Jesaja 61:1-11
[1]
Die Gees van Jahweh Eloah is op My, omdat Jahweh Eloah My gesalf het om ‘n
blye boodskap te bring aan die ootmoediges; Hy het My gestuur om te
verbind die gebrokenes van hart, om vir die gevangenes ‘n vrylating uit
te roep en vir die geboeides opening van die gevangenis;
[2] om uit te roep ‘n jaar van die welbehae van Jahweh en ‘n dag van die wraak van onse Eloah; om al die treurendes te troos;
[3]
om vir die treurendes in Sion te beskik dat aan hulle gegee word
sieraad vir as, vreugde-olie vir treurigheid, ‘n gewaad van lof vir ‘n
verslae gees; sodat hulle genoem kan word terebinte van geregtigheid, ‘n
planting van Jahweh Eloah, tot Sy verheerliking.
[4] En hulle sal die
ou puinhope bou, die verwoeste plekke uit vroeër dae weer oprig en die
verwoeste stede weer nuut maak wat woes was van geslag tot geslag.
[5] Die vreemdelinge sal staan en julle kleinvee oppas, en uitlanders sal julle landbouers en wynboere wees.
[6]
Maar júlle sal priesters van Jahweh Eloah genoem word; aan julle sal gesê
word: Dienaars van onse Eloah! Julle sal die rykdom van die nasies eet en
op hulle heerlikheid julle beroem.
[7] In plaas van julle skande
ontvang julle ‘n dubbele deel; en in plaas van die smaad sal hulle jubel
oor hul deel. Daarom sal hulle in hul land ‘n dubbele deel in besit
neem, ewige vreugde geniet.
[8] Want Ek, Jahweh Eloah van die Elohim, het die reg lief;
Ek haat die roof met onreg, en Ek sal hulle getrou hul loon gee en ‘n
ewige verbond met hulle sluit.
[9] En hulle nageslag sal bekend word
onder die nasies en hulle nakomelinge onder die volke; almal wat hulle
sien, sal hulle daarvoor aansien dat hulle ‘n geslag is wat Jahweh Eloah
geseën het.
[10] Ek is baie bly in Jahweh, my siel juig in my Eloah;
want Hy het my beklee met die klere van heil, my in die mantel van
geregtigheid gewikkel—soos ‘n bruidegom wat priesterlik die
hoofversiersel ombind, en soos ‘n bruid wat haar versier met haar
juwele.
[11] Want soos die aarde sy plante voortbring, en soos ‘n
tuin sy gewasse laat uitspruit, so sal Jahweh Eloah van die Elohim geregtigheid en lof
laat uitspruit voor die oog van al die nasies.
Isaiah 61:1-11
[1]
The Spirit of the Master יהוה is upon Me, because יהוה has anointed Me
to bring good news to the meek. He has sent Me to bind up the
broken-hearted, to proclaim release to the captives, and the opening of
the prison to those who are bound,
[2] to proclaim the acceptable year of יהוה, and the day of vengeance of our Elohim, to comfort all who mourn,
[3]
to appoint unto those who mourn in Tsiyon: to give them embellishment
for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the
spirit of heaviness. And they shall be called trees of righteousness, a
planting of יהוה, to be adorned.
[4]
And they shall rebuild the old ruins, raise up the former wastes. And
they shall restore the ruined cities, the wastes of many generations.
[5] And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the foreigner be your ploughmen and your vinedressers.
[6]
But you shall be called, ‘Priests of יהוה,’ ‘Servants of our Elohim’
shall be said of you. You shall consume the strength of the gentiles,
and boast in their esteem.
[7]
Instead of your shame and reproach, they rejoice a second time in
their portion. Therefore they take possession a second time in their
land, everlasting joy is theirs.
[8]
“For I, יהוה, love right-ruling; I hate robbery for burnt offering.
And I shall give their reward in truth, and make an everlasting covenant
with them.
[9]
“And their seed shall be known among the gentiles, and their offspring
in the midst of the peoples. All who see them shall acknowledge them,
that they are the seed יהוה has blessed.”
[10]
I greatly rejoice in יהוה, my being exults in my Elohim. For He has
put garments of deliverance on me, He has covered me with the robe of
righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with ornaments, and as a
bride adorns herself with her jewels.
[11]
For as the earth brings forth its bud, as the garden causes the seed
to shoot up, so the Master יהוה causes righteousness and praise to shoot
up before all the nations!
