Isaya
10:1 Maye kulabo abamisa izimiso ezingalungile, futhi ukubhala
usizi abalubekile;
10:2 Ukuze asuse abampofu ekwahluleleni, futhi asuse abalungile
abampofu babantu bami, ukuze abafelokazi babe yimpango yabo, futhi babe
phanga izintandane!
10:3 Futhi niyokwenzenjani ngosuku lokuhanjelwa, futhi incithakalo
elizavela kude? Niyakubalekela kubani nifuna usizo na? futhi kuphi
nishiya inkazimulo yenu?
10:4 Ngaphandle kwami bayokhothama ngaphansi kweziboshwa, futhi bayowa
ngaphansi kwababuleweyo. Kukho konke lokhu intukuthelo yakhe ayibuyi, kodwa isandla sakhe
usaluliwe.
10:5 I-Asiriya, intonga yentukuthelo yami, nodondolo olusesandleni sabo, ingeyami.
ukuthukuthela.
10:6 Ngiyomthumela ngokumelene isizwe esingazenzisi, futhi ngokumelene nabantu
ngolaka lwami ngiyakumyala ukuba athathe impango, athathe
impango, nokubanyathela njengodaka lwezitaladi.
10:7 Nokho akacabangi kanjalo, futhi inhliziyo yakhe ayicabangi kanjalo; kodwa ingaphakathi
inhliziyo yakhe ukubhubhisa nokunquma izizwe ezingeyingcosana.
10:8 Ngoba uthi: "Izikhulu zami akuwona wonke amakhosi?
10:9 IKalino alinjengeKharikemishi na? IHamati alinjenge-Aripadi na? akusiyo iSamariya njenge
eDamaseku?
10:10 Njengoba isandla sami sithole imibuso yezithombe, kanye nezithombe zazo ezibaziweyo
wabadlula abaseJerusalema nabaseSamariya;
10:11 Angiyikwenza, njengoba ngenzile kulo iSamariya nezithombe zalo
IJerusalema nezithombe zalo?
10:12 Ngakho-ke, kuyokwenzeka ukuthi, lapho iNkosi isifeze eyakhe
wonke umsebenzi entabeni yaseSiyoni naseJerusalema, ngiyakujezisa izithelo ze
ukuzidla kwenhliziyo yenkosi yase-Asiriya, nodumo lwamehlo ayo aphakemeyo.
10:13 Ngoba uthi, Ngamandla esandla sami ngikwenzile, futhi ngesandla sami
ukuhlakanipha; ngokuba ngihlakaniphile; ngisusile imikhawulo yabantu;
ngiphucile ingcebo yabo, ngawisa abakhileyo
njengendoda eyiqhawe:
10:14 Futhi isandla sami uye wathola ingcebo yabantu njengesidleke, futhi njengomunye
ubutha amaqanda asele, ngibuthile umhlaba wonke; futhi lapho
kwakungekho owayenyakazisa iphiko, noma evula umlomo, noma elunguza.
10:15 Izembe lingazigabisa ngalo ogawulayo? noma uzo
isaha liyazikhulisa ngokumelene nalo elinyakazisayo? sengathi kufanele induku
uzithintithe phezu kwabaluphakamisayo, noma njengokungathi kufanele udondolo
aziphakamise, kungathi akulona izinkuni.
10:16 Ngakho-ke, iNkosi, iNkosi yamabandla, izothumela phakathi kwabakhulupheleyo bakhe
ukuncika; naphansi kwenkazimulo yakhe uyakuphemba ukuvutha njengokushisa
lomlilo.
10:17 Futhi ukukhanya kuka-Israyeli kuyoba ngumlilo, futhi oNgcwele wakhe a
ilangabi: liyakuvutha lidle ameva akhe namakhakhasi akhe kube kanye
usuku;
10:18 Futhi uyoqeda inkazimulo yehlathi lakhe kanye nensimu yakhe ethelayo.
kokubili umphefumulo nomzimba: futhi kuyakuba njengalapho ophethe ibhanela
uyaquleka.
10:19 Futhi okusele kwemithi yehlathi lakhe kuyoba mbalwa, ukuze umntwana angase
zibhale.
10:20 Futhi kuyokwenzeka ngalolo suku, ukuthi insali yakwa-Israyeli, futhi
abaphunyukileyo bendlu kaJakobe abasayikubuye bame phezu kwabo
owabashayayo; kepha bayakuma kuJehova, oNgcwele we
Israyeli, eqinisweni.
10:21 Insali izobuyela kwabanamandla, insali kaJakobe
uNkulunkulu.
10:22 Ngoba nakuba abantu bakho, Israyeli, bangangesihlabathi solwandle, kodwa insalela
bayakubuya; ukuchithwa okunqunyiwe kuyakuchichima
ukulunga.
10:23 Ngokuba iNkosi uJehova Sebawoti uyokwenza isiphetho, ngisho kunqunyiwe, in
phakathi kwezwe lonke.
10:24 Ngakho, itsho njalo iNkosi uJehova Sebawoti: O bantu bami abahlala kuyo
Ziyoni, ungalesabi i-Asiriya;
uyakukuphakamisela udondolo lwakhe, ngendlela yaseGibithe.
10:25 Ngoba kuseyisikhashana esincane kakhulu, futhi ukufutheka kuzophela, futhi okwami
ukuthukuthela ekubhujisweni kwabo.
10:26 Futhi uJehova Sebawoti uyovusa isiswebhu kuye ngokuvumelana
ekubulaweni kukaMidiyani edwaleni lika-Orebi, nentonga yakhe iphezu kwedwala
ulwandle, kanjalo uyakuliphakamisa ngendlela yaseGibithe.
10:27 Futhi kuyokwenzeka ngalolo suku, ukuthi umthwalo wakhe uyothathwa
kude nehlombe lakho, nejoka lakhe entanyeni yakho, nasejokeni
uzobhujiswa ngenxa yokugcotshwa.
10:28 Ufikile e-Ayati, udlulele eMigroni; ubeke eMikimashi
izinqola zakhe:
10:29 Bawelile ephaseji;
Geba; IRama iyesaba; IGibeya likaSawule libalekile.
10:30 Phakamisa izwi lakho, O ndodakazi yaseGalimi, ukuze kuzwakale
Layishi, O Anathoti ompofu.
10:31 IMadimena isusiwe; abakhileyo eGebimi babuthana ukuba babaleke.
10:32 Isekhona eNobi ngalolo suku;
intaba yendodakazi yaseSiyoni, intaba yaseJerusalema.
10:33 Bheka, iNkosi, uJehova Sebawoti, uyonquma igatsha ngokwesaba.
nabaphakemeyo bayogawulwa, nabazidlayo bayakugawulwa
zithobe.
10:34 Futhi uyogawula amahlozi ehlathini ngensimbi, futhi Lebanon
uyakuwa ngonamandla.