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.”
Wokovu Kwa Ajili Ya Wengine
156:1 Yer 22:3; Rum 13:11; Za 85:9; Dan 9:24; Yer 23:6; Isa 26:8Hili ndilo asemalo Bwana:
“Dumisheni haki
na mkatende lile lililo sawa,
kwa maana wokovu wangu u karibu
na haki yangu itafunuliwa upesi.
256:2 Kut 20:8-10; Isa 58:3; Za 119:2Amebarikiwa mtu yule atendaye hili,
mtu yule alishikaye kwa uthabiti,
yeye ashikaye Sabato bila kuinajisi,
auzuiaye mkono wake usifanye uovu wowote.”
356:3 Law 21:20; Mdo 8:27; Kut 12:43; 1Fal 8:41; Zek 8:20-23; Yer 38:7; Kum 23:3Usimwache mgeni aambatanaye na Bwana aseme,
“Hakika Bwana atanitenga na watu wake.”
Usimwache towashi yeyote alalamike akisema,
“Mimi ni mti mkavu tu.”
456:4 Yer 38:7; Kut 31:13Kwa kuwa hili ndilo asemalo Bwana:
“Kwa matowashi washikao Sabato zangu,
ambao huchagua kile kinachonipendeza
na kulishika sana agano langu:
556:5 1Tim 5:13; Isa 60:18; 48:19; 55:13; Ufu 3:12; Hes 32:42; 1Sam 15:12; Isa 47:3hao nitawapa ndani ya Hekalu langu na kuta zake
kumbukumbu na jina bora
kuliko kuwa na watoto wa kiume na wa kike:
nitawapa jina lidumulo milele,
ambalo halitakatiliwa mbali.
656:6 1Nya 22:2; Isa 61:5; Kut 12:43; 1Fal 8:41; Isa 60:7-10Wageni wanaoambatana na Bwana
ili kumtumikia,
kulipenda jina la Bwana,
na kumwabudu yeye,
wote washikao Sabato bila kuinajisi
na ambao hushika sana agano langu:
756:7 Eze 20:40; Rum 12:1; Isa 19:21; Flp 4:18; Mt 21:13; Mk 11:17; Isa 19:21; Lk 19:46hawa nitawaleta kwenye mlima wangu mtakatifu
na kuwapa furaha ndani ya nyumba yangu ya sala.
Sadaka zao za kuteketeza na dhabihu zao
zitakubalika juu ya madhabahu yangu;
kwa maana nyumba yangu itaitwa
nyumba ya sala kwa mataifa yote.”
856:8 Eze 34:12; Yn 10:16; Efe 1:10; Kum 30:4; Isa 11:12; 60:3-11Bwana Mwenyezi asema, yeye awakusanyaye
Waisraeli waliohamishwa:
“Bado nitawakusanya wengine kwao
zaidi ya hao ambao wamekusanywa tayari.”
Mashtaka Ya Mungu Dhidi Ya Waovu
956:9 Yer 12:9; Eze 34:5-8; Isa 18:6; Eze 39:17-20Njooni, enyi wanyama wote wa kondeni,
njooni mle, ninyi wanyama wote wa mwituni!
1056:10 Mt 15:14; Eze 3:17; Nah 3:18; Isa 52:8; 62:6; Yer 6:17; 31:6; 14:13-14Walinzi wa Israeli ni vipofu,
wote wamepungukiwa na maarifa;
wote ni mbwa walio bubu,
hawawezi kubweka;
hulala na kuota ndoto,
hupenda kulala.
1156:11 Yer 23:1; 8:10; Eze 34:2; Mik 3:11; Isa 53:6; Hos 4:7-8; Isa 57:17Ni mbwa wenye tamaa kubwa,
kamwe hawatosheki.
Wao ni wachungaji waliopungukiwa na ufahamu;
wote wamegeukia njia yao wenyewe,
kila mmoja hutafuta faida yake mwenyewe.
1256:12 Za 10:6; Lk 12:18-19; Law 10:9; Mit 23:20; Isa 42:25Kila mmoja hulia, “Njooni, tupate mvinyo!
Tunywe kileo sana!
Kesho itakuwa kama leo,
au hata bora zaidi.”
