uIsaya
31:1 Yeha, abehla baye eYiputa ukuba bancedwe; nihlale emahasheni, kwaye
Kholosa ngeenqwelo zokulwa, kuba zininzi; nangabamahashe, ngokuba bona
zomelele kakhulu; kodwa abakhangeli koyiNgcwele kaSirayeli, kananjalo
funani uYehova;
31:2 Ulumkile ke naye; uya kuzisa ububi, angabuyeli okwakhe
baya kusukela phezulu kwindlu yabenzi bobubi, naphezu kwendlu yabenzi bobubi
uncedo lwabasebenzi bobutshinga.
31:3 AmaYiputa ke angabantu, akaThixo; amahashe abo abe yinyama, engengabo
umoya. Ekusoluleni kukaYehova isandla sakhe umncedi
uya kuwa, lowo uncedwayo awe phantsi, bonke bephela
sihluleka kunye.
31:4 Ngokuba utshilo kum uYehova ukuthi, Njengengonyama entsha, injengengonyama entsha;
ingonyama igquma phezu kwexhoba layo, xa kubizwe ingxokolo yabalusi
nxamnye naye, akayi kuloyika ilizwi labo, akayi kuzithoba;
uya kuhla uYehova wemikhosi, ukuba alwe
Intaba yaseZiyon, nenduli yayo.
31:5 Njengeentaka zindanda, uya kwenjenjalo uYehova wemikhosi ukuyikhusela iYerusalem; ukukhusela
kananjalo uya kulihlangula; yaye uya kugqitha kuyo ayigcine.
31:6 Buyelani kulowo nimkileyo kuye ngokunzulu, oonyana bakaSirayeli.
31:7 Ngokuba ngaloo mini baya kucekisa elowo izithixo zakhe zesilivere, nezakhe
izithixo zegolide, ezizenzeleyo izandla zenu, zaba sisono.
31:8 Uya kuwa ke uAsiriya likrele elingelogorha; kwaye
ikrele elingelamntu liya kumqwenga; kubaleke yena
ikrele namadodana abo adlavuzwe.
31:9 Kwaye uya kudlulela kwinqaba yakhe ngokunkwantyisa, kunye nabathetheli bakhe
baya kuyoyika ibhanile, utsho uYehova, omlilo useZiyon;
neziko lakhe liseYerusalem.