Isaya 61
1 Roho ya Bwana Yahwe i juu yangu, maana Yahwe amenipaka mafuta mimi kuhiubiri habari njema kwa wenye taabu. Amenituma mimi kuwaponywa waliopondeka mioyo, kutangaza uhuru kwa wafungwa, na kufungua gereza ili waliofungwa waweze kutoka.
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,
2 Amenituma mimi kuutangaza mwaka wa Yahwe uliokubalika, siku ya kisasi cha Mungu wetu, na kuwafariji wale wote wanaomboleza.
to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of our God’s vengeance, to comfort all who mourn,
3 Amenituma mimi - kuwapa wale waoombolezao katika Sayuni -kuwapa wao kilemba cha majivu, mafuta ya furaha badala ya kuomboleza, vazi la kusifu katika eneo la roho ya ubutu, kuwaita mialoni ya haki, iliyooteshwa na Yahwe, ili aweze kutukuzwa.
to console the mourners in Zion— to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.
4 Wataijenga tena mahali pa kale palipohaibiwa; wataparejesha mahali palipokuwa na ukiwa. Watairejesha miji iliyoharibiwa, Mahali penye ukiwa kutoka vizazi vingi vilivyopita.
They will rebuild the ancient ruins; they will restore the places long devastated; they will renew the ruined cities, the desolations of many generations.
5 Wageni watasimama na kulisha makumdi yako, na watoto wa wageni watafanya kazi kwenye mashamba yako na mizabu.
Strangers will stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners will be your plowmen and vinedressers.
6 Mtaitwa makuhani wa Yahwe; watawaita watumishi wa Mungu wetu. Mtakula utajiri wa mataifa, na utajivuinia katika utajiri wake.
But you will be called the priests of the LORD; they will speak of you as ministers of our God; you will feed on the wealth of nations, and you will boast in their riches.
7 Badala yake aibu yenu itaongezeka; na badala ya fedhea walifurahia juu ya sehemu yao. Hivyo basi sehemu yao itaongezeka mara mbili katika nchi na furaha ya milele itakuwa yao.
Instead of shame, My people will have a double portion, and instead of humiliation, they will rejoice in their share; and so they will inherit a double portion in their land, and everlasting joy will be theirs.
8 Maana Mimi, Yahwe, ninapenda haki, na ninachukia wizi na vurugu zisizo za haki. Nitawalipa wao kataka haki na Nitafanya agano la milele na wao.
For I, the LORD, love justice; I hate robbery and iniquity; in My faithfulness I will give them their recompense and make an everlasting covenant with them.
9 Uzao wao utajulikana miongoni mwa mataifa, na watoto wao miongoni mwa watu. Wote watakaowaona watawakubali wao, kwamba ni watu wangu ambao Yahwe amewabariki.
Their descendants will be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples. All who see them will acknowledge that they are a people the LORD has blessed.
10 Nitafurahia sana katika Yahwe; Katika Mungu nitafurahia. Maana amenivika mimi kwa vazi la wokovu; amenivika mimi kwa vazi la haki, kama bwana harusi aliyejipamba mwenywe kwa kilemba, na kama bibi harusi aliyejipamba kwa vito.
I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
11 Maana kama nchi inavyozalisha miti inayochipukia na kama bustani inavyofanya miti yake ikuie, hivyo Bwana atasasbabisha haki na sifa kuchipukia mbele ya mataifa yote.
For as the earth brings forth its growth, and as a garden enables seed to spring up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations.
