uIsaya 8:1 Wathi uYehova kum, Thabatha incwadi esongwayo enkulu, ubhale kuyo ngosiba lwendoda, ngokusingisele kwiMahere-shalalhashebhaze. 8:2 Ndathabathela amangqina anyanisileyo, no-Uriya umbingeleli, no-Uriya umbingeleli uZekariya unyana kaYebherekiya. 8:3 Ndafika kumprofetikazi; wakhawula, wazala unyana. Emva koko Wathi uYehova kum, Mthiye igama lokuba nguMahere-shalale-hashe-bhatse. 8:4 Kuba, engekakwazi umntwana ukuthi, Bawo, nokuthi, Bawo! ubutyebi baseDamasko namaxhoba akwaSamari aya kuthinjwa bemka phambi kokumkani waseAsiriya. 8:5 Waphinda uYehova wathetha kum, esithi, 8:6 Ngenxa enokuba aba bantu bewacekisa amanzi aseShilowa, la ahamba kuhle; uvuye ngoRetsin nonyana kaRemaliya; 8:7 Kaloku ke, yabonani, uYehova unyusela phezu kwabo amanzi olwandle; umlambo, onamandla, baninzi, nokumkani waseAsiriya, nobuhandiba bakhe bonke; uya kunyuka phezu kwemijelo yawo yonke, ahambe phezu kweendonga zawo zonke; 8:8 liya kucanda kwaYuda; uya kukhukula, agqithe; fikelela entanyeni; ewe, iye yazala amaphiko ayo Ububanzi belizwe lakho, Imanuweli. 8:9 Bhavumani, zizwe, niqotywe; kwaye bekani iindlebe, nonke bamazwe akude; bhinqani, nibe yaphulwa ibe ngamaqhekeza; bhinqani, niya kuqotywa. 8:10 Cebani icebo, lotshitsha; thetha ilizwi, kwaye Ayiyi kuma, ngokuba uThixo unathi. 8:11 Ngokuba utshilo kum uYehova ngesandla esithe nkqi, endiqondisa ukuba ndikwenze oko Andifanele ndihambe ngendlela yaba bantu, ndisithi, 8:12 Ize ningathi, Ikukucetywa into yonke abathi abo bantu, Ikukucetywa; umanyano; musani ukunkwantya ukoyika kwabo, musani ukoyika. 8:13 UYehova wemikhosi, ngcwalisani yena ngokwakhe; kwaye makabe uloyiko lwakho, kwaye mvumele makabe luloyiko kuwe. 8:14 Kwaye uya kuba yindawo engcwele; kodwa ngenxa yelitye lokubetheka, nelokusiwisa Iliwa lesikhubekiso kuzo zombini izindlu zakwaSirayeli, ibe sisibatha nomgibe kubemi baseYerusalem. 8:15 Abaninzi kubo baya kukhubeka, bawe, baphuke, babe barhintyelwe, babanjiswe. 8:16 Bopha isingqino, tywina uqinise isiyalo kubafundi bam. 8:17 Ndiya kulindela kuYehova, lo ubusithelisayo ubuso bakhe endlwini kaYehu Yakobi, kwaye ndiya kumfuna. 8:18 Yabona, mna nabantwana andinikileyo uYehova, singabemiqondiso nemiqondiso ngenxa yemisebenzi ebalulekileyo kwaSirayeli, evela kuYehova wemikhosi, ulohlala entabeni iZiyon. 8:19 Xa bathe kuni, Quqelani kwabazaziyo koomoya, nakoosiyazi abalozayo, abadumzelayo; abantu bafuna kuThixo wabo? ngabaphilayo kwabafileyo? 8:20 Kuwo umthetho, esingqinweni, ukuba abathethi ngokwesiko ilizwi, kungenxa yokuba kungekho kukhanya kuzo. 8:21 Baya kucanda kulo ilizwe begogotyelwe, belambile; kuthi, xa balambayo, babe noburhalarhume bamtshabhise ukumkani wabo noThixo wabo, babheke phezulu. 8:22 Kwaye baya kukhangela emhlabeni; yabona imbandezelo nobumnyama; ubumnyama bentlungu; baya kuqhutyelwa ebumnyameni.