1 Die Gees van die Here HERE is op My, omdat die HERE 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 die HERE en 'n dag van die wraak van onse God; 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 die HERE, 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 julle sal priesters van die HERE genoem word; aan julle sal gesê word: Dienaars van onse God! 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, die HERE, 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 die HERE geseënhet.

10 Ek is baie bly in die HERE, my siel juig in my God; 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 die Here HERE geregtigheid en lof laat uitspruit voor die oog van al die nasies.

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;

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;

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.