Isaías 59
Bible du Rabbinat (Zadoc Kahn)
1Assurément, la main de l'Eternel n'est pas trop courte pour sauver, ni son oreille trop dure pour entendre.
2Mais vos méfaits ont mis une barrière entre vous et votre Dieu; vos péchés sont cause qu'il a détourné sa face de vous et cessé de vous écouter.
3Car vos mains sont souillées de sang, et vos doigts de crimes; vos lèvres débitent le mensonge, votre langue profère l'injustice.
4Personne n'invoque le bon droit, personne ne plaide avec, loyauté; on se fie à l'imposture, on avance des faussetés, on conçoit le mal et on engendre l'iniquité.
5Ils font éclore des œufs de basilic et tissent des toiles d'araignées: quiconque mange de leurs œufs meurt; que l'un d'eux se brise, il en sort une vipère.
6Leurs tissus ne peuvent fournir de vêtements et leurs ouvrages sont impropres à les couvrir: leurs actes sont des actes d'iniquité, la besogne que font leurs mains est toute de violence.
7Leurs pieds courent au mal, et ils ont hâte de verser le sang innocent; leurs pensées sont des pensées de crime, la destruction et la ruine marquent leur route.
8La voie de la paix leur est inconnue, point de justice dans leurs sentiers: ils rendent sinueuses leurs allées, tous ceux qui `les foulent ignorent la paix.
9C'est pourquoi le droit est loin de nous, et le salut ne nous arrive point; nous attendons la lumière et ce n'est que ténèbres; la clarté, et nous marchons dans une brume épaisse.
10Nous errons comme des aveugles le long d'un mur, comme des gens privés de leurs yeux nous marchons à tâtons; nous trébuchons en plein midi comme au crépuscule; dans des régions plantureuses, nous sommes pareils à des morts.
11Nous grondons tous comme des ours, et tels que des colombes nous ne cessons de gémir. Nous attendons le droit: il est absent; le salut: il est loin de nous.
12C'est que nombreux sont nos méfaits, et nos péchés témoignent contre nous. Oui, nous avons conscience de nos méfaits, et nos fautes, nous les connaissons.
13C'est de s'insurger et renier l'Eternel, de fuir loin de notre Dieu, de ne parler que de violence et de révolte, de concevoir dans le cœur et mettre au jour des propos mensongers.
14Le droit est forcé de reculer, la justice se tient à distance, car la vérité a trébuché sur la place publique et la droiture ne peut trouver d'accès.
15Oui, la vérité a cédé la place, et quiconque s'écarte du mal passe pour dément; et l'Eternel a vu, à sa grande indignation, que c'en était fait du droit.
16Et il s'est aperçu qu'il n'y avait pas un homme, il a constaté avec stupeur que nul n'intervenait; alors c'est son bras qui lui prêta assistance, et c'est sa justice qui le soutint.
17Il s'arma de justice comme d'une cuirasse et posa le casque de la victoire sur sa tête; il endossa comme une draperie de vengeance et s'enveloppa, en guise de manteau, d'un zèle jaloux.
18Selon le mérite, il rétribue: sa colère est pour ses adversaires, une juste rémunération pour ses ennemis; il paie les plages lointaines d'après leurs œuvres.
19Aussi craindra-t-on le nom du Seigneur dans les régions où le soleil se couche, la majesté divine là où il se lève, car elle se présentera comme un fleuve encaissé, que précipite le souffle de l'Eternel.
20Mais il viendra en rédempteur pour Sion et pour les pécheurs repentants de Jacob; telle est la promesse de l'Eternel.
21Quant à moi, dit l'Eternel, voici quel est mon pacte avec eux: mon inspiration qui repose sur toi et les paroles que j'ai mises en ta bouche, elles ne doivent point s'écarter de ta bouche, ni de la bouche de tes enfants, ni de celle des enfants de tes enfants, soit à présent, soit dans les temps futurs.
Reina-Valera 1909
1HE aquí que no se ha acortado la mano de Jehová para salvar, ni hase agravado su oído para oir:
2Mas vuestras iniquidades han hecho división entre vosotros y vuestro Dios, y vuestros pecados han hecho ocultar su rostro de vosotros, para no oir.
3Porque vuestras manos están contaminadas de sangre, y vuestros dedos de iniquidad; vuestros labios pronuncian mentira, habla maldad vuestra lengua.
4No hay quien clame por la justicia, ni quien juzgue por la verdad: confían en vanidad, y hablan vanidades; conciben trabajo, y paren iniquidad.
5Ponen huevos de áspides, y tejen telas de arañas: el que comiere de sus huevos, morirá; y si lo apretaren, saldrá un basilisco.
6Sus telas no servirán para vestir, ni de sus obras serán cubiertos: sus obras son obras de iniquidad, y obra de rapiña está en sus manos.
7Sus pies corren al mal, y se apresuran para derramar la sangre inocente; sus pensamientos, pensamientos de iniquidad, destrucción y quebrantamiento en sus caminos.
8No conocieron camino de paz, ni hay derecho en sus caminos: sus veredas son torcidas; cualquiera que por ellas fuere, no conocerá paz.
9Por esto se alejó de nosotros el juicio, y no nos alcanzó justicia: esperamos luz, y he aquí tinieblas; resplandores, y andamos en oscuridad.
10Palpamos la pared como ciegos, y andamos á tiento como sin ojos; tropezamos al medio día como de noche; estamos en oscuros lugares como muertos.
11Aullamos como osos todos nosotros, y gemimos lastimeramente como palomas: esperamos juicio, y no lo hay; salud, y alejóse de nosotros.
12Porque nuestras rebeliones se han multiplicado delante de ti, y nuestros pecados han atestiguado contra nosotros: porque con nosotros están nuestras iniquidades, y conocemos nuestros pecados:
13El prevaricar y mentir contra Jehová, y tornar de en pos de nuestro Dios; el hablar calumnia y rebelión, concebir y proferir de corazón palabras de mentira.
14Y el derecho se retiró, y la justicia se puso lejos: porque la verdad tropezó en la plaza, y la equidad no pudo venir.
15Y la verdad fué detenida; y el que se apartó del mal, fué puesto en presa: y viólo Jehová, y desagradó en sus ojos, porque pereció el derecho.
16Y vió que no había hombre, y maravillóse que no hubiera quien se interpusiese; y salvólo su brazo, y afirmóle su misma justicia.
17Pues de justicia se vistió como de loriga, con capacete de salud en su cabeza: y vistióse de vestido de venganza por vestidura, y cubrióse de celo como de manto,
18Como para retribuir, como para retornar ira á sus enemigos, y dar el pago á sus adversarios: el pago dará á las islas.
19Y temerán desde el occidente el nombre de Jehová, y desde el nacimiento del sol su gloria: porque vendrá el enemigo como río, mas el espíritu de Jehová levantará bandera contra él.
20Y vendrá el Redentor á Sión, y á los que se volvieren de la iniquidad en Jacob, dice Jehová.
21Y este será mi pacto con ellos, dijo Jehová: El espíritu mío que está sobre ti, y mis palabras que puse en tu boca, no faltarán de tu boca, ni de la boca de tu simiente, ni de la boca de la simiente de tu simiente, dijo Jehová, desde ahora y para siempre.
King James Version
1Behold, the LORD’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
2But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
3For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.
4None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
5They 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.
6Their 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.
7Their 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.
8The 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.
9Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.
10We 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.
11We 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.
12For 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;
13In 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.
14And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
15Yea, 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.
16And 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.
17For 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.
18According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence.
19So 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.
20And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD.
21As 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.
World English Bible
1Behold, the LORD’s hand is not shortened, that it can’t save; nor his ear dull, that it can’t hear.
2But your iniquities have separated you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.
3For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity. Your lips have spoken lies. Your tongue mutters wickedness.
4No one sues in righteousness, and no one pleads in truth. They trust in vanity and speak lies. They conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
5They hatch adders’ eggs and weave the spider’s web. He who eats of their eggs dies; and that which is crushed breaks out into a viper.
6Their webs won’t become garments. They won’t cover themselves with their works. Their works are works of iniquity, and acts of violence are in their hands.
7Their feet run to evil, and they hurry to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity. Desolation and destruction are in their paths.
8They don’t know the way of peace; and there is no justice in their ways. They have made crooked paths for themselves; whoever goes in them doesn’t know peace.
9Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness doesn’t overtake us. We look for light, but see darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity.
10We grope for the wall like the blind. Yes, we grope as those who have no eyes. We stumble at noon as if it were twilight. Among those who are strong, we are like dead men.
11We all roar like bears and moan sadly like doves. We look for justice, but there is none, for salvation, but it is far off from us.
12For our transgressions are multiplied before you, and our sins testify against us; for our transgressions are with us, and as for our iniquities, we know them:
13transgressing and denying the LORD, and turning away from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
14Justice is turned away backward, and righteousness stands far away; for truth has fallen in the street, and uprightness can’t enter.
15Yes, truth is lacking; and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey. The LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no justice.
16He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor. Therefore his own arm brought salvation to him; and his righteousness sustained him.
17He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head. He put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a mantle.
18According to their deeds, he will repay as appropriate: wrath to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies. He will repay the islands their due.
19So they will fear the LORD’s name from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun; for he will come as a rushing stream, which the LORD’s breath drives.
20“A Redeemer will come to Zion, and to those who turn from disobedience in Jacob,” says the LORD.
21“As for me, this is my covenant with them,” says the LORD. “My Spirit who is on you, and my words which I have put in your mouth shall not depart out of your mouth, nor out of the mouth of your offspring, nor out of the mouth of your offspring’s offspring,” says the LORD, “from now on and forever.”