Isaiah 59

NEW JERUSALEM	NOVA VULGATA
1 No, the arm of Yahweh is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear,	1 Ecce non est abbreviata manus Domini, ut salvare nequeat, neque aggravata est auris eius, ut non exaudiat;
2 but your guilty deeds have made a gulf between you and your God. Your sins have made him hide hisface from you so as not to hear you,	2 sed iniquitates vestrae diviserunt inter vos et Deum vestrum, et peccata vestra absconderunt faciem eius a vobis, ne exaudiret.
3 since your hands are stained with blood and your fingers with guilt; your lips utter lies, your tonguesmurmur wickedness.	3 Manus enim vestrae pollutae sunt sanguine, et digiti vestri iniquitate; labia vestra locuta sunt mendacium, et lingua vestra iniquitatem fatur.
4 No one makes upright accusations or pleads sincerely. Al rely on empty words, utter falsehood,conceive trouble and give birth to evil.	4 Non est qui invocet iustitiam, neque est qui iudicet vere; confidunt in nihilo et loquuntur vanitates: conceperunt laborem et pepererunt iniquitatem.
5 They are hatching adders' eggs and weaving a spider's web; eat one of their eggs and you die, crushone and a viper emerges.	5 Ova aspidum rumpunt et telas araneae texunt; qui comederit de ovis eorum, morietur, et, quod fractum est, erumpet in regulum.
6 Their webs are useless for clothing, their deeds are useless for wearing; their deeds are deeds of guilt,violence fil s their hands.	6 Telae eorum non erunt in vestimentum, neque operientur operibus suis; opera eorum opera iniquitatis, et facinora violentiae in manibus eorum.
7 Their feet run to do evil; they are quick to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are thoughts of guilt,wherever they go there is havoc and ruin.	7 Pedes eorum ad malum currunt et festinant, ut effundant sanguinem innocentem; cogitationes eorum cogitationes iniquitatis, vastitas et contritio in viis eorum.
8 They do not know the way of peace, there is no fair judgement in their course, they have made theirown crooked paths, and no one treading them knows any peace.	8 Viam pacis nescierunt, et non est iudicium in gressibus eorum; semitae eorum incurvatae sunt eis: omnis, qui calcat in eis, ignorat pacem.
9 Thus fair judgement is remote from us nor can uprightness overtake us. We looked for light and all isdarkness, for brightness and we walk in gloom.	9 Propter hoc elongatum est iudicium a nobis, et non apprehendit nos iustitia; exspectamus lucem, et ecce tenebrae, splendorem, et in caligine ambulamus.
10 Like the blind we feel our way along walls, we grope our way like people without eyes. We stumble asthough noon were twilight, among the robust we are like the dead.	10 Palpamus sicut caeci parietem et quasi absque oculis attrectamus; impegimus meridie quasi in crepusculo, inter sanos quasi mortui.
11 We growl, al of us, like bears, like doves we make no sound but moaning, waiting for the fairjudgement that never comes, for salvation, but that is far away.	11 Rugimus quasi ursi omnes et quasi columbae gementes gemimus; exspectamus iudicium, et non est, salutem, et elongata est a nobis.
12 How often we have rebel ed against you and our sins bear witness against us. Our rebellious acts areindeed with us, we are wel aware of our guilt:	12 Multiplicatae sunt enim iniquitates nostrae coram te, et peccata nostra respondent nobis; quia scelera nostra nobiscum, et iniquitates nostras cognovimus:
13 rebel ion and denial of Yahweh, turning our back on our God, talking violence and revolt, murmuringlies in our heart.	13 peccare et mentiri contra Dominum et recedere a Deo nostro, loqui violentiam et transgressionem, concipere et murmurare de corde verba mendacii.
14 Fair judgement is driven away and saving justice stands aloof, for good faith has stumbled in thestreet and sincerity cannot enter.	14 Et conversum est retrorsum iudicium, et iustitia longe stat, quia corruit in platea veritas, et aequitas non potuit ingredi.
15 Good faith has vanished; anyone abstaining from evil is victimised. Yahweh saw this and wasdispleased that there was no fair judgement.	15 Et facta est veritas in oblivionem, et, qui recedit a malo, spoliatur. Et vidit Dominus, et malum apparuit in oculis eius, quia non est iudicium.
16 He saw there was no one and wondered there was no one to intervene. So he made his own arm hismainstay, his own saving justice his support.	16 Et vidit quia non est vir, et aporiatus est, quia non est qui occurrat; et salvavit sibi brachium suum, et iustitia eius ipsa confirmavit eum.
17 He put on saving justice like a breastplate, on his head the helmet of salvation. He put on the clothesof vengeance like a tunic and wrapped himself in jealousy like a cloak.	17 Indutus est iustitia ut lorica, et galea salutis in capite eius; indutus est vestimentis ultionis et operuit se zelo quasi pallio.
18 To each he repays his due, retribution to his enemies, reprisals on his foes, to the coasts and islandshe wil repay their due.	18 Secundum opera sic retribuet: iram hostibus suis, retributionem inimicis suis, insulis vicem reddet.
19 From the west, Yahweh's name wil be feared, and from the east, his glory, for he will come like apent-up stream impel ed by the breath of Yahweh.	19 Et timebunt, qui ab occidente, nomen Domini, et, qui ab ortu solis, gloriam eius, cum venerit quasi fluvius violentus, quem spiritus Domini cogit.
20 Then for Zion wil come a redeemer, for those who stop rebel ing in Jacob, declares Yahweh.	20 Et veniet pro Sion redemptor et eis, qui redeunt ab iniquitate in Iacob, dixit Dominus.
21 'For my part, this is my covenant with them, says Yahweh. My spirit with which I endowed you, andmy words that I have put in your mouth, wil not leave your mouth, or the mouths of your children, or the mouthsof your children's children, says Yahweh, henceforth and for ever.'	21 Hoc foedus meum cum eis, dixit Dominus: “ Spiritus meus, qui est super te, et verba mea, quae posui in ore tuo, non recedent de ore tuo et de ore seminis tui et de ore seminis seminis tui, dixit Dominus, amodo et usque in sempiternum ”.