Isaiæ 59
1 Ecce non est abbreviata manus Domini ut salvare nequeat, neque aggravata est auris eius ut non exaudiat:
Has the hand of the Lord no power to save? or has he made his ear heavy, so that he should not hear?
2 Sed iniquitates vestrae diviserunt inter vos et Deum vestrum, et peccata vestra absconderunt faciem eius a vobis ne exaudiret.
Nay, your iniquities separate between you and God, and because of your sins has he turned away [his] face from you, so as not to have mercy [upon you].
3 Manus enim vestrae pollutae sunt sanguine, et digiti vestri iniquitate: labia vestra locuta sunt mendacium, et lingua vestra iniquitatem fatur.
For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with sins; your lips also have spoken iniquity, and your tongue meditates unrighteousness.
4 Non est qui invocet iustitiam, neque est qui iudicet vere: sed confidunt in nihilo, et loquuntur vanitates: conceperunt laborem, et pepererunt iniquitatem.
None speaks justly, neither is there true judgment: they trust in vanities, and speak empty [words]; for they conceive trouble, and bring forth iniquity.
5 Ova aspidum ruperunt, et telas araneae texuerunt: qui comederit de ovis eorum, morietur: et quod confotum est, erumpet in regulum.
They have hatched asps' eggs, and weave a spider's web: and he that is going to eat of their eggs, having crushed an addled egg, has found also in it a basilisk.
6 Telae eorum non erunt in vestimentum, neque operientur operibus suis: opera eorum opera inutilia, et opus iniquitatis in manibus eorum.
Their web shall not become a garment, nor shall they at all clothe themselves with their works; for their works are works of iniquity.
7 Pedes eorum ad malum currunt, et festinant ut effundant sanguinem innocentem, cogitationes eorum cogitationes inutiles: vastitas et contritio in viis eorum.
And their feet run to wickedness, swift to shed blood; their thoughts also are thoughts of murder; destruction and misery are in their ways;
8 Viam pacis nescierunt, et non est iudicium in gressibus eorum. semitae eorum incurvatae sunt eis: omnis qui calcat in eis, ignorat pacem.
and the way of peace they know not, neither is there judgment in their ways; for their paths by which they go are crooked, and they know not peace.
9 Propter hoc elongatum est iudicium a nobis, et non apprehendet vos iustitia: expectavimus lucem, et ecce tenebrae: splendorem, et in tenebris ambulavimus.
Therefore has judgment departed from them, and righteousness shall not overtake them: while they waited for light, darkness came upon them; while they waited for brightness, they walked in perplexity.
10 Palpavimus sicut caeci parietem, et quasi absque oculis attrectavimus: impegimus meridie quasi in tenebris, in caliginosis quasi mortui.
They shall feel for the wall as blind [men], and shall feel [for it] as if they had no eyes: and they shall feel at noon-day as at midnight; they shall groan as dying men.
11 Rugiemus quasi ursi omnes, et quasi columbae meditantes gememus. expectavimus iudicium, et non est: salutem, et elongata est a nobis.
They shall proceed together as a bear and as a dove: we have waited for judgment, and there is no salvation, it is gone far from us.
12 Multiplicatae sunt enim iniquitates nostrae coram te, et peccata nostra responderunt nobis. quia scelera nostra nobiscum, et iniquitates nostras cognovimus,
For our iniquity is great before thee, and our sins have risen up against us: for our iniquities are in us, and we know our unrighteous deeds.
13 peccare et mentiri contra Dominum: et aversi sumus ne iremus post tergum Dei nostri, ut loqueremur calumniam et transgressionem: concepimus, et locuti sumus de corde verba mendacii.
We have sinned, and dealt falsely, and revolted from our God: we have spoken unrighteous words, and have been disobedient; we have conceived and uttered from our heart unrighteous words.
14 Et conversum est retrorsum iudicium, et iustitia longe stetit: quia corruit in platea veritas, et aequitas non potuit ingredi.
And we have turned judgment back, and righteousness has departed afar off: for truth is consumed in their ways, and they could not pass by a straight [path].
15 Et facta est veritas in oblivionem: et qui recessit a malo, praedae patuit: et vidit Dominus, et malum apparuit in oculis eius, quia non est iudicium.
And truth has been taken away, and they have turned aside [their] mind from understanding. And the Lord saw it, and it pleased him not that there was no judgment.
16 et vidit quia non est vir: et aporiatus est, quia non est qui occurrat: et salvavit sibi brachium suum, et iustitia eius ipsa confirmavit eum.
And he looked, and there was no man, and he observed, and there was none to help: so he defended them with his arm, and stablished [them] with [his] mercy.
17 Indutus est iustitia ut lorica, et galea salutis in capite eius: indutus est vestimentis ultionis, et opertus est quasi pallio zeli.
And he put on righteousness as a breast-plate, and placed the helmet of salvation on his head; and he clothed himself with the garment of vengeance, and with his cloak,
18 Sicut ad vindictam quasi ad retributionem indignationis hostibus suis, et vicissitudinem inimicis suis: insulis vicem reddet.
as one about to render a recompence, [even] reproach to his adversaries.
19 Et timebunt qui ab Occidente, nomen Domini: et qui ab ortu solis, gloriam eius: cum venerit quasi fluvius violentus, quem spiritus Domini cogit:
So shall they of the west fear the name of the Lord, and they [that come] from the rising of the sun his glorious name: for the wrath of the Lord shall come as a mighty river, it shall come with fury.
20 et venerit Sion redemptor, et eis, qui redeunt ab iniquitate in Iacob, dicit Dominus.
And the deliverer shall come for Sion's sake, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob.
21 Hoc foedus meum cum eis, dicit Dominus: Spiritus meus, qui est in te, et verba mea, quae posui in ore tuo, non recedent de ore tuo, et de ore seminis tui, et de ore seminis seminis tui, dicit Dominus, amodo et usque in sempiternum.
And this shall be my covenant with them, said the Lord; My Spirit which is upon thee, and the words which I have put in thy mouth, shall never fail from thy mouth, nor from the mouth of thy seed, for the Lord has spoken it, henceforth and for ever.
