Isaiah 56
1 Thus says the Lord: Preserve judgment, and accomplish justice. For my salvation is close to its arrival, and my justice is close to being revealed.
上主這樣說：「你們應當持守公道，履行正義，因為我的救恩就要來到，我的正義就要出現。」
2 Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds to this, keeping the Sabbath and not profaning it, guarding his hands and not doing any evil.
遵行安息日而不予以褻瀆，防範自己的手而不做惡事，行這事的人，與固守此道的人子，是有福的。
3 And let not the son of the new arrival, who adheres to the Lord, speak, saying, “The Lord will divide and separate me from his people.” And let not the eunuch say, “Behold, I am a dry tree.”
歸依上主的異邦人不應說：「上主必將我由他的民族中分別出來！」閹人也不應說：「看！我是一棵枯樹！」
4 For thus says the Lord to the eunuchs: They will keep my Sabbaths, and they will choose the things that I will, and they will hold to my covenant.
因為上主這樣說：「對那些遵守我的安息日，揀選我所悅意的和固守我盟約的閹人，
5 I will give them a place in my house, within my walls, and a name better than sons and daughters. I will give them an everlasting name, which will never perish.
我要在我的屋內，在我的牆垣內，賜給他們比子女還好的記念碑和美名，我要賜給他們一個永久不能泯滅的名字。
6 And the sons of the new arrival, who adhere to the Lord so as to worship him and to love his name, shall be his servants: all who keep the Sabbath without profaning it, and who hold to my covenant.
至於那些歸依上主，事奉他，愛慕上主的名，作他的僕人，又都遵守安息日而不予以褻瀆，並固守我盟約的異邦人，
7 I will lead them to my holy mountain, and I will gladden them in my house of prayer. Their holocausts and their victims will be pleasing to me upon my altar. For my house will be called the house of prayer for all peoples.
我要領他們上我的聖山，使他們在我祈禱的殿裏歡樂，他們的全燔祭和犧牲在我的祭壇上要蒙受悅納，因為我的殿宇將稱為萬民的祈禱所。」
8 The Lord God, who gathers the dispersed of Israel, says: Even now, I will gather his congregation to him.
這是聚集四散的以色列民的吾主上主的斷語：「我還要召集其他民族歸於已聚集的人。」
9 All beasts of the field, all the beasts of the forest: approach and devour!
田間的一切走獸，林中的一切野獸，你們都來吞噬罷！
10 His watchmen are all blind. They are all ignorant. They are mute dogs without the ability to bark, seeing empty things, sleeping and loving dreams.
我民族的守望者都是瞎子，什麼也看不清；都是啞巴狗，不能叫喚，只會作夢，偃臥，貪睡。
11 And these very imprudent dogs have never known satisfaction. The shepherds themselves do not know understanding. All have turned aside in their own way, each one to his own avarice, from the highest even to the least:
他們又是貪食的狗，總不知足；都是什麼也不明瞭的牧人，只顧自己的道路，各求各自的利益。「
12 “Come, let us take wine, and be filled by inebriation. And as it is today, so shall it be tomorrow and for a long time.”
來罷！我去拿酒，讓我們痛飲美酒；明天如今天一樣，並且更要豐盛。」
