The Year of the Lord’s Favor
1The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me,
because the Lord has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim freedom for the captives
and release from darkness for the prisoners,61:1 Hebrew; Septuagint the blind
2to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor
and the day of vengeance of our God,
to comfort all who mourn,
3and provide for those who grieve in Zion—
to bestow on them a crown of beauty
instead of ashes,
the oil of joy
instead of mourning,
and a garment of praise
instead of a spirit of despair.
They will be called oaks of righteousness,
a planting of the Lord
for the display of his splendor.
4They will rebuild the ancient ruins
and restore the places long devastated;
they will renew the ruined cities
that have been devastated for generations.
5Strangers will shepherd your flocks;
foreigners will work your fields and vineyards.
6And you will be called priests of the Lord,
you will be named ministers of our God.
You will feed on the wealth of nations,
and in their riches you will boast.
7Instead of your shame
you will receive a double portion,
and instead of disgrace
you will rejoice in your inheritance.
And so you will inherit a double portion in your land,
and everlasting joy will be yours.
8“For I, the Lord, love justice;
I hate robbery and wrongdoing.
In my faithfulness I will reward my people
and make an everlasting covenant with them.
9Their descendants will be known among the nations
and their offspring among the peoples.
All who see them will acknowledge
that they are a people the Lord has blessed.”
10I delight greatly in the Lord;
my soul rejoices in my God.
For he has clothed me with garments of salvation
and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness,
as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest,
and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
11For as the soil makes the sprout come up
and a garden causes seeds to grow,
so the Sovereign Lord will make righteousness
and praise spring up before all nations.
Mwaka Wa Upendeleo Wa Bwana
161:1 Isa 11:2; Mdo 4:26; Lk 4:18-19; Zek 9:12; 2Kor 3:17; Isa 50:4; Dan 9:24-26; Ay 5:16Roho wa Bwana Mwenyezi yu juu yangu,
kwa sababu Bwana amenitia mafuta
kuwahubiria maskini habari njema.
Amenituma kuwaganga waliovunjika moyo,
kuwatangazia mateka uhuru wao,
na hao waliofungwa
habari za kufunguliwa kwao;
261:2 Isa 49:8; Mal 4:1-3; Mt 5:4; Isa 1:24; Lk 4:18-19; Ay 5:1; Lk 6:21kutangaza mwaka wa Bwana uliokubaliwa,
na siku ya kisasi ya Mungu wetu,
kuwafariji wote waombolezao,
361:3 Isa 60:20-21; 3:23; Ay 2:8; Rut 3:3; Ebr 1:9; Yer 31:13; Za 92:12-13; Mt 15:13na kuwapa mahitaji
wale wanaohuzunika katika Sayuni,
ili kuwapa taji ya uzuri badala ya majivu,
mafuta ya furaha badala ya maombolezo,
vazi la sifa badala ya roho ya kukata tamaa.
Nao wataitwa mialoni ya haki,
pando la Bwana,
ili kuonyesha utukufu wake.
461:4 Amo 9:14; Yn 15:8; Zek 1:16-17; Isa 44:26; Eze 36:33Watajenga upya magofu ya zamani
na kupatengeneza mahali palipoachwa ukiwa zamani;
watafanya upya miji iliyoharibiwa,
iliyoachwa ukiwa kwa vizazi vingi.
561:5 Isa 14:1-2; Eze 36:33; Isa 56:6Wageni watayachunga makundi yenu,
wageni watafanya kazi katika mashamba yenu,
na kutunza mashamba yenu ya mizabibu.
661:6 Kut 19:6; Kum 33:19; 1Pet 2:5; Isa 60:1Nanyi mtaitwa makuhani wa Bwana,
mtaitwa watumishi wa Mungu wetu.
Mtakula utajiri wa mataifa,
nanyi katika utajiri wao mtajisifu.
761:7 Kum 21:17; Zek 9:12; Isa 29:22; 41:11; 60:21; Za 126:5; Isa 25:9Badala ya aibu yao
watu wangu watapokea sehemu maradufu,
na badala ya fedheha
watafurahia katika urithi wao;
hivyo watarithi sehemu maradufu katika nchi yao,
nayo furaha ya milele itakuwa yao.
861:8 Mwa 9:16; Isa 1:17; 55:3; 5:16; Za 11:7; Ebr 13:20; Isa 42:6“Kwa maana Mimi, Bwana, napenda haki,
na ninachukia unyangʼanyi na uovu.
Katika uaminifu wangu nitawapa malipo yao
na kufanya agano la milele nao.
961:9 Isa 43:5; 48:19; Mwa 12:2; Kum 28:3-12Wazao wao watajulikana miongoni mwa mataifa,
na uzao wao miongoni mwa kabila za watu.
Wale wote watakaowaona watatambua
kuwa ni taifa ambalo Bwana amelibariki.”
1061:10 Hab 3:18; Ay 27:6; Isa 49:18; Ufu 21:2; Za 2:11; Isa 7:13; Lk 1:47; Ufu 19:8Ninafurahia sana katika Bwana,
nafsi yangu inashangilia katika Mungu wangu.
Kwa maana amenivika mavazi ya wokovu,
na kunipamba kwa joho la haki,
kama vile bwana arusi apambavyo
kichwa chake kama kuhani,
na kama bibi arusi ajipambavyo
kwa vito vyake vya thamani.
1161:11 Za 85:11; Isa 45:8; Mwa 47:23; Isa 58:11Kwa maana kama vile ardhi ifanyavyo chipukizi kuota,
na bustani isababishavyo mbegu kuota,
ndivyo Bwana Mwenyezi atafanya haki na sifa
zichipuke mbele ya mataifa yote.
