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Fasting that Pleases God
1“Cry aloud, spare not;
Lift up your voice like a trumpet;
⚓Tell My people their transgression,
And the house of Jacob their sins.
2Yet they seek Me daily,
And delight to know My ways,
As a nation that did righteousness,
And did not forsake the ordinance of their God.
They ask of Me the ordinances of justice;
They take delight in approaching God.
3‘Why⚓ have we fasted,’ they say, ‘and You have not seen?
Why have we ⚓afflicted our souls, and You take no notice?’
“In fact, in the day of your fast you find pleasure,
And exploit all your laborers.
4⚓Indeed you fast for strife and debate,
And to strike with the fist of wickedness.
You will not fast as you do this day,
To make your voice heard on high.
5Is ⚓it a fast that I have chosen,
⚓A day for a man to afflict his soul?
Is it to bow down his head like a bulrush,
And ⚓to spread out sackcloth and ashes?
Would you call this a fast,
And an acceptable day to the Lord?
6“Is this not the fast that I have chosen:
To ⚓loose the bonds of wickedness,
⚓To undo the heavy burdens,
⚓To let the oppressed go free,
And that you break every yoke?
7Is it not ⚓to share your bread with the hungry,
And that you bring to your house the poor who are cast out;
⚓When you see the naked, that you cover him,
And not hide yourself from ⚓your own flesh?
8⚓Then your light shall break forth like the morning,
Your healing shall spring forth speedily,
And your righteousness shall go before you;
⚓The glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.
9Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer;
You shall cry, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’
“If you take away the yoke from your midst,
The pointing of the finger, and ⚓speaking wickedness,
10If you extend your soul to the hungry
And satisfy the afflicted soul,
Then your light shall dawn in the darkness,
And your darkness shall be as the noonday.
11The Lord will guide you continually,
And satisfy your soul in drought,
And strengthen your bones;
You shall be like a watered garden,
And like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.
12Those from among you
⚓Shall build the old waste places;
You shall raise up the foundations of many generations;
And you shall be called the Repairer of the Breach,
The Restorer of Streets to Dwell In.
13“If ⚓you turn away your foot from the Sabbath,
From doing your pleasure on My holy day,
And call the Sabbath a delight,
The holy day of the Lord honorable,
And shall honor Him, not doing your own ways,
Nor finding your own pleasure,
Nor speaking your own words,
14⚓Then you shall delight yourself in the Lord;
And I will cause you to ⚓ride on the high hills of the earth,
And feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father.
⚓The mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
58
Yoo mov kuas raug lub ntsab
1“Ca le qw nrov nrov, tsw xob qus ncauj ca,
ca le tsaa hlo koj lub suab
yaam nkaus le suab raaj kub yaaj.
Ca le qha rua kuv haiv tuabneeg
kuas paub txug qhov kws puab faav xeeb,
qha rua Yakhauj caaj ceg paub puab tej kev txhum.
2Tassws puab tseed naj nub nrhav kuv
hab tseed zoo sab kawm paub kuv tej kev,
ib yaam le puab yog haiv tuabneeg kws xyum ncaaj nceeg
hab tsw tso puab tug Vaajtswv tej kevcai tseg.
Puab kuj thov kuas kuv phua cai ncaaj nceeg rua puab,
puab zoo sab kws yuav lug ze Vaajtswv.
3‘Ua le caag peb tub ua kevcai yoo mov
los koj tsw tsaa muag saib?
Ua le caag peb tub txu fwjchim
los koj tsw quav ntsej le?’
Mej swm xaav saib maj, nub kws mej yoo mov
mej tsuas ua lawv le mej lub sab nyam xwb
hab mej quab yuam mej tej tub daag tub zug txhua tug.
4Saib maj, mej tsuas yog yoo mov lug sws caav sws tshe
hab sws ntaus nrwg phem kawg.
Kev yoo mov kws naj nub nwgnuav mej ua,
tsw ua rua mej lub suab moog txug sau ntuj.
5Qhov kws mej ua kevcai yoo mov le nuav
hab ua nub kws txu fwjchim xwb
yog tej kws kuv xaiv yuav lov?
Qhov kws nyo taubhau zoo yaam nkaus le tug tauj ab rawv,
hab muab khaub seev tsaaj
hab tshauv pua chaw pw yog kevcai yoo mov lov?
Mej hu qhov kws ua le nuav tas yog yoo mov
hab yog nub kws Yawmsaub txaus sab yuav nua lov?
6“Kevcai yoo mov kws kuv cheem tsum yuav tsw yog le nuav lov?
Yog qhov kws daws txujkev limham txuj hlua kws khi tuabneeg
hab daws txuj hlua ntawm tug quab,
hab muab cov kws raug quab yuam tso kuas dim
hab muab tej quab luv pov tseg huvsw,
7hab yog qhov kws muab mej tej mov
faib rua cov kws tshaib plaab,
hab coj cov pluag kws tsw muaj tsev nyob
lug rua huv mej tsev,
hab thaus mej pum leejtwg lab qaab
kuj pub rua nwg naav,
hab tsw nkaum teg ntawm mej tej kwvtij txheeb.
8Mas txujkev kaaj yuav tshwm plawg
rua huv mej yaam le kaaj ntug,
hab yuav muab mej khu zoo sai sai.
Mej txujkev ncaaj nceeg yuav ua mej ntej,
Yawmsaub tug fwjchim ci ntsaa quas ab
yuav lawv mej qaab tiv thaiv mej.
9Mas thaus mej hu, Yawmsaub yuav teb,
thaus mej taij hu nwg yuav has tas, ‘Kuv nyob ntawm nuav.’
“Yog mej muab tug quab kws yuam luas hab qhov kws taw teg
hab qhov kws has lug phem rhu huv mej moog,
10hab yog mej kub sab quas lug pub rua cov kws tshaib plaab
hab pub rua cov kws txom nyem nyuaj sab tau txaus le puab lub sab,
mas txujkev kaaj yuav tshwm plawg huv qhov tsaus ntuj lug rua mej,
hab qhov kws mej nyob qhov tsaus dub quas ncab
yuav kaaj quas lug zoo le thaus taav su.
11Hab Yawmsaub yuav coj mej moog ib txhws
hab pub tej kws mej cheem tsum
rua huv lub tebchaws kws qhuav nkig nkuav,⚓
hab yuav ua rua mej tej pob txhaa muaj zug.
Mej yuav zoo yaam nkaus le lub vaaj kws muaj dej nduav,
hab zoo yaam le lub qhov dej txhawv kws muaj dej tsw tu.
12Hab tej kws tub pob taag ntev lug lawm
yuav raug muab tswm dua tshab,
hab mej yuav khu dua tshab rua sau tej taw tag
kws tub nyob ntau tam tuabneeg lug lawm.
Mej yuav tau lub npe hu tas yog
cov kws khu tej ntsaa loog kws pob taag lawm
hab khu tej kev txhad tau chaw nyob.
Fwm nub Xanpatau
13“Yog mej tseg tsw xob saib tsw taug nub Xanpatau⚓
hab tsw ua lawv le mej lub sab nyam
rua kuv nub kws dawb huv,
hab yog mej hu nub Xanpatau ua nub kws sab xyiv faab,
hab hu Yawmsaub nub kws dawb huv tas yog nub muaj meej,
hab yog mej fwm nub ntawd tsw xob moog lawv le mej txujkev,
lossws ua lawv le mej lub sab nyam,
hab tsw xob has tej kws tsw muaj qaabhau,
14mas mej yuav tau kev zoo sab xyiv faab huv Yawmsaub,
hab kuv yuav ca mej caij sau tej chaw sab huv lub nplajteb,
hab kuv yuav muab mej yawm koob Yakhauj tej qub txeeg qub teg yug mej,
vem yog Yawmsaub lub qhov ncauj tau has le nuav lawm.”