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Yawmsaub teem txim rau ib tsoom tebchaws
1Yawmsaub hais li no tias,
“Lub ntuj yog kuv lub zwm txwv,
lub ntiajteb yog kuv lub rooj tiag taw,
mas lub tsev uas nej yuav ua rau kuv
yuav nyob qhovtwg,
thiab kuv lub chaw so yuav nyob qhovtwg?
2Tej no puavleej yog kuv txhais tes ua
thiaj muaj huvsi tshwm los.”
Yawmsaub hais li no ntag.
“Tus uas kuv yuav ntsia ntsoov
yog tus uas txo hwjchim
thiab lees txim tuaj nruab siab
thiab tshee hnyo rau kuv tej lus.
3“Tus uas tua nyuj xyeem
zoo yam li tus uas tua neeg.
Tus uas tua menyuam yaj xyeem
zoo yam li tus uas lov dev caj dab.
Tus uas ua kevcai xyeem qoob loo
zoo yam li tus uas muab ntshav npua los xyeem,
Tus uas ua kevcai xyeem roj ntoos tsw qab
ua lub chaw cim ntsoov,
zoo yam li tus uas pe dab mlom.
Lawv cov no nyias xaiv taug nyias txojkev,
thiab lawv zoo siab
rau lawv tej kev qias vuab tsuab.
4Kuv yuav xaiv kev txom nyem nyuaj siab rau lawv,
thiab coj tej uas lawv ntshai los raug lawv,
rau qhov thaum kuv hu tsis muaj leejtwg teb,
thaum kuv hais tsis muaj leejtwg mloog.
Lawv ua tej uas kuv pom tias phem kawg
thiab xaiv yuav yam uas kuv tsis nyiam.”
5Nej cov uas tshee hnyo rau Yawmsaub tej lus,
cia li mloog nws tej lus hais tias,
“Nej cov kwvtij uas ntxub nej
thiab muab nej laim tseg
vim yog saib rau kuv lub npe tau hais tias,
‘Thov cia Yawmsaub tau koob meej
xwv peb thiaj tau pom nej tej kev xyiv fab.’
Tiamsis lawv cov ntawd
yog cov uas yuav raug txaj muag.
6Cia li mloog saib,
muaj suab nrov ntsoog qees hauv lub nroog,
muaj suab nrov hauv lub tuam tsev tuaj.
Twb yog lub suab uas Yawmsaub
ua pauj nws cov yeeb ncuab ntag.
7“Ua ntej uas nws tsis tau ua mob plab
nws twb yug menyuam lawm,
ua ntej uas nws tsis tau mob plab
nws kuj yug tau ib tug tub.
8Leejtwg txeev hnov dua li no?
Leejtwg txeev pom tej uas zoo li no?
Ib hnub xwb yuav tshwm sim tau
lub tebchaws lov?
Ib pliag ntshis xwb
yuav yug tau ib haiv neeg lov?
Thaum Xi‑oo pib mob plab yug
nws yug tau nws tej tub tamsim ntawd.”
9Yawmsaub hais tias,
“Kuv coj los txog sijhawm lawm
es tseem yuav tsis pub cia yug lov?”
Nej tus Vajtswv hais tias,
“Kuv uas pub kom yug
yuav kaw lub plab menyuam lov?”
10“Nej cov sawvdaws uas nyiam Yeluxalees 'e,
nej cia li nrog nws xyiv fab
thiab zoo siab rau nws.
Nej cov sawvdaws uas quaj ntsuag nws 'e,
nej cia li nrog nws zoo siab xyiv fab.
11Nej thiaj tau ntxais kom tsau
rau hauv nws lub xubntiag uas txawj nplij nej,
thiab nej thiaj tau haus nws lub koob meej
uas muaj nplua mias zoo siab hlo.”
12Yawmsaub hais li no tias,
“Saib maj, kuv yuav pub kev vam meej
rau nws ib yam li tus niag dej,
thiab pub ib tsoom tebchaws
tej nyiaj txiag rau nws
yam li tus niag dej uas ntws los nyab kiag.
Nej yuav tau ntxais, nws yuav puag nej
rau ntawm nws lub xubntiag
thiab nchos ntawm nws hauv caug.
13Ib yam li leej niam nplij tus menyuam,
kuv yuav nplij nej li ntawd,
nej yuav tau txais kev nplij siab
rau hauv Yeluxalee.”
14Nej yuav pom thiab nej yuav zoo siab xyiv fab,
nej tej pob txha yuav hlob mos nyoos
yam li tej nroj tsuag.
Mas luag yuav paub tias Yawmsaub txhais tes
nrog nraim nws cov tub qhe nyob,
thiab nws txojkev chim
tawm tsam nws cov yeeb ncuab.
15Yawmsaub yuav nrog nplaim taws los,
thiab nws tej tsheb ua rog los
zoo yam li cua daj cua dub.
Nws yuav coj nws txojkev chim los ua npau vog,
thiab nws yuav xuas nplaim taws qhuab ntuas.
16Yawmsaub yuav xuas hluavtaws
thiab nws rab ntaj txiav txim rau ib tsoom neeg,
mas cov uas raug Yawmsaub tua tuag
yuav coob kawg li.
17“Cov uas tu thiab ntxuav lawv tus kheej kom dawb huv thiaj nkag tau rau hauv tej vaj, mus raws kua tus uas nyob hauv lawv nruab nrab, thiab noj nqaij npua thiab nqaij nas tsuag thiab tej uas qias vuab tsuab, mas lawv yuav ua ke mus txog qhov kawg.” Yawmsaub hais li no ntag.
18“Kuv paub tej uas lawv ua thiab tej uas lawv xav, mas kuv los qaws ib tsoom tebchaws thiab cov neeg uas hais txhua yam lus huvsi. Lawv yuav tuaj pom kuv lub hwjchim ci ntsa iab.
19Kuv yuav txawb ib yam txujci rau hauv lawv nruab nrab. Thiab kuv yuav txib cov uas dim kev tuag mus rau ib tsoom tebchaws, yog mus rau tebchaws Thasi thiab cov neeg Puj thiab Lus uas txawj tua hneev nti, thiab mus txog tebchaws Thunpas thiab tebchaws Yavas, mus txog tej tebchaws ntawm ntug hiavtxwv uas deb kawg, yog cov uas tsis tau hnov kuv lub koob meej thiab tsis tau pom dua kuv lub hwjchim ci ntsa iab. Mas lawv yuav piav kuv lub hwjchim ci ntsa iab hauv nruab nrab ib tsoom tebchaws.
20Lawv yuav coj nej tej kwvtij sawvdaws tawm hauv ib tsoom tebchaws huvsi los xyeem rau Yawmsaub, yuav caij tej nees tej tsheb ua rog tej tsheb nyuj thiab caij luj txwv thiab caij ntxhuav los rau hauv Yeluxalees uas yog kuv lub roob dawb huv, ib yam li cov Yixayee coj tej uas ua kevcai xyeem qoob loo hauv lub choo uas huv lawd tuaj xyeem rau hauv Yawmsaub lub tuam tsev.” Yawmsaub hais li no ntag.
21“Thiab kuv yuav muab lawv cov qee leej ua pov thawj thiab ua cov Levi.” Yawmsaub hais li no ntag.
22Yawmsaub hais tias, “Lub ntuj tshiab
thiab lub ntiajteb tshiab uas kuv yuav tsim
nyob ruaj rau ntawm kuv xubntiag li cas,
nej caj ces thiab nej lub npe
yuav nyob ruaj ib yam li ntawd.
23Txhua hnub hli xiab mus txog hnub hli tag
thiab txij hnub Xanpatau
mus txog lwm hnub Xanpatau
ib tsoom neeg sawvdaws
yuav tuaj pe hawm rau ntawm kuv xubntiag.”
Yawmsaub hais li no ntag.
24“Thiab lawv yuav tawm mus saib tej neeg uas fav xeeb rau kuv tej cev tuag. Tej kas uas noj lawv yuav tsis tuag thiab tej hluavtaws uas kub lawv yuav tsis tuag li, lawv yuav qias vuab tsuab rau ib tsoom neeg sawvdaws.”
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Judgment and Hope
1This is what the Lord says:
“Heaven is my throne,
and the earth is my footstool.
Where is the house you will build for me?
Where will my resting place be?
2Has not my hand made all these things,
and so they came into being?”
“These are the ones I look on with favor:
those who are humble and contrite in spirit,
and who tremble at my word.
3But whoever sacrifices a bull
is like one who kills a person,
and whoever offers a lamb
is like one who breaks a dog’s neck;
whoever makes a grain offering
is like one who presents pig’s blood,
and whoever burns memorial incense
is like one who worships an idol.
They have chosen their own ways,
and they delight in their abominations;
4so I also will choose harsh treatment for them
and will bring on them what they dread.
For when I called, no one answered,
when I spoke, no one listened.
They did evil in my sight
and chose what displeases me.”
5Hear the word of the Lord,
you who tremble at his word:
“Your own people who hate you,
and exclude you because of my name, have said,
‘Let the Lord be glorified,
that we may see your joy!’
Yet they will be put to shame.
6Hear that uproar from the city,
hear that noise from the temple!
It is the sound of the Lord
repaying his enemies all they deserve.
7“Before she goes into labor,
she gives birth;
before the pains come upon her,
she delivers a son.
8Who has ever heard of such things?
Who has ever seen things like this?
Can a country be born in a day
or a nation be brought forth in a moment?
Yet no sooner is Zion in labor
than she gives birth to her children.
9Do I bring to the moment of birth
and not give delivery?” says the Lord.
“Do I close up the womb
when I bring to delivery?” says your God.
10“Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad for her,
all you who love her;
rejoice greatly with her,
all you who mourn over her.
11For you will nurse and be satisfied
at her comforting breasts;
you will drink deeply
and delight in her overflowing abundance.”
12For this is what the Lord says:
“I will extend peace to her like a river,
and the wealth of nations like a flooding stream;
you will nurse and be carried on her arm
and dandled on her knees.
13As a mother comforts her child,
so will I comfort you;
and you will be comforted over Jerusalem.”
14When you see this, your heart will rejoice
and you will flourish like grass;
the hand of the Lord will be made known to his servants,
but his fury will be shown to his foes.
15See, the Lord is coming with fire,
and his chariots are like a whirlwind;
he will bring down his anger with fury,
and his rebuke with flames of fire.
16For with fire and with his sword
the Lord will execute judgment on all people,
and many will be those slain by the Lord.
17“Those who consecrate and purify themselves to go into the gardens, following one who is among those who eat the flesh of pigs, rats and other unclean things—they will meet their end together with the one they follow,” declares the Lord.
18“And I, because of what they have planned and done, am about to come⚓ and gather the people of all nations and languages, and they will come and see my glory.
19“I will set a sign among them, and I will send some of those who survive to the nations—to Tarshish, to the Libyans⚓ and Lydians (famous as archers), to Tubal and Greece, and to the distant islands that have not heard of my fame or seen my glory. They will proclaim my glory among the nations.
20And they will bring all your people, from all the nations, to my holy mountain in Jerusalem as an offering to the Lord—on horses, in chariots and wagons, and on mules and camels,” says the Lord. “They will bring them, as the Israelites bring their grain offerings, to the temple of the Lord in ceremonially clean vessels.
21And I will select some of them also to be priests and Levites,” says the Lord.
22“As the new heavens and the new earth that I make will endure before me,” declares the Lord, “so will your name and descendants endure.
23From one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another, all mankind will come and bow down before me,” says the Lord.
24“And they will go out and look on the dead bodies of those who rebelled against me; the worms that eat them will not die, the fire that burns them will not be quenched, and they will be loathsome to all mankind.”