Isaiah 61

1 The spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make the broken-hearted well, to say that the prisoners will be made free, and that those in chains will see the light again;

‌ʻOku ʻiate au ʻae Laumālie ʻoe ʻEiki ko Sihova; koeʻuhi kuo fakanofo au ʻe Sihova ke u malangaʻaki ʻae ongoongolelei ki he angamalū; kuo ne fekau au ke nonoʻo ʻae loto mafesi, ke fakahā ʻae tauʻatāina ki he kau pōpula, pea ke fakaava ʻae fale fakapōpula kiate kinautolu kuo haʻisia;

2 To give knowledge that the year of the Lord's good pleasure has come, and the day of punishment from our God; to give comfort to all who are sad;

Ke fakahā ʻae taʻu lelei ʻo Sihova, pea ko e ʻaho ʻoe houhau ʻo hotau ʻOtua; ke fakafiemālieʻi ʻakinautolu kotoa pē ʻoku mamahi;

3 To give them a fair head-dress in place of dust, the oil of joy in place of the clothing of grief, praise in place of sorrow; so that they may be named trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, and so that he may have glory.

Ke ʻatu ʻae fiefia kiate kinautolu ʻoku mamahi ʻi Saione, ke ʻatu kiate kinautolu ʻae hoihoifua ko e fetongi ʻoe efuefu, ʻae lolo ʻoe fiefia ko e fetongi ʻoe mamahi, ʻae kofu ʻoe fakamālō ko e fetongi ʻoe laumālie kuo mafesi; ke ui ʻakinautolu ko e ngaahi ʻakau ʻoe māʻoniʻoni, naʻe tō ʻe Sihova, koeʻuhi ke ongoongolelei ai ia.

4 And they will be building again the old broken walls, and will make new the old waste places, and will put up again the towns which have been waste for long generations.

Pea te nau langa ʻaia naʻe muʻaki maumau, te nau toe fokotuʻu ʻaia naʻe fakaʻauha fuoloa, pea te nau fakafoʻou ʻae ngaahi kolo kuo liʻaki, ko e maumau ʻoe toʻutangata toko lahi.

5 And men from strange countries will be your herdsmen, and those who are not Israelites will be your ploughmen and vine-keepers.

Pea ʻe tuʻu ʻae kau muli ʻo fafanga hoʻomou fanga manu, pea ʻe hoko ʻae fānau ʻae muli ko hoʻomou kau tangata ngoue mo hoʻomou kau tauhi vaine.

6 But you will be named the priests of the Lord, the servants of our God: you will have the wealth of the nations for your food, and you will be clothed with their glory.

Ka e fakahingoa ʻakimoutolu ko e ngaahi Taulaʻeiki ʻa Sihova: ʻe ui ʻakimoutolu ʻe he kakai ko e kau Faifekau ʻa hotau ʻOtua: te mou kai ʻae koloa ʻae kakai Senitaile, pea ʻi heʻenau ongoongolelei ʻe polepole ai ʻakimoutolu.

7 As they had twice as much grief, and marks of shame were their heritage, so in their land they will be rewarded twice over, and will have eternal joy.

Koeʻuhi ko hoʻomou mā te mou maʻu ʻae totongi ke liunga ua, pea ʻe fetongi ʻaki hoʻomou fakamaaʻi ʻae fiefia ʻi honau tofiʻa; he te mou maʻu ke liunga ua hake ʻae tofiʻa ʻi honau fonua pea temou fiefia ai ʻo taʻengata.

8 For I, the Lord, take pleasure in upright judging; I will not put up with the violent taking away of right; and I will certainly give them their reward, and I will make an eternal agreement with them.

“He ko au ko Sihova ʻoku ou ʻofa ki he fakamaau, ʻoku ou fehiʻa ki he kaihaʻa ke feilaulau tutu ʻaki; pea te u fakahinohino ʻenau ngāue ʻi he moʻoni, pea te u fai ʻae fuakava taʻengata mo kinautolu.

9 And their seed will be noted among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples: it will be clear to all who see them that they are the seed to which the Lord has given his blessing.

Pea ʻe ʻilo honau hako ʻe he kakai Senitaile, pea mo ʻenau fānau ʻi he kakai: ko kinautolu kotoa pē ʻoku mamata kiate kinautolu, te nau fakahā ʻakinautolu ko e hako kuo tāpuakiʻi ʻe Sihova.”

10 I will be full of joy in the Lord, my soul will be glad in my God; for he has put on me the clothing of salvation, covering me with the robe of righteousness, as the husband puts on a fair head-dress, and the bride makes herself beautiful with jewels.

Te u fiefia lahi ʻia Sihova, ʻe nekeneka hoku laumālie ʻi hoku ʻOtua: he kuo ne fakakofuʻaki au ʻae kofu ʻoe fakamoʻui, kuo ne ʻufiʻufi ʻaki au ʻae kofu tōtōlofa ʻoe māʻoniʻoni, ʻo hangē ko e tangata taʻane ʻoku teuʻi ʻaki ia ʻae ngaahi meʻa teunga, pea hangē ʻoku teuʻi ʻaki ʻe he taʻahine fakamaʻu hono ngaahi maka koloa.

11 For as the earth puts out buds, and as the garden gives growth to the seeds which are planted in it, so the Lord will make righteousness and praise to be flowering before all the nations.

‌ʻO hangē ʻoku tupu mei he kelekele hono moto, pea mo e ngoue ʻoku ne fakatupu hake ʻae ngaahi meʻa ʻoku tūtuuʻi ki ai; ʻe pehē, ʻe pule ʻe he ʻEiki ko Sihova ke tupu hake ʻae māʻoniʻoni mo e fakamālō ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ngaahi puleʻanga kotoa pē.