U-Izaya 22

22 ¹Isiprofetho esiphathelene neSigodi Sombono. Yini manje ekukhathazayo, ukuthi nonke senikhuphukele ophahleni lwezindlu, ^a a v1 ISigodi Sombono: igama lenkondlo leJerusalema, okungenzeka libhekise ezigodini ezijulileyo ezizungeze lo muzi. ²wena muzi ogcwele umsindo, wena dolobha elinxushunxushu, eliyisiyaluyalu, wena muzi othakasayo? Abafileyo bakho ababulawanga ngenkemba, futhi abafelanga empini. ³Bonke ababusi bakho babaleka kanyekanye; bathunjwa kungekho mnsalo owanwetshiwe. Nonke enatholakala nathunjwa kanyekanye, noma nanibalekele kude. ⁴Ngakho ngathi: “Susa amehlo akho kimi; ngiyeke ngikhale kabuhlungu. Ungazami ukungiduduza ngokubhujiswa kwendodakazi yabantu bakami.” ⁵Ngokuba uBaba wamabutho asezulwini unosuku lwesiphithiphithi, nokunyathela, nokudideka eSigodini Sombono—izindonga ziphahlazwa phansi, nesikhalo socelo losizo esizwakala sifinyelela ezintabeni. ⁶I-Elami lathatha umgodla wemicibisholo kanye nezinqola zempi nabagibeli bamahhashi, neKiri yembula izihlangu zayo. ⁷Izigodi zakho ezikhethekileyo zazigcwele izinqola zempi, nabagibeli bamahhashi bazihlela emasangweni. ⁸uBaba wethu wasusa izivikelo zakwaJuda. Ngalolo suku nabheka ezikhalini ezaziseNdlini yeHlathi, ^b b v8 iNdlu yeHlathi: inqolobane enkulu yezikhali kaSolomoni eJerusalema, eyaqanjwa ngenxa yezinsika zayo eziningi zomsedari. ⁹nabona ukuthi zaziziningi kangakanani izifohlo emzini kaDavida. Naqoqa amanzi echibi elingezansi, ¹⁰nabala izindlu zaseJerusalema, nadiliza ezinye ukuze niqinise udonga. ¹¹Nakha ithangi lamanzi phakathi kwezindonga ezimbili ngenxa yamanzi echibi elidala, kodwa anibhekanga kulowo owakwenzayo, futhi animnakanga uBaba wethu owakuhlela kudala. ¹²Ngalolo suku uBaba wamabutho asezulwini wamemezela ukukhala nokulila, nokuphucwa kwamakhanda, nokwembatha izingubo zokuzila. ¹³Kodwa esikhundleni salokho kwakukhona injabulo nemigubho, kuhlatshwa izinkomo kubulawa izimvu, kudliwa inyama kuphuzwa iwayini: “Masidle siphuze, ngokuba kusasa siyafa!”

¹⁴uBaba wamabutho asezulwini ukwambulile lokhu kimi: “Ngempela lesi sono asiyikwesulwa kini nize nife,” usho uBaba wamabutho asezulwini.

¹⁵Nakhu okushiwo uBaba wamabutho asezulwini: Hamba uye kulo mphathi, uShebhina, ophethe indlu, uthi kuye: ¹⁶Wenzani lapha, futhi ngubani okunike ilungelo lokuba lapha, ukuba uzimbele ithuna lapha—ugubha ithuna lakho phezulu endaweni ephakeme, uqophe indawo yakho yokuphumula edwaleni? ¹⁷Bheka, uBaba wethu useyakuphonsa kude ngamandla, wena ndoda enamandla; uzokubamba aqinise. ¹⁸Uyakukugoqa ngokuqinileyo akuphonse njengebhola ezweni elibanzi elivulekileyo. Lapho uyakufela khona, nalapho ziyakulala khona izinqola zakho zempi ezinhle—wena hlazo lendlu yenkosi yakho. ¹⁹Ngiyakukukhumula esikhundleni sakho, ube usudonselwa phansi usuke endaweni yakho.

²⁰Ngalolo suku ngiyakubiza inceku yami u-Eliyakimi indodana kaHilikiya, ²¹Ngiyakumgqokisa ingubo yakho, ngimbophe ngebhande lakho, nginikele igunya lakho kuye. Uyakuba nguyise wabantu baseJerusalema nawendlu yakwaJuda. ²²Ngiyakubeka ukhiye wendlu kaDavida ehlombe lakhe; lokho akuvulayo akekho oyakukuvala, nalokho akuvalayo akekho oyakukuvula. ^c c v22 uJesu usebenzisa leli vesi kuye ngokwakhe kwisAmbulo 3:7 — u-Eliyakimi ungumfanekiso weNdodana engunaphakade ephethe ukhiye kaDavida. ²³Ngiyakumbethela njengesikhonkwane endaweni eqinileyo, abe yisihlalo sodumo sendlu kayise. ²⁴Bayakuphanyeka kuye sonke isisindo sendlu kayise—inzalo namahlumela, zonke izitsha ezincane, kusukela emiganwini kuya kuzo zonke izimbiza. ²⁵Ngalolo suku, kusho uBaba wamabutho asezulwini, isikhonkwane esabethelwa endaweni eqinileyo siyakuxega; siyakunqunywa siwe, nomthwalo osiphezulu uyakunqunyulwa—ngokuba uBaba wethu ukhulumile.