uIsaya
41:1 Yithini cwaka phambi kwam, ziqithi; abantu mabahlaziye imiphefumlo yabo
amandla: mawasondele; mabathethe ke, sisondele
kunye ukuya ematyaleni.
41:2 owalivusayo ilungisa empumalanga, walibiza ezinyaweni zalo.
Wanikela iintlanga phambi kwakhe, Wammisa phezu kookumkani? wabanika
njengothuli ekreleni lakhe, njengeendiza eziphetshethwayo kwisaphetha sakhe.
41:3 Wabasukela, wagqitha enoxolo; nangendlela ebengahambanga ngayo
ngeenyawo zakhe.
41:4 Ngubani na okusebenzileyo wakwenza oko, obiza izizukulwana ngezizukulwana
ukuqala? Mna, Yehova, ndingowokuqala; Ndinguye.
41:5 Iziqithi zabona, zoyika; iziphelo zehlabathi zafikelwa luloyiko, zatsala
kufuphi, weza.
41:6 Elowo wamnceda ummelwane wakhe; wathi elowo kumzalwana wakhe.
Yomelela.
41:7 Ingcibi yomeleza umnyibilikisi, nomnyibilikisi;
isando salowo ubetha inyoka, esithi, Selilungiselwe iNkosi
Wawubethelela ngezikhonkwane, ukuba ungashukumi.
41:8 Wena ke, Sirayeli, ungumkhonzi wam, wena Yakobi endimnyulileyo, imbewu kaYehu
Abraham umhlobo wam.
41:9 Endakubambayo kwaseziphelweni zehlabathi, endikubizileyo
zathi kuwe, Ungumkhonzi wam wena; Ndine
unyule, akakulahla.
41:10 Musa ukoyika; ngokuba ndinawe; musa ukubhekabheka; ngokuba ndinguThixo wakho
uya kukomeleza; ewe, ndiya kukunceda; ewe, ndiya kukusekela
ngesandla sokunene sobulungisa bam.
41:11 Yabona, bonke abafuthekela wena baya kudana, babe neentloni;
baya kuba njengento engento; nababambana nawe
iya kutshabalala.
41:12 Uya kuwafuna, ungawafumani, abo basukuzanayo
baya kuba njengento engento, nanjengento engento, amadoda alwa nawe
into engento.
Isa 41:13 Ngokuba mna, Yehova Thixo wakho, ndiya kusibamba isandla sakho sokunene, ndisithi kuwe, Yoyika
hayi; Ndiza kukunceda.
41:14 Musa ukoyika, mbungu Yakobi, bantundini bakwaSirayeli; ndiya kukunceda mna, utsho
Yehova, uMkhululi wakho, oyiNgcwele kaSirayeli.
41:15 Yabona, ndikwenza isisizilo esibukhali esitsha, esintlangothi mbini;
uya kuzi bhula iintaba, uzicole, uzicole
iinduli njengomququ.
41:16 Uya kuwazela, azithabathe umoya, zimka nazo
isaqhwithi siya kubaphangalalisa; ke wena ugcobe ngoYehova
liya kuqhayisa ngoyiNgcwele kaSirayeli.
41:17 Xa abaziintsizana nabangamahlwempu bafuna amanzi, angabikho, nolwimi lwabo
banxaniwe, mna Yehova ndiya kubaphendula; mna, Thixo kaSirayeli, ndiya kubaphendula
musani ukubashiya.
41:18 Ndiya kuyivula imilambo eluqayini, nemithombo phakathi kwelizwe
Ndiya kuyenza intlango ibe lidike elinamanzi, nomhlaba ongumqwebedu
imithombo yamanzi.
41:19 Ndiya kutyala entlango imisedare, nemingampunzi, nemingampunzi,
imimirtile, nomthi weoli; ndomisa entlango umsipres, nemisipres;
ipayini, kunye nomthi webhokisi kunye:
41:20 ukuze babone, bazi, bagqale, baqonde kunye, ukuba
Isandla sikaYehova siyenzile le nto, oyiNgcwele kaSirayeli
yadala.
41:21 Sondezani iindawo enibambene ngazo, utsho uYehova; ziveze izizathu zakho ezinamandla,
utsho uKumkani kaYakobi.
41:22 mabazikhuphe, basixelele okuya kuhla, baxele
izinto zangaphambili, ukuba zinjani na, ukuze sizigqale, sizazi
isiphelo sabo sokugqibela; okanye sixeleni izinto ezizayo.
41:23 Xelani izinto ezizayo ngasemva, ukuze sazi ukuba nikhona
ewe, yenzani okulungileyo, nokuba kokubi, sikhwankqiswe, sibone
kunye.
41:24 Yabonani, niyinto engento, nomsebenzi wenu uyinto engento, ulisikizi yena
oko kukhetha wena.
41:25 Ndivuse owasentla, owavela empumalanga;
uya kubiza egameni lam elangeni, eze nabathetheli njengokungathi
eludongeni, njengoko umbumbi exovula udongwe.
41:26 Ngubani na owakuxelayo oko kwasekuqaleni, ukuze sazi? kwaye ngaphambili,
ukuze sithi, Ulilungisa? ewe, akukho ubonisayo, ewe,
akukho wavakalisayo, akukho wakuvayo wenu
amazwi.
41:27 Ndim endaqala ndathi kwiZiyon, Yabona, nanzo;
IYerusalem ngumshumayeli weendaba ezilungileyo.
41:28 Kuba ndakhangela, akwabakho mntu; naphakathi kwabo, akwabakho
ukuze ndibabuze, baphendule ngelizwi.
41:29 Yabona, bonke bephela bangamampunge; ziyinto engento izenzo zabo, zityhidiwe
imifanekiso ngumoya kunye nesiphithiphithi.