Izwi Elimelene neBhabhiloni
Amabutho ahlangana ezintabeni angawakaBaba wethu uqobo, abizelwe ukulwa neBhabhiloni. Usuku oluchazwayo lunesihluku — izinkanyezi zifiphele, izinhliziyo ziyancibilika, izinsana zibulawa, kungekho sihawu. Igugu lemibuso liphela liyincithakalo lapho izilwane zasogwadule zihewula khona.
13 1Isiprofetho esiphathelene neBhabhiloni u-Isaya indodana ka-Amozi asibonayo.
2“Phakamisani ibhanela phezu kwentaba eyize; nimemeze kubo, niqhweba ngesandla senu ukuze bangene emasangweni ezikhulu. 3Mina ngokwami ngibayalile abangcwelisiweyo bami; ngibabizile amaqhawe ami ukuba bafeze intukuthelo yami—labo abajabulela ubukhosi bami.”
4Lalelani—umsindo ezintabeni, onjengowesixuku esikhulu! Lalelani—ukuduma kwemibuso, kwezizwe ezibuthene ndawonye! uBaba wamabutho asezulwini ubuthela ndawonye ibutho lempi. 5Bavela ezweni elikude, emikhawulweni yamazulu— uBaba wethu nezikhali zolaka lwakhe—ukuze babhubhise umhlaba wonke. 6Lilani, ngokuba usuku lukaBaba wethu luseduze; luyeza njengencithakalo evela kuSomandla. a a v6 ‘Usuku lukaSimakade’ yigama abaprofethi abalibiza ngalo usuku lukaBaba wethu lokwahlulela. Ukwahlulela kwakhe kuphuma enhliziyweni efanayo ethanda abantwana bakhe — ibavikela, iqeda lokho okubabhubhisayo. 7Ngenxa yalokhu zonke izandla ziyadangala, nenhliziyo yawo wonke umuntu iyancibilika. 8Babanjwa uvalo; imihelo nobuhlungu obukhulu kubabamba bona; bazamazama njengowesifazane osebuhlungwini bokubeletha. Bagqolozelana ngokwesaba, ubuso babo buvutha amalangabi. 9Bhekani—usuku lukaBaba wethu luyeza, olunonya, olunolaka nentukuthelo evuthayo, ukuba lwenze umhlaba ube yincithakalo nokubhubhisa izoni ezikuwo. 10Izinkanyezi zamazulu nemithala yazo ngeke zikhanye; ilanga liyakuba mnyama ekuphumeni kwalo, nenyanga ngeke ikhiphe ukukhanya kwayo.
11“Ngiyakwehlisela ukwahlulela ezweni ngenxa yobubi balo, nakwababi ngenxa yecala labo; ngiyakuqeda ukuzidla kwabazigqajayo, ngithobise ukuzikhukhumeza kwababusi abanonya. 12Ngiyakwenza abantu babe yingcosana kunegolide elicwengekileyo, umuntu abe yivelakancane kunegolide lase-Ofiri. 13Ngalokho ngiyakwenza amazulu athuthumele, nomhlaba uyakunyakaza usuke endaweni yawo, ngenxa yolaka lukaBaba wamabutho asezulwini, ngosuku lwentukuthelo yakhe evuthayo.”
14Njengensephe ezingelwayo, njengezimvu ezingenamuntu wokuzibutha, yilowo nalowo uyakubuyela kubantu bakibo, yilowo nalowo uyakubalekela ezweni lakubo. 15Bonke abatholakalayo bayakugwazwa, nabo bonke ababanjwayo bayakuwa ngenkemba. 16Izingane zabo ziyakuphahlazwa zibe yizicucu phambi kwamehlo abo; izindlu zabo ziyakuphangwa, nabafazi babo badlwengulwe.
17“Bhekani—ngivusa amaMede ukuba amelane nabo, angenandaba nesiliva futhi angathokozeli igolide. b b v17 AmaMede ayengumbuso onamandla wasendulo ovela enyakatho-ntshonalanga ye-Iran, owathi kamuva wenza umfelandawonye nePheresiya ukuze banqobe iBhabhiloni. 18Iminsalo yawo iyakubhuqa izinsizwa; ngeke abe nesihawu ezinganeni; ngeke abahawukele abantwana.”
19IBhabhiloni, ubucwebe bemibuso, inkazimulo nokuziqhenya kwamaBhabhiloni, iyakuba njengeSodoma neGomora mhla uBaba wethu wawachitha. 20Ayisoze yahlalwa noma yakhelwe ezizukulwaneni zonke; akukho Arabhu oyakumisa itende lakhe khona, abelusi ngeke balalise imihlambi yabo khona. 21Kodwa izilwane zasehlane ziyakulala khona, nezindlu zabo ziyakugcwala izilo ezikhalayo; lapho izintshe ziyakuhlala, nezimbuzi zasendle ziyakweqa khona. 22Izimpisi ziyakukhonkotha ezinqabeni zayo, nezimpungushe ezigodlweni zayo ezinhle. Isikhathi sayo siseduze, nezinsuku zayo ngeke zeluleke.
