1.不， 上帝的膀臂不至于太短，不能救赎， 或者他的耳朵不至于太钝，不能听见；No, GOD’s arm is not too short to save,Or ear too dull to hear;
2.然而你们的罪孽成为隔离你们和你们神的屏障
你们的过错使神转脸不顾
不肯听你们的话But your iniquities have been a barrierBetween you and your God—Your sins have turned the divine face awayIn refusal to hear you.
3.因为你的手被罪恶玷污了，
你的手指被邪恶所污染。
你的嘴唇说出的是虚假，
你的舌头宣扬的是叛逆。For your hands are defiled with crime And your fingers with iniquity.Your lips speak falsehood,Your tongue utters treachery.
4.没有人公正地起诉
或 诚实地辩护；
他们依靠虚空并说谎，
构思错误并生出邪恶。No one sues justlyOr pleads honestly;They rely on emptiness and speak falsehood,Conceiving wrong and begetting evil.
5.他们孵化出蝰蛇的蛋
并织造蜘蛛网；
凡吃那些蛋的必死，
若有人把蛋压碎，里面会蹦出一条蝮蛇。They hatch adder’s eggsAnd weave spider webs;Whoever eats of those eggs will die,And if one is crushed, it hatches out a viper.
6.他们的网不能作为衣服，
他们织造的不能作为衣服；
他们所行的都是恶事，
他们的手所做的都是违法的行为，Their webs will not serve as a garment,What they make cannot serve as clothing;Their deeds are deeds of mischief,Their hands commit lawless acts,
7.他们的脚赶着作恶，
他们急忙流无辜人的血。
他们所谋划的都是恶计，
他们的道路上充满破坏和毁灭。Their feet run after evil,They hasten to shed the blood of the innocent.Their plans are plans of mischief,Destructiveness and injury are on their roads.
8.他们不顾正直的道路，
他们的道路上没有公义。
他们使自己的道路弯曲，
在其上行走的人不顾正直。They do not care for the way of integrity,There is no justice on their paths.They make their courses crooked,No one who walks in them cares for integrity.
9.因此救赎离我们很远，
伸张正义也不能到达我们。
我们希望有光，却遭遇黑暗，
盼望光明，却不得不在黑暗中行走。“That is why redress is far from us,And vindication does not reach us.We hope for light, and lo! there is darkness;For a gleam, and we must walk in gloom.
10.我们像盲人摸墙一样；
我们像没有眼睛的人一样摸索。
我们在白天像在黑夜里一样跌跌撞撞；
我们在强壮的人中像死人一样。We grope, like the blind along a wall;Like those without eyes we grope.We stumble at noon, as if in darkness;Among the sturdy, we are like the dead.
11.我们都像熊一样咆哮
像鸽子一样哀鸣
我们希望得到纠正，却没有
希望得到胜利，却离我们很远We all growl like bearsAnd moan like doves.We hope for redress, and there is none;For victory, and it is far from us.
12.我们许多的罪孽在你面前，
我们的罪责作证反对我们。
我们知道自己的罪孽，
也深知自己的邪恶。For our many sins are before You,Our guilt testifies against us.We are aware of our sins,And we know well our iniquities:
13.反叛，对上帝的不忠，
与我们神相背，
谋划欺骗和诡计，
心怀谎言，用喉咙说出来。
喉咙 原文为“心”；参看33.18及其他多处的注释。Rebellion, faithlessness to GOD,And turning away from our God,Planning fraud and treachery,Conceiving lies and uttering them with the throat.
14.于是伸冤被推翻维护正义远离因为诚实在街市上跌倒而公平不能进入And so redress is turned backAnd vindication stays afar,Because honesty stumbles in the public squareAnd uprightness cannot enter.
15.诚实已经消失，
远离邪恶的人却遭到掠夺。
上帝看见并不悦，
发现没有人伸张正义。Honesty has been lacking,Whoever turns away from evil is despoiled.” GOD saw and was displeasedThat there was no redress.
16.上帝看见没有人站出来，
凝视着，却没有人干预。
于是上帝亲自伸出手臂取得胜利，
胜利的右手给予帮助。[God] saw that there was nobody else, Gazing long, but no one intervened.Then God’s own arm did win triumph,The victorious right hand gave support.
17.他穿上胜利如同锁子甲，
戴上胜利的头盔——
穿上报应的衣服，
裹上热心如同外袍。[God] donned victory like a coat of mail,Wearing a helmet of triumph—Dressing in garments of retribution,Wrapped in zeal like a robe.
18.按照他们的行为
他们必然会受到愤怒的报应
这是对待上帝敌人的方式
要对上帝的敌人报仇
并对远方的土地报仇According to their deserts,So shall fury be repaid to God’s foes;Requital shall be made to God’s enemies,Requital to the distant lands.
19.从西方，他们将敬畏上帝的名，从东方，敬畏上帝的显现。因为上帝将像一股被堵塞的溪流，被永在的上帝的风驱动；From the west, they shall revere GOD’s name,And from the east, the divine Presence.For [God] shall come like a hemmed-in streamThat the wind of the ETERNAL drives on;
20.他必作为救赎者来到锡安，到雅各中那些转离罪过的人那里——上帝如此说。[God] shall come as redeemer to Zion,To those in Jacob who turn back from sin—declares GOD.
21.这是我与他们立的约，神说，所赐予你们的圣灵，和我所放在你们口中的话，必不离开你们的口，也不离开你们子孙的口，和你们子孙子孙的口，从今以后，直到永远，神说，这是因为以色列要成为先知的国。And this shall be My covenant with them, said GOD: My spirit that is upon you, and the words that I have placed in your mouth, shall not be absent from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your children, nor from the mouth of your children’s children—said GOD—from now on, for all time.