U-Izaya 3

3 ¹Ngokuba bheka—uBaba wamabutho asezulwini usezosusa eJerusalema nakwaJuda yonke insika nenhlinzeko: yonke inhlinzeko yesinkwa nayo yonke inhlinzeko yamanzi, ²iqhawe nesosha, umahluleli nomprofethi, isangoma nekhehla, ³induna yamashumi amahlanu nomuntu onesikhundla, umeluleki, ingcweti enekhono, nomlumbi ohlakaniphile.

⁴“Ngiyakwenza abafana nje babe yiziphathimandla zabo, nenkani yobuntwana iyakubabusa.

⁵Abantu bayakucindezelana, kube yilowo nalowo amelane nomakhelwane wakhe; abasha bayakuvukela abadala, nabaphansi bavukele abahloniphekileyo.” ⁶Umuntu uyakubamba umfowabo endlini kayise athi: “Unejazi—yiba ngumholi wethu; phatha le nqwaba yamanxiwa.” ⁷Kodwa ngalolo suku uyakumemeza athi: “Angisiye umelaphi! Akukho sinkwa nejazi endlini yami—ngeke ningenze umholi wabantu.” ⁸Ngokuba iJerusalema likhubekile noJuda uwile, ngokuba amazwi abo nezenzo zabo kumelene noBaba wethu, kudelela ubukhona bakhe obukhazimulayo. ⁹Ukubukeka kobuso babo kuyafakaza ngokumelene nabo; bayasiqhakambisa isono sabo njengaseSodoma—abasifihli. Maye kubo, ngokuba bazilethele inhlekelele! ¹⁰Tshelani abalungileyo ukuthi kuyakuba kuhle kubo, ngokuba bayakudla izithelo zezenzo zabo. ¹¹Maye komubi! Kuyakuba kubi kuye, ngokuba lokho izandla zakhe ezikwenzileyo kuyakubuyiselwa kuye. ¹²Bantu bami—abantwana bangabacindezeli babo, nabesifazane babusa phezu kwabo. Bantu bami, abaholi benu bayanidukisa, bagwinya indlela okufanele niyihambe.

¹³UBaba wethu uyasukuma ukuba abeke icala lakhe; uyavuka ukuba ahlulele izizwe.

¹⁴UBaba wethu ungena ekwahluleleni namalunga neziphathimandla zabantu bakhe: “Yinina enidle isivini; impango yabampofu isezindlini zenu. ¹⁵Nisho ukuthini ngokuchoboza abantu bami nangokugaya ubuso babampofu?” kusho uBaba wamabutho asezulwini.

¹⁶UBaba wethu wathi: “Ngenxa yokuthi amadodakazi aseSiyoni ayaziqhenya—ehamba eselule izintamo zawo nangamehlo ashelayo, ehamba ngezinyathelo ezincane ezisheshayo, ekhencezisa amasongo asezinyaweni zawo, ¹⁷ngalokho iNkosi uBaba iyakushaya amakhanda amadodakazi aseSiyoni ngezilonda, uBaba wethu ayakwembula amabunzi awo.”

¹⁸Ngalolo suku iNkosi uBaba iyakususa imihlobiso yawo: amasongo, iziqhele, nemihlobiso emise okwenyanga, ¹⁹amacici, izigqizo, neminceka, ²⁰amaduku ekhanda, amaketanga ezinyaweni, amabhande, amabhodlela amakha, namakhubalo, ²¹izindandatho zophawu, namasongo ekhala, ²²izingubo zemikhosi, izembatho, izingubo zokwembatha, nezikhwama, ²³izibuko, izingubo zelineni elicolekileyo, amaqhiye, namajali.

²⁴Khona-ke, esikhundleni samakha kuyakuba khona iphunga elibi; esikhundleni sebhande, kube yintambo; esikhundleni sezinwele ezilungiswe kahle, kube yimpandla; esikhundleni sezingubo ezinhle, kube yokwembathwa kwendwangu elukhuni; nophawu olushisiweyo esikhundleni sobuhle. ²⁵Amadoda akho ayakuwa ngenkemba, namaqhawe akho empini. ²⁶Amasango ayo ayakulila akhale; ize, iyakuhlala phansi emhlabathini.