Ookumkani Ababini Bahlasela IYerusalem
Ookumkani ababini banyukela eYerusalem, yaza intliziyo ka-Ahazi yashukuma njengemithi yehlathi phambi komoya. UIsaya uzisa ilizwi likaBawo wethu lokuba elo yelenqe aliyi kuma, emnika nokuba ngumqondiso onjani na awufunayo. U-Ahazi uyala, ezenza ngathi uyamhlonela, ngoko umqondiso uyeza nangona kunjalo—uImanuweli.
7 1Ngemihla ka-Ahazi unyana kaYotam, unyana ka-Uziya, ukumkani wakwaYuda, uRetsin ukumkani wama-Aram noPeka unyana kaRemaliya ukumkani wakwaSirayeli benyuka baya kuyihlasela iYerusalem ukuba balwe nayo, kodwa ababa nako ukuyoyisa. 2Yakuba iva indlu kaDavide ukuba: “Ama-Aram ahlanganise imikhosi noEfrayim,” zashukuma iintliziyo zika-Ahazi nabantu bakhe njengemithi yehlathi phambi komoya.
3Wandula ke uBawo wethu wathetha noIsaya wathi: “Hamba uye kuhlangana no-Ahazi, wena nonyana wakho uSheyare-yashubhi, ekupheleni komsele wechibi eliphezulu, endleleni eya eNtsimini yokuHlamba, a a v3 USheyare-yashubhi uthetha ukuthi “insalela iya kubuya” — igama lenkwenkwe ngokwalo lalisisigidimi sethemba esisiwa kukumkani owoyikileyo. 4umxelele uthi: Lumka, uzole, musa ukoyika nokutyhafa ngenxa yezi zikhuni zibini zomlilo eziqhumayo—ngenxa yomsindo ovuthayo kaRetsin, wama-Aram, nonyana kaRemaliya. 5Ngenxa yokuba ama-Aram, kunye noEfrayim nonyana kaRemaliya, acebe ububi ngakuwe, esithi,
6‘Masinyuke siye kulwa nakwaYuda, sikwoyikise, sikucandele phakathi, size simise unyana kaTabheli abe ngukumkani phezu kwako,’ 7itsho iNkosi uBawo wethu ukuthi: Akuyi kuma, kwaye akuyi kwenzeka. 8Kuba intloko yama-Aram yiDamasko, nentloko yeDamasko nguRetsin. Kungekapheli iminyaka emashumi mathandathu anamihlanu uEfrayim uya kutshatyalaliswa—angabi saba ngabantu. 9Intloko yakwaEfrayim yiSamari, nentloko yaseSamari ngunyana kaRemaliya. Ukuba anithanga nime niqinisekile ngokholo, aniyi kuma nakanye.”
UBawo Uphinda Athethe no-Ahazi
10UBawo wethu waphinda wathetha no-Ahazi, wathi,
11“Cela uBawo wakho umqondiso; wenze unzulu njengelabafileyo, nokuba uphakame njengamazulu.”
12Kodwa u-Ahazi wathi: “Andiyi kucela, kwaye andiyi kumlinga uBawo wethu.”
13UIsaya wathi: “Phulaphula, ndlu kaDavide! Akwanelanga na ukuba nidinisa abantu? Niya kudinisa noBawo wam na? 14Ngoko ke iNkosi uBawo wethu ngokwayo iya kuninika umqondiso: Yabona, intombi iya kumitha, izale unyana, imthiye igama elinguImanuweli. b b v14 UMateyu usichaza esi siprofeto ngokuthe ngqo kuYesu, owazalwa yintombi uMariya (Mat 1:22-23). “UImanuweli” uthetha ukuthi “uThixo unathi” — uBawo wethu esondela kubantu ngoNyana wakhe. 15Uya kudla amasi nobusi lixa esazi ukulahla ububi nokunyula okulungileyo. 16Ingekafiki inkwenkwe ekwazi ukulahla ububi nokunyula okulungileyo, ilizwe ookumkani balo bobabini owoyikayo bona liya kushiywa.
17UBawo wethu uya kukuzisela wena, nabantu bakho, nendlu kayihlo, imihla engazanga ibekho oko uEfrayim wasuka kwaYuda—ukumkani waseAsiriya.
18Ngaloo mini uBawo wethu uya kubetha ikhwelo kwimpukane evela kwimilanjana ekude yaseYiputa, nakwinyosi esezweni laseAsiriya, 19zize zonke zime ezihlanjeni ezinkqenkqezayo nasezingxondorheni zamawa, kuyo yonke imithana enameva nakuwo onke amachibi okusela.
20Ngaloo mini iNkosi uBawo wethu iya kucheba—ngesitshetshe esiqeshwe phesheya koMlambo ongumEfrati, ukumkani waseAsiriya—intloko noboya bemilenze, iwutshayele neendevu zimke. 21Ngaloo mini umntu uya kusindisa ithokazi lenkomo nezimvu ezimbini, 22ngenxa yokuba kuninzi ubisi, uya kudla amasi; bonke abaseleyo ezweni baya kudla amasi nobusi.
23Ngaloo mini, yonke indawo enamawaka eediliya exabisa amawaka esilivere iya kuba yimithana enameva namakhakakhaka. 24Abantu baya kuza khona bephethe iintolo nesaphetha, kuba lonke ilizwe liya kuba ngamakhakakhaka nemithana enameva. 25Aniyi kuya ezindulini ebeziqhutywa ngomhlakulo, ngenxa yoloyiko lwemithana enameva namakhakakhaka; ziya kuba lidlelo leenkomo nendawo yokunyathelwa zizimvu.”
