U-Izaya 33

33 ¹Maye kuwe, mbhubhisi, wena ongakabhujiswa; wena mkhapheli, ongakakhashelwa muntu! Lapho usuqedile ukubhubhisa, uyakubhujiswa; lapho uyeka ukukhaphela, uyakukhashelwa.

²Baba wethu, woba nomusa kithi; siyalinda kuwe. Yiba ngamandla ethu njalo ekuseni, insindiso yethu ngesikhathi sosizi. ³Ngomdumo wezwi lakho abantu bayabaleka; lapho usukuma, izizwe ziyahlakazeka. ⁴Impango yakho iqoqwa njengesikhonyane esiqoqayo; njengomtshitshi wezikhonyane, abantu bayagijimela kuyo.

⁵uBaba wethu uphakanyisiwe, ngokuba uhlala phezulu; uyigcwalisile iSiyoni ngobulungiswa nokulunga. ⁶Uyakuba yisisekelo esiqinileyo sezikhathi zakho, ingcebo yensindiso, yokuhlakanipha, nolwazi; ukwesaba uBaba wethu kuyingcebo yeSiyoni.

⁷Bhekani, amaqhawe abo ayakhala ezitaladini; izithunywa zokuthula zikhala kabuhlungu. ⁸Imigwaqo emikhulu ishiyekile ingenamuntu; abahambi banyamalele endleleni. Isivumelwano saphulwa, imizi yaso iyadelelwa, akekho ohlonishwayo. ⁹Izwe liyalila liyonakala; iLebanoni linamahloni liyabuna; iSharoni selinjengehlane, iBashani neKarmeli zivuthulula amaqabunga azo.

¹⁰“Manje ngiyakuvuka,” kusho uBaba wethu, “manje ngiyakuphakanyiswa, manje ngiyakuziphakamisa. ¹¹Nimitha amakhoba, nizala izibi; umoya wenu ungumlilo oyakuniqeda. ¹²Izizwe ziyakushiswa zibe umlotha, njengameva anqunyiwe ashiswe ngomlilo. ¹³Yizwani, nina enikude, lokho engikwenzileyo; nina eniseduze, vumani amandla ami.”

¹⁴Izoni eziseSiyoni zinovalo; ukuthuthumela kubambe abangakholwa: “Ngubani phakathi kwethu ongahlala nomlilo oqothulayo? Ngubani phakathi kwethu ongahlala namalangabi aphakade?” ¹⁵Ohamba ngokulunga, akhulume okuqondileyo, onqaba inzuzo yokucindezela, agodle isandla sakhe ukuba singathathi isifumbathiso, avimbe izindlebe zakhe emacebeni okuchitha igazi, acimeze amehlo akhe ukuze angaboni okubi, ¹⁶lo nguye oyakuhlala ezindaweni eziphakemeyo, isiphephelo sakhe siyakuba yizinqaba zezintaba; isinkwa sakhe uyakusiphiwa, namanzi akhe ngeke ashode.

¹⁷Amehlo akho ayakuyibona inkosi ebuhleni bayo; ayakubona izwe elibanzi elikude. ¹⁸Inhliziyo yakho iyakuzindla ngokwesaba kwakuqala: “Uphi lowo obebala? Uphi lowo obekala intela? Uphi lowo obebala imibhoshongo?” ¹⁹Ngeke usababona labaya bantu abadelelayo, isizwe esinenkulumo eyinqaba kakhulu ongenakuyiqonda, abangingiza ngolimi ongeke uluzwe.

²⁰Bheka iSiyoni, umuzi wemikhosi yethu emisiweyo! Amehlo akho ayakulibona iJerusalema, ikhaya elinokuthula, itende elingeke linyakaziswe, ozikhonkwane zalo ezingeke zisitshulwe nezintambo zalo ezingeke ziqanyulwe. ²¹Kodwa lapho uBaba wethu ebukhosini bakhe uyakuba kithi yindawo yemifula ebanzi nezifufula, lapho kungeke kuhambe khona umkhumbi onezinqubu, kungadluli nawuphi umkhumbi omkhulu. ²²Ngokuba uBaba wethu ungumahluleli wethu, uBaba wethu ungumniki-mithetho wethu, uBaba wethu uyinkosi yethu; uyakusisindisa.

²³Izintambo zakho zilenga zixega: zingeke zisekele insika yomkhumbi noma zinwebe iseyili lelulekiwe. Khona-ke impango eningi iyakwahlukaniswa, ngisho abakhubazekileyo bayakuthwala impango. ²⁴Akekho ohlala eSiyoni oyakuthi: “Ngiyagula”; abantu abahlala khona bayakuthethelelwa isono sabo.