U-Isaya ubona isihlalo sobukhosi
U-Isaya ubona uBaba wethu ehlezi esihlalweni sobukhosi ngonyaka wokufa kuka-Uziya, futhi uyaphela ngenxa yezindebe zakhe ezingcolile kuze kube yilapho ilahle elivela e-altare liwathinta. Uyazinikela ngaphambi kokuzwa umsebenzi: akhulume kubantu abangeke baqonde, kuze kube yilapho imizi isala ingenamuntu. Kusala isiqu kuphela.
6 1Ngonyaka wokufa kwenkosi u-Uziya, ngabona iNkosi uJesu ihlezi esihlalweni sobukhosi, esiphakeme siphakanyisiwe, umphetho wengubo yakhe wagcwalisa ithempeli. a a v1 Umphostoli uJohane usitshela ukuthi u-Isaya wabona inkazimulo kaJesu — uJohane 12:41. 2Ngenhla kwayo kwakumi amaserafi, ngalinye linamaphiko ayisithupha: amabili emboza ubuso, amabili emboza izinyawo, amabili endiza. 3Amemezana athi: “Ungcwele, ungcwele, ungcwele uBaba wethu, iNdodana, noMoya oNgcwele, iNkosi yamabandla asezulwini; umhlaba wonke ugcwele inkazimulo yakhe.” b b v3 Ukuphindwa kathathu kwelithi ungcwele kwamaserafi kuzwiwa isiko lobuKhristu njengokukhonza uNkulunkulu oyiZintathu. ITestamente eliSha libiza uMuntu ngamunye walo mbono wesihlalo sobukhosi: uJesu (uJohane 12:41), uMoya oNgcwele (izEnzo 28:25), noBaba — okuphindwa embonweni ofanayo kaJohane (IsAmbulo 4:8).
4Ngenxa yomsindo wamazwi awo, izisekelo zeminyango zanyakaza, indlu yagcwala intuthu. 5Ngase ngithi: “Maye kimi! Ngibhujisiwe! Ngingumuntu onezindebe ezingcolile, ngihlala phakathi kwabantu abanezindebe ezingcolile—futhi amehlo ami ayibonile iNkosi, uJesu, iNkosi yawo wonke amabandla asezulwini!”
6Khona-ke elinye lamaserafi landizela kimi, liphethe esandleni salo ilahle elivuthayo, elalithethwe ngodlawu e-altare. 7Lathinta umlomo wami ngalo lathi: “Bheka, lokhu kuthinte izindebe zakho; icala lakho lisusiwe, isono sakho sihlawulelwe.”
8Ngase ngizwa izwi leNkosi yethu uJesu lithi: “Ngubani engingamthuma? Ngubani oyosihambela?” Ngathi: “Ngilapha. Thuma mina.”
9Wathi: “Hamba, utshele lesi sizwe uthi: ‘Niqhubeke nizwa, kodwa ningaqondi; niqhubeke nibona, kodwa ningaqapheli.’ 10Yenza inhliziyo yalesi sizwe ibe lukhuni; yenza izindlebe zabo zibe zithulu namehlo abo abe yizimpumputhe—ukuze bangaboni ngamehlo abo, bezwe ngezindlebe zabo, baqonde ngezinhliziyo zabo, baphenduke bapholiswe.”
11Ngase ngithi: “Koze kube nini, Nkosi Jesu?” Waphendula wathi: “Kuze kuthi amadolobha abe ngamanxiwa angenamuntu, izindlu zingabi nabantu, izwe lishiywe liyihlane nya,
12“Kuze kube yilapho uBaba wethu esebathumele abantu kude, nokuchithakala okukhulu kumboze izwe. c c v12 UJesu, esesihlalweni sobukhosi, ubiza uBaba wethu lapha — ebiza uMuntu ohlukile walowo Nkulunkulu munye othumela abantu ekudingisweni.
13Noma ingxenye yeshumi isala kulo, iyophinde ishiswe—njengomuthi iterebhinti noma um-oki osala nesiphunzi lapho ugawulwa. Inhlanyelo engcwele iyisiphunzi sawo.” d d v13 I-terebhinti isihlahla esikhulu, esinwebekayo — esifana nom-oki — esishiya isiphunzi esibanzi lapho sigawulwa.
