16. ‘After these things I will return.The kingdom of David is like a fallen tent.But I will rebuild its ruins,and I will set it up.
17. Then those people who are left alive may ask the Lord for help,and the other nations that belong to me,says the Lord,who will make it happen.
18. And these things have been known for a long time.’
19. “So I think we should not bother the other people who are turning to God.
20. Instead, we should write a letter to them telling them these things: Stay away from food that has been offered to idols (which makes it unclean), any kind of sexual sin, eating animals that have been strangled, and blood.