U-Izaya 41

41 ¹Thulani nililalele mina, nina mazwe asogwini; izizwe mazivuselele amandla azo. Mazisondele zikhulume; masisondele ndawonye ukuze sahlulelwe.

²Ngubani ovuse othile ophuma empumalanga, embiza ngokulunga ukuba amlandele? Unikela izizwe kuye, athobise amakhosi phambi kwakhe; uwenza abe luthuli ngenkemba yakhe, abe yizibi eziphephethwa ngumoya ngomnsalo wakhe. ³Uyawaxosha adlule ngokuphepha, ngendlela izinyawo zakhe ezingakaze zihambe ngayo. ⁴Ngubani okwenzile wakufeza lokhu, ebiza izizukulwane kusukela ekuqaleni? Mina nginguBaba—owokuqala, nalabo bokugcina; yimi lowo.

⁵Amazwe asogwini akubonile esaba; imikhawulo yomhlaba iyathuthumela; ayasondela eze. ⁶Yilowo nalowo usiza umakhelwane wakhe, athi kumfowabo: “Yiba nesibindi!” ⁷Ingcweti ikhuthaza umkhandi wegolide, nalowo opholisha ngesando ukhuthaza lowo oshaya isikhandelo, ethi ngokunamathiselwa: “Kuhle”; bakubethela ngezipikili ukuze kunganyakazi.

⁸Kodwa wena Israyeli, nceku yami, Jakobe, engikukhethile, nzalo ka-Abhrahama, umngane wami, ^a a v8 U-Israyeli uqanjwa lapha njengenceku kaBaba wethu; kodwa iNceku eyahlukile ekhonjwayo ezingomeni zika-Isaya ezilandelayo (u-Isaya 42, 49, 50, 52–53) nguJesu, u-Israyeli weqiniso ogcwalisa lobo bizo. ⁹wena engakuthatha emikhawulweni yomhlaba, ngakubiza emagumbini akho akude kakhulu, ngathi kuwe: “Uyinceku yami; ngikukhethile angikulahlanga.” ¹⁰“Ungesabi, ngokuba nginawe; ungadangali, ngokuba nginguYihlo. Ngizakuqinisa, ngizakusiza, ngizakusekela ngesandla sami sokunene sokulunga. ^b b v10 Amazwi athi “Mina nginguYihlo” ahumusha isisho sesivumelwano sesiHebheru esithi “Mina nginguNkulunkulu wakho” — uBaba wethu uzibophezela ebantwini bakhe hhayi njengonkulunkulu okude, kodwa njengoBaba.

¹¹Bheka, bonke abakuthukuthelelayo bayakujabha bahlazeke; abaphikisana nawe bayakuba yize babhubhe. ¹²Uyakubafuna abalwa nawe, kodwa ngeke ubathole; abakulwayo bayakuba yize impela.” ¹³Ngokuba mina, uYihlo, ngibamba isandla sakho sokunene; yimi engithi kuwe: “Ungesabi, yimi engikusizayo.” ¹⁴Ungesabi, wena mpethu Jakobe, nina madoda akwa-Israyeli! yimi engikusizayo, kusho uBaba wethu; uMhlengi wakho nguye oNgcwele ka-Israyeli—uYihlo. ^c c v14 Igama elithi “oNgcwele ka-Israyeli” yisibongo esiqavile sika-Isaya ngoBaba wethu — ongcwele ozibophezele ngesivumelwano kubantu ababiza ngokuthi ngabakhe. ¹⁵“Bheka, ngikwenza ube yisileji sokubhula, esisha nesibukhali, esinamazinyo amaningi; uyakuzibhula izintaba uzichoboze, wenze amagquma abe njengamakhoba. ¹⁶Uyakuwela wona, umoya uwaphephethe asuke, isivunguvungu sihlakaze wona. Kodwa wena uyakujabula ngoBaba wethu; uzakuziqhenya ngoNgcwele ka-Israyeli.

¹⁷Lapho abampofu nabaswele befuna amanzi, engekho, nezilimi zabo zishile ngukoma, mina, uYihlo, ngiyakubaphendula; mina, uBaba ka-Israyeli, ngeke ngibashiye. ¹⁸Ngizakuvula imifula ezindaweni eziphakeme ezithi qwa, nemithombo phansi ezigodini; ngenze ihlane libe ngamachibi amanzi, nomhlabathi owomileyo ube yimithombo egobhozayo. ¹⁹Ngizakutshala ehlane umsedari, umunga, umthili, nomnqumo; ngimise ogwadule isiphresi, umpulane, nephayini kanyekanye, ²⁰ukuze babone bazi, bacabange baqonde kanyekanye, ukuthi isandla sami sikwenzile lokhu, ukuthi mina, oNgcwele ka-Israyeli, ngikudalile.”

²¹Vezani icala lenu, kusho uBaba wethu; lethani ubufakazi benu, kusho iNkosi kaJakobe. ²²Mabakulethe, basitshele okuzakwenzeka. Sitsheleni izinto zakuqala, ukuthi zaziyini, ukuze sizicabange sazi isiphetho sazo; nokuba nisimemezele izinto ezizayo. ²³Sitsheleni okuzakufika ngemuva kwalokhu, ukuze sazi ukuthi ningonkulunkulu; yenzani okuhle, noma nenze okubi, ukuze sithuthumele sigcwale ukwesaba kanyekanye. ²⁴Bhekani, niyize, nomsebenzi wenu ungaphansi kwaleze; okhetha nina uyisinengiso.

²⁵Ngivuse othile ovela enyakatho, usefikile, ophuma lapho kuphuma khona ilanga, obiza igama lami; unyathela ababusi njengodaka, njengombumbi onyathela ibumba. ²⁶Ngubani owakumemezela kwasekuqaleni, ukuze sazi, nangaphambili, ukuze sithi: “Uqinisile”? Kwakungekho owakumemezelayo, kwakungekho owakusho, kwakungekho owezwa amazwi enu. ²⁷Mina ngaba ngowokuqala ukuthi kuyo iZiyoni: “Bheka, nampa laba!” Nganika iJerusalema ummemezeli wezindaba ezinhle. ²⁸“Kodwa lapho ngibheka, akukho muntu; phakathi kwalaba akukho meluleki othi, lapho ngibuza, aphendule. ²⁹Bhekani, bonke bayinkohliso; imisebenzi yabo iyize; izithombe zabo ezibunjiweyo ngumoya nje ongenalutho.”