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Roho ya Bwana MUNGU i juu yangu; kwa sababu Bwana amenitia mafuta niwahubiri wanyenyekevu habari njema; amenituma ili kuwaganga waliovunjika moyo, kuwatangazia mateka uhuru wao, na hao waliofungwa habari za kufunguliwa kwao.
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,
2
Kutangaza mwaka wa Bwana uliokubaliwa, na siku ya kisasi cha Mungu wetu; kuwafariji wote waliao;
to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of our God’s vengeance, to comfort all who mourn,
3
kuwaagizia hao waliao katika Sayuni, wapewe taji ya maua badala ya majivu, mafuta ya furaha badala ya maombolezo, vazi la sifa badala ya roho nzito; wapate kuitwa miti ya haki, iliyopandwa na Bwana, ili atukuzwe.
to console the mourners in Zion—to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.
4
Nao watajenga mahali pa kale palipoharibiwa, watapainua mahali palipokuwa ukiwa zamani, watatengeneza miji iliyoharibiwa, mahali palipoachwa kizazi baada ya kizazi.
They will rebuild the ancient ruins; they will restore the places long devastated; they will renew the ruined cities, the desolations of many generations.
5
Na wageni watasimama na kulisha makundi yenu, na watu wa kabila nyingine watakuwa wakulima wenu, na watunzaji wa mizabibu yenu.
Strangers will stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners will be your plowmen and vinedressers.
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Bali ninyi mtaitwa makuhani wa Bwana; watu watawaiteni wahudumu wa Mungu wetu; mtakula utajiri wa mataifa, na kujisifia utukufu wao.
But you will be called the priests of the LORD; they will speak of you as ministers of our God; you will feed on the wealth of nations, and you will boast in their riches.
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Badala ya aibu yenu mtapata maradufu, na badala ya fedheha wataifurahia sehemu yao; basi katika nchi yao watamiliki maradufu; furaha yao itakuwa ya milele.
Instead of shame, My people will have a double portion, and instead of humiliation, they will rejoice in their share; and so they will inherit a double portion in their land, and everlasting joy will be theirs.
8
Maana mimi, Bwana, naipenda hukumu ya haki, nauchukia wivi na uovu; nami nitawalipa malipo katika kweli, nitaagana nao agano la milele.
For I, the LORD, love justice; I hate robbery and iniquity; in My faithfulness I will give them their recompense and make an everlasting covenant with them.
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Na kizazi chao kitajulikana katika mataifa, na uzao wao katika kabila za watu; wote wawaonao watakiri ya kuwa wao ni kizazi kilichobarikiwa na Bwana.
Their 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.
10
Nitafurahi sana katika Bwana, nafsi yangu itashangilia katika Mungu wangu; maana amenivika mavazi ya wokovu, amenifunika vazi la haki, kama bwana arusi ajipambavyo kwa kilemba cha maua, na kama bibi arusi ajipambavyo kwa vyombo vya dhahabu.
I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
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Maana kama nchi itoavyo machipuko yake, na kama bustani ioteshavyo vitu vilivyopandwa ndani yake; ndivyo Bwana MUNGU atakavyootesha haki na sifa mbele ya mataifa yote.
For as the earth brings forth its growth, and as a garden enables seed to spring up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations.