¹Mweya waIshe Jehovha uri pamusoro pangu; nekuti Jehovha akandizodza kuti ndiparidzire vanyoro mashoko akanaka; akandituma kuti ndirape vanemoyo yakaputsika, kuti ndiparidzire vakatapwa kusunungurwa, nokuna vakasungwa kuti vachazarurirwa;

¹The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah [is] on me, Because Jehovah did anoint me To proclaim tidings to the humble, He sent me to bind the broken of heart, To proclaim to captives liberty, And to bound ones an opening of bands.

²kuti ndiparidzire gore retsitsi dzaJehovha, nezuva rokutsiva raMwari wedu; kuti ndinyaradze vose vanochema;

²To proclaim the year of the good pleasure of Jehovah, And the day of vengeance of our God, To comfort all mourners.

³kuti ndigadzire vanochema paZiyoni vapiwe korona panzvimbo yamadota, mafuta omufaro panzvimbo yokuchema, nenguvo yokurumbidza panzvimbo yomweya waziya; kuti vanzi miti yokururama, chakasimwa chaJehovha, kuti iye akudzwe.

³To appoint to mourners in Zion, To give to them beauty instead of ashes, The oil of joy instead of mourning, A covering of praise for a spirit of weakness, And He is calling to them, `Trees of righteousness, The planting of Jehovah — to be beautified.`

⁴Ipapo vachavaka matongo akare, vachamutsazve nzvimbo dzakaparadzwa dzokutanga, vachagadzira maguta akanga aitwa matongo, nezvose zvakaparadzwa zvamarudzi namarudzi.

⁴And they have built the wastes of old, The desolations of the ancients they raise up, And they have renewed waste cities, The desolations of generation and generation.

⁵Vatorwa vachamira vachifudza mapoka enyu amakwai, navaeni vachava varimi venyu navagadziri vemizambiringa yenyu.

⁵And strangers have stood and fed your flock, Sons of a foreigner [are] your husbandmen, And your vine-dressers.

⁶Asi imwi muchanzi vaPristi vaJehovha vanhu vachakutumidzai Vashumiri vaMwari wedu; muchadya fuma yamarudzi avanhu, muchazvirumbidza nokukudzwa kwawo.

⁶And ye are called `Priests of Jehovah,` `Ministers of our God,` is said of you, The strength of nations ye consume, And in their honour ye do boast yourselves.

⁷Panzvimbo yokunyadziswa kwenyu, muchapiwa migove miviri; panzvimbo yokushorwa vachafarira mugove wavo; naizvozvo panyika yavo vachava nemigove miviri, vachava nomufaro usingaperi.

⁷Instead of your shame and confusion, A second time they sing of their portion, Therefore in their land A second time do they take possession, Joy age-during [is] for them.

⁸nekuti ini Jehovha ndinoda zvakarurama, ndinovenga kupamba pamwechete nezvakaipa; ndichavaripira zvirokwazvo, uye ndichaita sungano isingaperi navo.

⁸For I [am] Jehovah, loving judgment, Hating plunder for a burnt-offering, And I have given their wage in truth, And a covenant age-during I make for them.

⁹Vana vavo vachazikamwa pakati pamarudzi, nezvibereko zvavo pakati pavanhu; vose vanovaona vachavaziva kuti ndirwo rudzi rwakaropafadzwa naJehovha.

⁹And known among nations hath been their seed, And their offspring in the midst of the peoples, All their beholders acknowledge them, For they [are] a seed Jehovah hath blessed.

¹⁰Ndichafarira Jehovha kwazvo, mweya wangu uchava nomufaro munaMwari wangu; nekuti akandifukidza nguvo dzoruponeso, akandipfekedza chokufuka chokururama, somuwani anoshonga korona, uye somwenga unozvishongedza noukomba hwake.

¹⁰I greatly rejoice in Jehovah, Joy doth my soul in my God, For He clothed me with garments of salvation, With a robe of righteousness covereth Me, As a bridegroom prepareth ornaments, And as a bride putteth on her jewels.

¹¹nekuti nyika sezvainobudisa miti yayo, nomunda sezvaunomeresa zvakadzvarwamo, saizvozvo Ishe Jehovha achameresa kururama nokurumbidzwa pamberi pamarudzi ose.

¹¹For, as the earth bringeth forth her shoots, And as a garden causeth its sown things to shoot up, So the Lord Jehovah causeth righteousness and praise To shoot up before all the nations!