U-Izaya 29

29 ¹Maye ku-Ariyeli, Ariyeli, umuzi lapho uDavida amisa khona amatende akhe! Yengeza unyaka onyakeni; imikhosi mayiqhubeke ukujikeleza. ²Kodwa ngiyakucindezela nzima ku-Ariyeli, kube khona ukulila nokukhala; uyakuba kimi njengeziko le-altare. ³Ngiyakumisa amatende ngikuzungeze nxazonke; ngiyakukuvimbezela ngodonga, ngimise izinqaba zokukuhlasela. ⁴Uyakwehliselwa phansi; emhlabathini uyakukhuluma, amazwi akho afiphale othulini. Izwi lakho liyakuvela emhlabeni njengelesipoki, inkulumo yakho iyakuhlebeza iphuma othulini. ⁵Kodwa isixuku sezitha zakho siyakuba njengothuli oluncane, isixuku sabanonya sibe njengamakhoba aphephethwayo. Kuyakwenzeka ngokuphazima kweso, ngokuzumayo. ⁶Uyakuhanjelwa nguBaba wamabutho asezulwini ngokuduma kwezulu nangokuzamazama komhlaba nangomsindo omkhulu, ngesivunguvungu nangesiphepho nangelangabi lomlilo oqothulayo. ⁷Isixuku sezizwe zonke ezilwa no-Ariyeli, bonke abalwa naye nenqaba yakhe, abamcindezelayo, siyakuba njengephupho, umbono wasebusuku. ⁸Kuyakuba njengoba umuntu olambile ephupha edla, bese evuka indlala yakhe ingasuthisekile; noma njengoba owomele amanzi ephupha ephuza, bese evuka ediniwe, ukoma kwakhe kungaqedwanga. Kuyakuba njalo ngesixuku sezizwe zonke ezilwa neNtaba iZiyoni. ⁹Mangalani nithikaze; ziphuphuthekiseni nibe yizimpumputhe! Badakiwe, kodwa hhayi ngewayini; bayantengantenga, kodwa hhayi ngophuzo olunamandla. ¹⁰Ngokuba uBaba wethu uthele phezu kwenu umoya wobuthongo obunzima; uwavalile amehlo enu, abaprofethi, wawembesa amakhanda enu, ababoni. ¹¹Umbono wonke kini unjengamazwi omqulu ovalwe ngophawu. Lapho bewunika umuntu okwaziyo ukufunda, bethi: “Ake ufunde lokhu,” uthi: “Angikwazi; uvaliwe ngophawu.” ¹²Lapho umqulu unikwa umuntu ongakwazi ukufunda, bethi: “Funda lokhu,” uthi: “Angikwazi ukufunda.”

¹³UBaba oBusayo wathi: “Ngenxa yokuthi lesi sizwe sisondela ngomlomo waso, singidumisa ngezindebe zaso, kodwa inhliziyo yaso ikude nami; ukwesaba kwabo kimi kungumthetho ofundiswe ngabantu, ¹⁴ngakho-ke, bheka, ngiyakuphinde ngenze izimangaliso kulesi sizwe, isimangaliso phezu kwesimangaliso; ukuhlakanipha kwezihlakaniphi zabo kuyakubhubha, nokuqonda kwabaqondayo babo kunyamalale.” ¹⁵Maye kulabo abagubha bejulile ukuze bafihle amacebo abo kuBaba wethu, abenza imisebenzi yabo ebumnyameni, abathi: “Ubani osibonayo? Ubani osaziyo?”

¹⁶Yeka indlela eniphendula ngayo izinto zonke! Kambe umbumbi angaphathwa njengobumba lwakhe na— ngokungathi into eyenziwe ingatshela umenzi wayo, ithi: “Akangenzanga,” noma into ebunjiwe ingatshela lowo oyibumbayo, ithi: “Akazi lutho”?

¹⁷Akusona yini isikhashana nje, iLebhanoni liphenduke insimu echumayo, insimu echumayo ibalwe njengehlathi? ¹⁸Ngalolo suku izithulu ziyakuzwa amazwi omqulu, amehlo ezimpumputhe abone, ephuma ebumnyameni nasethunzini. ¹⁹Abathobekile bayakuthola injabulo entsha kuBaba wethu, abampofu phakathi kwabantu bathokoze koNgcwele ka-Israyeli, uBaba wethu. ²⁰Ngokuba abanonya bayakuphela, nomgconi aqedwe; bonke abazimisele ngobubi bayakunqunywa, ²¹labo abathi ngezwi nje benze umuntu abe yisoni, abathiya ugibe lowo omela ubulungiswa esangweni, baphambukise olungileyo ngezimpikiswano eziyize. ^a a v21 Isango lomuzi kwakuyinkantolo yasendulo lapho kwakuzwakaliswa khona izingxabano zomthetho futhi kukhishwe isahlulelo.

²²Ngakho-ke yilokhu uBaba wethu akushoyo, yena owahlenga u-Abrahama, mayelana nendlu kaJakobe: “UJakobe akasayikuba namahloni, ubuso bakhe abusayikuphaphatheka. ²³Ngokuba lapho ebona abantwana bakhe, umsebenzi wezandla zami phakathi kwabo, bayakuligcina igama lami lingcwele; bayakumngcwelisa oNgcwele kaJakobe, besabe ngenhlonipho uBaba wethu. ^b b v23 Lapho uBaba wethu ebona abantwana bakhe — ababunjwe yizandla zakhe uqobo — igama lakhe liyadunyiswa. Ukubuyiselwa kuqala lapho abantwana abenzile bephendukela kuye. ²⁴Labo abaduka emoyeni bayakufinyelela ekuqondeni, nalabo abakhonondayo bayakwamukela imfundiso.”