¹Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.

¹Tako pravi GOSPOD: Pazite na pravico in strezite pravičnosti! kajti skoraj pride zveličanje moje in pravičnost moja se razodene.

²Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.

²Blagor človeku, ki dela to, in sinu človekovemu, ki se trdno drži tega: ki hrani soboto, da bi je ne oskrunil, in varuje roko svojo, da bi ne storil nič zlega.

³Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.

³Inozemec pa, ki se je pridružil GOSPODU, naj ne govori, rekoč: GOSPOD me gotovo loči od svojega ljudstva; in skopljenec ne govóri: Glej, jaz sem suho drevo.

⁴For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;

⁴Zakaj tako govori GOSPOD o skopljencih, ki spoštujejo sobote moje in volijo to, kar mene veseli, in trdno drže zavezo mojo:

⁵Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.

⁵njim dam v hiši svoji in sredi zidov svojih prostora in ime boljše mimo sinov in hčer; ime večno jim dam, ki se ne iztrebi.

⁶Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant;

⁶Inozemce pa, ki so se pridružili GOSPODU, da mu strežejo in da ljubijo ime GOSPODOVO, da mu bodo hlapci: kdorkoli hrani soboto, da bi je ne oskrunil, in kateri trdno drže zavezo mojo,

⁷Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.

⁷nje tudi pripeljem h gori svetosti svoje in jih razveselim v molitveni hiši svoji, njih žgalne in klalne daritve bodo prijetne na oltarju mojem. Kajti hiša moja se bo imenovala dom molitve vsem ljudstvom.

⁸The Lord GOD, which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered unto him.

⁸Gospod Jehova, ki zbira razkropljence Izraelove, govori: Še druge bom zbral k njemu, k zbranim njegovim.

⁹All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest.

⁹Vse živali poljske, pridite jest, vsa živad v gozdu!

¹⁰His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.

¹⁰Njegovi čuvaji so slepi, vsi so brez spoznanja; kolikor jih je, so nemi psi, ki ne morejo lajati; sanjajoč ležé, ljubijo spanje.

¹¹Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.

¹¹In tisti psi so požrešni, ne vedo, kdaj so siti; in to so pastirji! Niso zmožni kaj razumeti, vsi se obračajo na svojo pot, vsak se žene za svojim dobičkom od vseh strani:„Pridite, vina vzamem, in izpirali si bomo grlo s pijačo opojno; in jutrišnji dan bodi današnjemu podoben in še veliko boljši!“

¹²Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.

¹²„Pridite, vina vzamem, in izpirali si bomo grlo s pijačo opojno; in jutrišnji dan bodi današnjemu podoben in še veliko boljši!“