uIsaya
16:1 Thumelani iimvana kumlawuli welizwe, zivela eSela, zibheke entlango;
ndise entabeni yentombi uZiyon.
16:2 Kuba, njengentaka ephekuziweyo endlwaneni, kube njalo umhlambi.
iintombi zakwaMowabhi ziya kuba semazibukweni aseArnon.
16:3 Cebani icebo, gwebani; yenza isithunzi sakho sibe njengobusuku
phakathi kwemini emaqanda; fihla abagxothiweyo; musa ukumgxeka lowo ubhadulayo.
16:4 Mabaphambukele kuwe abagxothiweyo bam, Mowabhi; ube lisithe kubo kubo
ubuso bombhuqi;
baphelile abacinezeli, batshatyalaliswe elizweni.
16:5 Kuya kuzinziswa itrone ngenceba, kuhlale phezu kwayo
enyanisweni, ententeni kaDavide, umgwebi, efuna okusesikweni, kunye
bangxamele ubulungisa.
16:6 Silivile ikratshi likaMowabhi. uqhayisa kakhulu: kwanokwakhe
ikratshi lakhe, ikratshi lakhe, ukuphuphuma kwakhe umsindo;
16:7 Ngako oko uMowabhi uya kubhomboloza ngenxa kaMowabhi; bonke bephela baya kubhomboloza;
niya kuzimbambazela iziseko zaseKir-hareshete; Inene, bayabethwa.
16:8 Kuba amasimi aseHeshbhon antshwenyile, nomdiliya waseSibhema;
Iintlanga ziyayidiliza imifuno yakhe, yeza
zada zaya kufika eYazere, zabhadula entlango, ezimasebeni awo
Bathe bolula, baluwela ulwandle.
16:9 Ngenxa yoko ndiyawulilela ngokulila kweYazere umdiliya waseSibhema;
ndikunyakamisa ngeenyembezi zam, Heshbhon, nawe Elale, ngenxa yokuduma
ngokuba ziwile iziqhamo zakho zasehlotyeni nokuvuna kwakho.
16:10 Isukile imivuyo nemivuyo entsimini echumayo; kwaye kwi
izidiliya aziyi kuvuma, akuyi kubakho
baduma, abaxovuli abayi kuxovula wayini emkhombeni wabo; Ndine
wakuyekisa ukukhwaza.
16:11 Ngako oko izibilini zam ziya kulila njengohadi ngenxa kaMowabhi, nezibilini zam ziya kulila njengohadi ngenxa kaMowabhi.
iinxalenye zeKirharesh.
16:12 Kuya kuthi ke, xa athe wabonakala ukuba uMowabhi uzidinisile;
kwindawo ephakamileyo, ukuba eze kuthandaza engcweleni yakhe; kodwa uya kwenza
hayi ukoyisa.
16:13 Lilo eli ilizwi, alithethileyo uYehova ngoMowabhi kwanini
ixesha.
16:14 Ke ngoku uYehova uthethe: Ngeminyaka emithathu, njengeminyaka emithathu
ngenxa yomqeshwa, uzuko lukaMowabhi luya kucukucezwa, kunye nento yonke
inkitha enkulu; amasalela abe mancinane kakhulu, abe buthathaka.