Khangela eLiweni
Kubantu aboyika ukuba mbalwa kakhulu, uBawo wethu ubhekisa emva kwindoda enye nomfazi omnye, uAbraham noSara. Amazulu nomhlaba ziyaguga; usindiso lwakhe alunjalo. IYerusalem iyiselile indebe yakhe yokuzamazama, kungasekho mntwana oseleyo ukuyixhasa. Uyithabatha indebe.
51 1“Ndiphulaphuleni, nina baphuthuma ubulungisa, nina bamfunayo uBawo wethu: khangelani eliweni enanqunyulwa kulo, nasendaweni enambiwa kuyo. 2Khangelani kuAbraham uyihlo, nakuSara owanizalayo; kuba oko wayemnye kuphela ndambiza, ndamsikelela ndaza ndamandisa. 3Kuba uBawo wethu uyayithuthuzela iZiyon; uthuthuzela onke amanxuwa ayo. Uyenza intlango yayo ibe njenge-Eden, nenkangala yayo ibe njengomyezo kaBawo wethu. Kufunyanwa uvuyo nemihlali kuyo, umbulelo nesandi sengoma.
4“Ndiphulaphuleni, bantu bam; ndiveni, hlanga lwam: kuba umyalelo uya kuphuma kum, ndiza kumisa isigwebo sam sibe sisikhanyiso ezizweni. 5Ubulungisa bam busondele, usindiso lwam seluphumile, iingalo zam ziya kugwebela izizwe; iziqithi zindilindele, zithembele engalweni yam. 6Phakamiselani amehlo enu emazulwini, nikhangele emhlabeni phantsi: amazulu aya kunyamalala njengomsi, umhlaba uya konakala njengengubo, nabemi bawo baya kufa njengeengcongconi; kodwa usindiso lwam luya kuhlala ngonaphakade, nobulungisa bam abusayi kuze baphuke. 7Ndiphulaphuleni, nina babaziyo ubulungisa, bantu baphethe umyalelo wam ezintliziyweni zabo: musani ukoyika ingcikivo yabantu, ningankwantyiswa sisingcikivo sabo. 8Kuba inundu iya kubadla njengengubo, nokruxeshe uya kubadla njengoboya; kodwa ubulungisa bam buya kuhlala ngonaphakade, nosindiso lwam kwizizukulwana zonke.”
9Vuka, vuka, yambatha amandla, wena ngalo kaBawo wethu! Vuka njengasemihleni yamandulo, kwizizukulwana zamandulo. Asinguwe na owaliqwengayo irhamncwa laselwandle, uRahabhi, owayihlabayo inamba? a a v9 Kumbono kaIsaya, ingalo kaBawo wethu eyoluliweyo ngamandla akhe okusindisa kuwo lonke ixesha — ukususela ekudalweni kwehlabathi, kuye ekuphumeni kwamaSirayeli eYiputa, kuse ekukhululweni okusazayo. 10Asinguwe na owalomisayo ulwandle, amanzi enzonzobila enkulu, owenza iinzulu zolwandle zaba yindlela yokuwela kwabahlangulweyo? 11Ngoko ke abahlawulelweyo bakaBawo wethu baya kubuya beze eZiyon bevuma ingoma; uvuyo olungunaphakade luya kuba sisithsaba sabo. Imihlali novuyo kuya kubafikela, kusabe usizi nokuncwina.
12“Mna, ndim lowo onithuthuzelayo. Ungubani na wena ukuba woyike abantu abafayo nje, abantu abadlula njengotyani, 13ude undilibale mna, uMenzi wakho, owolula amazulu wabeka iziseko zomhlaba? Uhlala unkwantya imini yonke ngenxa yobushushu bomcinezeli, ozimisele ukutshabalalisa. Kodwa buphi na ubushushu bomcinezeli? 14Lowo ugotyiweyo ngemixokelelwane uya kukhululwa kungekudala; akayi kufa ehle aye emhadini, engayi kulamba. 15Kaloku mna ndinguBawo wakho, uMlatyuzisi wolwandle, ukuze agqume amaza alo— uBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini ligama lakhe. 16Ndiwabekile amazwi am emlonyeni wakho, ndakugubungela ngethunzi lesandla sam, ndityala amazulu, ndibeka iziseko zehlabathi, ndisithi kwiZiyon: ‘Ningabantu bam.’”
17Vuka, vuka! Suk' ume, Yerusalem, wena oseleyo esandleni sikaBawo wethu indebe yengqumbo yakhe, osele wasela isitya wada wasigqibela nentsipho, indebe ekwenza udiyazele. 18Phakathi kwabantwana bonke awabazalayo, akukho namnye wokumkhokela yena; phakathi kwabantwana bonke awabakhulisayo, akukho namnye wokumbamba ngesandla. 19Ezi zinto zimbini zikwehlele—ngubani na oya kukulilela?—incithakalo nentshabalalo, indlala nekrele. Ngubani onokukuthuthuzela? 20Abantwana bakho batyhafile; balele kuzo zonke iimbombo zezitrato, njengenqu ebanjiswe umnatha, bezaliswe yingqumbo kaBawo wethu, ukukhalima kukaBawo wakho.
21Ngoko ke, yiva le nto, wena ucinezelekileyo, onxilileyo, kodwa kungengawayini:
22Itsho iNkosi uBawo wakho, olwela ityala labantu bakhe: “Yabona, ndiyithabathile esandleni sakho indebe ekwenza udiyazele, isitya sengqumbo yam; akusayi kuphinda uyisele.” 23Ndoyibeka esandleni sabo bakuthuthumbisayo, abo bebesithi kuwe: “Qubuda ukuze sihambe phezu kwakho,” wada wenza umhlana wakho wanjengomhlaba, njengesitrato ukuba bawele kuwo.
