U-Izaya 16

16 ¹Thumelani amawundlu kumbusi wezwe, nisuka eSela ngendlela yasehlane, niye entabeni yendodakazi yaseSiyoni. ²Njengezinyoni eziphaphazelayo, njengesidleke esihlakazekile, kunjalo ngamadodakazi akwaMowabi emazibukweni e-Arinoni. ³Yiphani iseluleko; nikezani ubulungisa; yenzani umthunzi wenu ube njengobusuku emini enkulu. Fihlani abaxoshiweyo; ningamkhapheli obalekile. ⁴Abaxoshiweyo bami mabahlale phakathi kwakho, Mowabi; yiba yisiphephelo kubo esichithini. Lapho umcindezeli engasekho, nencithakalo isiphelile, nabanyathelayo benyamalele ezweni, ⁵khona isihlalo sobukhosi siyakumiswa ngothando lwesivumelwano, kuhlale kuso ngokwethembeka, ethenteni likaDavide, lowo owahlulelayo efuna ubulungisa esheshisa ukwenza ukulunga. ⁶Sizwile ngokuziphakamisa kukaMowabi—ukuthi uziqhenya kangakanani—ngokuzidla kwakhe, ukuziphakamisa kwakhe, nolaka lwakhe; ukuzibonga kwakhe kuyize. ⁷Ngalokho uMowabi makalile ngoMowabi; wonke umuntu makalile. Lilani, nishayeke nya, ngamaqebelengwane amagilebhisi omisiwe aseKiri Hareseti. ⁸Ngokuba amasimu aseHeshiboni ayabuna, nomvini waseSibima; ababusi bezizwe babhidlize amagatsha awo akhethekileyo, ayefinyelela kude kuze kube seJazeri aduka aya ehlane; amahlumela awo asabalala awela ulwandle. ⁹Ngalokho ngikhala ngokukhala kweJazeri ngomvini waseSibima; ngikuthambisa ngezinyembezi zami, Heshiboni ne-Eleyale, ngokuba phezu kwezithelo zakho zasehlobo nokuvuna kwakho kuwele umsindo wempi. ¹⁰Injabulo nentokozo kususiwe ensimini ethela izithelo, nasezivinini akusahlatshelelwa izingoma, akusenanyakazo yentokozo. Akekho osanyathela iwayini ezikhamweni; ngiwuqedile umsindo wokumemeza. ¹¹Ngalokho inhliziyo yami ibubula njengehabhu ngoMowabi, nangaphakathi kwami konke ngoKiri Heresi. ^a a v11 Inhliziyo kaBaba wethu iyabubula ngisho nangoMowabi — usizi lwakhe lufinyelela kubo bonke abantu ukwahlulela kwakhe okubathintayo. ¹²Kuyothi lapho uMowabi eziveza, lapho ezikhandla endaweni ephakemeyo, eza endlini yakhe engcwele ukuba akhuleke, akayikunqoba. ^b b v12 'Indawo ephakemeyo' kwakuyindawo engcwele esiqongweni sentaba eyayisetshenziselwa ukukhonza nokuhlaba kwabahedeni.

¹³Yileli izwi uBaba wethu alikhuluma ngoMowabi esikhathini esadlulayo.

¹⁴Kodwa manje uBaba wethu usekhulumile wathi: “Eminyakeni emithathu, njengeminyaka yesisebenzi esiqashiweyo, inkazimulo kaMowabi iyokwedelelwa, naphezu kobuningi bakhe bonke; insali iyoba yidlanzana elincane kakhulu nelibuthakathaka.”