U-Izaya 66

66 ¹Usho kanje uBaba wethu: “Izulu liyisihlalo sami sobukhosi, nomhlaba uyisenabelo sezinyawo zami. Pho-ke, iphi indlu eniyongakhela yona? Iphi indawo yokuphumula kwami? ²Isandla sami senzile zonke lezi zinto, ngakho zaba khona zonke, kusho uBaba wethu. Kodwa nangu lowo engiyakumbheka: othobekileyo nodabukileyo emoyeni, nothuthumela ezwini lami. ³Kodwa obulala inkabi unjengobulala umuntu; onikela ngewundlu unjengophula intamo yenja; oletha umnikelo wempuphu unjengoletha igazi lengulube; oshisa impepho unjengobusisa isithombe. Bakhethe izindlela zabo siqu, nemiphefumulo yabo ithokozela izinengiso zabo. ⁴Ngakho nami ngiyakubakhethela ukuphatheka kabuhlungu, ngehlisele phezu kwabo lokho abakwesabayo, ngokuba ngathi ngibiza, kungekho owaphendulayo; ngathi ngikhuluma, abalalelanga. Benza okubi emehlweni ami, bakhetha lokho okungangijabulisi.” ⁵Zwanini izwi likaBaba wethu, nina enithuthumela ezwini lakhe: “Abafowenu uqobo abanizondayo, abanixoshayo ngenxa yegama lami, bathe, ‘UBaba wethu makakhazinyuliswe, ukuze sibone ukuthokoza kwenu’—kodwa yibo abayakujabhiswa.”

⁶Umsindo wesiphithiphithi ovela emzini! Izwi elivela ethempelini! Yizwi likaBaba wethu, ophindisela izitha zakhe ngalokho ezikwenzileyo!

⁷Engakabi nemihelo, wabeletha; ubuhlungu bungakafiki kuye, wazala indodana. ⁸Ngubani owake wezwa into enjalo? Ngubani owake wabona izinto ezinjalo? Izwe lingazalwa ngosuku olulodwa na? Isizwe singazalwa ngomzuzwana na? Kepha kwathi iZiyoni isanda kuba nemihelo yazala abantwana bayo.

⁹“Ngingaletha kuze kube sesikhathini sokubeletha, bese ngingabelethisi na?” kusho uBaba wethu. “Mina engibelethisayo ngingasivala isizalo na?” kusho uBaba wakho.

¹⁰Jabulani neJerusalema, nithokoze ngayo, nonke enimthandayo; thokozani kakhulu nayo, nonke enililela yona, ¹¹ukuze nincele nisuthe ebeleni layo eliduduzayo, ukuze niphuze kakhulu, nithokozele inkazimulo yayo echichimayo.

¹²Ngokuba usho kanje uBaba wethu: “Ngiyakwelulela ukuthula kuyo njengomfula, nenkazimulo yezizwe njengesifufula esichichimayo; niyakuncela, niphathwe okhalweni lwayo, nidlaliswe emadolweni ayo. ¹³Njengomame eduduza umntanakhe, kanjalo nami ngiyakuniduduza; niyakududuzeka ngeJerusalema.” ^a a v13 UBaba wethu ufanisa induduzo yakhe ngothando olumnene lukamame othulisa umntanakhe—inhliziyo yakhe ngabantu bakhe imnene ngaphezu kwalokho okungabanjwa ngumfanekiso owodwa wobuntu.

¹⁴Lapho nikubona lokhu, inhliziyo yenu iyakuthokoza, namathambo enu ayakuhluma njengotshani obusha; isandla sikaBaba wethu siyakwaziswa ezincekwini zakhe, kepha ulaka lwakhe ezitheni zakhe.

¹⁵Ngokuba bheka—uBaba wethu uyakuza ngomlilo, nezinqola zakhe zempi zinjengesivunguvungu, ukuba akhiphe intukuthelo yakhe ngolaka, nokusola kwakhe ngamalangabi omlilo. ¹⁶Ngokuba ngomlilo nangenkemba yakhe uBaba wethu uyakwahlulela yonke inyama, ababuleweyo nguBaba wethu bayakuba baningi.

¹⁷“Abazingcwelisayo nabazihlambululayo ukuze bangene ezingadini, belandela oyedwa ophakathi nendawo, bedla inyama yezingulube nokunengekayo namagundane, bayakuphela kanyekanye, kusho uBaba wethu. ^b b v17 ‘Belandela oyedwa ophakathi nendawo’: ngumuntu oyinhloko emcimbini noma isithombe esisenhliziyweni yenkonzo yabo yobuhedeni.

¹⁸“Ngokuba ngiyazazi izenzo zabo nemicabango yabo. Isikhathi siyeza sokubutha zonke izizwe nezilimi; ziyakuza zibone inkazimulo yami.

¹⁹“Ngiyakubeka isibonakaliso phakathi kwabo, ngithume abasindayo ezizweni—eTharishishi, ePhuli, eLudi (abadonsa umnsalo), eThubali, eJavani, nasezihlengeni ezikude ezingakaze zizwe ngami nezingakaze zibone inkazimulo yami. Ziyakumemezela inkazimulo yami phakathi kwezizwe. ²⁰Bayakuletha bonke abafowenu bevela kuzo zonke izizwe, babe ngumnikelo kuBaba wethu—ngamahhashi, ngezinqola zempi nangezinqola, ngezimbongolo nangamakamela—baye entabeni yami engcwele iJerusalema, kusho yena, njengoba u-Israyeli eletha umnikelo wempuphu ngesitsha esihlanzekile endlini kaBaba wethu. ²¹Nakwabanye babo ngiyakubathatha babe ngabapristi nabaLevi, kusho uBaba wethu.

²²“Ngokuba njengoba amazulu amasha nomhlaba omusha engiwenzayo ayakuma phambi kwami, kusho uBaba wethu, kanjalo inzalo yenu negama lenu kuyakuma. ²³Kusukela ekwethwaseni kwenyanga kuye kolunye, nakusukela kwiSabatha kuye kwelinye, yonke inyama iyakuza ikhuleke phambi kwami, kusho uBaba wethu.

²⁴“Bayakuphuma, babuke izidumbu zalabo abavukela mina; ngokuba impethu yabo ayiyikufa, nomlilo wabo awuyikucinywa, bayakuba yisinengiso kuyo yonke inyama.”