Isaya 61
1 Roho wa Bwana Mwenyezi yu juu yangu, kwa sababu Bwana amenitia mafuta kuwahubiria maskini habari njema. Amenituma kuwaganga waliovunjika moyo, kuwatangazia mateka uhuru wao, na hao waliofungwa habari za kufunguliwa kwao;
The spirit of the Lord is upon me, because the Lord hath anointed me: he hath sent me to preach to the meek, to heal the contrite of heart, and to preach a release to the captives, and deliverance to them that are shut up.
2 kutangaza mwaka wa Bwana uliokubaliwa, na siku ya kisasi ya Mungu wetu, kuwafariji wote waombolezao,
To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God: to comfort all that mourn:
3 na kuwapa mahitaji wale wanaohuzunika katika Sayuni, ili kuwapa taji ya uzuri badala ya majivu, mafuta ya furaha badala ya maombolezo, vazi la sifa badala ya roho ya kukata tamaa. Nao wataitwa mialoni ya haki, pando la Bwana, ili kuonyesha utukufu wake.
To appoint to the mourners of Sion, and to give them a crown for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, a garment of praise for the spirit of grief: and they shall be called in it the mighty ones of justice, the planting of the Lord to glorify hint.
4 Watajenga upya magofu ya zamani na kupatengeneza mahali palipoachwa ukiwa zamani; watafanya upya miji iliyoharibiwa, iliyoachwa ukiwa kwa vizazi vingi.
And they shall build the places that have been waste from of old, and shall raise up ancient ruins, and shall repair the desolate cities, that were destroyed for generation and generation.
5 Wageni watayachunga makundi yenu, wageni watafanya kazi katika mashamba yenu, na kutunza mashamba yenu ya mizabibu.
And strangers shall stand and shall feed your flocks: and the sons of strangers shall be your husbandmen, and the dressers of your vines.
6 Nanyi mtaitwa makuhani wa Bwana, mtaitwa watumishi wa Mungu wetu. Mtakula utajiri wa mataifa, nanyi katika utajiri wao mtajisifu.
But you shall be called the priests of the Lord: to you it shall be said: Ye ministers of our God: you shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and you shall pride yourselves in their glory.
7 Badala ya aibu yao watu wangu watapokea sehemu maradufu, na badala ya fedheha watafurahia katika urithi wao; hivyo watarithi sehemu maradufu katika nchi yao, nayo furaha ya milele itakuwa yao.
For your double confusion and shame, they shall praise their part: therefore shall they receive double in their land, everlasting joy shall be unto them.
8 “Kwa maana Mimi, Bwana, napenda haki, na ninachukia unyangʼanyi na uovu. Katika uaminifu wangu nitawapa malipo yao na kufanya agano la milele nao.
For I am the Lord that love judgment, and hate robbery in a holocaust: and I will make their work in truth, and I will make a perpetual covenant with them.
9 Wazao wao watajulikana miongoni mwa mataifa, na uzao wao miongoni mwa kabila za watu. Wale wote watakaowaona watatambua kuwa ni taifa ambalo Bwana amelibariki.”
And they shall know their seed among the Gentiles, and their offspring in the midst of peoples: all that shall see them, shall know them, that these are the seed which the Lord hath blessed.
10 Ninafurahia sana katika Bwana, nafsi yangu inashangilia katika Mungu wangu. Kwa maana amenivika mavazi ya wokovu, na kunipamba kwa joho la haki, kama vile bwana arusi apambavyo kichwa chake kama kuhani, na kama bibi arusi ajipambavyo kwa vito vyake vya thamani.
I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, and my soul shall be joyful in my God: for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation: and with the robe of justice he hath covered me, as a bridegroom decked with a crown, and as a bride adorned with her jewels.
11 Kwa maana kama vile ardhi ifanyavyo chipukizi kuota, na bustani isababishavyo mbegu kuota, ndivyo Bwana Mwenyezi atafanya haki na sifa zichipuke mbele ya mataifa yote.
For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth her seed to shoot forth: so shall the Lord God make justice to spring forth, and praise before all the nations.
