Isaiah 59 – NIV & CCB

New International Version

Isaiah 59:1-21

Sin, Confession and Redemption

1Surely the arm of the Lord is not too short to save,

nor his ear too dull to hear.

2But your iniquities have separated

you from your God;

your sins have hidden his face from you,

so that he will not hear.

3For your hands are stained with blood,

your fingers with guilt.

Your lips have spoken falsely,

and your tongue mutters wicked things.

4No one calls for justice;

no one pleads a case with integrity.

They rely on empty arguments, they utter lies;

they conceive trouble and give birth to evil.

5They hatch the eggs of vipers

and spin a spider’s web.

Whoever eats their eggs will die,

and when one is broken, an adder is hatched.

6Their cobwebs are useless for clothing;

they cannot cover themselves with what they make.

Their deeds are evil deeds,

and acts of violence are in their hands.

7Their feet rush into sin;

they are swift to shed innocent blood.

They pursue evil schemes;

acts of violence mark their ways.

8The way of peace they do not know;

there is no justice in their paths.

They have turned them into crooked roads;

no one who walks along them will know peace.

9So justice is far from us,

and righteousness does not reach us.

We look for light, but all is darkness;

for brightness, but we walk in deep shadows.

10Like the blind we grope along the wall,

feeling our way like people without eyes.

At midday we stumble as if it were twilight;

among the strong, we are like the dead.

11We all growl like bears;

we moan mournfully like doves.

We look for justice, but find none;

for deliverance, but it is far away.

12For our offenses are many in your sight,

and our sins testify against us.

Our offenses are ever with us,

and we acknowledge our iniquities:

13rebellion and treachery against the Lord,

turning our backs on our God,

inciting revolt and oppression,

uttering lies our hearts have conceived.

14So justice is driven back,

and righteousness stands at a distance;

truth has stumbled in the streets,

honesty cannot enter.

15Truth is nowhere to be found,

and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey.

The Lord looked and was displeased

that there was no justice.

16He saw that there was no one,

he was appalled that there was no one to intervene;

so his own arm achieved salvation for him,

and his own righteousness sustained him.

17He put on righteousness as his breastplate,

and the helmet of salvation on his head;

he put on the garments of vengeance

and wrapped himself in zeal as in a cloak.

18According to what they have done,

so will he repay

wrath to his enemies

and retribution to his foes;

he will repay the islands their due.

19From the west, people will fear the name of the Lord,

and from the rising of the sun, they will revere his glory.

For he will come like a pent-up flood

that the breath of the Lord drives along.59:19 Or When enemies come in like a flood, / the Spirit of the Lord will put them to flight

20“The Redeemer will come to Zion,

to those in Jacob who repent of their sins,”

declares the Lord.

21“As for me, this is my covenant with them,” says the Lord. “My Spirit, who is on you, will not depart from you, and my words that I have put in your mouth will always be on your lips, on the lips of your children and on the lips of their descendants—from this time on and forever,” says the Lord.

Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)

以赛亚书 59:1-21

因罪与主隔绝

1看啊,耶和华的臂膀并非没有力量拯救,

祂的耳朵并非聋得听不见。

2你们的罪过使你们与上帝隔绝,

你们的罪恶使祂转脸不看你们,

也不听你们的祈求。

3你们的手染满了血污,

手指沾满了罪恶。

你们的嘴唇吐出谎言,

舌头嘀咕恶事。

4无人按公义诉讼,

无人凭诚实申辩。

你们依靠诡辩,口出谎言,

心怀鬼胎,生出罪恶。

5你们孵毒蛇蛋,

人吃了这蛋必死,

蛋破后爬出毒蛇。

你们编蜘蛛网,

6这网不能做衣服遮盖你们。

你们行为邪恶,

做事残暴。

7你们奔向邪恶,

急于滥杀无辜;

你们心怀恶念,

所到之处大肆毁灭。

8你们不知道平安之路,

你们的行径毫无公正;

你们走歪门邪道,

跟从你们的必得不到平安。

9因此,正义远离我们,

公义临不到我们。

我们渴望光明,却得到黑暗;

我们渴望曙光,却仍然走在幽暗中。

10我们像盲人一样沿墙摸索,

像无眼睛的人一样探路。

我们在中午也跌跌撞撞,

如同走在晚上。

我们在强壮人当中如同死人。

11我们像熊一样咆哮,

如鸽子一般哀鸣。

我们渴望正义,却得不到;

渴望得到拯救,却遥不可及。

12因为我们在上帝面前过犯累累,

我们的罪恶向我们发出控诉。

我们被过犯缠身,自知有罪。

13我们悖逆,否认耶和华,

离弃我们的上帝,

说欺压、叛逆的话,

吐露心中编织的谎言。

14正义被赶逐,

公义不能靠近,

真理倒在街上,

正直被拒之门外。

15真理无处可寻,

远离恶事的人反成了猎物。

耶和华因正义荡然无存而不悦。

16祂因无人、

无一个人主持公道而惊讶,

于是亲自伸出臂膀,

以自己的公义施行拯救。

17祂以公义作铠甲,

以救恩作头盔,

以复仇作衣服,

以热忱作外袍。

18祂必按各人的行为报应各人,

向祂的敌人发烈怒,

惩罚祂的仇敌,

向众海岛施行报应。

19这样,日落之处的人必敬畏耶和华的名,

日出之地的人必对祂的荣耀肃然起敬。

祂必奔来,如被耶和华之气推动的急流。

20耶和华说:“必有一位救赎主来到锡安

雅各那些离弃罪恶的子孙那里。”

21耶和华说:“我亲自与他们立约,我赐给他们的灵和我放在他们口中的话,必不离开他们和他们的子子孙孙,从现在直到永远。这是耶和华说的。”