Isaiah 56
New King James Version
Salvation for the Gentiles
56 Thus says the Lord:
“Keep justice, and do righteousness,
(A)For My salvation is about to come,
And My righteousness to be revealed.
2 Blessed is the man who does this,
And the son of man who lays hold on it;
(B)Who keeps from defiling the Sabbath,
And keeps his hand from doing any evil.”
3 Do not let (C)the son of the foreigner
Who has joined himself to the Lord
Speak, saying,
“The Lord has utterly separated me from His people”;
Nor let the (D)eunuch say,
“Here I am, a dry tree.”
4 For thus says the Lord:
“To the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths,
And choose what pleases Me,
And hold fast My covenant,
5 Even to them I will give in (E)My house
And within My walls a place (F)and a name
Better than that of sons and daughters;
I will give [a]them an everlasting name
That shall not be cut off.
6 “Also the sons of the foreigner
Who join themselves to the Lord, to serve Him,
And to love the name of the Lord, to be His servants—
Everyone who keeps from defiling the Sabbath,
And holds fast My covenant—
7 Even them I will (G)bring to My holy mountain,
And make them joyful in My (H)house of prayer.
(I)Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices
Will be (J)accepted on My altar;
For (K)My house shall be called a house of prayer (L)for all nations.”
8 The Lord God, (M)who gathers the outcasts of Israel, says,
(N)“Yet I will gather to him
Others besides those who are gathered to him.”
Israel’s Irresponsible Leaders
9 (O)All you beasts of the field, come to devour,
All you beasts in the forest.
10 His watchmen are (P)blind,
They are all ignorant;
(Q)They are all dumb dogs,
They cannot bark;
[b]Sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
11 Yes, they are (R)greedy[c] dogs
Which (S)never[d] have enough.
And they are shepherds
Who cannot understand;
They all look to their own way,
Every one for his own gain,
From his own territory.
12 “Come,” one says, “I will bring wine,
And we will fill ourselves with intoxicating (T)drink;
(U)Tomorrow will be (V)as today,
And much more abundant.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 56:5 Lit. him
- Isaiah 56:10 Or Dreaming
- Isaiah 56:11 Lit. strong of soul
- Isaiah 56:11 Lit. do not know satisfaction
以賽亞書 56
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
外族人蒙拯救
56 耶和華說：
「你們當堅持正義，
秉行公義，
因為我的救恩快要來臨，
我的公義快要彰顯。
2 謹守而不褻瀆安息日、
不做惡事的人有福了！」
3 皈依耶和華的外族人啊，
不要以為耶和華會把你和祂的子民分開，
太監也不要覺得自己只是一棵枯樹。
4 因為耶和華說：
「如果太監遵守我的安息日、
做我喜悅的事、
持守我的約，
5 我必在我的殿中、
牆內賜給他們紀念碑和名號，
使他們勝過有兒女的人。
我必賜給他們永遠不會被除去的名號。
6 至於那些皈依耶和華、
事奉祂、愛祂的名、
做祂的僕人、
謹守而不褻瀆安息日、
持守祂的約的外族人，
7 我必領他們到我的聖山，
到向我禱告的殿內，
使他們歡欣。
他們獻上的燔祭和其他祭物必蒙悅納，
因為我的殿必被稱為萬民禱告的殿。」
8 招聚以色列流亡者的主耶和華說：
「除了這些被招聚回來的人以外，
我還要招聚其他人。」
以色列昏庸的首領
9 田野和林中的走獸啊，
來吞吃吧！
10 以色列的守望者瞎眼無知，
是不會叫的啞巴狗，
只喜歡躺下睡覺做夢。
11 這些人就像貪吃的狗，
不知飽足，
又像什麼都不懂的牧人，
人人各行其是，
追求自己的利益。
12 他們說：「來吧，我去拿酒，
讓我們喝個痛快！
明天會跟今天一樣，
甚至更豐盛。」
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
