Isaiah 56
1 Thus said YHWH: “Keep judgment, and do righteousness, For My salvation [is] near to come, And My righteousness to be revealed.”
Itsho njalo iNkosi: Gcinani isahlulelo, lenze ukulunga, ngoba usindiso lwami luseduze ukuthi lufike, lokulunga kwami ukuthi kubonakaliswe.
2 O the blessedness of a man who does this, And of a son of man who keeps hold on it, Keeping the Sabbath from defiling it, And keeping his hand from doing any evil.
Ubusisiwe umuntu owenza lokhu, lendodana yomuntu ebambelela kukho; ogcina isabatha engalingcolisi, egcina isandla sakhe ukuthi singenzi loba yikuphi okubi.
3 Do not let a son of the stranger speak, Who is joined to YHWH, saying, “YHWH certainly separates me from His people.” Nor let the eunuch say, “Behold, I am a dried up tree,”
Kayingakhulumi-ke indodana yowezizweni, ezihlanganise leNkosi, isithi: INkosi ingehlukanise ngokupheleleyo labantu bayo; lomthenwa kangathi: Khangela ngiyisihlahla esomileyo.
4 For thus said YHWH: “To the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths, And have fixed on that which I desired, And are keeping hold on My covenant:
Ngoba itsho njalo iNkosi kubathenwa abagcina amasabatha ami, abakhetha engikuthandayo, lababambelela esivumelwaneni sami:
5 I have given to them in My house, And within My walls a station and a name, Better than sons and than daughters, I give a continuous name to him That is not cut off.
Ngizabanika labo endlini yami langaphakathi kwemiduli yami indawo lebizo elingcono kulelamadodana lakulelamadodakazi; ngizabanika ibizo elingapheliyo, elingayikuqunywa.
6 And sons of the stranger, who are joined to YHWH, To serve Him, and to love the Name of YHWH, To be for servants to Him, All keeping from defiling the Sabbath, And those keeping hold on My covenant,
Lamadodana awemzini azihlanganisa leNkosi ukuyikhonza lokuthanda ibizo leNkosi, ukuba zinceku zayo, wonke ogcina isabatha engalingcolisi, lababambelela esivumelwaneni sami;
7 I have brought them to My holy mountain, And caused them to rejoice in My house of prayer, Their burnt-offerings and their sacrifices [Are] for a pleasing thing on My altar, For My house is called a house of prayer for all the peoples.”
lalabo ngizabaletha entabeni yami engcwele, ngibathokozise endlini yami yomkhuleko; iminikelo yabo yokutshiswa lemihlatshelo yabo kuzakwemukeleka phezu kwelathi lami, ngoba indlu yami izabizwa ngokuthi yindlu yomkhuleko yabantu bonke.
8 A declaration of Lord YHWH, Who is gathering the outcasts of Israel: “Again I gather to him—to his gathered ones.”
INkosi uJehova oqoqa abaxotshiweyo bakoIsrayeli uthi: Ngisezabuthelela abanye kuye ngaphandle kwababuthiweyo bakhe.
9 Every beast of the field, Come to devour, every beast in the forest.
Lina lonke zilo zeganga, wozani lidle, lina lonke zilo eziseguswini.
10 His watchmen [are] blind—all of them, They have not known, All of them [are] mute dogs, they are not able to bark, Dozing, lying down, loving to slumber.
Abalindi bakhe bayiziphofu, bonke kabalalwazi; bonke bayizinja eziyizimungulu, bangeke bakhonkothe; balele, bacambalele, bathanda ukuwozela.
11 And the dogs [are] strong of desire, They have not known sufficiency, And they [are] shepherds! They have not known understanding, All of them turned to their own way, Each to his dishonest gain from his quarter:
Yebo bayizinja ezihahayo, ezingasoze zisuthe; njalo bangabelusi abangakwaziyo ukuqedisisa; bonke baphendukela kweyabo indlela, ngulowo lalowo enzuzweni yakhe ephethelweni lakhe.
12 “Come, I take wine, And we drink, gulp strong drink, And tomorrow has been as this day, Great—exceedingly abundant!”
Uthi: Wozani, ngizaletha iwayini, sinathe kakhulu okunathwayo okulamandla; lekusasa izakuba njengalamuhla, kwengezelelwe ngokukhulukazi.
