U-Izaya 30

30 ¹“Maye kubantwana abahlubukayo,” kusho uBaba wethu, “abenza icebo, kodwa hhayi elami, abenza isivumelwano, kodwa esingesona soMoya wami, benqwabelanisa isono phezu kwesono; ^a a v1 uBaba wethu ubiza abantu bakhe uqobo ngokuthi 'abantwana abahlubukayo' — amadodana namadodakazi angawakhe, hhayi abafokazi. Ukudabuka kwenhliziyo yakhe kulesi sahluko kungukudabuka kwenhliziyo kaBaba. ²abasukayo behla baye eGibhithe, bengacelanga iseluleko sami, ukuze baphephele ekuvikeleni kukaFaro nokufuna isiphephelo emthunzini weGibhithe. ³Ngakho-ke ukuvikela kukaFaro kuyakuba lihlazo lakho, nesiphephelo emthunzini weGibhithe kube ukujabhiswa kwakho. ⁴Ngokuba nakuba izikhulu zikaFaro ziseZowani nezithunywa zakhe zifika eHanesi, ⁵bonke bayajabha ngenxa yabantu abangenakubasiza, abangalethi usizo nanzuzo, kodwa amahloni nehlazo kuphela.”

⁶“Isiprofetho ngezilwane zaseNegevi. Bedabula izwe losizi nobuhlungu, lapho ibhubesikazi nebhubesi bezulazula khona, nebululu nenyoka ephaphazelayo kucatshile, bethwala ingcebo yabo emihlane yezimbongolo nemicebo yabo emalundeni amakamela, baye kubantu abangenakubasiza. ⁷Usizo lweGibhithe aluncedi lutho futhi luyize; ngakho-ke ngiyibiza ngokuthi ‘iSilo Esingenangozi.’

Kubhale Kube Ngubufakazi

⁸“Manje hamba, kubhale phambi kwabo esibhebheni ukulobe encwadini, ukuze kube ngokwesikhathi esizayo, kube ngubufakazi kuze kube phakade. ⁹Ngokuba bangabantu abahlubukayo, abantwana abakhohlisayo, abantwana abangathandi ukuzwa imfundiso kaBaba wethu. ¹⁰Bathi kubaboni: ‘Ningaboni,’ nakubaprofethi: ‘Ningasiprofetheli okulungileyo; sitsheleni izinto ezimnandi, niprofethe izinkohliso.

¹¹Phumani endleleni, phambukani emkhondweni, masingabe sisezwa ngoNgcwele ka-Israyeli.

¹²Ngakho-ke usho kanje oNgcwele ka-Israyeli, uBaba wethu: Ngenxa yokuba nilahla leli zwi nithembela encindezelweni nasenkohlisweni, nencika kukho, ¹³ngakho-ke lokhu kona kuyakuba kini njengofa oluzakuwa, njengokuvuvukala odongeni oluphakeme, okudilika kwalo kufika ngokuzumayo, ngokuphazima kweso. ¹⁴Ukwaphuka kwalo kunjengokuphahlazwa kwembiza yombumbi, ephahlazwa ngesihluku kangangokuba phakathi kwezicucu zayo akutholakali ngisho udengezi lokukha umlilo eziko noma ukukha amanzi emthonjeni.

¹⁵Ngokuba usho kanje iNkosi uBaba, oNgcwele ka-Israyeli: Ngokubuyela nangokuphumula niyakusindiswa; ngokuthula nangokwethemba kuyakuba ngamandla enu. Kodwa anivumanga, ¹⁶nathi: “Qha! Siyakubaleka ngamahhashi”—ngakho-ke niyakubaleka; nathi: “Siyakugibela amahhashi anejubane”—ngakho-ke abanixoshayo bayakuba nejubane.

¹⁷Abayinkulungwane bayakubaleka ngenxa yokusongela koyedwa; ngenxa yokusongela kwabahlanu niyakubaleka, nize nisale njengesigxobo esiqongweni sentaba, njengophawu egqumeni.

¹⁸Ngakho-ke uBaba wethu ulindela ukuba nomusa kini, ngakho-ke uyavuka ukuze anihawukele. Ngokuba unguBaba wobulungiswa; babusisiwe bonke abamlindelayo. ^b b v18 Ngisho nangemva kokuhlubuka kwabantwana bakhe, uBaba wethu akemi kude — ulindile, encike kubo, elindele noma yiluphi uphawu lokuthi bayakubuyela ekhaya. ¹⁹Abantu bayakuhlala eSiyoni, eJerusalema; ngeke usakhala. Lapho ezwa izwi lokukhala kwakho uyakuba nomusa impela; lapho ekuzwa, uyakuphendula. ²⁰Nakuba uBaba wethu ekunika isinkwa sosizi namanzi okuhlupheka, uMfundisi wakho ngeke esazifihla, kodwa amehlo akho ayakumbona uMfundisi wakho.

²¹Izindlebe zakho ziyakuzwa izwi ngemva kwakho, lithi: “Yile indlela; hamba ngayo,” lapho uphendukela ngakwesokunene noma ngakwesokhohlo.

²²Khona-ke uyakungcolisa izithombe zakho ezibaziweyo ezinanyekwe isiliva nezithixo zakho zensimbi ezinanyekwe igolide. Uyakuzilahla njengendwangu yokuya esikhathini uthi: “Sukani!”

²³Uyakunisa imvula yembewu oyihlwanyelayo, nesinkwa sesivuno somhlaba, esinothileyo nesiningi. Ngalolo suku imfuyo yakho iyakudla emadlelweni abanzi. ²⁴Izinkabi nezimbongolo ezilima umhlabathi ziyakudla ukudla okunongiweyo, okwelwe ngefosholo nangemfologo. ²⁵Kuzo zonke izintaba eziphakemeyo namagquma kuyakugeleza imifula yamanzi, ngosuku lokubulala okukhulu lapho kuwa khona imibhoshongo. ²⁶Ukukhanya kwenyanga kuyakuba njengokukhanya kwelanga, nokukhanya kwelanga kuyakuphindwa kasikhombisa, njengokukhanya kwezinsuku eziyisikhombisa, mhla uBaba wethu ebopha ukwaphuka kwabantu bakhe ephulukisa inxeba alenzayo. ²⁷Bheka—igama likaBaba wethu livela kude, livutha ngolaka lwakhe, lisentuthwini eminyene enyukayo; izindebe zakhe zigcwele intukuthelo, nolimi lwakhe lunjengomlilo oqothulayo. ²⁸Umphefumulo wakhe unjengesikhukhula esichichimayo esifinyelela entanyeni, ukuze ahlunge izizwe ngesisefo sokubhujiswa nokufaka itomu emihlathini yabantu elibadukisayo. ²⁹Niyakuba nengoma, njengasebusuku lapho kugcinwa khona umkhosi ongcwele, nenjabulo yenhliziyo, njengalapho umuntu ehamba ngomsindo womtshingo eya entabeni kaBaba wethu, eDwaleni lika-Israyeli. ³⁰UBaba wethu uyakwenza izwi lakhe elinodumo lizwakale abonakalise ukwehla kokushaya kwengalo yakhe, ngolaka oluvuthayo nangelangabi lomlilo oqothulayo, ngesiphihli semvula nangesiphepho nangesichotho. ³¹Ngokuba ngezwi likaBaba wethu ama-Asiriya ayakuphahlazwa, lapho ebashaya ngenduku yakhe. ³²Futhi wonke umshayo wenduku yesijeziso uBaba wethu ayibeka phezu kwabo uyakufika ngezigubhu nangamahabhu, njengoba elwa nabo ngemishayo yengalo yakhe ayiphakamisayo. ³³Ngokuba indawo yokushisa sekuyisikhathi eside ilungisiwe; yebo, ilungiselelwe inkosi, inqwaba yayo yokushisa ijulile ibanzi, inomlilo nezinkuni eziningi; umphefumulo kaBaba wethu, onjengomfula wesibabule, uyayokhela.