1Herrens Ånd er over mig, fordi han har udvalgt mig. Han har sendt mig for at bringe godt nyt til de afmægtige og genoprette dem, hvis hjerte er knust. Jeg skal forkynde frihed for de fangne og løse de bundnes bånd.[1]2Det bliver en tid, hvor Herren tager imod alle, som kommer til ham, men han vil også straffe de ulydige. Han vil trøste dem, der sørger.3Ja alle, som sørger i Zion, vil han give festdragt i stedet for sæk og aske, glæde i stedet for sorg, lovsang i stedet for tungsind. De skal kaldes de retfærdige egetræer, og de skal stå som vidnesbyrd om Herrens herlighed.
Byen og landet skal genopbygges
4De hjemvendte skal bygge på ældgamle ruiner og genopbygge de ødelagte fortidsbyer, der har ligget forladt i mange generationer.5Fremmede skal vogte jeres får, pløje jeres marker og passe jeres vinmarker.6I skal kaldes Herrens præster og Guds tjenere, og I skal nyde nationernes rige ressourcer.7I stedet for den store vanære, I før var genstand for, skal I nu opleve stor fremgang og evig glæde.
Den kommende frelse og herlighed
8Herren siger: „Jeg elsker retfærdighed, og jeg hader røveri og forurettelse. Jeg vil give mit folk fuld erstatning og slutte en evig pagt med dem.9Deres efterkommere skal blive kendt blandt folkeslagene, og alle, som ser dem, skal blive klar over, at Herren velsigner sit folk.”10Jeg vil glæde mig over Herren, juble over min Gud, for han har klædt mig i frelsens klæder og hyllet mig i retfærdighedens kappe. Jeg er som en brudgom i bryllupstøj, som en brud, der er smykket til bryllup.11Som frøene spirer frem af jorden, vil Gud Herren lade retfærdighed og lovsang vokse frem for alles øjne.
Esajas 61
King James Version
1The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;2To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;3To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.4And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.5And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.6But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.7For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.8For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.9And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the LORD hath blessed.10I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.11For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.