uIsaya
3:1 Ngokuba uyabona, iNkosi, uYehova wemikhosi, iyayithabatha iYerusalem;
kwaYuda isixhaso, nomsimelelo, isixhaso sonke sesonka, nomnikelo wokudla
ukuhlala konke kwamanzi.
3:2 igorha, nendoda yokulwa, umgwebi, nomprofeti, nomprofeti
onobuqili kunye namadoda amakhulu;
3:3 umthetheli wamashumi amahlanu, nobekekileyo, nomcebisi, no
igcisa elinobuqili, neciko elicikozayo.
3:4 Ndobanika abathetheli abangabantwana, nabafeke balawule;
bona.
3:5 Kwaye baya kukhandanisa abantu, elowo nalowo, kwaye elowo
nommelwane wakhe; uya kuzidla inkwenkwe kuYehova
amadala, nesidima nxamnye nababekekileyo.
3:6 Xa umntu athe wabamba umzalwana wayo endlwini kayise,
besithi, Unesambatho wena, yiba ngumlawuli wethu, kube oku kukonakala
phantsi kwesandla sakho.
3:7 Wofunga ngaloo mini, athi, Andiyi kuba gqirha; kuba kum
Indlu asisonka nangubo; musani ukundimisela umlawuli wabantu.
3:8 Ngokuba ikhahlelekile iYerusalem, awile amaYuda; ngokuba ulwimi lwabo nolwimi lwabo
izenzo zabo zichase uYehova, ukuba bawaphikise amehlo obuqaqawuli bakhe.
3:9 Imbonakalo yobuso babo iyangqina ngabo; kwaye bona
basixele isono sabo njengeSodom, abakhanyeli. Yeha umphefumlo wabo! ngenxa
bazibuyekeza ngobubi kwabona.
3:10 Yithi kwilungisa, kulunge kulo, ngokuba liya kulungelwa
nidle iziqhamo zezenzo zabo.
3:11 Yeha, ongendawo! kuya kuba kubi kuye ngenxa yomvuzo wakhe
uya kunikwa izandla.
3:12 Ke bona abantu bam, baxinzelela phantsi ngabantwana, balawule abafazi
bona. Bantu bam, abakhokeli benu bayanilahlekisa, banitshabalalise
indlela yeendlela zakho.
3:13 Usukile wema uYehova ukuba athethe ityala;
3:14 UYehova uya kungena ematyaleni namadoda amakhulu abantu bakhe, kwaye
ngokuba nisigqibile isidiliya; amaxhoba e
Ihlwempu lihleli ezindlwini zenu.
3:15 Niyintoni na, ukuba nibatyumze nje abantu bam, nibusile ubuso babo?
amahlwempu? itsho iNkosi, uYehova wemikhosi.
3:16 Kananjalo utsho uYehova ukuthi, Ngenxa yokuba iintombi zaseZiyon zikhukhumele, zikhukhumele
hamba ngolule iintamo kunye namehlo angathandekiyo, ukuhamba kunye nokuncwina njengoko
bahamba bebetha unyawo ngeenyawo.
3:17 Ngoko ke uYehova uya kulubetha ukhwekhwe ukakayi lwentloko yakhe
iintombi zaseZiyon, uYehova uya kuzityhila ucweyo lwazo.
3:18 Ngaloo mini iNkosi iya kubususa ubugorha bokunkqangaza kwabo
izihombiso ezinyaweni zabo, kunye neentsimbi zabo, kunye namavili abo angqukuva
Inyanga,
3:19 nemixokelelwane, nezacholo, nezacholo;
3:20 Iinkontsho, nezihombiso zemilenze, neminqwazi, neminqwazi;
amacwecwe, namajikazi;
3:21 amakhonkco, neempahla zempumlo;
3:22 iingubo zokukhululana, nezambatho, neengubo, neentambo, neengubo,
izikhonkwane ezipholileyo,
3:23 nezipili, nelinen ecikizekileyo, neminqwazi, nezigqubuthelo.
3:24 Kuya kuthi, endaweni yevumba elimnandi, kube khona
ukunuka; esikhundleni sombhinqo sisikratya; endaweni yeenwele ezilungiswe kakuhle
inkqayi; esikhundleni sesinxibo kubhinqe ezirhwexayo; kunye nokutshisa
endaweni yobuhle.
3:25 Amadoda akho aya kuwa likrele, namagorha akho yimfazwe.
3:26 ancwine enze isijwili amasango ayo; yona ke yona iya kuhlala isenkangala
phezu komhlaba.