The Lord Will Save Those Who Come to Him
1The Lord says,
“Do what is fair and right.
I will soon come and save you.
Soon everyone will know that what I do is right.
2Blessed is the person who does what I want them to.
They are faithful in keeping the Sabbath day.
They do not misuse it.
They do not do what is evil on that day.”
3Suppose an outsider wants to follow the Lord.
Then that person shouldn’t say,
“The Lord won’t accept me as one of his people.”
And a eunuch shouldn’t say,
“I’m like a dry tree
that doesn’t bear any fruit.”
4The Lord says,
“Suppose some eunuchs keep my Sabbath days.
They choose to do what pleases me.
And they are faithful in keeping my covenant.
5Then I will set up a monument in the area of my temple.
Their names will be written on it.
That will be better for them than having sons and daughters.
The names of the eunuchs will be remembered forever.
They will never be forgotten.
6“Suppose outsiders want to follow me
and serve me.
They want to love me
and worship me.
They keep the Sabbath day and do not misuse it.
And they are faithful in keeping my covenant.
7Then I will bring them to my holy mountain of Zion.
I will give them joy in my house.
They can pray there.
I will accept their burnt offerings and sacrifices on my altar.
My house will be called
a house where people from all nations can pray.”
8The Lord and King will gather
those who were taken away from their homes in Israel.
He announces, “I will gather them to myself.
And I will gather others to join them.”
The Lord Judges Israel’s Evil Leaders
9Come, all you enemy nations! Come like wild animals.
Come and destroy like animals in the forest.
10Israel’s prophets are blind.
They don’t know the Lord.
All of them are like watchdogs that can’t even bark.
They just lie around and dream.
They love to sleep.
11They are like dogs that love to eat.
They never get enough.
They are like shepherds who don’t have any understanding.
All of them do as they please.
They only look for what they can get for themselves.
12“Come!” they shout. “Let’s get some wine!
Let’s drink all the beer we can!
Tomorrow we’ll do the same thing.
And that will be even better than today.”
外族人蒙拯救
1耶和华说：
“你们当坚持正义，
秉行公义，
因为我的救恩快要来临，
我的公义快要彰显。
2谨守而不亵渎安息日、
不做恶事的人有福了！”
3皈依耶和华的外族人啊，
不要以为耶和华会把你和祂的子民分开，
太监也不要觉得自己只是一棵枯树。
4因为耶和华说：
“如果太监遵守我的安息日、
做我喜悦的事、
持守我的约，
5我必在我的殿中、
墙内赐给他们纪念碑和名号，
使他们胜过有儿女的人。
我必赐给他们永远不会被除去的名号。
6至于那些皈依耶和华、
事奉祂、爱祂的名、
做祂的仆人、
谨守而不亵渎安息日、
持守祂的约的外族人，
7我必领他们到我的圣山，
到向我祷告的殿内，
使他们欢欣。
他们献上的燔祭和其他祭物必蒙悦纳，
因为我的殿必被称为万民祷告的殿。”
8招聚以色列流亡者的主耶和华说：
“除了这些被招聚回来的人以外，
我还要招聚其他人。”
以色列昏庸的首领
9田野和林中的走兽啊，
来吞吃吧！
10以色列的守望者瞎眼无知，
是不会叫的哑巴狗，
只喜欢躺下睡觉做梦。
11这些人就像贪吃的狗，
不知饱足，
又像什么都不懂的牧人，
人人各行其是，
追求自己的利益。
12他们说：“来吧，我去拿酒，
让我们喝个痛快！
明天会跟今天一样，
甚至更丰盛。”
