Salvation for others
1This is what the Lord says:
‘Maintain justice
and do what is right,
for my salvation is close at hand
and my righteousness will soon be revealed.
2Blessed is the one who does this –
the person who holds it fast,
who keeps the Sabbath without desecrating it,
and keeps their hands from doing any evil.’
3Let no foreigner who is bound to the Lord say,
‘The Lord will surely exclude me from his people.’
And let no eunuch complain,
‘I am only a dry tree.’
4For this is what the Lord says:
‘To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths,
who choose what pleases me
and hold fast to my covenant –
5to them I will give within my temple and its walls
a memorial and a name
better than sons and daughters;
I will give them an everlasting name
that will endure for ever.
6And foreigners who bind themselves to the Lord
to minister to him,
to love the name of the Lord,
and to be his servants,
all who keep the Sabbath without desecrating it
and who hold fast to my covenant –
7these I will bring to my holy mountain
and give them joy in my house of prayer.
Their burnt offerings and sacrifices
will be accepted on my altar;
for my house will be called
a house of prayer for all nations.’
8The Sovereign Lord declares –
he who gathers the exiles of Israel:
‘I will gather still others to them
besides those already gathered.’
God’s accusation against the wicked
9Come, all you beasts of the field,
come and devour, all you beasts of the forest!
10Israel’s watchmen are blind,
they all lack knowledge;
they are all mute dogs,
they cannot bark;
they lie around and dream,
they love to sleep.
11They are dogs with mighty appetites;
they never have enough.
They are shepherds who lack understanding;
they all turn to their own way,
they seek their own gain.
12‘Come,’ each one cries, ‘let me get wine!
Let us drink our fill of beer!
And tomorrow will be like today,
or even far better.’
Abantu ba Katonda Baliva mu Mawanga Gonna
156:1 a Is 1:17 b Zab 85:9Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama nti,
“Mukolenga obwenkanya era ebituufu,
kubanga obulokozi bwange bunaatera okujja,
n’obutuukirivu bwange
bunatera okubikkulibwa.
256:2 a Zab 119:2 b Kuv 20:8, 10; Is 58:13Alina omukisa omuntu akola ekyo,
n’omwana w’omuntu akinyweererako.
Akwata ssabbiiti obutagyonoona,
n’akuuma omukono gwe obutakola kibi na kimu.”
356:3 Bik 8:27Era ne munnaggwanga eyeegatta ku Mukama tayogeranga nti,
“Mukama, oboolyawo alinjawula ku bantu be,”
so n’omulaawe okugamba nti,
“Ndi muti mukalu.”
4Kubanga bw’atyo bw’ayogera Mukama nti,
“Eri abalaawe abakwata ssabbiiti zange
ne basalawo okugoberera ebyo ebinsanyusa,
ne bakuuma endagaano yange,
556:5 a Is 26:1; 60:18 b Is 48:19; 55:13amannya gaabwe galijjukirwa
mu yeekaalu yange mu bisenge byamu, ng’ekijjukizo
n’okusinga bwe mwandibadde n’abaana aboobulenzi n’aboobuwala.
Ndibawa erinnya eritaliggwaawo
ery’emirembe n’emirembe.
656:6 a Is 60:7, 10; 61:5 b nny 2, 4N’abo bannaggwanga abasalawo okwegatta ku Mukama,
okumuweereza era n’okwagala erinnya lya Mukama
era n’okubeera abaweereza be,
abakwata ssabbiiti
ne batagyonoona
era ne banyweza endagaano yange,
756:7 a Is 2:2 b Bar 12:1; Beb 13:15 c Mat 21:13*; Luk 19:46* d Mak 11:17*bano ndibaleeta ku lusozi lwange olutukuvu
era ne mbawa essanyu mu nnyumba yange ey’okusabiramu.
Ebiweebwayo byabwe ebyokebwa ne ssaddaaka zaabwe
birikkirizibwa ku kyoto kyange.
Kubanga ennyumba yange eriyitibwa nnyumba ya kusabiramu
eri amawanga gonna.”
856:8 Is 11:12; 60:3-11; Yk 10:16Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama Ayinzabyonna,
akuŋŋaanya Abayisirayiri abaawaŋŋangusibwa nti,
“Ndikuŋŋaanyaayo abantu abalala
ng’oggyeko abantu bange aba Isirayiri be nkuŋŋaanyizza.”
Katonda Alumiriza Abakulembeze ba Isirayiri Ebibi byabwe
956:9 Is 18:6; Yer 12:9Mukama agamba amawanga amalala okujja
ng’ensolo ez’omu nsiko, galye abantu be.
1056:10 a Ez 3:17 b Nak 3:18Kubanga abakulembeze ba Isirayiri bazibe ba maaso,
bonna tebalina magezi,
bonna mbwa
ezitasobola kuboggola,
zibeera mu kuloota nakugalaamirira
ezaagala okwebaka obwebasi.
1156:11 a Ez 34:2 b Is 1:3 c Is 57:17; Ez 13:19; Mi 3:11Embwa ezirina omululu omuyitirivu
ezitakkuta.
Basumba abatayinza kutegeera,
bonna abakyamye mu makubo gaabwe;
buli muntu ng’afa ku kwenoonyeza ky’anaalya.
1256:12 Zab 10:6; Luk 12:18-19Bagambagana nti,
“Mujje, leka tukime omwenge tunywe tutamiire.
N’olw’enkya lunaku ng’olwa leero,
oba n’okusingawo.”
