Isaiah 59
1 Lódodo ọwọ́ Olúwa kò kúrú láti gbàlà, tàbí kí etí rẹ̀ wúwo láti gbọ́.
Behold, Jehovah's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save, Nor is his ear heavy, that it cannot hear;
2 Ṣùgbọ́n ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ yín ló ti yà yín kúrò lọ́dọ̀ Ọlọ́run yín; ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ yín ti fi ojú u rẹ̀ pamọ́ fún un yín tó bẹ́ẹ̀ tí òun kò fi le gbọ́.
But your iniquities have separated you from your God, And your sins have hidden his face from you, that he doth not hear.
3 Nítorí ọwọ́ yín di aláìmọ́ fún ẹ̀jẹ̀, àti ìka ọwọ́ yín fún ẹ̀bi. Ètè yín ń pa irọ́ púpọ̀, ahọ́n yín sì ń sọ̀rọ̀ nǹkan ibi.
For your hands are polluted with blood, And your fingers with iniquity; Your lips speak falsehood, And your tongue muttereth wickedness.
4 Kò sí ẹni tí ó béèrè fún ìdájọ́ òdodo; kò sí ẹni tí ó ro ẹjọ́ rẹ̀ pẹ̀lú òtítọ́. Wọ́n gbẹ́kẹ̀lé àwíjàre asán àti ọ̀rọ̀ irọ́; wọ́n lóyún ìkà, wọn sì bí wàhálà.
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.
5 Wọn ń pa ẹ̀yin paramọ́lẹ̀ wọn sì ń ta owú aláǹtakùn. Ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó bá jẹ ẹyin wọn yóò kú, àti nígbà tí a pa ọ̀kan, paramọ́lẹ̀ ni ó jáde.
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.
6 Òwú wọn kò wúlò fún aṣọ rírán; wọn kò lè fi aṣọ tí wọ́n hun bo ara wọn. Iṣẹ́ wọn jẹ́ ti ibi, ìwà jàǹdùkú sì kún ọwọ́ wọn.
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.
7 Ẹsẹ̀ wọn yára bọ́ sínú ẹ̀ṣẹ̀; wọ́n yára láti ta ẹ̀jẹ̀ aláìṣẹ̀ sílẹ̀. Èrò wọn sì jẹ́ èrò ibi; ìparun àti ìdahoro ni ó wà ní ṣíṣe àmì ọ̀nà wọn.
Their feet run to evil; They make haste to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are evil thoughts; Oppression and destruction are in their paths.
8 Ọ̀nà àlàáfíà èyí ni wọn kò mọ̀; kò sí òdodo ní ojú ọ̀nà wọn wọ́n ti sọ wọ́n dì ọ̀nà kọ́rọkọ̀rọ, kò sí ẹni tí ó tọ ọ̀nà yìí tí yóò rí àlàáfíà.
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.
9 Nítorí èyí ni ẹ̀tọ́ fi jìnnà sí wa, àti tí òdodo kò fi tẹ̀ wá lọ́wọ́. A ń wá ìmọ́lẹ̀, ṣùgbọ́n gbogbo rẹ̀ jẹ́ òkùnkùn; ìmọ́lẹ̀, ṣùgbọ́n à ń rìn nínú òjìji.
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.
10 Gẹ́gẹ́ bí afọ́jú à ń táràrà lọ lẹ́gbẹ̀ẹ́ ògiri tí a ń wá ọ̀nà wa gẹ́gẹ́ bí ènìyàn tí kò ní ojú. Ní ọ̀sán gangan ni à ń kọsẹ̀ bí ẹni pé alẹ́ ni; láàrín alágbára àwa dàbí òkú.
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.
11 Gbogbo wa là ń ké bí i beari; àwa pohùnréré ẹkún bí àdàbà. A ń wá ìdájọ́ òdodo ṣùgbọ́n kò sí; à ń wọ́nà fún ìtúsílẹ̀, ṣùgbọ́n ó jìnnà réré.
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.
12 Nítorí àwọn àṣìṣe wa pọ̀ níwájú rẹ, àwọn ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ wa sì ń jẹ́rìí takò wá. Àwọn àìṣedéédéé wa sì wà pẹ̀lú wa, àwa pẹ̀lú sì mọ àìṣedéédéé wa,
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.
13 ọ̀tẹ̀ àti àrékérekè wa sí Olúwa, kíkọ ẹ̀yìn wa sí Ọlọ́run, dídá yánpọnyánrin àti ìnilára sílẹ̀, pípààrọ̀ tí ọkàn wa ti gbèrò síta.
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.
14 Nítorí èyí ni a ṣe lé ìdájọ́ òdodo sẹ́yìn, àti ti òdodo dúró lókèèrè; òtítọ́ ti ṣubú ní òpópó ọ̀nà, òdodo kò sì le è wọlé.
And justice is turned back, And equity standeth afar off, For truth falleth in the gate, And rectitude cannot enter.
15 A kò rí òtítọ́ mọ́, àti ẹni tí ó bá sá fun ibi tì di ìjẹ. Olúwa wò ó ọkàn rẹ̀ sì bàjẹ́ pé kò sí ìdájọ́ òdodo.
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.
16 Òun rí i pé kò sí ẹnìkan, àyà fò ó pé kò sí ẹnìkan láti ṣèrànwọ́; nítorí apá òun tìkára rẹ̀ ló ṣiṣẹ́ ìgbàlà fún ara rẹ̀, àti òdodo òun tìkára rẹ̀ ló gbé e ró.
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.
17 Ó gbé òdodo wọ̀ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìgbàyà rẹ̀, àti àṣíborí ìgbàlà ní orí rẹ̀; ó gbé ẹ̀wù ẹ̀san wọ̀ ó sì yí ara rẹ̀ ní ìtara bí ẹ̀wù.
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.
18 Gẹ́gẹ́ bí ohun tí wọ́n ti ṣe, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni yóò san án ìbínú fún àwọn ọ̀tá rẹ̀ àti ẹ̀san fún àwọn ọ̀tá rẹ̀; òun yóò san án fún àwọn erékùṣù ẹ̀tọ́ wọn.
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.
19 Láti ìwọ̀-oòrùn, àwọn ènìyàn yóò bẹ̀rù orúkọ Olúwa, àti láti ìlà-oòrùn, wọn yóò bọ̀wọ̀ fún ògo rẹ̀. Nítorí òun yóò wá gẹ́gẹ́ bí i rírú omi èyí tí èémí Olúwa ń tì lọ.
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.
20 “Olùdáǹdè yóò wá sí Sioni, sí àwọn tí ó wà ní Jakọbu tí ó ronúpìwàdà ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ wọn,” ni Olúwa wí.
Yet shall a redeemer come to Zion, For them that turn from their transgressions in Jacob, saith Jehovah.
21 “Àti fún èmi, májẹ̀mú mi pẹ̀lú wọn nìyìí,” ni Olúwa wí, “Ẹ̀mí mi, tí ó wà nínú yín, àti ọ̀rọ̀ mi tí mo ti fi sí ẹnu yín, kì yóò kúrò lẹ́nu yín, tàbí lẹ́nu àwọn ọmọ yín, tàbí láti ẹnu àwọn ìrandíran wọn láti àkókò yìí lọ àti títí láéláé,” ni Olúwa wí.
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.
