1 Arise, shine! for thy light is come, and the glory of Jehovah is risen upon thee.2 For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the peoples; but Jehovah will arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen on thee.3 And the nations shall walk by thy light, and kings by the brightness of thy rising.4 Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons come from afar, and thy daughters are carried upon the side.5 Then thou shalt see, and shalt be brightened, and thy heart shall throb, and be enlarged; for the abundance of the sea shall be turned unto thee, the wealth of the nations shall come unto thee.6 A multitude of camels shall cover thee, young camels of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall publish the praises of Jehovah.7 All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall serve thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will beautify the house of my magnificence.8 Who are these that come flying as a cloud, and as doves to their dove-cotes?9 For the isles shall await me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from afar, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of Jehovah thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, for he hath glorified thee.10 And the sons of the alien shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee. For in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee.11 And thy gates shall stand open continually: (they shall not be shut day nor night,) that the wealth of the nations may be brought unto thee, and that their kings may be led {to thee}.12 For the nation and the kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; and those nations shall be utterly wasted.13 The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the cypress, pine, and box-tree together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.14 And the children of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee The city of Jehovah, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.15 Instead of thy being forsaken and hated, so that no one went through {thee}, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy from generation to generation.16 And thou shalt suck the milk of the nations, and shalt suck the breast of kings; and thou shalt know that I, Jehovah, {am} thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.17 For bronze I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood bronze, and for stones iron; and I will make thine officers peace, and thy rulers righteousness.18 Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.19 The sun shall be no more thy light by day, neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee; but Jehovah shall be thine everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.20 Thy sun shall no more go down, neither shall thy moon withdraw itself; for Jehovah shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.21 Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall possess the land for ever-the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.22 The little one shall become a thousand, and the smallest a mighty nation: I, Jehovah, will hasten it in its time.

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.