Revised Literal Translation

Isaiah 56:1-5

1Thus saithאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559Yhwhיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068,Keepשִׁמְר֥וּshim.RuH8104ye judgmentמִשְׁפָּ֖טmish.PatH4941,and doוַעֲשׂ֣וּva.'a.SuH6213justiceצְדָקָ֑הtze.da.KahH6666:for my salvationיְשֽׁוּעָתִי֙ye.shu.'a.TiH3444isnearקְרוֹבָ֤הke.ro.VahH7138to comeלָב֔וֹאla.Vo'H935,and my righteousnessוְצִדְקָתִ֖יve.tzid.ka.TiH6666to be revealedלְהִגָּלֽוֹת׃le.hi.ga.LotH1540.

2Blessedאַשְׁרֵ֤י'ash.ReiH835isthe manאֱנוֹשׁ֙'e.no.VoshH582thatdoethיַעֲשֶׂה־ya.'a.seh-H6213this, and the sonוּבֶן־u.ven-H1121of manאָדָ֖ם'a.DamH120thatlayeth holdיַחֲזִ֣יקya.cha.ZikH2388on it; that keepethשֹׁמֵ֤רsho.MerH8104the sabbathשַׁבָּת֙sha.BatH7676from pollutingמֵֽחַלְּל֔וֹme.cha.le.LoH2490it, and keepethוְשֹׁמֵ֥רve.sho.MerH8104his handיָד֖וֹya.DoH3027from doingמֵעֲשׂ֥וֹתme.'a.SotH6213any evilרָֽע׃ סRa'H7451.

3Neither let the sonבֶּן־ben-H1121of the strangerהַנֵּכָ֗רha.ne.KharH5236,that hath joinedהַנִּלְוָ֤הha.nil.VahH3867himself to Yhwhיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068,speakיֹאמַ֣רyo.MarH559,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559,Yhwhיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068hath utterlyהַבְדֵּ֧לhav.DelH914separatedיַבְדִּילַ֛נִיyav.di.La.niH914me from his peopleעַמּ֑וֹa.MoH5971:neither let the eunuchהַסָּרִ֔יסha.sa.RisH5631sayיֹאמַר֙yo.MarH559, Behold, I ama dryיָבֵֽשׁ׃ סya.VeshH3002treeעֵ֥ץ'etzH6086.

4For thus saithאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559Yhwhיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068unto the eunuchsלַסָּֽרִיסִים֙la.sa.ri.SimH5631that keepיִשְׁמְרוּ֙yish.me.RuH8104my sabbathsשַׁבְּתוֹתַ֔יsha.be.to.TaiH7676,and chooseוּבָֽחֲר֖וּu.va.cha.RuH977the thingsthat pleaseחָפָ֑צְתִּיcha.Fa.tze.tiH2654me, and take holdוּמַחֲזִיקִ֖יםu.ma.cha.zi.KimH2388of my covenantבִּבְרִיתִֽי׃biv.ri.TiH1285;

5Even unto them will I giveוְנָתַתִּ֨יve.na.ta.TiH5414in mine houseבְּבֵיתִ֤יbe.vei.TiH1004and within my wallsוּבְחֽוֹמֹתַי֙u.ve.cho.mo.TaiH2346a placeיָ֣דyadH3027and a nameוָשֵׁ֔םva.ShemH8034betterט֖וֹבTovH2896than of sonsמִבָּנִ֣יםmi.ba.NimH1121and of daughtersוּמִבָּנ֑וֹתu.mi.ba.NotH1323:I will giveאֶתֶּן־'e.ten-H5414them an everlastingעוֹלָם֙o.LamH5769nameשֵׁ֤םshemH8034,that shall not be cut offיִכָּרֵֽת׃ סyi.ka.RetH3772.

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