[1] The Spirit of the Lord Yahweh 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 the opening [of
the prison] to those who are bound; [2] to proclaim the year of Yahweh`s
favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn; [3]
to appoint to 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 shall build the old wastes, they
shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste
cities, the desolations of many generations. [5] Strangers shall stand and
feed your flocks, and foreigners shall be your plowmen and your
vine-dressers. [6] But you shall be named the priests of Yahweh; men shall
call you the ministers of our God: you shall eat the wealth of the nations,
and in their glory shall you boast yourselves. [7] Instead of your shame
[you shall have] double; and instead of dishonor they shall rejoice in
their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess double;
everlasting joy shall be to them. [8] For I, Yahweh, love justice, I hate
robbery with iniquity; and I will give them their recompense in truth, and
I will make an everlasting covenant with them. [9] Their seed shall be
known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples; all who see
them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which Yahweh has
blessed. [10] I will greatly rejoice in Yahweh, my soul shall 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 brings forth its bud, and as the garden causes the things that
are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord Yahweh will cause righteousness
and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
