以赛亚书 56
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
外族人成为 神的子民
56 耶和华这样说：
“你们要持守公平，实行公义；
因为我的拯救快要来到，
我的公义快要显现了。
2 谨守安息日，不亵渎这日，
保守自己的手不作任何恶事，
这样行的人和坚持这样作的人，
是有福的！”
3 与耶和华联合的外族人不要说：
“耶和华必把我从他的子民中分别出来。”
被阉割了的人也不要说：“看哪！我是一棵枯树。”
4 因为耶和华这样说：
“那些谨守我的安息日，
拣选我所喜悦的事，
持守我的约、被阉割了的人，
5 在我的殿中和在我的墙内，我要赐给他们有记念，有名号，
比有儿女更好；
我必赐给他们永远不能废掉的名。
6 至于那些与耶和华联合的外族人，
为要事奉他，爱耶和华的名，
作他的仆人的，就是谨守安息日，不亵渎这日，
又持守我的约的，
7 我必领他们到我的圣山，
使他们在属于我的祷告的殿中喜乐；
他们的燔祭和祭品，在我的祭坛上必蒙悦纳；
因为我的殿必称为万族祷告的殿。”
8 主耶和华，就是招聚以色列被赶散的人的，说：
“在以色列这些已经被招聚的人以外，我还要招聚别的人归给他们。”
领袖受谴责
9 田野的百兽啊！你们都来吃吧。
林中的百兽啊！你们都要这样。
10 他的守望者都是瞎眼的，
都没有知识；
他们都是哑巴狗，不能吠；
只会作梦、躺卧，贪爱睡觉。
11 这些狗十分贪吃，不知饱足；
他们是牧人，但甚么都不明白；
他们都偏行自己的道路，
各从各方求自己的利益。
12 他们说：“来吧！我去拿酒，让我们痛饮烈酒吧！
明天必像今天一样，而且比今天还盛大和丰盈。”
以赛亚书 56
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
外族人蒙拯救
56 耶和华说：
“你们当坚持正义，
秉行公义，
因为我的救恩快要来临，
我的公义快要彰显。
2 谨守而不亵渎安息日、
不做恶事的人有福了！”
3 皈依耶和华的外族人啊，
不要以为耶和华会把你和祂的子民分开，
太监也不要觉得自己只是一棵枯树。
4 因为耶和华说：
“如果太监遵守我的安息日、
做我喜悦的事、
持守我的约，
5 我必在我的殿中、
墙内赐给他们纪念碑和名号，
使他们胜过有儿女的人。
我必赐给他们永远不会被除去的名号。
6 至于那些皈依耶和华、
事奉祂、爱祂的名、
做祂的仆人、
谨守而不亵渎安息日、
持守祂的约的外族人，
7 我必领他们到我的圣山，
到向我祷告的殿内，
使他们欢欣。
他们献上的燔祭和其他祭物必蒙悦纳，
因为我的殿必被称为万民祷告的殿。”
8 招聚以色列流亡者的主耶和华说：
“除了这些被招聚回来的人以外，
我还要招聚其他人。”
以色列昏庸的首领
9 田野和林中的走兽啊，
来吞吃吧！
10 以色列的守望者瞎眼无知，
是不会叫的哑巴狗，
只喜欢躺下睡觉做梦。
11 这些人就像贪吃的狗，
不知饱足，
又像什么都不懂的牧人，
人人各行其是，
追求自己的利益。
12 他们说：“来吧，我去拿酒，
让我们喝个痛快！
明天会跟今天一样，
甚至更丰盛。”
Isaiah 56
New English Translation
The Lord Invites Outsiders to Enter
56 This is what the Lord says,
“Promote[a] justice! Do what is right!
For I am ready to deliver you;
I am ready to vindicate you openly.[b]
2 The people who do this will be blessed,[c]
the people who commit themselves to obedience,[d]
who observe the Sabbath and do not defile it,
who refrain from doing anything that is wrong.[e]
3 No foreigner who becomes a follower of[f] the Lord should say,
‘The Lord will certainly[g] exclude me from his people.’
The eunuch should not say,
‘Look, I am like a dried-up tree.’”
4 For this is what the Lord says:
“For the eunuchs who observe my Sabbaths
and choose what pleases me
and are faithful to[h] my covenant,
5 I will set up within my temple and my walls a monument[i]
that will be better than sons and daughters.
I will set up a permanent monument[j] for them that will remain.
6 As for foreigners who become followers of[k] the Lord and serve him,
who love the name of the Lord and want to be his servants—
all who observe the Sabbath and do not defile it,
and who are faithful to[l] my covenant—
7 I will bring them to my holy mountain;
I will make them happy in the temple where people pray to me.[m]
Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on my altar,
for my temple will be known as a temple where all nations may pray.”[n]
8 The Sovereign Lord says this,
the one who gathers the dispersed of Israel:
“I will still gather them up.”[o]
The Lord Denounces Israel’s Paganism
9 All you wild animals in the fields, come and devour,
all you wild animals in the forest!
10 All their watchmen[p] are blind,
they are unaware.[q]
All of them are like mute dogs,
unable to bark.
They pant,[r] lie down,
and love to snooze.
11 The dogs have big appetites;
they are never full.[s]
They are shepherds who have no understanding;
they all go their own way,
each one looking for monetary gain.[t]
12 Each one says,[u]
‘Come on, I’ll get some wine!
Let’s guzzle some beer!
Tomorrow will be just like today!
We’ll have everything we want!’[v]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 56:1 tn Heb “guard”; KJV “Keep”; NAB “Observe”; NASB “Preserve”; NIV, NRSV “Maintain.”
- Isaiah 56:1 tn Heb “for near is my deliverance to enter, and my vindication [or “righteousness”] to be revealed.”
- Isaiah 56:2 tn Heb “blessed is the man who does this.”
- Isaiah 56:2 tn Heb “the son of mankind who takes hold of it.”
- Isaiah 56:2 tn Heb and who keeps his hand from doing any evil.”
- Isaiah 56:3 tn Heb “who attaches himself to.”
- Isaiah 56:3 tn The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb for emphasis.
- Isaiah 56:4 tn Heb “and take hold of” (so KJV); NASB “hold fast.”
- Isaiah 56:5 tn Heb “a hand and a name.” For other examples where יָד (yad) refers to a monument, see HALOT 388 s.v.
- Isaiah 56:5 tn Heb “name” (so KJV, NIV, NRSV).
- Isaiah 56:6 tn Heb “who attach themselves to.”
- Isaiah 56:6 tn Heb “and take hold of”; NAB “hold to”; NIV, NRSV “hold fast.”
- Isaiah 56:7 tn Heb “in the house of my prayer.”
- Isaiah 56:7 tn Heb “for my house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.”
- Isaiah 56:8 tn The meaning of the statement is unclear. The text reads literally, “Still I will gather upon him to his gathered ones.” Perhaps the preposition ל (lamed) before “gathered ones” introduces the object of the verb, as in Jer 49:5. The third masculine singular suffix on both עָלָיו (ʿalayv) and נִקְבָּצָיו (niqbatsayv) probably refers to “Israel.” In this case one can translate literally, “Still I will gather to him his gathered ones.”
- Isaiah 56:10 sn The “watchmen” are probably spiritual leaders, most likely prophets and priests, responsible for giving the people moral direction.
- Isaiah 56:10 tn Heb “they do not know”; KJV “they are all ignorant”; NIV “they all lack knowledge.”
- Isaiah 56:10 tn The Hebrew text has הֹזִים (hozim), which appears to be derived from an otherwise unattested verbal root הָזָה (hazah). On the basis of alleged cognates, BDB 223 s.v. הָזָה offers the definition “dream, rave” while HALOT 243 s.v. הזה lists “pant.” In this case the dog metaphor of the preceding lines continues. The reference to dogs at the beginning of v. 11 favors the extension of the metaphor. The Qumran scroll 1QIsaa has חזים (“seers”) here. In this case the “watchmen” are directly identified as prophets and depicted as lazy.
- Isaiah 56:11 sn The phrase never full alludes to the greed of the leaders.
- Isaiah 56:11 tn Heb “for his gain from his end.”
- Isaiah 56:12 tn The words “each one says” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
- Isaiah 56:12 tn Heb “great, [in] abundance, very much,” i.e., “very great indeed.” See HALOT 452 s.v. יֶתֶר.
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