1 B ehold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:

لَيسَتْ يَدُ اللهِ قاصِرَةً عَنْ أنْ تُخَلِّصَكُمْ! وَلا هُوَ أصَمُّ، بَلْ يَسمَعُ.

2 b ut your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.

لَكِنَّ آثامَكُمْ تَفصِلُكُمْ عَنْ إلَهِكُمْ. خَطاياكُمْ جَعَلَتهُ يَستُرُ وَجهَهُ عَنكُمْ حَتَّى لا يَسمَعَكُمْ.

3 F or your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.

لأنَّ أيدِيَكُمْ مُلَطَّخَةٌ بِالدَّمِ، وَأصابِعَكُمْ بِالإثمِ. شِفاهُكُمْ تَتَكَلَّمُ بِالكَذِبِ، وَلِسانُكُمْ يَنطُقُ بِالشَّرِّ.

4 N one calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.

لا أحَدَ يَصْدُقُ عِنْدَ اتِّهامِهِ لِلآخَرِينَ، وَلا أحَدَ يُحاكِمُ بِالعَدلِ. كُلُّهُمْ يَعتَمِدُونَ عَلَى الكَلامِ الفارِغِ وَالكَذِبِ. يَصنَعُونَ الألَمَ، وَيُنتِجُونَ الشَّرَّ.

5 T hey hatch cockatrice’ eggs, and weave the spider’s web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.

يَفقِسُونَ بَيضَ الأفاعِي، وَيَنسِجُونَ شَبَكَةَ عَنكَبُوتٍ. مَنْ يَأكُلُ مِنْ بَيضِهِمْ يَمُوتُ، وَالبَيضَةُ الَّتِي تُكسَرُ تَفقِسُ حَيَّةً سامَّةً.

6 T heir webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.

خُيُوطُهُمْ لا تَصلُحُ لِنَسْجِ الثِّيابِ، وَلا يَستَطِيعُونَ سَتْرَ أنفُسِهِمْ بِما يَصنَعُونَ. أعْمالُهمْ أعْمالُ إثمٍ، وَأيدِيهُمْ مَليئَةٌ بِالعُنفِ.

7 T heir feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.

يَركُضُونَ إلَى عَمَلِ الشَّرِّ، وَيُسرِعُونَ إلَى قَتلِ الأبرِياءِ. أفكارُهُمْ شِرِّيرَةٌ، وَيَترُكُونَ وَراءَهُمُ الخَرابَ وَالدَّمارَ.

8 T he way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.

أمّا طَرِيقُ السَّلامِ فَلا يَعرِفُونَهُ، وَلَيسَ فِي مَسالِكِهِمْ عَدلٌ. طُرُقُهُمْ عَوجاءَ، وَكُلُّ مَنْ يَسِيرُ فِيها لَنْ يَعرِفَ السَّلامَ. خَطِيَّةُ إسْرائِيلَ وَنَتِيجَتُها

9 T herefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.

لِذَلِكَ تَرَكَنا العَدلُ، وَالإنصافُ لا يَأتِي إلَينا. نَرجُو النُّورَ، وَلَو شُعاعَ نُورٍ فِي العَتمَةِ، لَكِنَّ طَرِيقَنا يَلُفُّهُ الظَّلامُ.

10 W e grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.

نَتَحَسَّسُ الحائِطَ كَالعِميانِ، نَتَلَمَّسُ طَرِيقَنا كَمَنْ لا عُيُونَ لَهُمْ. نَتَعَثَّرُ فِي الظَّهِيرَةِ كَما لَو كُنّا فِي العَتمَةِ. صِرنا كالمَوتَى مَعَ أنَّنا بَينَ الأحياءِ.

11 W e roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.

كُلُّنا نَخُورُ كَدُبَّةٍ، وَنَنُوحُ نُواحاً كَالحَمامِ. نَنتَظِرُ العَدلَ وَلَكِنَّهُ لا يَتَحَقَّقُ، وَنَنتَظِرُ الخَلاصَ، وَلَكِنَّهُ بَعِيدٌ عَنّا.

12 F or our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them;

لأنَّ أعمالَنا البَشِعَةَ أمامَكَ كَثِيرَةٌ، وَخَطايانا تَشهَدُ عَلَينا. لأنَّ أعمالَنا البَشِعَةَ تُرافِقُنا، وَنَحنُ نَعرِفُ آثامَنا.

13 i n transgressing and lying against the Lord, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.

عَصَينا اللهَ ، وَكُنّا غَيرَ أُمَناءَ نَحوَهُ. ابتَعَدْنا عَنْ إلَهِنا. كُنّا نَتَكَلَّمُ عَنِ الظُّلمِ وَالعِصيانِ، وَنَتَكَلَّمُ بِكَلِماتٍ كاذِبَةٍ مِنْ قُلُوبِنا.

14 A nd judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.

ابتَعَدَ العَدلُ، وَالحَقُّ وَقَفَ بَعِيداً. لأنَّ الحَقَّ يَتَعَثَّرُ فِي السّاحاتِ العامَّةِ، وَالصِّدقَ لا يَستَطِيعُ دُخُولَ المَدِينَةِ.

15 Y ea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the Lord saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.

زالَتِ الأمانَةُ، وَكُلُّ مَنْ يَبتَعِدُ عَنِ الشَّرِّ يُسلَبُ. رَأى اللهُ هَذا وَلَمْ يُسَرَّ، إذْ لا تُوجَدُ عَدالَةٌ.

16 A nd he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.

رَأى أنَّهُ لا يُوجَدُ أحَدٌ، وَتَحَيَّرَ لأنَّهُ ما مِنْ أحَدٍ يَقِفُ لِيُدافِعَ عَنِ الشَّعبِ. فَنَصَرَتْهُ ذِراعُهُ، وَأيَّدَهُ بِرُّهُ.

17 F or he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke.

لَبِسَ البِرَّ كَدِرعٍ، وَخُوذَةُ الخَلاصِ عَلَى رَأسِهِ. لَبِسَ الانتِقامَ كَثِيابٍ، وَاكتَسَى بِالغَيرَةِ كَعَباءَةٍ.

18 A ccording to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence.

سَيُجازِي أعداءَهُ كَما يَستَحِقُّونَ: غَضَباً عَلَى خُصُومِهِ، وَعِقاباً عَلَى أعْدائِهِ. سَيُجازِي الجُزُرَ وَالشَّواطِئَ حَسَبَ ما تَستَحِقُّ.

19 S o shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him.

سَيَخشَى الَّذِينَ فِي الغَربِ اسْمَ اللهِ ، وَالَّذِينَ فِي الشَّرقِ سَيَخافُونَ مَجدَهُ. لأنَّ العَدُوَّ سَيَأتِي كَنَهرٍ، وَلَكِنَّ قُوَّةَ اللهِ تَدفَعُهُ.

20 A nd the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the Lord.

فَهُوَ سَيَأتِي فادِياً لِصِهْيَوْنَ لِجَمِيعِ التَّائِبِينَ فِي عائِلَةِ يَعقُوبَ، يَقُولُ اللهُ.

21 A s for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.

يَقُولُ اللهُ: «هَذا هُوَ عَهدِي مَعَهُمْ: رُوحِي الَّذِي جَعَلْتُهُ عَلَيكَ، وَكَلامِي الَّذِي وَضَعتُهُ فِي فَمِكَ، لَنْ يَبتَعِدا عَنكَ وَلا عَنْ أولادِكَ وَلا عَنْ أحفادِكَ مِنَ الآنَ وَإلَى الأبَدِ.»