U-Izaya 44

44 ¹Kodwa manje lalela, Jakobe nceku yami, Israyeli engimkhethileyo. ²Nakhu okushiwo nguBaba wethu—yena owakwenzayo, owakubumba kwasesiswini, oyakukusiza: Ungesabi, Jakobe nceku yami, Jeshuruni engimkhethileyo. ^a a v2 UJeshuruni yigama elinothando, elingelenkondlo lika-Israyeli, elisho ukuthi “oqotho” — yigama lothando ngabantu uBaba wethu abakhethayo. ³Ngokuba ngiyakuthela amanzi phezu komhlaba owomele amanzi, nemifula phezu komhlabathi owomileyo; ngiyakuthulula uMoya wami phezu kwabantwana bakho, nesibusiso sami phezu kwenzalo yakho. ⁴Bayakuhluma phakathi kotshani njengeminyezane ngasemifuleni egelezayo. ⁵Lo uyakuthi: ‘NgingokaBaba’; omunye uyakuzibiza ngegama likaJakobe; omunye uyakubhala esandleni sakhe ukuthi: ‘OkaBaba,’ athathe igama lika-Israyeli.

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⁶Nakhu okushiwo nguBaba wethu—iNkosi yakwa-Israyeli noMhlengi wayo, uBaba wamabutho asezulwini: Mina ngingowokuqala futhi ngingowokugcina; ngaphandle kwami akukho nkulunkulu. ⁷Ngubani onjengami? Makakumemezele. Makakusho, akubeke phambi kwami, selokhu ngasungula isizwe sakudala. Mabaprofethe okuzayo, nalokho okusazayo. ⁸Ningathuthumeli, ningesabi. Angizange yini nginitshele kudala, nganimemezela? Nina ningofakazi bami. Ukhona yini uBaba ngaphandle kwami? Alikho iDwala; angazi elinye.

⁹Bonke abenza izithombe bayize, nezinto abazazisayo aziwusizo. Ofakazi bazo kababoni lutho, kabazi lutho, ngakho bayahlazeka. ¹⁰Ngubani owenza unkulunkulu, abumbe isithombe esingamsizi ngalutho umenzi waso? ¹¹Bheka—bonke abangane bakhe bayakuhlazeka, ngokuba izingcweti zingabantu nje. Mababuthane bonke bame; bayakwesaba, bahlazeke kanyekanye.

¹²Umkhandi wensimbi ubumba ithuluzi lensimbi, alisebenze phezu kwamalahle; alibumbe ngezando, alikhande ngengalo yakhe enamandla. Kodwa uyalamba, amandla akhe ayaphela; kaphuzi manzi, aphele amandla. ¹³Umbazi welula intambo yokulinganisa, aphawule ukhuni ngethuluzi lokubhala; aluqophe ngezinsimbi zokubaza, aluphawule ngekhampasi. Aluqophe lube yisimo somuntu, sinobuhle bomuntu, ukuze sihlale endlini engcwele. ¹⁴Ugawula imisedari, noma akhethe umsayipuresi noma um-oki, asiyeke sikhule sibe namandla phakathi kwemithi yehlathi. Utshala umsedari, imvula iwukhulise. ¹⁵Uwusebenzisa njengenkuni. Uthatha okunye kuwo azothe; aphembe umlilo, abhake isinkwa. Kodwa futhi wenza unkulunkulu, awukhonze wona; wenza isithombe, akhothame kuso. ¹⁶Ushisa uhhafu wokhuni emlilweni; phezu kwawo osa inyama, adle asuthe, azothe. Uthi: ‘Yeka, ngifudumele; ngiwuzwa umlilo.’ ¹⁷Kulokho okuseleyo wenza unkulunkulu, isithombe sakhe; akhothame kuso, awukhonze, athandaze kuso athi: ‘Ngisindise, ngokuba wena ungunkulunkulu wami!’

¹⁸Kabazi lutho, kabaqondi lutho; amehlo abo anamekiwe ukuze bangaboni, nezinhliziyo zabo futhi, ukuze bangaqondi. ¹⁹Akekho oma acabange, akekho onolwazi noma ukuqonda ukuba athi: ‘Uhhafu wawo ngiwushisile emlilweni; ngibhake ngisho nesinkwa phezu kwamalahle awo, ngose inyama ngayidla. Ngiyakwenza yini okuseleyo kube yisinengiso? Ngiyakukhothama yini kugodo lokhuni?’ ²⁰Udla umlotha; inhliziyo ekhohlisiweyo imdukisile. Akakwazi ukuzisindisa noma ukuthi: ‘Angibambanga yini amanga ngesandla sami sokunene?’

²¹Khumbula lezi zinto, Jakobe, nawe, Israyeli, ngokuba uyinceku yami. Ngakubumba; uyinceku yami. Israyeli, angiyikukukhohlwa. ²²Ngizisusile iziphambuko zakho njengefu, izono zakho njengenkungu yasekuseni. Buyela kimi, ngokuba ngikuhlengile.

²³Hlabelelani, mazulu, ngokuba uBaba wethu ukwenzile! Memezani, nina zinzulu zomhlaba. Qhumukani ngokuhlabelela, zintaba, wena hlathi, nawo wonke umuthi okuwo! Ngokuba uBaba wethu umhlengile uJakobe, abonakalise inkazimulo yakhe kwa-Israyeli.

²⁴Nakhu okushiwo nguBaba wethu—uMhlengi wakho, owakubumba kwasesiswini: Mina nginguBaba wakho, uMenzi wezinto zonke, owelula amazulu ngedwa, owendlala umhlaba ngingedwa, ²⁵ophazamisa izibonakaliso zabaprofethi bamanga, enze izangoma zibe yiziwula, ogumbuqela ukufunda kwabahlakaniphileyo, aphendule ulwazi lwabo lube ubuwula, ²⁶oqinisa izwi lenceku yakhe, agcwalise iseluleko sezithunywa zakhe, othi ngeJerusalema: ‘Iyakuhlalwa,’ nangemizi yakwaJuda: ‘Iyakwakhiwa kabusha, ngivuselele amanxiwa ayo,’ ²⁷othi kokujulileyo: ‘Yoma; ngiyakomisa imifula yakho,’ ²⁸othi ngoKhoresi: ‘Ungumalusi wami, uyakufeza konke engikuthandayo’; othi ngeJerusalema: ‘Iyakwakhiwa kabusha,’ nangethempeli: ‘Isisekelo sakho siyakubekwa.’