U-Izaya 5

5 ¹Ake ngihlabelele manje ngomuntu engimthandayo ingoma yesithandwa sami ngesivini sakhe. Isithandwa sami sasinesivini egqumeni elivundile kakhulu. ²Wasigubha wawasusa amatshe kuso, wasitshala ngemivini ekhethelekile. Wakha umbhoshongo wokulinda phakathi kwaso, waqophela nesikhamo sewayini kuso. Wayeselindele ukuba sithele amagilebhisi amahle, kodwa sathela amagilebhisi asendle kuphela.

³“Manje-ke, nina enihlala eJerusalema nani bantu bakwaJuda, yahlulelani phakathi kwami nesivini sami. ⁴Yini enye okwakusamele yenzelwe isivini sami engingayenzanga kuso? Kungani, lapho ngilindele ukuba sithele amagilebhisi amahle, sathela amagilebhisi asendle kuphela? ⁵Manje-ke ake nginitshele engizokwenza kuso isivini sami: Ngizasusa uthango lwaso, siyakudliwa; ngizadiliza udonga lwaso, sinyathelwe. ⁶Ngizasenza sibe yincithakalo; ngeke sithenwe noma silinywe, kuyakukhula ameva nokhula phezu kwaso. Ngiyakuyala amafu ukuba anganethisi imvula phezu kwaso.”

⁷Ngokuba isivini sikaBaba wamabutho asezulwini siyindlu ka-Israyeli, nabantu bakwaJuda bayisitshalo sakhe asithandayo. Wabheka ubulungiswa, kodwa wafumana ukuchitheka kwegazi kuphela; wafuna ukulunga, kodwa wezwa ukukhala kuphela. ^a a v7 Umfanekiso wesivini wembula inhliziyo kaBaba wethu — u-Israyeli akasona isabelo semisebenzi yakhe kodwa uyisitshalo sakhe asithandayo, futhi usizi olugcwele lesi sahluko luwusizi lukaBaba othando lwakhe lwenyanyiwe.

Maye Kwabahahela Umhlaba

⁸Maye kwabahlanganisa indlu nendlu, baxhumanise insimu nensimu, kuze kungasali ndawo nize nihlale nodwa phakathi nezwe.

⁹Ngezindlebe zami ngezwa uBaba wamabutho asezulwini efunga: “Ngempela izindlu eziningi ziyakuba yincithakalo, ezinkulu nezinhle zisale zingenamuntu wokuhlala kuzo.

¹⁰Ngokuba ama-acre ayishumi esivini ayakuthela cishe amagaloni ayisithupha ewayini kuphela, nobhasikidi abayishumi benhlanyelo bayakuthela ubhasikidi owodwa wokudla kuphela.”

¹¹Maye kwabavuka ekuseni kakhulu bephishekela ophuzo olunamandla, abalibala kuze kuhlwe iwayini libaze bavuthe. ¹²Emadilini abo kukhona ichacho nehabhu, isigubhu nomtshingo newayini, kodwa abayinaki imisebenzi kaBaba wethu, futhi ababuboni umsebenzi wezandla zakhe. ¹³Ngalokho abantu bami baya ekuthunjweni ngenxa yokuswela ulwazi; amadoda abo ahloniphekayo alanjiswa, nabantukazana bomile ngokoma. ¹⁴Ngalokho ingcwaba liyandise ukulangazela kwalo, lavula umlomo walo kakhulu, kwehlela phansi ubukhazikhazi bayo nezixuku zayo, nomsindo wayo nabo bonke abajabula kuyo. ¹⁵Ngakho umuntu uyathotshiswa, umuntu ngamunye wehliselwa phansi, namehlo azidlayo abazigqajayo ehliselwa phansi. ¹⁶Kodwa uBaba wamabutho asezulwini uphakanyiswa ngobulungiswa, noBaba wethu ongcwele uzibonakalisa engcwele ngokulunga. ¹⁷Khona-ke amawundlu ayakuklaba njengasedlelweni lawo, nabafokazi bayakudla phakathi kwamanxiwa abacebileyo.

¹⁸Maye kwabahudula ububi babo ngezintambo zamanga, nesono ngokungathi ngamagoda enqola, ¹⁹abathi, “Makasheshe; makawuphangise umsebenzi wakhe, ukuze siwubone wona. Icebo loNgcwele ka-Israyeli malisondele lize, ukuze silazi.” ^b b v19 ONgcwele ka-Israyeli uyisibizo esikhethekile sika-Isaya ngoBaba wethu — sivela izikhathi ezingaphezu kwamashumi amabili nanhlanu kuso sonke lesi siprofetho. Ngisho nasezindebeni zabaklolodayo, lesi sibizo sibiza Lowo ozibophezele kubantu angavumi ukubashiya.

²⁰Maye kwabathi okubi kuhle nokuhle kubi, abathi ubumnyama bungukukhanya nokukhanya kungubumnyama, abathi okubabayo kumnandi nokumnandi kuyababa. ²¹Maye kwabahlakaniphileyo emehlweni abo nabaqondayo ekuboneni kwabo. ²²Maye kwamaqhawe ekuphuzeni iwayini nezingwazi ekuxubeni uphuzo olunamandla, ²³abakhulula onecala ngenxa yesifumbathiso, baphuce amalungelo abangenacala.

²⁴Ngalokho, njengoba ulimi lomlilo ludla izibi notshani obomile bushwabana elangabini, ngokunjalo izimpande zabo ziyakubola nembali yabo ikhuphuke njengothuli; ngokuba balahlile imfundiso kaBaba wamabutho asezulwini, badelela izwi loNgcwele ka-Israyeli. ²⁵Ngalokho intukuthelo kaBaba wethu yabavuthela abantu bakhe, welula isandla sakhe wabashaya. Izintaba zazamazama, nezidumbu zabo zalala njengezibi ezitaladini. Kukho konke lokhu intukuthelo yakhe ayidambanga, nesandla sakhe siseselulekile.

²⁶Uyakuphakamisela izizwe uphawu ezikude, azishayele ikhwelo zisemikhawulweni yomhlaba, zize ngokushesha, ngokuphangisa. ²⁷Kakho noyedwa kuzo okhatheleyo noma okhubekayo, kakho ozunjwa ubuthongo noma olalayo; akukho bhande olithukululekile okhalweni, akukho mchilo wesicathulo oqhamukileyo. ²⁸Imicibisholo yazo ilolelekile nayo yonke iminsalo yazo idonsiwe; izinselo zamahhashi azo zibonakala njengetshe eliqinile namasondo azo afana nesivunguvungu. ²⁹Ukubhonga kwazo kunjengebhubesi; zibhonga njengamabhongo ezingonyama. Ziyagwavuma zibambe inyamazane ziyimukise, kungekho ozakophula abahlaselwayo. ³⁰Ngalolo suku ziyakugwavuma phezu kwayo njengokugwavuma kolwandle. Uma umuntu ebheka ezweni, kukhona ubumnyama nosizi kuphela; ngisho nokukhanya kwenziwa mnyama ngamafu alo.