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 Jehovah [is] on me, Because Jehovah did anoint me To proclaim tidings to the humble, He sent me to bind the broken of heart, To proclaim to captives liberty, And to bound ones an opening of bands.
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 good pleasure of Jehovah, And the day of vengeance of our God, To comfort all mourners.
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 appoint to mourners in Zion, To give to them beauty instead of ashes, The oil of joy instead of mourning, A covering of praise for a spirit of weakness, And He is calling to them, 'Trees of righteousness, The planting of Jehovah — to be beautified.'
4 Wataijenga tena mahali pa kale palipohaibiwa; wataparejesha mahali palipokuwa na ukiwa. Watairejesha miji iliyoharibiwa, Mahali penye ukiwa kutoka vizazi vingi vilivyopita.
And they have built the wastes of old, The desolations of the ancients they raise up, And they have renewed waste cities, The desolations of generation and generation.
5 Wageni watasimama na kulisha makumdi yako, na watoto wa wageni watafanya kazi kwenye mashamba yako na mizabu.
And strangers have stood and fed your flock, Sons of a foreigner [are] your husbandmen, And your vine-dressers.
6 Mtaitwa makuhani wa Yahwe; watawaita watumishi wa Mungu wetu. Mtakula utajiri wa mataifa, na utajivuinia katika utajiri wake.
And ye are called 'Priests of Jehovah,' 'Ministers of our God,' is said of you, The strength of nations ye consume, And in their honour ye do boast yourselves.
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 your shame and confusion, A second time they sing of their portion, Therefore in their land A second time do they take possession, Joy age-during [is] for them.
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 [am] Jehovah, loving judgment, Hating plunder for a burnt-offering, And I have given their wage in truth, And a covenant age-during I make for 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.
And known among nations hath been their seed, And their offspring in the midst of the peoples, All their beholders acknowledge them, For they [are] a seed Jehovah hath 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 greatly rejoice in Jehovah, Joy doth my soul in my God, For He clothed me with garments of salvation, With a robe of righteousness covereth Me, As a bridegroom prepareth ornaments, And as a bride putteth on 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 bringeth forth her shoots, And as a garden causeth its sown things to shoot up, So the Lord Jehovah causeth righteousness and praise To shoot up before all the nations!
