Isaiah 58
Expanded Bible
How to Honor God
58 The Lord says, “Shout out loud. Don’t hold back.
·Shout out loud [L Raise/lift up your voice] like a trumpet.
Tell my people ·what they have done against their God [their transgression];
tell ·the family of Jacob about [L Jacob] their sins.
2 They ·still come looking for [seek] me ·every day [day to day]
and ·want [delight] to learn my ways.
They act just like a nation that does ·what is right [righteousness],
that ·obeys [L did not forsake/reject] the ·commands [judgments] of its God.
They ask me ·to judge them fairly [for righteous judgment].
They ·want [delight] to ·be near [draw near to] God.
3 They say, ‘·To honor you we had special days when [L Why have…?] we fasted,
but you didn’t see.
·We humbled ourselves to honor you [L Why have we afflicted our souls/selves…?],
but you didn’t notice.’”
But the Lord says, “[L Look; T Behold] You ·do what pleases [satisfy; seek pleasure for] yourselves on these fast days,
and you ·are unfair to [exploit; oppress] your workers.
4 Even when you fast, you argue and fight
and ·hit each other with your [L hit with wicked/sinful] fists.
You cannot do these things as you do now
and ·believe your prayers are [expect to be] heard ·in heaven [on high].
5 ·This kind of special day is not what [Is this the fast that…?] I ·want [have chosen].
·This is not the way I want people to be sorry for what they have done [L Do I want a day when people afflict/mortify themselves?].
I don’t want people just to bow their heads like a ·plant [reed]
·and wear rough cloth and lie in ashes to show their sadness [L stretching out on sackcloth and ashes].
Is this what you call a fast?
·Do you really think this pleases [L …a day acceptable to] the Lord?
6 “I will tell you the kind of fast I ·want [have chosen]:
·Free the people you have put in prison unfairly [L Release the chains/bonds of wickedness]
and ·undo their chains [or untie the ropes from the yoke].
Free ·those to whom you are unfair [the oppressed]
and ·stop their hard labor [L break every yoke].
7 Share your food with the hungry
and bring poor, homeless people into your own homes.
When you see someone who has no clothes, ·give him yours [clothe him],
and don’t ·refuse to help [L conceal yourself from] your ·own relatives [flesh].
8 Then your light will shine like the dawn,
and your wounds will quickly heal.
Your ·God [L righteousness] will walk before you,
and the glory of the Lord [C his manifest presence] will ·protect you from behind [be your rear guard].
9 Then you will call out, and the Lord will answer.
You will cry out, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’
“If you ·stop making trouble for others [L take away the yoke from your midst],
if you stop ·using cruel words [speaking wickedness] and pointing your finger at others,
10 if you ·feed [L offer your soul/selves to] those who are hungry
and ·take care of [satisfy] the needs of ·those who are troubled [the afflicted/oppressed],
then your light will ·shine [L rise] in the darkness,
and ·you will be bright like sunshine at [L your darkness/gloom like] noon.
11 The Lord will always lead you.
He will satisfy your ·needs [soul] in dry lands
and give strength to your bones.
You will be like a garden that is well-watered,
like a spring ·that never runs dry [whose waters never fail].
12 Your people will rebuild the ·old cities that are now in [L ancient] ruins;
you will rebuild their ancient foundations.
You will be ·known for repairing [called the repairer of] the broken walls
and ·for rebuilding [the restorer of] the roads and houses.
13 “·You must obey God’s law about [L If you turn your foot away from…; C avoiding Sabbath journeys] the Sabbath
and not do what pleases yourselves on that holy day.
·You should [L …and if you…] call the Sabbath a ·joyful day [delight]
and honor it as the Lord’s holy day.
·You should [L …and if you…] honor it by not ·doing whatever you please [L going your own way]
nor saying ·whatever you please [idle words] on that day.
14 ·Then [L …then] you will find ·joy [delight] in the Lord,
and I will ·carry you to [or cause you to ride on] the high places above the earth.
I will ·let you eat the crops of the land [L feed you with the inheritance] of your ancestor Jacob.”
The ·Lord has said these things [L mouth of the Lord has spoken].
以赛亚书 58
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
禁食的真正意义
58 你要张开喉咙呼叫，不可停止；
你要提高声音，像吹号角一样；
你要向我子民宣告他们的过犯，
向雅各家陈明他们的罪恶。
2 他们天天寻求我，乐意明白我的道路，
好象行义的国民，
不离弃他们 神的公理；
他们向我求问公义的判语，
又喜欢亲近 神。
3 他们说：“为甚么我们禁食，你不看呢？
为甚么我们刻苦己身，你不理会呢？”
看哪！你们在禁食的日子，仍然追求自己喜欢作的事，
欺压为你们作工的人。
4 看哪！你们禁食，结果是吵闹和打架，用凶恶的拳头打人；
你们不要像今天这样的禁食，使你们的声音可以听闻于天上。
5 使人刻苦自己的日子，这样的禁食是我拣选的吗？
难道只是叫人垂头像一根苇子，
用麻布和炉灰铺在下面吗？
你可以称这是禁食，为耶和华所悦纳的日子吗？
6 我所拣选的禁食不是这样吗？
不是要松开凶恶的锁炼，
解开轭上的绳索，
使被压迫的获得自由，
折断所有的轭吗？
7 不是要把你的食物分给饥饿的人，
把流浪的穷困人接到你的家里，
见到赤身露体的，给他衣服蔽体，
不可逃避自己的骨肉而不顾恤吗？
8 这样，你的光就必突然发出，像黎明的曙光，
你的伤口就必快快复原；
你的公义就必行在你的前面，
耶和华的荣耀要作你的后盾。
9 那时，你求告，耶和华必应允；
你呼求，他必说：“我在这里！”
你若从你中间除掉欺压人的轭，
除去指责人的指头和恶毒的言语，
10 你的心若顾念饥饿的人，
使困苦的人得到饱足，
你的光就必在黑暗中升起来，
你的幽暗必变得如正午。
11 耶和华必常常引导你，
在干旱之地使你的心灵饱足，
使你的骨头坚强有力；
你必像有水源浇灌的园子，
又像水流不绝的泉源。
12 你的子孙必重建久已荒废之处，
你必重建历代拆毁了的根基；
你要称为修补破口的人，
重修路径给人居住的人。
守安息日的福乐
13 “因安息日的缘故，你若转离你的脚步；
在我的圣日不作你喜欢作的；
你若称安息日为可喜乐的，
称耶和华的圣日为可尊重的；
你若尊重这日，不作自己的事，
不寻求自己所喜悦的，或不说无谓的话，
14 你就必以耶和华为乐，
我要使你乘驾地的高处，
用你祖雅各的产业喂养你。”
这是耶和华亲口说的。
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