uIsaya
17:1 Isihlabo esisingisele kwiDamasko. Yabona, iDamasko iyahluthwa, ingabikho a
siya kuba yimwewe enxuwayo.
17:2 Ishiyiwe imizi yaseArohere; iya kuba yeyemihlambi
lala, kungabikho ubothusayo;
17:3 ipheliswe inqaba kwaEfrayim, kupheliswe ubukumkani
iDamasko namasalela ama-Aram aya kuba njengobuqaqawuli bukaYehova
oonyana bakaSirayeli, utsho uYehova wemikhosi.
17:4 Kuya kuthi ngaloo mini, bube bubuqaqawuli bukaYakobi
uya kubhitya, ukutyeba kwenyama yakhe athambe.
17:5 Kuya kuba njengokuba umvuni ehlanganisa ingqolowa, avune;
iindlebe ngengalo yakhe; kuya kuba njengalowo ubuthela iindlebe kuwo
intlambo yamaRafa.
17:6 Kuya kusala kuyo ubhikico, njengokuvuthululwa komnquma
umthi, amaqunube amabini okanye amathathu phezulu kwisebe eliphezulu, ezine okanye
zibe zihlanu emahlamvini avela ekupheleni, utsho uYehova uThixo
Sirayeli.
17:7 Ngaloo mini umntu uya kondela kuMenzi wakhe, abe namehlo akhe
imbeko koyiNgcwele kaSirayeli.
17:8 Kwaye akayi kukhangela kwizibingelelo, umsebenzi wezandla zakhe, okanye
woyihlonela into eyenziwe yiminwe yakhe, noAshera, nokuba nguAshera
imifanekiso.
17:9 Ngaloo mini imizi yakhe enqabileyo iya kuba ngamanxuwa asezintshinyeleni zehlathi, neyaba yintshabalala
nesebe eliphezulu, abalishiyayo ngenxa yoonyana bakaSirayeli;
kuya kuba yinkangala.
17:10 Ngokuba umlibele uThixo, umsindisi wakho, akwabakho
ukhumbule iliwa lokunqaba kwakho, ngenxa yoko utyale izinto ezimnandi
ityale, uyibeke ngezikhubekiso zasemzini;
17:11 Emini uya kuwuhluma umtya wakho, kusasa uya kuwuhluma
uyayihlumisa imbewu yakho, kodwa ukuvuna kuya kuba yimfumba esityeni
imini yosizi neyomvandedwa.
17:12 Yeha, ingxokolo yezizwe ezininzi, ezenza isandi njengesandi!
zolwandle; nakwingxokozelo yeentlanga, ezingxola njengenkungu
intswahla yamanzi anamandla!
17:13 Iintlanga ziya kugubha njengokungxola kwamanzi amaninzi;
zikhalimele, zibaleke zimke, zisukelwe njengoThixo;
Umququ weentaba phambi komoya, nanjengento eqengqwayo ngaphambili
isaqhwithi.
17:14 Ngexa langokuhlwa nanko kukho inkathazo; phambi kokuba kuse, akakho.
Siso eso isahlulo sabasibhuqileyo, neqashiso labasiphangayo
thina.