uIsaya
52:1 Vuka, vuka; nxiba amandla akho, Ziyon! nxiba ubuhle bakho
zambatho, Yerusalem, mzi ungcwele, ngokuba akusayi kuba sabakho
ngena kuwe ongalukanga, noyinqambi.
52:2 Zivuthulule eluthulini; suk’ ume, uhlale phantsi, Yerusalem;
zimbophele iimbophelelo zentamo yakho, mthinjwa, ntombi inguZiyon.
52:3 Ngokuba utsho uYehova ukuthi, Kwathengiswa ngani ngelize; nawe
wokhululwa ngentlawulelo.
52:4 Ngokuba itsho iNkosi uYehova ukuthi, Abantu bam behla baya eYiputa ngenxa engaphambili
hlalani khona; + yaye ama-Asiriya abacinezela ngaphandle kwesizathu.
52:5 Kaloku ke yintoni na enamapha, utsho uYehova, bethatyathwe nje abantu bam?
uhambe ngelize? Abalawuli babo bayabhomboloza, utsho uYehova
Yehova; negama lam lihlala linyeliswa imini yonke.
52:6 Ngako oko abantu bam baya kulazi igama lam;
ngaloo mini ndinguye lowo uthi, yabona, ndim.
52:7 Hayi, ukuba zintle kwazo ezintabeni iinyawo zalowo uzisa okulungileyo!
abavakalisa uxolo; lowo uzisa iindaba ezilungileyo zezinto ezilungileyo, lowo
uvakalisa usindiso; abathi kwiZiyon, Uyalawula uThixo wakho!
52:8 Phulaphula ilizwi lababoniseli bakho; baya kwenza ngelizwi kunye
vumani; ngokuba bekubona iliso kwiliso ekubuyiseni kukaYehova
iZiyon.
52:9 Gqobhokelani ekumemeleleni kunye, manxuwa aseYerusalem
uYehova ubathuthuzele abantu bakhe, uyihlawulele wayikhulula iYerusalem.
52:10 UYehova uyihlubile ingalo yakhe engcwele emehlweni eentlanga zonke; kwaye
zonke iziphelo zehlabathi ziya kulubona ke usindiso loThixo wethu.
52:11 Mkani, mkani, phumani apho, musani ukuphatha nto iyinqambi; hamba
nina phumani phakathi kwayo; zenzeni nyulu, nina bathwali beempahla zengcwele
NKOSI.
Isa 52:12 Ngokuba aniyi kuphuma buphuthuphuthu, nihambe ngokusaba;
hamba phambi kwakho; + yaye uThixo kaSirayeli woba ngumqophi wenu.
52:13 Yabonani, umkhonzi wam uya kwenza ngengqiqo, uya kuphakama, aphakame
zukiswa, kwaye uphakame kakhulu.
52:14 Kwaza kwaoko kwamangaliswa nguwe; ubuso bakhe bonakele ngaphezu kwabo bonke
umntu, nesithomo sakhe ngaphezu kwesonyana babantu.
52:15 ngokunjalo yena uya kubetha zithi makatha iintlanga ezininzi; ookumkani baya kuwuvala umlomo wabo
kuba baya kukubona abangazanga bakubaliselwe; kwaye oko
abazanga bakuve, baya kuqiqa.