U-Izaya 59

59 ¹Bheka, isandla sikaBaba wethu asisifushane ukuba sisindise, nendlebe yakhe ayisindi ukuba izwe. ²Kodwa iziphambeko zenu zinahlukanisile noYihlo, nezono zenu zibufihlile ubuso bakhe kini, kangangokuba angezwa. ³Ngokuba izandla zenu zingcoliswe ngegazi, neminwe yenu ngesono; izindebe zenu zikhulume amanga, ulimi lwenu lununuza ububi. ⁴Akekho obiza ubulungiswa, akekho omela icala ngeqiniso. Bathembela okuyize, bakhulume amanga; bamitha inkathazo, bazale ububi. ⁵Bachamisela amaqanda ezinyoka ezinesihlungu, baluke ubulembu bolwembu; othi odla amaqanda abo afe, kuthi lapho kuchotshozwa iqanda, kuphume inyoka. ⁶Ubulembu babo ngeke bube yizingubo, futhi ngeke bazembese ngalokho abakwenzayo. Imisebenzi yabo imisebenzi yobubi, nezandla zabo zigcwele udlame. ⁷Izinyawo zabo zigijimela ebubini, bashesha ukuchitha igazi elingenacala. Imicabango yabo imicabango yobubi; incithakalo nokubhubhisa kusezindleleni zabo zonke. ⁸Indlela yokuthula abayazi, alukho ubulungiswa ezindleleni zabo. Imikhondo yabo bayenze yagwegwa; akekho ohamba kuyo owazi ukuthula. ⁹Ngalokho ubulungiswa bukude nathi, nokulunga akufinyeleli kithi. Silindele ukukhanya, kodwa nakho ubumnyama; silindele ukukhazimula, kodwa sihamba ebumnyameni obukhulu. ¹⁰Siphumputha odongeni njengezimpumputhe; njengabangenamehlo siyaphumputha. Sikhubeka emini njengokungathi kusihlwa; phakathi kwabanamandla sinjengabafileyo. ¹¹Sonke siyabhodla njengamabhere, sibubula ngokudabuka njengamajuba. Silindele ubulungiswa, kodwa abukho; silindele insindiso, kodwa ihlala ikude nathi. ¹²Ngokuba ukuhlubuka kwethu kuningi phambi kwakho, nezono zethu ziyafakaza ngokumelene nathi. Ukuhlubuka kwethu kunathi, nobubi bethu siyabazi: ¹³ukuhlubuka nokuphika uBaba wethu, ukufulathela ukulandela uBaba wethu, ukukhuluma ukucindezela nokuvukela, ukumitha nokununuza amazwi amanga avela enhliziyweni.

¹⁴Ngakho ubulungiswa buyabuyiselwa emuva, nokulunga kumi kude; ngokuba iqiniso likhubekile enkundleni, nobuqotho abungeni. ¹⁵Iqiniso alisekho, nalowo ofulathela ububi uyaphangwa. UBaba wethu wakubona, wadabuka ngokuthi abukho ubulungiswa. ¹⁶Wabona ukuthi akekho muntu, wethuka ukuthi akekho ongangenela; ngakho ingalo yakhe uqobo yaletha insindiso, nokulunga kwakhe kwamsekela. ^a a v16 UBaba wethu wabona ukuthi akekho ongasindisa, ngakho wathumela ingalo yakhe uqobo — amandla ensindiso yakhe. UJohane uyichaza ingalo kaBaba wethu njengoJesu (Johane 12:38). ¹⁷Wembatha ukulunga njengesivikelo sesifuba, nesigqoko sensindiso ekhanda lakhe; wagqoka izingubo zokululamisa, wazisonga ngentshiseko njengengubo yokwembatha.

¹⁸Njengezenzo zabo, kanjalo uyakubuyisela: intukuthelo kuziphikezeli zakhe, impindiselo ezitheni zakhe; eziqhingini ezikude uyakubanika lokho abakufanele. ¹⁹Ngakho bayakulesaba igama likaBaba wethu kusukela entshonalanga, nenkazimulo yakhe kusukela lapho liphuma khona ilanga; ngokuba uyakuza njengomfula onamandla ogijimayo, oqhutshwa ngumoya kaBaba wethu. ²⁰Khona-ke uMhlengi—uJesu—uyakufika eSiyoni, kulabo abakwaJakobe abafulathela izono zabo, kusho uBaba wethu. ^b b v20 UPawulu ucaphuna leli vesi ngokubuya kukaJesu — AbaseRoma 11:26. UMhlengi oza eSiyoni ukuqoqa abantwana bakaBaba wethu nguJesu.

²¹“Mina-ke, lesi yisivumelwano sami nabo,” kusho uBaba wethu: “UMoya wami ophezu kwakho, namazwi ami engiwafake emlonyeni wakho, ngeke asuke emlonyeni wakho, noma emlonyeni wabantwana bakho, noma emlonyeni wabantwana babantwana bakho,” kusho uBaba wethu, “kusukela manje kuze kube phakade.”