uIsaya
53:1 Ngubani na okholiweyo ludaba lwethu? nengalo kaYehova ikubo
kutyhilwe?
53:2 Ngokuba uya kuhluma phambi kwakhe njengegatya, nanjengengcambu ephumayo
ilizwe elingumqwebedu; kwaye xa siya kumbona.
akubangakho nzwakazi ukuba simnqwenele.
53:3 Udeliwe, ushiyiwe ngabantu; yindoda enomvandedwa, neqheleneyo
sinosizi, sasuka sabusithelisa ubuso kuye; wayedeliwe,
Asingamxabisanga.
53:4 Okwenene, uzithabathele kuye izifo zethu, wathwala umvandedwa wethu;
mthini ubethwe, ucinezelwe nguThixo.
53:5 Kodwa yena uhlatywe ngenxa yezikreqo zethu, watyunyuzwa ngenxa yethu
ubetho lokuba sibe noxolo thina lube phezu kwakhe; kunye neyakhe
imivumbo siphilisiwe.
53:6 Thina sonke silahlekile njengeegusha; sajikela elowo kowakhe
indlela; ke uYehova wamwela phezu kwakhe ubugwenxa bethu sonke.
53:7 Wacudiswa, wazithoba, akawuvula umlomo wakhe;
njengemvana esiwa ekuxhelweni, nanjengegusha phambi kwayo
abachebi sisidenge, akawuvuli umlomo wakhe.
53:8 Wakhutshwa entolongweni nakwesigwebo, yaye ngubani na oya kuxela owakhe
isizukulwana? ngokuba wanqunyulwa ezweni labaphilileyo;
Ubethwe ngokreqo lwabantu bam.
53:9 Wenza ingcwaba lakhe laba nongendawo, waba nesityebi ekufeni kwakhe;
ngokuba engenzanga lugonyamelo, kungekho nkohliso emlonyeni wakhe.
53:10 UYehova wathanda ukumtyumza; umenze buhlungu; xa
wowenza umphefumlo wakhe ube lidini lesono; woyibona imbewu yakhe
uya kuyolula imihla yakhe, kwaye ukuthanda kukaYehova kube nempumelelo
isandla sakhe.
53:11 Ekubulalekeni komphefumlo wakhe uya kukubona, aneliswe ngumphefumlo wakhe
ukwazi umkhonzi wam olilungisa uya kugwebela abaninzi; ngokuba uya kuzala
ubugwenxa babo.
53:12 ngoko ke ndiya kumabela isahlulo nabakhulu, abe nguye
Yabelanani amaxhoba kunye nabanamandla; ngokuba ewuphalazile umphefumlo wakhe
wada wabalelwa ekufeni, wabalelwa nabangendawo; wayithwala ke
isono sabaninzi, wabathethelela abakreqi.