Isaiah 59
1 Lódodo ọwọ́ Olúwa kò kúrú láti gbàlà, tàbí kí etí rẹ̀ wúwo láti gbọ́.
Lo, the hand of Jehovah Hath not been shortened from saving, Nor heavy his ear from hearing.
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 been separating Between you and your God, And your sins have hidden The Presence from you — from hearing.
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 have been polluted with blood, And your fingers with iniquity, Your lips have spoken falsehood, Your tongue perverseness doth mutter.
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.
There is none calling in righteousness, And there is none pleading in faithfulness, Trusting on emptiness, and speaking falsehood, Conceiving perverseness, and bearing iniquity.
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.
Eggs of a viper they have hatched, And webs of a spider they weave, Whoso is eating their eggs doth die, And the crushed hatcheth a viper.
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.
Their webs become not a garment, Nor do they cover themselves with their works, Their works [are] works of iniquity, And a 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 to evil do run, And they haste to shed innocent blood, Their thoughts [are] thoughts of iniquity, Spoiling and destruction [are] in their highways.
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.
A way of peace they have not known, And there is no judgment in their paths, Their paths they have made perverse for themselves, No treader in it hath known 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 hath judgment been far from us, And righteousness reacheth us not, We wait for light, and lo, darkness, For brightness — in thick darkness we go,
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 feel like the blind [for] the wall, Yea, as without eyes we feel, We have stumbled at noon as at twilight, In desolate places as 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 make a noise as bears — all of us, And as doves we coo sorely; We wait for judgment, and there is none, For salvation — it hath been 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 have been multiplied before Thee, And our sins have testified against us, For our transgressions [are] with us, And our iniquities — we have known them.
13 ọ̀tẹ̀ àti àrékérekè wa sí Olúwa, kíkọ ẹ̀yìn wa sí Ọlọ́run, dídá yánpọnyánrin àti ìnilára sílẹ̀, pípààrọ̀ tí ọkàn wa ti gbèrò síta.
Transgressing, and lying against Jehovah, And removing from after our God, Speaking oppression and apostasy, Conceiving and uttering from the heart 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 removed backward is judgment, And righteousness afar off standeth, For truth hath been feeble in the street, And straightforwardness is not able to 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.
And the truth is lacking, And whoso is turning aside from evil, Is making himself a spoil. And Jehovah seeth, and it is evil in His eyes, That there is no judgment.
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.
And He seeth that there is no man, And is astonished that there is no intercessor, And His own arm giveth salvation to Him, And His righteousness — it sustained 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.
And He putteth on righteousness as a breastplate, And an helmet of salvation on His head, And He putteth on garments of vengeance [for] clothing, And is covered, as [with] an upper-robe, [with] zeal.
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 deeds — so He repayeth. Fury to His adversaries, [their] deed to His enemies, To the isles [their] deed He repayeth.
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.
And they fear from the west the name of Jehovah, And from the rising of the sun — His honour, When come in as a flood doth an adversary, The Spirit of Jehovah hath raised an ensign against him.
20 “Olùdáǹdè yóò wá sí Sioni, sí àwọn tí ó wà ní Jakọbu tí ó ronúpìwàdà ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ wọn,” ni Olúwa wí.
And come to Zion hath a redeemer, Even to captives of transgression in Jacob, An affirmation of 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 I — this [is] My covenant with them, said Jehovah, My Spirit that [is] on thee, And My words that I have put in thy mouth, Depart not from thy mouth, And from the mouth of thy seed, And from the mouth of thy seed's seed, said Jehovah, From henceforth unto the age!
