U-Izaya 52

52 ¹Vuka, vuka, yembatha amandla akho, Siyoni; gqoka izingubo zakho ezinhle, Jerusalema, muzi ongcwele; ngokuba ongasokile nongcolileyo ngeke baphinde bangene kuwe. ²Zithintithe uthuli, usukume; hlala esihlalweni sakho sobukhosi, Jerusalema; zikhulule ezibophweni ezisentanyeni yakho, ndodakazi ethunjiweyo yaseSiyoni.

³Ngokuba nakho lokhu akushoyo uBaba wethu: “Wathengiswa ngeze, uyakuhlengwa ngaphandle kwemali.”

⁴Ngokuba nakho lokhu akushoyo uBaba oyiNkosi: “Ekuqaleni abantu bami behlela eGibhithe ukuba bahlale khona njengabafokazi, i-Asiriya yababandeza ngeze.

⁵“Manje-ke, kuyini lokhu?” kusho uBaba wethu, “njengoba abantu bami bethathwa ngeze? Ababusi babo bayabhonga,” kusho uBaba wethu, “futhi njalonjalo, usuku lonke, igama lami lidelelwa. ⁶Ngakho-ke abantu bami bayakulazi igama lami; ngakho-ke ngalolo suku bayakwazi ukuthi yimi engikhulumayo; ngilapha.”

⁷Mahle kanjani ezintabeni izinyawo zesithunywa esiletha izindaba ezinhle, esimemezela ukuthula, esiletha izindaba ezinhle zezinto ezinhle, esimemezela insindiso, esithi kuSiyoni: “UBaba wakho uyabusa!” ⁸Lalela! Abalindi bakho baphakamisa amazwi abo; ndawonye bamemeza ngenjabulo, ngokuba ngawabo amehlo bayakubona uBaba wethu ebuyela eSiyoni. ⁹Qhamukani ngengoma kanyekanye, nina manxiwa aseJerusalema, ngokuba uBaba wethu ubaduduzile abantu bakhe; uyihlengile iJerusalema. ¹⁰UBaba wethu uyembulile ingalo yakhe engcwele phambi kwezizwe zonke, nemikhawulo yonke yomhlaba iyakubona insindiso kaBaba wethu. ¹¹Hambani! Hambani! Phumani lapho; ningathinti lutho olungcolileyo; phumani phakathi kwabo; zihlambululeni, nina enithwala izitsha zikaBaba wethu. ¹²Ngokuba ngeke niphume ngokushesha, ningabaleki; ngokuba uBaba wethu uyakuhamba phambi kwenu, noBaba wethu uyakuba ngumlindi wenu ngasemuva.

Inceku Yami uJesu, Ephakanyiswe Phezulu

¹³Bheka, inceku yami—uJesu—iyakwenza ngokuhlakanipha; iyakuphakanyiswa, inyuswe, iphakanyiselwe phezulu kakhulu. ^a a v13 Ingoma yesine yeNceku iqala lapha iqhubeke kuze kufike esahlukweni 53. ITestamente eLisha libiza uJesu njengale Nceku ehluphekayo nephakanyisiweyo endimeni ngendima — kuMathewu 8:17, izEnzo 8:32-35, 1 Petru 2:21-25. ¹⁴Njengalokhu abaningi bethuka kakhulu ngenxa yakhe—ukubukeka kwakhe kwakonakele kakhulu kunokwanoma yimuphi umuntu, nesimo sakhe kunesanoma yimuphi umuntu, ¹⁵kanjalo uyakufafaza izizwe eziningi; amakhosi ayakuvala imilomo yawo ngenxa yakhe. Ngokuba lokho ababengakutshelwanga, bayakukubona, nalokho ababengakuzwanga, bayakukuqonda. ^b b v15 Igama elithi “ukufafaza” lilandela umqondo wobupristi wokuhlanza osembhalweni wokuqala; ezinye izinguqulo zihumusha leli gama ngokuthi “ukwethusa.”