Isaiah 59

hen lo-qatserah yad-Adonai mehoshia velo-khavedah ozno mishemoa

No, GOD’s arm is not too short to save, Or ear too dull to hear;

ki im-avonotekhem hayu mavdilim benekhem leven elohekhem vekhattovtekhem histiru fanim mikkem mishemoa

But your iniquities have been a barrier Between you and your God— Your sins have turned the divine face away In refusal to hear you.

ki khappekhem nego'alu vaddam ve'etsbe'otekhem be'avon siftotekhem dibberu-sheqer leshonekhem avlah tehgeh

For your hands are defiled with crime And your fingers with iniquity. Your lips speak falsehood, Your tongue utters treachery.

en-qore vetsedeq ve'en nishpat be'emunah batoakh al-tohu vedabber-shav haro amal veholed aven

No one sues justly Or pleads honestly; They rely on emptiness and speak falsehood, Conceiving wrong and begetting evil.

betse tsifoni biqqe'u vequre akkavish ye'erogu ha'okhel mibbetsehem yamut vehazzureh tibbaqa efeh

They hatch adder’s eggs And weave spider webs; Whoever eats of those eggs will die, And if one is crushed, it hatches out a viper.

qurehem lo-yihyu leveged velo yitkassu bema'asehem ma'asehem ma'ase-aven ufo'al khamas bekhappehem

Their webs will not serve as a garment, What they make cannot serve as clothing; Their deeds are deeds of mischief, Their hands commit lawless acts,

raglehem lara yarutsu vimaharu lishpokh dam naqi makhshevotehem makhshevot aven shod vashever bimsillotam

Their feet run after evil, They hasten to shed the blood of the innocent. Their plans are plans of mischief, Destructiveness and injury are on their roads.

derekh shalom lo yada'u ve'en mishpat bemagelotam netivotehem iqqeshu lahem kol dorekh bah lo yada shalom

They do not care for the way of integrity, There is no justice on their paths. They make their courses crooked, No one who walks in them cares for integrity.

al-ken rakhaq mishpat mimmennu velo tassigenu tsedaqah neqavveh la'or vehinneh-khoshekh lingohot ba'afelot nehallekh

“That is why redress is far from us, And vindication does not reach us. We hope for light, and lo! there is darkness; For a gleam, and we must walk in gloom.

negashshah kha'ivrim qir ukhe'en enayim negasheshah kashalnu vatsohorayim kanneshef ba'ashmannim kammetim

We grope, like the blind along a wall; Like those without eyes we grope. We stumble at noon, as if in darkness; Among the sturdy, we are like the dead.

nehemeh khaddubbim kullanu vekhayyonim hagoh nehgeh neqavveh lammishpat va'ayin lishu'ah rakhaqah mimmennu

We all growl like bears And moan like doves. We hope for redress, and there is none; For victory, and it is far from us.

ki-rabbu fesha'enu negdekha vekhattovtenu anetah banu ki-fesha'enu ittanu va'avonotenu yeda'anum

For our many sins are before You, Our guilt testifies against us. We are aware of our sins, And we know well our iniquities:

pashoa vekhakhesh ba-Adonai venasog me'akhar elohenu dabber-osheq vesarah horo vehogo millev divre-shaqer

Rebellion, faithlessness to GOD, And turning away from our God, Planning fraud and treachery, Conceiving lies and uttering them with the throat.

vehussag akhor mishpat utsedaqah merakhoq ta'amod ki-khashelah varekhov emet unekhokhah lo-tukhal lavo

And so redress is turned back And vindication stays afar, Because honesty stumbles in the public square And uprightness cannot enter.

vattehi ha'emet nederet vesar mera mishtolel vayyar Adonai vayyera be'enayw ki-en mishpat

Honesty has been lacking, Whoever turns away from evil is despoiled.” GOD saw and was displeased That there was no redress.

vayyar ki-en ish vayyishtomem ki en mafgia vattosha-lo zero'o vetsidqato hi semakhatehu

[God] saw that there was nobody else, Gazing long, but no one intervened. Then God’s own arm did win triumph, The victorious right hand gave support.

vayyilbash tsedaqah kashiryan vekhova yeshu'ah berosho vayyilbash bigde naqam tilboshet vayya'at kamil qinah

[God] donned victory like a coat of mail, Wearing a helmet of triumph— Dressing in garments of retribution, Wrapped in zeal like a robe.

ke'al gemulot ke'al yeshallem khemah letsarayw gemul le'oyevayw la'iyyim gemul yeshallem

According to their deserts, So shall fury be repaid to God’s foes; Requital shall be made to God’s enemies, Requital to the distant lands.

veyiru mimma'arav et-shem Adonai umimmizrakh-shemesh et-kevodo ki-yavo khannahar tsar ruakh Adonai nosesah vo

From the west, they shall revere GOD’s name, And from the east, the divine Presence. For [God] shall come like a hemmed-in stream That the wind of the ETERNAL drives on;

uva letsiyyon go'el uleshave fesha beya'aqov ne'um Adonai

[God] shall come as redeemer to Zion, To those in Jacob who turn back from sin —declares GOD.

va'ani zot beriti otam amar Adonai rukhi asher alekha udevaray asher-samti befikha lo-yamushu mippikha umippi zarakha umippi zera zarakha amar Adonai me'attah ve'ad-olam

And this shall be My covenant with them, said GOD: My spirit that is upon you, and the words that I have placed in your mouth, shall not be absent from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your children, nor from the mouth of your children’s children—said GOD—from now on, for all time.