Isaya
8:1 Futhi uJehova wathi kimi: "Thatha umqulu omkhulu, ulobe kuwo
ngosiba lomuntu mayelana neMahershahalalihashibazi.
8:2 Ngase ngithathela ofakazi abathembekile, Uriya umpristi, futhi
uZakariya indodana kaJeberekiya.
8:3 Futhi ngaya kumprofethikazi; wakhulelwa, wazala indodana. Khona-ke
uJehova wathi kimi: “Mqambe igama lokuthi uMahere-Shalali Hashibazi.
8:4 Ngoba ngaphambi kokuba umntwana abe nolwazi lokumemeza, "Baba wami!
unina, ingcebo yaseDamaseku nempango yaseSamariya kuyakuthunjwa
kude phambi kwenkosi yase-Asiriya.
8:5 UJehova wabuye wakhuluma kimi, wathi:
8:6 Njengoba laba bantu benqaba amanzi aseShilowa ahamba kancane.
futhi nijabule ngoResini nendodana kaRemaliya;
8:7 Manje, bheka, iNkosi yehlisela phezu kwabo amanzi olwandle
emfuleni, eqinile futhi eningi, ngisho inkosi yase-Asiriya, futhi yonke inkazimulo yayo: futhi
iyakwenyukela phezu kwayo yonke imisele yaso, idlule lonke usebe lwalo;
8:8 Futhi uyodabula kwaJuda; uyakuchichima, awele;
finyelela ngisho nasentanyeni; nokwelula kwamaphiko akhe kuyakugcwala
ububanzi bezwe lakho, Imanuweli.
8:9 Zihlanganise, O nina zizwe, futhi niyophihlizwa. futhi
bekani indlebe nina nonke bamazwe akude; bhincani, nibe khona
ephukile ibe yizicucu; bhincani, niyakuphihlizwa.
8:10 Celanani ndawonye, futhi kuyokwenzeka ize; khuluma izwi, futhi
akuyikuma, ngokuba uNkulunkulu unathi.
8:11 Ngokuba uJehova wakhuluma kanjalo kimi ngesandla esinamandla, futhi wangiyala
Akufanele ngihambe ngendlela yalaba bantu, ngithi:
8:12 Ningasho ukuthi, Inhlangano, kubo bonke laba bantu abayakuthi kubo, A
umfelandawonye; ningesabi ukwesaba kwabo, ningesabi.
8:13 Ngcwelisani uJehova Sebawoti ngokwakhe; futhi makabe ukwesaba kwenu, futhi mvumele
abe yingebhe yakho.
8:14 Futhi uyakuba yindawo engcwele; kodwa ngenxa yetshe lokukhubekisa futhi a
idwala lesikhubekiso kuzo zombili izindlu zakwa-Israyeli, njengogibe nogibe
kwabakhileyo eJerusalema.
8:15 Futhi abaningi phakathi kwabo bayokhubeka, futhi bawe, futhi baphuke, futhi babe
acushwe, abanjwe.
8:16 Bopha ubufakazi, uphawu umthetho phakathi kwabafundi bami.
8:17 Futhi ngiyolindela uJehova, ofihla ubuso bakhe endlini ka
uJakobe, futhi ngizomfuna.
8:18 Bheka, mina nabantwana uJehova anginike bona siyizibonakaliso futhi
ngenxa yezimangaliso kwa-Israyeli ezivela kuJehova Sebawoti ohlezi entabeni
iZiyoni.
8:19 Futhi lapho bethi kuwe, 'Funani labo abazi
imimoya, nakubathakathi abalunguzayo, nabanyenyezayo: akufanele a
abantu bafuna kuNkulunkulu wabo na? kwabaphilayo kwabafileyo na?
8:20 Emthethweni nasebufakazini, uma bengakhulumi ngokwalokho
izwi, kungenxa yokuthi akukho ukukhanya kuzo.
8:21 Futhi bayodabula kulo, kanzima futhi belambile, futhi kuyoba
kuyakuthi lapho belambile, bakhathazeke
bathuke inkosi yabo noNkulunkulu wabo, babheke phezulu.
8:22 Futhi bayobheka emhlabeni; bheka, ukuhlupheka nobumnyama;
ubumnyama bobuhlungu; futhi bayoxoshwa ebumnyameni.