Aịzaya 59
1 Nʼezie, aka Onyenwe anyị adịghị mkpụmkpụ nke na o nweghị ike ịzọpụta, ntị ya adịghịkwa arọ nke na o nweghị ike ịnụ ihe.
Behold, Jehovah's hand is not shortened that it cannot save, neither his ear heavy that it cannot hear;
2 Kama mmehie unu ekewapụla unu site nʼebe Chineke unu nọ; mmehie niile unu ezokwala ihu ya site nʼebe unu nọ, nke mere na ọ chọkwaghị ige ntị ọzọ.
but your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid [his] face from you, that he doth not hear.
3 Nʼihi na aka unu jupụtara na ntụpọ ọbara, mkpịsịaka unu bụkwa nke mmehie merụrụ. Egbugbere ọnụ unu ekwuola okwu ụgha, ire unu na-atamukwa ihe ọjọọ.
For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips speak lies, your tongue muttereth unrighteousness:
4 Ọ dịghị onye na-ekpe ikpe ziri ezi, ọ dịkwaghị onye na-eji ikwesi ntụkwasị obi kpee ikpe. Ha na-adabere nʼịrụ ụka nʼenweghị isi, ha na-ekwu okwu ụgha, ha na-atụrụ ime okwu na ụka mụọkwa ajọ ihe.
none calleth for justice, none pleadeth in truthfulness. They trust in vanity, and speak falsehood; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
5 Ha na-avụ akwa ajụala, na-akpakwa akwụ udide. Onye ọbụla riri akwa ha ga-anwụ, mgbe ọbụla otu kụwara, ọ bụ agwọ ajụala na-esi nʼime ya apụta.
They hatch serpents' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.
6 Akwụ udide ha abaghị uru iji mee uwe, ha enweghị ike iji ihe ha mepụtara kpuchie onwe ha. Ọrụ ha niile bụ ajọ ọrụ, omume ihe ike jupụtara ha nʼaka.
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.
7 Ụkwụ ha na-eme ngwangwa ịgbaba nʼime mmehie, ha na-emekwa ngwa ịkwafu ọbara ndị o nweghị ihe ọjọọ ha mere. Ha na-achụso echiche ajọ ihe, ọrụ mbibi na ntipịa bụ ejiri mara nke ụzọ ha niile.
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;
8 Ha amaghị ihe ụzọ udo bụ, ikpe ziri ezi adịghị nʼụzọ ha na-eso. Ha e mela ụzọ ha ka ha gbagọọ agbagọ. Ndị niile na-eso ya anaghị enweta udo.
the way of peace they know not, and there is no judgment in their goings; they have made their paths crooked: whoso goeth therein knoweth not peace.
9 Ya mere ikpe ziri ezi dị anya nʼebe anyị nọ, ezi omume adịghị erute anyị nso. Anyị na-ele anya ìhè, ma lee, ọchịchịrị ka anyị na-ahụ. Anyị na-ele anya mmụke ìhè ma anyị na-ejegharị nʼime oke ọchịchịrị.
Therefore is justice far from us, and righteousness overtaketh us not: we wait for light, and behold darkness; for brightness, [but] we walk in obscurity.
10 Anyị na-asọgharị ìsì na mgbidi dịka ndị na-enweghị anya, na-asọgharị isi dịka ndị na-enweghị anya; anyị na-ada na-akpọbi ukwu nʼetiti ehihie dịka a ga-asị na ọ bụ oge chi ojiji, nʼetiti ndị nwere ezi ndụ, anyị nọ ka ndị nwụrụ anwụ.
We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at midday as in the twilight; amongst the flourishing we are as the dead.
11 Anyị na-agbọ ụja dịka bịa; anyị na-akwasị akwa ike dịka nduru nʼeru ụjụ. Anyị na-ele anya ikpe ziri ezi, ma ọ dịghị eru anyị aka; anyị na-ele anya nzọpụta, ma ọ dị anya nʼebe anyị nọ.
We roar all like bears, and mourn grievously like doves: we look for judgment, and there is none; for salvation, [but] it is far from us.
12 Nʼihi na mmehie anyị amụbaala nʼihu Onyenwe anyị; ọ na-agbakwa ama megide anyị. E, anyị makwaara ụdị ndị mmehie anyị bụ, nʼihi na mmehie anyị dịkwa nʼihu anyị mgbe niile.
For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us; for our transgressions are with us; and our iniquities, we know them:
13 Anyị maara nnupu isi anyị na ngọnarị anyị gọnarịrị Onyenwe anyị; anyị esitela nʼiso Onyenwe anyị Chineke anyị wezuga onwe anyị, nọgide na-akpali mmegbu na nnupu isi. Okwu ọnụ anyị bụ okwu ụgha, nke anyị si nʼobi anyị tụpụta.
in transgressing and lying against Jehovah, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
14 Ụlọ ikpe anyị niile adịghị achọ onye ezi omume; anyị amaghị ihe a na-akpọ ikpe ziri ezi. Eziokwu asọọla ngọngọ nʼama niile, ihe ziri ezi apụghị ịbata.
And judgment is turned away backward, and righteousness standeth afar off; for truth stumbleth in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.
15 E, eziokwu alaala; onye ọbụla kwa nke na-achọ ibi ndụ ọma na-etinye onwe ya na nsogbu. Onyenwe anyị lere anya hụ ihe ọjọọ ndị a niile, nke na-enyeghị ya obi ụtọ; ọ hụkwara na ikpe ziri ezi adịghị.
And truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey. And Jehovah saw [it], and it was evil in his sight that there was no judgment.
16 Ọ hụrụ na anyị enweghị onye inyeaka ọbụla; o wutere ya na ọ dịghị onye na-arịọrọ anyị arịrịọ. Ọ bụ ya mere o ji bata site nʼike aka ya na nʼezi omume ya, bịa ịzọpụta anyị.
And he saw that there was no man, and he wondered that there was no intercessor; and his arm brought him salvation, and his righteousness, it sustained him.
17 Ọ na-eyikwasị ezi omume dịka ngwa agha ikpuchi obi ya. Okpu nke nzọpụta ka ọ na-eyikwasịkwa nʼisi ya. Ọ bụkwa uwe ịbọ ọbọ na nke ekworo na ịnụ ọkụ na obi ka o ji kpuchie onwe ya.
And he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on garments of vengeance [for] clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak.
18 Ọ ga-akwụghachi ndị iro ya dịka ajọ omume ha niile si dị. Iwe ọkụ ya ka ọ ga-eji megide ndị iro ya niile bi na mba dị anya.
According to deeds, so will he repay: fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence.
19 Site nʼọdịda anyanwụ, ndị mmadụ ga-asọpụrụ aha Onyenwe anyị, sitekwa nʼọwụwa anyanwụ, ha ga-atụ egwu ebube ya. Nʼihi na ọ ga-abịa dịka idee mmiri nke nkume, Onyenwe anyị na-agba na-aga.
And they shall fear the name of Jehovah from the west, and from the rising of the sun, his glory. When the adversary shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of Jehovah will lift up a banner against him.
20 “Onye mgbapụta ga-abịa na Zayọn; ọ ga-abịakwute ụmụ Jekọb ndị na-esite na mmehie ha chegharịa.” Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwubiri.
And the Redeemer will come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith Jehovah.
21 “Ma mụ onwe m, nke a bụ ọgbụgba ndụ m nke dị nʼetiti mụ na ha,” ka Onyenwe anyị na-ekwu. “Mmụọ m, nke dị nʼahụ gị, na okwu m niile nke m tinyere nʼọnụ gị, agaghị apụ nʼegbugbere ọnụ gị, maọbụ nʼegbugbere ọnụ ụmụ gị, maọbụ nʼegbugbere ọnụ agbụrụ gị. Ha ga-adịgide site ugbu a ruo mgbe niile ebighị ebi,” ka Onyenwe anyị kwuru.
And as for me, this is my covenant with them, saith Jehovah: My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which 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 Jehovah, from henceforth and for ever.
