Isaya 56
1 Yahwe asema hivi, ''Fanyeni yaliyo sahihi, fanyeni yaliyo ya haki; maana wakovu wangu u karibu, na haki yangu inakaribia kujidhihirisha.
Thus saith the Lord: Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my justice to be revealed.
2 Abarikiwe mtu yule ataendae haya, anayeyashika sana. Anaifuata sabato, na haitii unajisi, azuiaye mkono wake usitende maovu.''
Blessed is the man that doth this, and the son of man that shall lay hold on this: that keepeth the sabbath from profaning it, that keepeth his hands from doing any evil.
3 Usimuache mgeni yeyote aliyekuwa mfuasi wa Yahwe aseme, ''Yahwe atahakikisha ananiondoa kwa watu wake.'' Toashi ataweza kusema, ''tazama, mimi ni mti mkavu.''
And let not the son of the stranger, that adhereth to the Lord, speak, saying: The Lord will divide and separate me from his people. And let not the eunuch say: Behold I am a dry tree.
4 Yahwe asema hivi, kwa matoashi wanaoitimiza sabato yangu huchagua mambo yanayonipendeza mimi, na hushika kwanza agano langu,
For thus saith the Lord to the eunuchs, They that shall keep my sabbaths, and shall choose the things that please me, and shall hold fast my covenant:
5 kwao nitaiweka nyumba yangu na ndani ya kuta zangu kumbukumbu ambayo ni kubwa kuliko kuwa na vijana na mabinti. Nitawapa kumbumbu ya milele ambalo halitaondolewa.
I will give to them in my house, and within my walls, a place, and a name better than sons and daughters: I will give them an everlasting name which shall never perish.
6 Pia wageni ambao wataungana wenyewe kwa Yahwe- kwa ajili ya kumtumikia yeye, na yeye alipendae jina la Yahwe, kumuabudu yeye, na kila anayeheshimu sabato na wale wanoitunza isitiwe najisi, na wale walishikao agano langu
And the children of the stranger that adhere to the Lord, to worship him, and to love his name, to be his servants: every one that keepeth the sabbath from profaning it, and that holdeth fast my covenant:
7 nitawaleta katika mlima wangu mtakatifu na kuwafaya muwe na furaha katika nyumba yangu ya maombi; matoleo na sadaka zenu zitakubalika katika mathebau yangu. Maana nyumba yangu itaitwa nyumba ya maombi kwa mataifa yote.
I will bring them into my holy mount, and will make them joyful in my house of prayer: their holocausts, and their victims shall please me upon my altar: for my house shall be called the house of prayer, for all nations.
8 Hili ni tamko la Yahwe, anayewakusanya watu wenye ukiwa katika Israeli- nitaendelea kuwakusanya wenginwe ili kuwaongeza wao.''
The Lord God, who gathereth the scattered of Israel, saith: I will still gather unto him his congregation.
9 Enyi nyote wanyama pori mlioko porini, njooni na mle, enyi wanyama mlioko msituni, Walinzi wao wote ni vipofu, hawaelewi.
All ye beasts of the field come to devour, all ye beasts of the forest.
10 Wote ni mbwa wapole ambao hawawezi kubweka. Wanaota, na wanalala chini maana wanapenda kulala.
His watchmen are all blind, they are all ignorant: dumb dogs not able to bark, seeing vain things, sleeping and loving dreams.
11 Mbwa wanahamu kubwa; hawajawahi kuridhika; wachungaji wao hawawatambui; wamejeuka katika njia zao wenyewe, kila mmoja ana tamaa kupata faida isiyo yaa haki.
And meet impudent dogs, they never had enough: the shepherds themselves knew no understanding: all have turned aside into their own way, every one after his own gain, from the first even to the last.
12 ''Njooni, ''Tunywe mvinyo na pombe. Kesho itakuwa kama leo, siku kubwa zaidi ya kipimo.''
Come, let us take wine, and be filled with drunkenness: and it shall be as today, so also tomorrow, and much more.
