Isaías 61

1 The Lord Yahweh’s Spirit is on me,

because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble.

He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted,

to proclaim liberty to the captives

and release to those who are bound,*61:1 LXX and DSS add: recovery of sight to the blind

2 to proclaim the year of Yahweh’s favor

and the day of vengeance of our God,

to comfort all who mourn,

3 to provide for those who mourn in Zion,

to give to them a garland for ashes,

the oil of joy for mourning,

the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness,

that they may be called trees of righteousness,

the planting of Yahweh,

that he may be glorified.

4 They will rebuild the old ruins.

They will raise up the former devastated places.

They will repair the ruined cities

that have been devastated for many generations.

5 Strangers will stand and feed your flocks.

Foreigners will work your fields and your vineyards.

6 But you will be called Yahweh’s priests.

Men will call you the servants of our God.

You will eat the wealth of the nations.

You will boast in their glory.

7 Instead of your shame you will have double.

Instead of dishonor, they will rejoice in their portion.

Therefore in their land they will possess double.

Everlasting joy will be to them.

8 "For I, Yahweh, love justice.

I hate robbery and iniquity.

I will give them their reward in truth

and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.

9 Their offspring will be known among the nations,

and their offspring among the peoples.

All who see them will acknowledge them,

that they are the offspring which Yahweh has blessed."

10 I will greatly rejoice in Yahweh!

My soul will be joyful in my God,

for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation.

He has covered me with the robe of righteousness,

as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland

and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

11 For as the earth produces its bud,

and as the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring up,

so the Lord Yahweh will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations.

Te Rongo Pai mō te Hunga Whakawhere

1 Kei runga i ahau te Wairua o te Ariki, o Ihowā;

nā Ihowā nei hoki ahau i whakawahi

hei kauwhau i te rongo pai ki te hunga māhaki.

Kua ungā mai ahau e ia ki te takai i te hunga ngākau marū,

ki te kauwhau ki ngā whakarau kia haere noa,

ki ngā herehere, kua tuwhera te whare herehere;

2 kia karangatia te tau manako mai o Ihowā,

te rā rapu utu o tō tātou Atua;

kia whakamārietia te hunga katoa e tangi ana;

3 kia whakatakotoria he tikanga mō te hunga katoa o Hiona e tangi ana,

kia whakaputaia kētia ō rātou pungarehu hei ātaahua,

te tangihanga, hei hinu koa,

te wairua pōuri hei kākahu whakamoemiti;

ā, ka kīia rātou he rākau nā te tika,

he mea whakatō nā Ihowā,

kia whai korōria ai ia.

4 Ka hangā anō e rātou ngā wāhi kua ururuatia noatia ake,

ka ara i a rātou ngā wāhi kua kore rawa i mua,

ka whakahoutia e rātou ngā pā kua ururuatia,

ngā mea kua kore i ērā whakatupuranga noa atu.

5 Ā, ka tū te tangata kē, ka whāngai i ā koutou hipi,

ko ngā tama anō a te tangata kē hei kaiparau mā koutou,

hei kaitiaki wāina mā koutou.

6 Ko koutou ia ka kīia ko ngā tohunga a Ihowā,

ka kīia koutou ko ngā minita a tō tātou Atua;

ko ngā taonga o ngā tauiwi hei kai mā koutou,

ko tō rātou korōria hei whakamanamana mā koutou.

7 Mō tō koutou whakamā e rua ngā whakautu;

mō te numinumi kau ka koa rātou ki tā rātou wāhi;

āe rā, i tō rātou whenua ka haere rua mai ngā mea mā rātou,

ka mau tonu hoki tō rātou koa.

8 "E aroha ana hoki ahau, a Ihowā,

ki te whakawā, e kino ana ki te pāhua, ki te whakahaere hē.

Ka hoatu anō e ahau i runga i te pono tā rātou i mahi ai,

ka whakaritea he kawenata mau tonu ki a rātou.

9 Ka mātauria anō tō rātou uri i roto i ngā tauiwi,

ō rātou whānau i roto i ngā iwi.

Ko te hunga katoa e kite ana i a rātou

ka mōhio ki a rātou he uri nō tā Ihowā i manaaki ai."

10 Ka nui tōku koa ki a Ihowā,

ka whakamanamana tōku wairua ki tōku Atua.

Kua whakakākahuria hoki ahau e ia ki ngā kākahu o te whakaoranga,

ropia mai ana e ia te tika ki ahau hei koroka;

ka rite ki tā te tāne mārena hou e kōpare nei i te whakapaipai ki a ia,

ki tā te wahine mārena hou whakapaipai i a ia ki āna mea whakapaipai.

11 Ka rite hoki ki tā te whenua e mea nei i tōna tupu kia kōkiri ake,

ki tā te kāri e mea nei i ngā mea kua whakatōkia ki reira kia tupu,

ka pēnā anō tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā, ka meinga e ia te tika me te whakamoemiti

kia tupu ki te aroaro o ngā iwi katoa.