Isaya
16:1 Thumelani iwundlu kumbusi wezwe lisuka eSela liye ehlane.
entabeni yendodakazi yaseSiyoni.
16:2 Ngoba kuyothi, njengenyoni ezulazulayo ephonswe esidlekeni, kanjalo
amadodakazi akwaMowabi ayakuba ngasemazibukweni ase-Arinoni.
16:3 Celanani, nenze isahlulelo; yenza isithunzi sakho sibe njengobusuku bemini
phakathi kwasemini; fihla abaxoshwayo; ungamtshengisi odukayo.
16:4 Abaxoshiweyo bami mabahlale nawe, Mowabi; ube yisivikelo kubo
ubuso bomphangi, ngokuba umphangi usekugcineni
isiphelile, abacindezeli baphelile emhlabeni.
16:5 Futhi ngomusa isihlalo sobukhosi siyoqiniswa, futhi uyohlala phezu kwaso
ngeqiniso etendeni likaDavide, ukwahlulela, efuna ukwahlulela, futhi
eshesha ukulunga.
16:6 Sizwile ngokuzidla kukaMowabi; uyaziqhenya kakhulu: ngisho nangeyakhe
ukuzidla, nokuzidla kwakhe, nentukuthelo yakhe, kepha amanga akhe awayikuba njalo.
16:7 Ngakho uMowabi uyohewula ngoMowabi, bonke bayakuhhewula
niyakulila izisekelo zaseKiriharesheti; impela bayashaywa.
16:8 Ngokuba amasimu aseHeshiboni abunile, nomvini waseSibima;
abezizwe babhidlizile izitshalo zabo eziyinhloko, sezifikile
kwaze kwaba seJazeri, zazulazula ehlane;
beluliwe, bawele ulwandle.
16:9 Ngalokho ngiyakukhala ngokukhala kweJazeri ngomvini waseSibima;
uyakukunilisa ngezinyembezi zami, Heshiboni, nawe Elehale, ngenxa yokuhlabelela
ngoba izithelo zakho zasehlobo ziwele isivuno sakho.
16:10 Futhi ukujabula nokujabula kususiwe ensimini; futhi ku
izivini akuyikuba khona ukuhlabelela, futhi akuyikuba khona
bayamemeza: abanyatheli abayikunyathela iwayini ezikhamweni zabo; ngine
kwanqamuka ukumemeza kwabo kokuvuna.
16:11 Ngalokho izibilini zami ziyakukhala njengehabhu ngoMowabi, nezibilini zami.
izingxenye zeKirharesh.
16:12 Futhi kuyothi lapho kubonakala ukuthi uMowabi ukhathele phezu kwawo
endaweni ephakemeyo, ukuze angene endlini yakhe engcwele ukukhuleka; kodwa yena
linganqobi.
16:13 Leli yizwi uJehova alikhulumile ngoMowabi kusukela ngaleso sikhathi
isikhathi.
16:14 Kodwa manje uJehova ukhulumile, wathi: "Phakathi kweminyaka emithathu, njengeminyaka
yokuqashwa, nodumo lukaMowabi luyakudelelwa, kanye nakho konke lokho
isixuku esikhulu; futhi insali iyoba ncane kakhulu futhi ibe buthakathaka.