1 Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear.2 But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.3 For your hands are stained with blood, your fingers with guilt. Your lips have spoken falsely, and your tongue mutters wicked things.4 No 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.5 They 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.6 Their 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.7 Their feet rush into sin; they are swift to shed innocent blood. They pursue evil schemes; acts of violence mark their ways.8 The 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.9 So 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.10 Like 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.11 We all growl like bears; we moan mournfully like doves. We look for justice, but find none; for deliverance, but it is far away.12 For our offenses are many in your sight, and our sins testify against us. Our offenses are ever with us, and we acknowledge our iniquities:13 rebellion and treachery against the LORD, turning our backs on our God, inciting revolt and oppression, uttering lies our hearts have conceived.14 So justice is driven back, and righteousness stands at a distance; truth has stumbled in the streets, honesty cannot enter.15 Truth is nowhere to be found, and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey. The LORD looked and was displeased that there was no justice.16 He 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.17 He 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.18 According 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.19 From 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. [^1]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.

1 ها ان يد الرب لم تقصر عن ان تخلّص ولم تثقل اذنه عن ان تسمع.2 بل آثامكم صارت فاصلة بينكم وبين الهكم وخطاياكم سترت وجهه عنكم حتى لا يسمع.3 لان ايديكم قد تنجست بالدم واصابعكم بالاثم. شفاهكم تكلمت بالكذب ولسانكم يلهج بالشر.4 ليس من يدعو بالعدل وليس من يحاكم بالحق. يتكلون على الباطل ويتكلمون بالكذب. قد حبلوا بتعب وولدوا اثما.5 فقسوا بيض افعى ونسجوا خيوط العنكبوت. الآكل من بيضهم يموت والتي تكسر تخرج افعى.6 خيوطهم لا تصير ثوبا ولا يكتسون باعمالهم. اعمالهم اعمال اثم وفعل الظلم في ايديهم.7 ارجلهم الى الشر تجري وتسرع الى سفك الدم الزكي. افكارهم افكار اثم. في طرقهم اغتصاب وسحق.8 طريق السلام لم يعرفوه وليس في مسالكهم عدل. جعلوا لانفسهم سبلا معوجة. كل من يسير فيها لا يعرف سلاما9 من اجل ذلك ابتعد الحق عنا ولم يدركنا العدل. ننتظر نورا فاذا ظلام. ضياء فنسير في ظلام دامس.10 نتلمس الحائط كعمي وكالذي بلا اعين نتجسس. قد عثرنا في الظهر كما في العتمة. في الضباب كموتى.11 نزأر كلنا كدبة وكحمام هدرا نهدر. ننتظر عدلا وليس هو وخلاصا فيبتعد عنا.12 لان معاصينا كثرت امامك وخطايانا تشهد علينا لان معاصينا معنا وآثامنا نعرفها.13 تعدينا وكذبنا على الرب وحدنا من وراء الهنا. تكلمنا بالظلم والمعصية حبلنا ولهجنا من القلب بكلام الكذب.14 وقد ارتد الحق الى الوراء والعدل يقف بعيدا. لان الصدق سقط في الشارع والاستقامة لا تستطيع الدخول.15 وصار الصدق معدوما والحائد عن الشر يسلب. فرأى الرب وساء في عينيه انه ليس عدل16 فرأى انه ليس انسان وتحيّر من انه ليس شفيع. فخلّصت ذراعه لنفسه وبره هو عضده.17 فلبس البر كدرع وخوذة الخلاص على راسه. ولبس ثياب الانتقام كلباس واكتسى بالغيرة كرداء.18 حسب الاعمال هكذا يجازي مبغضيه سخطا واعداءه عقابا. جزاء يجازي الجزائر.19 فيخافون من المغرب اسم الرب ومن مشرق الشمس مجده. عندما يأتي العدو كنهر فنفخة الرب تدفعه20 ويأتي الفادي الى صهيون والى التائبين عن المعصية في يعقوب يقول الرب21 اما انا فهذا عهدي معهم قال الرب. روحي الذي عليك وكلامي الذي وضعته في فمك لا يزول من فمك ولا من فم نسلك ولا من فم نسل نسلك قال الرب من الآن والى الابد