Isaiah 59
1 Behold, Jehovah's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save, Nor is 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 you from your God, And your sins have hidden his face from you, that he doth 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 polluted with blood, And your fingers with iniquity; Your lips speak falsehood, And your tongue muttereth wickedness.
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 No one bringeth his suit with justice, And no one pleadeth with truth; They trust in vain words, and speak lies; They conceive mischief, and bring forth destruction.
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 the eggs of the basilisk, And weave the web of the spider; He that eateth of their eggs dieth, And when one of them is crushed, a viper breaketh forth.
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 Of their webs no garment is made, Nor can one cover himself with their work; Their works are works of iniquity, And the deed 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; They make haste to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are evil thoughts; Oppression 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, Nor is there any justice in their steps; They have made for themselves crooked paths; Whoso goeth in them knoweth not 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, And deliverance doth not overtake us. We look for light, and behold obscurity; For brightness, and 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; We feel our way, like those that are deprived of sight; We stumble at noonday as in the night; In the midst of fertile fields we are like the dead.
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 groan, all of us, like bears, And like doves we make a continued moan; We look for judgment, and it cometh not; For salvation, and it is far 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 thee, And our sins testify against us! For our transgressions are not hidden from us, And our iniquities we know.
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 We have rebelled, and proved false to Jehovah; We have departed from our God; We have spoken violence and rebellion; Our hearts have conceived and brought forth 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 justice is turned back, And equity standeth afar off, For truth falleth in the gate, And rectitude 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 Truth is not to be found, And he that departeth from evil is plundered; And Jehovah saw it, And it displeased him that there was no justice.
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 He saw that there was none to help, And wondered that there was none to interpose; Then his own arm wrought salvation for him, And his righteousness it supported 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 He put on righteousness as a breastplate, And the helmet of salvation upon his head; He put on garments of vengeance for his clothing, And clad himself with zeal, as with a mantle.
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 will he repay them, —Wrath to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies; To the distant coasts will he repay a 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 They in the west shall fear the name of Jehovah, And they in the rising of the sun his glory, When he cometh like a river straitened in its course, Which a strong wind driveth along.
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 Yet shall a redeemer come to Zion, For them that turn from their transgressions in Jacob, saith Jehovah.
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 And as for me, this is my covenant with them, saith Jehovah: My spirit, which is upon thee, And my words, which I have put in thy mouth, They shall not depart from thy mouth, Nor from the mouth of thy sons, Nor from the mouth of thy sons' sons, saith Jehovah, From this time forth forever.
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.
