1 Staan op, word verlig; want jou lig kom, en die heerlikheid van die HERE gaan oor jou op.

2 Want kyk, die duisternis sal die aarde oordek en donkerheid die volke; maar oor jou sal die HERE opgaan, en sy heerlikheid sal oor jou gesien word.

3 En nasies sal trek na jou lig, en konings na jou stralende opgang.

4 Slaan jou oë rondom op en kyk -- hulle almal kom bymekaar, hulle kom na jou toe; jou seuns kom van ver, en jou dogters word op die heup gedra.

5 Dan sal jy dit sien en straal van vreugde, en jou hart sal ontroer en verruim word; want die rykdom van die see gaan na jou toe oor, die skatte van die nasies kom na jou toe aan.

6 'n Menigte kamele sal jou oordek, die jong kamele van M¡dian en Efa; hulle sal almal uit Skeba kom; hulle bring goud en wierook en verkondig met blydskap die roemryke dade van die HERE.

7 Al die kleinvee van Kedar sal vir jou versamel word, die ramme van Neb jot sal jou dien; hulle kom as welgevallige offer op my altaar, en Ek sal my heerlike huis heerlik maak.

8 Wie is dit wat daar aangevlieg kom soos 'n wolk en soos duiwe na hulle vensters?

9 Ja, op My wag die eilande, en die skepe van Tarsis kom vooraan, om jou seuns van ver te bring. Hul silwer en hul goud is by hulle, vir die Naam van die HERE jou God en vir die Heilige van Israel, omdat Hy jou heerlik gemaak het.

10 En uitlanders sal jou mure bou, en hulle konings sal jou dien; want in my toorn het Ek jou geslaan, maar in my welbehae het Ek My oor jou ontferm.

11 En jou poorte sal altyddeur oopstaan; hulle sal bedags of snags nie gesluit word nie, om na jou toe aan te bring die rykdom van die nasies en hulle konings in triomftog.

12 Want die nasie en die koninkryk wat jou nie sal dien nie, sal ondergaan, en die nasies sal seker verwoes word.

13 Die heerlikheid van die L¡banon sal na jou toe kom, die sipres, die plataan en die denneboom almal saam, om te versier die plek van my heiligdom; en Ek sal die plek van my voete heerlik maak.

14 En die seuns van hulle wat jou verdruk het, sal gebukkend na jou toe trek; en almal wat jou verag het, sal hulle neerbuig by jou voetsole; en hulle sal jou noem: Stad van die HERE, Sion van die Heilige van Israel.

15 In plaas dat jy verlate en gehaat is sonder dat iemand daar deurtrek, sal Ek jou maak tot 'n ewige heerlikheid, 'n vreugde van geslag tot geslag.

16 En jy sal die melk van nasies suig en die bors van konings suig en sal weet dat Ek, die HERE, jou Heiland is, en jou Losser die Magtige van Jakob.

17 Vir koper bring Ek goud en vir yster bring Ek silwer, en vir hout koper en vir klippe yster; en Ek sal Vrede as jou owerheid aanstel en Geregtigheid as jou bestuurders.

18 Van geweld sal in jou land nie meer gehoor word nie -- van geen verwoesting of verbreking in jou grondgebied nie; maar jy sal jou mure Heil noem en jou poorte Lof.

19 Die son sal bedags jou lig nie meer wees nie, en as glans sal die maan vir jou geen skynsel gee nie; maar die HERE sal vir jou wees 'n ewige lig, en jou God sal jou sieraad wees.

20 Jou son sal nie meer ondergaan nie, en jou maan nie kleiner word nie; want die HERE sal vir jou wees 'n ewige lig, en die dae van jou treurigheid is verby.

21 En jou volk sal almal regverdiges wees, vir ewig sal hulle die land besit -- as lote deur My geplant, 'n werk van my hande, tot my verheerliking.

22 Die kleinste sal 'n geslag word en die geringste 'n magtige nasie. Ek, die HERE, sal dit op die regte tyd gou laat kom.

1 Up! let your face be bright, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord is shining on you.

2 For truly, the earth will be dark, and the peoples veiled in blackest night; but the Lord will be shining on you, and his glory will be seen among you.

3 And nations will come to your light, and kings to your bright dawn.

4 Let your eyes be lifted up, and see: they are all coming together to you: your sons will come from far, and your daughters taken with loving care.

5 Then you will see, and be bright with joy, and your heart will be shaking with increase of delight: for the produce of the sea will be turned to you, the wealth of the nations will come to you.

6 You will be full of camel-trains, even the young camels of Midian and Ephah; all from Sheba will come, with gold and spices, giving word of the great acts of the Lord.

7 All the flocks of Kedar will come together to you, the sheep of Nebaioth will be ready for your need; they will be pleasing offerings on my altar, and my house of prayer will be beautiful.

8 Who are these coming like a cloud, like a flight of doves to their windows?

9 Vessels of the sea-lands are waiting for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, so that your sons may come from far, and their silver and gold with them, to the place of the name of the Lord your God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he has made you beautiful.

10 And men from strange countries will be building up your walls, and their kings will be your servants: for in my wrath I sent punishment on you, but in my grace I have had mercy on you.

11 Your doors will be open at all times; they will not be shut day or night; so that men may come into you with the wealth of the nations, with their kings at their head.

12 For the nation or kingdom which will not be your servant will come to destruction; such nations will be completely waste.

13 The glory of Lebanon will come to you, the cypress, the plane, and the sherbin-tree together, to make my holy place beautiful; and the resting-place of my feet will be full of glory.

14 And the sons of those who were cruel to you will come before you with bent heads; and those who made sport of you will go down on their faces at your feet; and you will be named, The Town of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

15 And though you were turned away from, and hated, and had no helper, I will make you a pride for ever, a joy from generation to generation.

16 And you will take the milk of the nations, flowing from the breast of kings; and you will see that I, the Lord, am your saviour, and he who takes up your cause, the Strong One of Jacob.

17 In place of brass, I will give gold, and for iron silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: and I will make Peace your judge, and Righteousness your overseer.

18 Violent acts will no longer be seen in your land, wasting or destruction in your limits; but your walls will be named, Salvation, and your doors Praise.

19 The sun will not be your light by day, and the moon will no longer be bright for you by night: but the Lord will be to you an eternal light, and your God your glory.

20 Your sun will never again go down, or your moon keep back her light: for the Lord will be your eternal light, and the days of your sorrow will be ended.

21 Your people will all be upright, the land will be their heritage for ever; the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, to be for my glory.

22 The smallest of their families will become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I, the Lord, will make it come quickly in its time.