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.