uIsaya
48:1 Yivani oku, ndlu kaYakobi, nibizwayo ngegama likaSirayeli;
baphuma emanzini akwaYuda, abo bafunga ngegama
nimkhankanye uThixo kaSirayeli, kungenganyaniso;
nokuba ngobulungisa.
48:2 Kuba bazibiza ngokuba ngabomzi ongcwele, kwaye bahlala kuwo
Thixo kaSirayeli; NguYehova wemikhosi igama lakhe.
48:3 Izinto zangaphambili ndazixela kwanini; bahamba ke
zaphuma emlonyeni wam, ndazibonakalalisa; ndazenza ngesiquphe, zaza;
yenzeka.
48:4 Ngenxa enokuba bendikwazi ukuba ulukhuni, nentamo yakho ingumsipha wesinyithi;
nebunzi lakho libe lubhedu;
48:5 Ndakuxela kwasekuqaleni; ngaphambi kokuba ifike
Ndithe ndakubonisa, hleze uthi, Isithixo sam senze
nomfanekiso wam oqingqiweyo, nomfanekiso wam otyhidiweyo, ubawisele umthetho ngawo.
48:6 Uvile; aniyi kuxela na? ndibonisile
izinto ezintsha zangoku, ezifihlakeleyo, awazenza
yazi.
48:7 Zidalwa ngoku, azidalwanga kwasekuqaleni; kwangaphambi komhla
ungazivanga; Hleze uthi, Yabona, bendisazi
bona.
48:8 nawe akuvanga; ewe, ubungazi; ewe, ukususela ngelo xesha
ibingavulekanga indlebe yakho; ngokuba bendisazi ukuba uya kwenza kunene
Wabizwa ngokuba ngumkreqi kwasesizalweni.
48:9 Ngenxa yegama lam ndizeka kade ukuba nomsindo, nangenxa yendumiso yam ndizeka kade
zigcine, ukuze ndingakunqumli.
48:10 Uyabona, ndikunyibilikisile, akwaba ngokwesilivere; ndikunyule
iziko lenkxwaleko.
48:11 Ngenxa yam, nangenxa yam, ndiya kukwenza oko;
igama lam lingcoliswe? andiluniki omnye uzuko lwam.
48:12 Phulaphula kum, Yakobi, Sirayeli, mbizwa wam; Ndinguye; Ndingowokuqala,
nam ndingowokugqibela.
48:13 Isandla sam siseke ihlabathi, esokunene sam
waneka izulu; ndithi ndakuzibiza ezo, zime kunye.
48:14 Zihlanganiseni ndawonye nonke, nive; owaxelayo phakathi kwabo
ezi zinto? UYehova umthandile, uya kwenza ukuthanda kwakhe
IBhabheli, ingalo yakhe iya kuba phezu kwamaKaledi.
48:15 Mna ndithethile; ewe, ndimbizile, ndimzisile, kwaye
Uya kuyenza ibe nempumelelo indlela yakhe.
48:16 Sondelani kum, nive oku; Andithethanga entsithelweni phambi koNdikhoyo
isiqalo; kususela kwixesha lokwenzeka kwako oko, ndilapha; ngoku ke iNkosi uYehova.
noMoya wakhe undithumile.
Isa 48:17 Utsho uYehova, umkhululi wakho, oyiNgcwele kaSirayeli, ukuthi, ndinguYehova
uThixo wakho lowo ukufundisa okungakuncedayo, okukhokelela endleleni
ukuba uhambe.
48:18 Akwaba imithetho yam ubuyibazele indlebe! Oko bekuya kuba luxolo lwakho
njengomlambo, nobulungisa bakho njengamaza olwandle;
48:19 ibiya kuba njengentlabathi imbewu yakho, abaphuma ezibilinini zakho babe njengeembewu.
uhlalutye lwalo; igama lakhe belifanele ukunqunyulwa, litshatyalaliswe
phambi kwam.
48:20 Phumani eBhabheli, balekani kumaKaledi ninelizwi elivakalayo
kuxeleni nimemelela, kuxeleni oku, kuxeleni naseziphelweni zehlabathi;
yithini, UYehova umkhulule ngokumhlawulela umkhonzi wakhe uYakobi.
48:21 Abanxanwanga, ebahambisa entlango;
ukuze ampompoze amanzi engxondorheni ngenxa yabo; walicanda iliwa;
ampompoza amanzi.
48:22 Akukho luxolo kwabangendawo, utsho uYehova.