1 Awake, awake! Put on your strength, Zion.
Put on your beautiful garments, Jerusalem, the holy city,
for from now on the uncircumcised and the unclean will no more come into you.
2 Shake yourself from the dust!
Arise, sit up, Jerusalem!
Release yourself from the bonds of your neck, captive daughter of Zion!
3 For Yahweh says, "You were sold for nothing;
and you will be redeemed without money."
4 For the Lord Yahweh says:
"My people went down at the first into Egypt to live there;
and the Assyrian has oppressed them without cause.
5 "Now therefore, what do I do here," says Yahweh,
"seeing that my people are taken away for nothing?
Those who rule over them mock," says Yahweh,
"and my name is blasphemed continually all day long.
6 Therefore my people shall know my name.
Therefore they shall know in that day that I am he who speaks.
Behold, it is I."
7 How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news,
who publishes peace,
who brings good news,
who proclaims salvation,
who says to Zion, "Your God reigns!"
8 Your watchmen lift up their voice.
Together they sing;
for they shall see eye to eye when Yahweh returns to Zion.
9 Break out into joy!
Sing together, you waste places of Jerusalem;
for Yahweh has comforted his people.
He has redeemed Jerusalem.
10 Yahweh has made his holy arm bare in the eyes of all the nations.
All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
11 Depart! Depart! Go out from there! Touch no unclean thing!
Go out from among her!
Cleanse yourselves, you who carry Yahweh’s vessels.
12 For you shall not go out in haste,
neither shall you go by flight;
for Yahweh will go before you,
and the God of Israel will be your rear guard.
13 Behold, my servant will deal wisely.
He will be exalted and lifted up,
and will be very high.
14 Just as many were astonished at you—
his appearance was marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men—
15 so he will cleanse many nations.
Kings will shut their mouths at him;
for they will see that which had not been told them,
and they will understand that which they had not heard.
1 Ontwaak, ontwaak, beklee jou met sterkte, o Sion, trek jou sierlike klere aan, o Jerusalem, heilige stad! Want in jou sal verder geen onbesnedene of onreine meer kom nie.
2 Skud jou los uit die stof, staan op, sit neer, o Jerusalem! Maak los die bande aan jou hals, o gevangene, dogter van Sion!
3 Want so sê die HERE: Vir niks is julle verkoop, julle sal ook sonder geld gelos word.
4 Want so sê die Here HERE: In vroeër dae het my volk afgetrek na Egipte om daar as vreemdeling te vertoef, en Assur het hom sonder rede verdruk.
5 Maar nou, wat vind Ek hier? spreek die HERE; want my volk is vir niks weggeneem, sy oorheersers maak geraas, spreek die HERE, en my Naam word gedurigdeur die hele dag gelaster.
6 Daarom sal my volk my Naam leer ken; daarom sal hulle weet op die dag dat dit Ek is wat spreek: Hier is Ek!
7 Hoe lieflik is op die berge die voete van hom wat die goeie boodskap bring, wat vrede laat hoor, wat goeie tyding bring, wat verlossing uitroep; wat aan Sion sê: Jou God is Koning!
8 Hoor! Jou wagte! Hulle verhef die stem, hulle jubel almal saam; want hulle sien vlak voor hulle oë hoe die HERE terugkeer na Sion.
9 Breek uit, jubel almal saam, puinhope van Jerusalem! Want die HERE het sy volk getroos, Jerusalem verlos.
10 Die HERE het sy heilige arm ontbloot voor die oë van al die nasies, en al die eindes van die aarde sal sien die heil van onse God.
11 Vertrek, vertrek, gaan weg daarvandaan, raak nie aan wat onrein is nie; gaan uit hulle midde uit, reinig julle, draers van die heilige voorwerpe van die HERE!
12 Want julle sal nie baie haastig weggaan en nie soos vlugtelinge vertrek nie; want die HERE trek voor julle uit, en die God van Israel is julle agterhoede.
13 Kyk, my Kneg sal voorspoedig wees, Hy sal hoog en verhewe, ja, baie hoog word.
14 Soos baie hulle oor U verstom het -- so misvormd was sy voorkoms, geen mens meer nie, en sy gestalte was nie soos die van 'n mensekind nie --
15 so sal Hy baie nasies laat opspring, konings sal hulle mond oor Hom toehou; want wat aan hulle nie vertel is nie, sien hulle; en wat hulle nie gehoor het nie, word hulle gewaar.