uIsaya
1:1 Umbono kaIsaya unyana ka-Amotsi, awawubonayo ngokusingisele kuYuda, nombono wakhe
IYerusalem ngemihla kaUziya, noYotam, ka-Ahazi, noHezekiya, ookumkani baseAsiriya
uYuda.
1:2 Yivani, mazulu; bekani indlebe, hlabathi, ngokuba uYehova ethethile, endibetha.
ndikhulise abantwana, besuka bakreqa kum.
1:3 Inkomo iyawazi umniniyo, ne-esile liyawazi umkhombe wesitali senkosi yalo; ke yena uSirayeli uyawazi.
andazi, abantu bam abaqondi.
1:4 Hayi, luhlanga lonayo, bantu banobugwenxa, mbewu yabenza ububi!
ngoonyana bonakalisayo, abamshiyileyo uYehova;
Bamqumbisa oyiNgcwele kaSirayeli, babuye umva.
1:5 Yini na ukuba nimane ukubethwa? niya kukwandisa ukutyeka;
yonke intloko iyafa, yonke intliziyo inobulwelwe.
1:6 kuthabathele entendeni yonyawo kwesa entloko, akukho ndawo iphilileyo
yona; kodwa amanxeba, nemivumbo, namanxeba amatsha: awekho
ivaliwe, ingabotshwanga, ingathanjiswanga ngamafutha aqholiweyo.
1:7 Kusenkangala elizweni lenu, imizi yenu itshiswe ngomlilo;
yadliwa ngabasemzini phambi kwenu, kwaba senkangala, njengokubhukuqa
ngabasemzini.
1:8 Isele ke intombi enguZiyon, njengexhobongo esidiliyeni, njengephempe;
emyezweni weekomkomere, njengomzi ongqingiweyo.
1:9 Ngaphandle kokuba uYehova wemikhosi asishiyele amasalela amancinane kakhulu, thina
Ngesibe njengeSodom, sibe njengeGomora.
1:10 Liveni ilizwi likaYehova, baphathi baseSodom; wubekele indlebe umyalelo we
Thixo wethu, bantu baseGomora.
1:11 Yeyani na kum le mibingelelo yenu mininzi kangaka? utsho u
Yehova, ndihluthise amadini anyukayo eenkunzi zeegusha, namanqatha eemvana
izilwanyana; andilinanzile nagazi leenkunzi ezintsha zeenkomo, neleemvana, neleemvana
iibhokhwe.
1:12 Xa niza kubonakala ebusweni bam, ngubani na okufunileyo oko esandleni senu?
Ukunyathela iintendelezo zam?
1:13 ningabi sazisa mnikelo wakudla ukhohlakeleyo; isiqhumiso silisikizi kum; entsha
Iinyanga nesabatha, nokumema intlanganiso, andinako ukuyiphelisa; yi
ubugwenxa, intlanganiso engcwele.
1:14 Ukuthwasa kweenyanga zenu, namaxesha enu amisiweyo, umphefumlo wam uwathiyile;
inkathazo kum; ndidiniwe kukuwathwala.
1:15 Ekoluleni kwenu izandla zenu, ndiya kuwafihla amehlo am kuni;
nokuba nandise ukuthandaza, andiyi kuva; zizele izandla zenu
igazi.
1:16 Zihlambeni, ziqaqambiseni; susani ububi beentlondi zenu ngaphambili
amehlo am; yekani ukwenza ububi;
1:17 fundani ukwenza okulungileyo; funani okusesikweni, khululani ocinezelweyo;
mbongozeni iinkedama.
1:18 Khanize sibonisane, utsho uYehova;
zibe mhlophe njengekhephu; nangona zibomvu njenge
ezibomvu krwe, ziya kuba njengoboya begusha.
1:19 Ukuba nithe navuma naphulaphula, nodla izinto ezilungileyo zelizwe;
1:20 ukuba nithe anavuma, naba neenkani, nodliwa likrele;
umlomo kaYehova uthethile.
1:21 Utheni na ukuba lihenyukazi umzi lo, ubunyanisile; ubuzele kugwebo;
ubulungisa bebulala kuwo; kodwa ngoku ngababulali.
1:22 Isilivere yakho isuke yaba ligwebu, iwayini yakho entle ingxengelelwe ngamanzi.
1:23 Abathetheli bakho baziinjubaqa, ngamadlelana namasela; uthanda bonke bephela.
Izipho asuke aphuthume imivuzo;
netyala lomhlolokazi alinakufika kubo.
1:24 Ngako oko, utsho uYehova wemikhosi, imbalasane yakwaSirayeli, ukuthi,
Ewe, ndiya kuthomalalisa kubabandezeli bam, ndiziphindezelele ezintshabeni zam;
1:25 Ndiya kusibuyisela phezu kwakho isandla sam, ndilihlambulule ngokugqibeleleyo intlenge yakho, ndikuhlawulele.
Thabatha yonke inkonkxa yakho.
1:26 Ndobabuyisa abagwebi bakho njengokwasekuqaleni, namaphakathi akho njengokwasekuqaleni
ingqalo; emveni koko uya kubizwa ngokuba ngumzi wakwaThixo
Ubulungisa, umzi othembekileyo.
1:27 IZiyon iya kukhululwa ngokusesikweni, nabaguquki bayo kunye
ubulungisa.
1:28 intshabalalo yabakreqi naboni iya kuba
kunye, nabamshiyayo uYehova baya kuphela.
1:29 Ngokuba baya kudana yimiterebhinti ebeniyinqwenela, nina ke
iya kudana ngenxa yemiyezo eniyinyulileyo.
1:30 kuba niya kuba njengomterebhinti omagqabi omayo, nanjengomyezo omiyo
akukho manzi.
1:31 nenjengele ibe yintambo yentambo, nomsebenzi wayo ube yintlantsi, bahlambuluke.
ziya kuvutha kokubini kunye, kungabikho ucimayo.