U-Isaya 56
1 Itsho njalo iNkosi: Gcinani isahlulelo, lenze ukulunga, ngoba usindiso lwami luseduze ukuthi lufike, lokulunga kwami ukuthi kubonakaliswe.
The LORD says: “Maintain justice and do what is right, for my salvation is near and my righteousness will soon be revealed.
2 Ubusisiwe umuntu owenza lokhu, lendodana yomuntu ebambelela kukho; ogcina isabatha engalingcolisi, egcina isandla sakhe ukuthi singenzi loba yikuphi okubi.
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 Kayingakhulumi-ke indodana yowezizweni, ezihlanganise leNkosi, isithi: INkosi ingehlukanise ngokupheleleyo labantu bayo; lomthenwa kangathi: Khangela ngiyisihlahla esomileyo.
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 Ngoba itsho njalo iNkosi kubathenwa abagcina amasabatha ami, abakhetha engikuthandayo, lababambelela esivumelwaneni sami:
For the LORD says, “To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, choose the things that please me, and hold fast to my covenant,
5 Ngizabanika labo endlini yami langaphakathi kwemiduli yami indawo lebizo elingcono kulelamadodana lakulelamadodakazi; ngizabanika ibizo elingapheliyo, elingayikuqunywa.
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 Lamadodana awemzini azihlanganisa leNkosi ukuyikhonza lokuthanda ibizo leNkosi, ukuba zinceku zayo, wonke ogcina isabatha engalingcolisi, lababambelela esivumelwaneni sami;
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 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.
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 INkosi uJehova oqoqa abaxotshiweyo bakoIsrayeli uthi: Ngisezabuthelela abanye kuye ngaphandle kwababuthiweyo bakhe.
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 Lina lonke zilo zeganga, wozani lidle, lina lonke zilo eziseguswini.
All you animals of the field, come to devour, all you animals in the forest.
10 Abalindi bakhe bayiziphofu, bonke kabalalwazi; bonke bayizinja eziyizimungulu, bangeke bakhonkothe; balele, bacambalele, bathanda ukuwozela.
His watchmen are blind. They are all without knowledge. They are all mute dogs. They can’t bark— dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
11 Yebo bayizinja ezihahayo, ezingasoze zisuthe; njalo bangabelusi abangakwaziyo ukuqedisisa; bonke baphendukela kweyabo indlela, ngulowo lalowo enzuzweni yakhe ephethelweni lakhe.
Yes, the dogs are greedy. They can never have enough. They are shepherds who can’t understand. They have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.
12 Uthi: Wozani, ngizaletha iwayini, sinathe kakhulu okunathwayo okulamandla; lekusasa izakuba njengalamuhla, kwengezelelwe ngokukhulukazi.
“Come,” they say, “I will get wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow will be as today, great beyond measure.”
