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 forever.
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.”
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.”
