イザヤ書 56
1 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。
The LORD says: “Maintain justice and do what is right, for my salvation is near and my righteousness will soon be revealed.
2 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」。
Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast; who keeps the Sabbath without profaning it and keeps his hand from doing any evil.”
3 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。
Let no foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD speak, saying, “The LORD will surely separate me from his people.” Do not let the eunuch say, “Behold, I am a dry tree.”
4 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、
For the LORD says, “To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, choose the things that please me, and hold fast to my covenant,
5 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。
I will give them in my house and within my walls a memorial and a name better than of sons and of daughters. I will give them an everlasting name that will not be cut off.
6 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
Also the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD to serve him, and to love the LORD’s name, to be his servants, everyone who keeps the Sabbath from profaning it, and holds fast my covenant,
7 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」。
I will bring these 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 peoples.”
8 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。
The Lord GOD, who gathers the outcasts of Israel, says, “I will yet gather others to him, in addition to his own who are gathered.”
9 野のすべての獣よ、林におるすべての獣よ、来て食らえ。
All you animals of the field, come to devour, all you animals in the forest.
10 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。
His watchmen are blind. They are all without knowledge. They are all mute dogs. They cannot bark— dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
11 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。
Yes, the dogs are greedy. They can never have enough. They are shepherds who cannot understand. They have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.
12 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。
“Come,” they say, “I will get wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow will be as today, great beyond measure.”
