Isaiah 56
1 This is what Yahweh says, “Observe what is right, do what is just; for my salvation is near, and my righteousness is about to be revealed.
主はこう言われる、「あなたがたは公平を守って正義を行え。わが救の来るのは近く、わが助けのあらわれるのが近いからだ。
2 Blessed is the man that does this, and who holds it tightly. He observes the Sabbath, not defiling it, and keeps his hand from doing any evil.”
安息日を守って、これを汚さず、その手をおさえて、悪しき事をせず、このように行う人、これを堅く守る人の子はさいわいである」。
3 Let no foreigner who has become a follower of Yahweh say, “Yahweh will certainly exclude me from his people.” The eunuch should not say, “See, I am a dry tree.”
主に連なっている異邦人は言ってはならない、「主は必ずわたしをその民から分かたれる」と。宦官もまた言ってはならない、「見よ、わたしは枯れ木だ」と。
4 For this is what Yahweh says, “To the eunuchs who observe my Sabbaths and choose what pleases me, and hold fast my covenant,
主はこう言われる、「わが安息日を守り、わが喜ぶことを選んで、わが契約を堅く守る宦官には、
5 to them I will set up in my house and within my walls a monument that is better than having sons and of daughters. I will give them an everlasting monument that will never be cut off.
わが家のうちで、わが垣のうちで、むすこにも娘にもまさる記念のしるしと名を与え、絶えることのない、とこしえの名を与える。
6 Also foreigners who join themselves to Yahweh— to serve him, and who love the name of Yahweh, to worship him, every one who observes the Sabbath and who keeps from defiling it, and who holds fast my covenant
また主に連なり、主に仕え、主の名を愛し、そのしもべとなり、すべて安息日を守って、これを汚さず、わが契約を堅く守る異邦人は
7 —I will bring to my holy mountain and make them joyful in my house of prayer; their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar. For my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations,
わたしはこれをわが聖なる山にこさせ、わが祈の家のうちで楽しませる、彼らの燔祭と犠牲とは、わが祭壇の上に受けいれられる。わが家はすべての民の祈の家ととなえられるからである」。
8 this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh, who gathers the outcasts of Israel— I will still gather others in addition to them.”
イスラエルの追いやられた者を集められる主なる神はこう言われる、「わたしはさらに人を集めて、すでに集められた者に加えよう」と。
9 All you wild beasts of the field, come and devour, all you beasts in the forest!
野のすべての獣よ、林におるすべての獣よ、来て食らえ。
10 All their watchmen are blind, they do not understand. They are all silent dogs who cannot bark. They dream, and lying down they love to sleep.
見張人らはみな目しいで、知ることがなく、みな、おしの犬で、ほえることができない。みな夢みる者、伏している者、まどろむことを好む者だ。
11 The dogs have big appetites; they can never get enough; they are shepherds without discernment; they have all turned to their own way, each one covetous for unjust gain.
この犬どもは強欲で、飽くことを知らない。彼らはまた悟ることのできない牧者で、皆おのが道にむかいゆき、おのおのみな、おのれの利を求める。
12 “Come,” they say, “let us drink wine and liquor. Tomorrow will be like today, a day great beyond measure.”
彼らは互に言う、「さあ、われわれは酒を手に入れ、濃い酒をあびるほど飲もう。あすも、きょうのようであるだろう、すばらしい日だ」と。
