Isaiah 56
1 Thus said Jehovah: 'Keep ye judgment, and do righteousness, For near [is] My salvation to come, And My righteousness to be revealed.'
Hili ndilo asemalo Bwana: “Dumisheni haki na mkatende lile lililo sawa, kwa maana wokovu wangu u karibu na haki yangu itafunuliwa upesi.
2 O the happiness of a man who doth this, And of a son of man who keepeth hold on it, Keeping the sabbath from polluting it, And keeping his hand from doing any evil.
Amebarikiwa mtu yule atendaye hili, mtu yule alishikaye kwa uthabiti, yeye ashikaye Sabato bila kuinajisi, auzuiaye mkono wake usifanye uovu wowote.”
3 Nor speak let a son of the stranger, Who is joined unto Jehovah, saying: 'Jehovah doth certainly separate me from His people.' Nor say let the eunuch, 'Lo, I am a tree dried up,'
Usimwache mgeni aambatanaye na Bwana aseme, “Hakika Bwana atanitenga na watu wake.” Usimwache towashi yeyote alalamike akisema, “Mimi ni mti mkavu tu.”
4 For thus said Jehovah of the eunuchs, Who do keep My sabbaths, And have fixed on that which I desired, And are keeping hold on My covenant:
Kwa kuwa hili ndilo asemalo Bwana: “Kwa matowashi washikao Sabato zangu, ambao huchagua kile kinachonipendeza na kulishika sana agano langu:
5 I have given to them in My house, And within My walls a station and a name, Better than sons and than daughters, A name age-during I give to him That is not cut off.
hao 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.
6 And sons of the stranger, who are joined to Jehovah, To serve Him, and to love the name of Jehovah, To be to Him for servants, Every keeper of the sabbath from polluting it, And those keeping hold on My covenant.
Wageni wanaoambatana na Bwana ili kumtumikia, kulipenda jina la Bwana, na kumwabudu yeye, wote washikao Sabato bila kuinajisi na ambao hushika sana agano langu:
7 I have brought them unto 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 Mine altar, For My house, 'A house of prayer,' Is called for all the peoples.
hawa 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.”
8 An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Who is gathering the outcasts of Israel: 'Again I gather to him — to his gathered ones.'
Bwana Mwenyezi asema, yeye awakusanyaye Waisraeli waliohamishwa: “Bado nitawakusanya wengine kwao zaidi ya hao ambao wamekusanywa tayari.”
9 Every beast of the field, Come to devour, every beast in the forest.
Njooni, enyi wanyama wote wa kondeni, njooni mle, ninyi wanyama wote wa mwituni!
10 Blind [are] his watchmen — all of them, They have not known, All of them [are] dumb dogs, they are not able to bark, Dozing, lying down, loving to slumber.
Walinzi wa Israeli ni vipofu, wote wamepungukiwa na maarifa; wote ni mbwa walio bubu, hawawezi kubweka; hulala na kuota ndoto, hupenda kulala.
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 to their own way they did turn, Each to his dishonest gain from his quarter:
Ni mbwa wenye tamaa kubwa, kamwe hawatosheki. Wao ni wachungaji waliopungukiwa na ufahamu; wote wamegeukia njia yao wenyewe, kila mmoja hutafuta faida yake mwenyewe.
12 'Come ye, I take wine, And we drink, quaff strong drink, And as this day hath been to-morrow, Great — exceeding abundant!'
Kila mmoja hulia, “Njooni, tupate mvinyo! Tunywe kileo sana! Kesho itakuwa kama leo, au hata bora zaidi.”
