U-Izaya 47

47 ¹“Yehla, uhlale othulini, ndodakazi eyintombi yaseBhabhiloni; hlala phansi emhlabathini, kungekho sihlalo sobukhosi, ndodakazi yamaKhaledi. Abasayikukubiza ngokuthi uthambile uyacikizeka.

²“Thatha amatshe okugaya, ugaye impuphu; susa isimbozo sakho, khumula ingubo yakho, wembule imilenze yakho, uwele imifula. ³Ubunqunu bakho buyakwembulwa, nehlazo lakho liyakubonwa. Ngiyakuletha ubulungiswa, ngingahawukeli muntu.”

⁴uMhlengi wethu—uBaba wamabutho asezulwini yigama lakhe— oNgcwele ka-Israyeli, uBaba wethu.

⁵Hlala uthule, ungene ebumnyameni, ndodakazi yamaBhabhiloni; ngokuba ngeke usabizwa ngokuthi uyindlovukazi yemibuso. ⁶Ngabathukuthelela abantwana bami; ngangcolisa ifa lami, ngabanikela esandleni sakho. Awubabonisanga musa; wabeka ijoka elisindayo kakhulu ngisho nakwabagugileyo. ⁷Wathi: “Ngiyakuba yindlovukazi kuze kube phakade”—ngakho awuzibekanga enhliziyweni lezi zinto noma wakhumbula ukuthi kuyakuphela kanjani.

⁸Manje-ke, yizwa lokhu, wena othanda ubumnandi, ohlezi evikelekile, osho enhliziyweni yakhe ukuthi: “Yimi, akekho omunye ngaphandle kwami; angisoze ngahlala njengomfelokazi noma ngazi ukuphelelwa abantwana.” ⁹Kodwa zombili lezi zinto ziyakukwehlela ngomzuzwana, ngasuku lunye: ukuphelelwa abantwana nobufelokazi. Ziyakukwehlela ngokugcwele, naphezu kokuthakatha kwakho okuningi namandla amakhulu amalumbo akho.

¹⁰Wethembela ebubini bakho; wathi: “Akekho ongibonayo.” Ukuhlakanipha kwakho nolwazi lwakho kwakudukisa, ngakho wacabanga ukuthi: “Yimi ngedwa, akekho omunye okhona ngaphandle kwami.” ¹¹Ngakho inhlekelele iyakukwehlela ongayikwazi ukuyixosha ngemilingo; ingozi iyakukuwela ongenakuyivimba; incithakalo iyakukwehlela ngokuzumayo, ungakaqapheli.

¹²Qhubeka-ke ngamalumbo akho nangokuthakatha kwakho okuningi obukusebenzela kusukela ebusheni bakho. Mhlawumbe uyakuphumelela; mhlawumbe uyakubanga ingebhe. ¹³Udiniwe izeluleko zakho eziningi. Mabasukume bakusindise labo abahlela izulu, ababuka izinkanyezi, abathi ngokwenyanga entsha ngayinye babikezele okuyakukwehlela. ¹⁴Bheka, banjengamabibi; umlilo uyabashwabadela. Abakwazi ukuzisindisa emandleni elangabi. Lawa akusiwo amalahle okotha, akukho mlilo wokuhlala eduze kwawo. ¹⁵Yilokhu abayikho kuwe—labo obusebenzisana nabo uhwebelana nabo kusukela ebusheni bakho. Yilowo nalowo uphambukela ngakwelakhe; akekho ongakusindisa.