U-Izaya 42

42 ¹“Bhekani inceku yami—uJesu—engiyisekelayo, okhethiweyo wami, umphefumulo wami othokoza kuye. Ngibeke uMoya wami phezu kwakhe; uyakulethela izizwe ubulungiswa. ^a a v1 UMathewu usebenzisa le Nceku egcotshwe nguMoya ngqo kuJesu — ecaphuna la mavesi enkonzweni yakhe yokuphulukisa kuMathewu 12:18-21. INceku yezingoma ezine zeNceku zika-Isaya nguJesu, u-Israyeli weqiniso. ²Akayikumemeza noma aphakamise izwi lakhe, noma alizwakalise emgwaqweni. ³Akayikuwuphula umhlanga ochobozekile noma acime intambo ethunqa kancane; ngokwethembeka uyakuletha ubulungiswa. ⁴Akayikudangala noma aphulwe aze amise ubulungiswa emhlabeni; futhi amazwe asogwini alindele imfundiso yakhe.”

⁵Nakhu akushoyo uBaba wethu—yena owadala amazulu futhi wawanaba, owendlala umhlaba nakho konke okuvela kuwo, onika ukuphefumula abantu abaphezu kwawo nomoya kulabo abahamba kuwo:

⁶“Mina nginguYihlo; ngikubize ngokulunga; ngiyakubamba isandla sakho ngikugcine; ngiyakwenza ube yisivumelwano sabantu, ukukhanya kwezizwe, ⁷ukuvula amehlo ezimpumputhe, ukukhipha iziboshwa emgodini—labo abahlezi ebumnyameni endlini yokuboshwa.

⁸“Mina nginguYihlo; yilo igama lami; inkazimulo yami angiyinike omunye, nodumo lwami angilunike izithombe ezibaziweyo. ⁹Bhekani, izinto zakuqala sezenzekile, nezinto ezintsha ngizimemezela manje; zingakaqhami, nginitshela ngazo.”

Hlabelelani Ingoma Entsha

¹⁰Hlabelelani kuBaba wethu ingoma entsha, udumo lwakhe kusukela emkhawulweni womhlaba—nina enehlela olwandle, nakho konke okugcwele kulo, amazwe asogwini nabahlali bawo. ¹¹Ihlane namadolobha alo makuphakamise amazwi awo, imizi lapho kuhlala khona uKedari; abahlali baseSela abahlabelele ngenjabulo, abamemeze besezingqongweni zezintaba. ¹²Abanike uBaba wethu inkazimulo, bamemezele udumo lwakhe emazweni asogwini. ¹³UBaba wethu uphuma njengeqhawe; njengendoda yempi uvusa intshiseko yakhe; uyamemeza, umemeza kakhulu, unqoba izitha zakhe.

¹⁴Isikhathi eside ngithule; ngibe ngithe cwaka ngazibamba. Manje ngizakumemeza njengowesifazane obelethayo; ngizaphefumulela phezulu ngidonse umoya kanyekanye. ¹⁵Ngizazichitha izintaba namagquma ngomise zonke izimila zawo; ngiphendule imifula ibe yiziqhingi, ngomise amachibi. ¹⁶Ngizahola izimpumputhe ngezindlela ezingazaziyo; ngizaziqondisa ngezindledlana ezingakaze zizazi. Ngizakuphendula ubumnyama obuphambi kwazo bube ukukhanya, nezindawo ezingaqondile zibe yindawo elingene. Yilezi izinto engizazenza, futhi angiyikuzishiya. ¹⁷Bayakubuyiselwa emuva bajabhiswe kakhulu—labo abathemba izithombe ezibaziweyo, abathi ezithombeni ezibunjiweyo: “Ningonkulunkulu bethu.”

Amehlo Angeke Abone

¹⁸Nina enizithulu, zwani; nina eniyizimpumputhe, bhekani, ukuze nibone. ¹⁹Ngubani oyimpumputhe ngaphandle kwenceku yami, noma oyisithulu njengesithunywa engisithumayo? Ngubani oyimpumputhe njengalowo onokuthula nami, oyimpumputhe njengenceku kaBaba wethu? ^b b v19 U-Israyeli uqanjwa lapha njengenceku — abantu ababizelwe ukufakaza ngoBaba wethu, kodwa beyizimpumputhe beyizithulu kulowo mbizo. Ekuqaleni kwalesi sahluko (amavesi 1-9), iNceku nguJesu — u-Israyeli weqiniso ogcwalisa lokho u-Israyeli angakwazanga ukukwenza. ²⁰Ubonile izinto eziningi, kodwa awuziqapheli; izindlebe zakho zivuliwe, kodwa awuzwa.

²¹UBaba wethu wathokoza, ngenxa yokulunga kwakhe, ukukhulisa imfundiso yakhe nokuyenza ibe nenkazimulo. ²²Kodwa laba ngabantu abaphangiweyo baphundlwa, bonke bacushwe emigodini bafihlwa emajele. Sebebe yimpango kungekho obakhululayo, babe yimpango kungekho othi: “Buyisani!”

²³Ngubani phakathi kwenu oyakulalela lokhu, anake futhi ezwe okuzayo? ²⁴Ngubani owanikela uJakobe kumphangi, no-Israyeli kubaphangi? Kwakungesiye uBaba wethu, esona kuye? Abazange bahambe ngezindlela zakhe, futhi abazange bayilalele imfundiso yakhe. ²⁵Ngakho wathululela phezu kwabo ukuvutha kolaka lwakhe nolaka lwempi. Kwavutha kubo nxazonke, kodwa abaqondanga; kwabashisa, kodwa abakubekanga enhliziyweni.