U-Izaya 25

25 ¹UnguBaba wami; ngiyakukuphakamisa, ngiyakulidumisa igama lakho, ngokuba wenze izinto ezimangalisayo—amacebo owawaceba kudala, athembekile aqinisekile. ²Ngokuba uphendule idolobha laba yinqwaba yezinsalela, umuzi obiyelweyo waba unxiwa; isigodlo sabezizwe asiseyilo idolobha— ngeke siphinde sakhiwe. ³Ngalokho abantu abanamandla bayakukuhlonipha; idolobha lezizwe ezinonya liyakukwesaba. ⁴Ngokuba ube yisiphephelo kwabampofu, isiphephelo kwabaswele osizini lwabo, isikhoselo esivikela esiphephweni nomthunzi ovikela ekushiseni; ngokuba ukuphefumula kwabanonya kunjengesiphepho esishaya udonga. ⁵Njengokushisa ezweni elomileyo, uyawuthulisa umsindo wabezizwe; njengoba ukushisa kuthuliswa ngumthunzi wefu, kanjalo ingoma yabanonya iyathuliswa. ⁶Kule ntaba uBaba wamabutho asezulwini uyakuzilungiselela zonke izizwe idili lokudla okunonileyo, idili lewayini elivuthiwe—inyama emnandi kunazo zonke newayini elihle elivuthwe kahle. ⁷Kule ntaba uyakugwinya isembeso esigoqa zonke izizwe, isimbozo esembozwe phezu kwazo zonke izizwe. ⁸Uyakugwinya ukufa kuze kube phakade; iNkosi uBaba uyakwesula izinyembezi ebusweni bonke, asuse ihlazo labantu bakhe emhlabeni wonke—ngokuba uBaba wethu ukhulumile. ^a a v8 UPawulu usebenzisa leli vesi ekunqobeni kukaJesu ekuvukeni kwabafileyo — “Ukufa sekuginyiwe ekunqobeni” (1 Kor 15:54). Isithembiso sikaBaba lapha sithola ukugcwaliseka kwaso ethuneni elingenalutho; usuku uBaba wethu asula ngalo zonke izinyembezi luvulwa yiNdodana enqobe ukufa.

⁹Ngalolo suku kuyakuthiwa: “Bheka, lo nguBaba wethu; samlindela, wasisindisa. Lo nguBaba; samlindela —masijabule sithokoze ensindisweni yakhe.” ¹⁰Ngokuba isandla sikaBaba wethu siyakuhlala kule ntaba, kodwa uMowabi uyakunyathelwa endaweni yakhe, njengoba utshani bunyathelwa emgodini womquba. ^b b v10 UMowabi kwakuyisizwe sasendulo ngasempumalanga yoMfula iJordani, isitha esidala sika-Israyeli, esisetshenziswe lapha njengophawu lwabo bonke abaphikisana noNkulunkulu. ¹¹Uyakwelula izandla zakhe phakathi kukaMowabi njengoba obhukudayo elula izandla zakhe ukuze abhukude, kodwa uyakukwehlisa ukuzidla kwabo kanye nobuqili bezandla zabo. ¹²Izindonga eziphakemeyo zenqaba yakho uyakuzidiliza, azehlise, azilahlele phansi emhlabathini, othulini.