siyon an pou m' delivre tout moun fanmi Jakòb yo ki va vire do bay peche yo. Se Seyè a menm ki di sa.
21 As for me, this is my covenant with them, says the LORD; My spirit that is on you, and my words which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of your mouth, nor out of the mouth of your seed, nor out of the mouth of your seed’s seed, says the LORD, from now on and for ever.
Seyè a di ankò: Men kontra mwen pral pase ak yo a: M'ap mete lespri m' sou yo. M'ap ba yo lòd mwen yo pou lòd mwen yo ka nan bouch yo, nan bouch pitit yo ak nan bouch pitit pitit yo, pou tout tan tout tan. Se mwen menm Seyè a ki di sa.
