1 I will speak out to encourage Jerusalem;
I will not be silent until she is saved,
And her victory shines like a torch in the night.
2 Jerusalem, the nations will see you victorious!
All their kings will see your glory.
You will be called by a new name,
A name given by the Lord himself.
3 You will be like a beautiful crown for the Lord.
4 No longer will you be called “Forsaken,”
Or your land be called “The Deserted Wife.”
Your new name will be “God Is Pleased with Her.”
Your land will be called “Happily Married,”
Because the Lord is pleased with you
And will be like a husband to your land.
5 Like a young man taking a virgin as his bride,
He who formed you will marry you.
As a groom is delighted with his bride,
So your God will delight in you.
6 On your walls, Jerusalem, I have placed sentries;
They must never be silent day or night.
They must remind the Lord of his promises
And never let him forget them.
7 They must give him no rest until he restores Jerusalem
And makes it a city the whole world praises.
8 The Lord has made a solemn promise,
And by his power he will carry it out:
“Your grain will no longer be food for your enemies,
And foreigners will no longer drink your wine.
9 But you that planted and harvested the grain
Will eat the bread and praise the Lord.
You that tended and gathered the grapes
Will drink the wine in the courts of my Temple.”
10 People of Jerusalem, go out of the city
And build a road for your returning people!
Prepare a highway; clear it of stones!
Put up a signal so that the nations can know
11 That the Lord is announcing to all the earth:
“Tell the people of Jerusalem
That the Lord is coming to save you,
Bringing with him the people he has rescued.”
12 You will be called “God's Holy People,”
“The People the Lord Has Saved.”
Jerusalem will be called “The City That God Loves,”
“The City That God Did Not Forsake.”
1 Ciānas dēļ es neklusēšu un Jeruzālemes dēļ es nerimšu, kamēr tās taisnība aust kā rīta saule un tās pestīšana atspīd kā degoša lāpa, 2 kamēr tautas redzēs tavu taisnību, visi ķēniņi tavu godību un tevi sauks jaunā vārdā, ko noteiks Tā Kunga mute. 3 Un tu būsi skaists vainags Tā Kunga rokā un ķēniņa galvas rota tava Dieva rokā. 4 Tevi vairs nesauks: Atstātā, nedz tavu zemi: Tuksnesis, bet tevi sauks: Pie kā Man labs prāts un tavu zemi: Salaulātā. Jo Tam Kungam būs labs prāts pie tevis, un tava zeme būs it kā salaulāta ar Viņu. 5 Jo, kā jauneklis apprecas ar jaunavu, tā tavi bērni vienosies ar tevi, un, kā līgavainis priecājas par savu līgavu, tā tavs Dievs priecāsies par tevi. 6 "Pār taviem mūriem, Jeruzāleme, Es iecēlu sargus, tie necietīs klusu ne dienu, ne nakti." Jūs, kam jādomā par To Kungu, neliecieties mierā 7 un nemitieties Viņam atgādināt, kamēr Viņš neizveido Jeruzālemi un nepadara to slavenu virs zemes. 8 Tas Kungs ir zvērējis pie Savas labās rokas un pie Sava stiprā elkoņa: "Tavu labību Es turpmāk vairs nedošu ēšanai taviem ienaidniekiem, un svešinieki nekad vairs nedzers tavu vīnu, gar kuru tu esi nopūlējusies! 9 Bet, kas ievāks, tie arī ēdīs un slavēs To Kungu, un, kas lasīs ogas vīnam, tie to arī dzers Manas svētnīcas pagalmos." 10 Izeita, izeita pa vārtiem! Sataisiet ceļu tautai, dariet līdzenu, dariet līdzenu staigājamo ceļu! Novāciet akmeņus, uzvelciet karogu tautām! 11 Redzi, Tas Kungs liek pasludināt līdz pasaules galam: "Sakait Ciānas meitai: redzi, tava pestīšana nāk, un tās alga nāk līdz ar to, un tās atmaksa iet tai pa priekšu!" 12 Un viņu, Ciānas meitu, sauks: Svētā tauta, Tā Kunga atpestītie! Un tevi sauks: Meklētā, nekad vairs neatstājamā pilsēta.
